Games
The Witcher experience
This is not a review. The Witcher isn’t a game you can judge by ordinary standards. (more…)
Politics
Truth, justice and the English way
I will be brief: Paul Chambers is taking his appeal regarding the ‘Twitter Joke Trial’ to the High Court. To do so is very expensive. At least £10,000 expensive. Unfortunately, to have justice you have to be rich – unless Read more…
Politics
Simon Wright MP calls Twitter Joke Trial ‘ludicrous’
Rather unexpectedly, I found myself in a room at the Millennium Library in Norwich this evening with my friend Wayne Bolt (co-host of the Spiffing Review podcast) talking to Liberal Democrat MP Simon Wright about the Twitter Joke Trial and the Read more…
Politics
The United Kingdom will not survive the 21st century
Paul Chambers’ appeal was thrown out today, the Doncaster court once again finding him guilty and chucking another £2500-odd prosecution fees at him. I’ve written about Paul before (here and here) so I won’t repeat myself, especially as others are Read more…
Writing
My Authentic Thai Cooking
On Tuesday I found myself at The Walpole Arms in Itteringham (read: in the middle of nowhere) rolling my own spring rolls under the tuition of Thai chef Praewrat Donaldson. This came about thanks to the generosity of my friends, Read more…
Filmmaking
Arms Race is finished! Plus poster #1
Arms Race is, at last, finished. I thought it was finished on Sunday evening, then made the mistake of showing it to Swiss filmmaker Marco Von Moos, who proceeded to point out a number of areas in the cut that Read more…
Filmmaking
New short story
I thought I’d put it up a good while ago but it would seem I did not, so you can now find a new short story by the name of It’s A Dirty Job on the short stories page. It Read more…
Politics
Paul Chambers’ appeal is today
I wrote about Paul Chambers back in May, a few months after he’d been convicted or sending a threatening message via Twitter by the CPS, resulting in him losing his job and receiving a criminal record. While Paul’s conviction is Read more…
Games
GOG.com’s 4-day madness
On Sunday 19th September something very strange happened to the Good Old Games website. Was it marketing genius or commercial suicide? (more…)
Filmmaking
Arms Race in final stages
Steamtech short film Arms Race is finally nearing completion, with the first pass at the grading having been completed pending some tests on different monitor setups (such is life when you can’t afford a properly calibrated setup). All the VFX Read more…