Adam Thomas

Adam is a Writer, Editor & Podcaster here at Out of Lives. He casts a wide net across popular culture with video games & anime, in particular, featuring heavily in his work for the site. Hailing from a town just outside Glasgow, this Scotsman can usually be found roaming the Northern Realms on The Path or behind the wheel of a Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket Powered Battle-Car.

  • Simplicity & Joy

    17/04/2019
    “It’s the simple things in life that give you the most joy.” They stand the test of time in a way that more complicated things often, just, don’t. When I think back to my childhood many of the things I enjoyed fitted this particular bill. So many things that...

  • Gran Turismo Sport

    10/04/2019
    Polyphony Digital and the Gran Turismo franchise hold a special place in my heart. I remember as a young kid getting stuck on the licences, my older cousin would do them all and give me the save on a memory card. I remember getting a go of the red...

  • Elis James & John Robins Podcast Review 2 –

    03/04/2019
    Episodes Reviewed:         01-264 Average Episode Length:     1:25:00 Release Schedule:     Finished   The Elis James & John Robins Podcast is special. To me and to thousands of other people who call themselves PCDs (Podcast Devotees). It’s special for a number of reasons. Reasons that I’ll struggle...

  • Bittersweet Endings

    20/03/2019
    In the last few months I’ve really blasted through some shows. Quite a few to say the least; many of which I have written about for this very site. I think in this age of binge media we are all familiar with the bittersweetness of getting to the end...

  • Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

    13/03/2019
    Following on from my earlier article, The Dark Side of Alchemy, I’m now in a position to share some thoughts on Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood as a whole. I wrote the earlier article after I had finished “Part 1” which is the first 13 episodes; this time I’m writing having...

  • SSSS.GRIDMAN

    06/03/2019
    Kaiju are giant. Enormous. They are impossible to miss. You’d know if you saw one, you would just know. Yet in SSSS.GRIDMAN a lot of them manage to fade into the background. Standing like mountains in full view yet seemingly almost invisible. After a few episodes I realised that...

  • Goblin Slayer

    27/02/2019
    The trouble with goblins is, nobody takes them seriously. They’re just goblins after all; little more than an irritation. How many games have you played, or stories have you read/watched, where goblins are a monster enemy? 10, 20, 100? What proportion of those treated them as anything more difficult...

  • Out of Rupees – 99 Things To Talk About

    24/02/2019
    Join Francis, Lucy & Andy as they wade through the mountain of Nintendo news that has built up since their last episode. Who hasn’t bought Super Smash Bros for the Switch? How are the Ubisoft collaborations going? Are there any games not made using Unreal Engine 4? Find out...

  • Connecting with Bumblebee

    20/02/2019
    The Transformers cinematic franchise is a funny old beast. Seeing the first one, directed by Michael Bay, all those years ago was truly breathtaking. He made these giant transforming robots, not only look good but look like they belonged in the real world. It’s an amazing feat of CGI...