Tom Clement

Learning German with Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla I have been on-and-off learning German for five years now. Through online classes, a dash of Duolingo, and general world-exposure, I am able to get by in most situations and conversations, only str…

When #learning a new #language, general wisdom says to immerse yourself fully with books, films and TV to improve your knowledge. So I took that challenge with games, specifically #AssassinsCreed: Valhalla, and played through the whole game in German... thomasclement.net/2025/11/03/l...

The Best Levels from the Splinter Cell Series I recently got my Xbox 360 out of storage solely for the Splinter Cell series. A stealth series endorsed by author Tom Clancy and featuring super-sneaky-solider Sam Fisher, it’s a landmark for both…

With the recent #Netflix release of #SplinterCellDeathwatch, I felt it was time to rank the best levels from the entire Splinter Cell series... thomasclement.net/2025/10/18/t...

#gaming #tomclancy

007: First Light – Trailer Reaction Sony Playstation’s “State of Play” event was broadcast yesterday, announcing games and showcasing trailers for PS games set to release in the next few years. Despite lots of cool teasers only one t…

After #StateOfPlay yesterday, I am fully on the hype-train for #FirstLight007, check out my breakdown of the trailer here... thomasclement.net/2025/06/05/0...

#JamesBond #Games

The Best Levels from the Tomb Raider Series Two of my top-played games of the last year are Tomb Raider: Remastered I-III and IV-VI. These are remasters of the first six games in the Tomb Raider series, originally released from 1996 to 2003.…

New Post! After spending many months playing #TombRaider Remastered, I decided to go through all the games and give my ranking of the best levels in each entry. Have a read...

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#Gaming #TombRaiderRemastered #LaraCroft

Medal of Honor: 15 Years Later As someone who played games in the late 2000s and early 2010s, I have played Call of Duty. Much has been written about the revolution Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was to the gaming landscape, cat…

After seven hours of play time and 8000+ words later, have a read of my dissection of one of the most interesting shooters I've had the chance to play; Medal of Honor, fifteen years later...

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#gaming #gamewriting #electronicarts

The Sean Connery 007 Game With the announcement in 2020 that IO Interactive (makers of Hitman) were working on a James Bond video game, I became curious about the past games of 007. A lot of these games, Nightfire, Everythi…

A look back at the last time Sean Connery played James Bond, in a video game... thomasclement.net/2024/12/16/t...

#gaming #jamesbond #007 #SeanConnery

Tomb Raider’s Unified Timeline: Explained 2021 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Tomb Raider franchise. While there is no new game on the horizon, Crystal Dynamics, the main studio that has been creating Tomb Raider since 2006, did…

Throwback post to my explantation and speculation on the #TombRaider Unified Timeline, looking ahead to see where #LaraCroft will be in the future... thomasclement.net/2021/08/08/t...

Assassin’s Creed, Jacob Frye, and Bisexuality in Games I recently completed Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate and loved the entire experience. While I have enjoyed certain aspects of each Assassin’s Creed since the exquisite original, none of them have reall…

Throwback post to one of my favourite articles I’ve ever written, researching bisexual characters in games thomasclement.net/2019/04/11/a...

#gaming #lgbt #bisexual

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019-2023): An Analysis I always have a sense of excitement and trepidation when picking up a new Call of Duty game. I don’t play online shooters so I know I’m not the target audience who love their team deathmatches and...

Now that some time has passed since #CallofDuty #ModernWarfare3 released, I did a deep-dive retrospective across the entire trilogy's campaign... thomasclement.net/2024/02/03/c...

Bully – Discovering a Classic I’ve recently been doing a backlog binge of older open-world games I never got to play the first time around. Titles have included the Guy Ritchie-inspired The Getaway, which simulates ten square mi...

I've been on a backlog binge of old PS2 games recently and now sincerely believe that Bully was one of Rockstar's best works in gaming history...

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#Gaming #RockstarGames

I love all of these designs.

Another one is Lara Croft from the 2013 Tomb Raider reboot. She starts in normal tanktop and trousers and by the end her outfit is torn to shreds and covered with mud, blood, and bandages.

I wonder if it’s a early 2010 design quirk, all these would between 2010-2013.

Star Wars: The Fighting Game I am a big fighting game fan. One-on-one combat is such a thrilling experience, knowing that through reading your opponent you clutch a win or deliver a flawless victory…it can’t be topped. I’ve...

I've been on a retro-play lately, focussing on one of the most underrated fighting games ever to be created...Star Wars: Episode III...

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#StarWars #Gaming

With the teaser trailer reveal of the Tomb Raider anime via Netflix Drop 01 showing the most recent interpretation of Lara Croft, here is my breakdown of the “Unified” Timeline that the anime will be following… thomasclement.net/2021/08/08/t...