Author Archives: Adam Randall

At Last, Employment Again!

You may remember a blog post I wrote a few months ago (entitled “Employment at Last”) where I wrote about how happy I was to have finally found full time employment after leaving university… Well, a couple of months later … Continue reading

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Writing for SmartDatingUK

I’ve been writing for SmartDatingUK for a few months under a year now and, while I was initially quite unsure that I would be able to write so regularly about dating and relationships, at this point I am well into … Continue reading

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Volumes 1 – 3 by Kazuki Takahashi

I’m sure most of you probably know of the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise in some form or another. Maybe you’ve heard of the popular trading card game, one of the anime series or one of the many video games. But it was … Continue reading

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Keep the Fox Hunting Ban

As a child I used to create a lot of anthropomorphic fox characters, so I wanted to use four of them for an anti-fox hunting image. Of course, even if I’d never created those characters I’d still stand staunchly against … Continue reading

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Mario vs. Donkey Kong

After Rare, who had been in charge of the Donkey Kong series for the better part of a decade, was purchased by Microsoft, it’s pretty clear that Nintendo wasn’t really sure what to do with the franchise. There were several … Continue reading

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Mario Kart: Super Circuit

Mario Kart: Super Circuit is the third Mario Kart game and I am quite surprised that it is generally not very highly regarded. Admittedly, it’s not my favourite game in the series, but it’s definitely not the weakest either. In … Continue reading

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Fire Emblem: Awakening

Before I played Fire Emblem: Awakening I was pretty fond of the Fire Emblem series and had especially enjoyed Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon. After playing Fire Emblem: Awakening I absolutely adore the series, will make every effort to play each … Continue reading

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Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

Sonic the Hedgehog (or Sonic 06 as it is commonly called) doesn’t exactly have a good reputation. Many would call it terrible. Many would say that it was the worst Sonic game. Some would even go so far as to … Continue reading

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Super Mario Galaxy 2

Super Mario Galaxy was a very well received game (I liked it a lot too) and since the developers had a lot of ideas for the game which they didn’t have time to implement, they decided to put them all … Continue reading

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The DWP’s Meaningless Customer Charter

On Wednesday I was at the Job Centre for my weekly visit. They saw me thirty-five minutes late, which I found rather bothersome since I remember the time the twenty minute bus ride in took a whole hour and made … Continue reading

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