TOG - The Older Gamers

I like to think that I know the true meaning of Christmas. I like to think that I grew out of my "gimme, gimme, gimme" phase before I was in my twenties. I enjoy hot chocolate on snowy days, Christmas lights, singing carols (not personally, my voice is horrible), and the relatively stable nature of my faith at this time of year.

There is a part of me, however, that can't help but look at the bounty that industrial civilization has brought us and say; "I want that."...

Excuse spelling mistakes, in middle of nowhere using dial up!

As I said in the last post, I watch a lot of movies/tv. So really when it comes to describing movies to people I can do so quickly and without giving spoilers. For example ‘has the feel and style of A, but similar theme to B’. I have found this also allows people to have a more objective judgment because at no time have I said the movie is good/bad/ugly, also not commenting on my liking for the A and B movies. This then...

By most standards I'm a pretty good loser. As a tactical thinker a generally treat a loss as feedback that helps to refine my strategy. Though I'm not one of those people who picks up a game and runs straight through it, I usually take comfort in the fact that after a few runs through, I'm pretty hard to beat.

Sometimes I am reminded that my attitude is by no means the prevalent view among gamers, especially amongst the younger generation. it seems like you can't play an MMO, or...

Greetings once again! I promise this post will be much shorter than my last one, and for once, I won't be talking about console collecting and me me me. Nope, I'm going to talk about a documentary that fits in quite nicely with the whole retro gaming theme of this blog.

I speak of this movie: The King of Kong.


The documentary chronicles the attempt to break the long-standing...

After far too long of a hiatus, I have made my triumphant return! Real life is such a PITA sometimes, and I've just not had the chance to brag (bLOg, I meant blog...just two letters off there) about some of my recent finds/purchases/outbid/omgwtfbbq experiences on ebay over the last two months to grow the collection.

So I'm back, and glad you're all with me here.

*crickets chirping*

So we'll start off with my experiences and prices paid so far:

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