My Top Five Live Bands

Through my life I've seen a whole load of live bands, from festivals to concert halls. Although I count myself fairly lucky, there are so many I haven't yet seen and heard in the flesh - but for now, here's my five favourite live performances, over the past ten or so years.
NINE INCH NAILS […]

Please, Celebrities, Stop Exposing Yourselves …

I moderate a forum on a different site, and lately we've been having a spam problem. Each new captcha or human verification we add just triggers whoever writes these bots to work around it, sometimes in a matter of days. It's an incredibly popular site to begin with, so adding admin verification would be impractical.

There […]

The Nine Billion names of God

Arthur C. Clarke wrote a classic SF short story in the 1950s called The Nine Billion names of God, in which he discusses a computer designed and built for a Buddhist monastery to calculate the billions of possible names possible for God, using the entirety of the possible combinations of available characters.
"We use a special […]

Using Eventscripts to mod CS Source

 
My last article detailed how to write a very simple mod for Counter Strike Source servers; here, I plan to go into more detail. I will assume basic knowledge of Python, and an understanding of how to create a simple addon on your source server - essentially I plan to discuss Eventscripts' API and features.
Userids
Each […]

Is Your Email Safe?

It surprises me that there is not more fraud on the internet. In fact, it's enough to give a renewed faith in the majority people that run their own websites.
I'm a student, and in my spare time I do some web design, and some coding - among other things. I'd consider myself fairly adept at […]

Running Street Fighter III on your PC

Street Fighter 3 is a fantastic game. Utterly incredible for a rainy afternoon - and since summer 2007, it's been possible to play on the PC. If you want to try it out, all you need to do is follow these simple instructions.
1. Download CPS3 Emulator
I tried a load of different emulators, including the latest […]

New Trailer for Ayreon's 01011001

As part of the build up to its January 28th release, an official teaser trailer for Ayreon's new album, 01011001, has been released, and one of the songs from the new album, The Fifth Extinction, has been made available in its entirety on the Ayreon myspace page. They're incredible.
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Python Tips and Tricks

Here are a few handy tips and tricks, to use when writing in Python.

Hitman Film 'Review'

 
I was hoping to actually type a review of Hitman, but I changed my mind after watching it and instead I've decided to make a list of why the film is so crap:

This film totally fails to capture the essence of the game. If you want to see a Silent Assasin style Hitman, this is […]

Psychonauts and others for Free

As part of their Holiday Threesome offer, Gametap have provided a list of games which you can play for free until the 31st of December, including several Hitman games (to coincide with the release of the frankly dire film version), Tomb Raider Legend, as well as some classics like Metal Slug. However, the best […]