Just going to leave this Kotaku article regarding the 'online DRM fiasco' for the freshly unveiled Xbox One:

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"Kotaku: If I'm playing a single player game, do I have to be online at least once per hour or something like that? Or can I go weeks and weeks?

Harrison: I believe it's 24 hours.

Kotaku: I'd have to connect online once every day.

Harrison: Correct."


If online connectivity will be a requirement to play SP games for the foreseeable future then good bye consoles.  I already boycott PC games that require a permanent internet connection too.

Ah well I still have my Mega Drive and C64, those were the days!

Hello tinkers!

I currently have (now)14 spare DotA 2 invites over on good old Steam, anyone here want to participate in the legendary battle of the ancients?

Let me know if you want one!  My Steam ID is here:

[link]

Add me so I can send you a key....

EDIT:
have generously donated some extra unwanted invites so now there is even more ancient battling to be had!  Thanks dudes! ....

So what was the LAST thing you destroyed in a game?

The last gaming session you had, what did you kill?

Myself, at the time of writing this a freshly mutated Necromorph courtesy of Dead Space™, when the recently deceased crew start to sprout out bone talons and other appendages you just know they have to go.........

Bam bam bam...........

and listen........

So it's finally here, Diablo III!

Anyone here going to brave the horrors of Sanctuary?

How will you be dispatching the hoards of the Burning Hells?  Using rock hard fists, creepy voodoo, a sturdy arrow, arcane magic or the trusty solid steel of a mighty axe to bury in one's skull?

I'll be waiting at the heroes camp just outside Tristram....

So yeah we all know the pending zombie apocalypse is right round the corner, could be sooner than you think!

Have you ever questioned yourself where you could go? In your location where could you actually go to seek safety?

I'll be uploading  a few sketches over the next few days illustrating possible hide-e-holes I've noticed in my area that could perhaps save me from the shambling hoards!

Be great to hear from all you survivors!

I'm going to try my luck once more, never been a lucky person but perhaps some gritty art could sway the impossible....

I'm dying to try out Diablo 3, if anyone has access to a spare beta key I'd gladly trade some custom artwork of their choice for it!  There's absolutely no way Blizzard's going to send me an invitation code.....

For safety reasons I'll have to include the following, if only to save my ass:  Artwork may contain trace elements of G.R.I.T™, caution is advised when viewing....

OMG how stupid am I?  Just realized I've received a Daily Deviation on the 18th!, I've been completely oblivious to that the past week!  Kept refreshing the page thinking it was some glitch, I mean I've been looking at this picture on here recently but didn't notice the onslaught of fresh comments underneath! Nice one Gav you idiot, stop embracing the G.R.I.T™ so much....



Massive thanks to casperium for featuring this piece, I really can't believe it!

Thanks to all the comments so far really appreciate it everyone, going to take a while to respond but It's worth it!

Cheers DA and fellow artists, really means a lot....


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Gav

After a year chock full of trequels let old Gav know what's on your gaming radar for the seasons ahead.

Myself I'm currently spying on these tasty treats:

Dear Esther
Deadlight
Journey
Borderlands 2
The Last Guardian
Okami HD (One can wish)
Red Dead Redemption PC (yeah another dream)
Mass Effect 3
Alan Wake PC

Best wishes to all, everyone have a great Xmas!

I've been absent as of late on this site, took a little break from DA but will be posting a lot of new work come the New Year.  Will be catching up with all your comments also....

So, any games on your Santa list this year?

All the best

Gav

FRIDAY fellow Dovahkiin's!

AH!

A decade later and the greatness that is Deus Ex has finally been re-born . . . .

I have yet to play it as of yet, it's currently sitting on my HDD all encrypted taunting me with visions of neo gold figmentations

Anyone here embraced this grim but insanely cool cybernetic vision of the near future?

On a side note if you could augment yourself, would you?  What part of your body would you change?

What character type would best fit your profile and personality if YOU actually lived in a real life fantasy RPG ?

Sticking with the typical high fantasy setting tell us who would you be?

Shadow of the Colossus

Okami

Art

Yes

Play

I love tech, who doesn't?

The latest generation of Amazon's Kindle looks pretty amazing, being able to carry around more books than a local library in your pocket is pretty darn baddass!

Over the years I've acquired a lot of books especially RPG games so having the ability to attain them all on one small device is quite amazing!  No doubt the Kindle will make me want to read even more now out of pure convenience.  Hell I think I'll chuck my art on it too!

I'm just going to have to get one, try and stop me! . . . .

Anyone here embraced the Kindle?

Yo yo & yo!

I love gaming and so do you!

With 2010 steadily coming to a close what video games are on your radar for the new year ahead?  Enlighten me!

I'm looking forward to the following so far:

Deus Ex - Human Revolution
Dead Space 2
Portal 2
Ico/Shadow of the Colossus double pack
The Last Guardian
Journey
Batman - Arkham City
Uncharted 3
Tomb Raider Reboot

The above ip's for me are an absolute must buy, with other games recently announced I will have to see some game-play elements before I can make a decision, far too many generic cash-ins lurk out there but hopefully the G.R.I.T™ will protect me!

OKAMI (2/HD)  I SO wish!
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Yeah I'm finding more uses to start using Facebook these days, never did before (getting with the times and all that)....

I'd imagine all 2,691(+) of you good fine folks here are on that place.  If you'd like to add a little G.R.I.T to your daily life then feel free to add moi:


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Be fun to check you all out!

WARNING:  All data collected may (will) be used to further indoctrinate many in the ways of G.R.I.T...

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Ah blimey I've really let my message load build up, currently have 1,801 as I type this!  Got a whack of notes accumulating also...

Not to worry folks I will eventually get round to responding to them, I know some have asked questions and are awaiting an answer.....

Dammit just realized by typing this I'll probably have more comments to respond to now


Bear with me folks

Ah there we go, I finally have a blog!


[link]


Yeah big deal right?  Well maybe.....

I do aim to update the blog with breakdowns of my work, frequently asked questions, sketches and general G.R.I.Tness . . . .

Would love some watchers


If anyone would like to see something more specific on it then please do tell me

Fa la la

Yo folks how's it going?

To compliment my new site which should be finished soonish I wanted to add a separate portal if you will where I can record my thoughts and processes....

So I'll have a blog but what would you like to see on it?  I aim to break down specific artwork analysing my thought patterns and all that general nonsense as you would expect from such a place...

If anyone has any questions or ideas they would like to see let me know here

Cheers

Gav