Strat Packer's blog
  • Gaming
  • Film & TV
  • Music
  • Books
  • Social Science
  • Sport
  • Travel & Leisure
  • Tech
  • Misc.

Business articles

The Pathless Path: A call to action to escape your desk job

In The Pathless Path, Paul Millerd makes the case that life should be about more than work, and that people should invest more time and effort in finding their true calling - one that is more engaging and fulfilling than the daily grind. A rough representation of the daydream The...

Notes from a brief stay in Austin, TX

Through a stroke of good fortune I was recently invited to spend a few days in Austin, Texas, and having never been to the United States I jumped at the chance. The city wasn’t on my to-visit list and I had minimal prior knowledge about the local area, so I...

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Atlas Shrugged is something of an anomaly. For every online commenter promoting Ayn Rand’s modern classic as essential reading, there’s a critic advising against ever picking it up at all, and it’s hard to separate opinions based on incompatibility with the holder’s politics from those critiquing it as a work...

Lessons in management from Jose Mourinho

Apologies for the near two-month gap between articles. Some changes in my personal life required my attention, but things are more settled now and updates should come more regularly - albeit with a slightly different flavour than before, and more variety in the subject matter I’ll be covering. The latest...

Page 1 of 1
The good stuff

Resident Evil HD Remaster (PS4) retrospective

The newbie's guide to buying Formula 1 models

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (PS4) retrospective

The Sims (PC) retrospective

How to run a half marathon (better)

Pro Evolution Soccer 5 (PS2) Master League retrospective

BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea (PC) retrospective

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Xbox 360) retrospective

Resident Evil 2 Remake (PS4) retrospective

Formula 1 97 (PS1) retrospective

Searching for God in Starfield

BioShock Infinite (PC) retrospective

GTA IV's Liberty City is still the best virtual city ever made

Fable (PC) retrospective

© 2018-25 Strat Packer