Category: Features

A Look Back at Half Life 2 and its Legacy

Matt Clarke March 14, 2026 No Comments

It’s difficult to describe the levels of hype that I felt leading up to the release of Half Life 2, and I know I wasn’t alone. This was a generation-defining…

I made a game: Reaction Distraction

Matt Clarke March 14, 2026 No Comments

Last summer, I collaborated with my mate Mark Vale to create our very first mobile game app. It’s all about pushing buttons as fast as you can. So, a great…

The Pacifist’s Guide to Raiding in the Rustbelt

Matt Clarke March 13, 2026 No Comments

Don’t kill people. That’s the ARC’s job. Make no mistake, I ain’t no softie. Just coz I won’t attack you first, don’t mean I won’t defend meself from a rat…

New Design Announcement

Matt Clarke March 8, 2026 No Comments

Hello, world! This post marks the moment in time and space when BangClickReload got a little redesign and was dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century. Every post before…

Gaming Memories – DayZ

Matt Clarke April 26, 2017 No Comments

The following took place in 2012, in the beta version of the DayZ mod for ARMA 2. It recounts the story of how I survived the zombie apocalypse by eating…

Gaming Memories – The N64

Matt Clarke April 25, 2017 No Comments

Years: 1996 - 2003 To this day, the N64 holds my fondest gaming memories on a console. The PC may have stolen my heart eventually, but I’ll never forget the…

Gaming Memories – Age of Empires 2

Matt Clarke April 24, 2017 No Comments

Format: PC Year: 1999 Here’s another game that was introduced to me by my uncle Dave (who to this day, does the best impression of the monk from the first…

Gaming Memories – Battlefield Series

Matt Clarke April 23, 2017 No Comments

Format: PC Year: 2001 – present day If Return to Castle Wolfenstein was my first date with PC gaming, Battlefield 1942 was when she invited me to meet her parents,…

Gaming Memories – Deus Ex

Matt Clarke April 22, 2017 No Comments

Format: PC Year: 2000 It may look clunky as hell thanks to the original Unreal engine, but Deus Ex was a pioneer in videogames because it gave the player so…

Gaming Memories – Streets of Rage 2

Matt Clarke April 21, 2017 No Comments

Format: Sega Mega Drive Year: 1992 Another rare game in my long list of memories that include my brother, Sam, is Streets of Rage 2. It was the best in…

Gaming Memories – Final Fantasy VII

Matt Clarke April 20, 2017 No Comments

Format: PS1 & PC Release date: 1997 I’m not sure what to tell you about FF7. Simply put, it’s one of my all-time favourite games, and the hordes of fans…

Gaming Memories – Outlast

Matt Clarke April 19, 2017 No Comments

Format: PC Release date: 2013 Well, fuck. A FPS horror game, set in a mental asylum where all the patients are violent hyper crazed lunatics, and you are a guy…

Features Archive

A Look Back at Half Life 2 and its Legacy

I made a game: Reaction Distraction

The Pacifist’s Guide to Raiding in the Rustbelt

New Design Announcement

Gaming Memories – DayZ

Gaming Memories – The N64

Gaming Memories – Age of Empires 2

Gaming Memories – Battlefield Series

Gaming Memories – Deus Ex

Gaming Memories – Streets of Rage 2

Gaming Memories – Final Fantasy VII

Gaming Memories – Outlast

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