I finally finished the jetpacks. Inspired by various sites and designs, I have to say that I am very pleased with the way these turned out. Pleather for straps was not easily available but Lisa guided me in the right direction and I got some canvas straps for a few bucks that did the job [...]
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For this one I integrated the trip to get the stones into the project. We had a trip out to the river to find some suitably flat and round stones. Paddling, looking at fish and a trip to the Cotter dam were all part of the day. Once we’d got the stones, some poster paints [...]
READ MORE »I already switched to using LastPass to take care of the hassle of unique passwords for sites but not having to remember what goes where. Frankly, it’s one of the most useful apps I’ve ever come across. This really interesting read about password strength has made me go back to LastPass and upgrade my password. This page [...]
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Gully requested some Star Wars or super-heroes craft stuff. This Jawa inspired me to have a go at a Darth Vader. Materials: empty toilet roll tube polysteyrene ball craft glue black felt black paint black contact paper paddle pop stick / coloured pipe cleaner Tools: craft knife cutting board Time: 1-2 hours Instructions Paint the [...]
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So, multiplayer nights on the X-Box have cooled off considerably. There are a few games that give me some hope though – Aliens Colonial Marines and Driver: San Francisco chief among them. But there are many challenges to multi-player gaming and they are well particularly well documented, over on Chris’ blog. It’s an old post [...]
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Time was I could keep release dates on all formats in my head. These days I can barely keep track of what I am interested in. To that end, Eurogamer’s Release List is excellent and I recommend it.
READ MORE »All sorts of goodness in the latest chapter of the endless hobby: Chapter 20 – Sept 2010 – Aug 2011 – GroovyMAME, 3DFX PC games (inc. DOSBox 3DFX), 3DFX Nintendo 64, Vic-20 under VICE, tips on C64 vsf files, Adding Games from other systems to MAME list (unsuccessful), game specific cpv2 templates, Multi-Format MAMEWah lists [...]
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I noticed that my Commodore 64 list was a little short considering that over 10,000 games were released for the machine. So I did a little digging on various forums looking for some of the best hidden gems. The notes below are far from detailed reviews of each game. I freely admit that I did [...]
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I was recently asked for some game suggestions by a young friend of mine, Angus. He is 9 and has a Wii, a 360 and a Kinect. Although my own gaming tastes run to the darker end of the releases, I do keep an eye on reviews and industry news. With that knowledge and the [...]
READ MORE »This Cracked.com article, The 6 Most Ominous Trends in Video Games, despite being inflammatory, simplistic and so cynical it could start its own funeral parlour, actually got me thinking… Just lately I went through a ‘troubling’ period of about 3 weeks where I didn’t want to play any games. This is the first time this has [...]
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