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by stvnorman
March 23rd, 2013, 10:06 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discourse
Topic: Kindle Books
Replies: 10
Views: 11709

Re: Kindle Books

Nice one. Just got a book that was on my wish list for £1.79 - 82% off!
by stvnorman
March 23rd, 2013, 9:35 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discourse
Topic: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away
Replies: 4
Views: 4731

Re: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away

I was lucky enough to be at Reading 1992 when he played before Nirvana. The new album's been a permanent fixture on my iPod since it was released. Fantastic. Unusual for someone of his years to consistently be creating such quality, at such a rate, whether as himself or Grinderman.
by stvnorman
March 22nd, 2013, 9:47 pm
Forum: Videogame Music (VGM)
Topic: The videogame music thread
Replies: 1260
Views: 1610466

Re: The videogame music thread - share your favourite tunes

For anyone into C64 music that dabbles in Raspberry Pi, there's a nice guide to turning it into C64 jukebox here:
http://www.tomconte.fr/post/45585760299 ... o-c64-juke
by stvnorman
March 19th, 2013, 10:21 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discourse
Topic: Kindle Books
Replies: 10
Views: 11709

Re: Kindle Books

I just splashed out on some ZX Spectrum retrospectives. Haven't downloaded them yet - I'm in Milan and can't be bothered hooking up my Kindle to the hotel wireless - but they all very cheap and well reviewed, if a little on the short side. Speccy Nation at £1.02: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Speccy-Natio...
by stvnorman
March 19th, 2013, 10:13 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Tomb Raider
Replies: 69
Views: 36505

Re: All things Lara Croft Tomb Raider

I had a great glitch on PS3 - so great it seemed almost intentional! I fell off the pirate ship as I was making my escape. Lara got "snagged" half way down the ship. Nothing more happened, so I tried to free her with the controller and off she went, floating around the ship under a reasona...
by stvnorman
March 19th, 2013, 10:07 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discourse
Topic: The "Introduce yourself" thread
Replies: 762
Views: 718312

Re: The "Introduce yourself" thread

Hi everyone. Having evolved from late 70's arcade games to VIC20 then ZX Spectrum, Spectrum+2, Atari ST, Playstation then PS2, my gaming hobby gradually lapsed (despite getting PS3 on day one) until I came across podcasts, and one called GamerDork in particular, which reignited my interest even if m...