Roller Derby

We're going to the next bout which is on May 24th. Hit me up if anyone wants to come! It's amazing, and filled with punks and lesbians. Also: cheap beers and a great atmosphere. I can't really think of any reason not to go!

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NZ's Chief Censor: Rockstar Games must be retarded

The game was classified R18 in New Zealand because the version we examined was sufficiently violent to warrant an R18 classification. We noted little, if any, difference between GTA IV and any of the other games in the series. Rockstar itself says in its press release …

GTA IV, edited in NZ

Well, if you like games you will have heard by now that even though New Zealand has an effective and acurate rating system for games, for some reason we've been lumped in with LAME-ASS Australia (whose gaming rating system is a complete shambles) and are getting the …

Under Construction

OK, over the next 3 or 4 days I'll be rejigging the Beast a little bit. You may see some weird behaviour, shitty web2.0 logos, missing info in the sidebar and the categories doing weird stuff. Bear with us. I'm trying get the old girl a bit more streamlined content wise …

Amy Racecar - Part of the Romance

Racecar have released a new tune! And there's more to come...

"After writing a dozen or so songs in Australia Part of the Romance was the first song where we felt we had started to find our feet and create a consolidation of elements from our past incorporated with the …

Unnecessary Censorship

Gold! Also, the Beast has a new backend (Wordpress 2.5) which im loving. Also, "the Beast has a new backend" is not a euphemism for anything... true story... Also, I might look at giving the old Beasty a new front end too soon... wait and see.

Happy Birthday to us...

I just realised that we missed The Mythical Beast's 2nd birthday. I started up the blog in it's current form on March 17 2002. Since then Randolph and myself have had some crack up times, amazing adventures, and epic frat parties. The site has become a pretty good snap …