Our neighborhood is just what we were after. It’s perhaps not as cultured as, say, the Capitol Hill area, but it does mean we’re away from the constant hustle and bustle, which is often nice to escape from. Besides, we have friends who live in Capitol Hill, so we’ll likely...

Jen and I moved into our new home yesterday – an apartment in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood. And the actual move itself forced me to do something I wasn’t expecting to do at this early stage of my new life in America: drive on the right-hand side of the road. You see, Jen...

Shortly before Jen and I left her family in Vegas to officially move to Seattle, I headed to San Francisco and Los Angeles to cover Sony’s pre-E3 events for New Zealand media. On the first day, I (and a bunch of other journalists from Australia and Europe) headed out to Foster City...

Well, I’m writing this from Seattle right now – we’re finally in our new home! We’ve spent the last couple of days applying for jobs and apartment hunting. Jen’s got a job interview lined up for this weekend already, and it looks like we may have found a nice,...

Just another quick update – I’m back in Vegas after a few days in San Francisco and LA, where I got to check out a few upcoming games. Some of them are still under embargo, so I won’t be able to talk about them for a few days. I have had a couple of stories published from...

I’m heading out to McCarran Airport in about 30 minutes’ time for my flight to San Francisco for a pre-E3 media event, but I thought I’d quickly post up a few pics from the last couple of days in Vegas. Even though it feels familiar now, this city is still such a spectacle...

It’s been a crazy, jet-lagged few days, but I’ve finally found the time to update this here site from the USA. This is my third time in Las Vegas, where Jen has lived for most of her life. Aside from a few quick catch-ups with some of Jen’s family and friends, we’ve...

Well, this is probably going to be my last post to this site from New Zealand! It’s been a crazy seven days. Just over a week ago I checked my bank-account balance just to make sure that everything was in order for my final rent payment to process. I noticed an international ATM fee was...

With just over two weeks to go until Jen and I move to America, I’ve neglected this site. Daylight savings (the good one) comes into effect today in New Zealand, but following a week on the early shift at work this past week, I just couldn’t manage the sleep-in I so desperately...

There’s perhaps no other game franchise in history that commands character investment like Mass Effect. Players journey with a character of their own creation through three titles, establishing allies and enemies along the way, with the repercussions of decisions made in the first two...