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The Laundry is here

On Thursday I received 'The Laundry' in the post. The announcement came back in March so I was really excited to get the book in the post this week. I…
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•REC (spoilers! beware!)

Last night, due to the absence of Jim, we watched movies up at Graham’s rather than gaming. When I arrived (a little late due to teleconferences with NBC), they were just finishing off Dead Set. Michael’s opinion was that it didn’t add anything to the genre and although I think it was excellent, I am inclined to agree.

Afterwards we settled down to watch •REC. And there are spoilers ahead.

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Solipsist RPG Review

I ordered Solipsist yesterday, paper and PDF, and spent a bit of last night poring over the PDF version. I'll start out this potted review by saying that it's shockingly…
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M&M2e: hero or zero?

Mutants and Masterminds gets a lot of airplay on the internet forums: any time someone asks about superhero games, a raft of people come out of the woodwork to impose…
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Mario Kart for the Wii

Last weekend we picked up Mario Kart for the Wii for a fiver after trading in two games that we neither liked nor played (Wabbit Wampage? Cars?) and I must…
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Albion

Okay, maybe this proves I'm not a comic geek but I'm seriously underwhelmed. It's like the British version of Planetary. And not very good.
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I am Legend, alternative ending

The alternative ending to "I am Legend" was posted on FirstShowing.net. Ironically, it restores the meaning of I Am Legend though Neville's ending is different. It would have made a…
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I Am Legend

I've read the book and watched both Omega Man and the recent Will Smith adaptation. I am looking forward to the March 18th release of the DVD, if only for…
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Cloverfield

I think it has everything to do with being a parent. I've never been a fan of Godzilla movies but I do like action/horror/disaster movies as a whole. Cloverfield is…
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Jumper

From IMDB: A genetic anomaly allows a young man to teleport himself anywhere. He discovers this gift has existed for centuries and finds himself in a war that has been…
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SuperMunchkin

As most will know, I'm an RPG-slut. But we've had some upheavals recently with people coming and going due to really crap reasons (getting married, moving out of the country,…
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Pan’s Labyrinth

Watched it last night round with Aidan, Abi and some ice cream. It's a good movie - personally I don't think it's the same sort of emotional tour-de-force as perhaps…
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Renaissance Magic

The Guardian has a book review on De viribus quantitatis (On the Powers of Numbers) penned by Luca Paciola, a man who was a personal friend of Leonardo da Vinci…
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Review (kinda): Zombies!!!

Tonight we didn't play Zombi, which would make that the second week in a row. Instead, we played Zombies!!! which made a small amount of difference. Less plot, more frantic…