BioShock 2 Competition

Bioshock 2 – the long awaited sequel to the critically acclaimed 2007 game and arguably one of the most eagerly awaited releases of the year, has surfaced. The original Bioshock, while dividing opinion, introduced two characters which would rapidly become iconic in gaming, regardless of…

Generation (s)Kill?

Walking to work the other day, I had occasion to observe a woman parking her car. All those at the back who just looked at each other with THAT look, you know, the one that says “are we in the right place?” or “has he…

The Answer To Life, The Universe And Everything

Apparently women think about shopping every 60 seconds and guys think about sex every 53 seconds.  Personally, I think that’s rubbish but it was in a newspaper and everything,
so with that in mind I thought I’d conduct a very sciencey type…

Feeling The Fear

One of my earliest gaming memories involves gently tapping on my parents’ door on a Saturday morning and asking if I could play about with the games on my Dad’s Apricot business computer. Nestled in amongst the floppy discs and DOS games was one called 3-Demon,…

Collecting Dust

When it came to buying birthday presents recently, I found it extremely difficult to come with ideas that weren’t the proverbial chocolates and flowers.  I like to give people presents that represent them well, and which they wouldn’t necessarily buy themselves.  In the simplest terms,…

All The Time In The World

Unfortunately, as with most people scurrying around in the rat race, there’s either never enough time or what little time is afforded to us by our hectic lifestyles is undoubtedly squandered or ignored.

I recently made the decision to move to a four day week,…