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Josh Whittington
Sep 2, 20205 min read
Josh Plays Assassin's Creed #2 - [Billy Idol Voice] With a Freedom Cry
*This post contains open spoilers for Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry and Assassin's Creed: Liberation* Freedom Cry is an interesting point...
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Josh Whittington
Aug 27, 202010 min read
Josh Plays Assassin's Creed #1 - Back in Black
Black Flag was my last Assassin’s Creed game. After being burned badly by Assassin’s Creed III, I was put off by the fact the next game...
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Josh Whittington
Aug 25, 20207 min read
Josh Plays Assassin's Creed #0 - Introduction
I have a complicated history with Assassin’s Creed. The first two games were amongst my favourites of all time. I was very late to the...
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Josh Whittington
Oct 30, 20199 min read
Josh Plays Pokemon #6 - Hoenn Confirmed
They say that the Pokemon generation you’re most nostalgic for is the one you started with. I find that’s not the case with me. I started...
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Josh Whittington
Oct 29, 20197 min read
Josh Plays Pokemon #5 - Tapu Koko Channel
Pokemon Channel's not very good, but could serve as the foundation for something great. It also got me thinking about CheezTV and Tazo&#
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Josh Whittington
Oct 22, 201915 min read
Josh Plays Pokemon #4 - Let's Not Go and Say We Did
Let’s Go is in a weird grey area where it’s a spin-off that tries out some new core gameplay loops while also trying to be as close to the m
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Josh Whittington
Jul 12, 20198 min read
Josh Plays Pokemon #3 - Skullomania
I’ve reached the end of Pokemon Moon (excluding the rather anemic post-game content) and it never really grows out of the issues I...
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Josh Whittington
Jun 27, 20195 min read
Josh Plays Pokemon #2 - Fly Me Away From the Moon
I played Pokemon Sun at release and my memory of it was that it was a game where GameFreak were clearly trying to deliver on some...
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Josh Whittington
Jun 27, 20196 min read
Josh Plays Pokemon #1 - Back to the Beginning
Despite my grievances with some of GameFreak’s choices in direction of the most recent Pokemon games, I’ve found myself getting swept up...
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Josh Whittington
Feb 20, 20195 min read
From the Archives - Musings on The Last Jedi
This was an opinion piece I posted on Medium on December 15th 2017;Â the day after I saw The Last Jedi. It was a phenomenal film that shatter
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Josh Whittington
Feb 20, 20195 min read
From the Archives - Affordances In Scribblenauts: Enabling Creativity
This essay was written in 2014 for a critical game theory unit that was part of my uni degree. It was for a 3rd year unit so the level of ex
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Josh Whittington
Feb 20, 20196 min read
From the Archives - Always Sometimes Monsters Review (PC)
This was a review of Always Sometimes Monsters which I wrote for Hittin' Crits in May 2014. I probably won't be posting many of my o
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Josh Whittington
Feb 20, 20196 min read
From the Archives - The Sims 3 Into The Future Preview (PC)
This was a preview of the Into The Future expansion pack for The Sims 3 which I wrote for Hittin' Crits. It was published in October 201
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Josh Whittington
Feb 20, 201911 min read
From the Archives - Interview with Jon Airhart on Dead Rising 3
This was an interview I did with Jon Airhart at an Xbox One preview event for Hittin' Crits sometime in 2013. I was really happy with th
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Josh Whittington
Feb 20, 20197 min read
From the Archives - Ted Price Interview on FUSE
This interview was originally posted alongside a FUSE preview on Hittin' Crits sometime in 2013. It was a daunting interview to do becau
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Josh Whittington
Feb 20, 20192 min read
Furious Fiction - February 2019 - The First Move
Furious Fiction is a monthly short story writing content held by the Australian Writer’s Centre on the first Friday of each month. You...
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Josh Whittington
Feb 20, 20193 min read
Furious Fiction - October 2018 - The Lost Hour
Furious Fiction is a monthly short story writing content held by the Australian Writer’s Centre on the first Friday of each month. You...
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Josh Whittington
Feb 20, 20193 min read
Furious Fiction - Sep 2018 - Waiting for Katie
Furious Fiction is a monthly short story writing content held by the Australian Writer’s Centre on the first Friday of each month. You...
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Josh Whittington
Feb 20, 20197 min read
From the Archives - The Forgotten Pawn
Anyone who knows me knows that Dragon's Dogma is one of my favourite games of all time. It's janky, sure, but it's so inventive
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Josh Whittington
Feb 20, 20196 min read
From the Archives - Mechanics and Imagery in Persona 4's Boss Battles
This post is from one of my old blogs, and was posted on January 7th 2013. When I played through Persona 4 Golden after getting some games c
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