Daniel RutledgeDaniel Rutledge

Daniel Rutledge is an entertainment journalist and dolphin enthusiast living in Auckland. He was TV3's online entertainment news editor for nine years, wrote for Rip It Up when it was good and is a regular bFM guest and supporter.

The unbearable pointlessness of PlayStation trophy hunting

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How to sap all the joy from PlayStation’s brilliant Star Wars: Battlefront? By ticking off a checklist of useless achievements and mundane chores. Daniel Rutledge joins the ranks of gaming’s extreme trophy hunters. It’s hard to imagine a world more hyped for Star Wars’ return than ours was at the end of 2015. With fans … Read more

Gaming: Answering the Call of Duty – A Message of Hope

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Call of Duty Black Ops III comes out today amidst a general feeling of despair at what hath become of a once-great franchise. Daniel Rutledge is a solitary voice to the contrary. There’s a specific look of shock I know all too well. Sometimes it’s not shock, but rather disgust, or bemusement; but it’s always … Read more