Royal Mail Video Games stamps

An above view of the various mounts for the video game stamps along with the presentation tin. Included game depictions are: -Micro Machines, Sensible soccer, Wipeout, Lemmings, Worms, Populous, Elite and Dizzy.

My Royal Mail "Video Games" stamps arrived this morning

Some weeks back Royal Mail announced they would publish a range of stamps celebrating classic UK-designed video games. I ordered the "Video Games Limited Edition Gamer Collectors Pack" because, quite frankly, I need that presentation case (it's really a tin so I'm going to call it a tin from now on). Well today it arrived... Straight away I knew it had to be the stamps. It said "DO NOT BEND" on…

Musical quirks and some more T-Shirts

Super Mario Tee: A t-shirt depicting a black and white picture of Mario holding his hands in the air. Above is the text 'Legend' in white caps.

In musical terms, it's been a strange few months

There's usually a variety of musical offerings on my iPhone. Legendary artists such as Pink Floyd, Queen and Bob Marley are usually constants. Lately, the usual playlists haven't been doing it for me and instead I've been craving something different. I've been wanting to listen to some of those mismatched rave compilation CDs* from my youth. *I usually had the cassette tape versions back then so I could listen to them…

Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me

Sonic the Hedgehog T-shirt. A t-shirt showing sonic the Hedgehog about to run and above that the Sonic the Hedgehog text logo from the 1990s.

Happy birthday Dear Munky. I'm now 43.

I don't really celebrate my birthday. Not because I'm shy, or anything like that, I just don't really do the celebration thing now I'm older. I'm not in for surrounding myself with a bunch of people, cheering me on, while I get another year closer to death. I'll still have a happy birthday, but it'll be quietly happy rather than the booze-fueled, party-on birthdays of my youth.

Christmas Bonus – Nintendo Classic Mini

Nintendo Classic Mini NES (1)

I just won a Nintendo Classic Mini...

Yep, a Nintendo Classic Mini. It's still sinking in that I won something, sorry. I'm not the type of person who would normally enter a competition and even on the rare occasion that I do I rarely rank amongst the top scorers; and that's OK because it's normally for brain exercise and enjoyment of it all. The last time I won a prize was back in the early '80s when I won a…

Guess Who? The ORIGINAL Mystery Face Guessing Game

Guess Who? Extra

Edit: 16/02/2021 - More Guess Who Extra

Since this post I've added additional Guess Who Extra cards which can be found here.

Guess Who?.. It's me.

No, I mean the "The ORIGINAL Mystery Face Guessing Game" from MB or in this case Guess Who? Extra from Hasbro. The kids have been having a clear out of some of their old crap toys and games. Amongst them was a Guess Who? Extra game bought for my youngest at one Christmas or…