It’s not been the best of weeks to be a wrestling fan (sorry, an entertainment fan!)… which is why this is going to be fairly short. Whether you’re a follower of WWE, or someone who prefers their action to be a little more indie, the bad news has been hammering us this week. (more…)
If you wanted to record a TV programme back in the “old days” (God, I’m sounding older than 27 here!) it was a little fiddly. Ten years ago, you had to put a video tape into a machine, set timers (or enter a code, if you had and trusted Videoplus) and hope that your show either didn’t start late, run late, or get bumped from the schedules. (more…)
With the World Cup winding down this weekend, I thought it was as good a time as any to go back to the past (if you will) and crack out two of last year’s football titles.
Having originally been a fan of FIFA games when I first started playing on the PC, then on the PS2 and Xbox, I switched my allegiances to Pro Evolution Soccer for a few years, sacrificing the licences of FIFA for the ability to edit my own Sunderland team in PES. After all, it was around this time when Sunderland weren’t in the Premier League, so back in the days when FIFA only featured Premier League sides… you can guess why I switched! (more…)
Just days away now from WrestleMania, and things look set for WWE to have one of their most successful Manias in history. With several good matches on paper, this is also the first Mania in years that I’m looking forward to watching on TV.
The grand-daddy of them all, as it used to be called before it produced such offspring as Breaking Point and Bragging Rights, should easily live up to it’s brand name… and here are some of my picks. (more…)
As you’ll have noticed from the two WrestleMania memories columns I’ve penned so far, there are two omissions in the line-up. I was lucky enough to get to both WrestleMania 20 and 24, and here’s my brief memories from those shows live. Having experienced both shows by way of a WWE-made travel package, the experiences here aren’t probably the average fan’s views, but watching these shows live were definitely better than sitting at home and watching it on TV. (more…)
