Author Archives: lartens

The best hairpin of my life on a rubbish practice run

Posted on February 18, 2023 6:21 pm by lartens

Title says it all really other than we are talking Sega Rally on the SEGA Saturn, running 60hz Japanese version of the game

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OH YEAH! Baby we’re BACK!!!!

Posted on June 25, 2021 9:20 pm by lartens

Oof, it’s been a long time old friend, the grigadiers are back. Dibbs has made new videos on his youtubes. And ol’ Benny boy has been busy on the twitch twitch.tv/bedgell And yours truly finally got control of grigorig again. … Continue reading →

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We all live in a pokemon world for realsy

Posted on July 31, 2016 11:44 pm by lartens

Its happened, it’s finally happened, you go out into the real world with scary people and you literally catch wild digital pokemon. And every other bugger is doing the same thing, it’s practically normal. Huzza. I’m not saying there’s going … Continue reading →

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My first via ferrata Kandersteg Allmenalp

Posted on June 20, 2016 12:54 pm by lartens

My first via ferrata, class 4 not recommended for beginners as you’ll see lol. But it was manageable, just don’t look down hehe If you get bored then skip ahead to 19:00 for the last 30 secs, other good moments … Continue reading →

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Oculus Rift, it came, it went, I’m going to Switzerland

Posted on April 17, 2016 12:03 am by lartens

As you know I’ve been looking forward to a better rift for years. Three years ago this month I received the First Development Kit that went out to backers, and the immersion was amazing, but the screen door effect was … Continue reading →

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NiGHTS into Dreams Statue

Posted on April 16, 2016 11:44 pm by lartens

So NiGHTS is here, in all his pointy butt glory. This is the exclusive edition with the light up moon. It’s been a long time coming and First 4 Figures have delivered on an well made detailed statue of one … Continue reading →

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Woah, the Vive is how much!

Posted on March 12, 2016 1:16 pm by lartens

HTC Vive is coming in May for the princely sum of buh, that’s £689 to you and me plus £57.60 for shipping, holey moley. We all know the £499 price point of the Oculus Rift, which seemed insane compared to … Continue reading →

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Consumer Oculus Rift confirmed 499 GBP

Posted on January 6, 2016 4:20 pm by lartens

   son of a motherless goat. The Oculus Rift will cost a staggering £499 here in the UK with current shipping time of Q2 2016!! Fortunately four years ago I backed it on kickstarter and get this little beaut for … Continue reading →

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Time didn’t fly as a kid

Posted on December 10, 2014 1:10 am by lartens

So I recently completed an Ebay bid for my favourite Zelda game as a birthday present from my mom, much like it was from my brother 24 years ago. Zelda II The Adventure of Link. Sure I had it as … Continue reading →

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Sword Art Online II

Posted on August 10, 2014 7:35 pm by lartens

As we count down the days for the Vita release of Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment, a second series of the anime has started. As of writing episode six is available on crunchy roll, they have an app and if … Continue reading →

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