Iain Douglas Stewart

SAIKYO!

By Iain 30 October 2009VideogamesNo Comments

Hello. If you answer no to any of the following questions, then this page is not for you. Did you come here following the link in my Xbox Live profile? Did you just play me at Street Fighter IV? Did you lose? Was I Dan? OH DEAR! You clearly need practise, and lots of it. If you answered yes to…

Christopher Moore

By Iain 29 October 2009Books, ReviewsNo Comments

I have read three of his books: A Dirty Job, You Suck! and Practical Demonkeeping. A Dirty Job This was the first of the three I read, it is a charming tale about how a man deals with the death of his wife just after she gave birth to their daughter and then has to deal with possibly being the…

Tweaks, here and there – Final version ready

By Iain 22 October 2009Site RelatedNo Comments

Let's see, what have I done? OK, so I put my Halo 3 stats on the (now defunct) About toxic and Waves page and put my Gamercard at the top of the right sidebar to show off my Gamerscore. The "Currently playing/reading/watching" box is a neat addition, don't you think? I'll try to comment on the various entertainments once in…

Beautiful (Boring) Katamari

By Iain 22 October 2009VideogamesNo Comments

What on Earth possessed the developers of Beautiful Katamari to put a "100 hours played" Achievement in there? I had finished the game, wrapped up most of the other Achievements* and had pretty much seen all the game had to offer before I'd even got the "50 hours played" award. Worse still, I have no idea how much longer I…

Cheryl “Dictator” Cole

By Iain 18 October 2009Films/TV, Music, Reflections, VideogamesNo Comments

Hey, did anyone see X-Factor earlier? More specifically, did anyone see Cheryl Cole's outfit? She looked like everybody's favourite psychotic dictator, M.Bison. What next? Louie Walsh wearing a pink gi and giving a thumbs up to everyone in the crowd?

My favourite album of all time

By Iain 16 October 2009MusicNo Comments

There's loads that come close (I shall refrain from listing them all), but the one that I always come back to has to be Sunday 8pm by Faithless. I never tire of listening to it, there's such a mix of styles, and not something you'd expect if all you've ever heard of Faithless is their chart stuff (God is a…

Ricky Gervais – Science

By Iain 9 October 2009Films/TV, ReflectionsNo Comments

Jane and I went to see Ricky Gervais last night, his Science mini-tour. Had about as much to do with Science as his Fame and Animals tours had to do with Fame and Animals respectively, but he was altogether very funny. A great night out. Stewart Francis was the warm-up, he was also quite funny. Recycled a fair bit of…