Apr 28, 2011

If there was a month where those of us at the ‘cutting edge’ of gadget land needed reminding that we are still in the early days of the digital content revolution, it was April 2011. First Amazon’s hosting service went down, disrupting a number of high profile services based on it; and as I write this, we are still without a PlayStation...

Apr 27, 2011

It’s a serious question; but I offer no serious answers. This is just for laughs, so if you have no sense of humour about the situation, begone! I have here a carefully (ahem) compiled list of potential suspects. Decide for yourselves who has the most to gain. WARNING: May contain Smurfs. Every day, thousands – perhaps millions -of young men have the...

Apr 21, 2011

Even if you haven’t heard of George R.R. Martin or his (still unfinished) epic series of fantasy novels ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’, you may well have seen the title of the first book – ‘A Game of Thrones’, of course – thrown around the internet over the last week or so. This is thanks to the HBO TV adaptation, which is airing...

Apr 1, 2011

With the release of the Nintendo 3DS on March 25th here in the UK, I took the opportunity to upgrade from my older DS. What follows is my summary of thoughts and feelings on the new hand-held on the market and whether it really is worth the price tag or the amount of faith Nintendo is placing in it. There was nothing wrong with my old DS (which was actually a...

Mar 2, 2011

“Matt-san.” “Matt-san” came the voice again. I ignored it, aware that I was dreaming. “Do you know where… icanfind any sailors?” It was a broken American accent with no concept of where to pause or place emphasis. “Ryo, is that you?” I replied, now conscious of being sat on a fork-lift truck, solitary,...

Mar 1, 2011

Whenever an article uses a question as a title, it’s fair to assume that the author has an answer in mind, which they wish to spend some time (perhaps too long) explaining and justifying. Said answer is usually negative where possible. It’s human nature; for example, if you ask a friend ‘What does she think she looks like?’, the...