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9 mins read

September 11, 2014

Life Lessons from Robotech: Get regular blood tests to avoid awkward situations

How Marlene’s outing as an alien demonstrates you should get regular blood tests. If there was one thing as a kid that gave me hopes that there would be spaceships…..

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10 mins read

April 17, 2014

Life Lessons from Game of Thrones: Look after your direwolf (or your dog) for good health

The Stark family – everyone is barracking for them, yet it is so difficult for them to go a whole season or book in Game of Thrones without one of…..

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3 mins read

April 16, 2014

Geek Speak: Scooby Gang

What is a Scooby Gang? Where did the term come from? How many people do you need to create a Scooby Gang? Who can you let in your Scooby Gang?…..

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9 mins read

February 21, 2014

Life Lessons from Mass Effect: Love, xenophobic stalkers and nuclear explosions

An insight into the mind of an obsessive stalker with Ashley Williams and her unhealthy attachment to Commander Shepard. In Mass Effect, Ashley Williams was obsessed with My Shepard to…..

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2 mins read

February 21, 2014

Geek Speak: My Shepard / Your Shepard

Origin Healthy Geek Meaning In the Mass Effect series you have a number of appearance and plot choices that change the way Commander Shepard interacts with others in the series……

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11 mins read

August 3, 2013

Life Lessons from Mass Effect: You can’t control everything and that’s ok

How the story of Mass Effect shows us that being a control freak goes against the laws of physics – and that Tony Abbott’s stance of refugees prove he is…..

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13 mins read

July 22, 2013

New Year’s Resolutions: 9 ways to stay fit and healthy

This is part five of Looking for Resolutions in all the Right Places, in which we look at the top 10 most commonly chosen New Year’s resolutions and see if they…..

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July 8, 2013

Life Lessons from the 80s: Cool kids ride BMX. Rage-quitters stay at home.

A generation of obese kids with poor social skills. As well documented over at Not in the Kitchen Anymore, the online gaming experience can be pretty abusive if you are a…..