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We were shopping in Brighton last weekend and I spotted a new Lego store, which has opened up just in time for Xmas. I insisted we stop in for a nosey.

I’ll skip over incredible Star Wars sets like the AT-AT, because it was the NASA sets which really blew [...]

Following Minority Report, the next Philip K Dick story to make it off the page is Paycheck. John Woo directs, and I’m looking forward already.

According to Wired Magazine, PKD invented the word “Kipple” to describe all the useless litter that accumulates in our lives: “like junk mail and [...]

The arrival of an X-box has re-ignited some gaming passion in me. My brother bought it for me as a thank you, and I would like to publicly thank him back because it’s excellent.

More accurately, Halo is excellent. Very excellent.

When contrasted with some of the other games I have, Indiana Jones and the Emporer’s Tomb [...]

Saturday night saw our second visit to Stick-it-on, a club night so different and entertaining that it demands a write-up.

Billed as ‘The DJ Democracy’, the basic idea at Stick-it-on is that the punters are the DJ’s. This concept is so beautifully simple that I’m amazed that I’ve never heard [...]

Finally, I am able to launch the Celebrity Spot page, with your hostess, robotperson entertainment correspondent Cassie Thompson. Welcome aboard Cassie!

Cassie moves in circles mere mortals can only dream of, and she has graciously offered to give us some insight into her world via the magic of robotperson. Proceed [...]

Even as I write this, I’m having to stay calm about what I’m calling ‘the Dell situation’.

The details are too tedious to relate fully, but let me start by using the phrase Terrible Dell Service in a link to Dell.com, in the hope that Google picks it up [...]

It’s been a nice break, but it’s gone on a bit too long and I’m getting out of the habit of writing. So here’s the quick breakdown of what’s been going on:

I’m used to the ring now, although I remove it in the shower after one too many nose-skinning [...]