the background noise

Don't be fooled by the meme above there's actual content in this blog update tonight, not much of it but enough to be sure. Still putting together that oft-mentioned but never seen list of my favourite games. It's taking shape, materialising out of the formless ether of memory.

That'll be some of that Battlefield humour, trust me its hilarious. No really.

What makes a good multiplayer shooter experience? Been playing them for years and only now do I ask myself that question in light of my recent experiences with Battlefield 4 . Okay so its partly a game and partly an exercise in futile frustration in its current broken state but there's some intangibles here worth pondering I think.

Due to a miscalculation on my part, tonight's update will be nothing short of epic. No wait that's wrong, what I meant to say was that it'll be more short than epic. Had an evening of casual larks and drinks over Battlefield 4 last night and I've spent most of today recovering from it. The drinks that is, as opposed to the Battlefield 4.

Short update tonight after several hours of getting unceremoniously slaughtered on the online battlefields of err Battlefield 4. It's all part of my ongoing quest to find redemption in this game. It's not going well. You see, It's almost like its trying to be another game entirely. Not to name names but it rhymes with gaul of shooty or fall of booty.

Battlefield 4. An utterly beautiful game but so utterly inept technically at the moment. Obviously rushed to release it is bugged up to the eyeballs with the sort of technological hiccups that really shouldn't still be there by the time it reaches the shores of release day.

Not long to go now til I get my hands are on some shiny new next-gen gaming tech. Think I'm most looking forward to Battlefield 4 , mostly for the nuanced characterisation, the resonant plot and the many onion like layers of intrigue woven into the single player experience.