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31 January, 2007 by garethrwhite

Swords and Sandals and it’s follow-up

Unfortunately Named Websites

30 January, 2007 by garethrwhite

I just received this joke email from a friend which I’ll repeat for you here as it made me laugh. “All of these are legitimate companies that didn’t spend quite enough time considering how their on-line names might appear … and be misread. These are not made up. Check them out yourself! “Who Represents” is […]

A Scanner Darkly

28 January, 2007 by garethrwhite

I’ve just finished watching A Scanner Darkly which I really enjoyed. To follow up I read the Wikipedia page about the story, then the Philip K. Dick page, which then led me to Sandoz (as a friend of mine used to work at Novartis) and LSD. My ‘trip’ concluded with a film about British […]

Twilight Princess

25 January, 2007 by garethrwhite

I just finished the new Zelda game on Wii. It was good, I’d have been happy to have worked on that. The things I didn’t like include monsters respawning as soon as you leave the room they’re in, all of the carefully timed jumping, and the generaly linearity of play – there’s really only one […]

A degree in poker

24 January, 2007 by garethrwhite

I’ve just had my first session of a module called “Game Cultures”. We played Texas Hold ’em poker and I did rather well, thanks for asking. Now this is what getting an education is supposed to be all about.

Where do you stand on the current generation of consoles, Mike?

23 January, 2007 by garethrwhite

garethrwhite.wordpress.com (16:13:20): Where do you stand on the current generation of consoles, Mike? Mike (16:14:50): I think the Wii is really cool and inventive and will do really well. I think Sony have shot themselves in the foot so many times that there’s not much of a leg left to speak of and I think […]

I take illegal drugs for inspiration

23 January, 2007 by garethrwhite

This prominent psychologist isn’t alone, Some people may smoke dope just to relax or have fun, but for me the reason goes deeper. In fact, I can honestly say that without cannabis, most of my scientific research would never have been done and most of my books on psychology and evolution would not have been […]

HL2 Wiimote

22 January, 2007 by garethrwhite

Looks like FPS could be feasible on consoles finally.

Edit me!

21 January, 2007 by garethrwhite

You can edit any webpage if you copy the following into your address bar: javascript:document.body.contentEditable=’true’; document.designMode=’on’; void 0 Probably dependd on your browser and/or website, but it works for me on Safari 2.0.4 in OSX 10.4.8 with this page.

Fornicate Using Your Actual Genitals!