Last night we were joined by as many of our friends as we could track down (if we didn’t invite you, it’s because we didn’t have your details, not ’cause we don’t like you) at Fools & Horses on the North Shore for a fairwell dinner.

We had a great evening and would like to thank everyone who came.

So, the plan now is to head down to Palmerston North tonight for a few days with Megan’s family. We’ll be coming back to Auckland on Tuesday, slacking off Wednesday and Thursday and flying out late on Thursday night.

Btw, I have to give my phone back to work today, so we can be contacted via Megan’s phone or by email.

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The other night Megan and I attended the Auckland Buskers Festival. It was a bit of a mixed night, with some pretty spectacular performances, and quite a few mistakes. The most dramatic mistake came at the end of the performance of Brant Matthews, a fire juggler from Toronto, Canada.

Some pretty cool juggling and swallowing of fire was supposed to culminate in the main event, some fire blowing (like Xena was apparently known to do fairly often). What happens is that he puts some type of alcohol in his mouth, then blows it out, straight into a flaming torch which lights the liquid.

I guess the danger is that if you have too much liquid and not enough breath, you can run out of breath while liquid is still in your mouth. As the flame burns the liquid, it eventually gets back to your mouth and your face.

WARNING: The video and images below may disturb younger viewers.

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In addition to the freaky video, yesterday we discovered Megan caught an even freakier photo. At first it doesn’t look much more dramatic than the video.

But upon closer inspection, it is more than a little bit freaky. Note how you can make out all his features as if coated in liquid flame. Like a mask.

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In more exciting news, yesterday we received Megans visa for entry to the UK.

This means that we are all go. We’ll probably decide on our exact itinerary today and send the forms away, and should have tickets in hand by sometime next week I imagine.

Exciting times

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In breaking ‘not really news’ Mario Wynands, Managing Director of Sidhe Interactive confirmed for me that despite only producing games for the PS2, PS3 and PSP up to this point, they are indeed working on a game for one of the Nintendo consoles (Wii or DS).

He would not confirm what they’re working on, what device it’s for, or even when they’re going to tell us more, but even this tidbit is exciting news for me. My only concern is that it may not be an original game, but could perhaps be a port of Jackass for the Wii. While this would please some, I’d like to see another original IP, and see it exclusive to the Wii or DS.

Could it be the much desired Wii Cricket?  They did develop the two popular Rugby League games, so they do have a sports heritage.  That would be huge…
Sidhe Interactive (pronounced she interactive after some mythical creature) has had a busy time lately. Their horse racing game, Melbourne Cup Challenge was released in October, Gripshift came to the PS3 earlier this month and we understand that work is winding down on Jackass.

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