Recent content by F17

There used to be an English teacher at my high school that brought a coffin he had made for himself into class, sitting in it while he was teaching and having a rest in it while the students were all reading. He was swiftly removed for being flamin' bonkers, but I still wish I'd been in one of...

Timesplitters: Future Perfect about a billion times. I'm not sure how many times I played the whole game (over 20, I bet), but I played the first 3 or so levels a good 40 times.

My mate scooting around the hardware store for half an hour with an excavation drill and a fire axe in Dead Rising. It made the whole lot of us feel a bit queasy.

I really don't like those hard bits on the side of your fingernails. I mean, they don't really serve any purpose, and they're just asking to be pulled out with your teeth. And when you do, it bleeds. Ya just can't win! Also, cheek and tongue cleaners on toothbrushes. No explanation really...

The only thing I remember about RotT was picking up a gun and thinking, 'huh, what does this d-' boom firey death ouch ouch ouch. More significantly, the playable character Ian Paul Freely. Heh.

Sure, the gameplay might just be the same as any given number of flash games, but it has this song [http://kotaku.com/5340444/i-maed-a-gam3-w1th-z0mb1es1] in it. How is that not awesome?

I wouldn't be able to help with art in terms of art, but I'm interested in video games as art in terms of literature. Video games are definitely relevant in the classroom, if only to show asides and intertextuality. I used GTA IV's story of Niko being drawn into a life of crime and killing to...

Onion soup mix with a can of reduced cream. Best dip in the world for potato chips (not corn chips), and a NZ classic.

I'm a fan of Eskimo Joe, an alt-rock Australian band. Their earlier stuff is great, but their most recent album Black Fingernails, Red Wine is so-so.

So please, help to spread the word far and wide. This is a public service announcement - beware of snowboarding penguins in the winter months.

So please, move to a different town if your local costume supply shop is out of stock. This is a public service announcement - Tuesday is international hit-your-neighbour-with-a-cricket-bat day.

Oblivion and expansions for PC, and Fable: The Lost Chapters for Xbox. The Orange Box and my mate's copy of Halo 3. Whoa, World of Warcraft Collectors' Edition, haven't had an account there in two or three years.

The first thing that struck Darcy about the place was not the cold, recycled air, not the faceless, intimidating soldiers and not the haggard face of the Commander ? it was that there was other children with him. He thought he would be trained alone in this huge base, and that he was unique...

William had been climbing through the van as a dirty orange fireball - the second of the day - erupted into the sky. He fell down, cracking his elbow on the metal railing at the side of a seat and letting Gregory's phone clatter across the floor. At least it wasn't me this time, William...