Been discovering James Herbert books of late, and bought a bumper crop of them. Ive read The Rats which was rather fun, and now halfway through The Secret Of Crickley Hall. Wouldnt mind reading The Fog as well afterwards. At some point I need to invest in Whitstable by Steven Volk. Yes, the Ghostwatch one.
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So with the Doomsday Clock set at three minutes to midnight, ive been doing some small scale prepping. No bad thing either. Has anybody been remotely intrigued as to why Russia has been a little more explorative of late? Over the past year, we have had Russian jets escorted away from the south coast of England, a battleship floating down the North Sea and a couple of days ago I see Vlad P has bought up hundreds of square miles of land with a guesstimated intention of building the largest underground bunker in the world. bunkers. Anybody here thinking thats a prep for something to come?
Ive just read this article about Trident being updated with a predicted cost of 205 billionGBP. http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/12/replacing-trident-will-cost-at-least-205-billion-campaign-for-nuclear-disarmament
Surely by now the British MoD know that our few hundred missiles will not be of any use. Missiles that I dont condone using personally. An arsenal only a fraction of the size of the larger countries. Money like that should be spent on the defensive, not the offensive. Switzerland already knew this and in the Cold War alone around 85% of homes were built with fallout shelters/safety bunkers. Both Switzerland and Russia know that with the correct means a nuclear war would be survivable, whereas Western goverments tell us they’re not. Bumcum. It certainly won’t be pretty but it can be if we use our brains. I’d implore the British government to take a leaf out of Switzerland’s book and become a neutral state, ridding itself of nuclear rockets altogether. Defense is better than offense, if we have no bullets why would anybody attack us ? We would be no threat. Spend these vast amounts on protecting your people with fallout shelters and safe havens. Stop fighting other peoples wars.
For those of you with a taste for prepping for the worst, check out this book. Although it is somewhat old, it will offer advice in to how to prepare for if the worst came about. Its available on Amazon Kindle for a few pounds.

To all governments around the world, just remember “civility can be all.”
Yea it’s remembrance day today. I’m always gutted when it lands on a workday as nobody seems to stop work for two minutes silence. What a bloody country.
Good news is the flasks arrived for my bug iut bags today. Couldve sworn I only ordered one but either way I got two. Theres a cracking good 65L backpack on eBay right now. Temptation is vast and id sure as heck fill it up.
Another year goes by I didn’t give the slightest interest in Guy Fawkes night. I remember as a kid how much I loved going to see firework displays. for several years id do a few backyard displays for my neices and nephews but somewhere along the lines my interest just fizzled out. Strange thing adulthood.
Yet on the other hand, im still so in to Fighting Fantasy and can tell any other fans who read this to keep September 2nd 2017 available and watch this space, as I believe a 35th anniversary convention (FFF2) is due to be announced. Ian Livingstone hisself has acknowledged the source this info came from so lets hope so. Would love to meet him again.
Anyway, heres a gif of our kitten, Drut, not playing fairly.
https://jamsplace.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/videotogif_2016-10-10_19-02-06.gifBeen a while since I posted here. Many apologies but lifes been quite busy. decided to make two bug out bags. One home one enough for me and the Mrs and also a streamlined one for at work. That way im covered almost 24/7.
Had a good Halloween party at Susies last weekend. It was fancy dress so naturally I went as the Hunter on #Left4Dead
However im all bunged up with a heavy head cold now. Still at work but at least its Friday.
Ok so if you havent seen season 7 episode 1 of The Walking Dead yet please click this link to navigate away as there is a huge spoiler ahead.
Seriously you don’t wanna ruin this for yourself!
Come on now here goes the spoiler, besides which I’ve just passed wind so click away!!
You gone?
There. Lovely. So how brutal was that episode? Extremely of course and we now know why they kept Abraham alive. To make us hate Negan even more! And I think it worked wonders. But how many of you thought then thought
‘yaaay Glenns been spared!’
Yea, me too until Daryl stirred things up. Oh Daryl… you wally. That could’ve been anyone else as well. Despite how shocked you may be feeling right now, the prosthetics have once again proved to be on the mark and the writers seemingly inexhaustable. This episode is probably one of the strongest three of the series. Certainly the most tragic since we lost Hershal.It was really uncomfortable to watch. I guess this is how they wished to convey it though so full marks for achieving that. But where now from here?
My what a big stripey kitty!
In all honesty, modern Vampire videogames are far too slash n dash for me. What the industry needs in my opinion, is some Hammer-esque with loads of suspense and a hero that isnt some kind of acrobat sword swiping weirdo with superhuman reflexes and magical powers.

How about the good old Van Helsing character, or even an average John Doe who has a smattering of knowledge and just everyday items and wit to hunt down and take on the titular bloodsucker. Think Horror of Dracula, Salems Lot, The Lost Boys, Fright Night. Above all, stick to the vampire we know and love, dont make them electricity throwing wizard genius types. Shoot plenty of 1st person scenes to draw players into the game (rather like Resident Evil) with creepy creaking floorboards and secret rooms.
Sometimes less is more, and the game itself should be foremost rather than what the characters can do. Jam out!
This time last year, my work collegue lent me the M. R. Carey book, The Girl With All The Gifts. Last night we was lucky enough to go and see the film adaption. Although an amount of the book content had been left out, this film presented us an hour and fifty minutes of fun with a screenplay fairly loyal to the story. Horror fans should enjoy this film which sheds a new light on the cause of “undeath”, although as in 28 days later, these ghoulish creature are living infected rather than decaying ressurections. The titular Girl, played by the talented young Sennia Nanua really delivers the character I had visualised in the book. The ever amazing Glenn Close and Gemma Arterton co star, this film is real girl power! With some incredibly well timed sequences and the odd jump scare, I recommend you see this film if not at the cinema then as soon as its on DVD but the book itself is far more superior!
Sennia Nanua (middle) with co stars Glenn Close and Gemma Arterton
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