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A2B Dan Dare Arrives Blog
A2B Downhill Fast Blog
A2B Faltering Fun Blog
A2B Light the Blue Touch Paper Blog
A2B Parts Test Blog
About Sealed Game Collecting Blog
And Something to Play With Blog
Animal Crossing 01: Meet Daisy and Oakwood Blog
Animal Crossing 02: A bit of hard graft Blog
Animal Crossing 03: Perfect Town Blog
Animal Crossing 04: A new bridge Blog
Animal Crossing 05: Finally, a fountain Blog
Animal Crossing 06: Christmas and New Year Blog
Animal Crossing 07: 2009 begins Blog
Animal Crossing 08: Gracie Grace sells out Blog
Animal Crossing 09: Useful forums Blog
Animal Crossing 10: Postman Pete delivers DLC Blog
Animal Crossing 11: Here fishy fishy Blog
Animal Crossing 12: Dancing Peacocks Blog
Animal Crossing 13: The Spirit of the Lamp Blog
Animal Crossing 14: Easter Bunny Blog
Animal Crossing 15: Spring is in the air Blog
Animal Crossing 16: It's been a LONG while Blog
Animal Crossing 17: Chasing Tarantulas Blog
Animal Crossing 18: Loyal Labrador Blog
Assembly Language Blog
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B
Batman and Black Holes Blog
Battle for the Living Room Blog
Beef to the Jack Blog
Big Guns Blog
Bike Modding 101 Blog
Bionic Commando Song Review Lyrics Blog
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C
CD Song Selection Blog
Carisma 1/14 Mercedes vs 6yr Old Blog
Carisma 1/14 R/C Outside Blog
Carisma 1/14 R/C Spares Blog
Carisma GT14 Club Expands Blog
Carisma GT14 Differential Change Blog
Carisma GT14 In the Wet Blog
Carisma GT14 LED Light System Blog
Carisma GT14 MK2 MK1 Comparison Blog
Carisma GT14 Mk2 Brushless Setup Blog
Carisma GT14 Servo Twitch Blog
Carisma GT14 Slipper Adjustment Blog
Carisma GT14 Tinkering Blog
Collect Another Toy Story Blog
Custom R/C Carisma Paint Job Blog
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D
DS Imagination Stagnation Blog
DS Seperation Fears Blog
Daring to Dress Up Blog
Dressed as a Soldier Blog
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F
Fierce Hero Girl Blog
Freak The Superhero Blog
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G
GameCity Live Blog
GameCity Live Performance Blog
Gaming Inspiration Blog
Get on the Bus Blog
Ghostbuster Song Review Lyrics Blog
Growing up the R/C Way Blog
Guitar Hero Song Review Lyrics Blog
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H
Hunting R/C Carisma Parts on EBay Blog
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I
I Collect Gaming Figures Blog
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J
Just a Girl Gamer on a Bike Blog
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L
Learning Our Carisma 1/14 R/C Blog
Learning to R/C with Kids Blog
Live Show Blog
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M
Mass Effect 2 Song Review Lyrics Blog
Modern Warfare 2 Lyrics Blog
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O
Oh Armpits! Blog
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P
Public Witchcraftery Blog
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R
R/C Club First Meeting Blog
R/C Club James' Story Blog
R/C Club Running Repairs Blog
R/C Club Simon's Story Blog
R/C Kids Games Blog
Rebecca Mayes' First Blog Blog
Revisiting Wario Ware Blog
Riding my Xbox 360 Slim Blog
Rules and Instructions Blog
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S
Sealed Game Collecting Community Blog
Snow vs R/C Allcomers Blog
So Ponders Binary Girl Blog
Spring 2010 Family Gamer Awards Blog
Star in a Mayes Muses Video Blog
Suprised by the Wii Blog
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T
Tetris Shed Blog
The Early Bird Gets the Game Blog
The Epic Win Blog
The Real Madworld Video Blog
The Sims Song Review Lyrics Blog
Today is the Day Blog
Tour de France Blog
Train Gang Blog
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U
Ugly R/C Envy Blog
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V
Velvet Assassin Train Trip Blog
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W
Wet Song Review Lyrics Blog
What Rebecca Did Next Blog
Who's Joystick? Blog
Wii At Last Blog
Wolverine Uncaged Song Review Lyrics Blog
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Y
You Won't Like Me When I'm Angry Blog
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Z
Ziner Games Blog

Our blogs are the inside track on our writers. Here, we can go to town on a particular subject, where there isn't space in a review or guide. We have a chance to expand upon and mull over themes that have arrisen as we've played our games.

