Internet – Page 8 – Iain Douglas Stewart

Upgrade succesful

By Iain 30 October 2012Creativity, Internet, Reflections, VideogamesNo Comments

Upgrading to Windows 8 was relatively painless, I have to say. It helped that I was going from Windows 7 - if it had been from anything lower then there would have been issues. But hey, it was plain sailing. My initial impressions were - What the actual fuck is going on here? My fears died down once I'd found…

Windows 8

By Iain 28 October 2012Creativity, Internet, ReflectionsNo Comments

So, I'm about to upgrade my OS to Windows 8 Pro. I'm never usually this eager to take up new technology, I mean, I never started using Firefox until Chrome was generally perceived as "the best". Funny, just writing out the tag for Chrome made me realise I've never mentioned Chromehounds on here before - it is one of my…

Smash Maniac

By Iain 22 October 2012Internet, Reflections, VideogamesNo Comments

I finally won the Smash Maniac Achievement in Angry Birds, to complete the game. All I had to do was smash a total of 250,000 blocks. "Shouldn't take too long", I foolishly thought to myself. Looking at the timestamps on the other Achievements is enlightening... The previous one I won was for getting three stars in Episode 3, and that…

The Darkness

By Iain 15 October 2012Internet, Reflections, VideogamesNo Comments

I'm giving this another go. I played it for an afternoon, like, four years ago. There are reasons for this: I'd like to think I've become a more tolerant man in the past four years. Sometimes I don't like the start of games that turn out to be great - I put Bioshock off for years and that was awesome…

rfbytes

By Iain 2 October 2012Creativity, Internet, Site RelatedNo Comments

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By Iain 28 September 2012Creativity, Internet, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

This was originally posted on my now-defunct creative blog.

My experiences at the public library

By Iain 27 September 2012Books, Creativity, Internet, ReflectionsNo Comments

I used to go to the local library in Waterlooville quite a lot on my split shifts. I found it a nice place to get some art done, read a new issue of ImagineFX or Fantasy Artist in peace, or do some research on a current project (there's something a bit more... honest about flicking through a book rather than…

Taking stock

By Iain 16 August 2012Books, Films/TV, Internet, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

After the madness of my cousins wedding and the holiday with the boys, I feel I need to streamline my existence, have a good sort out and tidy everything up. I started today (whilst catching up on Peep Show - the tail end of series 6 and start of series 7), just general organisational things really, and I have next…

Halo 4: First look

By Iain 5 March 2012Internet, VideogamesNo Comments

First proper look, anyway. There's a video up on Waypoint (and most probably everywhere else on the web by now I'd imagine), and it's really good. The Battle Rifle is back. Three shot bursts confirmed. The graphics are insanely detailed. You play as a Spartan IV (yes, four) in multiplayer, and it looks like an even shinier version of Vanquish.…