Changes

So, as per my first post in over 2 years, here's what I'm looking to do.

More personalised - The fact that this was turning into something like a news blog just didn't sit well with me after a while. So from now on, I'll be giving more of my own opinions and sharing thoughts on games I've played every so often (eventually spanning to weekly posts - if I can). I'll try not to bore you with all the details - or worse, spoil something!

Shorter reviews - It's a sign of laziness creeping in that I can't write an essay any more. With that, the review style of old is out of here. Instead, it'll just be a quick list of likes, dislikes and whether I recommend a purchase. Depends on how much of the backlog I'm playing though...

More updates - Yes, I'll try my absolute best to get some more posts in each week. Though bear in mind that only personal opinions pieces (like "what I'm playing" or reviews) will be posted to my Twitter account (*shameless plug*: I'm @HiddenAway1)

Hopefully, you'll stick with me while I sort myself out and dust the cobwebs off. See you around!

Happy new year!

OK, I'm late as always but a happy new year to everyone and lets hope this year will bring us more left-field games on all the consoles!

Back again!

Hello!

Apologies for the sudden disappearance but you can be rest assured that I have returned once again. The reason for my absence? Well, I suppose it's because I was struggling to find myself time to post a story when it breaks. I've survived this patch though and I'm back. There are a few changes though that you should know about.

First of all, I'm no longer doing a weekly round-up - at least not in it's current form. I might just list the stories that I posted in the week. I haven't fully decided yet. Apart from that, there will be no more "regular" features for the time being. This really sapped my time up and when you're playing games in the middle of everything, it becomes nearly impossible. Finally I did a quick tidy up of the tags section on the right. Well, actually, I got rid of it. The list became too long to be useful. The archives are still around and of course the search function at the top will prove useful.

So, what can you expect? Well, apart from the weekly features going, you'll get more news as I stumble across it with as much information that I can give as well as a source. There's not much to it. I'll be sticking the odd review in as well. The first on my hit-list being Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3.

I hope you enjoy the blog to read what gems we can find!

Upcoming release dates (Updated: 6th February 2008)

"When is X coming out?"

Well, hopefully, I'll have an answer for you. By subscribing to the European Releases label, you will be able to get the latest list of release dates for games in Europe that I think you might be interested in.

If you spot a problem, do tell me about it ;-). Without further ado, here are the latest updates to the list (which you'll find nestled on the right hand side):

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings - 15/02/2008
Patapon - 22/02/2008
Beautiful Katamari - 29/02/2008
Fading Shadows - 29/02/2008
Lost Odyssey - 29/02/2008
Persona 3 - 29/02/2008
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates - 21/03/2008
Odin Sphere - 28/03/2008
Riviera: The Promised Land - 28/03/2008
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Spring

To subscribe, the feed URL is here.

New look

Those of you who visited before will have noticed a colour change as well as an increase in the width of the blog. This is to allow me to put the trailers in a lot better and also might stop me making so many short posts :-).

What do you think?

Blog writers wanted!

Fancy having a go at writing your own articles? If so, then send me your e-mail address to hiddenaway2 - *at* - gmail.com (hate spammers...) and I will add you as a guest blogger to post your own articles!

Oh and I may send you emails from time to time, but not for spamming purposes or anything like that. It may just be a normal games related chat :-)

Proposed Structure

The proposed structure for each week:

Monday
Review of the previous week

Tuesday
Possible revisions of the Most Wanted List and tidbits on the games in the list

Wednesday
My game reviews (every 2 weeks or I'll be out by next year...)

Thursday
European release date information (if available, via Eurogamer's forum)

Friday
Weekend Gaming and an item from the Watch List (if not already covered by the Most Wanted List)

As big game news floods through the blogosphere, I will post it up when I'm available. Send your suggestions to my hotmail or gmail address.

Introduction

Welcome! This is my new blog to keep you up to date with the latest gaming news, trailers and information that might arise elsewhere. Some games will be those that you've heard of, others you'll have never heard of. It's the latter I tend to lean towards!

Make yourself comfortable! :-)