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Songs of the 00s: 200-151
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My list of my songs of the 00s is still counting down at @freakytrigger. Because it’s mostly YouTube links some of the tracks aren’t available to everyone looking, so here’s the first 50 on the list in raw form. (more…)[…]

The Most Important Game Ever Made #22: Salute The Horned One
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How long has it been since you saw a good old fashioned human sacrifice? TOO LONG YOU SAY well watch this:

That’s the Muppets desecrating ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’, which is exactly one half of today’s offering. Th[…]

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FT Advent Calendar Of Free Online Games: 9th December
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You are probably still playing Desktop Tower Defence so lets go for something quick. Very very quick. Indeed speed is the essence in today’s in no way Christmas themed game. Speed and using just one finger. But firstly what is going on in the b[…]

THE FT TOP 25 PUBS OF THE 00’s No 17: The Spanish Bar, Downstairs, Hanway St
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In my notes for the night we made this list (in the Exmouth Arms) it says the following: “THE SPANISH BAR IS THE KID A”. What on earth can this cryptic comparison mean?
The Spanish Bar is not a pub. I cannot imagine a time when you would […]

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FT Advent Calendar Of Free Online Games: 8th December
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OK, time to unleash the big guns. Here is one which possibly stopped productivity in my office for about a week. There are plenty of games a bit like it, but this is the Daddy of strategic time wasting.
So what is going on here?

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FT Advent Calendar Of Free Online Games: 7th December
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I have never been all that enamoured of sports games. Maybe because I was never any good at sport at school. Of course the sports game offers me the vicarious thrill of being good at a game. However in reality it adds an extra link in the hand-to-eye[…]

REPOPULATE: Michael Holliday – The Story Of My Life
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Tom is away for a week again, so we dust down Repopulate to look at some of the less loved early posts and give them slightly more scrutiny. And I thought why not dust down the first UK Burt Bacharach number one? Also because the version rarely pops[…]

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THE FT TOP 25 PUBS OF THE 00’s No 18: The Exmouth Arms, Euston
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We have only ever been to the Exmouth Arms once. Which must lead you to the conclusion that it was a pretty awesome night out and on so incredible that perhaps a touch of fear has set in, that to revisit it would clearly spoil the experience in retro[…]

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FT Advent Calendar Of Free Online Games: 6th December
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A lot of flash games are simple puzzlers, and that is fine but they are not as good as the play cozino games. One of the main reasons for their existence after all is brief worktime gratification, a mild diversion rather than an immersive gaming expe[…]

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FT Advent Calendar Of Free Online Games: 5th December
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You are probably still running around in you fancy pants after yesterday, so lets try something a little less frenetic and more cerebral. Ideal for waking up on a Sunday morning before contemplating fighting your way through traffic to get your holid[…]

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