Thomas

  • A Kingdom Long United Must Divide

    03/06/2019
    This is the first in a series of articles recounting and reviewing various aspects of the game, Total War: Three Kingdoms. Developed by Creative Assembly & Published by Sega. Thank you to Creative Assembly for providing us with a review code. Check back for more later in the week....

  • Rugby Union Weekly – Out of Pods Review

    29/05/2019
    Episodes Reviewed:         01-To Present Average Episode Length:     55 Minutes Release Schedule:         Weekly   During a trip down the podcast charts, in the UK, even the most un-observant person would notice that a certain organisation pops up repeatedly; the BBC. They’ve got podcasts about...

  • All Killa No Filla – Out of Pods Review

    22/05/2019
    Episodes Reviewed:         01-47 Average Episode Length:     1 Hour Release Schedule:         Irregular (Monthlyish) All Killa No Filla is a podcast about serial killers from Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Rachel Fairburn. They open every podcast with the same disclaimer, “This isn’t hero worship. We do this podcast...

  • Conversations Against Living Miserably – Out of Pods Review

    15/05/2019
    Episodes Reviewed:         01-02 Average Episode Length:     40 Minutes Release Schedule:         Weekly   Campaign Against Living Miserably is a mental health charity whose entire existence is dedicated to helping break down the barriers that hold all of us back. They didn’t just pick any old...

  • Line of Duty

    01/05/2019
    I’ve just finished watching the first 3 seasons of Line of Duty on Netflix (UK) which feels like an excellent time to take a break and write about it. This may get a bit spoilery later on, so keep an eye out for the warning if you don’t want...

  • Simplicity & Joy

    17/04/2019
    “It’s the simple things in life that give you the most joy.” They stand the test of time in a way that more complicated things often, just, don’t. When I think back to my childhood many of the things I enjoyed fitted this particular bill. So many things that...

  • Yearly Review – Adam (2018)

    26/12/2018
    2018, it’s been one of those years. I’ve moved twice– wait a minute, this sounds familiar… “2017, it’s been one of those years. I’ve moved house twice, helped my Dad move, took a break from Out of Lives to sort things out, struggled with some other stuff, done some...

  • Detonation Imminent

    20/12/2018
    Since Elite: Dangerous launched 4 years ago so many things have changed. Frontier Developments have been tirelessly working on adding and improving this Space Sim MMO of theirs. But until recently one aspect of the game that hadn’t really seen any of that is mining. I wrote in a...

  • Making Me Smile

    17/12/2018
    It’s okay to not be okay. It is. Everyone gets sad, angry or upset. It’s part of life. To get the highs you have to take the lows, the rough with the smooth and any other cliches that come to mind. – A rock and a– no, not that...