Later Levels

The Dame Was Loaded review: looking back with Anger | Later Levels The latest entry in our Love Letters to Adventures project has been my favourite. Friend-of-the-blog Darkshoxx and I kicked off this collaboration in January. Our mission is to play a classic or ob…

My favourite entry in our #LoveLetterstoAdventures collaboration with @darkshoxx.bsky.social so far. #TheDameWasLoaded is the sort of game I wish I'd had the opportunity to play when it was released almost 30 years ago.

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Harold Halibut review: beauty beneath the surface | Later Levels Have you ever really disliked a game at the beginning, but loved it by the end? This was my experience with Harold Halibut last month. I first became aware of this game seven years ago when I was a…

While #HaroldHalibut might not be the point-and-click I expected, it turned out to be the adventure I needed. laterlevels.com/2024/05/09/h...

London Marathon 2024: lessons learnt | Later Levels It feels like the end of an era, but it’s been less than a year. I applied for a place on SpecialEffect’s team for the London Marathon last summer while caught up in the hype of taking part in the …

With today's post, my #LondonMarathon journey comes to an end. Thank you so much to everyone who supported and encouraged us throughout this event and #GameBlast24, raising £3,825 for @specialeffect.bsky.social this year. ❤️

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“Car Explorer” – Forza Motorsport 4 A refined experience and a wave of not-too-significant choices make for the cosiest of driving games. Mostly.

Me on Forza 4, taking a recent @laterlevels.bsky.social post about different kinds of cosy games as a starting point:

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Sorry for the technical issues experienced with #TheDameWasLoaded this evening. Thankfully things are working well on @darkshoxx.bsky.social's channel: www.twitch.tv/darkshoxx

If all goes according to plan, we'll be back next week with #EurovisionDivision 2024!

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Darkshoxx - Twitch A-Z Stream with Laterlevels! But first: Puzzles

Sorry for the technical issues experienced with #TheDameWasLoaded this evening. Thankfully things are working well on @darkshoxx.bsky.social's channel: www.twitch.tv/darkshoxx

If all goes according to plan, we'll be back next week with #EurovisionDivision 2024! 🎵

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From stress to success: month four of the ADF | Later Levels I managed to survive the first assessment of my apprenticeship. In last month’s update, I shared how I’d been feeling a little stressed about the project for the first module in the Advanced Data F…

Passing the first assessment in the #AdvancedDataFellowship was a relief. I now just have to survive three months of #DevOps… laterlevels.com/2024/04/29/f...

Pat the duck did us proud tonight, bringing the fireworks for everyone who supported us during #GameBlast24 and #LondonMarathon. We've still got a few more ducks to name so look out for another stream or video this week.

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LaterLevels - Twitch You know what they say about becoming older and wiser? XP comes with age.

Thank you so much to everyone who supported us through #GameBlast24 and the #LondonMarathon for @specialeffect.bsky.social - this stream is for you! 🦆

The ninth chapter of our #AIDungeon year-long story is now available. It's good to hear that General Horse is now there to rescue us!

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Magic musings: a non-player’s favourite cards | Later Levels There has been a lot of Magic: The Gathering talk during our recent streams. It first started around a year ago when my stepson started playing Yu-Gi-Oh! with his school friends. He began making mo…

I might not want to play #MagicTheGathering like Pete, but I can appreciate the artwork.

Thanks to everyone who joined us for an extended stream today, to celebrate @specialeffect.bsky.social's BAFTA award this week along with Pete's birthday.

We'll be back on Sunday, 21 April with a stream tracking my #LondonMarathon progress... wish me luck!

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The amazing @specialeffect.bsky.social received a BAFTA Special Award this week, and Kim is running the #LondonMarathon for the charity next week - so let's celebrate! www.twitch.tv/laterlevels

The folly of Kate Walker | Later Levels Is there a video game character that you just don’t understand? Last month, Ty from Ty’s Game Archive published a review of Syberia 2. This followed on from a critique of the original release in Fe…

Is there a video game character that you just don't understand?

