On Tuesday, a video preview of what the upcoming PlayStation 5 is capable of.

If this is what game designers can do with the PS5 before it’s even been released, imagine the possibilities after the console has been out for a few years… imagine Grand Theft Auto 6 and Red Dead Redevelopment 3.

Could this be the end of the Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption video game series?

I read the worrying news that Dan Houser – co-founder of Rockstar Games – has left the company.

This is a huge announcement in the world of video games  Dan Houser was the primary creator of the two greatest game series ever made.

Without GTA and Red Dead, I may as well put the PlayStation 4 in the garage and buy a Sega Master System off Ebay.

Like me, you have probably noticed that it isn’t unusual to see very young children playing on iPads, Fire tablets and the like.

Is this the norm these days?

It amuses me how there are no doubt one-year-old babies, who know more about using an iPad than their 60-year-old granddad.

I remember showing my parents how to set the timer on the video recorder, but I had at least started school by then!

The reason for this blog, is because my Mum found one of my favourite childhood toys in her loft.

Unlike kids toys of today, mine didn’t run on batteries. There wasn’t even a USB port!

Introducing, the car mat…

I PREDICT THE CAR MAT TO MAKE A COMEBACK, AND BE THE ‘MUST HAVE’ TOY OF CHRISTMAS 2020!

I had endless hours of fun with my mat and collection of toy cars – most likely Hot Wheels and Micro Machines. I guess today’s equivalent of this is Grand Theft Auto 5.

A MAP FROM GRAND THEFT AUTO. BASICALLY THE SAME AS MY CAR PLAY MAT.

I would like to say that I lovingly played with that car mat into my teenage years, but I soon discovered Sega…

And the winner for ‘Most Original Logo 2020’ goes to…

The Sony PlayStation 5.

… this bad boy went on sale in such, now deceased, retailers as Electronics Boutique, Our Price and Woolworths.

It would be another 18 months, until I was able to get my grubby little mits on one.

As anyone from the time will recall, there was always an agonising period of anxiety, at he “PS” logo, while you would pray for the game to launch and that the PlayStation would not fail. An all too frequent problem, especially as the old girl entered her twilight years.

Getting the machine chipped and burning games onto CDRs, probably didn’t help. Not that I ever partook in that kind of illegal activity…