Politics is boring bcz of Grey Men in Suits blah blah: this is of course a cliche and therefore I disdane it utterly, esp.as I was already anyway avidly watching the IDS-unravels-before-our-v.-eyes saga. BUT NEVERTHELESS: there is a minor player in a[…]

Shitebox My god, what am I watching? Some kind of virtual Gladiators? Robot Wars with computer game geeks instead of radio-controlled beardies? Most importantly, WHOSE IDEA IS THIS?
Fightbox, showing right now on BBC Three, is absolutely shocking[…]

You can see why Robert Carlyle WANTED to play Hitler, I think: histrionic carpet-chewing must be tremendous physical fun when you have such a cast-iron historical excuse, and the psychology at least a certain technical fascination, but this two-part […]

Please do not rob me aka I too now have a GameCube courtesy of Nintendo’s whacking big price cuts. First game purchases = Soul Calibur Two and Legend of Zelda: The Wind Wanker AHEM I said WIND WAKER! Have realised have worrying addiction to und[…]

Desperation in narrative: the voiceover artist in Wild Down Under, a wildlife show about Australia and thereabouts, did his best, but no one could make this feeble line dramatic: “And New Caledonia has its own monster, the giant gecko! It&#8217[…]

I promised Tom that I would write an article for the recent edition of Freaky Trigger on the politics of Once Upon A Time In Mexico. A quick flick to the front page will confirm that this was once again an empty promise. Partially due to laziness. Bu[…]

Decadence alert: following the Nintendo price cut Isabel and I are now a two-console family. I feel a bit guilty about buying a GameCube even at its current steal of a price (cheaper than the GBA even!) – and not just because I already have a P[…]

“You’ve just made me blow up the university and most of the Bohemian Quarter!” “But Anna, you are only playing minesweeper.”
This is a cry for help, I fear for my sanity and I really need to know if anyone else does this[…]

For all the trumpeting, there’s precious little to tempt a gamer on Friday. Various consoles see releases such as ariel racer Freaky Flyers and stateside tinted sports sim NHL 2004 , minnows one and all, and the Club Soccer myriad which failed[…]

I saw bits of Shackleton, all Kenneth Branagh posturing, and know what every schoolboy knew about the man. Namely that he was the Brit who didn’t make it to the South Pole, as opposed to the one who did and died. Damn those pesky, dog-eating, i[…]