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.
Disclaimer: before we get started, I’d just like to say that this article is in no way mocking the first world war – a great many people died in that horrible war and taught a lot of people about fighting for what you believe in by sacrificing all they had…
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November 22, 2014 at 12:44 pm | Christmas, Vaguely Topical | No comment
Tags: advertisements, Christmas, Sainsbury's, televison, TV
So the British public is agog at the latest heart-warming bit of commercial advertising pumped out by John Lewis in a bid to win the war of sales via Christmas cuteness. Have you seen it? When I first watched this, my heart grew ten sizes that day. Or that might…
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November 8, 2014 at 2:05 pm | Christmas, Vaguely Topical | No comment
Tags: advertisements, Christmas, John Lewis, television, TV
It’s a funny thing, Halloween. It’s an American tradition that, through copious amounts of exported television, has embraced our dank British shores and seems to have taken root like some sort of gnarled evil tree. Personally, I actually hate scary things, and yet I have a contradictory interest in the…
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October 31, 2014 at 9:00 pm | Halloween, Podcasts, The PAYNEful podSPLOSION | No comment
Tags: creepypasta, Goosebumps, Halloween, horror, John Dies at the End, Junji Ito, The Evil Within
I don’t play video games anymore. Some people grow out of video games, saying it’s kids stuff. I used to know a guy who was the complete opposite; his name was Jerry and he was into video games in a big way. He had this collection of video games that…
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October 31, 2014 at 12:00 am | Halloween, Video Games | No comment
Tags: Atari, creepypasta, Halloween, old-school gaming
It’s been a while since we last rambled into a microphone, and since we last did that the video game community collectively shat itself inside-out via Twitter. This time we discuss #GamerGate (obligatory hashtag included) while firmly rooted to our fence, and if I see one more person write “you…
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September 20, 2014 at 10:58 am | Podcasts, The PAYNEful podSPLOSION, Vaguely Topical | No comment
Tags: Doctor Who, Duke Nukem, feminism, GamerGate, games journalism, Hellblazer, John Constantine, Mass Effect, Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, MGS, Uncharted, Uncharted 3 multiplayer
I’ll be honest, I’m not the most charitable of people. As a person who’s been bullied by “chuggers” (charity muggers1) into signing up to a £10 a month scheme at least twice, I’m always a little sceptical about parting from my cash. It’s very easy to be swayed by all…
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August 31, 2014 at 12:48 pm | Real Life, Vaguely Topical | No comment
Tags: ALS, Charity, Ice Bucket Challenge, MND
2013 – the year I moved out of my parent’s house and didn’t write about James Bond (unlike last year). Here’s a round-up of what was on my mind throughout the annual rotation of the planet around the Sun. Why Hitman: Absolution Isn’t Quite Right – 02/01 Having received the…
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January 1, 2014 at 12:00 pm | The Year in Blogs | No comment
Tags: bitching about video games, they're just toys!, yearly summary
The wind whistles against the windows. The storm is picking up again. I reach over and turn the dial up on my electric heater. The lamp on the desk flickers, temporarily bathing the room in darkness, leaving me with only the laptop screen to illuminate my hands. It’s almost 1AM…
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October 31, 2013 at 8:34 pm | Halloween | 1 comment
Tags: creepypasta, Halloween
I had the pleasure of unexpectedly dog-sitting with my girlfriend this week. Consider this post to be an extended apology to the dog in question. There’s a conflicting dichotomy at work here. Regard the following: I have always been a die-hard cat lover. I realise the odds are good that…
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October 20, 2013 at 3:14 pm | Real Life | No comment
Tags: As Good as it Gets, cats, dogs, dogs vs. cats, Jack Nicholson, Jim Carrey
Have you heard the news? Courtesy of my favourite Taiwanese news-reporting animation team! The internet has exploded over the announcement of “Batfleck” (don’t blame me, I didn’t come up with the name – I was going to call him “BatAffleck”). The issue was even particularly contentious in the office where…
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August 25, 2013 at 4:13 pm | Batman, Films, Vaguely Topical | 2 comments
Tags: Batfleck, Batman, Batman films, Ben Affleck, Superman, topical issues
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