OVERVIEW The video game industry has not been kind to the eighth generation of game consoles.  In the past three years I’ve written about the launch and my initial impressions of the Nintendo 3DS, the Playstation Vita and the Nintendo Wii U and all have had a somber and pessimistic tone to their prospects in the marketplace.  Today, each system ...

Instructions: 1.  Start Youtube video for soundtrack. 2.  Watch in horror at the depravation.  

I’m spending Christmas in Malaysia this year.  To get in the spirit, here’s an old Malaysian hip hop favourite for the end of the week. Have a good weekend everyone!

The Girl Who Played With Fire

ROUND SIX MELBOURNE HEART 0 SYDNEY FC 2 PERTH GLORY 1 ADELAIDE UNITED 1 WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS 1 MELBOURNE VICTORY 0 NEWCASTLE JETS 2 BRISBANE ROAR 1 ROUND SEVEN BRISBANE ROAR 3 WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS 1 SYDNEY FC 2 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 1 MELBOURNE VICTORY 3 ADELAIDE UNITED 0 PERTH GLORY 1 CENTRAL COAST MARINERS 2 NEWCASTLE JETS 3 MELBOURNE HEART ...

   O’DONNELL – Main Theme from Halo TANAKA – Gravity Daze BROWER – A Tenuous Pact from World of Warcraft    BROWER – The Hyperion Overture from StarCraft 2 SCHYMAN – Suite from Bioshock 2 – Australian Premiere EDMONSON – Atlantis of the Sands from Uncharted III EDMONSON – Nate’s Theme from Uncharted II VELASCO – The Isle of Creation ...

Marius and Link!  Two sword wielding warriors.  Facing two epic journeys.  Both love smashing pots and amphoras looking for coins.  They have practically nothing else in common. I’m currently playing two very different games at the moment – The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds on the Nintendo 3DS and Ryse on Xbox One.  They are games that both ...

Some days just come together perfectly.  Friday 22nd November was like that. The new Xbox One game system launched at midnight and I picked up my copy along with 3 games.  I didn’t have work in the morning because for once I had the foresight to book in some annual leave.  I spent most of the day at the Gabba ...

The Best of the Best

It’s been a two and a half decade marathon but David Suchet has finally achieved his goal.  With the airing of Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case on ITV this week, Suchet has performed in all seventy Hercule Poirot novels and short stories as television adaptions.  It’s an incredible accomplishment starting back in 1989 with The Adventure of Clapham Cook.  The show ...