http://grumpyoldgeeks.awardspace.com Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:05:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the 99p store, situated where the 2-pound shop was: Highlander Crisps you say? In packs of 8 you say? But...but surely...   There can be only one? Right, that's that off my chest finally. Why I didn't buy any I guess I'll never know.Oh yes, maybe it was because I'd ... http://grumpyoldgeeks.awardspace.com/?p=44 Spoiler alert. I'm going to be talking about things which some people may construe as spoilers. Butch and Sundance die at the end. There, don't say I didn't warn you. What a bloody evil little game Braid is. Evil wolf in cutesy platform game clothing, pure and simple. Don't think even ... http://grumpyoldgeeks.awardspace.com/?p=42 So, it seems it's been over a year since I posted on here.Am I too grumpy to even use a blog I helped to create? Possibly. However, It's probably more likely I've got grumpy-block.... http://grumpyoldgeeks.awardspace.com/?p=41 Hmmm, not much to say about this, as not actually live yet but if this actually works as they're advertising then I won't mind the fact they got the domain www.gog.com. Of course, they're saying it stands for good old games rather than grumpy old geeks but hey, I like ... http://grumpyoldgeeks.awardspace.com/?p=40 So, the normally socially inadequate me actually went out on Friday night.With people from work, to celebrate a few combined birthdays.Went to a few trendy bars and drank fairly large amounts of cider(well, fairly large for me, lightweight that I am)And even though it was all horribly normal and trendy, ... http://grumpyoldgeeks.awardspace.com/?p=39 So many months, so few posts, and now...what on earth could drag me back to the keyboard to rant after so many other things have been and gone and been left uncommented?How about Hayden Christensen being mooted as playing Case in the film version of Neuromancer? No.Please no.He didn't single-handedly ruin ... http://grumpyoldgeeks.awardspace.com/?p=38 Poorly updated sites? How annoying is it when you go to a site and it's still exactly the same as the last time you went there? And what's even worse is you don't even go there that often. T'choh, I dunno, buncha bloody losers running that place.Oh yeah. And forgetfulness, ... http://grumpyoldgeeks.awardspace.com/?p=37 Ok, so there I was, ambling along down the high street of a local town and what did I see? Yup, a Moscow State Circus poster. Seems this clown is hell-bent on being a repressed memory to every child nationwide.  http://grumpyoldgeeks.awardspace.com/?p=36 Firstly, take note of this word:Voi·làPronunciation [vwah-lah; Fr. vwa-la]interjection (used to express success or satisfaction).e.g. Voilà, my new winter outfit!http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/voila It's a nice enough word, isn't it? Does the job, nice and short, ends in a nice flourish. You can see why we appropriated it from the French. (Notice we left ... http://grumpyoldgeeks.awardspace.com/?p=35 Well, as we suspected, that was a bloody shambles wasn't it?Fairly suprised by the end result tho, found the mix of music this year quite varied but hadn't rated Serbias entry at all. Nothing really jumped out at me as being the winner, there were just differing levels of awfulness. ... http://grumpyoldgeeks.awardspace.com/?p=34