Noel Melbourne's The Armoured Soldier
I just want to preface this by saying that everything written here is wrong.
Read MoreNorth Richmond Street
North Richmond Street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when, after a daily seven-hour stretch of tedium, they finally let us loose. For the last hour us kids minded more the clock than the chalkboard. The yellow light of the sinking sun would warm our yawning faces, a signal to our brains to shut down; one old Mr Malone, droning on at the head of the class, was somehow insensate to.
Read MoreCappuccino
“Medium cappuccino.”
The grinder released a small pile of grounds into the handle. Dan tamped the pile smooth, then jammed the handle into its socket. As the coffee trickled through he steamed the milk, tiny bubbles rising to froth. He poured a stream into the cup with the coffee and affixed a lid.
“Medium cappuccino!”
Skink
The lizard scrambled up the wall, toes seeking tiny ledges in the sandstone brick. At the top she basked briefly in warmth, bubbling up from the brick and beaming down from above. Her forked tongue flicked out. A pungent odor. Human. A shadow fell across her and she dove for cover in the greens beyond.
Read MoreGrapeshot Volume 10, Issue 1: X
Hey all! Just a quick post to inform that I've got three pieces of writing in the new Grapeshot! If you're on campus, go grab a copy or ten - it's free.
Read MoreLachlan's Top 10 Movies of 2017
There were some pretty good movies last year.
Read MoreLachlan's Top 5 Games of 2017
It's been the year of the Switch for me. I love that thing. It allowed me to cram a surprising amount of gaming into my last year of undergrad - "enabled" might be the right word. There were times when I couldn't put it down, hence the disproportionate number of Switch games below.
Read MoreThe Checklist - Dig Dug
So here's the thing with old games like Dig Dug - my time/reward ratio requirements are much different than that of an 80s arcade kid.
Read MoreThe Checklist - Ms. Pac-Man
Those ghosts are still motherfuckers.
Read MoreThe Checklist - Super Motherload
This is not a great game. I'd struggle to call it a good game. But the deep nostalgia I felt for Motherload meant I had to try it, and propelled me through to the end.
Read MoreThe Checklist - Pac-Man
Pac-Man is still pretty dope.
Read MoreThe Checklist - Far Cry 4
It lets you use a grenade launcher as a sidearm.
Read MoreThe Checklist - Alien: Isolation
As annoying as it can get, it's still probably the best Alien game.
Read MoreThe Checklist - Titanfall 2 (2016)
It's pretty sweet.
Read MoreThe Checklist - Doom (2016)
Doom is awesome.
Read MoreThe Checklist →
Oh boy, here it is. My ludicrous, self-appointed, Sisyphusian task: to make my way through my ludicrous backlog of games - in the order in which they were released.
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