Ordinary Decent Gamer

Your daily overdose of gaming, and life in general

If gaming isn’t a part of your life, you’re doing it wrong.

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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…

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  • The Workshop, and Diabolical Deathrays

    The Newforge Workshop I’m still working away at the other travel posts, but for now, we’re back to regular operations. I’ve started back to my final year of medicine gently, with an introduction week followed by a week off for self directed learning. This is far to early to be in the right mindset for

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  • Toodaloo Temples, and So Long Siem Reap

    I’m running a little bit behind on writing! I’m back in Northern Ireland, in the cold and wet. Back to fleeces and jeans, and monsoon-proof raincoats. Back to porridge. No more sushi. No more kimchi. No more laksa. I miss Asia already. These posts are going to be completely out of order, as I’m just

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  • The Rocky Road to Siem Reap

    I’ve stayed in Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, Seoul, Hong Kong, Phnom Penh, and now I’m in Siem Reap. So much has happened in a relatively short period of time and I’m having a hard time keeping up with it. I had a long bus journey to get here so I had the chance to make

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    See you later, Nagoya

    Where did the time go?! I officially finished my elective on the 7th of August, and after a great send off (and a not so great bike incident), I was on my way to Kyoto. I arrived in style by the Shinkansen, also known as the bullet train, and the journey only took half an

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