From the time I got into role-playing games, the selling point was well-established: the games allowed players to create stories in which they were the heroes. But what kind of stories? The RPG set-up requires a group of characters (4-6, on average) […]

Oh dear, poor old Andy Murray. Just by showing his allegiance to Scotland he has suddenly gone and made himself very unpopular with the English. When asked who he would be supporting in the World Cup, the freshfaced Tartan Tenniser joking said &#8220[…]

According to the Official Regulations of the football competition everyone except turkmenistan is watching:
A Fair Play contest will be held during the competition, for which FIFA will draw up special regulations. The FIFA Fair Play Trophy, a fair pl[…]

So the World Cup is here and with it, some generally quite dull games so far. Angola Portugal lacked the colonial fireworks that, sensibly, both managers tried to play down. The most exciting game so far has been a 0-0 draw (good work Trinidad &#8211[…]

The coupleing of Alistair Campbell and “Just A Bit Of Fun” seem unlikely, but that is exactly what the BBC have found. And what fun it is as seen from Campbell’s world cup blog itself. A untrustworthy photo which seems to emphasise […]

Cristiano Ronaldo’s sister has made a pop record to support Portugal at the world cup – click the link to hear it (and see her).
(It’s not that bad actually – good shouting and guitar “licks” I think – howeve[…]

Went to see Once In A Lifetime: The Incredible Story Of The New York Cosmos the other day. And a fun football themed documentary it was too, showing the passions of people keen on bringing football to a nation that didn’t care. Or maybe did car[…]

Fancyapint, the London boozers occasionally useful friend (they are often wrong about the pubs, but directions are impeccable), have a couple of new features for May. The first is a godawful pub quiz, which is completely unlike an actual pubquiz: it […]

As the slow drawn out death of Freakytrigger continues, it is nice to see some young chaps of this parish pinning their colours to their own mast: My Sofa World Cup. One assumes that this will involve in depth eviscerations of every game, every minut[…]

Marketing magazine has released its annual Top 50 Most Loved Brands in the UK, and the related Top 50 Most Hated Brands. There’s also a separate survey covering the Top 5 most loved and most hated football clubs, both based on a random sample o[…]