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• This Week’s Films (30/12/13)

  

  Man of the Year (2006) American satirical comedy about a fast-talking TV talk show host who gets more than he bargained for when the audience take him at his... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT

• This Week’s Books (29/12/13)

  

  Jiang Rong – Wolf Totem (2004) An epic Chinese tale in the vein of The Last Emperor, Wolf Totem depicts the dying culture of the Mongols-the ancestors of the... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT

• Dave’s Odyssey #3

  

  In May 2008, I went travelling on my own for the first time and was out of England for a month. Along the way I took in Singapore, New Zealand, Australia and... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT

• This Week’s Films (23/12/13)

  

  Bel Ami (2012) Based on Guy de Maupassant’s classic novel, this tale of temptation and obsession chronicles Georges Duroy’s (Robert Pattinson) rise to power fro... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT

• This Week’s Books (22/12/13)

  

  Wilkie Collins – The Fallen Leaves (1879) Experience of the reception of _The Fallen Leaves_ by intelligent readers, who have followed the course of the... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT

• Guest Post & Excerpt: The Beast – Sondra Allan Carr

  

  Today Sondra Allan Carr, author of The Beast, stops by to share a guest post and an excerpt from her book. Guest Post: If You Want to Learn to Write, Listen... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT

• Game Review: The Lost Vikings

  Review: The Lost Vikings (Amiga) The originality of The Lost Vikings was one of its most appealing features when it was first released back in the early... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT

• Game Review: Asterix

  Review: Asterix (Arcade) My childhood wouldn’t have been complete without the Asterix comics. I even read them as an adult and they remain classics for all ages... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT

• Game Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

  

  Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade) Quite possibly the finest arcade game I ever played in my youth! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles burst into my... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT

• Book Excerpt: Twin Trouble – Louise Ashton

  

  Today Louise Ashton stops by to share an excerpt from her book, Twin Trouble. Excerpt from Twin Trouble Casey saw all this happening from inside the shop, and... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT

• Game Review: The Simpsons

  Review: The Simpsons Having wowed the arcade world with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989), Konami repeated the trick in 1991 with an arcade version of The... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT

• Game Review: Another World

  Review: Another World (Amiga) Back in 1991 a young scientist by the name of Lester was trying to recreate the birth of the universe when his lab was struck by... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT

• Game Review: Rick Dangerous

  Review: Rick Dangerous Back in 1989 while Indiana Jones was searching for the Holy Grail, Rick Dangerous was in the Amazon on adventures of his own. Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT

• Book Excerpt: March – Sunni Overend

  

  Today Sunni Overend stops by to share an excerpt from her book, March. Excerpt from Chapter 1 of March ‘It’s your bloody fault, you’ll bloody fix it! Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT

• Game Review: Double Dragon II: The Revenge

  Review: Double Dragon II: The Revenge The sequel to Double Dragon begins with some annoyance. Marian, who you fought so hard to rescue in the first game, only... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT

• Game Review: Home Alone

  Review: Home Alone (Amiga) I remember seeing Home Alone at the cinema back in 1990. It was the film that propelled Macaulay Culkin to stardom. A year after the... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2013 GAMING

• Game Review: Arabian Nights

  Review Arabian Nights Sinbad Jnr is trimming the hedges in the palace gardens one day, stopping to admire the beautiful Princess on her balcony when she is... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT

• Book Excerpt: Antioch – William Harlan

  

  Today William Harlan stops by to share an excerpt from his book, Antioch. Excerpt from Chapter 4 of Antioch Lost Son A warm, orange fire flickered in the pit.... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT

• Game Review: Gremlins 2

  Review: Gremlins 2 (Amiga) I loved both Gremlins films and always wondered why no more were made. Back in the early nineties I had to content myself with... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2013 GAMING, TECH

• Book Excerpt: Dog and Butterfly: Letters Home – John Riffice

  

  Today John Riffice stops by to share an excerpt from his book, Dog and Butterfly: Letters Home. Excerpt from Dog and Butterfly: Letters Home It seemed like... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT