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Good Thinking

I have a bit of a thing against newsletters. It’s a personal thing which I’ve been harbouring for many years and now I can’t walk down a street without seeing the word ’news’;and hearing the word ’letters’;and constructing a demonic vision in my mind. It’s really not my fault. It’s the fault of our local village newsletter, the high-light of which is the ‘births, marriages and deaths’ page which is printed in a font that exhibits a truly deathly quality More

The New Sound Of The Stylophone.

If you are as ancient as I am, you will no doubt remember the huge craze of ‘Stylophone’s in the late seventies and early eighties. Everyone seemed to have one and even David Bowie used it on his ‘Space Oddity’ single. Nowhere in Britain was free of these small, buzzing boxes. And just about every magazine you picked up would have a full page spread with Rolf Harris trying to talk you into buying one.

Well, here we are again. More

Quick Review: Crackdown 2

When Crackdown came out not so long ago it was viewed by many as one of the more interesting titles for the Xbox 360. Chances are anyone who played it never wanted to not even to go to the bathroom. Travelling about in what is called a level up vehicle and having the ability to leap from building to building is such a rush. So what does Crackdown 2 bring to the table?

Introduced at the X10 event hosted by More

Super Sonic

Technology: it’s over-rated if you ask me. I have spent the last forty years living in a three-dimensional, techno obsessed world where everything is as real and painfully feelable as can be—life and living in general, I mean—so the last thing I want when I play video-games is for it to be all super amazing three dimensional, realistic graphics. No, I liked it when things were simpler. The platform games of the olden days just had a certain magic about More

Massive Attack’s Amazing Circus.

Isn’t it just great when you come across a really good music video? And if it’s a brand new one then it’s even better!

Well, here is the latest one from Massive Attack and I think it’s their best video yet. Until I saw this, I would have said ‘Butterfly Caught’ was my favourite. This new one, ‘Paradise Circus’, is done in a totally different style, but I also think it is far superior.

I don’t remember ever seeing a More

Reach Out For Halo!

We have just entered 2010 and it will be hard for it to live up to 2009 and the thrills and fantastic gaming (along with the all conquering media blitz surrounding it) that Modern Warcraft 2 brought to us. Well we may be only a few weeks in but I’m already counting down to the end of the year. Why? Well I just can’t wait to pick up my shiny, new copy of Halo:Reach! My trigger finger is getting RSI More

A Blast(er) From The Past

There are a few games that I would just love to see remade. Many of the titles from years gone by may have suffered from very basic sound and graphics, but they were also immensely playable. If they hadn’t been, then we wouldn’t remember them with such fondness.

With today’s technology, there are many old games that could be revamped and turned into hugely popular releases. Some software houses have already tried this before with games like ‘Space Invaders’ More

A Very Strange Case.

When you have a look for a gift amongst computer accessories you have to be very careful indeed. There are an awful lot of really cheesy gadgets out there that, instead of ever being used, will just end up in the back of a dusty shoe cupboard. So, it was a very nice surprise when I came across this ‘Undercover Laptop Case’ quite by accident on ‘I Want One of Those’!

It is a sad fact that we live in More

An Object Of Curiousity.

I have just seen an interesting video on YouTube. The reason I watched it is because I read about it on the Yahoo! News page. It is allegedly of an alien craft hovering over Moscow and it has attracted hundreds of thousands of viewers from all over the world.

There are actually two different clips showing the ‘craft’. One of them is filmed at night and the other was recorded during daylight hours. Both videos centre around a pyramidal object More

The Horror of Survival.

What an absolute masterpiece ‘Resident Evil 4’ was. Over the years I have owned it on both Playstation 2 and the Gamecube.

I think that I have played and completed most of the ‘Resi’ games and enjoyed them all enormously. However, when Capcom brought out the fourth instalment they got everything right.

As soon as you begin playing there is a feeling of unease. Earlier Resi games had a little more humour in places and there were only certain parts More