Commodore 16 Retrospective (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-mZR3YsOyY&t=2s Although my main retrogaming obsession has been with the Commodore 64, it was not the first games machine I had. That dubious honour goes to the Commodore Plus 4 - a rather ill-fated mid-1980s attempt to launch a business machine which failed due to a combination of lack of demand, having inadequate built-in apps,...

Dragon Age: Origins (BioWare, 2009): retrospective review

And at last, narrowly missing a whole decade since the previous game "Dragon Age: Inquisition" hit the shelves in November 2014, the fourth installment in this long-stalled RPG series - "Dragon Age: The Veilguard" - has finally been released, which may prove of mixed benefit to long-term fans of the series such as myself, since...

C64 Interview (and lovely review)

Rare as it is, my opinion is occasionally sought, at least on eclectic nerdy matters. Here is an interview I did with Damian of C64 Addict Blog on my various escapades with Assembly code... https://c64addict.blog/2024/10/30/interview-with-eleanor-burns/ ...and also a very nice review of my last C64 game (https://richard-tnd.itch.io/cipherpatrol2). https://c64addict.blog/2024/10/12/the-pure-sword-review/

4 Reasons to Own an Xbox 360 in 2024

And so it finally happens... I switch on my faithful old 360 that I bought to see me through the Covid pandemic (and subsequently got addicted to and built a big library of games for), pop into the online marketplace to download some extra content for "Dragon Age: Origins", and all I get instead is...

Brecon Mountain Railway

Spending as much time as I can in the Welsh countryside these days. Here are a few clips and shots from a recent day trip on this heritage railway line through the Brecon Beacons, based near Merthyr Tydfil. Luckily, we had a glorious summery day for it. Wales, much as I love it, is not...

Dizzy and the Raven’s Hex – rerelease and trailer vid

Finally got my programming software working again, but short on inspiration for new stuff, so I thought for practice's sake I'd do an overhaul on one of my old fan games, et voila... https://www.youtube.com/embed/CzeFIcJNlK8?si=jf-sSxncDcqtfE0h Preview vid Downloadable from https://yolkfolk.com/games/dizzy-and-the-ravens-hex/. Awesome Popol Vuh-esque gothic music from Dust II Dust.

2023 Roundup

A very quiet year for burlesque, alas. Just two bookings for the Phantom routine, both in January, and no interest since. Quite a contrast from having performed all my routines in 2022. I have put in an application for the Wales Burlesque Festival 2024, so hopefully that may come to something (if they accept, and...

Flygirl

Thanks to those lovely folks at Clumsy Cabaret and Tiny Rebel Cardiff I have danced nearly my entire repertoire of burlesque routines this year, more than making up for the depressing inactivity of 2020-21. Soon I shall have to start making new routines or finding new audiences but either way, it's been one heck of...

Cyberstrippers

A video of my most recent burlesque performance at Tiny Rebel, Cardiff, filmed from the audience by my lovely girlfriend and hosted by Clumsy Cabaret. More evidence (as if any were needed) that my childhood obsession with robots has achieved sleazy and disturbing Gigeresque dimensions… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfPSVi3lGN8

Life is a cabaret (again, at last)

Curtain call at Tiny Rebel Cardiff after performing with Clumsy Cabaret. My first actual performing gig since 2019, after which Covid killed my burlesque career, such as it was. What an amazing feeling to get back on stage (or at least a bar room floor) again, and such an amazing crowd: so thrilling for me...