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Why it took me two years to finish Fallout 4

Spoilers lie ahead for Fallout 3, 4 and New Vegas so reader beware. Let’s start with the all important caveats before criticise something people love. I enjoy t...

Why Fortnite is so successful

Fortnite: Battle Royale has taken the world by an increasingly intense storm. It's already the most viewed game in Youtube history , the most viewed game on twi...

An Ode to Pro Cycling Manager

In 2016, during a steam sale, I made a slightly strange purchase. For what could not have been more than £3 I bought Pro Cycling Manager 2015. I've always been ...

Some thoughts about Sport's TV rights

So yesterday it was announced that the BBC had failed to secure the rights to live Pro14 rugby next season (originally reported by BBC Wales, BBC Alba have also...

Talking points from the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2018

The second World Tour event of the year took place in the early hours of Sunday morning, and it produced the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race with it's first e...

Belated Tour Down Under write up

Bit late to writing this, sometimes life gets in the way, but the Tour Down Under was surprisingly not awful and worth writing about. Usually the Tour Down Unde...

European Rugby Champions Cup: Round 6 Permutations

The final round of pool games is this weekend, and only one on the eight places in the quarter finals has been decided. Leinster fans, well done, you're through...

Doping in sport: Let's have a bit of perspective please

Before I say anything, to avoid any doubt, doping is cheating, and cheating is bad. When an athlete I like is caught doping, it's hugely disappointing and makes...

2018 Road Cycling season preview: Team Sky

So it's the last team in my season preview, the richest team also turned out to be the best last year, maybe. Last Season It was the best of times, it was the w...

2018 Road Cycling season preview: Quick-Step Floors

Second in the World Tour last season, with 56 wins last year, it's Belgian squad Quick-Step. Last Season The best place to start when talking about Quick-Step's...

2018 Road Cycling season preview: BMC

Third best team in the world last year. Shame their new sponsors have slightly ruined their jersey. Last Season BMC had the number one rider in the world last y...

2018 Road Cycling season preview: Sunweb

Fourth in the World Tour last year, yet they were my team of the year. Last Season Three major jersey winners at grand tours and two gold medals in the world ch...

2018 Road Cycling season preview: Trek-Segafredo

Honestly I can't work out how Trek were fifth in the rankings last year it baffles me. Last Season I want to say Trek had a bad season in 2017 because they didn...

2018 Road Cycling season preview: Movistar

Not Movie star, Movistar, the sixth best team in the world according to the quite imperfect ranking system. Last Season In one word, disappointing. The Spanish ...

2018 Road Cycling season preview: Mitchelton-Scott

The former Orica-Scott team were the seventh placed team last year. Last Season 2017 was meant to be the year for Esteban Chaves(above), but instead it was a ye...

2018 Road Cycling season preview: Bora-Hansgrohe

The ethically least troublesome World Tour team made their top level debut in 2017 and managed to be eighth overall. Last Season It might be unfair to call them...

2018 Road Cycling season preview: AG2R La Mondiale

The first team in the top half of last seasons peleton, it's Ah jhay deux air! Last Season The best way I can put this is that AG2R were the only team that turn...

2018 Road Cycling season preview: EF Education First-Drapac powered by Cannondale

Team nine of the season preview, it's the old Cannondale/Garmin/Slipstream team, who I'll call Education First. Last Season They almost went under, when an unna...

2018 Road Cycling season preview: Katusha-Alpecin

Team eight in my season preview and it's the Swiss/Russian team with the lovely wireless shifting bikes, Katusha-Alpecin. Last Season 2017 was a strange one for...

2018 Road Cycling season preview: UAE-Team Emirates

Team seven in my preview, the former Lampre-Merida team. Last Season Pretty weird year. They were meant to be a Chinese team this year, but then that deal fell ...