Spec Ops: The Line

Goodbye 2013

By Iain 31 December 2013Books, Creativity, Films/TV, Internet, Music, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

So what happened in 2013 then? It was another mixed bag. The best thing ever happened: I stopped smoking. And I don't even miss it. I'm not suffering from some black depression because I'm holding myself back from smoking my precious cigarettes, I'm not deluding myself by switching to an eCigarette, I'm not counting down the hours until I can…

By Iain 21 September 2013Films/TV, VideogamesNo Comments

Dave suggested people play this on the 16th of February. Despite already owning the game, I never got around to playing it until July. Appropriately enough, July was blazing hot (this game is set in a wrecked Dubai, after a cataclysmic sand-storm), and it really added to the atmosphere of the game.

And I am only just writing about it now.

Standard.

Just write something so they know you’re still alive

By Iain 7 July 2013Creativity, Internet, Reflections, VideogamesNo Comments

Hi, still alive. The fitness targets I made are not going terribly well - I seem to have developed a monster appetite since stopping smoking, I'm really enjoying my food at the moment. Just need to tone it down a little, have some resolve. I've got a reasonably long to-do list, and not enough motivation to get me through it…