We've all had our formative childhood experiences; mine was spending more time with ferrets in my pockets than I did with my parents. Not that I would have kept my parents in my pockets.

Ferretbrain.com is an easy-going, irregular e-zine about stuff. So if you're excitably eclectic, curiously cantankerous, articulately adventurous (although not necessarily adverbially alliterative) and unduly attracted to shiny things this could be the place for you.

We publish articles and reviews and anything-else-that-seems-appropriate on whatever subject looked sparkly today. Books, movies, art, philosophy, history, computer games: it's all good to a ferrety brain. We don't have a house style, as such, but we like to keep things companionable and conversational.

I've always believed that it's better to be interesting than right. People have very sensibly tried to tell me that I should aspire to be both but the important thing is simply enjoying the process of getting there. Getting where? Wherever.

New articles come in on a regular basis. Our latest:

• Why I Gave Up On Trauma Center: Under the Knife After Less Than An Hour by Arthur B
  Arthur bemoans the state of the all-important surgery simulation genre.
• Review - Song of the Beast by Kyra Smith
  Kyra Smith joyfully embraces standalone fantasy.
• Oxford Murdered by Kyra Smith
  Kyra takes a stab at The Oxford Murders
• The Battle for the DS by Arthur B
  Arthur reviews two wargames on the Nintendo DS, a turn-based squad-level game based on Warhammer 40,000 and an action-packed conversion of Dynasty Warriors.
• Iron Man's Morality by Damien F
  Damien F trys to figure out Iron Man's sense of right and wrong.