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It has a great multi-player co-operative mode, which has kept us playing into the small hours this weekend. And the single-player games involves lots of [...]]]> http://www.nikrivers.com/2008/10/26/all-baby-cows-are-lost/feed 0 http://www.nikrivers.com/2008/10/15/today-blog-action-day http://www.nikrivers.com/2008/10/15/today-blog-action-day#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:09:45 +0000 Nik http://www.nikrivers.com/?p=339 http://www.nikrivers.com/2008/10/15/today-blog-action-day/feed 0 http://www.nikrivers.com/2008/10/14/tomorrow-blog-action-day http://www.nikrivers.com/2008/10/14/tomorrow-blog-action-day#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:28:47 +0000 Nik http://www.nikrivers.com/?p=317 http://www.nikrivers.com/2008/10/14/tomorrow-blog-action-day/feed 1 http://www.nikrivers.com/2008/10/12/after-200m-perform-factory-reset http://www.nikrivers.com/2008/10/12/after-200m-perform-factory-reset#comments Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:10:49 +0000 Nik http://www.nikrivers.com/2008/10/12/after-200m-perform-factory-reset/ http://www.nikrivers.com/2008/10/12/after-200m-perform-factory-reset/feed 0 http://www.nikrivers.com/2008/09/08/hardcore-html http://www.nikrivers.com/2008/09/08/hardcore-html#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:20:30 +0000 Nik http://www.nikrivers.com/?p=224 http://www.nikrivers.com/2008/09/08/hardcore-html/feed 0 http://www.nikrivers.com/2008/09/04/another-new-look http://www.nikrivers.com/2008/09/04/another-new-look#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:10:10 +0000 Nik http://www.nikrivers.com/?p=132 http://www.nikrivers.com/2008/09/04/another-new-look/feed 0 http://www.nikrivers.com/2008/09/01/happy-60th-birthday-dad http://www.nikrivers.com/2008/09/01/happy-60th-birthday-dad#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:57:37 +0000 Nik http://www.nikrivers.com/?p=137 Yesterday was my dad’s 60th birthday, and a surprise party was arranged for him – little did he know that Charlie and I would be turning up too! It was also the first time I had met my 4-year-old nephew (step-nephew, really, if such a thing exists), and I just couldn’t stop laughing about everyone [...]]]> http://www.nikrivers.com/2008/09/01/happy-60th-birthday-dad/feed 0 http://www.nikrivers.com/2008/05/27/never-simple http://www.nikrivers.com/2008/05/27/never-simple#comments Tue, 27 May 2008 13:29:22 +0000 Nik http://www.nikrivers.com/?p=46 http://www.nikrivers.com/2008/05/27/never-simple/feed 0 http://www.nikrivers.com/2008/03/20/geography http://www.nikrivers.com/2008/03/20/geography#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:38:46 +0000 Nik http://www.nikrivers.com/2008/03/20/geography/ http://www.nikrivers.com/2008/03/20/geography/feed 0 http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/12/28/christmas-wedding http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/12/28/christmas-wedding#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:09:13 +0000 Charlie http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/12/28/christmas-wedding/ http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/12/28/christmas-wedding/feed 0 http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/12/28/christmas-boxing-day http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/12/28/christmas-boxing-day#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:04:14 +0000 Charlie http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/12/28/christmas-boxing-day/ http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/12/28/christmas-boxing-day/feed 0 http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/12/19/cold-calling http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/12/19/cold-calling#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:53:56 +0000 Nik http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/12/19/cold-calling/ http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/12/19/cold-calling/feed 0 http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/12/04/teething-trouble http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/12/04/teething-trouble#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:10:26 +0000 Nik http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/12/04/teething-trouble/ http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/12/04/teething-trouble/feed 0 http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/12/01/one-step-closer http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/12/01/one-step-closer#comments Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:23:15 +0000 Nik http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/12/01/one-step-closer/ http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/12/01/one-step-closer/feed 0 http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/11/27/oooh-itll-cost-you http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/11/27/oooh-itll-cost-you#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:44:53 +0000 Nik http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/11/27/oooh-itll-cost-you/ http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/11/27/oooh-itll-cost-you/feed 0 http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/11/20/bleeding-edge http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/11/20/bleeding-edge#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:57:15 +0000 Nik http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/11/20/bleeding-edge/ http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/11/20/bleeding-edge/feed 0 http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/11/08/the-space-time-continuum http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/11/08/the-space-time-continuum#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:11:47 +0000 Charlie http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/11/08/the-space-time-continuum/ http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/11/08/the-space-time-continuum/feed 0 http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/11/04/idiot-proof http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/11/04/idiot-proof#comments Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:50:27 +0000 Nik http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/11/04/idiot-proof/ http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/11/04/idiot-proof/feed 1 http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/10/31/ok-computer http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/10/31/ok-computer#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:54:31 +0000 Nik http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/10/31/ok-computer/ http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/10/31/ok-computer/feed 0 http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/10/03/working-lunches http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/10/03/working-lunches#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:49:21 +0000 Charlie http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/10/03/working-lunches/ http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/10/03/working-lunches/feed 0 http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/09/14/christmas-comes-but-once-a-year http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/09/14/christmas-comes-but-once-a-year#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:59:36 +0000 Charlie http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/09/14/christmas-comes-but-once-a-year/ http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/09/14/christmas-comes-but-once-a-year/feed 0 http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/09/12/weekend-work http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/09/12/weekend-work#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:40:27 +0000 Nik http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/09/12/weekend-work/ http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/09/12/weekend-work/feed 0 http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/09/02/puppy-power http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/09/02/puppy-power#comments Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:05:04 +0000 Nik http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/09/02/puppy-power/ It’s been a while since my last post; everything’s been a bit hectic here – not least of all due to the new addition to our family, an 8-week-old Black Labrador puppy called Oliver! He came home on Friday the 31st of August, and made quick work of exploring his new surroundings. We’re now in [...]]]> http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/09/02/puppy-power/feed 0 http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/08/15/reinvention http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/08/15/reinvention#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:17:25 +0000 Nik http://www.nikrivers.com/blog2/2007/08/15/reinvention/ http://www.nikrivers.com/2007/08/15/reinvention/feed 0