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  • A New Dishwasher (and a few games along the way)

    We’re gearing up for Christmas, a process that is in no way enhanced by having to deal with a broken dishwasher. The problem with having a lot of stuff on is the lack of time to write about it. I have managed to squeeze in some games though. Neon White Part of the beauty of…

  • Cinema, Coffee, and (Haute) Cuisine

    What would Ordinary Decent Gamer be without food? Perhaps a gaming blog… Although ODG started life as Inside Gamescom in 2011, dedicated to the latest releases from the WiFi tent in the Gamescom campsite in Cologne (later almost washed away in a dramatic flood), it has morphed into a shudder “lifestyle” blog. In that it…

  • Baking and Caking

    When life gives you, or rather, doesn’t give you yeast, make sourdough. I have been on and off sourdough since encountering it in Von’s 1000Spirits in Seattle in 2012. I was relatively late to the party (compared to the Epgyptians in 1500 BCE), but in my defence, it wasn’t much of a thing in Northern…

Ordinary Decent Gamer was born out of a desire to write about games, but it has become so much more. Food, travel, DIY and more.

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  • Give us this day our Daily Podcasts

    And forgive those who Podcast against us. Are you a podcast fan? I’m going to run down some of my most listened to podcasts featuring an eclectic mix of fun and facts. I listen to podcasts. A lot of podcasts. There’s rarely a household job that wouldn’t be improved by an appropriate accompanying podcast. Although

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  • Electric Life (Driving and Biking)

    Something has come over me. A transformation of sorts. I think I like driving. I did something I had never done before. I drove my car to…nowhere. That’s right, I took a journey just for the sake of because I like driving this car so much. The Polestar 2 has converted me, and it’s really

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  • Cornering Cornwall (Corny?)

    We spent a couple of weeks in deepest, darkest Cornwall before peak tourist season. It wasn’t sunny… Some Serious Islands The Isles of Scilly lie off the coast of Cornwall and are accessible by ferry, plane, and helicopter. We opted for the ferry from Penzance to St Mary’s island as the most reasonably priced option,

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  • Reach for the (Pole)stars

    It’s time to fire up the motors! Typical of any life event in England, it started with a rainy day. I patiently awaited a call about the delivery of my Polestar 2, hoping that it wouldn’t be cancelled due to unforseen circumstances. I had driven over an hour back to Plymouth the night before to

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