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McRetro Gaming Shop Grand Opening!

Nix McRetro // 30th July 2016 // Categories: News, Sega, Sony

We’re live and ready to sell, operators are waiting by the phones for your order. Sega Saturn, Sony PlayStation, Nintendo GameCube and even the Sega Mega-CD have chips available right now. Shipping starts at $2. If you’re after something specific, I might be able to point you in the right... Continue reading

My Weight Loss Rate - July 2016

Nix McRetro // 30th July 2016 // Categories: News

I had been using roughly 500 g to 1 kg per week as my own target rate. My running average for this year’s weight-loss effort was around 1.13 kg per week. The sharp little movement around the blood donation is interesting, but I should not have described the graph as... Continue reading

Vegemite - Australia's Birthright

Nix McRetro // 26th July 2016 // Categories: News

Vegemite. It is in our blood. Too bad it’s owned by the multinational Mondelez… That aside, while recently expanding my palate to include foods such as salmon, lemons and garlic powder… ha!… I came across this beast: Salt Reduced Vegemite. What really caught my eye was not the reduced salt... Continue reading

Blood Donation July 2016

Nix McRetro // 22nd July 2016 // Categories: News

Since late 2014 I’d noticed the blood-donation van turning up every few months, so I figured why not give some blood? Wish I had discovered this thing earlier, as giving blood can even be kind of fun and, at the very least, FREE CANDY! It is not entirely without its... Continue reading

Sakura Wars Complete Song Box

Nix McRetro // 17th July 2016 // Categories: Gaming, Sega

The box above is the Sakura Wars 2002-2006 song collection, released in December 2006, with eight discs of amazing music. But what’s this next image? You can imagine my delight when I discovered I’d only been listening to the second eight-disc collection. There was another eight-disc Sakura Wars Complete Song... Continue reading