Category Archives: Odds & Ends

Coronavirus can be lethal, but all it’s done is place me in an anti-social, nihilistic bubble

Posted on 29/05/2020 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Initially I was blithe about Coronavirus, ‘Oh what’s this, another strain of that bird flu or that Sars thingy? So what?’ For a layman such as myself underestimating Covid-19 at the start was defensible. Doing so now is absolutely fucking … Continue reading →

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Yes, Red Dead Redemption 2 is a great Western

Posted on 30/11/2019 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Can a computer game belong to the canon of great Westerns? My reflex response was no. Yet whilst playing Red Dead Redemption 2, which was finally released on PC earlier this month, I keep questioning my initial resistance. The vividness … Continue reading →

Posted in Odds & Ends | Tagged 1899, Albanian sex trafficker stupidly kidnapping Liam Nesson's daughter, Arthur Morgan, Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy, Dutch, Frederick Jackson Turner, Gaming, Give your horse a mohawk, GTA V, Gun lobbyists, John ‘Wooden’ Wayne, Limmy, Michigan Militia, Minecraft deathpit, O’Driscoll gang, Odds & Ends, PC, Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar, Virtual violence is fun and good for you, Western | 1 Comment

Hollow Knight – Metroidvania meets Masochism

Posted on 30/04/2019 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Until recently I’d never heard of the Metroidvania genre. In my defence, I’m only a casual ‘silver’ gamer. On average I game for about five or six hours a week. These aren’t enthusiast numbers, not even close. Down the years … Continue reading →

Posted in Odds & Ends | Tagged Best Christmas song ever, Boiling piss, Casual 'Silver' gamer twat, Dark Souls, FIFA, Gaming, Godhome DLC, Heroin addiction, Life is Unfair and so is Hollow Knight's DLC, Masochism, Metroidvania, Moaning, Odds & Ends, Private Pyle is slimy Walrus looking piece of shit, Sesame Street, Team Cherry, The Nightmare King Grimm is a horrible bastard, Vanity | Leave a comment

Will learning to code solve my time management problem?

Posted on 31/03/2019 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Yeah, I’m learning to code, rapidly nearing the big four-zero. If that seems a daft combination, that’s because it is. But don’t laugh, and I’m certainly not. It’s hard, man. I’m still getting to grips with what integers, strings, floats, … Continue reading →

Posted in Odds & Ends | Tagged Being thin never goes out of fashion, Big Bang Theory, Boolean, break, Coding, continue, Exception handling, floats, hypters, I need to deceive myself, I’m dogshit tired and I fucking hate my job - sums up the 21st century, If statements, integers, loops, Odds & Ends, Pluralsight, print('Hello, self-aggrandising shitty attributes, sex up your menial jobs, Sporcle quizzes, strings, What the fuck is a Json file?, World!'), You need discipline Private Pyle, YouTube videos | Leave a comment

Fuck Brexit, play Yakuza 0

Posted on 29/11/2018 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

For the last two years the hard line Leavers were defiantly ignorant of Britain’s weak hand, the technical complexities of withdrawal agreements and the true logistic and economic costs of importing and exporting with the your largest trading partner after … Continue reading →

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