It’s starting to become pretty damned cold – which means that Winter is indeed coming. It’s not quite that cold up in Joburg yet, but judging from all of the whining the folk in our fairest cape keep doing, it’s safe to assume the cold is on its way.
There are a couple of things I love to indulge in when the weather turns sour; the usual comfort foods: stews, soups, long-braised meats like oxtail served with fluffy mashed potatoes. There’s another comfort food I must have every year – and it hails from the land of chocolate, hills, Nazi gold, pedantic time-keeping and neutrality. Their flag’s also a big plus (What? The same joke twice in one day?) Yep, it’s the Confoederatio Helvetica, which is not a group of people who have a hard-on for a specific typeface (we call them designers), but rather the Latin name for Switzerland.
One of my favourite winter-time comfort foods is raclette, the name of a cheese and the way of serving it. A Long-time comfort food of Alpine shepherds who would grill entire wedges of cheese over an open fire and then scrape the gooey melty bits off on to potatoes and cornichons; little French pickles. It’s often accompanied by a selection of cured meats and a glass of crisp and dry white wine. It’s simple stuff – but it’s damned delicious. It’s friggin’ melted cheese – how could it not be?
In other news: Mario and Sonic team up again, FIFA kicks it to handhelds, the Nintendo World Champs go back to where it all began and some dude spent five years re-translating Final Fantasy VII. Beacause.
Here’s the news we didn’t post because it’s she, not he.
News
Destiny weekly reset for June 2, new strikes and Prison of Elders arenas detailed
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games races into view
Advanced Warfare Supremacy – new mini-game gets you easy credits in Exo Zombies
No FIFA game for handheld or Nintendo this year
The Nintendo World Championships will have The Legend of Zelda
Fan gives World of Warcraft’s visuals an Unreal Engine 4 makeover
Hellraid totally isn’t cancelled
GTA Online update brings ill-gotten gains next week
Stuff
GTA V characters modded into anime nerds
Why would someone spend five years retranslating all of Final Fantasy 7?
The agony of playing the same game for five years
Videos
Echo Of Soul – Launch trailer
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 – Fish-Man Island gameplay trailer
Wander – Launch trailer
What’s on at The Movies
We review SURVIVOR – Barely surivable, totally forgettable
The gang is all here in these new pictures for ANT-MAN
Fox looking to spin-off 24 with a new lead
Dwayne Johnson is being eyed to star in a remake of BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA
Of course BATMAN V SUPERMAN is getting the porn parody treatment
TMNT2 set pics reveal Shredder and pre-transformation Bebop and Rocksteady!
JURASSIC WORLD early buzz: “A more than worthy sequel”
Last Updated: June 2, 2015
Hammersteyn
June 2, 2015 at 16:05
Geoff be like…
http://i4.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article4276885.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Kim-Jong-un.jpg
Geoffrey Tim
June 2, 2015 at 16:57
New Desktop wallpaper. Sorted,
Hammersteyn
June 2, 2015 at 17:00
XD
Hammersteyn
June 2, 2015 at 16:07
GTA update! Screw the Hydra. I’m buying that golden jet and bankrupting players through insurance payments when they shoot it down.
axii OVG
June 2, 2015 at 16:16
Now that is how Geralt eats his cheese 🙂 MMMmmmm just a little more Igni.
Hammersteyn
June 2, 2015 at 16:22
XD
Gardos
June 2, 2015 at 16:19
I have one of those bad boys sitting in my fridge right now. Probably time to whip it out soon… (the cheese that is)
Captain JJ the_scarrrr
June 2, 2015 at 16:20
O_o
HvR
June 2, 2015 at 16:53
LOL, whip it out and scrape the gooey melty bits off
Hammersteyn
June 2, 2015 at 16:24
Thanks for the EGE article. Turned this week upside down and now I can take on anything. Anything except life, work and responsibilities
RinceTheElfRoot
June 2, 2015 at 16:28
My god it’s full of calories…
axii OVG
June 2, 2015 at 16:34
and cheese.
Hammersteyn
June 2, 2015 at 16:35
I cant see calories, so it doesn’t exist.
ReaperOfSquirrels
June 2, 2015 at 16:52
I’ve never seen Banana Jim, so he doesn’t exist either.
Hammersteyn
June 2, 2015 at 17:00
I’ve talked to him, but I’ve never talked to calories
HvR
June 2, 2015 at 16:54
And there is only 6000 in the whole world
Ghost In The Rift
June 2, 2015 at 17:06
No Dragon Ball Xenoverse revival of F DLC landing the 8th of June news?!?!*Oeps*runs*