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Father Damo - the rebel priest! AKA Joe Rooney

Father Ted is excellent.

Its just the end of the wall that they didnt take down... why they left the end pillar up though i cant say.

I'm here

By now everyone with an interest in science or computers has stared in wonder at pictorial representations of the amazing fractal called the Mandelbrot set. If you are one of the few remaining holdouts, then do yourself a favor and explore the full color illustrations of this infinite mathematical labyrinth (one readily available source is James Gleick's popular book Chaos). These images, depicting seemingly endless layers of complexity and geometric inventiveness, strike deep intellectual and emotional chords. A large part of the magic is due to the fact that as you plunge deeper into the Mandelbrot set you encounter ever-more-tiny copies of itself within the riot of detail. This "worlds within worlds" aspect, or self-similarity, calls to mind the famous poem of William Blake: "To see a World in a Grain of Sand... And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the Palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour."

The british PS3 wont be any different than the rest - theres always rumors flying around the internet, personally i dont pay attention to any of them. Most All of the "Sony PS3 this and PS3 that" rumors have already turned out to be false - so we'll wait and see. Already the PS3 games titles is building - but i havent seen any yet that have made me want to buy the console at its full price! (Most of them i've already seen on Xbox 360) I will buy one eventually - probably this christmas when they are a bit cheaper.

I like to read books, mostly the ones i'm reading now are factual i.e. Javascript / PHP books. The last fiction book i read was one of the Dark Tower books by Stephen King, and i liked the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown too. I'm not fussed what i read really, as long as its good.

Hahaha, it looks like a teddy bear!

Nah!

Monsta: Definition of Pitmatic Just in case

I love my cat, i got her from the Cat & Dog rescue center last year. The vet says she's a Somali, but i dont care, she could be a regular alley cat for me - i LOVE her! She's so happy and friendly - you can see a picture of her if you click on my name, i have her as my profile pic.

Haha, i think we all have a bit of geek in us when it comes to computer games. I dont think Nintendo is all that bad, i remember playing Mario Kart with my mate when the N64 was released, thought it was brilliant! And that eel in the lake on Mario 64 scared the living daylights out of me! But yeah, Zelda is my all time fave when it comes to Nintendo. Majoras Mask was good, but not as good!

When did i mention PSP / DS sales? By the way, they change every quarter. Nintendo didnt release an awful lot of consoles, most of which had to be returned due to faulty controller straps Nintendo make a profit on their consoles because it only costs them around £100 to manufacture the whole thing. Unlike Microsoft and Sony? What do you mean? They havent lost money yet. Oh, Sony lose 150 - 200 quid for each PS3 they sell? They spend £416 on manufacturing the 'basic' console, of which around £260 is spent on the motherboard alone. It's common for video-game console makers to lose money on hardware, and make up for the loss via video game-title sales "This is all good news for customers, who get all that computing power for a relative bargain. iSuppli called the PlayStation 3 an "engineering masterpiece," with a motherboard that looks more like that of an enterprise server or network switch than a games console. The console provides "more processing power and capability than any consumer electronics device in history," iSuppli said." So how can you complain? Who cares wether the toffs at Sony lose money - i want a bargain! You can keep Nintendo - with its 'funny games with bright colours"

The Nintendo Gamecube died a sad death, simply because there was no variation in games / graphics from console to console. In fact most of the games for the Gamecube had already been previously released for the N64. And how many Gameboy games are also available for the DS and other Nintendo consoles? It gets boring after a while. Its all Mario this and Yoshi that, with a bit of Wario and Princess Peach thrown in for good measure. Must admitt though, Ocarina of time is still one of my all time favorites! I think the Wii is aimed at a younger audience. Maybe Nintendo didnt intend it to be, but thats what their consoles always end up as being, now that Microsoft is on the scene to contend with Sony. Nintendo dont stand a chance.

Yeah - gyroscopes. Basically when your playing a game, say a racing game, instead of you pushing left on the analogue stick you just turn the pad to the left. Nice.

Yeah - the Xbox 360 was exactly the same when it was first released. Wouldnt play the older Xbox games. It will play all PS1 games though. I also heard that rumor that Sony was going to stop the consoles from playing pre-owned games. So basically any game you bought, once it was installed on your PS3, it wouldnt play on anyone elses. Apparently they can do this - its Sonys way of clamping down on piracy and whatever, but they didnt bother at the last minute. (I asked an employee of Gamestation and he 'confirmed' it). I'm glad they didnt, because they would have killed the PS3 if they did.

I'm gonna wait untill the price falls, then i'm selling off my PS2 with most of my games (holding on to the good ones) and putting that towards a PS3. I'm looking forward to FF13, in fact thats probably one of the only reasons to buy a PS3 in my book! As for brain reading helmet controller... er, even if that did happen - i'd never use it!

YES!! Silly question really!

Hi, just about everyone i know has at least one console in their home - mainly PS2, XBOX and XBOX 360. Also, the handelds are very popular, i see Granger Games stock of PSP games are increasing every month, whereas the DS stock seems static. In terms of retro games, a few people i know buy them, including me every now and then. Namely SNES, and Sega Saturn games - but only the good classic ones! I think if you stocked just any retro games, you'd have trouble shifting them. You know, these games are hard to come by, so if you did decide to try them out, i suppose you'd get people coming from outside of Bedlington to your shop. In general, if your thinking of stocking retro consoles and games, i'd start off with small stock and see how it went from there. The latest Console games are always going to be the most popular, so concentrate on those. Keep an eye out with those other game shops though - you'll pick up what works and what doesnt!

The trade in scheme is one of the reasons why those stores are so successfull in the first place, I would be more than happy with a similar exchange scheme!. Granger games has a database with every game on it, and they have a certain price for each game that they buy - depending on how old it is and the condition etc. I think a similar system would benefit you too. I would be happy to sell off some games i dont play on, in fact i've got one or two which i could probably donate, as they are totally naff! One thing i was wondering, would you only sell PS2, PS3, Xbox and Xbox 360 games, or would you also stock older consoles and games, such as N64 etc?

Wow, excellent idea, i've been saying we need one for years! Most of us have to go to Blyth or Cramlington to visit Granger Games / Gamestation or Game. To be honest i dont buy from Game / Gamestation because like you said, their prices are close to a joke.

Exactly - the site wont be decided untill its clear what facilities the new center will provide. Theres no point buying a plot then realising its too big / too small later on: A: Undertake a survey within the community to ascertain the particular activities that are required to be provided for. B: To scope out the scale of a facility based on the findings of the survey. C: To review appropriate location options based on the outcome of B above. So why dont we all get in touch with WDC and let them know what we would all like to see?

Yeah, you can add some filters to an image in Photoshop in a matter of seconds. But then, it just looks like you've added a filter to a photograph using Photoshop. You wouldnt want to frame that or give it as a gift, would you? The word 'Cheapskate' comes to mind.

It was a long day