Blog

“Rift could be the closest we’ve come to Star Trek’s holodeck.” – Gamespy “The Oculus Rift changed my life. No, seriously. My childhood (at least the formative years) was spent reading novels like Neuromancer and Snow Crash, and poring over stories about a future promised by Mondo 2000 and Wired. Virtual reality has long been the ultimate promise of technology ...

When it comes to tennis, I’ve been a pretty longtime casual fan of the sport.  I’ve never really followed it as closely as I do with my local football or rugby teams but if there’s a major open on the telly, I’ll usually tune in and check it out.  At the start of the New Year, I had a chance ...

Ever look on eBay or Amazon and feel the urge to spend hundreds of dollars on books, toys and knick knacks from your childhood?  It probably goes without saying that as a grown man who collects Lego, hoards video games and owns the complete sets of Tintin, Asterix, Calvin & Hobbes and The Far Side that I am someone who ...

I started watching this last night and like your typical BBC nature documentary, it is jaw-droppingly beautiful and amazing in every way.  Check it out if you get the chance. Have a good weekend everyone!

My latest pick up from eBay is Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone’s Dungeoneer.  I blogged before about picking up Out Of The Pit, a monster compendium from my childhood that I absolutely adored.  If Out Of The Pit contained all the creatures that we fought with dice on lazy Sunday afternoons as kids, Dungeoneer was the rulebook that held it ...

The elegant colours. The nautical map. The foldout display. So glorious! (it tastes pretty great too)

Hey Everyone, To get 2013 kicked off, I’ll be a writing a series of entries about my recent three week vacation in America.  The short version of events is that I had a lovely time and the people there were wonderful.  But I was fortunate to do a good number of activities in my 3 weeks and I’d like to ...

TFW readers with long(ish) memories might recall that at the start of the decade, I made some predictions for the next ten years covering a range of topics including politics, science, technology and for The FAT Website itself.  You can read that full blog here. We’re 3/10th of the way to 2020 and its time for a check-in.  As you’ll ...

The Year I Ate A Snow Egg, Learned Archery, Went To The Opera, Came To Work Dressed As Batman, Turned Thirty, Met A Prime Minister, Visited Disneyland and Universal Studios, Cycled Over The Golden Gate Bridge, Saw An NBA Game, Caught Al Pacino On Broadway and Fired A Semi Automatic