Grumpy Old Nerd

So with the government-mandated social distancing measures now in full effect here in Canada and the spread of the Coronavirus in full...

In the tradition of putting together hockey teams composed entirely of terrible humans (see previous edition here), I figured we were due...

As of a couple of years ago, I play cricket in beautiful Victoria BC. The website for the Victoria District Cricket Association when I...

An aggressively mediocre alleged all-rounder in my youth, I quit the game cold-turkey in my 20's out of apathy and an impending...

Hockey is a fantastic sport to watch. It's fast, physical and the skill of the players involved is mind-blowing. Unfortunately those...

When I migrated the blog to Wix, all of the articles were able to be shifted across seamlessly. All of them except the one where I'd...

More Apex content! I've been playing way too much of this game to still be this bad. This is my own personal ranking of the weapons in...

Microsoft Windows. You have it, you hate it. We all do. It's a giant resource hog, it's security and privacy issues are well...

This game has single-handedly converted me to the Battle Royale genre. They did it, something that I thought was impossible. Now I'm...

The time has come to say goodbye to my Python-based blogging platform. In recent months I've found myself spending far more time...

A few months ago I applied for a new job. This was the first one I'd seen in a couple of years that actually piqued my interest. I...

I didn't have brothers and I'm not the youngest sibling, so this may shock you, but Super Mario Brothers?! Please, Luigi is the man. ...

The Canucks have been circling the drain this season, despite a very strong showing from rookie sensation Brock Boeser. Boeser has been...

With the stroke of a pen on a Thursday morning, Ajit Pai and his republican toadies at the FCC have repealed the net neutrality rules...

I was watching the Canadiens play... someone... the other night and the announcer mentioned Brendan Gallagher. "Wow, he's a big douche"...

Wait. Bear with me. Allow me to explain. Firstly, I've been a fan of the franchise since the mid 90's. Growing up in Australia, our...

Let me tell you a short story. I worked in NYC for a few years, first at a hedge fund, then at a small software consulting company. On...

I'm a self-confessed Fallout fanboy. In fact I'm the worst kind of fanboy - one of those bandwagon types who hasn't played the...

The original Doom would be in my top 5 favourite games of all time. It's one of the first games I remember as being a truly immersive...

Vancouver sucks right now. That much is painfully obvious as I write this, watching them grind out a 1-0 win over Nashville. Boring,...