January 2012
5 posts
November 2011
1 post
Once more unto the £44.99 breach
I wouldn’t call myself a professional military man, but I’ve been hunting Russian terrorists from my couch for the last four years.
My first deployment was on a three seat sofa in Melbourne from which I, green as grass, picked up the trail of a group of ne’er-do-wells and swore to bring them to justice. I followed the threat wherever it took me...
September 2011
5 posts
Venus Patrol: A New Website About Video Games
If theres are two things that tickle my fancy, they are videogames and kickstarter, so imagine my delight when Brandon Boyer (@Brandonnn) kicked off this bad boy.
Get behind it game fans!
Deus Ex Human Revolution: Get this man a throat...
Hey video-game makers, if you want us to listen to the 30+ hours of voice acting in your next game, how about a protagonist that doesn’t have a voice like broken glass?
He video-game makers, if you want us to listen to the 30+ hours of voice acting in your next game, how about a protagonist that doesn’t have a voice like broken glass?
Deus Ex Human Revolution: Get this man a lozenge -...
He video-game makers, if you want us to listen to the 30+ hours of voice acting in your next game, how about a protagonist that doesn’t have a voice like broken glass?
More Deus Ex: Human Revolution Videos
August 2011
4 posts
1 tag
Sex, Maths & Eric Clapton @ Camden Fringe 8-10 Aug
I’ll be performing my 2011 solo show Sex, Maths & Eric Clapton at the Camden Fringe Festival from Monday 8th - Wednesday 10th August @ 8pm.
If you’re in London around those dates, please come along as this show won’t be making the rounds of all the festivals so it may be your only chance to see it.
Full details are as follows:
Kent Valentine - Sex, Maths & Eric...
July 2011
1 post
April 2011
1 post
Puns 'n' Ammo #1 - Falling in Love with the 3DS
I’m making some weekly videos about video games for IGN.com called PUNS ‘N’ AMMO. This is the first one & it’s about the Nintendo 3DS. It would be super rad if you watched this… and then told about a thousand people.
More IGN Videos
March 2011
2 posts
IGN Gamechanger - The Future of Entertainment
IGN UK is running a competition to find a new host and I’m in the shortlist of 6. To get there you had to make a 30 second video about your favourite videogame or movie; I like videogames and movies, so I made 19.
For the next section of the competition, the 6 shortlisted entrants have to make a 1 minute video about The Future of Entertainment. Here’s mine:
It’s industry...
February 2011
3 posts
IGN Gamechanger - The Future of Entertainment
IGN UK is running a competition to find a new host and I’m in the shortlist of 6. To get there you had to make a 30 second video about your favourite videogame or movie; I like videogames and movies, so I made 19.
For the next section of the competition, the 6 shortlisted entrants have to make a 1 minute video about The Future of Entertainment. Here’s mine:
It’s industry...
If you’re in or around the ancient city of Londinium, you might like to know that I co-run an excellent monthly gig there called Glitter & Doom. It’s an experimental night where comedians perform their jokes and stories to a live musical score, written and performed by Sam Astley & Charlie Pyne.
The next gig is tomorrow night (Wednesday 2nd February) and features the awesome...
Glitter & Doom: Live Show & Podcast
If you’re in or around the ancient city of Londinium, you might like to know that I co-run an excellent monthly gig there called Glitter & Doom. It’s an experimental night where comedians perform their jokes and stories to a live musical score, written and performed by Sam Astley & Charlie Pyne.
The next gig is tomorrow night (Wednesday 2nd February) and features the awesome...
January 2011
15 posts
WatchI just uploaded “Glitter & Doom #5 - Tom Webb, Gemma Whelan, Kent, Julia, Sam & Charlie” to www.mixcloud.com - listen now!
WatchI just uploaded “Glitter & Doom #4 - Simon Munnery, Naz Osmanoglu, Kent, Julia, Charlie & Sam” to www.mixcloud.com - listen now!
The Daily Awesome - 28/01/2011
I can’t vouch for the awesomeness of the coming weekend, but I can say that these links are soaked in pure, unadulterated, radness.
[video] 10 years of Wikipedia narrated by Jimmy Wales (by Jess3)
[site] What the F**k is My Social Media Strategy? (by Mike Phillips)
[site] Hipster Hitler
[audio] Jurassic Park Theme 1000% slower (by Birdfeeder)
Squirrel #8 - Top games, chilli biscuits, arse PEZ...
At least 8 weeks after everyone else has done their “best of 2010” shows, Jim & Kent turn up to the party fashionably late with a list, a microphone and an hour.
If you like us, half as much as we love you, then you’ll probably have a lovely time listening to the show.
Rock on!
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The Daily Awesome - 27/01/2011
Today’s forecast is cloudy with a chance of Awesome in the afternoon.
[article] 25 Years of Digital Vandalism by William Gibson
[listing] Stolen Van (via Craigslist)
[video] Trailer 2 for LA Noire by Rockstar Games
Toad Lodge
This weekend I’m gigging in Bristol, and while I’m here I’m staying somewhere called Toad Lodge… no shit.
