Monday 28 January 2008

Warning this blog is rated R and WHA THE FUCK!!!??

Lol, good site.



Also, i have...
45% chance surviving a zombie apocalypse
I can name 36 countrys in 5 minutes
26 Colours in 5 minutes
I'm 62% Geek
There are 2,157,120 germs on me keyboard right now
I'm 58% addicted to apple
and i 'barely passed' the 2007 internet test wif 62%. yaaay.
http://www.justsayhi.com/bb - click for them

And lost...
'So it begins...'


Seriously.... WHAT THE FUCK!!?! o.O!!!
3 more days... I CANNOT WAIT!!

I review more things...

Seeing as reviews are nice and easy 'n all, here are some more...

Superbad

Wasn't all keen on it from the first time i saw the trailer; seemed to me just like another lame teen movie, but over time i saw good reviews and more good reviews, and i wound up watching it witha group of friends on saturday. By jove, it surpassed my expectations over and over; seriously, and particularly if you're a teenager, DO NOT MISS THIS movie. The jokes keep are consistently hilarious, with nice cult references, (my favorite - 'I'm sorry your porn isn't directed by the Coen Brothers!'). The characters are brilliant, everything is brilliant, the plot is highly amusing (mainly following the story of 3 geeks trying to get their hands on some alcohol for a party and get laid), and is the McLovin joke doesn't make you laugh then you ARE dead inside. Man, writing about this i really wanna just watch it again... or go to a party... either will do.

10 / 10

Noein

Yea so i was guna not bother with doing animu reviews anymore cause my plan of them getting me traffic seems to have failed, and the people how read this evidently aren't huge fans. But after the last couple of episodes i simply couldn't NOT blog this. Supurb series so far, with paralell dimensions and the like; the last episode was largey set in a distopian post-apocalyptic world, which looked just amazing. The quality of the animation is incredible (though how many times are they guna show off their frickin 3d house model; it doesn't look that great alright!?) though things are slightly marred by the somewhat lame character designs, which sorta remind me of Yugio (This is a very, very bad thing). Luckily the main 2 kids look alright. Anyway i'll be keen to see if the quality remains this high throughout the rest of the series (and if i can keep track of what the hell's going on)

9.5 / 10

Devil May Cry 4 - Demo

Didn't really know what to expect, having never played a DMC game before, but i figured id give it a go. I'm glad i did aswell, as this game is, to put it simply, badass. Simple hack and slash stuff, but it's certainly enjoyable, and well worth the 0.7gb of my 20gb monthly allowance. The 360 continues to impress, as the demo system works great. Makes me lose faith in Nintendo even more, really.

8 / 10 as of the demo

Bioshock

Nearly forgot i bought this. Only an hour in so far so it's hard to say if the stunning set pieces (is that the term?) continue. I'll be amazed if they do, as everything so far has been phenomial. I have seen a man get thrown against a wall, and his stomache exploding in gore as a huge drill is pressed into him. I have seen lights flicker out of life and leave me to fend for myself in the dark. I have seen a mad surgeon hang bodies up on teh wall and scream at them. That's all within the first couple of hours. Stunning atmosphere.

9.5 / 10 if it carries on like this

(note to self: do a review of summat crap soon, theres too many 9's being handed out here)
And in other news, my 360 nearly broke today. Well it didn't but i got the red light, which made me panic alot, before i realized that it was 4 red lights not 3, and i just needed to clean the cable.
Speaking of panic, P!ATD have lost their excallmation mark!! Why?? Fools. Now it's just Panic at the Disco

Friday 25 January 2008

Mini Reviews for Mini Games

Firstly, blogger is wank, mainly because i have to set a new password every time i sign on. This is because i always forget the new password, due to the bloody length minimum. Why cant a fucking password have just 7 letters?? It's not like anybody's gunna be hacking this blog.

That out the way then, i recently got myself a hardrive (Woop, i now have moreorless a premium console) and some points, and downloaded 3 xbox live arcade titles, which i have here mini-reviewed...

Geometry Wars

I'm sure everyone knows all about this title, and if you haven't, come on out from beneath your rock. It's a simple arcade-like title first released as a minigame / easter egg in pgr2, where you pilot a small ship, and weave in and out of and tear down increasingly insane amounts of enemies. They spawn from the corners, from the sides, in circles around you, and one touch from them and you'll lose a life. It is all just so unbelievably fluid and well presented, with almost beautiful swarms of colours and ripples that in some ways the graphics themselves are among the best i have ever seen. The game in itself is more or less faultless; from the brilliantly simple dual analogue control to the damn value for money it offers; 400 points for a game that YOU WILL spend hours on.

10 / 10
(and my high score is currently sitting at just over 500,000 if you're interested)

Sensible Soccer

I never actually played the original, but as everyone always hails it as the 'greatest football game ever', i figured i'd give it a try. Of the three downloads, this is probably the one i had the least time with, but from the time i've put in in it seems pretty fun; kinda reminds me of Marcel Desailly's Soccer on my trusty Nokia 3410, or an old snes game that me and a friend used to spend hours on. This is probably because both of those games completely rip Sensi off, so it's been cool to see where it all came from. However, without the nostalgia the game seems fairly annoying at times. The menus are seemingly unchanged from the original, and confusing, and the game evidently has a fairly steep learning curve, with annoying niggles that you won't be used to at first; you can't change direction 180 degrees as you will lose control of the ball, for instance.
Nonetheless it's good fun, and with only one button and an analogue stick (i refuse to use the crap d - pad), it's a refreshing change from the 10+ button affairs of pes and the like.

