Kindle review
It’s not a video game like you’d expect to find here, but I’ve been vaguely aware of the Kindle for quite some time now and have watched them with interest. I work in retail, on an electrical department, and have watched Kindles selling like hot cakes ever since we started to sell them. I’ve had to explain the benefits of the device to people unfamiliar with it, and show them how it works on demonstration models, and all the while the urge to buy my own Kindle grew with every customer I served.
Farzlepot’s Top 10 of 2010
Posted by Farzlepot in Gaming, Opinion, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 on January 1, 2011
It’s 2011, and the coming twelve months promise to be ram-packed with gaming goodness – from LA Noir, Killzone 3 and Rage to Mass Effect 3 and Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, whatever platform you own, you are sure to have a lighter wallet this time next year. But 2010 had its own fair share of greatness – here’s my personal top ten for last year.
Disagree?
I don’t care!
Super Meat Boy review
Posted by Farzlepot in Game reviews, Gaming, PC Games, Xbox 360 on December 8, 2010
Super Meat Boy - out now
Have you ever wondered what it might be like to be a slab of meat inhabiting a world populated by circular saws, toxic waste and… salt? Because indy developers Team Meat have given you the chance to find out. Read the rest of this entry »
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West review
Posted by Farzlepot in Game reviews, Gaming, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 on October 20, 2010
If there’s one thing about the modern gaming industry that everybody knows by now, it’s that the run-up to the Christmas period is rammed full of sequels. Call of Duty 71, Halo 9, Fifa 2017 and now even Medal of Honour all vie for the attentions of cash-strapped gamers, and rarely offer anything different than the last rendition.
So when I heard about Ninja Theory’s latest game, an original IP no less, I had to take a look-see. And first impressions with the demo were rather good. Read the rest of this entry »
Retro: Urban Assault review
Posted by Farzlepot in Game reviews, Gaming, PC Games, Retro on October 20, 2010
Microsoft's Urban Assault - out 1998
Post-apocalyptic games are a dime a dozen now, and in some respects we’re growing as sick of them as we once did WW2 shooters. But back in 1998 we still gorged upon them like hungry wolves, so when Microsoft and now-defunct TerraTools presented us with a real-time-strategy-cum-first-person-shooter set in the rotting remains of a post-disaster Earth, I for one was intrigued.
Top five most influential consoles
Posted by Farzlepot in Gaming, Nintendo 64, Retro, Sega Mega Drive on October 15, 2010
Nintendo 64
Dozens, if not hundreds, of games consoles have come and gone over the years since 1972 first heralded the dawn of the concept. Some of them have been fantastic, monumental achievements that shall be remembered by generations to come. Others have been catastrophic failures, whose names are uttered alongside those of Hitler and Stalin.
Whether worthy of contempt or worship, only a handful of these systems have managed to have a significant and lasting impact on the medium. These consoles were pathfinders, leading the way for those that followed, and their influence can be seen or felt even on modern-day, seventh-generation consoles.
Farzlepot aims to identify the top five of these trend-setters. Read the rest of this entry »
Friday 13th
Posted by Farzlepot in Uncategorized on November 13, 2009
I just noticed that today is Friday 13th. It’s also today when my car will undergo its service and MOT.
This probably wasn’t the best decision of my life, but it got me wondering – where does the superstition actually come from?
Apparently it’s Jesus’ fault. There were thirteen people at the Last Supper, and one of them died (guess which one). At some point in the 19th century this little facet of pointless information became a superstition, and some people believed that if thirteen people were to sit at the same table, one of them would be dead within a year.
It’s somewhat ironic then, that there are typically fewer accidents on this disharmonious juxtaposition of day and date. For the Dutch at least. Perhaps we’ve got it wrong, and thirteen is really a lucky number. Or, more likely, the superstitious masses are so paranoid that something will foul up their day that they’re being unusual cautious.
Personally such superstitions are annoying and groundless. I take the view that every day is unlucky, and that there is no such thing as luck at all, but instead suck. Ergo, every day sucks. This is as equally true for the optimists as it is for the cynics, but the optimists seem blind to the fact that their lives suck. I’d like to know how they manage that.
So it doesn’t really matter what the date of my car MOT is. It’ll fail and cost a fortune to put right regardless.
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