Iain Douglas Stewart

Annoyed

By Iain 19 August 2013Internet, Reflections, Site RelatedNo Comments

I'm annoyed by something that never usually annoys me - WordPress. Or, more specifically, getting WordPress, bbPress and BuddyPress to work together. Activate this here, then deactivate it, link to that there but then that doesn't exist - it's like a never ending circle of procedures that I just can't find a way out of. Posted from WordPress for Windows…

Disney’s Bolt

By Iain 16 August 2013VideogamesNo Comments

I'm both proud and ashamed by this game, it's a real juxtaposition. I'm ashamed that I'm playing an utterly shit "game", which isn't even a breeze to get the 1000 G's in. I think I've missed some collectibles, and I have no inclination or intention to go back and get them. The levels are over-long and quite boring, and the…

Unexpected new look

By Iain 16 August 2013Films/TV, Internet, Reflections, Site RelatedNo Comments

While doing research and generally working out how I'm going to ---SECRET NEW PROJECT---, I found this theme and fell in love instantly. It is called Parabola, and is immense. I'm going to be using it on ---SECRET NEW PROJECT--- as well, but it'll look different enough for people to be able to tell them apart. This one is orange,…

Broadchurch

By Iain 14 August 2013Films/TVNo Comments

I really need to start writing these posts while the subject matter is fresh in my mind. About a week and a half ago, Jane and I watched Broadchurch, starring David Tennant (who I loved from Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire and Doctor Who), and Olivia Colman (who I loved from That Mitchell And Webb Look and Peep…

Utopia

By Iain 14 August 2013Films/TV, VideogamesNo Comments

Hey, this was really good! Did anyone else watch it? I'm going to be spoiler-free today, just so that if you do decide to watch it, nothing you read here spoils it. I'm not usually bothered about spoilers, but that does tend to be just in videogames. I guess that's how highly I regard the story-telling abilities of games, eh?…

Sitrep

By Iain 11 August 2013Books, Creativity, Films/TV, Internet, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

That's short for situation report, which is what this post is intending to be as it's been over a week since my last post, which is well naughty of me. Where am I right now? Well, smack bang in the middle of a bunch of ideas. I recently bought a capture device for the Xbox - plan is to record…

Dreamscapes Myth & Magic

By Iain 2 August 2013Books, Creativity, ReviewsNo Comments

I have previously reviewed one of Stephanie Pui-Mun Law's books, Dreamscapes Magical Menagerie. It's all about legendary creatures and characters rather than fantasy creatures and animals this time around, and that means more human-like subjects. Some are based around astrological themes such as the Sun and Moon, some around folk-lore such as tree-spirits, tricksters and witches. The legendary creatures featured…

Dalek

By Iain 31 July 2013Creativity, Films/TVNo Comments

The power of X

By Iain 29 July 2013Books, Films/TV, ReflectionsNo Comments

I'll try and keep the spoilers to a minimum, I won't ruin endings or anything. As I said a few days ago, I felt like a traitor. From what I've heard, the Superman movie is good in a Summer blockbuster type way, but not faithful to the source material. Particularly, Superman shouldn't kill. Ever. Anyway, I had also heard that…

I feel like a traitor, kind of

By Iain 25 July 2013Films/TV, ReflectionsNo Comments

For doubting Marvel... When we get a new cat I want to call it Richard Parker Oh yeah, before Star Trek started, there was a trailer for The Wolverine. It looked pretty badass. Being a Marvel kinda guy, really into the X-Men back in the day, I am well up for it. Then, directly after that, was a trailer for…