Ersatz Culture

Video games, TV, films, and other nerdy stuff

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Introductory post

Posted on 28th January 2012 at 11:37 p.m.

Yep, another blog to add to the billions of words of largely ignored content floating around the net...

One of my informal New Year's Resolutions was to spend some time writing about things that are of personal interest to me. I already (infrequently) maintain another blog that's more about work-related material, whereas this will hopefully just be about 'fun' stuff.

The majority of posts will probably be about video games, but I also intend to write a bit about films, TV, anime, books, music and other media. Most of the time I'll probably steer clear of 'real-world' subjects - not that I have no interest in that sort of thing (far from it), but I don't see this as the right venue for that sort of thing.

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About the author

I'm a bitter and twisted old man living in London. By day I pretend to be a serious and respectable member of society, but in private I'm just a slovenly nerd who's still into all the same stuff as when I was 14 years old.

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This blog is an outlet for me to gibber on about all this stuff, without people who know me in the 'real world' being aware. There's no connection with a similarly named Tumblr that appears to be abandoned.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17274186 "That would go against everything we stand for. It's just not in our nature" hahahahahahaha...

Nothing excites me more about the future of gaming than the idea I could play a stuffed horse stood in a meeting room http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-03-02-hideo-kojima-shows-off-impressive-fox-engine-screenshots

Slightly confused by the rave reviews I read for "The Grey" - it's certainly an effective film, but I doubt it'll make my top 10 of the year

Would love a 360 update that allows customizing the Metro UI - right now it's an insult to ppl who just play games http://majornelson.com/2012/02/16/xbox-360-system-update-rolling-out/

Not exactly a bargain pre-order from Tesco here... http://twitter.com/ErsatzCulture/status/167768364582834177/photo/1

Maybe HMV should sell games more like they do DVDs and CDs then? e.g. no 2nd hand tat cluttering the shelves http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/hmv-we-d-still-be-no-1-if-not-for-games/091003

A Darius game for iOS is a very nice surprise indeed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGq1W5RwpGQSpace Invaders: Infinity Gene

A more accurate reflection of the finished film than the original trailer that got everyone so hyped up back in '99 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T69ftWNg97U&feature=youtu.be

New Whitechapel ep v. good - esp. @davidschneider - but it's pretty much the only remotely watchable programme ITV make these days

Wasted 2 hrs trying to get new Steam account & install working. Err msgs implied network issue, but reinstall magically fixed it in the end

After an hour or so's play, I'd say XBLA #Quarrel is definitely worth buying, but the iOS version is nicer (e.g. controls, opponent art)

After playing it so much on iOS, it seems incredibly weird to play Quarrel with a joypad and on a screen several feet away

Nintendo will send a replacement Kid Icarus download code if the original claims to be already used, if you mail them. http://t.co/Gu0REEyb

Conversely, the demo for Asura's Wrath is the sort of cack-handed embarrassment that stops me from talking about games in polite company

I'm a bit late to the party, but titles like Kirby's Epic Yarn makes me glad I've gotten back into gaming recently

Let's see if I can post more frequently here than to my "real" account ...