Command and Conquer series
PC,Real-Time Strategy,9/10 Original:When this came along my life seemed complete. RTS was original back then. I loved the resource management, the building of an army and the marching all over the enemy in large numbers. Red Alert:Command and Conquer went high-res and now you could amass an even larger army on the screen. Serial linking […]
The Sims
PC,sim,5/10 I found myself thinking that this was an interesting game but even though it’s a leap in the sim genre it’s not yet ready for me. I reckon Sims 3 will be great. This is because all I really wanted to do was design my own house and I wasn’t given enough options. There […]
ToonStruck
PC,Quest,9/10 You go around solving puzzles that are brilliantly funny and entertaining and more often than not – pretty tricky. A hugely fun game with a great change half way through.
The Legend of Zelda – Ocarina of Time
N64,RPG,9/10 This is a game that infects your imagination, inserts a hook into your brain and starts to reel you in. You ended up whistling the Song Of Time to school. The first question I found myself asking my friends was “how far are you now?”. The game is an epic adventure with a huge […]
Mario 64
N64,Platform,9/10 At a time where it was still amazing when a 2D game transforms into 3D, this game pulled it off so unbelievably well. It was a magic feeling first playing it. I got the feeling I had arrived at console game heaven, the future had arrived. It’s a playworld of possibilities. Tonnes of stuff […]
Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3
GBA,Sport- SkateBoarding,9/10 This was great on the handheld. Some goals require hours of practice and others could be busted in-between a tube stop. It’s great when you just clinch a goal in the last few seconds of the time barrier. I love it how you can’t imagine ever being able to get “that higher a […]
X-COM: UFO – Enemy Unknown
PC,Turn-based Strategy,9/10 What made X-COM 1 a classic is its mix of management and action. You had to shoot down alien ships, take your team to the crash sites to battle escaped aliens and all the while manage your bases. During the tactical combat missions you need to capture live aliens to study and interrogate […]
Duke Nukem 3D
PC,1st-Person shooter,9/10 I jumped from Doom to this and was blown away especially because it was my first introduction to FPS serial linked game play. The action was so fast, running, jumping and flying were all new to me. My favourite plan was piling up load of pipe bombs and then setting up a holoduke […]
Keyboard Mod (1998)
I painted a keyboard as part of an art piece for art A-level. I used acrylic paints and varnish and decorated each key individually: When My art course was finished I used the keyboard for touch-typing practice.
The Rubix Cube
At one point I used to be able to use these codes to do the rubix cube in 2 minutes. In the 1st year at uni we had three cubes and used to race each other. Layer 1, No codes needed, just do it! Layer 2, Have finished layer on the bottom. This moves top-middle […]
My brother with green hair (9th/July/1999)
Once, My brother Edd came home from school with green hair:
Portable miniDisk player – 2000 Christmas present from Dad
MD is better than CD for portability and this is small and top of the range. Bad points are that it doesn’t have a radio and I’ve found that the battery doesn’t last very long any more (luckily it comes with a clip on external battery pack).
Fyrefli Fire Diabolo – Summer 1999
I knew my juggling hobby had got serious when I bought a fire diabolo. You have to use special Kevlar string and you can’t drop a fire diabolo because the hot metal bends easily so that it won’t spin straight. The wicks don’t burn for too long – I was a little disappointed.
Mister Babache Harlequins – Winter 1998
After travelling round Europe seeing street performers and starting to learn to juggle with my friend Rodrigo, I joined the university juggling club and decided to specialise in the diabolo. These harlequin diabolo’s have kept me occupied for hundreds of hours. Diabolo of choice: Two Heavy duty Mister Babache Harlequins. Robust rubber cups, 335 grams […]
Swimming Pool – Autumn 1998
Dad started building our indoor swimming pool when I was 17 and it’s beautiful. During school and Uni holidays I used to finish every evening by doing some exercises and then putting on some music and just floating around the pool. I also had fun with my brothers playing “Marco-Polo” in the dark, climbing onto […]
