The Quest to Beat Sans
Undertale, the friendly RPG where nobody has to die. Well, that’s what the game’s tagline says… Unfortunately, that description doesn’t coincide with the infamous Genocide Route. And yes, it’s as bad as it sounds. The Genocide Route involves the player killing every single character they come across, every little creature… Including the ones that don’t fight back. Rest in piece, Papyrus. I’ve killed Toriel, Papyrus, Undyne, and Mettaton. You most likely don’t know who they are, but to me, they Read More…
The Northrop Grumman B2 Spirit
How does this aeroplane fly? It doesn’t have a rear tail assembly. Nor is it cigar-shaped like all the other aeroplanes that I have ever seen, or, travelled on. It’s more like a flying wing. What makes this design so different to other traditional designs of aircraft that we have grown up with? Who owns such a plane, and what is it used for? So many questions ran rampant throughout my mind. I had to investigate further. What I discovered, Read More…
A Broken Peace
Each of the 7 Realms lived together in relative peace during the early stages of their creations. The deity-like Rulers that governed over these Realms kept to themselves for the most part, they would only visit the other Realms out of curiosity and sometimes to build friendships. Other times the Rulers would convene in the only Realm that was without a Ruler, the empty Realm of Dreams. These years were quite uneventful, until one Ruler’s ambitions grew too great for Read More…
Shit Happens
A sickly humid blend of effluent, sweat and straw clung to the air like a thick fog. Engulfed in the pungent haze, I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and smiled – I was home. For me, the agriculture pavilion is an oasis away from the crowds and chaos of the Royal Show. Away from the masses jostling for position in queues for carnival rides and cheese-on-a-stick. Away from showbag alley, a place of social distancing ignorance filled with Read More…
The World’s Largest Entertainment Industry Is Built on a Foundation of Abuse and Exploitation
By the end of 2018 the videogame industry had made $139 billion USD in revenue. In that same year, the worldwide box office made $19 billion USD, the NFL made $15 billion USD, Major League Baseball made $10 billion USD, the NBA made $8 billion USD, and the NHL made $5 billion for a combined total of $57 billion. Around one third of the videogame industry’s year total. While most industries suffered during the global pandemic of 2020, the videogame Read More…
Here Be Nerdiness
I started playing Dungeons & Dragons at the end of 1983. I’d heard a few kids talking about it at school, and begged my parents to buy it for me for the upcoming Christmas. I spent hours reading those books, immersing myself in characters, rules and ideas. I’d always loved movies featuring knights, Robin Hood, anything with swords and magic. I’d seen Conan the Barbarian at the drive-in the year before, and one of my all-time favourite movies was Hawk Read More…
STORM BOYZ
It was midnight when the storm reached its crescendo, and that beautiful and steady flow of electrons normally busy powering our fridge and computer and television suddenly stopped. I’d been half-way through a YouTube special of Jimmy Carr being delightfully offensive when, as if in judgement of the man who somehow in 2021 still earns a living making jokes about sexual violence, the power cut out. Not so bad, thought I, time for bed anyway, all will be well tomorrow. Read More…
Keep the Circle Unbroken
It’s a balmy night in the blink and you would miss it town, the hall standing out amongst the cow paddocks and the sun setting behind the rose pink and tangerine sky. The crowd strolls up to what is known locally as “the Bundy Hall” in anticipation, full eskies of their favourite beer and snacks. Past the smell of sausages and onions sizzling away on the BBQ cooked lovingly by the local Lions club. The show is the Keep the Read More…
The Táin – Part Four
Finally, the Ulstermen began to rise from their pains, one by one, and then all at once. King Conchobar mac Nessa swore that “as the sky is above and the Earth is beneath,” he would bring all the stolen cattle and every abducted woman home. The final battle was joined – though Cú Chulainn, still recovering from his wounds, wasn’t able to fight at first. In the clamour, Fergus mac Róich beat down Conchobar, and had the Ulster King at Read More…