Writing Prompts: Speedrunning

There are two definitions of speedrunning. One relates quite literally to vehicles, and that is of no interest to me. The other concerns video games, and that is of great interest to me. Speedrunning in gaming is the art of completing games quickly. It may involve taking the fastest route across any given game, or […]

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Football Manager: The Premier League Report: Matchday Three (26th and 27th of September)

Let it be said that football continues to throw up surprises. Not always (Man City’s 3-1 defeat of Leicester at the Etihad featured yet another display of passing mastery from Guardiola’s men, especially from Kevin De Bruyne), but there is always an astonishing, unexpected result or two. Consistency is a buzzword in football, and thus […]

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Football Manager: The Premier League Report: Matchday Two (19th and 20th of September)

With the fairly unusual, post-covid scenario of matchday two in the middle of September, who might begin to show early signs of promise? Who would establish some early-season momentum? Liverpool hosted West Ham United in Saturday’s early kick-off, and the defending champions made short work of an abject Hammers side, with Roberto Firmino scoring after […]

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Football Manager: The Premier League Report, Matchday One (12th and 13th of September)

So, after all the questioning, consternation, excitement and dread, the new Premier League has finally arrived! The season opened with what was, on paper, a cracking fixture between Manchester City and Manchester United, but who would come out on top? Who would kickstart their season the best possible way? Bernardo Silva got Manchester City off […]

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Football Manager: The Pundit

One thing I’ve never tried on a Football Manager game, of any variety, is to be, for lack of a better word, a commentator or reporter. Granted, these are not natural features of the games, but there is a way to make it happen. You can be a manager who never manages a team, and […]

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Writing Prompts: Favourite Game

What’s your favorite game (card, board, video, etc.)? Why? I could write (and I have) extensively about The Legend of Zelda. The epic adventures I had on Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom were both immensely enjoyable, and I think both those games (among others) are worthy of being considered among the […]

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Writing Prompts: Reinventing the Wheel

When we use the expression ‘reinventing the wheel’, we are usually referring to a pretty remarkable update to an existing invention. It could be argued that mobile phones are a demonstration of this; the arrival of Apple’s iPhone drastically reshaped mobile phones, and helped transform them from relatively humble devices, into machines that are as […]

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