Category: Games
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Gearing up for Christmas (a very PS5-y post)
Twas the week before Christmas, when all through the town, every single person was shopping, even the grouse. I love Christmas. I do not love crowds. It’s pretty hard to avoid the masses this time of year when town is packed from the end of November through Christmas Eve. It’s part of the reason I…
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Games, Gourds, and Gameras?
Here’s a squash. It’s quite big… Cyberpunk 2077: The plot thickens… On loading the Cyberpunk 2077 disc into my PS4, I was faced with an expected update notice. Was this the revolutionary 2.0 version? Nope. The PS4 version made it to 1.6, but that’s where the developers (CD Projekt Red) have bowed out. The PS4…
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Roaming in Romania
Once again I’m on the road, but this time, headed to Bucharest for the week. I am trying to make the most of the latter part of my training and get exposure to as much pathology as possible. Part of that is travelling to do some courses which are not offered in the UK, and…
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It all Hinges on This (Concealed Hinge Puns Within)
Back to Plymouth, and you know what that means? Back to projects! As much as I enjoyed the single life in Sheffield, after a couple of weeks I was really starting to miss my family and home in general. Living out of a hotel starts to lose its novelty after a while and I was…
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DIM – Do it myself?
Our heat pump installation is drawing ever closer, and the work to clear things out is ramping up. The featured image is from a walk we took around Burrator reservoir over the weekend. Yes it’s back to DIY time again, and the wallpaper stripper is out. It’s a week and a bit until the team…
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G&G: Gardens and Gaming
The cold has been sapping my enthusiasm and inspiration all week, but that didn’t stop me entirely. The Garden Now that the evenings are getting a little lighter, and the conditions somewhat milder, I have made it back into the garden. There has been plenty to do, starting with raking the ever expanding carpet of…
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Are you saying Burns night or Boo-urns?
We were a little late, but this year we celebrated Burn’s night, Haggis and all. Burn’s night is celebrated on the birthday of the famous Scottish poet, Robert Burns, the 25th of January. Traditional Scottish food is accompanied by poems, bagpipe music, and a series of addresses. While we waited for the haggis and accompaniments…
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The Aftermath
The smouldering remains of my Inspiron 15 7000 are making their way to the Republic of Ireland. After the drama of last week, things have settled down considerably. Dell have collected my damaged laptop and promised a replacement system in the next ten days or so, although what form that computer will take is anyone’s…
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Now That’s What I Call 2022
Here comes the obligatory year in review. What happened in 2022? Quite a lot really. Reporting from a hotel in Wolverhampton for my first in-person conference since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Writing on the Regular Last year, despite several major exams, I committed to releasing a blog post weekly part way into the…
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Christmas, the Aftermath
I did a lot of cooking over this festive period and now I’m going to talk about it. Enjoy! (There are some non vegan-friendly photos in here, so give it a miss if you don’t want to see turkey spatchcocking) This year I didn’t order anything excessively fancy (no caviar or black truffle), but I…
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