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Squirrelled

Friday, 21. November 2008, 12:13:09

How exactly would you answer that?
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Knitting For Beginners

Monday, 10. November 2008, 16:47:35

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Miktionary

Wednesday, 22. October 2008, 06:59:19

Here's a little riddle for you. What do the following four statements have in common?

  • The champion of all men. He rules, there is nothing more to say. He is the fucking man!
  • Possibly the greatest thing/person EVER!!
  • Damn cool irishman with a heart of gold.
  • A legend. One who knows how to compete; is as good an athlete as in bed; in other words: a superstar.

Give up?

They're all old definitions for "Mik" in the Urban Dictionary. Told you I'm wonderful. There's nothing for Furie at the moment though, so feel free to send definitions in.
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In Search Of The Perfect Game

Tuesday, 21. October 2008, 01:17:30

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Regular readers will know I'm an avid video game player, but it wasn't always that way. Years ago I decided that video games couldn't get much better graphically than they were at that point and that there was never going to be a computer role playing game that suited my particular needs. It was 1991 and I just knew that Streetfighter 2 was as good as games could possibly get graphically. The gorgeous cartoonish characters were better than any I'd seen up to that point. Somewhere, someone was talking about 3d games becoming more popular but I'd already played all the old isometric puzzle games and couldn't see them coming back into fashion anytime soon. I'd been trying out some of the new computer first person view Dungeons & Dragons games but they were very glitchy and I never saw the appeal of not being able to see what role you're playing in a role-playing game, so I knew that these first person games would soon be a thing of the past (Yeah, I know now. But this was before they combined guns with the childlike mentality and disposable income of sofa soldiers). My main problem with role playing games back then is that there wasn't really any way to play a role. You just killed monsters, hunted for treasure and used experience from killing monsters to level up til you could kill stronger monsters. It was abysmal, so I quit playing videogames.

From time to time my friends tried to get me back into games with the current flavour of the month. Doom I found to be a shallow experience that caused many arguments about the fact that real people can aim a gun higher without having to jump or climb. Nights Into Dreams was a sublime game but didn't have anything to keep me coming back. It seemed like gaming wouldn't offer me what I wanted in my lifetime. Then I met Kim in 2002, we moved in together and bought a cheap Playstation and some games she'd enjoyed as a kid. As I watched her play a wonderous adventure story full of twists and turns, swords and magic my love for gaming was slowly rekindled. I found that I could remember enemies specific weaknesses better than Kim and after a while I was coming up with strategies to help her in battles. When she eventually coaxed me into playing for myself I was suddenly a gamer again and will always remember Final Fantasy 9 for that reason. So I started playing again and started catching up on some things I'd missed out on. But soon the same prolem was bugging me. Role-playing games were all about killing things and levelling up to kill more things. What little actual role-playing there was in these games was limited to occasional dialogue choices that didn't make any real difference to the game. I found myself wondering if a game would ever come out that would give me what I wanted.

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Fallout - From The Vault

Sunday, 19. October 2008, 10:53:11

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The Fallout 3 Penny Arcade comic strip. Click on images to be taken to the sites.

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You Would If You Could

Friday, 17. October 2008, 10:22:09

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One For The Ladies

Tuesday, 14. October 2008, 09:44:06

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Religion

Sunday, 5. October 2008, 08:18:10

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Is It Time To Leave My Love For Another?

Friday, 3. October 2008, 23:00:18

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Touchscreen phones - I really can't stand them. There's no tactile feedback when you touch a "button". No reassuring clicks when typing. And the screens, don't get me started on how easily they scratch. As a result, the Nokia 5800 touchscreen S60 version 5 phone was way down at the bottom of my list of interests.

Sure, it's got some interesting features, but they never got me past my hatred of touchscreens.

  • 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera.
  • 3.2 inch, 640x320 pixel screen.
  • New improved interface with full backwards compatibility between applications.
  • HSDPA, Wi-Fi and GPS.
  • Full external sensor support including accelerometer.
  • Support for up to 32gb memory cards with an 8gb card in the box.
  • Enhanced web browser with full widget support and enhanced widget engine enabling access to core applications.
  • Stereo speakers.
  • Up to 9.5 hours talk time.
  • TV-out capabilities.

Some great features there but not enough to shell out £400 on a new phone whose main feature (the touchscreen) I don't like anyway. However, the announcement that the phone would be £215 (€274, $379, R3239) SIM free, blew my reservations out of the water.

I started thinking about the fact that I've just won a bluetooth keyboard and would mostly be using the phone via the keyboard while plugged into the TV, or resting on it's stand. It's amazing how cheap this phone is being launched at. In every way it's an upgrade for me and at a ridiculously cheap price too.

Considering the package contains an 8gb memory card, the stylish stand pictured above, a TV-out cable, two stylus, a thumb plectrum attached to the wrist strap and a protective carry case, the price just gets better and better.

Well done Nokia. You've just taken the 5800 from the very bottom of my list to top of the pile.
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Emergency Zombie Defence Station

Friday, 3. October 2008, 09:01:18

Ever wonder what you'd do in the middle of an undead crisis?

Meet the Emergency Zombie Defence Station - for all your undead invasion survival needs.

Take off the lid and you'll find everything you need inside. Shotgun, shells, machete; it's all there.

While the lid can be used as a handy riot shield if you start to get overwhelmed.

Just remember - save one bullet for yourself.
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