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Crash Team Rumble’s Halloween Event

Crash Team Rumble's Halloween Event As I've recently acquired a PS5 in celebration of my new job, I've been playing a fair bit of Crash Team Rumble in the run up to Halloween. Now, I'm a massive fan of Halloween, perhaps more than many in the UK, so I'm absolutely all for seasonal, spoopy aesthetics…
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Activision Blizzard Joins Microsoft

Activision Blizzard Joins Microsoft Yep, it finally happened - Activision Blizzard has been bought by Microsoft. I spoke about this some time last year, but it's actually taken until now for the acquisition to entirely happen. This was because the UK constantly blocked the process over concerns about the acquisition stagnating competition between Microsoft and…
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Drum Corps European Champions (Blog)

Drum Corps European Champions You read that title right, I've just marched with a band who has become the Drum Corps European Champions! I mentioned recently that I've been marching again with Beeches Performance Ensemble (on trumpet). These past few months have been absolutely manic with searching for new work on the weekdays (more on…
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One Piece Live Action… Is It Any Good?

One Piece is the biggest and most successful manga of all time. It's a long-running but continuous adventure with many story arcs, character backstories and plenty more, all created by Eiichira Oda since 1997 (and before). So, it was inevitable that this large-scale pirate series and its animé adaptation would eventually see a western live…
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