Like many I suspect, I was ‘wowed’ with the Wii a great deal many months before it was even realeased. The concept seemed unbelievably innovative, a completely new way to control games without being bound to the traditional game pad. From first person shooters, to sports, to fighting games to whatever genre you could think [...]
You can’t help but just shake your head at stories like this. Swiss tourist Thomas (surname withheld) was cycling along the Princess Freeway heading towards the Great Ocean rode on what sounds like a holiday tour when some bogans hurled a full stubby of beear at him as he tried to cross an exit turnoff. [...]
When my partner first suggested the idea of a ring I’ll admit I was slightly horrified at the thought. I’m not a guy-guy. I don’t watch football, play cricket, drink VB, wear thongs, drive a holden, eat koalas for breakfast or shave with a machete, I knew more about cocaine then Ben Cousins when that [...]
I’d like to be able to say as I watched the video footage of three Sudanese men kicking the absolute crap out of a guy on his own that I was shocked and surprised. Sadly whilst the violence was hard to watch the fact that the men involved were Sudanese didn’t raise any eyebrows. Watch [...]
“The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people. As long as the government is perceived as working for the benefit of the children, the people will happily endure almost any curtailment of liberty and almost any deprivation.” – Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler. In recent years family groups and [...]
A couple of days ago news broke of Queensland woman, Brodie Cambourne suing St. John Ambulance paramedics for unlawful assault. She claims ” to have dislocated her shoulder during one of the events and alleges the St John Ambulance volunteers who tried to help made the injury worse.” The basic argument is that whilst The [...]
Nigerian 419 scams are nothing new. Since the early 1980s and well before the internet, con artists from Africa originally sent out letters in the post feeding off the human trait of greed. Today, whilst the communication medium might have changed, nothing else really has when it comes to this particular scam and why would [...]
One of the biggest dilemmas a goldfish keeper can have is the want to keep healthy plants in unison with your goldfish. The benefits of plants are that they attractive to look at, help with biological filtration and I find allow the fish to display a more natural behaviour. When I initially set up my [...]
I’m not sure if it’s the attrocious live-action movie, or the usually attrocious fan made costumes, or the fact that in the current world of talking about your emotions and violence = mental illness that the whole street fighter concept seems a bit absurd, but everytime someone tries to do live action Street Fighter I [...]
Over the last four months there have been four reported cases of parents across Australia driving under the influence with kids in the car. What the hell is going on with parents in Australia? Despite millions spent on advertising campaigns and common bloody sense, we STILL have idiot parents driving around grossly over the BAC [...]