TIGERSHUNGRY

I’m finally putting my money were my mouth is and have organised a meeting to rally people around ‘Project Brutal’ an idea to create a series of events and projects that celebrate and capture Birmingham’s Brutal Library whilst we still have it. The initial meeting is being held on the 20th of April at the ever delightful Created in Birmingham shop and anyone with a passion for the library is welcome to attend.

Full information on the initial meeting can be found on the eventbrite sign up page… and there’s more info over on the tumblr I’ve set up to track the project.

Any questions then just drop me a line!

(no big spoilers, but best not to read if you’re still to play through Heavy Rain)

Its an absolute first for me between drifting into Game on late Saturday afternoon to late night Sunday (approx 10 hours of playing) I had purchased and subsequently completed Heavy Rain. I have never managed this with a game before. I guess this was mainly down the inability to die, no matter how you play the game will keep on rolling.

But what makes Heavy Rain special is  ultimatly what causes it to suffer as I felt torn between different directions

1) A desire to ‘win’ by hitting every ‘bop it’ key stroke in time and what I could deem as ‘correct’.

2) To direct characters in the way I wanted, even if this meant missing a vital key stroke, or making ‘fatal’ decisions for them.

3) and finally the predetermined game narrative. (more…)