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Tech Rejection
If you're reading this, there's a good chance that you are aware of Facebook's official rebrand to Meta. For quite some time now, Mark...
Jun 7, 20228 min read
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The Comfort of Gandalf
I recently finished my annual ritual of watching the greatest cinematic trilogy of all time - Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings, in...
Jun 7, 20226 min read
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My January
New Year's Resolutions. Everyone is sick of them, with studies showing that most people give them up within the first few days of the...
Jun 7, 20226 min read
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The Concept of Concept Albums
Hello! Here we are, back at it again. Happy New Year to you, if it's not too late to still be saying that. I trust that 2022 is going to...
Jun 7, 20226 min read
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Not the year we wanted, but the one we got anyway
2021 was often touted as the antidote to 2020. Things will be better in the new year, they said. COVID won't be an issue next year. We'll...
Jun 7, 20225 min read
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A Political One.
Integrity. Transparency. Honesty. Accountability. All essential qualities that a government need to strive for, and that the people...
Jun 7, 202210 min read
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Music Is Medicine
Music has been an intrinsic artform for humanity for millennia. Fragments of ancient musical instruments have been found that date back...
Jun 7, 20224 min read
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I moustache you a favour
It's that time of year again. Thousands of men around the world are donning their annual mo', and it's all for a good cause. The good...
Jun 7, 20222 min read
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The Nintendo Emulation Situation: A Deep Dive
Foreword: I am not encouraging software piracy of any kind. Game development is an expensive and laborious process, and the developers,...
Jun 7, 202212 min read
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The Triumphant Return of Metroid
Quick note: I recommend that you listen to this whilst reading this article to help set the mood. Nintendo has had a strange on-off...
Jun 7, 202211 min read
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Commentary Cemetery Turns Two!
730 days ago, I made my first post on here. I knew that I wanted to get back into writing in a semi-regular fashion, but I didn't really...
Jun 7, 20222 min read
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Autumn's Glorious Arrival
I think it's pretty safe to say that Summer gets the lion's share of love from people when it comes to their favourite season. There is...
Jun 7, 20224 min read
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Arcades: It's the 80s again.
In case you hadn't heard, it is not 2021. Nope. It's still the 80s. The world of popular culture, and in particular the gaming industry,...
Jun 7, 20225 min read
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Stand Up
A pastime of mine lately has been going to local stand-up comedy shows. Namely, fairly small comedy shows, headlined by "up-and-coming"...
Jun 7, 20223 min read
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...Spoke Too Soon.
"I'm incredibly grateful to be in the fortunate position to say that COVID-19's direct impact on my life and those around me has been...
Jun 7, 20222 min read
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End In Sight(...?)
As of the 19th of July, there are no longer limits on how many people can meet, indoors and outdoors. The 1m-plus guidance has been...
Jun 7, 20225 min read
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The Hype Machine
Introduction If you're remotely into video games, you will likely be aware of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, also known as E3. For...
Jun 7, 20226 min read
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An Ode to Coffee, and Confronting Things You Don't Like
This is the story about a naïve, coffee-hating young man by the name of Elliott. The year was 2016, and he had just started his first...
Jun 7, 20223 min read
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Things Are Feeling Shockingly Normal
The past few weekends have been nothing short of pure catharsis. With the continued gradual lifting of COVID-19 lockdown measures, the UK...
Jun 7, 20223 min read
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Yoshi's Island: The Most Beautiful (& Under-rated) Mario Game
I tried my hand at making a video essay. In the same vein as previous deviations from my normal blog formats RETRO-SPECTIVE and Talking...
Jun 7, 20221 min read
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