Demiurgic

I don’t personally think it’s unreasonable that if I have a ticket that says it’s for Newcastle, read a coach timetable that says that the coach I’m about to board is going to Newcastle, and board a bus that says Newcastle on the front, to expect to end up in Newcastle. In fact I would go so far as to say that the coach, as a requirement, should stop in Newcastle. National Express, however, disagree. That’s how I ended up in Blyth, rather than Newcastle.

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I honestly don’t know how computer games get their claws into me as much as they do. I have several examples of some very different games that have caused me to lose hours of my life in what I perceive to be the blink of an eye. The first and most obvious game to have this effect on me is Champions Online, naturally. The second game that consumed me whole and spat me out was slightly more puzzling.

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