Archive | December, 2008

Valkyria Chronicles

This is an interesting game, every magazine online and off gives it huge scores and yet apparently it hasn’t sold well at all outside of Japan. I have to admit, I played the demo and wasn’t that impressed.  I can tell Sega exactly what went wrong though, the demo was not focused on what should [...]

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Netbook ahoy!

I have finally managed to lay my grubby mitts on a netbook. I have been after one for some time, and now one is mine. The Acer Aspire One is my machine of choice. A great combination of look, performance, and price. There are now a number of machines you could go for, all offering [...]

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Finally Dreamworks starts to come good

At last Dreamworks are starting to live up to their premise. Up till now they have just made middle of the road animations. Some are OK, others are just crap. But when they are up against Pixar they have no choice but to come up with something good. Kung Fu Panda is a good film [...]

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Mighty Boosh Live 2008 – Wembley

About a year ago when Boosh mania™ was at its height I was asked if I wanted to go see them live and I jumped at the chance. The downside being the tickets would be for the next December, 12 full months away but I was still really excited. Allot happens in a year and [...]

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Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock

When “Rock, Paper, Scissors” is just not good enough. From “The Big Bang Theory” – Currently showing on Channel 4 nikobe: Was playing around in the new version of Fireworks and decided to make this visual guide of the game and a PDF version here.

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Star Wars. But not in a good way

I have been trying to fight my way through “Clone Wars”. All I can say is it is damn hard work. The plot is monotonous. The CG work is bland. The characters are unlikeable. The plot is monotonous (yes that’s in there twice, for good reason). But I just can’t understand how anyone would let [...]

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Ghostbusters – Looking Good

Who doesn’t like Ghostbusters. If you say you don’t it means your a witch! Ghostbusters the game is coming, and it is looking like it might actually work. Not just work, but actually be a piece of genius.

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Rock Band 2

While Sideswipe happily sits between Rock Band and Guitar Hero. I am committed to Rock Band. Why have I switched to Rock Band when I have played Guitar Hero for much longer? Not only do I prefer the look and feel of Rock Band, but because I am sick of being ripped off. While both [...]

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