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Winter Balls From JessicaSmith ^Pro in Jessica Smith (3 days old)

Ok so I am assisting some friends with a marketing project involving Balls for Walls.... So to brighten up your walls this Winter http://www.balls4walls.co.uk … more

Neyo has rescheduled From JessicaSmith ^Pro in Jessica Smith (4 days old)

£2 per ticket booking fees, plus £2 postage...for people who booked through ticketmaster.. This new performance will take place at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester on 13 February 2010… more

Why the digital download revolution will suck From kestrel1977 in 10 IF RYAN=NERD THEN PRINT "get out more often" (16 days old)

For a minute there, I was Charlie Bucket. My usual miasma of gloom and disillusionment was swept aside by an unexpected beta test invitation - a golden ticket for Realtime Worlds' forthcoming onli… more

Horror games give me the fear From kestrel1977 in 10 IF RYAN=NERD THEN PRINT "get out more often" (23 days old)

Once again it's that time of year. The time of year when mutilated pumpkins appear on doorsteps, black plastic bats hang in windows and I sit in the living room with the lights off, hiding from tr… more

How self-aware computers will change video gaming From kestrel1977 in 10 IF RYAN=NERD THEN PRINT "get out more often" (30 days old)

If religion is like a warm campfire that rewards the faithful with a soothing glow of comforting ignorance, then science is the equivalent of a bucket of freezing cold water. Tuesday night's editi… more

Beaten by Bomberman From kestrel1977 in 10 IF RYAN=NERD THEN PRINT "get out more often" (37 days old)

In the sad goldfish bowl that is my workaday life, there are few things more exciting than the arrival of a new parcel from Japan. The latest box of delights to appear on the doorstep contained co… more

Derren Brown's unexpected balls up From kestrel1977 in 10 IF RYAN=NERD THEN PRINT "get out more often" (49 days old)

In the past few weeks, mentalist Derren Brown's been pulling in audiences by apparently predicting the lottery, sticking viewers to their seats and 'projecting' psychic images into people's minds.… more

Smash TV - video games on the box From kestrel1977 in 10 IF RYAN=NERD THEN PRINT "get out more often" (51 days old)

Video games have always endured a tortured relationship with television, in the UK at least; but for the occasional documentary on the industry or a news item on their corrupting influence, games pro… more

Parasol Stars - a forgotten masterpiece From kestrel1977 in 10 IF RYAN=NERD THEN PRINT "get out more often" (55 days old)

Of all the games in Taito's Bubble Bobble lineage, Parasol Stars is among the least known. While Rainbow Islands has been ported to almost every computer, console and mobile phone imaginable, and … more

Why pressing one button can be fun From kestrel1977 in 10 IF RYAN=NERD THEN PRINT "get out more often" (57 days old)

So this is what it feels like to be old. Gripped by a mysterious virus, I've been reduced to a shuddering, barely moving wreck, with the faintest beam of light leaving my eyes screwed up like a mo… more

Gaming's greatest aliens From kestrel1977 in 10 IF RYAN=NERD THEN PRINT "get out more often" (62 days old)

It's been another weird gaming week. Following last time's encounter with the harsh realities of import gaming (my newly purchased PC Engine could only display a black and white image), this week … more

Void left by Floyd From WannabeTVChef ^Pro in wannabeTVchef.blog (63 days old)

Void left by Floyd TV viewers and amateur cooks everywhere were morning the lose of TV chef Keith Floyd, who died on Monday. He was a trailblazer who took television cookery out of the studio and on l… more

How I lost my heart - and my wallet - to a PC Engine From kestrel1977 in 10 IF RYAN=NERD THEN PRINT "get out more often" (72 days old)

It's been a strange gaming week. My initial excitement at receiving yet another addition to my console collection was short lived; the system in question was an original Japanese PC Engine (with the n… more

Five more weirdest games ever From kestrel1977 in 10 IF RYAN=NERD THEN PRINT "get out more often" (79 days old)

Readers with keen memories may remember my previous top five weird games from last year. And just to prove that mildly interesting ideas are worth recycling, here's a further five games that perpl… more

Hard labour: Gradius Rebirth From kestrel1977 in 10 IF RYAN=NERD THEN PRINT "get out more often" (85 days old)

