2013 fitness targets update

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I made three posts in early 2013 detailing some targets I had for the coming year, and all of them started well, but fizzled out towards the end of the year. If I acknowledge my mistakes, I can learn from them. Here goes. I'll tackle the fitness targets first. You can find last years entry here. In terms of meeting…

Combo Breaker!!!

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Microsoft just told me they are giving me all the characters in Killer Instinct on the Xbox One for free. While that is very kind of them, I hope I can still use this code next year when the console is a bit cheaper and is no longer bundled with Kinect.

Xbox One

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Upon completion of that last post, I have realised that I've not addressed the Xbox One on here yet. I can kinda see where they are coming from with the extra functions and all, but I think they have misunderstood it. Nowadays people can get games on devices that can also do loads of other things, but never have I…

Fitness targets

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It's got me thinking, the creative target thing. Maybe I need to have targets... No, no, no, I already have targets. Maybe I need to make these targets public? Well first of all, and this may come as no surprise, I'd like to stop smoking. I'm starting to feel the effects badly now - I dread catching a cold, and,…

I’m turning into a casual gamer?

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Last night I played Just Dance on a Nintendo Wii and surprisingly, I really enjoyed it. The night before I played Lips on the 360 (I knew I would enjoy that though, it's great fun). And although I was initially not too fond of the idea of Kinect, I'm coming around to it now, as we have two genuine children…
E3 2010

E3 2010

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I guess most of the announcements and big reveals have been made by now, so it's safe for me to write up my thoughts on the event. I usually don't bother with E3, but I had a bit of time on my hands this year, mostly because Jane was in Newcastle, so I sat at the PC looking at new…