I’ll be honest, I’m not the most charitable of people. As a person who’s been bullied by “chuggers” (charity muggers1) into signing up to a £10 a month scheme at least twice, I’m always a little sceptical about parting from my cash. It’s very easy to be swayed by all…
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August 31, 2014 at 12:48 pm | Real Life, Vaguely Topical | No comment
Tags: ALS, Charity, Ice Bucket Challenge, MND
Metal Gear Solid is a long-running action/adventure series which focuses on sneaking around and hiding rather than shooting lots of people. It is notorious for having a dense storyline, one which is mostly based on thrillers but has dashes of cyberpunk, science-fiction and fantasy (with some emphasis on fantasy given…
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August 17, 2014 at 12:00 pm | Game Guides for Non-Gamers, Video Games | No comment
Tags: Big Boss, Konami, Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Naked Snake, Solid Snake
Due to an immense cock-up, I somehow managed to record the entire hour’s discussion via my laptop’s craptacular on-board microphone, which is barely fit for webcam communication let alone podcasting. Still, I’ve done the best I can to clean up the audio! This week’s topic defaulted to “space operas that…
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August 13, 2014 at 8:28 pm | Podcasts, The PAYNEful podSPLOSION | No comment
Tags: anime, Cowboy Bebop, Ernest E. Ville, Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel, Outlaw Star, sci-fi, the Sims