Apparently everyone has been talking about his band for months and I was the last one to the party. I guess that’s what I get for not watching Gossip Girl. Amazon actually recommended this to me (and for once was actually right). This album is brilliant. Sounding like an amalgamation of Nirvana, The Hives, Weezer (circa Pinkerton) and Brand New, ...

I’ve honestly been holding off from writing this review simply because I don’t really understand what I am listening to. Grizzly Bear was recommended to me by an elite hipster friend and not wanting to be the only scenester at the party not drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon, I promptly ordered it on Amazon. Here’s the thing, its hardly pop music ...

I’ve just about finished my three months in Sydney and I’ll be flying back to Brisbane on Friday.  I have learnt an awful lot since being here, but I’ve pretty much finished my project-work in Customer Marketing and now its time to go home to Brisbane. I’ve made some awesome friends in the time I’ve been here.  They organised a ...

.. those are two words that I have thrown around for most of the week in an attempt to justify me being a bit touchy and on-edge. Currently, and I use this word very fittingly, I am juggling two features and a project that need to be done by my editorial dealine on Friday.. Although it is very much an ...

For some reason, about a month ago, I nominated myself to run an all-day workshop for an organisation that has a partnership with the company I work for.  I can’t quite recall why I thought this was a good idea.  I’ve never done anything like this before and now its a day away and I’m a little nervous about it.  ...

In space, no one can hear you scream

Jen gave me an early birthday present this year:  an HD video camera.  She’s pretty awesome like that. It must drive her nuts because I only bought a video camera three years ago and I barely used it.  All the videos I’ve taken over the last couple of years have been using the video recording function on my digital camera.  ...

Jen came down to visit me in Sydney on Friday.  She just left to catch her flight a couple of hours ago 🙁 It was great to have some company on the weekend and we took the time together to wander around and eat at some of the city’s many cafes and restaurants.  After a weekend of seafood platters, Belgian ...

Platform:  Nintendo Wii Developer:  Nintendo In the context of contemporary Nintendo’s gaming philosophy of bringing gaming to the masses through accessibility, I don’t quite understand how this game came to be. Ostensibly a series of musical mini-games that are based around timing and ‘Simon-says’ repetition challenges, Rhythm Heaven has a charming presentation style and after the first two mini-games ‘Built ...

Platform:  Xbox 360 Developer:  Popcap Games Publisher:  Microsoft Game Studios I’d like to think that years from now, future game developers will study Peggle as an example of just how much positive re-enforcement can help a game.  Peggle‘s central conceit is very basic: aim and fire a ball at a series of coloured pegs.  As a foundation for a puzzle ...