“Christian my boy, check this out,” said Peter, double-clicking a video file on his laptop. Christian watched the clip over his flabby boss’ shoulder, recognising the sultry half-dressed pop star but, naturally, not the song it belonged to. “The inverted cross, numerous references to the single eye, the pyramid…. we’ve certainly dropped the ball,” said […]
I updated my WordPress app a few days ago (much improvements) and realised how long it’s been since I updated the actual ‘blog! Shameful really. I have not been idle – far from it! Like many suffering writers, I have been scribbling away frantically while trying to work, hold a relationship down, and have some […]
I decided to go out in the herd. I usually tried to avoid it, as did most of the other Controllers, but I’d had enough. I’d always known that I’d been infected with a sense of empathy for the stock, but before I could report it and take precautions, it was too late. Somehow, I […]
I bought a Nexus 7 a few weeks ago – what a tablet! Google and Asus have made the perfect Android-based tablet, although the 7″ screen might put people off. However, for those who are not open to anything other than Apple, I implore them to give the Nexus 7 a chance. You may be […]
More spaceship flying shenanigans today – this time, it’s from Sega’s doomed-to-fail 32-bit add-on for the Megadrive, the 32X. I loved the 32X because it highlighted how companies should NEVER give consumers too much choice; people couldn’t work out whether it was a different console in its own right, or a poor man’s Saturn that […]
Now this is what the japanese N64 was made for – a 360 degree flying game against mountain-sized robots. You and four buddies, all flying planes that represent their ethnic background, obviously, do battle with rockets and bullets against wings of planes, helicopters and a level boss, usually something big, metal, and Godzilla-like in size. […]
Burger Time – classic “holy shit you guys, I smoked an entire 8 Ball last night and had a great idea for a game – crazier than that idea about the bubble-blowing dragons”. You play a little chef (arf) and have to avoid the various demented food trying to kill you. There’s even a silly […]
Terry moved his curtains a little and peeked into the darkened street, watching the neighbours’ windows for any sign of activity. There was none – not yet, anyway. They were talking about it though, they had to be. He could imagine it now; the old gent across the way going green with envy because Terry […]
Rastan is a side-scroller platformer with swords; Super Mario, but starring Conan the Barbarian instead. It’s a great little game, and was ported over to the 8-bits at the time (I had this on the Master System). It’s a cool example of arcade games of the period; fluid and colourful but not hugely technical, and […]
Crispin rattled off another calculation and waited for the computer simulation to confirm what he already knew – it would work. He knew it must, because he had spent the last thirty years working on it, every single minute possibility and avenue had been painstakingly researched and tested. His relentless obsession with his work had […]
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