Games for Lent: The Aftermath
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 Posted in Misc | 3 Comments »As anyone that follows my Twitter feed will know, I successfully completed my ‘Games for Lent’ challenge. I survived 47 days without playing any video games (with the exception of the occasional stint on Chess With Friends and Words With ...
“Oh, he’s the…”
Sunday, February 28th, 2010 Posted in Misc | 1 Comment »Yep, that's me and Robert Knepper - also known as Prison Break's T-Bag. He was a really friendly bloke, who seemed caught up in the wonder of talking about the show's first season, having not given it two seconds thought ...
Giving Up Games
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 Posted in Misc | 5 Comments »Only for lent, of course. My housemate has given up coffee, my girlfriend has given up alcohol, and her friend has given up giving up things. I have given up games. Yes, you read that right. Stop laughing. Now, the reasons I've ...
Why I Won’t Be Playing Mass Effect 2
Friday, January 29th, 2010 Posted in Misc | 2 Comments »Fuck you, Microsoft. Seriously, fuck you. So the other day I took my Xbox 360 to my girlfriend's house so we could watch some TV off her hard drive on the big screen rather than all crowding round her laptop. Upon ...
The Glee Drinking Game
Thursday, January 28th, 2010 Posted in Misc | 2 Comments »After merely a few episodes, it soon became clear to me that Glee could provide the perfect follow-up to The Atonement Drinking Game and The House Of Flying Daggers Drinking Game. No, it has nothing to do with games or ...
What I need to do in 2010
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 Posted in Career, Misc | 2 Comments »I know New Year's is almost a month ago, but I wasn't about to start 2010 with some random post or another copy-and-paste feature for my portfolio (although I have just scheduled one of the latter for tomorrow evening). 2009 was ...
[Elsewhere] S4G: Utter, utter bastards
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 Posted in Misc | No Comments »The rather aptly titled Episode 51 of the Sanctuary4Gamers podcast, Pranking Bastards, is now live. It's a considerably more polite title than I would have chosen, given what Steve (aka MonkeychunkUK) put me through. Yes, I'm am the unfortunate sixth ...
The Look of a Games Journalist
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 Posted in Misc | 1 Comment »On Monday, I attended a little press event in London and played a minor upcoming game, which I'll tell you more about on Friday when the embargo lifts and the sarcastic riddled throughout this sentence becomes unbearable. As you should know ...
Still Alive. Ish.
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 Posted in Career, Elsewhere, Misc | 2 Comments »I've had some severe lapses in self-discipline before, but a month without blogging - without even putting up the regular features or a copy/paste podcast update - is unforgivable. I am still alive. Ish. My blogging schedule generally used to revolve ...
The Evil Of Generosity
Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in Misc | 1 Comment »I currently both love and hate Konami. The publisher’s 40th Birthday bash last night in London’s Centre Point was great fun. Even though the company hadn’t done anything major to impress the attendees (short of plonking a few Wii demo pods ...
