Gears addendum

That final, ridiculous Cole sampling theme tune that plays over the credits?

AWESOME
11/10

Gears: it’s pretty good

For the first hour, I actually despised Gears of War. It was too hard, the controls were stiff and demanded too many button presses, it was obnoxiously loud (still is, in fact) and the shoulder pads are /ridiculous/.
But I’ve been playing practically all weekend. And now I think it’s terrific. Here are some random thoughts [...]

Age Concern

I have a secret addiction to Strictly Come Dancing.
No. I don’t want to talk about it.

David Braben is downstairs, and I just spent ten minutes rubbing jam into my editor’s chest. And it’s only Monday!

From Cradle to Grave (via RAID array)

Millions of personal medical records are to be uploaded regardless of patients’ wishes to a central national database from where information can be made available to police and security services, the Guardian has learned.Details of mental illnesses, abortions, pregnancy, HIV status, drug-taking, or alcoholism may also be included, and there are no laws to prevent [...]