A Sticker's Worth 500 Words

Emlyn Shepherdson-Jones heads to the green green grass of home for a post on a talented Welsh forward with an enviable record in front of goal. We also get a look into the bizarre world of non-licensed pseudonyms in football video games and it’s time to say thanks to EA Sports for their choice for this post’s subject. Yes they could have gone full Konami and renamed the Wales players something like Daffodil019 but instead they got creative and allowed Emlyn and I to make numerous references to WWE giant The Big Show instead. Over to my esteemed colleague with a big bad show tonight y’all. The EA Sports tournament cash grab tie-in, Euro 2000, is a game that has been mentioned once or twice before on this blog – filling hours of evenings in our uni house and also the evening before Manny's wedding. As beloved as the game was to us, the follow-up brought out for the 2008 European Championships was far from spurned – the advance in technology allowing you to use the analog stick on t...

The various streaming platforms available today mean that it is rare for a show to create the kind of water cooler moments dreamed of by producers and writers. The recent deep dive into the extent of human gullibility that is The Traitors has perhaps come close while the hype around Game Of Thrones meant that its sets across the world became closely guarded especially when famous faces made cameo appearances. Ipswich Town fan, and apparent Sky Sports pundit, Ed Sheeran chewed through the forest scenery while Lovejoy and Deadwood star Ian McShane fared considerably better. He did, however, come under fire from those terrified of spoilers when he revealed the tiniest of hints about his fairly irrelevant scenes. His riposte of “I was accused of giving the plot away, but I just think get a f***ing life. It’s only tits and dragons” hit harder than any of his actual lines. While the likes of Eric Cantona and Vinnie Jones made the transition into Hollywood blockbusters many Premier League ...