Long range weather forecast

Posted in pictures on April 7th, 2011 by RevStu

I have today extrapolated that at current rates, by around the 18th of June the daytime temperature in Bath will be a minimum of 79 degrees Celsius.

And that by early August, everyone will finally have noticed that the planet was recently dragged off course by a passing comet and is currently heading irreversibly into the Sun. I can see no other rational explanation, or outcome.

Andy Kerr’s Dancing Hands

Posted in idiots, och aye the news, politics on April 7th, 2011 by RevStu

"Interview body language experts agree that the less you move your arms and hands about the more confident and in control you are."
- On Using Body Language During Interviews

You probably don't know who this man is. You're missing out.

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Stuff I bought instead of Bangai-O HD, #2

Posted in bargains, games, x360 on April 7th, 2011 by RevStu

Seriously – it was supposed to be out last November, then got delayed until "Spring". IT'S SPRING NOW! IT'S LIKE THE FRICKING KALAHARI OUTSIDE! GET THE BLOODY SHITTING BASTARD HELL ON WITH IT! But anyway.

Sometimes I have to stop and remind myself how astonishingly lucky we fans of proper arcade videogames have it in this generation. Back in the 8-bit and 16-bit days, arcade conversions were most often nothing but pale shadows of their coin-op counterparts. From the 32-bit era on they were often better than the real thing, but cost £40 a pop. Nowadays, you can get a reality-plus port of After Burner Climax in your home for three and a half quid.

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