• Impact Plays: God of War – Sony`s New Brilliant Addition To The Franchise

    A traditionally hack-and-slash, fast-paced, God-murdering collection of video games, the God of War series has a pretty large, pretty devoted, fan base. Having already hacked his way through Sparta (and most of the Greek Pantheon), fans were excited to see Kratos now in the realm of Midgard, and expectantly...
  • Ghosts, Murders and Poets: The History of Newstead Abbey

    Not far from the town centre of Nottingham, if you wish to wander on the bus, sits Newstead Abbey, nestled in the heart of Sherwood Forest. Having worked at the Abbey for two years now, I can tell you that I have fallen more in love with the building...
  • E3 in a Nutshell: Bethesda

    Bethesda ended the second day of the E3 press conference by capturing the main attention of the event through premiering more footage for Fallout 76, announcing Doom and Wolfenstein sequels, and teasing new games Starfield and the heavily awaited The Elder Scrolls VI. The conference kicked off slowly with...
  • Gaming Music – the Brilliance of MiracleOfSound and Dan Bull

    In many ways, I am musically incompetent. I know practically nothing about music, be it what’s good, what’s in the charts, who’s popular – genuinely, nothing. However, what I do know is video games, and anyone who’s spent as much time playing video games as me can appreciate the...
  • Scrapbook – Games to Play Before You Die

    Anyone who has had the pleasure of delving into the world of video games knows that such an experience is always a magical one – yet with so many games out there, it’s impossible to play them all. Therefore, Impact has compiled together a list of Video Games that...
  • Impact Plays – Assassin’s Creed: Origins – Is it the reboot the series needed?

    I am, by all accounts, an Assassin’s Creed nerd. When the first game came out, as the younger sibling I was forced to simply sit and watch as my sister got to play through the life of Altair, assassinating key figures in the ancient cities of Damascus, Jerusalem, and...
  • Impact Plays – Doki Doki Literature Club

    A creation which has spread like wildfire, this beautifully made game starts as an upbeat, happy, and colourful visual novel, in which the player writes and reads poetry, whilst being surrounded by four beautiful high school girls. Sounds great, right? Wrong. The reason this game has received such (well-deserved)...