The eighth chapter of our #AIDungeon year-long story is now available. Just when you thought it couldn't get any stranger, aliens have now been thrown into the mix.

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14.5 miles today. 15 days to go until the #LondonMarathon. And a session which contained more walking. I've been battling a pulled muscle and nasty cold for the past several weeks and both have had an impact on training. Got to keep trying though! #running justgiving.com/fundraising/...

Thanks to everyone who joined us for #TheArtofMurder this evening! The jigsaw is now finished, so next time we'll solve the case. We'll be back next Saturday with a stream to celebrate @specialeffect.bsky.social before the #LondonMarathon on Sunday 21 April!

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Time to finish #TheArtofMurder, a murder-mystery jigsaw we started during GameBlast24, and find out whoddunit.

Exploring the sweet side of video games for Easter | Later Levels I hope you’re all having a great Easter so far. It’s a much-needed break from the past month’s hectic pace for me. As mentioned in my update last week, I’ve been working hard on the first assessmen…

To celebrate all things chocolatey for #Easter, I've compared some of my friends' favourite video games to sweets.

The seventh chapter of our #AIDungeon year-long story is now available. Who knew that head transplants were so simple and painless?

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Thank you to everyone who joined us for #Chronomaster today, and to Darkshoxx for continuing our #LoveLetterstoAdventures collaboration! We'll be back next week to with a murder-mystery jigsaw puzzle - and Zelda, no doubt.

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In the next instalment of our #LoveLetterstoAdventures collaboration with Darkshoxx, we're playing Chronomaster for the letter C.

Yeah, I can see the comparison! There's something about it which is quite 'whimsical' in the same way those old C64 games were. I was adamant that I wasn't going to go back at first but I'm glad I managed to get to the end eventually, if only with three of the characters.

Challenges and changes: month three of the ADF | Later Levels There’s good and bad news after three months of my apprenticeship.  In last month’s update, I shared that our first Advanced Data Fellowship (ADF) assessment was due for submittal in the middle of …

Three months into the ADF apprenticeship, and the disorganisation continues. At least I managed to submit my first assessment on time though.

#MaybeInMarch 2024: The Cave review | Later Levels I have no idea how The Cave ended up in my Steam library. As explained during the #MaybeInMarch announcement earlier this month, I discovered that the game which had spent the longest on my backlog…

I didn't think I'd make it to the end of The Cave, but I managed to do it. Here's my review of this year's #MaybeInMarch selection.

Conquering the wall: one month to the London Marathon | Later Levels There’s only one month to go to the London Marathon and I’m starting to panic. I’ve been training for the event since securing a charity place through SpecialEffect last summer. In last month’s upd…

Only one month to go until I take part in the London Marathon for @specialeffect.bsky.social... eek!

London Gaming Market, March 2024: a round-up | Later Levels It’s been a while since we last went to the London Gaming Market. It takes place at the National Hotel in Russell Square every four months. Traders from all over the country set up stalls to sell a…

It's been a while since we went to the London Gaming Market, and it was good to go back last weekend.

Thanks to everyone who joined us for tonight's stream. It's unlikely I'll end up finishing The Cave for #MaybeInMarch, but it's all part of the backlog experience!

We'll be back next Friday evening with tea, chat, Zelda and The Art of Murder jigsaw.

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LaterLevels - Twitch You know what they say about becoming older and wiser? XP comes with age.

The backlog love continues with #MaybeInMarch. Will this be the year that I finally manage to complete The Cave?

Bad Day on the Midway review: have a bad stream! | Later Levels Who’d have thought anything would top Atlantis: The Lost Tales for weirdness. This was the first game that friend-of-the-blog Darkshoxx and I played for our Love Letters to Adventures collaboration…

Playing Bad Day on the Midway for our 'Love Letters to Adventures' collaboration with Darkshoxx last month was one of the weirdest experiences we've ever had on stream. laterlevels.com/2024/03/11/b...