It was Final Fantasy VIII's twentieth birthday on the eleventh of February, and I got a little emotional about it. I'm so glad this game exists. I'm so glad I was accidentally sold it when I tried to buy a different game. I'm so glad I played it when I was thirteen years old and I really needed it. I don't know who I'd be if I'd never met Squall ( Read more... )

I went to a recording of The Unbelievable Truth yesterday! The panellists were Henning Wehn, Lou Sanders, Zoe Lyons and Lloyd Langford; the host, as ever, was David Mitchell. The aim in The Unbelievable Truth, if anyone's unfamiliar with the rules, is to spot the ridiculous truths concealed in a lecture composed almost entirely of nonsense ( Read more... )

I went to a recording of The Unbelievable Truth a few days ago! The panellists were John Finnemore, Lucy Porter, Jeremy Hardy and Frankie Boyle; the host, as ever, was David Mitchell. It's the first time I've seen Lucy Porter live; she's never entirely worked for me on the radio, but I quite enjoyed her here ( Read more... )

Assassin's Creed is now the single fandom in which I have written the most by wordcount. In about six months, it managed to beat the record it took Top Gear a year and a half to set. I loved my time in Top Gear fandom, and it was where some of my strongest fandom friendships were forged, but it was a slightly odd thing to have at the top of my ( Read more... )

The Giedroyc-O'Leary-Dawson-Widdicombe episode of Would I Lie to You? just aired! It's a great episode; do watch it if you haven't yet (here, for people in the UK, is the iPlayer link). I attended the recording of this, and I now have a little more to say about it.

( On a claim that was curiously absent from my original recording recap. )

Last night, I dreamt that I was making out with Takuto of Full Moon wo Sagashite (STOP LAUGHING) and suddenly realised that he was purring. Adorable. 'Takuto purrs when he's being kissed' is going straight into my headcanon. I bet he gets really embarrassed about it, too.

Were you aware that the seventh series of Would I Lie to You?, best panel ( Read more... )

Last So Wrong It's Right recording of the series yesterday! The guests for the first episode were Susan Calman, Richard Osman and Rob SOMETHING BEGINNING WITH B, I CANNOT REMEMBER, SORRY ROB SOMETHING (EDIT: Rob Beckett! Thank you, ruthi! I'd noted him down as 'Rob Bennett' and only realised that was wrong when I got home); the guests for the second ( Read more... )

My verdict on episode 7.28 of Waterloo Road: NO JOSH, TERRIBLE EPISODE ( Read more... )

Last night, courtesy of valderys, I went to a Would I Lie to You? recording! On David Mitchell's team were Sanjeev Bhaskar and Richard Madeley; on Lee Mack's were Kate Humble and Miles Jupp. The host, of course, was Rob Brydon.

(I'm not sure whether I've ever mentioned this before, but prior to every Would I Lie to You? recording - every single one - ( Read more... )

Yesterday, ruthi very kindly offered me a last-minute ticket for a recording of Charlie Brooker's radio panel show So Wrong It's Right! Two episodes were recorded: the guests for the first were Lee Mack, Holly Walsh, Barry Cryer; the guests for the second were Lee Mack again, Susan Calman and SOMEONE CALLED DANNY MEYER OR MAYER OR MYERS OR SOMETHING ( Read more... )