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Talking all things Game at PLAY Expo

Posted November 14, 2017November 19, 2017by Over Lord

It’s been a while since we went over to Manchester to cover the 2017 PLAY Expo there. Unfortunately, it’s taken this long to get all …

Looking back at PLAY Expo

Posted October 18, 2017November 14, 2017by Over Lord

Last weekend saw the 6th PLAY Expo in Manchester. Not only that, Confusions & Connections got the chance to cover the event for you. We …

What’s on at PLAY Expo Manchester 2017

Posted October 4, 2017October 4, 2017by Over Lord

The North’s biggest ever video gaming expo returns for its sixth year at the huge EventCity exhibition centre in Manchester with an expected 25,000 attendees! …

PLAY Expo Manchester is back

Posted October 3, 2017October 3, 2017by Over Lord

PLAY Expo is back in Manchester for another year and this year it aims to be the biggest yet! All the old favourites are still …

Apple reinvents advertising?

Posted January 22, 2014January 21, 2014by Over Lord

Today is a momentum day in the history of advertising. It’s the day that the world saw, for the second time*, Apple’s classic, “big brother”, …

Ada Lovelace Day 2013, a celebration of women in science

Posted October 15, 2013August 30, 2018by Over Lord

I wrote a piece for my other blog as well as re-using it here for International Women’s Day so for this year I have decided …

Historical Computers

Posted June 24, 2013December 26, 2016by Over Lord

I am of that generation that were brought up with, by today’s standards, computers that feel that are not that much faster than doing the …

Dorothy Du Boisson and Colossus

Posted March 12, 2013January 5, 2014by Over Lord

I don’t write, normally, about dead people but I will make an exception here. Yes, you may argue that I already have done in this …

Happy International Women’s Day

Posted March 8, 2013March 8, 2017by Over Lord

I originally wrote this piece for Ada Lovelace Day over on my main blog. As today is International Women’s Day I have decided to re-post …

In event of Moon Disaster

Keeping Terry Pratchett’s name alive forever

Wonder Woman deflecting bullets

Comic-Con@Home Panel and fan posters for The New Mutants

Victor Frankenstein is back

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