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The Pound A Mile Challenge

In previous years, I’ve attempted to curb my game spending and encourage myself to actually complete games I have by gradually reducing the amount of money I’m allowed to spend on them. These were known as the £25, £20 and … Continue reading

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The 2011 Gaming Expenditure Horror

At the start of 2010, I began recording the price of everything I bought that was gaming related. At the end of the year, I put together the stats. That was all well and good at the time, but without … Continue reading

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Mario Kart 7

Hey, did you know that the free GBA games for 3DS Ambassadors were up today? Well, they are. And Mario Kart: Super Circuit (wot is ACE) is one of them. Of course, the 3DS Mario Kart, Mario Kart 7 is … Continue reading

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The new Xbox 360 Dashboard

Rant moan rant rant moan. That’s all I’ve seen written about the new 360 GUI. It’s rubbish. Everything is hidden. There’s too many adverts. Games aren’t the focus any more. It’s too confusing. Everything is seventeen menus deep and behind carousel images. … Continue reading

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Behold – the NESurrection

Dug out the NES the other week to record some more stuff for Game Over, Yeah!! but it wasn’t working. The PSU was shot, so I bought a new one from consolegoods.co.uk. I was sceptical because the NES needs a 9V … Continue reading

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Let’s Play! Daley Thompson’s Decathlon

Remember Daley Thompson? He was that guy in the 80s who was always in the Olympics. Who was reasonably good. And had AWESOME facial hair. Like a brush, it was. Well, in gaming circles, he was known for his ability … Continue reading

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Symphony of the Night in SEN-o-vision

By request for Qazimod!

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Songs in the key of SEN software

I just had to test some software we have for SEN kids called InPrint. You type, and pictures appear over words. Like magic. So this happened.  Disappointingly, no “trigger” image. Boo! Then, of course, came:

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Much better than any other window cleaner

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Rayman Origins

Up with more of this sort of thing! We need more 2D platformers with HD graphics, and this looks ace! Note: This is a sponsored post

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