I’m delighted to say that Ross County’s season is over. Not because I haven’t enjoyed it, but because it means that we have avoided the grim spectre of the play-offs. Second season syndrome hit Ross County hard this year – with our sophomore campaign in Scotland’s top flight being far less euphoric than the one before. However, when our aim as a football club is just to stay there with the big boys, I think we can be happy and proud of what our small-town — Read more →
In the gaming world, franchises or series are becoming the bread and butter of developers’ and publishers’ work. New IP is rare amidst the flood of sequels, prequels and companions. Some call it a lack of creativity, and in some cases it definitely is, but for some series it’s a mark of a gaming experience that deserves far more than just one outing. The iconic example of this is the Mass Effect series. For those that don’t know, Mass Effect is a series set in — Read more →
With the season more-or-less at an end, it’s time that clubs will be thinking towards next season – and more specifically how they will spend their prize money on bolstering their squads to have a better campaign next time around. With the merger of the SPL (Premier League) and SFL (Football League) to form the SPFL (Professional Football League), there was a shift in the distribution of prize money throughout the leagues which was largely welcomed. Rather than having a massive gulf between the top — Read more →
Amazon announced yesterday that you can now add items to your shopping basket via Twitter by replying to a tweet featuring a link to an Amazon product with the hashtag #AmazonBasket (or #AmazonCart in the US). This is yet another innovative masterstroke from the leviathans of online shopping and takes it to a completely new and unforeseen level. How does it work you might ask? First off, you need to have both Amazon and Twitter accounts. Then go to Amazon Basket’s page and then you — Read more →
10 years ago today, one of America (and the UK)’s favourite sitcoms came to a close in perhaps one of TV’s best ever finales. Of course, that show was Friends – a sitcom that is now a benchmark for shows that can not only make generations of viewers laugh but also relate to the human stories going on in the show. There’s not been a show like Friends again, and it’s hard to say if there ever will be. Friends got so many things right — Read more →
