Author: 2009

• Top 20 Favourite Games of All Time

  

  In the world of digital entertainment, some games have transcended the boundaries and managed to create artistic, intelligent and immersive experiences that cannot be matched. [...]

   

• Present Discounted Value

  

  Before we get down to the maths, let me digress to explain why there is a still from BBC’s motoring magazine Top Gear at the [...]

   

• Demo Dilemma: FIFA 10 vs PES 2010

  

  The topic of whether Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) games are better than FIFA games as a representation of football has been a fiery one, which [...]

   
 

• Football Geography

  

  With the new Premier League season only a week away, it seemed appropriate to write something on football. Rather than analyse the game itself, however, [...]

   

• Cycle your way to musical theory

  

  Modes. They seem to be difficult for many musicians to get the hang of. Fortunately, I’ve found that the easiest way to understand them and [...]

   

• Cash or Ticket?

  

  I’ve been a boyhood fan of Michael Jackson, and so will not comment on his life or death out of respect – other than to [...]

   
 

• Black Clouds & Revelations?

  

  Dream Theater are the kings of progressive metal. It is a genre of music that they helped carve out – fusing the epic journeys that [...]

   

• Management and Consulting Speak

  

  Professionals of all kinds like to invent jargon and terminology to make simple things appear more complicated. It probably helps them validate their careers a [...]

   

• Natural Motion Wrestling

  

  With the advent of the Xbox 360 and PS3, a new term was coined: ‘Next-Gen’ gaming. The actual meaning of this phrase is open to [...]

   
 

• Coffee? That will be one billion dollars, please

  

  Annual (hyper)inflation in Zimbabwe, according to one source, has reached 500 billion percent. Many estimate it to be even higher. That’s 500,000,000,000%. That means that [...]

   

• A week with the iPhone 3G

  

  After much deliberation, I decided to upgrade my mobile phone last week (which has served me very well over the past 3 years) to an [...]

   

• Comparing Apples to Windows

  

                  On 2nd May 2006, we were hit with this rather witty advert: After the success Apple had [...]

   
 

• The Equation of Exchange

  

  The fact that economics is a complex subject is no secret. With things as they are in the world at present, analysing and breaking down [...]

   

• Money Matters

  

  Something I’ve heard a lot of people talk about recently (and a general sentiment shared by people in times of financial difficulties) is how money [...]

   

• Why I love… Elasto Mania

  

  Elasto Mania became a cult classic game around 8 years ago when I was in high school. It swept our school network (and many others) [...]