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Ramblings / March 16, 2007 / John / 5
This is George, at work. Eight (count-em) 2.8GHz CPUs (not counting the three machines at the top), Forty Gigabytes of RAM, an 8 Gigabyte Solid State Disk (for the logs) and an insanely huge RAID-10 disk array at the bottom, attached via a dedicated fibre channel switch. All to run a database. On Windows. It’s
Game Diary / March 14, 2007 / John / 0
Ok. So, I hunted down and defeated a Hermit Lab. Yes, that’s right, a labrador that lives in a shell. It had made off with the key to a lockbox containing batteries. Because the owner of the lockbox couldn’t power his furnace, he nicked the head of my robot to use instead. Anyway, with key
Ramblings / March 13, 2007 / John / 0
So, I was having a look through my web activity stats (as you do) to see why I’d had a sudden upsurge in traffic over the past few weeks. Imagine my complete surprise to discover that it’s because Microsoft are crap programmers! Who knew? So, my site – being largely content based – tends to
Game Diary / March 13, 2007 / John / 0
This one has been sitting taunting me from my game case for months. So, a pre-FFIII break from Castlevania is required, and a light-hearted RPG is just what the doctor ordered. I’m actually very pleasantly surprised at how much fun this one is – it’s pretty lightweight as RPGs go – imagine Mario and Luigi
Game Diary / March 13, 2007 / John / 0
Did I mention the abiding hatred I have for medusa heads? No? Well, I have this abiding hatred, right? And it’s for medusa heads. Particularly the ones that hang about in the machine tower in this game. That keep resulting in you being knocked to the very fecking bottom of the tower Every. Single. Time.
Game Diary / March 12, 2007 / John / 0
ZOMG! (for the second time today). I’ve just had a look at the manual and seen the available jobs! I’m not sure I’m ready for something the sheer girth of FFIII after finishing so many short ‘n sweet Castlevania action-platformers. I think the best way to go is probably to continue ambling through Circle of
Game Diary / March 11, 2007 / John / 0
It’s just lovely. Really it is. I managed to get the airship blown up while demolishing a progress-thwarting block, so I need to get another one built. I do have a magical folding canoe though! I’m currently standing at the bottom of a mountain which has a dragon at the top. Which is strange cos
Game Diary / March 11, 2007 / John / 0
Look, I had no choice, alright? One thing about Circle of the Moon – it’s a bit hard! First boss killed me a couple of times before I realised that the correct strategy is to squeal like a girl and run away from all its attacks, only pausing to whipporise it when a clear opportunity
Game Diary / March 10, 2007 / John / 0
Oh no! It’s grabbed me. I wasn’t sure if it would, but it did. So, I’ve stormed the cave and gubbed the Djinn, at which point I was transported away and it started with the music and the titles and I got all shivery and thought “yup, this is Final Fantasy”. So, I can now