Extra Ammunition

Ever been at some sort of serious occasion and wished someone would fall over or let a fart slip? I think that's what gaming has felt like to me recently. When im not foiling rogue nuclear threats in the middle east in Battlefield, im questioning what it means to be human in Deus Ex or deciding the fate of a planet in Gears Of War.

I often wrap myself up in serious games and try and ensure im playing the best games that "say" things or push the medium forward in some way...

As much as we try tried to deny it, gaming on Android has sucked for a long time now, especially when you compare it to Apples App store. You can argue till your blue in the face but the app store is more mature and as such offers a better choice and quality of apps and games.

As a result ive not really played many games on my phone (ageing Motorola Milestone), with only Game Dev Story which really appealed to the gamer in me keeping my attention until it "finished" (read...

Uber cool sci fi is all the rage right now with games like Deus Ex and Gear Of War ripping up the charts, games that actually take place in space however are at an all time low. Hiding in the lower eschelons of my gamercard is Star Trek: Legacy one of a very small number of space combat games on the 360. Whilst oversized lumps of meat with ridiculous guns romping around alien planets handing out free samples of lead is apparently infinatly cool; games actually about and set in space seem to forever...

The air is still. A small herd of Zumbugs graze while two Doenuts playfully lock horns near the watering hole. Its just after dawn and im watering my last batch of chillis which are easier to grow in the quiet of night while everyones asleep, just as i finish selling my produce i see a familar shape step into my garden.

I freeze.

Hours worth of gardening, romancing and collecting have all lead to this. A Roario. I have long had an affinity for Lions, besides the obvious...

Obviously the moment i decide to add a Music page to my blog my beloved Audeo Phonak IEM's decide that i should only be able to listen to my tunes though the left channel.

As a consequence my Seinhieser 250's which are usually confined to home use have been brought out and are giving plenty of people on the street the opportunity to give me strange looks as i walk past with a huge set of cans on! As a result i can no longer listen to music all day at work which means my charts...