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The Hungry Games

The Hungry Games

There’s a chap called Brant Steele who made a Hunger Games simulator1. You can play it at http://brantsteele.net/hungergames. I’ve seen a fair few runs of the simulator crop up on Tumblr (the one with Sonic the Hedgehog characters comes to mind) and I fancied a crack at it myself. I…

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January 21, 2017 at 12:00 am | Batman, Characters, Death Battle!, James Bond | No comment

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Game Guides for Non-Gamers: Metal Gear Solid

The Two Snakes

Metal Gear Solid is a long-running action/adventure series which focuses on sneaking around and hiding rather than shooting lots of people. It is notorious for having a dense storyline, one which is mostly based on thrillers but has dashes of cyberpunk, science-fiction and fantasy (with some emphasis on fantasy given…

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August 17, 2014 at 12:00 pm | Game Guides for Non-Gamers, Video Games | No comment

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Manchild at Play, a.k.a Stuff You Can Steal From My House When You Inevitably Break in After Reading This

A Facebook post about my glass cabinets full of figures.

The other day I finally managed to cross off one of the things on my (admittedly rather limited and lacking in scope) list of things I’ve always wanted to do (aside from buy a plastic figure of Dr. Robotnik). For years I’ve made do with wooden shelves, converted bedside cabinets…

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June 1, 2013 at 12:00 pm | Action Figures, Batman, Manchild at Play (Toys), Video Games | 3 comments

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Hiding in Cardboard Boxes – a Review of the Original Metal Gear Solid (on PSX)

MGS Snake and Meryl

At the time of writing this, Metal Gear Solid 4 is just around the corner on the releases list. To commemorate the occasion and remind myself of the story, I thought that I would push my PS3 to its limits by playing an outdated game created back when high definition…

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April 22, 2008 at 10:55 pm | Reviews, Video Games | No comment

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