Videogames are regularly blamed for many things, the most popular being making children fat and violent. So when something new, such as the Nintendo Wii, comes along everyone is happy. The Wii gets children exercising again, and it doesn’t feature...
As some of you may know I make video games – both for work and as a hobby.About a year ago a chap named Alan Broad posted a demo of a game he was intending to give away on a...
They have gotten quite a bit of press in the uk recently – largely (only?) because of David Beckhams move to the US, and I wasn’t particularly interested however now I have seen the final images and I really like...
I’m a lucky person. Last year work took me to Estonia for our Christmas do. This year it was Istanbul, Turkey.Unfortunately I have been really busy these last few weeks so this post is a little delayed.We had a couple...
Advertising in games is something that has been getting a lot of media attention recently. Some reports say that gamers love it, provided things are in context (ads on billboards in a city for example) and, more recently, they say...
A couple of weeks ago I took my girlfriend to Paris for a long weekend away. I would have written about it earlier but two days after returning I went to Turkey (Istanbul) for my Christmas party with work, so...
I read the first two Eragon books recently, the third and final is currently being written. My timing seems to have been quite good because as I was reading the second book, I found out that there was a film...
I have been thinking about the whole “blogging for profit” thing recently – in particular ReviewMe.Have I really sold my soul to the devil if I start reviewing other peoples stuff?So far I’ve had two offers to review things from...
After the east coast we headed back to central Malaysia and Taman Negara. Taman Negara is Malaysia’s premiere National Park, and the largest rain forest in Malaysia covering 4343 square kilometers.In our time in Taman Negara we went on a...
After the coolness of the Highlands we went over to the East coast for some more sea based action. We spent a day traveling from the highlands down to the coast, and stayed in a small place in Marang (or...
Justin Shattuck hit me up with a new meme that’s been started. It’s only two layers deep at the moment which is unusual since I nearly always seem to be tagged right at the end of a memes life. I...
The Cameron Highlands (I really like their website) are the highest place in mainland Malaysia, so are also the coolest. Because of the cooler climate they grow a wide variety of fruit and veg (many strawberry’s) in the Highlands. They...
My Aunt and Uncle are teachers at a college in Malaysia. They have been living in Malaysia for 3 or 4 years now and will likely stay there for at least a couple more (update in 2023 - they now...
I’m sure most people know about this but the ability to post things in advance with WordPress is absolutely great. My two blogs (this one and Binary Joy) posted 16 articles whilst I was on holiday despite me not being...
As mentioned a couple of weeks ago I have been workng on an update to Regulus. There are only a couple of small changes to the main Regulus file. The big change is the addition of translations. German translation Italian...
Binary Joy is a website dedicated to video games, but not just any games. Good games. Games you enjoy. We will feature any game, as long as the person doing the writing enjoys what they are playing. This means that...
I said in my last post about Regulus that it would be the last version of the theme released. As far as I was concerned it was complete. Since then a few small things have cropped up and these will...
The Transporter 2Shorter than the first movie, the Transporter 2 has is a very simple movie, and seems to have been made simply to look good. The bad guys all seemed a bit old but Jason Statham was suitably cool...
I have been rather late jumping on the Firefly and Serenity band wagon. I first saw Serenity a while ago and wasn’t overly impressed. I wasn’t disappointed by any means, but I just didn’t “get it”. I’m guessing the reason...
About a BoyA mildly amusing comedy with Hugh Grant, Rachel Weisz, and a few people I have never heard of. It was a lot better than I expected, Hugh Grant plays the same character he always plays and makes a...
The old Miniclip website was a nostalgic playground for gamers, filled with simple flash games ideal for wasting time on. Unfortunately it is no more. This post was written in 2006. As of 2015 I no longer work at Miniclip....