FIFA 2023 PlayStation PDF controls guide

I was surprised to find that there’s no easy PDF guide to download that features all the FIFA 23 controls. Instead if you do a Google search, it just comes up with various web pages that are then either full of adverts, or they cannot easily be printed out, or they simply look awful on a mobile phone so you cannot use them when playing the game.

Additionally, the way these web sites often present the controls are laid out poorly – for example when attacking it’s not easy to see what all the controls are for crossing or for shooting, or when defending what the controls are for controlling other teammates etc. It’s all the same bland colour and the order seems odd.

So I thought, “sod this, I’ll make my own”!

Please see the end result below. Feel free to download it and use it, or modify it etc.

I’ve kept the overall structure but moved some bits around, but also importantly added colour. The idea is that you print this out and have it to hand to quickly refer to when you’re actually playing. That way you can far more quickly improve your mastery of the game.

It includes all the FIFA23 controls for PlayStation only: so Simplified controls, Movement, Attacking (Simple and Advanced), Tactics, Defending, Goalkeeper, Set pieces – Free kicks / Corners and Throw ins / Penalties, Skill moves (1 star, 2 star, 3 star, 4 star and 5 star, as well as juggling tricks).

Any comments though on how best to improve it further, please do add them below. Thanks

FIFA 23 ControlsDownload a PDF version

FIFA 23 ControlsDownload a Word .docx version instead

Feel free to download a Word version and alter it yourself if you want!

The Best UK Craft Ale Breweries 2018 – a map detailing the best breweries in the UK (and some beyond)

I love a good craft ale and have tried beers from many different breweries over the years.

Below is a map plotting what I think are currently within 2018 some of the best craft ale breweries in the UK (and some beyond). For many I have first-hand experience of their excellent beers (BrewDog, Cloudwater, Odyssey, Verdant etc), or I’ve added them simply because I’ve heard many good things about them (Alphabet, Atom Beers, Glen Affric Brewery etc).

Nearly all of these breweries sell beers online, so if you fancy being adventurous then follow the links and have a go at buying directly from them. There’s some fantastic beers on sale nowadays. It’s an exciting scene to get involved in.

I may well have missed some great breweries – in which case please do say and I’ll get them added.

Cheers and enjoy your next Pale ale, DIPA, Imperial stout, Sour beer or indeed whatever you choose..!

See the below Google map in a separate tab.

Feel the love for Electric Six – videos from their album Fire

Electric Six’s 2003 album debut ‘Fire’ earned the group significant critical success

This is the 2nd post (in what I plan to be a series of posts) about the music I listen to and enjoy. My first was about Darwin Deez.

This post is about the very unique band that is Electric 6, and specifically about their 2003 debut album ‘Fire’ which earned the group significant critical success. It’s a fun album with some brilliant tracks which will put a smile on any face.

“Danger! High Voltage” achieved number 2 on the UK singles chart. Their second single “Gay Bar”, released in 2003, reached No. 5. “Dance Commander”, finally gave Electric Six its third Top 40 single (from this album) in the UK. The album itself reached the top 10 in the UK album chart.

Hailing from Detroit in Michigan, USA, their videos are very amusing and well worth watching. Deliberately low budget, they often don’t feature the band at all and instead feature actors pretending to be the singer – Dick Valentine.

The band’s eccentricity

One thing that also amuses me about their whole persona is the germanesque feel, like they’re a dodgy euro-pop/rock band. Just listen to the singer’s pronunciation of words throughout their songs (“rrrr-ight!”) or for example how he’s dressed in the Danger! High Voltage video to see what I mean (nice tache!). All of which is very eccentric, slightly bizarre or awkward (some would even say creepy) depending on how serious you want to take it all. I personally find it really funny and great entertainment. Which is what you want a band to be.

Dance Commander

This music video features the band’s frontman Dick Valentine dancing erratically around a house.

It’s a slightly different mix of the song and received significant airplay on MTV.

Danger! High Voltage

Now depending on who you believe, this track features Dick Valentine and Jack White (of the White Stripes) singing together. The lady in the video with a brightly flashing codpiece and bra is actress Tina Kanarek. Dick Valentine, the band’s singer, is the strange man looking straight at the camera and giving seductive looks.

Gay Bar

In the video an actor impersonating Dick Valentine is dressed as Abraham Lincoln, for no real apparent reason.

Synthesiser

Another tongue-in-cheek video. Excellent.