Insomnia 62 – Thoughts

Insomnia 62 – Thoughts

Easter has just passed and with it so has Insomnia 62, another entry in the long running and largest gaming festival in the UK. This year’s spring event had a slightly different feel over past events. With a noticeable lack of PC and gaming hardware brands in the halls. This means, there was no Scan, ..

Spring Insomnia – A few weeks away

Spring Insomnia – A few weeks away

Insomnia 62 is just a few short weeks away and is taking place once again over the Easter Bank Holiday. Whilst the spring event is normally a smaller affair than the one that takes place over the Summer Bank Holiday. It still has plenty of events and attractions to keep you busy over the weekend. ..

DavePlays @ Play Expo 2017

DavePlays @ Play Expo 2017

Manchester Event City once again played host the north’s largest gaming convention just over a week ago. The Play Expo brought the biggest and best that gaming has to offer, with both retro and current gen gaming showcased throughout the vast halls. With hundreds of games on tap available and ready to play. This meant ..

Play Expo – Blackpool

Play Expo – Blackpool

Play Expo Blackpool. The original Play Expo, is back for it’s sixth year! In July. A return of retro and modern gaming goodness housed in the Norcalympia Exhibition Centre in Blackpool. A host of guests are still to be announced, but Games World’s Big Boy Barry will at the event over the whole of the weekend, he ..

Insomnia 60 – a short review

Insomnia 60 – a short review

It was only a short while ago that the massive insomnia festival hit the big 60. The diamond anniversary of what now is the biggest gaming festival in the UK. This year had some new inclusions, including an area of the exhibition hall dedicated to music. They also had a beautiful live orchestra performing tracks ..

Dave Plays at Play Expo 2016

Dave Plays at Play Expo 2016

It’s back baby! Well the wonderful Play Expo has been and gone and in those early words I think I have set the tone for the rest of this write up about one of the UK’s largest gaming events held in Manchester. This was I believe my fourth time attending Play Expo, having attended all ..

Insomnia 58 – A ‘Short’ Review

Insomnia 58 – A ‘Short’ Review

As always, I’m a bit late to get this post up on the site but thanks for your patience. I’m going to start and give you all a TL;DR Insomnia 58 was a brilliant event and I am glad to have been given the opportunity to attend (Thanks BoonanaJ and Thermaltake) It’s hard to start ..

It’s back! Hopefully bigger and even better

It’s back! Hopefully bigger and even better

That’s right, the Play Expo is back for another year at EventCity in Manchester on October 10th and 11th. What is the north’s biggest gaming expo, is expected to be even bigger and better this year as the new introductions from last years event get expanded even further. I will be heading down once again to ..

Dave and Dan @ Play Blackpool

Dave and Dan @ Play Blackpool

Sunday just gone, myself and Dan LV from @CCLComputers made the trek westwards towards Blackpool for the now annual Play Blackpool retro gaming event hosted by http://www.replayevents.com. The event itself is like a mini version of the more expansive and also annual Play Expo held in Manchester. Which you can read about my experience of last years ..