As geeks we all know there are some amazing concepts out there. Fiction is littered with classic examples of ideas that are simply iconic, be it the design of a spaceship or the way character is written that makes him (or her) stand out from the rest. But what I want to talk about today … Continue reading
With the moving done the wife and I are currently farm sitting in Pontypridd. Said Welsh town is famous for two things. Firstly it is the birthplace of a little known singer called Tom Jones and secondly its where a huge chunk of the Russell T Davies era of Dr Who (and Torchwood) was filmed.* … Continue reading
Since I was about 7 years old I have known professional wrestling was fake. This was not through any leap of intelligence or simply spotting the obvious early on, I knew because my Parents told me. My folks met on a holiday camp the were working on in the 70’s. For the Americans among you … Continue reading
Sorry for the lateness of this blog, I have a few things going on in my life at the moment that are a huge distraction. However I made myself a promise that I would write a blog once a week regardless and that is exactly what I’m going to do. I have come to the … Continue reading
If you were to take a straw poll of all the 20-30 year old males you know chances are most of them will say they don’t feel like a grown up. There is a very good reason for this, we don’t grow up, our parents lied to us. All those times as a kid someone … Continue reading
As I have mentioned before I believe that seeing a film in the cinema enhances the experience, with that in mind I tend to stick to the same cinema whenever I go. This is primarily because I don’t want to add anything into the mix that might ruin the experience. Now before you say anything … Continue reading
From a very early age I used to love to write stories. They started off a short stories with illustrations (which I suck at) and as a teenager became full blown novels. By my teens I had convinced myself that I was to become a novelist, I had all these ideas and was convinced that … Continue reading
Car Boot sales are a very British thing, only we would think the best way to make money from our unwanted junk is to gather together with a bunch of other people (doing the same thing) and sell it out of the back of our cars. It’s like a real world Ebay, (without need to … Continue reading
Darth Vader, Lex Luthor, Moriarty. All great villains, all people who are damn good at their job. Sure the good guy always wins but they get the odd victory or pull off something that makes you think they are a credible threat to the hero. These guys are A list bad guys. Today I want … Continue reading
As a child my mother got into Video Games, yes, you read that right, my mother was the first in our household to buy any kind of gaming machine – for herself I might add. It was a Commodore 64* (behold it’s glory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64). My first computer was an Amstrad cpc 464 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC_464) It was the combination … Continue reading