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In Other News – 17 February 2015

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Today is Shrove Tuesday, which is a day of religious significance for many, something about Lent or something about atonement and self-denial and generally not being a prick. For the rest of us though, it’s pancake Tuesday. While here in South Africa, the pancake – what many others in the world would call a crepe – is traditionally eaten with sugar and cinnamon with perhaps a squeeze of lemon. Mayhaps it’s eaten as a savoury thing, stuffed with mince, or chicken and mushrooms or spinach and that’s all fine and well. The pancake I’ll be commemorating today, and really, really hoping I get to eat later is the blintz.

A pancake of Slavic origin, favoured in Eastern Europe, the blintz is a fried, filled pancake. Crispy and buttery, and more often than not  filled with a sweet, creamy cheese and eaten with a tart fruit or berry and perhaps some sour cream, it’s the stuff of dreams. Dreams that’ll kill you with cholesterol, but great dreams nonetheless.

In other news: Terraria’s going to an otherworld, have you TRIED THPINNING on the Xbox one, Honest Abe gets pushy and it’s a Mii!

Here’s the news we didn’t post because we were too sexy for our shirts.

News

Terraria: Otherworld brings RPG and strategy elements to Re-Logic’s sandbox
Roundabout spins onto Xbox One this Friday
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate has now shipped 3 million units worldwide
Shadowrun: Hong Kong Kickstarter crosses $1 Million mark in final hours
Code Name S.T.E.A.M’s Abe Lincoln gets all pushy on his birthday
Nintendo is working on an app to bring your Miis to social networks
Live action Halo: Nightfall to release on March 17

Stuff

Iconic Final Fantasy art
Darkest Dungeon might not be fun, but it is fascinating
Super Smash Bros is unbalanced, and that’s ok

Videos

Screamride – Launch trailer
Dragon Ball Xenoverse – Launch trailer

What’s on at The Movies

No BEVERLY HILLS COP 4 without a decent script, says Eddie Murphy
KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE – So what did you think?
It’s time to feed the darkness in this trailer for We Are Still here
Robert Downey Jr talks CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
It’s pure boxing in this trailer for CHAMPS
DEADPOOL casts Gina Carano as a Morlock; Colossus to feature in movie
This trailer for Cameron Crowe’s ALOHA will steamrolll you if you’re not watching

Last Updated: February 17, 2015

59 Comments

  1. Admiral Chief

    February 17, 2015 at 16:01

    PANNEKOEK!

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    • Viking Of Science

      February 17, 2015 at 16:13

      Crêpes, you Philistine! 😛

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      • Tosh "Did he just say that?"

        February 17, 2015 at 16:14

        When the front of your nose decides to disembark from the ceiling, I would like to inform you of how we, as South Africans, call those things PANNEKOEKE!!!!

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        • Viking Of Science

          February 17, 2015 at 16:24

          I would inform you all as a man of Dutch Descent, that We Invented the Bacon Pancake. Or spek pannenkoek as it is rightfully known

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          • Tosh "Did he just say that?"

            February 17, 2015 at 16:31

            That. Sounds. Not too bad actually. O_o

            And I don’t like pancakes.

          • Tosh "Did he just say that?"

            February 17, 2015 at 16:31

            However, your random capitalisation of the words in that sentence has invalidated anything you said. My eyes burn.

      • Admiral Chief

        February 17, 2015 at 16:16

      • Brady miaau

        February 17, 2015 at 16:52

        A little too close to the proverbial, you faux frenchie

        Edit, nice of or Kappie thing by the way.

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  2. Admiral Chief

    February 17, 2015 at 16:01

    Kaneelsuiker en pannekoek

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    • Blood Emperor Trevor

      February 17, 2015 at 16:08

      Op pad huis toe is daar ‘n klein PnP met ‘n stallekie buite wat pannekoek verkoop. R20 vir 5, met kaneelsuiker en suurlemoensap. Nom Nom Nom.

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      • Hammersteyn

        February 17, 2015 at 16:09

        *Smash and grab

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      • Admiral Chief

        February 17, 2015 at 16:14

        R4 ‘n pannekoek? Genugtig, dis duur daar inni Kaap

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        • Blood Emperor Trevor

          February 17, 2015 at 16:14

          Want dit proe beter, natuurlik.

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          • Tosh "Did he just say that?"

            February 17, 2015 at 16:15

            Natuurlik.

          • Admiral Chief

            February 17, 2015 at 16:16

            Hah, pannekoek is pannekoek, jy moet rerig ‘n muppet wees om ‘n slegte een te maak

          • Brady miaau

            February 17, 2015 at 16:52

            Nah. I can cook. Quite well, varied dishes. I can stuff up pancake too. Also , I have no sugar, the wife has no mould (yeast and stuff) so our recipes sometimes differ from mainstream and have a higher risk of failure

        • CAE9872

          February 17, 2015 at 16:54

          Dis die natuur – oe en die Tafel dingy…thingy…thing.

          Reply

  3. Admiral Chief

    February 17, 2015 at 16:01

    • Hammersteyn

      February 17, 2015 at 16:04

      #foreverBender

      Reply

    • Grant [_G_] Hancock

      February 17, 2015 at 16:38

      Have a ‘Making Bacon Pancakes’ chef apron girlfriend brought me back from London 😀

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief

        February 18, 2015 at 07:33

        DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE!!!!!!!!

