Author Archives: lartens

Get Filezilla to preview images in Windows Photo Viewer without inheriting default programs from windows

Posted on June 23, 2013 12:51 am by lartens

Woah, didn’t I just write a post, and now another one, ok people here’s what’s going down. Usually on say a windows 7 machine, when you open an image it opens up in Windows Photo Viewer, if you’ve installed other … Continue reading →

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Change of format

Posted on June 22, 2013 11:47 pm by lartens

Hey there GRiG fans, there’s a change of format happening soon, we’re adding manga and anime to the roster ^_^. As you may well know, there is no shortage of tech and video game blogs, and over the past couple … Continue reading →

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Bayonetta 2 by platinum games is WIi U exclusive

Posted on September 13, 2012 4:19 pm by lartens

Nintendo have had their little event, and announced an exclusie sequal to Bayonetta. That’s it, all we know. In other news, Wii U has a november 30th release date for Europe. zombiU, Nintendoland are up for launch, as well as … Continue reading →

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In a dream i can see, you are not far away: NiGHTS is coming back in HD

Posted on July 5, 2012 8:08 pm by lartens

Happy 16th birthday NiGHTS. The beautiful NiGHTS into Dreams game from the glorious Sega Saturn is finally making its retro comeback HD style this fall. First lets show the vid. Roll it. July 5th is NiGHTS birthday, it was 1996 … Continue reading →

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Minecraft XBLA profitable in first hour

Posted on May 11, 2012 12:25 am by lartens

As Mojang handed over the reigns of an XBLA port of Minecraft to developer 4J Studios last year, the game has been hotly anticipated by fans, and fan fare marketed by the big Microsoft, first at the 2011 E3 expo … Continue reading →

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Quake Live – Let’s Frag ’em

Posted on May 1, 2012 11:14 pm by lartens

Quake Live is quake in the browser with a plugin, and it looks wicked, and plays brilliantly, you may have recently seen a game with @notch, @jeb, and i think @kappische of Mojang play some young dude and a couple … Continue reading →

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The late nineties were the best for video games

Posted on April 24, 2012 11:29 pm by lartens

The Grigonians have been gaming since the early Eighties, when video games consoles had the games built in and we used paddles with twisty nobs to make a rectangle move up and down to colide with a square, beautiful. And … Continue reading →

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Ludum Dare 23 is kicking off with Tiny World, oh

Posted on April 21, 2012 2:13 am by lartens

Here in the UK the time has just struck 02:00 and the gauntlet is down, Ludum Dare #23 a 10 year aniversary has started with the theme “Tiny World” and now i’m stumped, hmmm what to do? For those un … Continue reading →

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Google Maps goes 8-bit fools ya fools

Posted on April 1, 2012 11:52 pm by lartens

Google love their april fools (TiSP, free broadband install see here), and their homage to all things cool, like the playable pacman game in place of Google on the homepage one May 22nd 2010 (still playable here). But this year … Continue reading →

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Fez gets April 13th XBLA release

Posted on March 29, 2012 11:56 pm by lartens

Wait a cotton picking minute, the Grig has new posts barely a day apart, what gives? Fez release date thats what, 800 Microsoft points on the unusual release day of a friday, eh? Those crazy indie devs just don’t know … Continue reading →

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