Entries from April 2008

Monday, April 21st, 2008

for those not paying attention

I recently posted about a campaign by SarcasticGamer where they were trying to start up a boycott of EA’s new entry in the Battlefield franchise; Battlefield: Bad Company.
In case you hadn’t heard, EA were planning on selling what many believed was release game content as an optional extra for those with cash to burn.
After many [...]

Monday, April 21st, 2008

iron man v hulk - but not in a fanboy fantasy kind of way

I came across this very interesting article about the upcoming Iron Man and Hulk films.
It is a clever article and i agree totally with the conclusion.

Monday, April 7th, 2008

wtf?

Now i am by no means encouraging stripping or zombieism but you have to look at this piece of pure B-Grade Gold.

Monday, April 7th, 2008

the doctor is in

I’ve just posted a review for Episode One of Season 4 of Doctor Who.
Have a look and if you’ve seen the episode let me know what you think.

Monday, April 7th, 2008

doctor who, season 4 - episode 1

So The Doctor is back.
After waiting for many months it actually snuck up on me so that i only really knew it was coming back a few days before it did. The fervor was high though and Sunday night saw me hunkering down with The Doctor.
I won’t go into a synopsis just in case you [...]

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

r18+ rating for video games

Greetings all,
On Friday, Australian censorship ministers will gather to discuss an R18+ rating for video games.
Help the cause by voting in favour of having this rating put in place.
This is an importand issue for the Australian gaming industry and i urge you all to take the time and vote.
Thank you for your time.

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

a time and a place - coal protestors at Newcastle University

Apparently there is a protest underway in the lobby of The Chancellery at the University of Newcastle. They are protesting “Clean Coal”.
Now i may be missing something but i can think of a fair number of better places to hold this protest. Maybe on the foreshore as a coal ship is coming in. Maybe near [...]

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

bad company - bad decision

Just in case you hadn’t heard, EA’s new game Battlefield: Bad Company is going to engage in some shameless profiteering by having parts of the game offered as downloadable content.
Basically this means that in order to enjoy the full game experience you will not only need to purchase the $120 game, you’ll also need to [...]

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

touching the heavens

A friend of mine posted something interesting on his blog recently. For those too lazy to click the link the basic idea is that for 7 times less than the war in Iraq is costing, we could send people to Mars.
I’ve posted my comments on his site but i just wanted to get this out [...]