I spent this week not playing South Park: The Stick of Truth because of the abomination that is the South Park video game. Regardless, I shall plough onwards as this is a tale that needs to be told to warn others of the risk that shoddy games may pose to your future enjoyment. At this point you’ve probably worked out that it’s not Titanfall or Dark Souls 2 so maybe it’s not as topical as I was claiming either. This is a shame as it is a licensed game based on a beloved cartoon which regular readers will know is basically my crack. The next game I will have a look at does happen to be the reason why I’ve not played the week’s big release yet. It would be even harder to produced any kind of informed fair and balanced review on a game that I haven’t actually played yet (although if I run out of ideas I may have to try). Well topical at least as it can be tricky to produce something I call a retrospective on a game that is less than a week old.

Those lessons I learnt last week must have sunk in because this week I am finally up to date and totally topical.