Few shoot-em-ups did as much to define the genre as Konami's Gradius. Taking the side scrolling gameplay of Scramble and Defender, Gradius established most of genre trappings we now regard as clic… more

Avatar - a video game unplugged? From kestrel1977 in 10 IF RYAN=NERD THEN PRINT "get out more often" (86 days old)

By now we've all seen the trailers for Avatar, and a lucky few of us have seen the fifteen minute preview footage at 3D cinemas. While I can't say I was wholly unimpressed by what I've seen so far… more

Mega Drive shooting classic: Fire Shark From kestrel1977 in 10 IF RYAN=NERD THEN PRINT "get out more often" (87 days old)

Now this really is a classic from that hangar of classic shooters, Toaplan. Fire Shark, or (brilliantly) Same! Same! Same!, as it's known in Japan, is a WWII top-down shooter filtered through the … more

Five retro game compilations I'd like to see From kestrel1977 in 10 IF RYAN=NERD THEN PRINT "get out more often" (93 days old)

As I've mentioned before (see The great drunken retro game challenge of a couple of weeks back), game compilations are a fantastically compact, convenient way to enjoy an evening's gaming. The nat… more

my art From JessicaSmith ^Pro in Jessica Smith (97 days old)

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X-Multiply - the shooting genre's forgotten masterpiece From kestrel1977 in 10 IF RYAN=NERD THEN PRINT "get out more often" (99 days old)

R-Type changed shoot-em-ups forever. It took the core gameplay of Scramble and Gradius - fly from left to right, collect power ups and kill things - and blasted the genre into new, previously unim… more

Look what came from Japan... From kestrel1977 in 10 IF RYAN=NERD THEN PRINT "get out more often" (100 days old)

The population of my Japanese import Megadrive games increased by three today, as this rather marvelous package arrived in the post. First out of the box is Darwin 4081, a largely forgotten sh… more

The all time best and worst gun games From kestrel1977 in 10 IF RYAN=NERD THEN PRINT "get out more often" (107 days old)

If you've ever fired a plastic gun at a screen, you'll know precisely the type of game I'm on about: the on-rails shooters where you fire at the digital equivalent of tin ducks as they shuffle to … more

Video games and SF literature From kestrel1977 in 10 IF RYAN=NERD THEN PRINT "get out more often" (114 days old)

"Terra's fate depended on the one man who could not be killed - because he had mastered the secret of borrowing life from the future." So reads the rather misleading (and very long) tagline on … more

Back through the Berlin Wall From kestrel1977 in 10 IF RYAN=NERD THEN PRINT "get out more often" (120 days old)

I know, I know. It's been a long time since my last post. I've been busy elsewhere (writing, drinking, DIY, that kind of thing), but I've promised myself that I'll now update this here blog more o… more

Does Anyone Know If Neyo has rescheduled? From JessicaSmith ^Pro in Jessica Smith (126 days old)

Does anyone know if the concert that Neyo walked out on in Manchester has been rescheduled? I am such a big fan of his music we sing along to his CD in the car amd know all the words. It's just he sai… more

Neyo Walks off stage in Manchester From JessicaSmith ^Pro in Jessica Smith (128 days old)

I took my ickle man to see Neyo in Manchester tonight and everything was going brilliantly until Neyo walked on stage half way through his gig crying and said he had never not finished a performance b… more

Kumquat Meringue Pie with Passion Fruit Couli© Kevin Ashton 2006 From WannabeTVChef ^Pro in wannabeTVchef.blog (130 days old)

Lots of chefs use kumquats just for decoration, because they don't seem to know how else to use them which a shame. Originally from China this oval shaped miniature type of orange is eaten who… more

CHLOË AT MIDDLEWICH FOLK AND BOAT FESTIVAL From JessicaSmith ^Pro in Jessica Smith (159 days old)

CHLOË AT MIDDLEWICH FOLK AND BOAT FESTIVAL To accomodate a request from another band, CHLOË and her band will now appear at The Big Lock at 3pm on Sunday, not 1pm as previously advised. Any qu… more

Growing Your Own From JessicaSmith ^Pro in Jessica Smith (160 days old)

ok so i am growing tomatoes, red and yellow peppers and chilli I will let you know how it goes ;o))… more