• Learning with Minecraft

    calendar Nov 8, 2016 · 3 min read · xbox gaming microsoft  ·
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    Learning with Minecraft

    There’s been a lot of coverage in the press about teaching with Minecraft- Microsoft even releasing an Educational version. So when the kids were set a homework project about “Super Structures” this got me thinking- let’s give Minecraft a go to supplement the project work set by the teacher. The project brief was to …


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  • A Towel Day Adventure

    calendar May 25, 2013 · 2 min read · gaming  ·
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    A Towel Day Adventure

    As any Hoopy Frood will know May 25th is Towel Day and to celebrate you could sit down with the book, or watch the TV show or the movie, or you could just read a towel. But instead why not dust off the 1980’s text adventure of the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. To save you finding an old 486 and dusting off those …


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  • Unable to open current profile error in Battlefield 2

    calendar Apr 8, 2013 · 2 min read · gaming  ·
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    I had a brand new installation of Battlefield 2 today, provided via Steam, which upon opening would give a “LOGERROR_unable to open current profile” error message and then close before I was able to play the game. The Steam installation is on a removable hard drive attached to a “corporate” build Windows 7 Laptop. …


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