Glitch'd Perspektive

In what has become a depressingly normal affair, a deranged individual with a rifle has delivered yet another sacrifice to what writer Gary Mills refers to as ‘Our Moloch’, a reference to the old testament god to whom children were offered as tribute. An indeed, 17 children lie dead today, because one man with known mental health problems was allowed access to a device for which the singular purpose is to extinguish life. The blood of the fallen at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High cries out for justice and therefore a solution to this uniquely American malaise, as do their surviving classmates who bore witness to the horror. Regrettably, the historical trend to the present day shows no sign of bucking. Because as my erstwhile colleague pointed out , the offer of genuine progress is supplanted by utterly useless meaningless, and pathetic platitudes. ‘Thoughts and prayers’.   I have spoken before of my disgust of this, in that it reeks of insincerity, but also because its procl

Hello, good evening, and welcome to The Cup Run! As you can tell I am having a bit of a busy evening, however I am your erstwhile writer and Glitch's representative for all those delicious cups, and I have a hell of a week ahead of me, so lets do this! Without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, Glitches everywhere here for your reading pleasure is The Cup Run: Europa League Round of 32! Keep Calm & Carry On: Celtic Please do not adjust your pc's, laptops, tablets, phones or what ever you're reading this on. Celtic won in Europe. This is not a drill. I kid you not. The end is nigh. Ok, banter aside this honestly wasn't the team I was expecting to put here. If anything I must confess I thought they might hold the dreaded Wooden Spoon, but no, Celtic are our first KCACO of the European Cup Runs. Now the thing with Celtic is given their history then maybe this shouldn't really be a surprise. First British side to lift the European Cup with The Lisbon Lions

So I am sat here writing this while listening to the Celtic vs Zenit St Petersburg game. Honestly I only anticipated writing one thing today. The actions of yet another gunman in America are occupying my thoughts. Yesterday evening (UK time) news broke of a shooting taking place at the  Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida . Information wasn't clear on how many were injured initially, we just knew there were injuries. Images flashed on the news of wounded students escaping, lines of school children filing out of the building, hands on heads, SWAT teams standing guard. Harrowing shot after harrowing shot played out on the news cycle. We were all left to dwell on a horrific attack by a man with a firearm in the US.  The reality is that this really shouldn't be as surprising or shocking as it is. This was the fifth incident where a gun was discharged and someone was killed or injured on a campus in the US since the first of January 2018. If that's not bad en

Hello there! Come on in! Welcome to The 38! Remember how I said that the blog edition was probably a one off? Well I kind of lied....... Look I'm bored of being beaten at PES ok? I had my taste of glory once, it was enough. But look I can still do the witty banter and stuff. Honest. Now who are our Keep Calm and Carry On's? Who has been given the dreaded Wooden Spoons? Well read on dear reader..... Keep Calm and Carry On: Tottenham Hotspur So this was tricky. I ummed and erred over this for a while, and Swansea were this close to being back to back Keep Calm and Carry On's, which so far only a certain team playing in blue managed by Pep Guardiola has done so far. However I have given the nod to Spurs, and really, I had to give them the edge. If you look at their last three games Spurs have beaten United and Arsenal, while picking up a point from Liverpool. That's seven points out of a possible nine against the top six in the last three games, two of which produce

Donald Trump recently made headlines in the UK after he apologised for retweeting an inaccurate Britain First video. But why does President Trump entertain these far-right nut-jobs? From where the pundits went wrong, to political tribalism and the real reason the Republicans need the ultra-Conservatives, Simon​ leads us through The State of Politics in the Fake News Age.

Hello there you beautiful people and welcome to The Cup Run! This week we're looking at the FA Cup Fourth Round Replays. The mighty Newport County travelled to Wembley to face some outfit called Tottenham Hotspur. Championship Millwall took on League One Rochdale, Huddersfield played a five goal bonanza against Birmingham and a resurgent Swansea took an impressive Notts County back to The Liberty Stadium. But who are our Keep Calm and Carry On's from these replays? Who has been lumbered with the Wooden Spoon? Read on dear football fan to find out..... Keep Calm and Carry On: Swansea City Who else could it be? Really the replay against Notts County showed how far this Swansea team have come on in a little over a month. Carlos Carvalhal has taken a squad that looked like they had lost all hope, were devoid of creativity going forward, lacked co-ordination at the back, nevermind the fact they were sitting bottom of the table, and has created a team that'

The geek stuff has been a bit neglected lately hasn't it? With all the football and political shenanigans it has kind of ended up on the back burner. But don't worry, because I plan to change that. With the Infinity War trailer and all the speculation that a certain webbed wonder may or may not crop up in Sony's Venom movie I felt that maybe we should have a look at some of Spider-Man's most iconic villains. Ladies and Gentlemen, geekkind everywhere, Glitch'd Perspektive proudly presents to you The Top Ten Spider-Man Villains of All Time.   10) Rhino ( Aleskei Sy tsevich) Aleskei Sy tsevich is a thug for a scientist from the Eastern Bloc, who is given artificial skin that grants him superhuman durability and strength which has enabled him to have previously gone toe to toe with the Hulk. Arguably the strongest regular villain in Spidey's rouges gallery, he has had some great moments such as becoming a genius and deducing Spider-Man's true id