Blog
Hello and welcome to my blog. Here you will find musings on various topics from video games to mental health to fatherhood.
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Please note: My thoughts are my own and not all content is 100% safe for work!
Latest Posts
Year of Gaming 2025
Having abjectly failed my ‘Year of YouTube’ challenge last year (where I was supposed to post a new video every month), I decided to set myself a different challenge for 2025. (I do have more YouTube videos planned - subscribe here! - but I don’t want to just rush them...
I Am Your Father - Revisited
A quick update on the ‘I Am Your Father’ blog - the story of how I became a father in lockdown - and some of my future plans…
Review - Star Wars: Outlaws
The Ubisoft Game. Now with a Star Wars skin!
Netflix and NO CHILL!
My subscription will be expiring soon.
Stormgate (Early Access) - First Impressions
So, it seems a group of developers at Blizzard got sick of beating the 20-year-old dead horse of World of Warcraft and went off to form a new studio. Their goal; to make strategy games - you know, the thing that Blizzard used to be known for! They’re gonna build their...
Video Series: Cities Skylines 2
As someone who has clocked over 800 hours in the first Cities Skylines, I was naturally quite excited for the release of Cities Skylines 2. And, like most people, I was left thoroughly underwhelmed by the game we were given.
However, rather than writing about it, I thought...
Who are Live Action Remakes for?
I won’t be going to watch the remake of The Little Mermaid, but not for the reason you might think.
What is it actually like to own an Electric Car?
My wife and I have had our Renault Zoe - our first electric car - for nearly four years now, and we love it. But I’m also the first to admit that electric cars are not for everyone, at least not yet. They aren’t exactly cheap, and there are many other...
AI & Art
As a Software Engineer and (very amateur and very part-time) 3D/Digital Artist, I was naturally intrigued by some of the AI tools that are becoming available to artists. Then came all the backlash against AI art. At first, I wasn’t sure what all the fuss was about, so I decided to...
Video: Should you take the NaNoWriMo Challenge?
With November fast approaching, you might be considering taking part in the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) Challenge. But what is it like to take part? In this video (my first 'proper' video and my first writing video on my YouTube channel), I talk about my experience of taking part in...