This is not the blog post I was going to write.
Earlier this afternoon I came across a Tumblr post mocking a Kotaku article and, being the contrary, argumentative person I am, my first instinct was to go and see whether the article actually deserved...
View Article"Look Up" - a video we are all apparently supposed to see.
[Watch the video first. What follows is my rebuttal.] When I was 17 years old, I saved a friend's life. We'd known each other for two years at this point, but I'd never met him. We lived thousands of...
View ArticleRandom thoughts on language
The other day, out of pure curiosity, I looked up a Youtube vid of Let It Go in Japanese. I'm always fascinated by the translation choices that others make. And I have to say that I am amazed by how...
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718.
(Big version here.) Yep, I'm done. This is my complete Generation VI Living Pokedex. I actually finished it four or five days ago, but have been busy with other things and haven't had a chance to...
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I swore I wasn't going to get into Pokemon breeding.
Waste of time, I told myself. I don't even battle competitively, what do I need Pokemon with perfect IVs for? Why bother learning how all that crap works just so I can waste hours of my life doing it?...
View ArticleWhy Feminism Isn't Enough
Those of you who know me probably know that I identify as a feminist. You've no doubt seen me arguing about gender issues in various blog posts and comment threads; I've got a lot of opinions on the...
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So we made this app.
And it's awesome. I'm not just saying that, I swear! The reason I haven't been around here lately much? I've been working full-time helping make something which I genuinely believe is awesome. What...
View Article"What does that do in terms of getting her to like me?"
This is a very slight paraphrasing of a reply I got when I said that it's best to just be honest with the person you're interested in. I'd like to take a moment to deconstruct this sentence. It rubbed...
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Creepy male encounters +1
Note: This post was originally published on my old IGN blog on March 28th, 2008. I'm digging it out because it's relevant to a discussion going on in the comments over here, about why complimenting...
View ArticleSuddenly it all makes sense.
Ever have one of those moments where you learn something that massively shifts your perspective or understanding? One of those moments where new knowledge just makes everthing click? Prosopagnosia is a...
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MCU Phase One boxset: COOLEST LIMITED EDITION EVER
I think I might be in love. I could explain why, but instead I'm just going to let the contents of the Avengers Assembled Limited Edition boxset speak for themselves. Because come on, this thing comes...
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Adventures in Fabric Engineering
(Yeah, that's a term a civil engineer friend of mine came up with because he didn't like saying he was learning sewing at uni.) So here's the thing: far too many awesome video game t-shirts only come...
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This is no longer a joke.
A quick comparison, for your information. Here's what I see when I view Bioshock Infinite in the Steam store, from Australia: And here's what I see through Google's cached page of the store as viewed...
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My First Surgery
Well, it's been an interesting weekend. Interesting in the sense of that apocryphal Chinese proverb. On Thursday I had a mild pain in my lower right abdomen. A bit like the sort of feeling you get when...
View ArticleSo we have a board now.
The Powers that Be have finally taken the idea Amber, Tom and I have been suggesting for months, and made it a reality: The My IGN Community Board is open for business! What's so great about this, you...
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Kiera's Pokemon Starters
Yep, I'm throwing my hat in the ring for the Pokemon designing contest! I've seen a few other entries floating around, some with one Pokemon, some with more. I went ahead and came up with first and...
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649/649
So after two and a quarter years I have FINALLY completed my 5th generation Pokedex. As with all four previous generations, it's a living Pokedex: every Pokemon in every evolutionary stage in number...
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2012: Best Year Ever [Part 1]
It's my 28th birthday on Thursday. Ten years since I legally became an adult and I still get asked for ID buying beer. A lot has happened since my last birthday. This time last year I was stressed out...
View ArticleI feel like drawing some Pokemon
Anyone have any requests? I have a new sketchbook and a new pencil to play with. May also draw other things if I like the sound of them, but no guarantees. I'm very fickle.
View ArticleBack in the good old days of Left 4 Dead...
The following are the contents of a notepad file simply titled "l4d" that I just found while cleaning up some stuff on my hard drive. Apparently it's from early 2009. It brought back a hell of a lot of...
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