Month: October 2007

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)

It’s unprecedented! OK, so I’ve just defeated what turns out to be the penultimate boss and it used irritating and unnecessary gaming cliche #1: The SuckySuck(tm). But hang on a minute – it was easily the best, funniest, and most entertaining boss battle in the game so far! Essentially, the bad guy warped to half

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Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Well, I have to say that the Sky City is the most annoying Zelda dungeon I’ve ever done. Thankfully, though, it was pretty short and was saved by having a fun (if a bit easy) boss at the end. So, now I’m through the mirror and off on a rampage to hunt down the Big

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Legend of Zelda – Twilight Princess

I think I’m on final approach now. After a mad scurry about the landscape finding random stuff, I arranged to have myself shot into the sky from a giant cannon and ended up in the Sky City / Castle / Whatever. In this place, I expect I’ll find a miniboss, a boss and the final

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BBC NEWS | Scotland | Rail services hit by festive work

Right. Now pay attention while I make something completely clear. It’s  not “The Festive Season”. Neither is it “The Holiday Season”. It’s CHRISTMAS. That’s right, CHRISTMAS. With the word CHRIST in it. If you don’t celebrate Christmas, well, then that’s a shame but we’re all entitled to our beliefs. Just as we are entitled to

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Legend of Zelda – Twilight Princess (Wii)

So, there’s not been much postage done lately (nothing to do with the postal strike, but more to do with not much playage being done). I have had a couple of wee goes of Twilight Princess, though. Despite being not as pretty as Wind Waker, I think it’s a pretty good contestant for Best Zelda

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On Facebook: An Open Letter to Everyone

OK. So, yesterday I received my 13th request from a semi-stranger to join his network on Facebook. Let me make this as completely clear as I possibly can, to save anyone else from asking. I do not have a facebook account. I will never have a facebook account. I have no interest whatsoever in YOUR

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Sneaky Police

According to El Reg: Users of encryption technology can no longer refuse to reveal keys to UK authorities after amendments to the powers of the state to intercept communications took effect on Monday (Oct 1). The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) has had a clause activated which allows a person to be compelled to

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