Author Archives: Adam Randall

Writing Priorities

Posted on April 6, 2019 by Adam Randall

The one or two of you who read every single one of my blog posts may have realised that I didn’t post anything on Monday – one of my usual update days. It’s pretty rare for me not to update, … Continue reading →

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Assassination Classroom, Volume 9 by Yusei Matsui

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Adam Randall

Assassination Classroom continues into its ninth volume with the conclusion to the quite literally explosive cliff hanger at the end of Volume 8. I found that the resolution was quite satisfying in some ways, but also a bit of a … Continue reading →

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Teaching Children LGBT People Exist

Posted on March 30, 2019 by Adam Randall

A lot of people have been talking about the subject of whether or not it’s ethical to teach primary school children about LGBT people and as this is a subject I feel rather passionately about, I decided I’d write a … Continue reading →

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Yooka-Laylee

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Adam Randall

I always felt that Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie and Donkey Kong 64 were three of the best games I ever played. The Grant Kirkhope soundtracks, the whimsical world and goofy characters, the dark sense of humour if you read between the lines, … Continue reading →

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Time Capsule 2

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Adam Randall

In 2014, I wrote a series of questions for myself to answer exactly five years later. In my most recent blog post I did just that and it was a very enjoyable experience. It really helped me to appreciate all … Continue reading →

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Opening the Time Capsule

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Adam Randall

On this date in 2014, I decided to create a blog-based ‘time capsule‘ for myself, where I’d ask a series of questions and then answer them five years later. Well, now that five years have passed, it’s time to answer … Continue reading →

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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Adam Randall

If there’s one thing I always love to see in novels, it’s well written characters who undergo a process of character development. If that’s your kind of thing too, you’re going to love Little Women. To explain it in the … Continue reading →

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An Easy Thing to Take for Granted

Posted on March 18, 2019 by Adam Randall

When I meet a new person that I get along well with, I usually find myself thinking “I hope, one day, we’ll be old friends who go out to dinner together and confide things in one another” and the thought … Continue reading →

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Why I Have a Nude Photograph of One of My Very Best Friends

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Adam Randall

If somebody were to have a look through the photographs on my mobile phone, they might be surprised to find a naked photograph in there (and not a self-portrait.) Some people, mostly those who don’t know my so well, might … Continue reading →

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Tracky Train

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Adam Randall

I love trains. I love puzzle games. I love Tracky Train because it merges those two things into one. Plus it’s free, which is always good. To put it in its most basic form, in this game you lay down … Continue reading →