Author: Carrie

  • Manhunt 2 “banned by the BBFC”

    The problem with censor-baiting games is that sometimes, you can take it too far. Rockstar Games’ Manhunt 2 has achieved the dubious honour of being only one of two games to be refused a rating in the UK. … The reasoning behind the decision is that, according to BBFC director David Cooke, “Manhunt 2 is…

  • WTF?

    You need to see the photo accompanying this Sun article. [Via Fark] 

  • iPhones, imperial overstretch and Google buying Apple

    All in one utterly fascinating article by John Heilemann.

  • A new Opera Mini is out

    One for the mobile internet users: the beta of Opera Mini 4 is now available for download. I love Mini and the new features look good, but there’s a temporary issue with the Blackberry Pearl so I can’t run it just yet. If anyone’s given it or is planning to give it a go, I’d…

  • The Daily Mail and Scottish independence

    My Dad was down south for a bit, and got his usual paper: the Daily Mail (we have very different tastes in media, I must stress).  But it wasn’t his usual paper, because at home he gets the Scottish edition. Down south, he got – of course – the English one. Some of it was…

  • Blinking lights (for me)

    According to a new survey, half of Britons wouldn’t be able to carry on without email – which suggests that as a society, we’re in thrall to the blinking red LED. I used to be, but despite carrying a Blackberry around with me I’m pretty sure I could exist without it. The secret is the…

  • US sandwich shop promotes critical blogger

    A nice example of how businesses and bloggers can help each other: a US blogger decided to review all 51 sandwiches offered by the Which Wich chain, and when the firm got wind of it they put his URL on their packaging. As Marketing Monster says: This is absolutely fantastic and gutsy. Why gutsy? Because…

  • Embarrassed by your passport photo? This’d be a good time to change it

    If your passport is due for renewal in the next wee while, it’s worth doing it sooner rather than later: prices are going up again, and they’ll go up even more over the next few years if the ID card system isn’t thrown into the skip where it belongs. Looking on the bright side, the…

  • This old mouse

    As a former NME reader, I love bad puns in headlines – so the more song titles or appalling plays on words I can get into a headline, the happier I am (and the more obvious and groan-inducing, the better). So today a news piece was just begging for either “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now”,…

  • The amusingly named Mazda

    I’ve been obsessed with the Mazda Bongo Friendee for ages, because I think it’s the best car name ever – and today I saw one. In real life! It’s a piece of crap, of course, but it’s got a great name. Although I suspect it won’t help you pull. “Hey, why don’t we take a…