COVID-19 Blue Skies Are Fading - Cape Town Smog 2021/07/16

Whilst there are not a lot of good things to say about the Coronavirus/COVID-19 one major positive, if you live in or near a big city, is/was the reduction in smog levels. Cape Town skies were a lot bluer for a while, though my view of the city skyline is slowly returning more to normal, a muddy blue.

View from Salt River - Cape Town - 16/07/2021

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Amazon 'Back to School: First Impressions' TV Advert 2021

Worth watching for a smile, the Amazon 'armpit farts' back to school ad.

Wingstop TV Ad - "Student Driver"

Worth watching for a laugh - short, sweet and rather clever

Archvale - Indie Game Hidden Gems

Like RPG's? Like pixel graphics? Like loot? Like crafting? Like a challenge? If you answered yes to all, or some, of these questions then Archvale might be for you. Available on PC Game Pass and the Microsoft Store at the time of writing the game is also available on Steam. Archvale brings back memories of 16 bit console games, the game world is made up of 'rooms' (individual screens) and you clear a screen to move onto the next screen. Possibly best described as an RPG / bullet-hell mashup, the game revolves around running around killing monsters, finding wands, swords, armor, gold and materials to craft other items. Once you are powerful enough then you can fight bosses to move onto other areas or access other upgrades and then repeat the process until you have found all the pieces of the 'arch' referenced in the game's title (I am still in the process of completing it as I write this so cannot divulge anything further). It may all sound 'very run of the

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