GamingLives.com -To Beta or not To Beta

The first of what I hope will be many articles by yours truly was published yesterday GamingLives.com. I’ll post after the jump a short extract from the piece discussing the changing nature of the Preview in the world of gaming. If you’d like to read the full article, navigate your browser over to the site and tuck in.

REPOST: The Mouse and the Moonbeam

The Mouse and the Moonbeam. (Reproduced Courtesy of Project Gutenburg)

I’ve been doing my bit to spread Christmas joy to the world through the medium of song over on Blip.fm

But that’s not nearly as festive as Eugene Fields, The Mouse and the Moonbeam, which was discovered late last night in the company of friends, one of which decided to keep throwing random books at me in attempt to destroy my soul. I decided that the story deserved to be brought to as many as possible and forgiving the plots spiral into a religious lecture at the end, I find the tale of Squeaknibble to be the second best thing I’ve read this year and I hope you can enjoy it too. Hit the jump to read on and then have a very Merry Christmas.

REPOST: 5 Battlefield Screw Ups That Were Hilarious (Until People Died) | Cracked.com

5 Battlefield Screw Ups That Were Hilarious (Until People Died) | Cracked.com.

You have to love the human condition and our ability to find the light at the end of every tunnel, no matter how dark and deep.

Find after the jump, History’s top five war time screw ups, that are hillarious and are even funnier when you consider people died. All courtesy of Cracked.com

REPOST: -Lesley the Unicef sponsored woman golfer

Lesley the Unicef sponsored woman golfer.

I’m partial to much of ‘teh interwhebs’ and have been giggling like a little girl (hardly anything new) since discovering David Thorne.

Find after the jump an exchange of e-mails between my new ‘E – <3′ and one Lester Copeland. It’s funny.

WADING IN – Games ‘permit’ virtual war crimes

The issue of ‘Video Game Violence’ is growing more with every big release. It’s started in some pretty bizarre places, from the mind controlling allegations of the late eighties, to the Manhunt media sensation of a few years ago. Not wanting to get tied up with the hypocrisy of the media, nor wade in to the ongoing debate of ‘Age Classification’ (Two words: Bad Parenting), I’m keen to explore just what the media is now trying to do by linking in the video game with the claim we’re all closet Husain’s.

TOO MUCH INFORMATION: ContourHD

Posted Originally on UKScenario.com

With so many having came up to me at Ryans and messaged me since Ryans, I thought it only fair I give a ‘Was it worth the money?’ review of my shiny new ContourHD Mask Cam by VholdR.

Guest Review- Star Trek: The Next Generation: Justice (Will Wheaton)

I stumbled across this recently after reviewing my last post, thought it was rude not to share it :p

Enjoy!

(Origionally posted on TVsquad.com)

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Title: Justice
Original Air Date: November 09, 1987
Written By: Worley Thorne
Story By: Ralph Wills and Worley Thorne
Directed by: James L. Conway
Episode: S01E08
Stardate: 41255.6

Synopsis: After dropping some human colonists off in the Strnad solar system, the Enterprise notices a rather nice Class M planet in the nearby Rubicun system, called Rubicun III. Picard sends an away team down to the surface to find out if it’s a good place for some shore leave, and they return with some very good news: it’s clean, it’s beautiful, it’s populated with friendly humanoids . . . and they really like to do the nasty.

Review- TV: Encounter at Farpoint

What better way to begin with the good-time-geekiness, than back where it all began…or at least in that general timeframe.

I can’t remember just how many times I’ve seen the pilot episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It’s possible I actually saw it when it first aired on British television, though I can remember quite vividly sitting and watching it on VHS following the release of a ‘Captains Beginning’s Box set’ shortly after Voyager made its debut.

That’s easily over a decade ago and despite my obsession with the show, I still find myself sitting there, staring at Riker and thinking…

“Dude, you forgot to put your beard on”