Month: October 2007

Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS)

It was a foregone conclusion that the only thing to break my post-Zelda ennui would be another Zelda game. And this one is pure Zelda but in your pocket. By that, I mean it’s a modern, 3D Zelda, rather than a top down Zelda. Not that that’s hugely important, but – well – it’s pretty

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A Knights Tale (2001)

0 Nil Zilch Nada It’s a ZERO LARRY MOVIE. Absolutely unprecedented. Mined ewe, it’s entirely possible that Larrys hadn’t been invented in medieval times.

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Delhi’s deputy mayor killed by monkeys | The Register

“Delhi’s deputy mayor SS Bajwa died yesterday as a result of “serious head injuries” after falling from his first-floor terrace while attempting to fight off a pack of wild monkeys, the BBC reports.” Whu? The sounds like the kind of thing the British Government would come up with. Delhi’s deputy mayor killed by monkeys |

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Friday 13th (1980)

1! One single Larry! I’m shocked, to say the least. This film stands up much better than I expected it to, and for some reason is a lot more entertaining than I remembered.

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Breath of Fire II (Wii Virtual Console)

Whenever anyone mentions RPGs (Japanese style, rather than, say, Neverwinter Knights) conversation rapidly moves to Final Fantasy. As a result there’s little or no talk about the other awesome RPG franchises on the SNES. Foremost of these is the Breath of Fire series. This goes for me as well – I hadn’t played a Breath

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Ubuntu media server – reprise.

OK, so some of you will remember this article where I was babbling on at great length about setting up a media center using mp3, jinzora, and so on. Well, I hit a small snag a bit down the line and thought I’d share the adventure with you lot. Basically, the problem is this: mpd

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