Binary Cookery

Why is it? Why? Why do I have a binary cooker? It has four gas outlets. One small, two medium and one large. Each of these outlets has six settings – from off to full. This is fine. This is not, however, reality. The reality is that my cooker is a binary cooker. It has

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Rebelstar (Gameboy Advance)

Levels 7 and 8 Eliteified. And there’s a benevolent dream-alien called Klaatu. I wonder if he has mates called Barata and Nikto. Anyway, managed to escape from a sneak trap and also help a new squaddie called Carlos to escape from a green-bogie camp. ACEBEST

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BBC NEWS | England | Dawn swoop by 500 police officers

Five men arrested. By 500 policemen. That’s 100 policemen each. They must have really expected a struggle. Imagine my surprise at finding that the five men were neither Jedi who had fallen to the dark side, nor mutants with terrifying supernatural powers but were, in fact, some young lads who happen to live on a

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Rebelstar: Tactical Command (GBA)

Hooray! Chapter 6 c0mplet0red! That means I’ve officially…….. finished the tutorial! But, I did get “Elite” gradings for all 6 chapters. And it only took about four and a half hours in total. The Evil End Of Game Boss in Zelda is a distant memory.

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Rebelstar: Tactical Command (GBA)

Well, there’s a thing. I’m sure anyone who’s had an interest even slightly deeper than the most casual gamer will know the name Julian Gollop. There’s a good chance you’ll know he has a brother and together they’re produced some of the very finest turn-based tactical science fiction games in the history of videogaming. Here’s

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Fuel Shortage in Scotland

“Don’t Panic!” the newspapers scream. “Meeeeeeehhhhhhh!” bleats the population of Midlothian. “Meeeeh? What are we not supposed to panic about? Fuel? Protests? Fuel protests? MeeeeeeEEEAAH! Look! A petrol pump with one person waiting!” “THE SKY IS FALLING IN” And so the newspapers create a fuel shortage where none existed. None existed because there are no

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Legend of Zelda – The Miniyeeeaaargghh Cap

Every part of this game, including the bosses has been an absolute joy. Alongside the main quest there’s all the miniatures to collect, the kinstones to join, and all the exploring to do. So why bother adding a fecking irritatingly long winded battle at the end? It’s not that the final boss is difficult, cos

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Legend of Zelda – The Minish Cap (GBA)

Guhhhh. Had my bottom handed to me on a plate with a nice side serving of lettuce. The end of game boss is….. tough. He’d be less tough if he was a bit nearer the save point though. First you have to cross a bridge with an annoying swingy macey person, then gub fifty million

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Legend of Zelda – The Minish Cap

Peril Beam GET! I can now spew forth gushes of scary power when I’m on my last heart! So it’s off to Castor Wilds to find the amazing uber-choppy-whack-whack move. And then it’s bossville. Oh yes. It is. I will NOT be raking about hunting for miniatures and I will NOT be raking around looking

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