Superman and his video game curse

As an avid player of superhero video games there is one hero who has had a handful of outings under his name with being able to reach the levels of other characters. The man of steel himself, he has had many short comings when it comes to reviews with the best titles that have him […]

STAR WARS: A New Review

This post come with a heavy heart, as I am STAR WARS fan, spent my life pretending an empty roll of wrapping paper is a lightsaber and my unwitting sisters are the Sith of the household. I’m also aware that this is going to cause a lot of trouble and drama if any original trilogy […]

Supernatural: Non-Toxic Masculinity

For those who have not seen Supernatural then firstly, you’re doing yourself a major injustice as it is one of the best genre shows to be released in the 21st Century. It didn’t necessarily start that way, go back to the first season and it’s a monster-a-week type of show, the two brothers show up, […]

Captain America: Trilogy of Friendship

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has a lot of films and storylines to go through, some characters being shown in their own films or the likes of Hulk who has his story arc go over several other films instead of his own. This post will be about Captain America, if it wasn’t obvious from the title, […]

Marvel’s Spider-Man PS4 Review

After a seemingly endless two year wait after the game’s announcement at 2016’s E3, Insomniac’s Spider-Man PS4 has finally been released. This time following an original story with no connection to the current film, tv or comic book continuities of the red and blue web-slinger. With a focus on a Spider-Man and Peter Parker story […]

To Tip or Not to Tip

After a recent holiday to the North American, maple-flavoured country that is Canada. The birth place of both Wolverine and Deadpool. While there the conversation of tips appeared on more than one occasion and to the ears of those across the Atlantic the idea of a bartender only rarely being tipped seemed to be almost […]

Small Village Pubs

First thing to realise is that a local pub in a small English village is a vastly different place compared to a pub on the corner of some town’s high street. Yes, there are similarities, because a pub is still a pub. However, there are less bachelorette parties and more mud covered dogs, with their […]

What Makes a Good Villain?

Gone are the days of thinking that a good villain must spin in a chair and be expecting the hero to show up. As well as the days of evil laughs and overcomplicated plans. Now we follow the Villains that have an argument that can almost sway the audience to side with them, the ones […]

Tobey, Andrew and Tom

There are have been three iterations of my favourite superhero since the turn of the century. and a lot of people tend to have their own opinion of which is the best film franchise and/or film. They also tend to have their own choice of favourite Spidey for differing reasons and this will be my […]

We Don’t Need a Reason to not Serve a Drink

It’s about time I write another post about bartending, this one will simply be about the misconception that we need a reason to stop serving someone. Saying that, 99% of all times someone is refused service in a pub is due to whether someone is too drunk, or they’ve been abusive to staff etc. But […]

Video Games Haven’t Changed

Much anyway, they have changed from the days of pong to now the abundance of video games available for anyone to lose themselves to for hours on end. This is more about the argument heard whenever I try to talk to anyone who doesn’t play games and they only say how games nowadays only consist […]

Hugh Jackman is Logan

Growing up, I was an X-Men fan, I still am. A house full of people with powers that are a metaphor for any level of discrimination and fight scenes where a big blue hairy guy jumps around. Sign me up. But the one character who made the X-Men franchise their own was the one and […]

Dark Souls and the Pain of Playing

Personally, I have only been through FromSoftware’s Bloodborne, but just started my first playthrough of Dark Souls: Remastered. I’ve had friend after friend tell me to sink into the painful joy of FromSoftware’s classic and so far its great, and painful, and taxing, and amazing. For those who have never played a Dark Souls game […]

The ‘Subtle’ Art of Flirtation

To start with, I am aware that 95% of all flirtation bartenders receive are a poorly planned attempt at getting a free drink. That leaves the 5% that are genuine, and there are few things less appealing than being chatted up by someone who’s on their ninth drink of the night and clearly usually only […]

Rico Rodrigruez: Part 80s Action Hero, Part Superhero

The character from the Just Cause series of games, not the Modern Family actor. More specifically from Just Cause 3. For those who are a fan of the series or sat through the press conferences for E3 will know that the fourth instalment has been officially announced and as a fan myself, I can’t wait […]

Violent Video Games

Now, violent video games always get brought up during the terrible events of a shooting, commonly in America and sadly commonly in a school. Part of the argument is that children shouldn’t be playing games such as Call of Duty or GTA, and in all honesty, they’re partly right. Not that they are to blame […]

Novels: Graphic and Non-Graphic

Now, I’m a nerd, as anyone could have guessed by the title of the blog, and as a result I have enjoyed and still enjoy to read comics and graphic novels. I’ve also studied English literature at university and so have read a few novels that don’t include people in colourful costumes fighting crime. I’ve […]

A Racist, A Homophobe and A Nazi Supporter Walks Into a Bar

He ordered a drink and everyone seemed to like him, so I thought this retired and talkative Irishman was going to be some nice company on a quiet Monday night shift. I was wrong, he spent two and a half hours explaining his life story and showing every piece of discrimination that seemed to dwell […]

Let’s talk about Lego Batman

Now, for those who have not seen Lego Batman, firstly, I understand why. Secondly, you are missing out. It is brought to us by the same teams that brought The Lego Movie to us in 2014. The 2017 sequel/stand alone is something very different, instead of a story about growing up, losing childhood due to […]

Assaulted into Model Mode

So, this story happened last night, in fact as I write this I am waiting to make my official statement to the police. Obviously, all names will be changed to whatever I choose when a name becomes relevant. Thursday nights are usually a quiet one, I have a theory about it being the quietest night […]