I was commissioned to write a song about the issues surrounding mothers and their children playing video-games. Apparently there are quite a lot of issues. Such as mums finding games too violent, over-stimulating, and addictive; and mums wondering whether to let their kids play in their rooms unsupervised or take over the living room with all the noise and technology that goes with gaming. I found it a pretty challenging song to write, and by the end I was overwhelmingly siding with the mums!.. watch now

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It's been a little while since I've visited these shores with tails of music and song and videogames. But behold, I return... read now

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One of the most noticeable things about racing out Carisma GT14 cars on a wooden floored communal hall is the lack of grip available. Many clubs have either permanent tracks of carpet or rubber matting, or lay their own each session. Our club on the other hand has yet to reach this stage and marks out a new track each time using the bare wooden floor, which although is as smooth as an ice rink is a slippery as one as well... read now

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We ran into an unexpected problem when debuting the much-anticipated Animal Crossing on the Wii: who goes first? We'd usually reach for the rules at this point, but realised videogames only really offer instructions - two very different things... read now

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After the austerity of the ashram it's time for some luxury. Like the next chapter in some strange videogame we leave in style on a houseboat made out of bamboo. It's gorgeous; little en suite bedrooms; sofas on deck; a round dining table where we're served the most amazing keralan food by our onboard chef. There are six of us now as my sister has joined us. I can't quite describe how excited I am by this - she's travelling around the world, and the next three weeks will be all I see of her this year... read now

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Our Carisma GT14 RC club has developed a schism. Some members are purely focused on speed and performance, whilst others are more concerned with looks and appearance. Some have even go two cars, one that they work on for looks and another for speed... read now

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It's not until you come to set up the Carisma GT14 Mk 2 that you realise just how much thinking has gone into this new version of the diminutive 1/14th Radio Controlled car... read now

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Plenty of tea, a kitchen table and all manner of Carisma R/C cars to fix, tweak and setup. It was an evening for our Radio Controlled car club that turned out to be almost as much fun as actually racing... read now

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December, South East England, snow falls and with games fading from my mind I'm attempting to get to Heathrow airport, which is a mere two hours from my parent's house. All trains and buses are cancelled. The whole of Gatwick airport is closed... read now

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No breed is more loyal than the Labrador. A while back in Animal Crossing, Nintendo sent out four exclusive Nintendogs puppies to celebrate the fourth anniversary of their Nintendogs game... read now

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The end of August has come around all too quickly. We had a week away from home but apart from that I've been spending some time in Oakwood most days. However, I've resorted to a much more 'laissez faire' attitude to the game - not time travelling at all, not worrying about the Stalk Market too much, unless I think I'll have time in that particular week. .. read now

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One of the first issues we faced with our Carisma GT14 cars was a strange steering behaviour. The car would develop a twitchy steering wobble... read now

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It's been a busy few months in our household. I wasn't really intending to stop playing City Folk but after a week's holiday away from home, somehow life got the better of me and I couldn't bring myself to play catchup, setting the clock back to play each day since I last played - so I just didn't play at all... read now

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There is good news and there is bad news. Which would you like first?.. read now

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This dad had learned from the mistakes of dads-of-yore and had done some planning. A component cable for HD TV connection had been purchased. New batteries were charged and ready. Everything had been plugged in and verified as working before the Christmas wrapping paper had gone on. When the wrapping was ripped off on the big day, the Wii was up and running within minutes... read now

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Updates from Oakwood are getting fewer and further between. I'm still checking in to town every day but just doing the essential jobs in order to keep the game ticking over. There are days when I play a little bit more, for example a Wednesday when Crazy Redd's stock changes, or a Sunday when I buy turnips, but usually I'm just watering flowers and checking turnip prices, as well as throwing an axe into the fountain!.. read now

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As we continue to race our Carisma GT14's we are learning how to maintain them as well. Twitching steering, grinding gears and loss of power are all issues we are now familiar with... read now

