[Iain Baker]

Unless it's air support.... Air support is never good when it's late.

Fair point 

[Iain Baker]

Hi all!

Exactly 12 months ago today I wrote an article about emulation. In it, I predicted that Nintendo’s aggressive pursuit of ROM sites would either end emulation or make it far more difficult and risky - at least for the ‘downloading ROMs and running them via an emulator’ form of emulation – since there are other methods.

Many people said I was wrong and that emulation would continue. With the benefit of hindsight, I can confirm that they were right, and I was wrong - and never have I been happier to be wrong about something. 😊 To celebrate this, I have split the article in-two and rewrote it to account for subsequent events. Therefore, I bring you “Emulating Retro Games – Past Present and Future: Part One and Two.

Enjoy 😊

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/emulating-retro-games-past-present-and-future-part-one

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/emulating-retro-games-past-present-and-future-part-two

[Colonol Dekker]

I'm quite glad you were wrong as well 

[Scourge of Ages]

I'm quite glad you were wrong as well 

Same!

[Iain Baker]

I reckon this one is particularly appropriate for this group :-)


https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/game-mechanics-every-space-combat-sim-should-have-part-one-controls-and-features

[Iain Baker]

Hi all! I have uploaded several articles whilst the forums were down, so I'm pasting the links to all of them in this e-mail so thinhs don't start getting 'spammy' :-)

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/top-5-games-based-on-mythology

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-best-and-worst-games-based-on-tv-shows


https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/top-5-games-based-on-books
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/nine-more-games-based-on-books-as-chosen-by-the-community

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/top-official-books-based-on-games-part-one-the-books-of-halo
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/books-based-on-video-games-that-aren-t-halo


https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/top-eight-fps-tropes-that-hilariously-make-no-sense

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/eight-gameplay-mechanics-every-immersive-fps-should-have
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/ten-more-gameplay-mechanics-every-immersive-fps-should-have-as-suggested-by-the-community


https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/ten-levels-and-games-set-inside-something-s-body
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/top-13-more-levels-and-games-set-inside-somethings-body-as-suggested-by-the-community-nsfc

https://gameluster.com/reveal-videos-part-one-how-not-to-do-a-reveal-video/
https://gameluster.com/reveal-videos-part-2-the-right-way-to-do-a-reveal-video/

https://gameluster.com/ubisoft-forward-watchdogs-legion-cinematic-trailer-and-gameplay-reveal/

https://gameluster.com/xbox-games-showcase-world-premiere-of-s-t-a-l-k-e-r-2-confirmed-as-a-console-launch-exclusive/

[Iain Baker]

Oh, I almost forgot - part two of "Mechanics Every Space Combat Sim should have". This is the fun one with explosions 

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/game-mechanics-every-space-combat-sim-should-have-part-two-weapons-and-combat

[Iain Baker]

Hi all! I have been going through my articles and I noticed there are some i forgot to provide links to on here - oops. so without further ado..

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/in-defense-of-storytelling-in-video-games-past-present-and-future-part-one

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/in-defence-of-storytelling-in-video-games-past-present-and-future-part-two

[Iain Baker]

... and another one...

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/top-six-games-and-levels-set-in-the-cold

[Mobius]

Keep up the good work! 

[Iain Baker]

...and a new miniserise :-)

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/making-video-games-accessible-to-all-part-one-hardware-and-software-solutions

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/making-video-games-accessible-to-all-part-two-personal-experiences

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/making-video-games-accessible-to-all-part-three-charities-and-resources

[Iain Baker]

Keep up the good work! 

Thank you, and will do :-)

[Iain Baker]

Another history of gaming series, this time focusing on FPS games. Enjoy :-)


https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-1-what-was-the-first-fps

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-2-wolfenstein-3d-1992

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-3-doom-1993-part-one

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-4-doom-1993-part-two

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-5-doom-and-doom-2-part-three

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-6-doom-and-doom-2-part-four

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-7-quake

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-8-quake-2

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-9-goldeneye-007-the-first-major-console-fps

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-10-half-life-part-one

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-11-half-life-part-two

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-12-unreal-98

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-13-unreal-tournament-1999

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-14-the-first-dedicated-arena-shooters-part-two-quake-iii-arena

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-15-halo-combat-evolved

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-16-halo-2

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-17-half-life-2

[Mobius]

Once again, great work! Have you ever written articles about jRPGs? That's a genre all on its own. 

[Iain Baker]

Once again, great work! Have you ever written articles about jRPGs? That's a genre all on its own. 

Thank you :-)

Re JRPGs, not yet. I tend to avoid writing about subjects I do not know much about unless I have to. I have only ever played three JRPGs - FFs 7, X and X2, and TBH, the only one I actually liked was 7. Therefore I don't know enough about them to do them justice. Secondly, since I'm not a a fan of the genre, or anime style things in general, I wouldn't be able to objectively state what makes a good JRPG and what doesn't, since they are all a bit of a turn off for me. Same with sports games, 3rd person hack n slash, MOBAs, and MMORPGs.

[Iain Baker]

Hi everyone!

Phew, we made it! I have just posted the 18th and final (for now anyway) episode in the Influential FPS Games series on Nomad’s Reviews. We finish with a look at Far Cry.
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-18-far-cry-the-first-mainstream-semi-open-world-fps

This thread almost went necro due to my being too busy with other projects - SerRes in particular - to create articles. I have several more in the pipeline which should be released over the next few weeks :-)

[Iain Baker]

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/august-ep650-bluetooth-wireless-headphones-review

[Iain Baker]

Two more your you, although technically the second isn't an article, but it is related to FreeSpace :-)

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/nomad-is-helping-to-make-a-mod


https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/musings-of-a-former-gti-great-war-veteran

[Scourge of Ages]

Oooh

[ShadowsOfLight]

Oh, I almost forgot - part two of "Mechanics Every Space Combat Sim should have". This is the fun one with explosions 

https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/game-mechanics-every-space-combat-sim-should-have-part-two-weapons-and-combat

Great to read your thoughts - your articles are very well-written!

I agree with all of your points on this article series. Mid-mission resupply/refit is less common than it should be - Star Wars: Squadrons is a relatively good example of this working well, imho. Also the 6-degrees and glide need to be more utilized for sure! And megastructures... I remember having a blast in XW:A on the Death Star II, even if it took me many, many tries.

One other thing that I really loved about FS2 was being part of capital ship vs. capital ship battles as a small ship. The capship beams are unique in making me feel a strong sense of anxiety at getting in the way, but also some clear targets to change the tide of battle. For me it's the only game where capship vs. capship battles are truly alive