Jake Buchanan
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Jake is a creative video professional by trade with a passion for video games. Growing up with a NES quickly followed by a Super Nintendo he has fond memories of Donkey Kong country which he spend all his xmas money on and played it until the cartridge pretty much burnt out. Super Mario World and Mario 3 are his top tier legacy games. These days he is a PlayStation fan and loves the exclusives as well as a whole host of indie games. When taking a break from story games Jake protects the Galaxy in Battlefront and dabbles in a bit of Overwatch and Rocket league.

The Current Console Generation: How Will We Remember It?

Gaming Has Come A Long way Home consoles have always worked on a generation cycle. A new shiny box comes out and ushers in a new flurry of technology, capabilities and hype. (Gamers old enough to remember when ‘bits’ were…

What Call Of Duty Can Learn From Destiny

Destiny Has A Lot Of Lessons For The FPS Genre I am one of those suckers who just picked up Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered. I bloody loved that game on first release and the pull of nostalgia got…

Sony’s E3 2017 Conference A Soarer Or A Snorer?

Did Sony’s E3 Live Up To Previous Years Sony has had one hell of a run with their last few E3 conferences. It seems the time has come for that run to pace down to something of a jog. This…

GAMR’s 2017 E3 Predictions: Sony PlayStation

Last year delivered some incredible games and some fantastic exclusives, the bar is high and we’re reaching that point in a console generation where developers are comfortable with the hardware and we start to get some really ingenious and excellent…

Looking Forward: What Next Generation Can Learn From The Current Console Generation

A Great Time To Be A Gamer It is a great time to be a gamer. This current generation of consoles are leaps and bounds ahead of previous years so, when people ask me what my favourite console ever is,…

The Last Guardian: Should You Play It?

I have been a PlayStation fan for many years. The reason? Sony continue to hold a fantastically broad library of exclucives that make me want to keep pouring my hard earned cash into the system. Each generation brings with it…

Shu Review: A Modern Platforming Masterpiece

I’d consider myself a gamer of the ‘Nintendo Generation’, a gamer of the 90’s that has fond memories of side scrolling platformers that not only challenge but inspire. Many new ‘indie’ games releasing in the past few years have looked…

The Rise Of The PlayStation: The Nintendo Deal That Went Bad

In the late 80’s and 90’s Nintendo was on the back foot to the Sega MegaDrive. Sega had the lead and also a lot of add-ons and functionality that Nintendo didn’t. Sega was the console aimed at the teens and…