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Thing of the week: Television

Did I mention that I’d made a TV show? 🙂 A couple of months ago, I was contacted by The Community Channel, a UK freeview/satellite TV broadcaster. They’d seen the footage I’d filmed and edited for the Calendar Customs YouTube … Continue reading →

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Newcastle Gamers – 28th July 2012

Bit of a confusing start to this one… as I drove into the car park, I noticed (what seemed to be) the entire membership of the club gathered in a huddle outside, away from the building. For a moment I … Continue reading →

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Thing of the week: Crossing the Divide

It occurred to me that I haven’t seen any activity from VNV Nation in my facebook feed for a while… so I tried typing their name into the FB searchbox, and accessing their profile the old-fashioned way. Imagine my surprise … Continue reading →

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Newcastle Gamers – 14th July

Last time I visited Newcastle Gamers, I taught John F. and Emma how to play Agricola:All Creatures Big and Small. They were so impressed that I promised (/threatened?) to take the full version of the game to the next meeting, … Continue reading →

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Thing of the week: The Jon Pertwee era of Doctor Who

I recently ran out of things to watch on my Tuesday-and-Thursday-Curry-and-Sci-Fi-Lunch-Break sessions. Battlestar Galactica, right from the start – done. Firefly – done. Every season of Blakes 7 – done. What next… Hmmm… how about some “classic” Doctor Who? The … Continue reading →

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