Christian Donlan

3 days ago | msn.com | Christian Donlan

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3 days ago | eurogamer.net | Christian Donlan

Not to brag but I have a pear tree at the moment that is really something. It must be twenty feet tall, for one thing, and the pears are these fat golden gems that hang from its spongy boughs. The pear, I remember reading in The Observer about fifteen years ago, is a fruit whose time has come. Fifteen years means it's probably come and gone by now, but still: that pear tree of mine. Sometimes it's nice to get off the motorbike I use when gardening, put down my magic trowel and just take it in.

4 days ago | eurogamer.net | Christian Donlan

I love climbing things in games. But I don't always love games that are firmly about climbing. Games that are firmly about climbing are often too technical for me - they tangle me up with ropes and pitons and tricky physics systems. Too many systems. Too many meters to manage. When climbing games are at their most arcadey - say something like Jusant, or Grow Home - I'm in, thoroughly in.

1 week ago | eurogamer.net | Christian Donlan

On my best runs, with the best accidental match-ups, I've been the watering can guy. I'll deploy alongside two far more talented players, and they'll fix machinery and fight the hordes while I handle the watering. I'll put out ground-based fires to allow for freedom of movement and to stop enemies being enraged by flames. I'll put out any fires on my allies when they accidentally set light to themselves, so they don't have to race back to the nearest shower block. This works, until it doesn't work.

1 week ago | msn.com | Christian Donlan

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