Day: 18 May 2008

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (DS)

Death == DEAD. As Deaths go, he was pretty easy really. Only two forms (this time round – let’s face it, he’s not actually dead and will reappear later in the game). Anyway, as I was saying – two forms – a dark and a light. Dark is pretty much invulnerable to melee attacks, so

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120.9p for a litre of diesel. O RLY?

So, the fuel price is calculated (roughly speaking) as the actual price, then the duty, then the VAT (yes, that’s right folks, you pay tax on the tax!). So let’s take the VAT off that price. 102.8p OK, each litre of diesel has 54.68p duty on it. Let’s get that off as well. 48.2p That’s

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Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (DS)

With the news that there’s a new DS Castlevania game in the making, my explorey juices have started flowing again. This always seems to happen, and it usually results in me playing through all the others in anticipation. Having left Portrait of Ruin unfinished last time, though, means I have to do that first. Sometimes

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