• Dave Blog: If I have to like X-Factor then John and Edward rock my world

    Posted by Dave Tanner on 21 Oct 09 in World according to Dave

    Dave Blog: If I have to like X-Factor then John and Edward rock my world For years I've sat around my office with an angry expression and crossed arms while my colleagues discuss X-Factor as if it's as important as bread or oxygen. Now I'm living among those that regard the jumped-up Opportunity Knocks as an essential part of their weekend routine. Each and every time I have rather arrogantly and self-righteously thought I was taking the moral high-ground by announcing my hatred of the thing. Well, enough is enough.

  • And the geeks shall inherit the earth

    Posted by on 9 Apr 09 in World according to Dave

    And the geeks shall inherit the earth With the triumphant return of Red Dwarf joining the critically acclaimed Battlestar Galactica in the resurgence of Sci-Fi, why has the televisual home of The Geek decided now is a good time to abandon us?

  • Critical mass

    Posted by on 16 Mar 09 in World according to Dave

    Critical mass Watchmen's out at last. It's taken 25 years and left countless directors scratching their heads at the bit with the alien octopus. Zach Snyder's finally thrown enough hissy-fits requisite to getting his nigh on three hour vision onto the Imax humungo-screen.

  • Where's my award ceremony?

    Posted by on 24 Feb 09 in World according to Dave

    Where's my award ceremony? So back-slapping season is all over us like a Bad Tuxedo and again I'm left thinking "who voted for what now?"

  • A sorry bunch of bankers

    Posted by on 16 Feb 09 in World according to Dave

    A sorry bunch of bankers The quartet of fine upstanding gentlemen responsible for the collapse and subsequent Nationalisation of two of the UK's largest banking organisations, groaning under the weight of irresponsible lending and frankly pornographic bonus payouts have apologised. Well thank god, that's all right then.