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A Bit of Wrestling Disappointment

April 6, 2023April 4, 2023 Medic 0 Comments ramble, wrestling

On a whim and an invitation from my brother, I joined him and a friend and watched Wrestlemania. This year, Wrestlemania was split into two 4-hour events, spread over the weekend. So we had day one and day two. However, we watched Wrestlemania in one go, watching it on the WWE network. Which meant we could skip over all the long, non-wrestling-y bits, and avoid the cringey adverts. Overall, it was fun, but I was left with a bit of disappointment. I’m putting a spoiler warning here. Wrestlemania concluded a couple of days before I wrote this article, and some… [Continue Reading]

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In Rainbows From the Basement

March 12, 2023February 26, 2023 Medic 0 Comments music, radiohead

I am a big fan of Radiohead. To the point that I’ve actually seen them play live. To the extent that I’m actually in the crowd of Earls Court, where 2+2=5 was played live and added to the b-side album Com Lag. Okay that last one is due to sheer chance, but I really do love Radiohead. It speaks to me. However, what I enjoy more is hearing different versions of various songs. Radiohead have been around for a stupidly long time, and so many of their songs have been redone, remixed and completely reworked. While other bands covering Radiohead… [Continue Reading]

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On Brussels Sprouts

March 5, 2023February 20, 2023 Medic 0 Comments brussels sprouts, cooking, oven, spices, sprouts, SPUFood

I like brussels sprouts. They’re actually pretty tasty, and they’re not just for Christmas. The problem is, most people just don’t cook sprouts right. When I was a kid, the sprouts would be boiled for a long time and always ended up horrible. A mushy, green lump of matter that doesn’t look satisfying at all. Luckily, now I’m an adult and I can cook my own food, and that means I can give you a decent recipe for these bastards. Ingredients However many Brussels Sprouts you want. 250g is good for about two people. I use frozen sprouts because fresh… [Continue Reading]

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Driving in the Dark

March 4, 2023February 20, 2023 Medic 0 Comments car, driving, random

I remember quite vividly the first time I properly drove in the dark. It was during my driving test, there was a hint of rain and all the street lights gave the night a heavy orange tint. I thankfully passed my driving test and I felt very proud of myself, especially because things were quite dark. After a bit of rain, we drove home, and I thought very little about driving in the dark. I had headlights, I could see where I was driving and that was it. Not long afterwards, when I had to go to a mandatory first… [Continue Reading]

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Halo 2 Broke My Heart

March 3, 2023February 19, 2023 Glacier 0 Comments halo, Halo 2, retrospective

Creating art can be the sum of all suffering. Priority Shift Welcome to February, 2004. Game developer Bungie has ten months to ship their most anticipated sequel of all time, Halo 2. The game is in shambles. Microsoft, Bungie’s publisher, expects the game in November. Staff morale is in the gutter, and some employees have stopped going home. To make the deadline, Bungie wasn’t just cutting, they were cleaving. “Rapidly approaching launch… The team had no engine, environments that couldn’t possibly work in any engine, features that were only half-implemented, a sprawling story that would eventually require two full-sized games… [Continue Reading]

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A Racing Board Game

March 2, 2023February 19, 2023 Medic 0 Comments board game, racing game, vroom vroom

When it comes to board games, there’s always a few things that seem like they don’t translate well into such a media. One of those things is racing. I mean, how does a racing game even work in board game form? Well, it turns out, there is a way to make a racing board game. Today, I want to talk about the game Heat: Pedal to the Metal. Heat is a racing board game, where the first person to complete three laps wins the game. You can play with up to six players and there are four tracks to choose… [Continue Reading]

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One Wrestler Every 90 Seconds

February 25, 2023February 14, 2023 Medic 0 Comments random, royal rumble, wrestling

I’ve always been a casual fan of wrestling. I don’t actually follow it, but I’ll watch the odd match on Youtube now and then. But there is one event that I always try to see, and that is the Royal Rumble. It’s a massive event that leads down the road to Wrestlemania, the actual biggest wrestling event of the year. Personally though, out of the big events, I have always preferred the Royal Rumble. It’s not hard to see why. The Royal Rumble has lots of people fighting together in one go. The rules for a royal rumble match are… [Continue Reading]

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Halo 3: ODST is the best in the series

February 22, 2023February 19, 2023 Glacier 0 Comments halo, halo 3: odst, retrospective

Game Developer Bungie has never been the type to take a victory lap, and had they the choice- Halo would’ve ended with 3. The last two Bungie Halo titles, ODST and Reach, probably weren’t games many people at the company wanted to make. Old guard at the studio certainly said as much. Back then, Destiny (Codenamed Tiger) was taking shape internally, and the largest portion of Bungie’s employees were working on Halo Reach. Halo 3: ODST was pitched small, and to this day it boasts one of the fastest turnarounds in Bungie development history: From concept to mastering, ODST took fourteen… [Continue Reading]

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One Meter Tall Artwork

February 17, 2023February 6, 2023 Medic 0 Comments size, vector

Generally, both when I work and when I draw, my program of choice is Adobe Illustrator. Using it, I create high quality vector artwork that can be made in any size you like, within reason.This artwork can be anything from new logos to business cards to labeling and patches, making brochures and putting magazines together, to designing flags, signage for shops and decals for cars. I do a LOT of different things. Vector artwork is unique as it isn’t defined as a bunch of pixels, but instead is a bunch of points, lines and basic shapes, all combined together in… [Continue Reading]