Author Archives: bedgell

We’re in the pipe. Five by five…

Posted on February 12, 2015 9:00 pm by bedgell

Yes, my fellow Grigadeers, our dreams shall be fulfilled! Because eight months after I last picked up my mocked up USB-Saturn pad to play SNES Zelda on my Mac (what is this weird, chimeric world we live in?!) – I’m … Continue reading →

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Make Like A Leaf, and Tree

Posted on October 22, 2014 8:21 pm by bedgell

OK, OK, so it looks eeeeeeeeever so slightly limited but … whoop! THE HOVERBOARD IS HERE! Sadly, though, that sentence kind of sums things up. Because the first words out of our collective mouth should have been crafted from pure … Continue reading →

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All Quiet On The Western Grig

Posted on October 17, 2014 12:35 pm by bedgell

So I noticed that we’ve posted on the Grig every month this year up to September – but got grooning close to missing October! Well not on my watch Griggateers! For here is a totally pointless post on Alien Isolation! … Continue reading →

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Make Mine A Craft

Posted on September 16, 2014 9:37 pm by bedgell

I’ll be the first to admit it – I’m not the best at Minecraft. I got as far as building an oven once but then I couldn’t work out how to make muffin mix so dug a huge hole instead. … Continue reading →

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Qix-tastic!

Posted on September 12, 2014 8:34 pm by bedgell

So I’ve been playing Qix on the Game Boy emulator on the 3DS. It’s surprisingly hard – I mean, viciously unpredictable enemy AI, endless traps and ways for you to die, no continues and only 3 lives… And it’s also … Continue reading →

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Eight Days And Counting

Posted on August 8, 2014 7:07 am by bedgell

It’s right here, Ray. It’s looking at me. Hurrah for Fridays! Bastion of Infinite Possibility! Guardian of the Weekend! Harbinger of Funtimes! Friday is the Gatekeeper to a nether world of joy and you? You, my friend, are the Keymaster. … Continue reading →

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E.T. the Sub-Terrestrial

Posted on July 28, 2014 12:27 am by bedgell

Indeed, indeed, indeed – finally the movie looks like it’s nearly upon us. And I think they’re going to nail it as it looks like they’re hanging off the back of it a story about the demise of the video … Continue reading →

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Edmond Pangs of Guilt

Posted on July 27, 2014 8:21 am by bedgell

. I mean, good job Edmond Pang. Nice graphics and retro-synth music backing for your little video here. But rootin-tootin Jeebus, if you’re going to spend days creating something then surely you’d find five minutes for a quick spelling and … Continue reading →

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Well, The World Is Just Full of Surprises…

Posted on July 10, 2014 11:13 am by bedgell

Retro. The Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Griggerprise. Her continuing mission to explore very well known old worlds, to seek out old games, and old civilisations, and to boldly go where millions have gone before. And … Continue reading →

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#Wishlist

Posted on June 19, 2014 10:50 am by bedgell

So, with the Mega CD in place, it’s time to build the library. And actually , the main CD beauts are already in the eBay saved searches, so it’s the Mega Drive list I need to craft. Some are obvious … Continue reading →

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