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11 May 202327 October 2023

Rage quitting and worse…

Born 2 Kill…

During my gaming adventures, I’ve been witness/heard via the grape vine several rather big (spit your dummy out) stress moments that have revolved around FPS games and PC building. One of those moments involved me and an Xbox 360 controller, I’ll get to that shortly, first let me tell you a story about a guy named John, once known as Wizz and later on D3TOX, a founding member of =B2K=. A clan that had a rock song wrote about them! Lyrics that went like “Born 2 Kill, not to thrill, we’re soldiers, not assassins, like JFK killed that day…” Continue reading “Rage quitting and worse…”

8 May 202324 September 2023

Let’s get physical..!

Oh, let’s get physical… Physical!

As the years go by and content delivery methods and technologies advance is there still a place and a market for physical media, or are we nearing the end of games that once came in big bulky cardboard boxes complete with killer artwork and novel length instruction manuals? Are brick and mortar game institutions becoming a distance memory of a time when renowned developers were idolized for their ability to craft great stories and give pubescent teenagers a way to escape bullying and be mighty in other realms. Continue reading “Let’s get physical..!”

27 April 202313 November 2023

Guess who’s back..?

And like a phoenix, the legendary Arabian bird thy has risen from the ashes…

Hello everyone, I pause and wait for the $@&* off it can’t be comments being delivered telepathically, having waited a nanosecond I say “yes it’s me Matthew – reincarnating TGI.”

Ten years later and counting, and with some epic deliberation, I have decided to bring back The Games Ingredients. I’m under no illusion that to reach the heights of old, it would take something of a mega miracle. But fear not, I’m not aiming that high, I’ve climbed Everest once and when I looked down all’s I could see where other slap-dash, flame bait gaming blog’s trying to accomplish what we did in a few short years. Continue reading “Guess who’s back..?”