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Strange. Random. Possibly disturbed. And that's just what's in his fridge. It might be common knowledge that Darren Wells has his own blog, but what will his next post be about? Pi will be calculated to eighty gazillion decimal places before that one's worked out.

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The World Through The Wires

Thu, 13 September 2007
by: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it | vaguely related link: 43 Things | thanks: the little things in life

Everyone has a story. No matter how dull you think your life is, how totally run-of-the-mill things seem, there's something from your history that would captivate a room. I'm serious. Everyone's life experiences are different, and whether it's the time the fire department stormed your house because you'd overcooked a pie, or the time you overcame your phobia of feather dusters, there's at least one tale in you that's worth telling.

Everyone has a story. But these days it seems no one's interested in hearing them.

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In Defence of the Linear Game

Tue, 24 July 2007
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And so, a year on, the can of worms continues to wriggle. Ever since US film critic Roger Ebert declared that videogames could not be considered a valid art form, debate on the topic has failed to simmer down. Every man and his beret — from game critics, to artists, to developers — has had something to say about Ebert's stance. The issue of games as art is not the focus of this piece (though it's probably unavoidable that the two will intertwine) but its recent readdressing by Ebert highlighted an aspect of videogames that's been simultaneously revered and reviled.

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She Drives Me Crazy

Fri, 6 July 2007
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There are some names that I'm absolutely sick of seeing. Paris Hilton. Jack Thompson. Katie Holmes and her Xenu-spawn. I suspect I'll be able to add another name to the list fairly soon: Krystal Forscutt.

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Where Gamers FEAR To Tread

Wed, 13 June 2007
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It's been a true battle of the ~~wits~~ lawyers in gaming circles the past few weeks, with an interesting predicament coming to the fore between publisher Vivendi and development studio Monolith. The cause: a little game called FEAR.

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You Can't Go Past The Classics...

Wed, 9 May 2007
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Regular readers of PC PowerPlay will know what time of year it is. Yep, next issue contains our Top 100 list, the place where we at PCPP HQ tip our hats to the cream of the gaming crop. But while the list allows us to swoon over the greats, it's also useful for you, too.