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Blu-ray Review: Max Payne

Gears of War lead designer Cliff “don’t call me Cliffy” Bleszinski once said that the attaching of a chainsaw to a gun in his game was a peanut butter/chocolate combination. Two things that when put together make something even better. Videogames and movies should theoretically do the same thing, especially given that how videogames have [...]

Caribbean Photos

Stalkers rejoice!  I’ve uploaded a very small selection of photos from our trip onto Flickr.  There’s only around 18 of them just to keep those who want to see them happy.  I’ll be uploading a ton of them for archive purposes in the near future.  You can find them HERE. UPDATE: Another 500 (yes 500) [...]

Back To It

Phew! We’ve been back in the country for 48 hours and I’m finally able to draw a breath and write something other than 140 character Tweets. We got back to Gatwick at 6 on Monday morning and thanks to an unusually speedy baggage claim we were out on the road by 7:30, avoided most of [...]

Back In Two..And A Bit Weeks

I am fully aware of the irony surrounding the fact that I have had my most prolific posting spree in quite some months over the last few days, and now it’s all going quiet again. We are finally getting ready to head off on our first holiday in three years with nothing getting in our [...]

Blu-ray Review: The Punisher

I love a good revenge movie. The idea of someone being terribly wronged and then seeking vengeance in any way possible “outside the law” resonates with me for some reason. So we look today at the Blu-ray release of The Punisher, the 2004 version with Tom Jane playing Frank Castle in what is most definitely [...]

Panasonic Announce Freesat HDD/Blu-ray Recorder

It has been rumoured and touted for many months now but at a press conference in Amsterdam yesterday, Panasonic officially said “YES!” to Freesat PVRs with built in Blu-ray recorders. According to Join Freesat the company is launching three new recorders.  The premium version will contain dual tuners and a 500Gb hard drive (as opposed [...]

Microsoft My Phone

Last week in Barcelona Microsoft unveiled Windows Mobile 6.5, the latest iteration of its mobile phone OS which looks..well a bit like the old one with a few extra bits on the front end. Regardless of the fact that I have just upgraded to a new phone I can still quite happily say it’s not [...]

Blu-ray Review: Ghosts of Mars

It is always a shame when a once great director hits the skids and ends up churning out sub-standard dross that B-movie directors would wince at. Just look at John Carpenter’s CV and you find Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween, Escape from New York and The Fog among many other true classics. If the 70s [...]

The Cult of Ikea

Back on the 12th of February while I was trying to cobble pictures together for my 12 of 12, Ikea finally opened its store in Southampton. There has been talk of this happening for at least the last ten years. We crossed fingers and toes whilst bemoaning having to drive to Bristol for our cheap [...]

The Lost and Damned

I made GTA IV my game of 2008, so I was rather looking forward to the first Xbox 360 exclusive DLC pack “The Lost and Damned”.  My initial thoughts were “No Nico?  Hmmm” but I trust Rockstar, they know how to make a GTA game.  Then when I learned that you would be playing a [...]