Consoled

Praise Dibella (and other miriad Nerdgods). After a 24-hr cooling down period I was able to switch on my Xbox and copy my last few save-games into the cloud... so, if it all goes tits up again, I can at least salvage my ill-spent life hours. (Please may the buggeredness only apply to the power cable and not the hard drive.)

The big question now is whether it is time to look at an entirely new gaming console?

I'm not seeing a compelling reason to upgrade to any of them, really.

• The Xbox One seems to want to be a TV & internet box, which I do not need. Why can't they just focus on being good at gaming?


• Back in the day, I used to be a Playstation girl. But is the PS4 any great shakes? (Anyone?)


• The Wii isn't even on my radar as I'm not into kiddie/multi-player/sport games, though we might end up getting one for the Microbe.

I don't even know who to ask for an opinion on this. Almost everyone I know thinks that I am well and truly tragic. I could just as well be typing ancient Aramaic...

I suppose I could always ask this >>> twerp >>> from The Gadget Show.
He's our neighbourhood Z-lister and we often see him out on a weekend with his kids, clad in low-crotch skinny jeans and riding a Sinclair C5 or some ludicrous electric scooter/bike combo, while his bored-looking kids pootle along half a mile behind him on their olde worlde bicycles. Maybe it's time to accost him and force him to opine.