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Category Archives: Art
Thoughts on Adr1ft with the Oculus Rift.
I want to write some thoughts on the referendum, on the other hand I’m scared; so I’m going to sit on that for some time. Possibly permanently, restraint of tongue and pen. To salve the itch to write something down … Continue reading
Thoughts on VR following EGX Rezzed.
I’ve been left thinking about VR a lot following a few demos I got to try at EGX Rezzed. Firstly VR seems to form more lasting/real memories for me than normal video games. Distinct impressions of having “done” something rather … Continue reading
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Good to see Metroid Prime Trilogy on the Wii U
Thanks to a post by Lewie P over on Savy Gamer I found these save files which help greatly with unlocking some content on these old games now the systems that supported it are long gone. So if anyone else … Continue reading
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Pretty Reckless – Going to Hell Wallpaper
Couldn’t find a decent sized version of their album cover anywhere in a wallpaper style design, so here’s a quick’n’dirty one at 1920×1200. <img src="http://www.thelostsouls.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ThePrettyReckless-GoingToHell-1920×1200-1024×640.jpg" alt="ThePrettyReckless-GoingToHell-1920×1200" width="640" height="400" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-527" srcset="https://www try this.thelostsouls.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ThePrettyReckless-GoingToHell-1920×1200-1024×640.jpg 1024w, https://www.thelostsouls.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ThePrettyReckless-GoingToHell-1920×1200-300×187.jpg 300w” sizes=”(max-width: 640px) 100vw, … Continue reading
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CEX stock monitoring
It’s been ages since I posted anything, I’ve been playing with all sorts of stuff, like Cocos2D and SpriteKit… as well as wicked little things like this DIY Gamer kit. Maybe I’ll do some more long form ish posts soon … Continue reading
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Thoughts on The Secret World (Work in Progress)
Thoughts on The Secret World ============================ Around the birth of Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) there was a game called Ultima Online, an online variation of the popular Ultima series of RPGs. Ultima Online had, to this day, … Continue reading
Wow it’s been sometime huh? Here’s a brief rundown…
It’s all been rather hectic. Lots has been happening and unhappening. The most obvious being that the box that runs this website went a bit mental as the hard disks succumbed to age; and I’ve been too busy to fix … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Chef's Book, Computer, Cooking, Drawing, Exercise, Games, Literature, Miscellany, Music, Photography, Programming
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Backing up Steam with CWRsync
This may or may not be of use to other people, and seeing as I’ve not written a blog post for ages, I thought I’d post it here. Before demolishing my PC last year and building a new one once … Continue reading
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Tagged backups, Chef's Book, lastfm, Music, Programming, Rsync, Steam
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Roger Hargreaves 76th Birthday – Google Logos
Google have celebrated Roger Hargreaves 76th birthday with a whole stack of Mr. Men logos. As far as I can discern from the javascript there are 16 of them, after the cut.