It’s lovely, cheap and completely infested with amphibian monuments, statues and images.
Also, there is an Italian style sink in the corner of a large, sparse, Victorian era room. Weirdness below.
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The Daily Awesome - 21/01/2011
Happy Friday Awesome-kerteers, may your weekend be full of delightfully awesome ephemera.
May that awesomeness start here:
[poster] Prosthetic Hands in Film [1964-present] by (by Fro)
[video] Guy asks for 1 million dollars | Guy gets 1 million dollars
[infographic] Because Every Country is the Best at Something (by Information is Beautiful)
[video] Videos shot from cameras mounted on...
The Daily Awesome - 20/01/2011
It’s international day at the Daily Awesome with shots from a Swedish server/bunker, a mind-bending video from a French man in Amsterdam, a Korean filmmaker and some French kids being wowed by old tech. Take that BMP!
[app] Today I Die Again - the art/game/fairytale/masterpiece for iPhone is free for today only. (by http://atakamalabs.com/)
[slideshow] The Bond villain like bunker where...
The Daily Awesome - 19/01/2011
Videos and infographics are the main hotbeds of radness this morning with a little post-golden globes Ricky Gervais on the side.
[video] The Trashmaster - A Feature-length film created with footage from Grand Theft Auto 4 (by Mathieu Weschler)
[image] Ricky G on “the man” (by BaxterP)
[video] Mr T is the “T” in I.T. (via @LaughingSquid)
[infographic] Who’s...
Glitter & Doom Podcast #4
Despite not having a podcast #3 (the audio went tits-up), we’ve somehow managed to cobble together the podcast for Glitter & Doom #4, which just happened to be our Christmas Special.
Recorded in the midst of a snowy-ridden, tube-strike-afflicted London with a hearty bunch of excellent individuals, this recording features Simon Munnery, Naz Osmanoglu, Julia Clark & myself all on...
The Daily Awesome - 18/01/2011
The Daily Awesome was a casualty of blue monday, yesterday and didn’t make it out of bed. If however, you got through the most depressing day of the year without pills, therapy or self-harming/listing to My Chemical Romance, then your reward is this little dose of awesome waiting for you here.
[video] Watching someone else use a computer
[images] Interactive shots showing Brisbane...
All Kinds of Favourites
The Daily Awesome 15/01/2011
If you’re worried about your weekend running out of awesome, then top up here with some 100% pure, uncut radness.
[image] A competition that everyone can enter
[video] Law & Order UK: Lessons in British Justice (by Joe Sabia)
[video] Guitar Hero + Pyrotechnics + AC/DC + YouTube (by Chris Marion, via BoingBoing)
[image] Awesome to-do list
The Daily Awesome 13/01/2011
I don’t know what to say about these, except to say that they’re… well… awesome.
[site] Things people don’t say about advertising
[graphic] Are We Too obsessed with Facebook (via Adrian Friend)
[video] Creepy Guy Rule #2 - Mike Klimczak
[hack] IKEA hamster house (via BoingBoing)
The Daily Awesome 12/01/2011
Today’s awesome is active looking, not passive watching. I’d say sorry, but I’m not; it’s still awesome.
[photo] The largest ever colour image of space released — more than a trillion pixels in size (via @WikedUK) http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-01/12/sloans-terapixel-sky-photo
[photo] The link say it all really -...
December 2010
8 posts
Genocide of the Colossus
A 30 second essay on the horrendous moral implications of my favourite video game.
The Trouble with Zombies
Squirrel #7 – Feist, Wikipedia, The Sims, Choking...
Kent Valentine (married) and Jim Smallman (divorced) discuss Feist, fictional wrestling finishing moves, a The Sims, getting married in games and casual murder.
To be honest, this podcast doesn’t do a very good job of explaining the 4 month gap between this episode and the last, but I’ve been very busy and it’s been sitting on my hardrive for 3 months waiting to be edited....
In Space, No One Can Hear You Extend the Olive...
Maybe sci-fi games wouldn’t be so violent if everyone in space stopped being an arsehole for 5 parsecs (I know it’s a measure of distance, but don’t be an arsehole. See what I’m talking about?).
Which Wars Win?
Star Wars is a funny thing. It used to be nerdy to like Star Wars, then it was cool to like it and now it’s like being at a christmas party full of constipated grinches: nobody gives a shit.
Like most fans, I prefer the older films (Empire is king), but I don’t want you to think I’m a rabid Jar-Jar denier, running around in a “Han Shot First!” t-shirt. I’m a Star Wars moderate and I’m well aware...
Blame Norfolk!
The Inevitability of Liverpool
Why I Love Twilight
I don’t know if you knew this about me, but I love the absolute shit out of Twilight. Here’s why:
November 2010
10 posts
The Importance of Choosing Wisely
Freezing Atmos-fear
The Crying Games
Gin, Juice & Assassination
To Kill or Not To Kill