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Well, well, well... It feels like my heart has been down a well and back up again. I'm now enjoying it's rickety ascent into the sunshine (not Mario) in a little wicker bucket. Now, you may say, rightly, wicker is a bad choice for a well bucket but... its my brain and thats how it works. It's this well ride which has promoted me to type this blog. I guess I'm typing this for myself to articulat...

It has been only a short while since my last blog (if you're a Highlander) but incase you disagree I would say: 'time is a flat circle' but honesty the only way I'd comprehend that reference is if the speaker is referring to their wrist watch. So lets move on shall we... Video Games. I've played a few. Here are a few first thoughts, impressions, and gross misjudgements of a game I avoided press...

It has been only a short while since my last blog, if you're a Highlander. I would say thats ok as 'time is a flat circle' but being honest the only way I comprehend that statement is if the speaker is referring to their watch. So... Video Games. I've played a few. Most recently I finally opened Batman Arkham Night for my PS4 this week and am very much enjoying it. Yes the Batmobile does about...

I promised myself I wouldn’t do it again, remembering the hours, becoming days, becoming weeks lost as I struggled to build a virtual empire. In my teens I played such games as Command & Conquer, Sim City 2000, and Settlers. There was a beauty in making my own little world and watching it grow. I even played Theme Park but I wasn’t interested in becoming the next (more liberal) Walt Disney even...

In what we call ‘2015’ problems exist that no one expected. Yes the planets dying. Yes us humans will probably destroy ourselves arguing about what put us here and how exactly we should forgive each other but we knew that. I’m talking about surprise problems like spotty wi-fi, overly milky tea, and too much choice. Big problems like Nostradamus’s Armageddon we can expect. In fact a much bolder...