I just wanted to take this chance to wish all my friends a happy christmas. Its been a crazy year in some respects with lows and highs.

Smokey passing in April  was by far the worst thing that happened but she is still with me, curled up all warm and toasty around my heart.
Then Muffin wandered in and has got herself firmly attached - shes experiencing her first real christmas (yes the tree is still standing).

A girls aloud/sims christmas :)

I’ll be making the rounds into all the mmos/virtual world I haven’t been into enough of late to give my wishes to everyone.

I hope you all have a great christmas!

Dino on the rceuniverse forums put me onto this little gem. I have not played such an original, fun game for ages!
Portal is from the makers of Half life (Valve) and the concept is very simple (they say the simplest ideas are the best).

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The companies behind Call of Duty and World of Warcraft are merging in a deal which could shake up the global video games industry.

Activision and Blizzard have said they will form “the world’s most profitable games business” in a deal worth $18.8bn (£9.15bn).

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I was in the market for a new keyboard the other week and after looking around and seeing the quite poor selection around at the moment I decided to get one with an illuminated keyboard - I often find myself typing late at night (and making loads of typos - yes I am a 2 finger typer).
My usual choice of keyboard is Microsoft so naturally the first keyboard I looked at was the Reclusa which is a Microsoft/Razer joint hardware venture (Razor being a company known for producing gaming hardware like the stunning diamondback mouse I have).

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