Category Archives: Odds & Ends

Please, ChatGPT, save us

Posted on 30/06/2023 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Avoiding the news means not using your phone or computer at all. Given how ninety-nine percent of us live and work in the West, that’s a tricky task. How the news is delivered is irritating because there’s so much of … Continue reading →

Posted in Odds & Ends, Politics | Tagged 10 years of blogging shite, AI, Andrew Tate, Billy Bragg, Boris Johnson, ChatGPT, Chicken Vindaloo, Fuck off carrot, Human extinction, Life coach bollocks, Michelle Mone would steal an ice cream cone, Mick Lynch, News, Panda, Roger Waters, Salem Witch Trials, Saudi Arabia, SkyNet, We all died in a crap submarine | 1 Comment

Just fucking accept it, son. Sifu is the closest you’ll ever get to feeling like Bruce Lee.

Posted on 29/04/2023 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Now and again, I listen to Sam Harris’s podcasts. There are some observations to be made here. He has a relaxing voice made for advertising kitchens, garden furniture and your standard four door family hatchbacks. Often it strays into a … Continue reading →

Posted in Odds & Ends | Tagged Bruce Lee, Enter The Dragon, FromSoftware, Gandalf length beard, Helen Joyce, Irish gypsy fights, John Wick, Kung-Fu, Obese fascist potential spree killing teenager in an Alabama trailer-park, Sam Harris, Sekiro, Sifu, Sigmond Freud, Steven Seagal, Streets Of Rage, Tracey Emin, Wu-Tang, Yakuza 0 | Leave a comment

Signalis – a gorgeous dystopian creepshow

Posted on 28/02/2023 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Not to disparage Uncharted – Legacy of Thieves Collection on the PC (it did get me through the misery of the Christmas and early January period) but I found it far too cheesy and a bit too easy to offer … Continue reading →

Posted in Odds & Ends | Tagged 2D platformer, Alien, Dark Souls 3, Elden Ring, German, Heart Of Darkness, Japanese, Manga aesthetic, Nietzsche, Retro gaming, Sekiro, Signalis, Silent Hill, Steam, Survival horror, The Madeleine McCann question, Tomb Raider knockoff, Uncharted - Legacy of Thieves Collection | Leave a comment

Marvel’s Spider-Man on the PC isn’t perfect, but being the king of swing is an absolute blast

Posted on 31/08/2022 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Instead of worrying about the cowardly ghoulish Tory cipher likely to be the next PM and how she’ll mug us off even more because pondlife such as this have the right to vote, the rising cost of energy (some help … Continue reading →

Posted in Odds & Ends | Tagged Bloodborne, Dark Souls 3, From Software, Ghost of Tsushima, Last Of Us, Manhattan, Marvel, New York, Nier Automata, Peter Parker, Pondlife, PS5, Robin Hood, Sekiro, Sony, Spider-Man, Spiderman 2, Swinging around town, Uncharted, Will Self | Leave a comment

My wee Black Friday hypocrisy

Posted on 30/11/2021 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

So I received Black Friday emails titled ‘check out our great Black Friday discounts’ in early November this year. What’s more grating, the slow creep of Black Friday becoming a month long event, or the Christmas fanatics who start counting … Continue reading →

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