In an era when one’s sporting heroes are depressingly likely to turn out to be lying, drug-addled cheats who wouldn’t know an honest day’s steroid-free training if it jumped up and bit them in their lying, drug-addled behinds (Hi, Marion!), it’s nice to see that Great Britain can still turn out a good, clean winner. [...]
Entries in 'Gaming'
Is Your MMOG Buddy a… Transsexual?? (cue shock music: da-da-daaaaaah!)
September 26th, 2007 by Dan O'Connor · No Comments
Today in our brand new feature “Seriously, that’s an issue for you? Ummm, OK, well, I’ll be over here being, y’know, normal” Timothy Burke over at Terranova has a thoughtful discussion of reports that a Chinese MMOG has suspended the accounts of players whose avatars (and those readers of a genteel disposition may wish [...]
Halo, Sailor…
September 25th, 2007 by Dan O'Connor · 2 Comments
Look, I’m as in favour of User-Generated-Content as the next journalist who can’t be bothered to write their own copy and thinks that the rantings of five racists from provincial market towns more than adequately makes up for the dearth of expertise in contemporary news media, but I can’t help but feel that the BBC, [...]
Geek Love
September 5th, 2007 by Dan O'Connor · No Comments
Conceivably it’s the heat here in Baltimore, but I found this article by Margaret Robinson to be rather cute. Apparently the kids these days don’t meet up at the roller disco to find romance, they go dragon-slaying….
Human tetris - shape throwing for the thinking man
August 10th, 2007 by Iain MacMillan · No Comments
From Hector Arthur, who should surely know better than to circulate this type of stuff. This is a month old, but hope you don’t mind me sharing. I found it strangely addictive watching. I may have to stop watching Match of the Day and concentrate on this instead.