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I just got a new bike. No, not in videogame land, in the real world where all the plants and trees live. A shiny 2011 Ridgeback Element, to be exact. I've spent a good few months looking around, and this is the bike that finally fits all my requirements... read now

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In our journey from board game geeks to electronic entertainment, we had ruled out the DS and weren't sure what to do next. It took an unexpected collision with a Wii on holiday to provide the answer... read now

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It's been a few weeks since the last update from Oakwood but until Easter there hadn't been much more to report. I've been slowly collecting items that were missing from my catalogue, fishing and bug catching when new fish and insects became available, and doing lots of gardening... read now

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More posts:

Nov 2010

Carisma GT14 Differential Change Blog
DS Imagination Stagnation Blog
Animal Crossing 13: The Spirit of the Lamp Blog
DS Seperation Fears Blog
Carisma GT14 Club Expands Blog

Oct 2010

Animal Crossing 12: Dancing Peacocks Blog
GameCity Live Blog
Carisma GT14 MK2 MK1 Comparison Blog
Custom R/C Carisma Paint Job Blog
Animal Crossing 11: Here fishy fishy Blog
Animal Crossing 10: Postman Pete delivers DLC Blog
Animal Crossing 09: Useful forums Blog
Public Witchcraftery Blog

Sep 2010

Animal Crossing 08: Gracie Grace sells out Blog
Daring to Dress Up Blog
Animal Crossing 07: 2009 begins Blog
Hunting R/C Carisma Parts on EBay Blog
Freak The Superhero Blog
Animal Crossing 06: Christmas and New Year Blog
Animal Crossing 05: Finally, a fountain Blog
Today is the Day Blog

Aug 2010

Gaming Inspiration Blog
Animal Crossing 04: A new bridge Blog
Bike Modding 101 Blog
Animal Crossing 03: Perfect Town Blog
Riding my Xbox 360 Slim Blog
Animal Crossing 02: A bit of hard graft Blog
Animal Crossing 01: Meet Daisy and Oakwood Blog

Jul 2010

Tour de France Blog
You Won't Like Me When I'm Angry Blog
Just a Girl Gamer on a Bike Blog

Jun 2010

Big Guns Blog
Learning Our Carisma 1/14 R/C Blog
A2B Downhill Fast Blog

May 2010

Carisma 1/14 R/C Outside Blog
Oh Armpits! Blog
Carisma 1/14 R/C Spares Blog
Spring 2010 Family Gamer Awards Blog
Assembly Language Blog
So Ponders Binary Girl Blog

Apr 2010

The Epic Win Blog
A2B Faltering Fun Blog
CD Song Selection Blog
A2B Light the Blue Touch Paper Blog
I Collect Gaming Figures Blog
Get on the Bus Blog
Who's Joystick? Blog
Ziner Games Blog
Beef to the Jack Blog
The Early Bird Gets the Game Blog
R/C Club James' Story Blog

Mar 2010

Mass Effect 2 Song Review Lyrics Blog
Collect Another Toy Story Blog
R/C Club Simon's Story Blog
A2B Parts Test Blog
R/C Club Running Repairs Blog
A2B Dan Dare Arrives Blog
Sealed Game Collecting Community Blog
R/C Club First Meeting Blog
R/C Kids Games Blog
Guitar Hero Song Review Lyrics Blog
About Sealed Game Collecting Blog

Feb 2010

Ugly R/C Envy Blog

Jan 2010

Growing up the R/C Way Blog
Snow vs R/C Allcomers Blog
Dressed as a Soldier Blog
Learning to R/C with Kids Blog
Carisma 1/14 Mercedes vs 6yr Old Blog
Modern Warfare 2 Lyrics Blog

Dec 2009

Wet Song Review Lyrics Blog
Wolverine Uncaged Song Review Lyrics Blog

Nov 2009

And Something to Play With Blog
The Real Madworld Video Blog
Batman and Black Holes Blog
Bionic Commando Song Review Lyrics Blog
Star in a Mayes Muses Video Blog
Ghostbuster Song Review Lyrics Blog
GameCity Live Performance Blog

Oct 2009

The Sims Song Review Lyrics Blog
Velvet Assassin Train Trip Blog
Rebecca Mayes' First Blog Blog

Jun 2004

Revisiting Wario Ware Blog

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