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8Bit lounge
My good pal Pete Ashton will be doing a DJ set at tomorrow evening's 8Bit Lounge at the Hare & Hounds: A delightful evening of all things computer game and arcade oriented. From an array of consoles to play on including: a SNES with 5 player Bomberman and all original controllers an N64 with 4 player greatness like Starfox 64 a Gamecube with some great 4 player games like Timesplitters 2 Chromatouch will be using old school consoles to control visuals on the night, including a Nintendo DS that can be used to control visuals wirelessly through cellsds. We are [...]
I Can Has iPhone
It's my birthday today, but instead of letting myself descend into a cesspool of self-pity as I become acutely aware of my mortality and all that, I've instead decided to upgrade my mobile to an iPhone. I wouldn't have done it if Clare hadn't kept egging me on, but I'm glad she did as it's rather nice and shiny and I'm currently using it to write this post. As mid-life crises signifiers go, it could have been a lot worse.
Avatar’s Downfall
There was a trailer for James Cameron's Avatar doing the rounds this week. It was quite underwhelming. This, however, is quite funny:
The Definite Article Strikes Back
Every time I've gone out this week I've encountered this poster advertising The Final Destination, the fourth and latest installment in the popular teen horror movie franchise. Now, I haven't really paid much attention to any installments of popular teen horror movie franchises since I was about - well - twelve, but this poster really caught my eye. It had nothing to do with its macabre imagery, its (not one, but two) toe-curlingly bad taglines or its tantalising promise of GLORIOUS, EYE-POPPING 3D (at selected theaters, see local press for details). No, it was something altogether less obvious. Something that [...]
Just Imagine Stan Lee’s Watchmen
I'm probably the last person in the world to have seen this, but here's a remix of Watchmen in the style of Stan Lee. It made me chuckle. 'Nuff said.
John Dillinger’s John Thomas
The strange and lurid urban myth about Prohibition-era outlaw John Dillinger and his unfeasibly large old chap
