The Plight of the Nerd

A personal crisis has recently left me shaken. Like most nerds I was beyond excited for March 8 2012 as it was the day that Mass Effect 3 came out. I had been a huge fan of Mass Effect 2, spending hours doing as many side-quests as possible, romancing Miranda (sigh..) and kicking collector ass. I was rewarded for my efforts with a squad that made it out of the suicide mission completely intact, and a crew that had survived their capture at the hands of the collectors. It was thrilling, and left me quivering with anticipation for the next one.

Stay True

Eight years ago I was in my last year of high school. I had grown up a pop punk kid, I was obsessed with Blink 182, Sum 41, The Ataris, NOFX and Lagwagon. A couple of years before I had dabbled with expanding my knowledge of the scene by listening to a band called Taking Back Sunday, which I had enjoyed but not pursued beyond that. Musically 2004 was a dark time for me, Hoobastank records were in my CD player as I sung along to "The Reason" thinking I was the coolest motherfucker ever.

My NeverDead Review

Check out my NeverDead review for Impulse Gamer

http://www.impulsegamer.com/ps3neverdead.html

But do not check out the actual game itself, it's a huge piece of shit

Some Things I Liked in 2011: Podcasts

Here we are at the second part of my list of things I enjoyed last year. The subject this week is podcasts. Podcasts are something that I know I enjoy, and judging from their popularity on iTunes and columns like “Podmass” on AVClub, something I know many enjoy. Yet I can’t seem to find one single person that listens to them regularly. I was trying to explain Comedy Bang Bang to someone the other day and they looked at me like I was about to murder them. The point is, I enjoyed them, so I’m going to write about them. Here they are

Some Things I Liked Last Year - TV

The dust has settled on 2011, and personally it was an interesting one. I went on one of the trips of my life, hitting Vegas, New York, Chicago and LA with my closest friends. I got a new job, and a new place to live.  It did not stop me from indulging in my favourite games, films, TV shows and podcast.s, a few of which I am now going to write about below.

Please note, this is not a best of list. This is a “Things I liked” list, so the order doesn’t matter, and if you think I am wrong or an idiot, write your own list.

A Conversation with my 16 Year Old Self

Welcome to a world of wonder... and sadness, and talk about jerking off. It's me! talking to me at 16!

Why we’ll never be BFF’s

A short list of reasons I hate you