Archives for January 2008
Manky Toy Monday: Composite Happy
Sings *Every day is like Monday, Every day’s a manky fun day” Yes indeedy, Tuesday is the new Monday – or at least it is for the purposes of this post. My normal blogging routine (such as it is) was… continue reading »
Manky Toy Monday: Galaxy Battles
Back when Manky Toy Monday was but a weak and mewling infant I suggested (by way of a partial mission statement) that: Special attention will be paid to those delightfully crappy knock-offs and pastiches of established brands. For every Star… continue reading »
The Museum of Cultural Waste: Kid Kore “Apache”
If there’s one lesson I’ve learned from my numerous trips to charity shops (on both sides of the Irish sea) it is (alas) to expect the expected. For while such places hold out the slight promise of rare oddities and… continue reading »
FIZZOO!! A Comic Bomb Fizzles…
Update 23/01/08 – I’ve emailed a few people who’ve shown (or casually expressed) interest in FIZZOO! to discuss format, structure, page & word count etc. If anyone else fancies getting involved please email me (or leave a comment below) and… continue reading »
Delightful, D’Lovely, D’Blog Awards
You may (on these dreary January days) be lamenting the passing of the recent Winter Festival, but despair ye not. The real “loveliest time of the year�? is just around the corner. Yes, the 3rd Irish Blog Awards are almost… continue reading »
A lit bomb left unattended does not explode…
Back when I was a passionate twiddler of joysticks (and joypads), a well-known “rule” stated that video games based on movies were invariably crap. The truth of this assertion was established early in the medium’s history with Atari’s wretched E.T… continue reading »
The Museum of Cultural Waste: Quicksilver
Plain People of Ireland: (brightly) “Well”, as the divil once said, “That’s the Christmas over for another year thank God!” Myself: Indeed. A bloated orgy of drink, turkey and ostentatious consumption… Plain People of Ireland: (unsure) That’s right… Myself:…a lurid… continue reading »
