I'd Rather Be Gaming...

I'm part of a 'Play by Forum' group at BoardGameGeek who play the solitaire board game B-17: Queen of the Skies together.   Th...

 I recently joined a 'Play by Forum' group at BoardGameGeek who play the solitaire board game B-17: Queen of the Skies together.  ...

My mate Steve and I coordinated a day off work today during our childrens' school break for some gaming.  While our wives were at work I...

Another Saturday morning gaming session with my mother Sue (AKA Grandma), my wife Debbie and younger daughter Georgia (9.5 years). Today ...

Another Saturday morning gaming session with my mother Sue (AKA Grandma), wife Debbie and two daughters, Maddie (almost 14!) and Georgia (9...

I saw Mad Max: Fury Road last night.  I don't know whether to call the movie insanely intense or intensely insane, but what a ride!. ...

Looking back over 2014 I note that the time I've spent gaming has mostly been taken up by playing the early access PC game DayZ Standal...

Another Saturday morning gaming session with my mother Sue (AKA Grandma), and elder daughter, Maddie (12). The game of choice today was Cl...

The majority of my gaming over this year has certainly been video games.  Unfortunately my board game plays have fallen, partly due to my m...

The majority of my gaming over this year has shifted from board games to video games.  2011 was the first year I decided to reco...

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was released on 14 December 2012 but unfortunately here in Australia we had to wait a further 12 days unt...

Another Saturday morning gaming session with my mother Sue (AKA Grandma), wife Debbie and two daughters, Maddie (11) and Georgia (6.5). T...

Another Saturday morning gaming session with my mother Sue (AKA Grandma) and two daughters, Maddie (11) and Georgia (6.5).  Our special gues...

Principle photography has now finished on the set of The Hobbit films according to Peter Jackson's Facebook page. I eagerly await ...

I'll never forget the moment my wife rang me at work in late April this year to tearfully tell me that she had received the results of r...

Another Saturday gaming session with my mother (AKA Grandma) and daughters Maddie (10) and Georgia (6).  This morning we played three board ...

These are plastic 25mm miniatures from Games Workshop's Lord of the Rings line.  They are the Fellowship models from the Mines of Moria ...

It's been over 10 months since I did any work on my miniature wargame hobby.  Back in March 2010 I stripped the paint off 13 Warriors ...

This is a Brisbane Short-necked Turtle that I spotted in a local creek near where I live.  I took these photos on 14 March 2009.  ...

The majority of my gaming over this year has shifted from board games to video games.  2011 was the first year I decided to record the plays...

Portal is a 2007 single-player first-person puzzle-platform video game that was developed by Valve Corporation.  On and off over the last...

The first trailer for The Hobbit is now online!

They're filming The Hobbit on location in New Zealand at the moment.  I'm very excited and can't wait for the December 2012 ...

This is a short-beaked echidna , also known as a spiny anteater because of its diet of ants and termites.  I spotted this echidna on the...

Today the full version of Minecraft was released.  It was originally released as an alpha on 17 May 2009, then with a beta version on 20 De...

Another Saturday morning gaming session with my mother (AKA Grandma) and my two daughters, 10 year old Maddie and 5 year old Georgia. ...

I picked up my pre-ordered Call of Duty: Modern Wafare 3 Hardened Edition this morning.  I've been a fan of the Call of Duty series f...

Maddie found one of her pet rats, Mollie , dead in the cage this evening.  Mollie was Maddie's first pet and about 18 months old.  Under...

My wife surprised me this afternoon with a present - an old board game she had picked up at an op shop for $2.  It was Dragon Pass , a fanta...

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visited my hometown of Brisbane , Australia today.  After arriving at the airport...