Work: LocoRoco 2 and Disaster: Day of Crisis

The latest issue of Australia’s only multi-platform gaming magazine, Hyper, is currently on sale at all good newsagents and a few other outlets that I have not paid attention to. Actually, it has already been out for several weeks. Oops!

In this issue, I had the pleasure of reviewing LocoRoco 2 and Disaster: Day of Crisis. Here are some teeny, tiny excerpts from my reviews. Once you’ve had a read, you should go and buy the magazine. Even if you eschew the way in which Australian gaming mags write about videogames, you should at least grab a copy just to look at Malcolm Campbell’s wonderful art direction. I mean, look at that cover. Yes, I know Blizzard provided the cover art, but it doesn’t stop Malky from doing amazing things with what he’s given. In this issue, you will also find a photo shoot featuring my Nintendo backpack and toadstool plush toys. I like to contribute where ever I can.

Right, random excerpts. Hold onto your butts!

Recipe: Tetris Brownies

I worked at one of my current places of employment for more than half a year without ever speaking to anyone but my boss, largely because I was terrified of approaching my colleagues and initiating conversation. I couldn’t even bring myself to say hello to them, through fear that I would tangle my words and start speaking in a crazy southern dialect of broken Chinese.

At some point, I decided that I had to stop being such a social retard and start being a normal person by talking to people. So I came up with a reason to make contact. I decided to bake.

I started with simply things, like cupcakes from a box and scones. Then, I figured that if I was going to be baking for a bunch of gamers (which I was), I might as well have some fun with it! So here is a step-by-step recipe for Tetris Chocolate Brownies, the same brownies that recently won me some friends at work. They’re easy to make (even easier than the Triforce shortbread cookies that I made for Eegra!), and if you’re demented enough to screw up the recipe, then you don’t deserve to have friends.

Right, so let’s start this shit up, foolz!

The Art of Lumines

“All in all, the creative act is not performed by the artist alone… the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act.” - Marcel Duchamp