The Bloggings of The_B

Some people will play Rock Band/Guitar Hero or any of these sort of games, and have a bit of a laugh. Then there are those who take their artform seriously, and deserve a little recognition. To this end, I found this little number by Jeff Atwood, of Fake Plastic Rock – the most awesome Vocalist [...]

Wow. That title worked better than I anticipated. Anyway… Yes, it is another Left 4 Dead post, but with the game out in a week and my lack of disposable income preventing me from getting any other game before Christmas, I’m making sure I focus on what I will be playing. And to that end, [...]

This is a server browser. The highlighted area is where you could for instance, put five servers ‘reccomended’ to the player from the matchmaking system. The current system, whereas ping and location mean NOTHING and the fact that it takes longer for the system to find a server than it does for me to play [...]

In just a few hours, Valve will unlock the first taste of Left 4 Dead to the zombie hoardes like myself eager to get their hands on the first taste of the zombie shooter. And I must say I don’t think I’ve been this excited about playing a game since TF2/The Orange Box. Sure, I [...]

So, this week I spent a couple of days down in the capital city known generally as London. Why was I there? Well, several reasons really but primarily to attend the Rock Paper Shotgun Thinkosium held in the Alphabet bar in Soho. Additionally, given I was in the area at the same time, I also [...]