Writing Advice from Samuel Beckett

If you must write, you must do it in the face of all opposition. […] Do not spend too much more time on culture & reading, these are traps. When everything conspires to make the thing impossible, when you are tired, worried, with no time, or money, it is then that things get done.

Samuel Beckett to Claude Raimbourg, 3 May 1954

Безымянный

Disappointed to see the Mail on Sunday's Peter Hitchens stealing peanuts in the British Airways lounge yesterday. When his flight to Tenerife flight was called he looked around furtively and crammed about eight packets into his underpants. 

"Give over, ah wor fair starving," the oaf roared,  in his broad Yorkshire accent, when I remonstrated with him. 

On reflection, I'm not certain it was Hitchens.

E3: Microsoft announces backwards compatibility, new games

Microsoft pulled out the big guns at E3 2015, focusing on games, games, more games and some special surprise announcements.

RPGCast - Episode 350: "Anna Reads The News"

It's E3 prep week and we missed a show so that means you get a super nice beefy show going into E3. We hope you enjoy us bringing you the hype and announcements "directly" to you. Alice didn't deliver missiles.

Splatoon a shooter like no other

Splatoon is arguably one of the biggest risks Nintendo has ever taken. The gaming giant isn't exactly known for new IPs or for online shooters, after all. What's absolutely astonishing is that despite some terrible design choices in the game, Splatoon proves to be completely addicting.

Xenoblade a must for 3DS XL owners

Initially released in Japan in 2010, Xenoblade Chronicles quickly garnered praise for revitalizing the JRPG genre through its modernized approach to gameplay. Even with its warm acceptance from fans and critics alike, Nintendo remained radio silent on whether or not its hot new JRPG would ever see a North American release. Xenoblade Chronicles finally was released across the pond hitting shelves in North American on April 6th, 2012.

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