The Witcher

  • TUP10 Revisited – Adam 2021

    I recently joined Ben, Lucy & Aadil on Tanked Up for episode 295. One of the main topics for that was what I have dubbed “my TUP10”. However, my list of cool things from the year didn’t go entirely to plan. My own arbitrary rules for putting together my...
  • Is New Game Plus Important?

    I rolled the credits on Ghost of Tsushima at 3am on Tuesday morning. I’m not going to talk about that experience here in this article, I’ll save it for a later one, all I’ll say is that it was brilliant and I loved playing it. In fact, I want...
  • Struggling with The Witcher’s First Season

    I like liking things. Unlike many on the Internet I get no pleasure from complaining about movies, TV shows or video games I dislike, but rather I choose to celebrate what I do enjoy. This mindset has made watching the first season of The Witcher – Netflix’s fantasy adaptation...
  • Adam’s Top 10 of the Decade

    As we say hello to the 2020’s I thought I’d share some of my best moments of the decade. A lot has happened, there’s been plenty of ups and downs but across the things covered by Out of Lives most of it was good. Well, most of what I...
  • [BONUS] Out of Lives Podcast Witcher 3 Spectacular [SPOILER ALERT]

    Adam, Ben & Dave take a look back at The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt on the 2nd Anniversary of its release in this super special Bonus Episode of the Out of Lives Podcast! The original game launched on the 19th of May 2015, with 2 major expansions following...
  • “You’re Playing It Again!?”

    It is a phrase that has become familiar to me recently – along with “You’re still playing that?” in a confused/exasperated tone – as I have begun a fresh play through of The Witcher 3. Regular listeners of Out of The XFire will know that I am a massive...
  • Gwent – The Witcher Card Game at E3?

    With the world still playing Blood and Wine, and with over 10 million copies shipped of The Witcher 3 worldwide, the popular mini card-game Gwent looks like it’s becoming a stand-alone game if a trademark is correct. The Polish publisher CD Projekt Red, who are famous for their dedication to their...
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1.20 Patch Changes So Much

    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Patch 1.20 will release just in time for The Blood and Wine DLC and it changes so much! The patch brings with it a a nice big fat list of changes in fact almost every aspect of the game has seen a change of...
  • To Boldly Go

    To Boldly Go… One particular franchise has lived long and prospered on both the big screen and small screen. Star Trek, from the original in 1966 through multiple series, movies, cast, crew, Star Ships and decades, it has continued where so many others have disappeared. Very few franchises have...