Giglamps rambles

Returning to the comfy old slippers of Shadow of the Colossus now, and it's been so long that I completely forgot all of the controls and yeah, trying to work that out was certainly something. The main stumbling blocks were trying to remember how to use the bow and arrow, and that manoeuvre where you grab one ledge, turn to face another, leap to it and grab onto it - chaos! Your mileage may vary but I tend to find that something is significantly more likely to end in abject calamity when you can half-remember how to do something and are trying to dredge up that information, than when you're trying to do something for the first time and are learning as you go. Still, I've gotten back into a groove with it now, and here are some pictures, from the days when I was still doing Summer of the Colossus. I have taken some new ones as well but they're still on the PS4, so they'll have to wait for now. Valus is well muggin' it for the camera there. Boo! This is proper ...

Some pictures from The Evil Within for today, a sorely underappreciated gem of a game, which brings us to my reason for posting this today: At time of writing, it's on sale on PSN, and it's £4, so if you like survival horror and fancy something a bit different, I'd definitely recommend giving it a go at that price. This is genuinely one of my favourite games and I have a hard time finding other people who share the same enthusiasm for it, so it would be nice if more people got to know and appreciate it in all its oddball gory glory. Now, I am working on a proper write-up of this game, so I don't want to run out all of my planned talking points here and wind up repeating it all in the main post, but in summary: it's a rough diamond, presenting a very stiff challenge, but you're rewarded with varied, strategic combat mechanics that give you room to experiment and get creative (and axes which can one-shot enemies - lovely!) It also has an absolute chaos-gremlin plo...

(That pun was reaching so hard I might've dislocated my shoulder but still, I stand by it.) For today, here are some pictures from The Callisto Protocol, from my favourite part of the game, out and about on the surface of the moon. The atmosphere here is delicious, with the dramatic crags and scarps, the snow and stormy skies; it's all very evocative. I'm not at all happy about the whirlwind bromance between Jacob and Elias being cut short but alas, you can't have everything. Also I've gone on about this ad nauseam in real life but the internet's copping for it now 'n' all: Outdoor map for Riot Mode. Make it happen and I'd be on that in a heartbeat , just sayin'. Also: The part where you're supposed to help the trapped worker - can you actually help him? Does he just get bashed regardless? Am I too slow with kicking the fuck out of these monsters? Is that where I'm going wrong? Seriously, I'm curious about this... (Jay seems entirely...