The push in tech developments for games has probably been one of the major factors in the constant improvement in visual effects across the board. To render this kind of quality in real time is awesome. Hell I know I’m never going to be playing bleeding edge games when they’re released but I’m really glad these crazy…

No, no, don’t get me wrong, I didn’t think you were suggesting that! I just realised how bloody confusing the whole situation must seem. Hell, it confuses the hell out of me most of the time:)

As an Englishman with a half Scottish, half Kenyan family I was really chuffed to hear JK come out publicly in support of the union - I didn’t just agree with her on the practical elements of her argument but also with her emotional plea of ‘better together’. I also know that obviously it isn’t a view that everyone…

There were lots of reasons why people on both sides of the border didn’t want Scotland to break up the union. Some of them practical and some of them a little more personal and emotional. There’s obviously the historic, military and family links that bind what is essentially two tiny parts of one tiny island. The…

Good write up! I think it’s too easy for people from elsewhere in the world to ignore both the practical factors and the familial in the decision to vote either yes or no. They get caught up in the emotion of it all without taking into account all the history you mentioned and the very dull but very important day to…

Yeah, I think a lot of the online idiots forget too quickly how much good work she’s done with her money north of the border. (well done for doing such a good job of telling it here!) People can agree or disagree with her opinion on the union but there’s no need to be rude/cruel or abusive.

The traditionally socialist ideals of ‘old’ Labour have always done well in the north of England, over the border in Scotland and for people all over the country with solidarity with the working classes. Then Tony Blair happened and it swiftly went to shit, losing sight of what it’s supporters really wanted. As for…

My vote is to leave the box up there. At least until you know that the monster is well and truly dead...and maybe decomposed. Whatever you do, don’t stand underneath it if you suddenly get a moment of bravery/madness and decide to move it. I once had a rather unpleasant experience camping in a Kiwi ‘batch’ shed sort…

Yeah, even I could feel my blood start to boil mid way through that fight. They must have felt bloody amazing after winning though - hopefully a lesson learned.

Our Free Comic Book Day last weekend went really well and both the Divergence and Secret Wars teaser books went the fastest. From what I read it was a market stall not a detailed manifesto. It showed the big three and what was new or what big story line was coming up - essentially each characters latest USP. I don’t…

Yeah, I hate to say it but I watched Ultron again and I have to agree with you. It is a bit shit. There are lots of isolated bits and bobs that make you say ‘ooh that’s cool’ but when they’re all together...meh. As for that clothing line thing - that is so ‘wtf, people are paying money for this shit?!’ I can’t quite…

Couldn’t agree more! With this and tie fighter we had a really good run of Star Wars games that felt original and yet familiar both at the same time. I would have been happy with the story if it had been the basis for the prequels. You said that Dark Forces was available on Steam - does that requite a lot of jiggery…

Even if they were ‘blind’ there’s probably still so many identifying qualities that can give away the team or the institution that are putting the study forward that it’s often pointless to try. Also I think sometimes it might work in a studies favour to be named before hand? Some studies with controversial or…

Woah, that noise when she hits the floor is truly awful. With all the reports that have come out in the last few months it’s no wonder that people are terrified of them. Crazy.

That really is some quick cosplaying! Anyway, the design is different at least. If they’d made it look like a previous cinematic Joker then everyone would be moaning about that. At this point there are so many variations that there’s pretty much a different flavour of Joker for every occasion. Just chill and wait and…

It does kind of make sense within the fiction and it’s symbolism - it also seems perfectly in tune with the kind of hints at further lore that the Souls games are great at. I guess menstrual blood is one of the few instances where it’s perfectly natural for a substance that should normally be inside our veins is…

I don’t think a week goes past without me firing up Dolphin for a bit. Hell it was only this year that I finally got to finish the Metroid Prime trilogy. So here’s to you Rachel - you rock and thank you for all your hard graft.

Great collection there! I’d boil down my love of the series to just learning that video games had grown up enough that every title didn’t (and more importantly shouldn’t) have to appeal to everyone. When I first fell in love with Dark Souls the people I worked with in a studio just couldn’t stand the game - and that’s…

There has been some truly vile behaviour by some people over the last few months (Is it months or a year now? I guess so.) and only a grossly immature, or scary crazy person would support the harassment and threatening of anyone over games and comics. It also seems like a whole lot of unnecessary bile as the goals of…

‘A zen like level of anti-comedy’ ... that is bloody poetry!