I try to not date what I write – I like posts to be timeless and relevant no matter when they are read, but alas it is difficult to not react to things that are happening “at that time”. Consider these posts more akin to a diary or journal.
2015 can seriously take a step back and literally f*ck its own face. First there was the unexpected sudden need to move house when our landlady decided they wanted to sell the house we were in regardless of whether we were in it or not. We moved into a flat…
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January 1, 2016 at 12:00 am | The Year in Blogs | No comment
Tags: Batman, Detulux Incorporated, engagement, First world problems, James Bond, LEGO, Seriously Flat 7 go get bent
Full disclosure: most of this was written on half a bottle of Jack Daniels. I wanted to document this important moment in my life, but blog writing can be tiresome1 sometimes so I resorted to something Philip Marlowe called “incentive to keep me interested”2. Why post this so late? Summer…
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November 22, 2015 at 11:03 pm | Real Life | No comment
Tags: Cornwall, Devon, engagement, Harlyn Bay, holiday, Ilfracombe, Padstow, Treyarnon Bay, Wadebridge
E31 took place this week, and it was probably the best in terms of announcements for the last two or three years. Game critics are remaining sceptical about some of the announcements, but that’s their job – allow the rest of us to revel in the joy of some of…
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June 20, 2015 at 11:39 am | Random Guesswork, Technology, Video Games | 2 comments
Tags: Arkham Knight, Assassin's Creed, Batman, E3, Fallout 4, Final Fantasy, Hitman, Ico, LEGO, LEGO Dimensions, Mad Max, Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Shadow of the Colossus, Team Ico, The Last Guardian, Uncharted
The new trailer for Batman v Superman was leaked online this week and it looks pretty good. Zack Snyder1 did the clever social media-savvy thing and dropped a high-definition version of the trailer shortly afterwards. #BatmanvSuperman #NotBlurry #NotPirated https://t.co/6twr1oFBvr — ZackSnyder (@ZackSnyder) April 17, 2015 Reactions have been mixed apparently….
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April 18, 2015 at 2:08 pm | Batman, Films, Random Guesswork | No comment
Tags: Batfleck, Batman, Batman comics, Batman films, Batman v Superman, Ben Affleck, comic book movie adaptations, DC Comics, Frank Miller, Watchmen, Zack Snyder
They say that Sir Terry Pratchett is dead, but I find that very hard to believe because, although the body may no longer function, he poured every thought, idea, belief and thesis of his into the hundreds and thousands of words he wrote down. I looked at his bibliography earlier…
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March 14, 2015 at 12:12 pm | Vaguely Topical | No comment
Tags: Discworld, RIP, Sir Terry Pratchett
If you thought my physical space was cluttered, you should take a look at my computer desktop. I tend to save everything to the desktop and then, once every few months, go through everything and either archive it to a hard drive or consign it to the digital recycle bin….
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March 5, 2015 at 11:50 pm | Batman, Real Life | No comment
Tags: Bane, Batman, Catwoman, Doctor Who, Firefox, funny images, geekgasm, Groot, Hitman, Jaws is the best henchman ever, Kevin Smith, memes, oh goody let's talk about real life for a change, Playmobil, the Joker, translator
The one thing about moving house that surprised me is the sheer amount of stuff one accumulates over the years. However, most of this stuff normally has the common decency to secrete itself away in nook and crannies, unseen and unknown until it is required1. Philip K. Dick coined the…
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February 27, 2015 at 5:24 pm | Action Figures, Manchild at Play (Toys), Real Life | No comment
Tags: oh goody let's talk about real life for a change, packaging, they're just toys!
“The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long – and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy.” That’s one of the better quotes from Blade Runner. It’s what Eldon Tyrell tells Roy Batty when he delivers the bad news that, no matter how much they have…
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February 18, 2015 at 9:35 pm | Real Life | No comment
Tags: birds, Blade Runner, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, I'm overly emotional and quite a sensitive person, oh goody let's talk about real life for a change, RIP, Willow
I don’t normally write about my personal life, insofar that I don’t write about specific life events that aren’t tied to video games, films or toys I’ve bought. I am making the exception here. 2015 was going to be a big year for me – I decided that I would…
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February 16, 2015 at 10:32 pm | Real Life | No comment
Tags: birds, moving house, oh goody let's talk about real life for a change
I had high hopes for 2014, but when I started the year by almost killing myself with alcohol it sort of set the mood. Despite that little hiccup at the start of the year, a lot of effort went into the first few chapters of the Two Doctors’ World Tour,…
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January 1, 2015 at 12:00 pm | The Year in Blogs | No comment
Tags: advertisements, Derren Brown, GamerGate, LEGO, podcast, yearly summary
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