the background noise

There are those pivotal moments in one's gaming habit that come around every once in a while. Critical junctures or vital forks in the road where things could have been very different had the other choice been taken at the time. Usually you don't see them for what they are in the moment, they are very much things you only recognize retrospectively. Such is the case for the subject of today's post where I am going to ramble on at length on the subject of what might be my favourite game demo of all time. This would be the time-limited taster of everything the original Grand Theft Auto had to offer. Yes the first one that most GTA players at this point probably haven't played, an historical artifact developed by DMA Design out of Dundee and published by BMG Interactive back in 1997.

Well I was going to do a recap of 2013 as channelled through my own peculiar mind but given work, play and a recent spike in alcohol intake that is unlikely to occur at this hour. Something for the new year perhaps when my brain is less addled and my typing fingers are more capable.

Just got back from two hours watching a film starring a special effect purporting to be Orlando Bloom and a charismatic dragon who just wants to be left in peace to enjoy his bling. So yet another startling day of zero gaming accomplishment you could say.

Mr Charlie Brooker's face was doing its thing all over my television screen last night in a two hour gaming retrospective on Channel 4. A countdown of the 25 most influential games in the history of the medium.  As these sort of lists go some of the greats were always going to be left out but what we got was refreshingly legit.

When sell-out games sell out! Eventually managed to score a copy without having to resort to very real actual crime delivered to you in ultra high definition. No sir this is a legitimate acquisition, now to play it. Excuse me while I book the rest of my life off.