Coder by day, gamer and film fan by night. Websites are one of many things I do. A big fan of classic/retro gaming especially of Atari systems. I can also cook. ;)
For good or ill, a lot of people’s memories of Judge Dredd are not tied to the 2000 AD comic books but to a movie starring Sylvester Stallone. Though it did a good job of it visually, the movie seemed to try too hard by pulling in more references […]
After some discussion and testing, I’ve decided to try out a new theme on the site to solve a major problem I had with the existing design. And that was it did not play nicely with mobile devices. Responsive design, where websites are built to cleanly handle the […]
I thought I’d never write a Call of Duty review, even a belated one. For me, the regularity of the games seemed to blend into each other and become a cacophony of Michael Bay moments that began to lose touch with reality the moment it became clear in […]
John Carpenter’s Escape from New York set a template for action movies for years. It had impossibly high stakes, unexpected environments and with its main character Snake Plissken, an anti-hero bigger than the movie itself. Though the sequel Escape from LA went a little too far down crazy […]
As part of my current project work, I’ve had an opportunity to look into developing a data access layer using the Entity Framework. My previous experience with similar technologies was converting XSDs to classes for clean serialising of data to XML so I was curious to see how […]
Spent a good couple of days now with Gears of War Judgment and I am impressed. There is a lot of thought in what has evolved from past titles and so far it seems each change has been for the better. Will write more soon but have to […]
I know it’s been out for some time now, but I finally plucked up the courage to watch the 3D version of James Cameron’s Avatar, that little known movie about blue aliens that rips off Dances with Wolves. You might be asking why I would need convincing to […]
A spur of the moment purchase has now meant I have an Atari 130XE computer as part of my retro collection. This one is in great condition compared to my 800XL and has an adapter that lets it run brilliantly on modern televisions. Spent a couple of hours […]
Who in their right mind would have imagined the biggest franchise in mobile gaming being mashed up with one of the biggest entertainment franchises for the last thirty years would actually work? I certainly didn’t but I think what Angry Birds Star Wars shows is that even a […]
From the moment businesses could see websites being more than hobbyist curiosities and started their own, there developed a need for administrating the massive amounts of information that these sites could possess. Not everyone was a web developer either so the simpler this could be made the better. […]
The story of one person’s attempts to make their Rampage Arcade1Up cabinet do more.
A look back at some of the games we've played on Xbox One over the years.
Our own tips and experiences while trying to make a living out in the black.
The Late Night Session 