Blame Canada pt.4
LSD and I are pretty pissed off with this convention’s organisers. I’ll come back to that later. First the good part: Yesterday we headed across to Burrard St and the waterfront area. We got some...
View ArticleHigh up in the sky
I went to Belfast with LSD last weekend – the city has changed a lot since it used to appear on the news, but it still has some way to go. The various flags you see in any street are testimony to that....
View ArticleWhat you gonna do…
I’ve managed to complete the Office 2007 deployment kit, and work has been heavy going recently. I’m trying to expand my skill set, and looking at the UNIX HPC we have (High Performance Cluster). As...
View ArticleAll is quiet on New Year’s Day 2010
Happy New Year everyone! Pretty much says it all really: LSD and I had a quiet New Year here in Gateshead (I came down on the 30th). It snowed pretty heavily on Hogmanay, and we just stayed in with the...
View ArticleMain Hoon Don
No, it’s not a character from Krod Mandoon. It’s the theme from the movie Don: The Chase Begins Again. Why I’m I quoting Bollywood movies? Well, I’m off to a Bollywood party tomorrow night, and I’m...
View ArticleBeta Game
There’s a certain SQUEE!!!! factor to this: I was recently contacted by George Strayton, an Origins-nominated games designer (and also the writer for several TV series and movies: Xena, Hercules,...
View ArticleSpy RPGs – keep them intriguing!
Spy RPGs – keep them intriguing! Spy-related or espionage games are great fun, whether you’re a player or GM. It’s quite rewarding creating elaborate schemes and plots for such games. If you’re going...
View ArticleWriting goals for late 2017
Since I last blogged, things have been busy. I’ve had a lot on, and the day job has been fairly frenetic. So what’s been happening? My freelancer work has seen me doing indexes for a number of...
View ArticleA Year in Gaming – A Review of 2018
I think it’s correct this last year has been something of a roller-coaster. There’s been a lot of ups and downs for me personally, and it is safe to say I’m very much in a better place – literally –...
View Article2019 – Looking Forward, Not Back
In the past I’ve looked back on the previous year’s events, and made a few observations about the previous year, etc. I’m not doing so much of that this time: I’ve been pretty busy over the last few...
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