I'm a hardcore gamer

 Or at least, I'm a fan of trivia about ancient arcade games. I'm rubbish at actually playing Donkey Kong, which they didn't have in any arcades I knew growing up (well, they did have it in the cafe on Skegness train station for a while, but I never really played it there), but I do know in mind-numbing detail the reason why level 22 is a kill screen...

Or is it? Because the awesome "Kosmic" has just posted a super cool video about how it's at least theoretically possible to beat the first level 22 screen even despite the timer bug only giving you a couple of seconds, which is exactly the kind of fascinating detail I always love to hear!

I really can't get enough of this kind of video. Ultimately, I'm just a huge nerd. But I hope at least some of my readers share my fascination!

Remembering People's Names

 I was reminded of this classic comic today, couldn't remember whether I'd ever mentioned it on my blog, and after a quick search concluded that I haven't. So here you go - click on it to be taken to The Jenkins, full of entertainment like this.

And really, if that isn't written about me, then there's two of us out there. But if it IS written about me, it should really be a playing card deck from 2011. That's when we made the DJ Shadow video, and so is the card sequence I'm most likely to tell anonymous strangers about. Just don't expect me to remember your name, that's all.