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.

  • Psyonix Scores

    12/07/2016
    It was wonderful. Like watching a teammate score the most ludicrous last minute winner with an aerial backflip off the wall and in type goal. Psyonix, makers of Rocket League, avoided a potential PR disaster with all the poise and talent of an Olympic Gymnast. I have to applaud...

  • RNGesus Is A Dick

    30/06/2016
    It’s a bold headline. Many of you are probably thinking “Whaaat?” I am of course referring to the Random Number Generator that forms the basis of many loot drop based games. Destiny and Dragonball XenoVerse are the 2 games that come to mind, that I’ve played recently, which have...

  • Will Live replace Xbox?

    27/06/2016
    Microsoft are taking Xbox, and their 1st party studios, in an interesting direction. At E3 2016 most of their games were not exclusive to Xbox One anymore, they still won’t be on your PS4 obviously but they are coming to Windows 10. This initiative was introduced as “Play Anywhere”...

  • What is Sucker Punch Doing?

    23/06/2016
    A few weeks ago on the Out of The XFire podcast we spoke about a rumour regarding Sucker Punch. They are a Sony owned, 1st party studio known for the Infamous game series. The most recent of which, Infamous: Second Son, came out back in early 2014. So, they’ve...

  • The Post E3 Future of Consoles

    21/06/2016
    So with E3 done and dusted we have a lot more information and confirmations than we did before. I hosted an Out of Lives Special Discussion on the future of consoles and postulated why E3 2016 was more important than anyone seemed to realise. So was I right? How...

  • A Therapeutic Topic During A Hectic Week

    16/06/2016
    It’s E3 week! That means the world of Games is running around like a headless chicken, screaming and crying at the same time. All the new games announced, new trailers, first looks at gameplay and maybe even some new hardware. It is always so much to wrap your head...

  • More Details Revealed for RIGS Mechanized Combat League

    15/06/2016
    E3 continues in earnest this week as more details were revealed on the PlayStation Live-cast for Guerrilla Cambridge’s launch title for PSVR, RIGS Mechanized Combat League. We’ve known about this game for a while now and in addition to now knowing that it will launch on October 13th, alongside...

  • The Weekend Mock – Witcher Dev’s Predict End of The World?

    11/06/2016
    With the release of their second (and final) expansion for The Witcher 3, some startling news has slipped out from CD Projekt Red. Along with Gwent cards and a code for the expansion comes a serious prediction in the form of an expiry date. That’s right, they believe the world...

  • A New Dynasty

    09/06/2016
    In the run up to E3 I find myself anticipating one announcement in particular that would make me very happy. Koei Tecmo recently announced their line up for E3 and told us that they have a secret project in the works that they will announce at the show. Personally,...