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Contestant Calls
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No comments on Contestant CallsBe on TV – contestant calls for UK gameshows. Most sound like the usual rubbish but the ‘Time Commanders’ show has some promise.
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Cheap Futurama
Futurama Season 1 for £15 – for those of you who haven’t seen Futurama yet or want to buy the DVDs, Play.com has just discounted the first box set to only £15. This, my friends, is nothing short of an excellent bargain. Season 1 may not have as many episodes as later ones, but it…
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Button cameras
Button cameras the size of a penny will soon be on the uniforms of Scottish police, recording with a 20 minute cache – a truly excellent idea that I feel will solve a lot of problems.
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Krait
In Wednesday night’s pub quiz, this question came up: What kind of animal is a krait? After a bit of silence and mulling, I volunteered, ‘You know, that’s the name of a ship class on Elite.’ Someone perked up. ‘Really? What were the other classes?’ ‘Well, there was the Cobra – that was the standard…
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Road Range Warrior
An amusing little saga has been unfolding at the Mercedes Road Range centre about five minutes away from where I live. Sometime last week, a new Mercedes SUV appeared, parked opposite the centre with large posters and writing on it that said, “Don’t buy from them!” and “If they treat you the same way as…
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Lyrics XP
Brimful of Asha, Explained – an enterprising member of Kuro5hin provides a explanation to the Indian roots of that classic 90s song, Brimful of Asha. Not quite as good the Annotated American Pie, but still fun.
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Syberia Review
Since my last post, I haven’t made much progress on the article. At all. Between my 21st birthday and playing Syberia, I’ve been kept from doing any serious writing. Luckily, both were a lot of fun. Syberia is a graphical adventure game of the old-fashioned thirdperson point-and-click ilk, and was produced last year by Microids…
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CTP2 Source Code to be released
Call To Power 2 Source Code To Be Released – I’m not fully aware of the story behind this, but it seems like the source code to this buggy yet fun Civilization pseudo-clone is going to be released, as open source, to the online community very shortly. It can only be good news!
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Another one bites the dust
The Sims Online hits $10 at Amazon indicating that things aren’t doing so well at Maxis or EA these days. The reviews at Amazon paint a similar picture of departing players and lack of excitement. Back to the drawing board, it seems.
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