The music of Destiny – pt. 2

Here's where we left off - in my part 1, on the title track from Destiny 2 - Shadowkeep. Yesterday, the Destiny 2 - The Witch Queen - Season of Plunder dropped, and we've got a wealth (heehee) of new tunes to get into, so better continue with what we've already grown to love first! …

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The music of Destiny – pt. 1

I want this to be a love letter* to one of my favourite games of all time (well, two of them, technically) - Destiny, by Bungie. A friend shared the early pre-release trailer with me since we'd been playing a lot of Halo together (the franchise that made Bungie famous; they made Halo 1-3, Reach …

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QEDcon 2017

My 7th QED in a row came around in October 2017. The usual mess of train snacks and a bit of celebratory boozing on the train up, a different (bizarre) hotel - thanks, The Britannia! - and straight into catching up with old friends. Volunteering last year was enjoyable, but there is always a great …

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QEDcon 2016

After about 13 hours of sleep post-QED, I started to write some words about it! 6 years in a row. A strange feeling walking back into a hotel room like one I stayed in 3 years ago, but quickly settling into familiarity, largely because of all the friendly faces to see and hugs to give/receive. I …

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Friendly book review: genes and brains

I am lucky to have met some amazing people over the last decade and a significant number of them are writers of various sorts - some journalists, bloggers, freelance writers and indeed authors. It seems it's the time for book-writing so naturally I have picked up some of these labours of love (and occasionally deep …

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