“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

HALO is dead, and they have killed it

HALO is dead, and they have killed it

Fresh off the total failure of HALO: Campaign DEvolved, Microslop moved a couple of days ago to essentially shut down Halo Studios, or whatever it is called, and has now shunted all future HALO development to… Activision: Xbox announced another major shift Tuesday in...
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori?

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori?

Some years back, when I thought that Bozo BoJo was actually going to do some good as Prime Monster of PommieBastardLande, I wrote quite favourably about one Jacob Rees-Mogg, an MP for North East Somerset, who eventually became quite a high-ranking member of the...
The overhyped collapse of bullsh*t consulting

The overhyped collapse of bullsh*t consulting

Over the past few weeks, I have seen a fair few videos popping up on my EWCHOOB feed about the collapse of corporate and management consulting jobs. They are all much of a muchness – there does appear to be something of a script circulating around the creator...
Tolkien is F***ING METAL

Tolkien is F***ING METAL

A few days before I went on vacation, Gary from Nerdrotic released a video explaining why the latest season of DEM RANGZ O’ POWAH!!! has completely failed to make any kind of impression among the viewers and the fanbase. The analysis was very good, as you would expect...
The grim darkness of the near future

The grim darkness of the near future

To live in such times is to be one amongst untold billions. It is to live in the cruellest and most bloody regime imaginable. These are the tales of those times. Forget the power of technology and science, for so much has been forgotten, never to be re-learned. Forget...
The inevitable return of the great white dope

The inevitable return of the great white dope

When news broke the other day that “Harry and the Half-Blood Princess”, as Our Beloved and Dreaded Supreme Dark Lord (PBUH) Voxemort the Most Malevolent and Terrible once so memorably branded the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are returning to PommieBastardLande,...
The misery of missile MAFF

The misery of missile MAFF

The Epstein Coalition’s war against Iran has revealed, in no uncertain terms, the total bankruptcy and inadequacy of the Coalition’s economic capabilities. We have seen the New Evil Empire throw just about everything it has available at Iran, and it has failed utterly...
HALO: Campaign DEvolved

HALO: Campaign DEvolved

So I sat down yesterday and started playing HALO: Campaign Evolved, and, having played through “The Pillar of Autumn” and about a third of the way into “HALO”, plus the first bonus mission, I have to say… what a bloody disappointment. (Yes, MrUNIVAC, I did buy the...
White elephant vs carrier crusher

White elephant vs carrier crusher

The following is adapted from a poast on my Telegram channel, in which I analysed a recent article looking at the particular choices facing the Russian Navy. The article made the argument for mothballing Russia’s sole remaining Kirov-class nuclear-powered cruiser, and...