The world has changed in the past 30 years. Technology has considerably improved not only the lives of students but also of teachers and parents alike. If back in the 90s the combination of students with smartphones didn’t exist, nowadays you can’t find a student…
I was recently sent a review copy of ‘Acorn – A World in Pixels‘ by Idesine. As a rule I only like reviewing stuff that I am genuinely interested in myself, but this one really did peak my interest. As ever with review copies of…
James Bond, and the movies in particular, are a lot of things to different people, depending on which version of Bond you prefer. Exciting action movies, thrilling spy adventures, fantasy sci-fi, gritty dark thrillers, even fun campy pseudo-comedies at times. It’s all of those things…
I’m proud to announce that this year’s Retromash festive crossword is now available for download. It has a movie theme and you can get more info about it, including the download file, from the link below. Have fun and good luck! Retromash Festive Crossword 2020
My original plan was to write a blog post every month to document my skateboard progression, but real life has gotten in the way of that. Gotten in the way of writing the blog posts, not in the way of skateboarding. So instead, here is…
In an age where many people are discovering video games through their children, or the younger generations are wanting to learn more about video game history, let’s take a back to basics look at the history video game industry. Video Games have come a long…
One thing that has been ever present across the last few decades has been sport. Technologies evolve and trends change but sport has always been there. Sports fandom can be as strong as family bonds to some people. The passion and the support can go…
I’ve been getting back into the NFL in a big way this year and as a result I learnt one interesting bit of information: there is only one NFL team that plays in New York State. And it’s not the Giants or the Jets. It’s…
Pokémon Go is an augmented reality game which launched in 2016. It became huge in it’s first year, but many people said it would just be a fad and it wouldn’t last more than maybe a couple of years. Four years on, however, and the…
I recently picked up something from eBay that I had as a kid. Travel Yahtzee. Perhaps not a thing that screams ‘kids toy’, but it was fun to play with back in the day nonetheless. And this was back in the day when every kid…