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Breaking it Down

Monday, February 15th, 2010

You may have noticed this rather dramatic image. However don’t fear, I’m not acting out for the attention (well, at least not anymore than normal). It’s just a little note to say I’m going to be reducing the amount of time I spend on the internet, as I want to prioritise other areas of my [...]

January 2010 so fat.

Monday, January 25th, 2010

You know what? Writing blog posts is rubbish, it’s such a bloody chore that I’ve got about 425 things I’d rather do, including wash the dishes, and that’s without really thinking about it, I could come up a few thousand more things I would rather do if I thought about it for another minute or [...]

The Aquatic Games on Jim’ll Fix It?

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

After the James Pond 2 Robocod post, I got a message from on Facebook asking “Remember also Aquatic Games?”

It’s a good question, although I didn’t own the game, I do remember The Aquatic Games, it was a underwater Olympics style game featuring James Pond.

The Interesting thing is this question awakened another Aquatic Games memory in [...]

Classic Amiga Games – James Pond 2 Robocod

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

The is the first post of Classic Amiga Games, where I look at some of my favourite Commodore Amiga Games.
Our first game was released in 1991 James Pond Robocod 2, is the second game to feature James Pond, (I never played the first one) and is an all time classic game, and not just for [...]

My Top Commodore 16 and Plus/4 Games

Friday, March 6th, 2009

I didn’t always have a Commodore 64, in fact I didn’t get a C64 until 1988 when my mother was left a small amount of money in by recently deceased uncle.  Before I got the c64 I did own it’s cheap and cheerful little sister a Commodore Plus/4 (connect to a black and white portible TV). [...]

Playing PC games with a Wiimote

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

I’ve found out recently that it is possible to use a Wiimote to play PC games, so I thought I would share.
What you’ll need
A Wiimote
A Bluetooth Enabled PC (or Bluetooth Dongle)
BlueSoleil bluetooth software (this method doesn’t appear to work for me with Microsoft’s own Bluetooth Stack)
GlovePie  
Connecting the Wiimote
Make sure your  Bluetooth is turned on.
There should be a [...]

When (fantasy) worlds collide

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

There is only a few games series out there that I believe are still worth paying for. Command and Conquer is one of those series, so I was happy to here there is an addition to the series, called Red Alert 3 Uprising, on it’s way.
Then I saw this;

Yes, that’s the ‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair [...]

Machinae Supremacy Rock Bionic Commando

Saturday, October 11th, 2008

I’ve got Some great news. Every one’s favourite SID inspired rock band Machinae Supremacy will be providing a two minute metal remix of the Bionic Commando main theme for the new Bionic Commando remake.
You can hear the tune on the new remixed trailer.

Catching up

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

This is one of those quick catch up posts. I’ve had trouble writing new stuff recently, but I’ve still got loads of posts in draft I hope to have published soon.
Well there has a fair bit going on since my last proper update. A week in Ireland, two weeks working from Newcastle, one week in Tamworth [...]

Wii Fit and OneHundredPushUps – No Progress

Monday, July 21st, 2008

I’ve was keeping up with my Wii Fit, every day without fail. So much so in-fact, that it was becoming a bit of chore. So I decided to take a little break from it, however because I’ve been a bit busy with work/procrastinating/travelling, I’ve gone a week with out Wii Fitting or doing my OneHundredPushUps, which is a much longer break [...]

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