We went to Ouzeri, a Mediterranean restaurant in West End for a friend’s birthday last Friday night.  We booked in advance for a table of twelve.  It took twenty minutes for the staff to take our order upon which the waitress informed us that if we ordered ala carte, it would take two hours to get served.  Two hours. So ...

Gianni’s Restaurant and Wine Bar in Brisbane, run by head chef Javier Codina, is a popular restaurant that just recently won a Hostplus award for Best Fine Dining in Queensland.  So we were pretty happy when we received an invitation to dine there for a four course dinner designed by Codina himself. It seems a bit odd that a place ...

Platform:  Xbox 360 Developer:  Bungie Publisher:  Microsoft Game Studios or otherwise known as Halo 3: ODST: Firefly Reunion Show. ODST sees the Bungie team revisit the Halo universe without the ‘constraints’ of having Master Chief as the central character.  Instead, the player starts by controling the mute Rookie, a new ODST trooper who gets seperated from his platoon when they ...

So there was a big ‘dust storm’ that settled over Brisbane today, engulfing the city in an orangey-red hue for most of the day.  It was pretty sweet.  I have no idea what would cause this phenomena but it made everything look cooler and apocalyptic. I also have a far more favourable view of this weather than some of my ...

My wife is super awesome.  She had the day off from work today but made time to pick up a copy of the new Halo game for me.  So when I came home today, I bought the two girls in the apartment some ice cream, left them in front of a tv with True Blood on and then sat down ...

The only way this game could be any better is if they added an Adam West mode

The nineteenth season of Survivor kicked off this weekend.  For Survivor: Samoa, they’ve cast 20 new players, and aside from the usual archetypes that the show has (insane old woman, sociopathic troll etc) they have also gone to extra special lengths to get around the ‘hot chick gets voted off first’ trend that has plagued the show in recent years.  ...

Ah, September.  The time of year when I become a social recluse and soak up all the awesome new shows and games that come out.  Survivor: Samoa and Curb Your Enthusiasm both start new seasons on TV next week and more importantly, all the good video games have started to come out.  Between now and Christmas, there are roughly five ...

It's been a Hard Days Night looking for a damned copy of this game

This one has been a fairly long time coming.  Here is a short five minute video with Mike, Matt, Rod, Angela, Jess and myself talking about our time in Brunei.  It was shot on location in 2004. Have a good weekend! Growing Up In Brunei Mike, Matt, Angela, Rod, Edo and Jess answer 4 quick questions about their time in ...