Maddy - who has written 21 posts on Troll in the Corner.
Wife, mother, web designer and writer born and bred in the UK. I'm a bit of a rock hen (not young enough to be a chick) who enjoys killing aliens, building civilizations or playing with my Sack-Girl. I have a long-time passion for sci-fi/fantasy books, tv and films.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
A look at the new PS Minis being offered on the PlayStation Store
Continue reading...Sunday, November 15, 2009
Due to ordering in advance from Play.com I happily opened the door to my postie Saturday morning as he was delivering my copy of Star Trek XI (two days before official UK release). Now, when I saw the movie at the cinema I was totally blown away and wanted to go see it again – unfortunately [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 9, 2009
We got our copy a day early thanks to Game & the postal strikes. Here's my son's first thoughts on the game.
Continue reading...Monday, October 26, 2009
My new pet arrived in the post Saturday morning and I spent a couple of hours hatching and playing with it Saturday evening. It’s an exciting concept and makes use of the Playstation Eye camera accessory for the PS3. I already had a camera (bought with Eye of Judgement) so got the solo game for £17.99. [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, October 25, 2009
It’s half-term and my daughter wanted to go out somewhere so we ended up at our local cinema to watch The Vampire’s Assistant. I did mention that it’d better not be frightening! I’d heard of Darren Shan but never read any of his books and didn’t even know this film was based on one til just [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 10, 2009
Moon : quite an odd film in some ways but very watchable.
Continue reading...Saturday, August 29, 2009
I am watching my daughter (12yrs) play the Mini Ninjas demo on my PS3. She’s been playing for about 1/2 an hour now and is having great fun. The initial gameplay takes you through some backstory & controller directions with further relevant info being given along the way. The graphics are ‘cute’ according to daughter but [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 29, 2009
I found this little nugget of info on the BBC website. Apparently the new COD will be priced at £55 in the UK instead of the usual £45. On one hand I can understand – games are expensive to develop and this one is eagerly anticipated so why shouldn’t the creators try and get a decent [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Just read this report over on Joystiq. I must admit it’s about time. I sometimes get money for birthdays etc and it’s a pain having to put it in the bank and then use my card to buy more credit on PSN. Same for my kids, I (sometimes) let them play and they’d love to [...]
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Sunday, December 20, 2009
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