7 / 10

Alien Hominid

This is what the arcade was invented for. Nice update of the quirky handrawn-feeling newgrounds flash game, with a ton of levels, multiplayer stuff and minigames that'll give you good playtime for your points. Kinda tough; i really sucked ass for the first few minutes, but soon enough i was chomping off fbi agent's heads and chucking tens of grenades at the nail-tough bosses as they gradually wore down my supply of lives. Also did i mention that you unlock hats as you play? I currently have a wizard's hat on. Fun game.

8.5 / 10

Next up will be Omega 5 and Rez HD (Woop!)
And in other news i have tickets ordered to Reel Big Fish, Astoria, March. S'gunna be fookin good

Saturday 12 January 2008

Futurama DVD Review - Bender's Big Score

It's finally here (well, it was a couple months back), years after the Fox (Box) network cancelled it, futurama is back in the form of the first of four feature length DVDs, Bender's big score.

It is around about the length of 4 episodes at 80 minutes, and the main plot follows planet express getting 'scammed' by a bunch of scamming ultra nerd aliens, with side amusements such as Hermes temporarily being confined to being a head in a jar. Really up until the end, it just seems like a great big episode of the Futurama that we've all come to love and miss. The ending is different from the normal comedy fare and is rather sentimental, but it's actually really well done - maybe i'm just a sucker for that kinda ending.

'You know, it's funny' 'what?' 'Your weiner' heh heh

I don't really know how suited it would be to a non-futurama fan though. It's rammed full of in-jokes and brief re-appearances of hundreds of old classic futurama characters; the robot mafia, Scruffy the janitor, robot santa and an all too brief appearance from Zapp and Kif.... oh and the hypnotoad is back, did i mention that? Awesome. In fact on the dvd there's menna be a full length episode of 'everyone loves the hypnotoad' with adverts, which just sounds plain kick ass. Sadly I haven't been able to check it out yet due to the dvd not being out here yet. Back to the point though, non-fans might miss out on the in-jokes, and references to past episodes - the pilot in particular is referenced multiple times.

Anyways it's definately worth a watch, and if you're are or ever were a futurama fan its unmissable. Hell, the cameo from Al Gore makes it worth a watch in itself... 'finally! I get to save the planet with deadly laser blasts instead of slideshows!'
Great DVD, i very much look forward to the second, whenever the hell it's released...

Did i mention that Bender goes back in time to kill Fry, ala the Terminator. You NEED to watch this film.
+ Classic futurama
+ Killer in jokes, old characters
+ Cute ending
- The bloody songs...
- Confusing time travel ;)
9 / 10

Last.fm

Probably the best site since i found youtube.

Late jumping on the bandwagon i know...

But it's just fantastic. And it will no doubt eat up my bandwidth...

http://www.last.fm/

(too lazy to say exactly why it's so good)

Wednesday 9 January 2008

WOW I FINISHED SOME GAMES!!

Biology AS in the morning, went alright. Then i went home and finished 2 games!! Bit like buses, ain't finished one for ages then do two in an afternoon.

Assassin's creed

Got home and finished assassin's creed at long last. Kinda coool ending, kinda fucking anticlimatic but never mind. Really repetitive game espiecially toward the end, but still largely fun. Took the idea of a 'cliffhanger' abit to far. Interesting nonetheless... I spose i'll buy the inevitable (especially considering the enormous sales) sequel...

Resident Evil 4

I then moved on to this, and yes, nearly 3 fucking years after it's release, i finished it!! (note: i didn't actually have it until way after release) Anyway, i can confidently say that it is one of the best fucking games i have ever played. Even ashley wasn't annoying as most 'escort characters' are. Ending boss was slightly easy, but the ending was awesome (oh sneaky Ada), and the battletoady jetski escape.

Anyway, if you havn't played this game, BUY IT NOW (preferably on the wii (so you can tell me if it's any good)

And the addition of 'the mercenaries' game at the end was a rather pleasent surprise...
Now i'm toying with the idea of playing through again. I never do that. That's how kick ass this game is.

Sunday 6 January 2008

Wednesday 2 January 2008

Achivement Points...

And why they are both the greatest thing since sliced bread and the biggest load of shite i've seen.

Well i now have xbox live, and despite only having played halo, i can confidently say that it is fantastic fun. Apart from when some twelve year old kid tells me what i should be doing but i can't understand him due to his accent. ANYWAY, i have now become aware of my gamerscore (is that the term?) and how bloody low it is; especially when compared to a couple of friends.

There are obviously advantages and disadvantages to this; i guess there are bragging rights for if you're good enough - and i'm not - but more importantly it really gives you motivation to actually finish games. I have a nasty habit of giving up on games halfway though, and i probably would have stopped assassin's creed before finishing it if it weren't for the prospect of getting some more achievement points. It would seem that they will be the things to really start me properly playing games again. If only nintendo could get it in gear and set up a system like this.

On the other hand though, the ease of unlocking them seems to vary way too much. 50 or summat for finishing simple levels of halo, 10 or summat for say, getting a killing frenzy online. Then there are games which partly seem to hand them out for doing squat; avatar, ea games and the like. People seem to buy games just for the points... the day i do that is the day i smash my 360 to pieces. And lastly its annoying cause sometimes theres just no time to be playing games; a gamerscore pretty much correlates with how long you play games for, rather than actually how good you are. Partly cos they're so random; yesterday i got on from dead rising for knocking over summat like 30 zombies with a parasol.

And heres another classic bit of yahtzee... Galaxy review at last. I still ain't finished it. I expect i would if i got achievements...



And also i have wireless, and im typing this from macbook on my bed. w00t its great!

Happy new year to my 3 readers, have a good 2008

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