From the monthly archives:

May 2009

Top 9 Lessons Learnt from Australia’s Terrible TV Game Shows of the Past

May 27, 2009

There are many lessons to be learnt from our nation’s blunderings through TV game shows. For every Sale of the Century and It’s a Knockout, there’s still fecal dregs like Keynotes and The Up Late Game Show With Hotdogs lurking under the televisual toilet bowl rim.
So, onwards! Let our future game show concepts learn from [...]

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If You’re a Journalist Suffering ADHD, I’ve Got a Magazine Who Wants to Employ You

May 25, 2009

For many years now, I’ve subscribed to Kerrang! magazine. If you’re unfamiliar with the subject matter, it was recently described as “the metal equivalent of a teenage gossip magazine” by the host of my favourite music podcast. He’s bang on the money.
There’s been a few things that’ve started bugging me about the magazine in recent [...]

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How to Confuse Drunk Viewers of Sports TV into Gambling Their Money Away

May 19, 2009

After a recent poker night in which I inexplicably did pretty well, I’ve been watching a little televised poker. As far as I can tell, One HD doesn’t have much else to broadcast yet, besides foreign cricket matches and Slamball.
What particularly struck me on this show was seeing an advertisement for a new poker tournament [...]

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There’s a Bloody Good Reason Why CDs were Limited to 74 Minutes in Length

May 16, 2009

Now that MP3 downloads are about to supersede CDs completely, there’s an unexpected threat on the horizon. To date, artists have been forced to limit their albums to 74 minutes or less, to fit within the maximum length of a CD.
Albums in MP3 format terrifyingly remove this time restriction. Did you think the recent resurgence [...]

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Australia’s Next Top Lesbian, Mortal Kleaning, and Other Unrealised Game Ideas

May 14, 2009

What ho! This past week I’ve had a visiting interstate friend to entertain. My buddy was a fine house guest, and even spent the better part of 30 minutes running after a rogue mouse we’ve been trying to entrap for weeks. Any boarder who arrives with rodent eradication skills is welcome in Chez Jeb!
Any mate [...]

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Logie Awards 2009 Live Blog

May 3, 2009

While a rotten cold has struck me down, self-medicating myself with Codral and bourbon seems like the ultimate combination for live blogging the Logie Awards this evening.
For those international folk unfamiliar with the Logie: it’s not a disease, nor a skateboarding trick. It’s an Australian TV award which has a shockingly similar appearance to a [...]

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Why Most Kids Will Be Snorting the Output of a PedEgg™ in the Future

May 1, 2009

Everyone seems to have a mate of a mate who’s a drug-based version of the Tasmanian Devil. Someone who runs around with pupils the size of nearby planets, manically shouting about how high they are, before collapsing in a heap mid-sentence then spending five hours staring at the pavement. When they come down, all they [...]

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