        Reply

  4. Hammersteyn

    February 17, 2015 at 16:06

    Just because

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    • Blood Emperor Trevor

      February 17, 2015 at 16:12

      And that’s why Rince & OVG were banned from the River Club.

      Reply

      • Hammersteyn

        February 17, 2015 at 16:14

        Cant imagine either as an angel

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      • Weanerdog

        February 17, 2015 at 16:15

        Well at least these two were wearing clothes

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  5. Tosh "Did he just say that?"

    February 17, 2015 at 16:13

    Thank you Geoff. I hate berries and pancakes. 😀

    Not even being sarcastic, I mean it. Thank you! (No cookies)

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    • Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim

      February 17, 2015 at 16:14

      No worries, mate. 😛

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      • Brady miaau

        February 17, 2015 at 17:12

        Yeah, reminds of the old story. Someone sends you a 3 page e-mail requesting some IT change, you fail to read it, reply ” no worries, mate. Next Tuesday suit you?” Two weeks later that e-mail is used as evidence when the inquest finally starts.

        Why you said you would help replace all desktops with thin clients connected to a desktop powered terminal server, move all the windows license to the skip and order a truckload of environment friendly, completely useless, eco-printers is at the top of the inquest question list.

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    • Hammersteyn

      February 17, 2015 at 16:15

      • Tosh "Did he just say that?"

        February 17, 2015 at 16:16

        That’s pretty gross. O_o

        That’s like ordering extra cheese with your cheese pizza.

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        • Hammersteyn

          February 17, 2015 at 16:17

          You probably hate bacon too…

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          • Tosh "Did he just say that?"

            February 17, 2015 at 16:18

            No bacon is good. I hate over-compensation. I can see why you’re accustomed to it, but some of us don’t need to. 😛

            *RUNS

          • Admiral Chief

            February 17, 2015 at 16:20

            I love it when they run
            *plants magnificent headshot on running target

          • Tosh "Did he just say that?"

            February 17, 2015 at 16:21

          • Brady miaau

            February 17, 2015 at 16:50

            You mean all cool looking, right?

          • Tosh "Did he just say that?"

            February 17, 2015 at 16:53

            Sometimes I wonder about you.

          • Brady miaau

            February 17, 2015 at 16:54

            Yeah, me too. Sometimes I don’t

          • Brady miaau

            February 17, 2015 at 16:57

            But, in all seriousness, I wonder about the person who keeps that picture in their library. Just saying.

          • Tosh "Did he just say that?"

            February 17, 2015 at 16:57

            That’s a link from the internet. A common meme. Just google redneck.

          • Brady miaau

            February 17, 2015 at 17:01

            I just did. Thank you for not using the 2nd, third or fourth images.

          • Tosh "Did he just say that?"

            February 17, 2015 at 16:22

          • Hammersteyn

            February 17, 2015 at 16:28

            Don’t run too fast
            *Eats pizza first

          • Tosh "Did he just say that?"

            February 17, 2015 at 16:30

            You mean *Eats way too much cheese with some weird doughy base thing first.

          • Brady miaau

            February 17, 2015 at 16:48

            No, no. I get. That cheese looks oily and will run off. Not cool. Too much of a good thing

          • Sageville

            February 18, 2015 at 09:43

            That bastard!

        • CAE9872

          February 17, 2015 at 16:53

          We have found the resident gourmet – or at least the veggie one 🙂

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      • Captain JJ the crafter

        February 17, 2015 at 16:40

        Not a fan of these American style pizza’s, but the way I feel now I’ll even grab this one.

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        • Hammersteyn

          February 17, 2015 at 17:03

          I’d like just one slice.

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      • Stefan

        February 17, 2015 at 17:53

        The cheesy cheese pizza from Debonairs with extra cheese for R6 of course.

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  6. Captain JJ the crafter

    February 17, 2015 at 16:39

    They had pancake at our work today.
    Not free though
    So meh.

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  7. Brady miaau

    February 17, 2015 at 16:50

    I WANT PANCAKES!

    My wife says Rotis for super. Sigh. Rotis it is then. With savoury filling, of course. And feta. Hmm.

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    • CAE9872

      February 17, 2015 at 16:52

      Mmmmmm pancakes…

      Reply

      • Brady miaau

        February 17, 2015 at 16:55

        No, no, Rotis for me. Hmm rotis… bah to pancakes.

        Besides, the whole point of pancakes was to use ALL the food left in the house for the start of new seasons

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        • Tosh "Did he just say that?"

          February 17, 2015 at 16:56

          Rotis are better. I’m a little jealous now.

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        • CAE9872

          February 17, 2015 at 16:56

          new seasons of what exactly?

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          • Brady miaau

            February 17, 2015 at 17:00

            Well, it was a pagan festival and is now the start of the Christian period of Easter. But was a symbolic cleaning out of the house, and, so I heard tell, a pancake was a good way to sort of clear out the ingredients. Also pancakes, were round like the sun, which must fight the winter (pagan thing again)

            Shrove Tuesday

        • CAE9872

          February 17, 2015 at 16:57

          Hey I like a rotis – but mmmmm PANCAKES…sprinkling of cinnamon sugar, syrup. YUM.

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    • Brady miaau

      February 17, 2015 at 18:59

      Hmm. Had the rotis. Man, that was good food.

      Reply

  8. CAE9872

    February 17, 2015 at 16:51

    FFS Geoff!!!

    I have been craving pancakes all week and now this. Do you have no heart???

    Reply

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