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| Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 | | 10:32 pm |
| | Sunday, July 20th, 2008 | | 9:48 pm |
| | Thursday, July 17th, 2008 | | 2:59 am |
 (I know the fonts don't remotely match, I'm on a borrowed laptop) That said, anything that brings Max Payne back into the public eye is a good thing. God damn, I love those games. Should be back online in a week or so with a little luck. I've cleared up all the fuckery to do with the phone line, so we're just waiting for Sky to activate the broadband now. | | Monday, June 30th, 2008 | | 5:40 pm |
Brawl Friend Code, For What It's Worth
My Brawl friend code is: 5026-5940-3641 Kinda pointless posting this since I'm moving tomorrow so I won't be able to play online for a few weeks, but still. | | Thursday, June 26th, 2008 | | 6:55 pm |
Moving Soon
I know I never use this thing, but I figured it'd be the best place to put this. I'm moving on the 1st of July, and since we can't book broadband without knowing the phone number, and we can't get a phone number until we've moved, I'm guessing I won't be online for the best part of next month. I'll probably be pretty preoccupied until then too, since I need to pack and work through Unipol's deposit/financial rape guide. | | Monday, February 25th, 2008 | | 12:59 am |
| | Friday, November 16th, 2007 | | 5:55 pm |
Opinions Follow
First of all, I finished my two university projects and anyone's who's interested can watch them here: A thirty second advert for a single (thanks for the music, Stray).A ten second 3D animation.I'm pretty happy all this is out of the way, but the new projects start next week and my new timetable sucks. I'm bored, so now here's a list of what I think about recent things. TVSeason 4 of House has me pleasantly surprised, since the show had gotten stuck into a set formula for all its episodes in season 3. The new format is working well, and makes the show watchable again. I'm loving the new series of My Name Is Earl, which also broke away from its formulaic roots and actually has the balls to send its main character to prison for a season. Scrubs is doing well again, and seems to have shifted back to making the characters likable rather than focusing on tired slapstick and "this is so random!" jokes. The show is slowly clawing its way back to being worth watching. Sadly, thanks to the writer's guild strike we're probably going to have to wait until the DVD release to know how it ends. It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia is still awesome and everyone should try to see it. MusicThe Undertones are surprisingly badass to see live. GamesHalo 3 is better than the other games in the series but sucks ass compared to Half-Life 2: Episode 2. I'm not speaking from a fanboy perspective here, Half-Life 2 is just a much better constructed game in almost every single respect. Now that Orange Box is available for the 360 alongside Halo 3, there's no excuse whatsoever for playing Halo anymore. While we're on the subject, Portal is probably going to be the game of the year but please, please stop turning every cool moment from it into an annoying catchphrase. I want to be able to enjoy Portal in a year's time. Please, internet, don't ruin this for me. Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass is a fun game once it gets going, but I'm starting to think that Nintendo are starting to think that putting any degree of challenge into a game will scare off their fanbase. It's getting annoying. Crash of the Titans could have been great if the developers hadn't fallen into the habit of adding a half assed combat system. The platforming sections (remember when platforming games had platforming in them?) are fun, but the combat consists of pushing three buttons and sadly takes over everything after about the third level. I'm slowly coming to the conclusion that Super Paper Mario would have been much more fun without the storyline and puzzle solving sections. The platforming is fun and surprisingly deep, and the game has some utterly fucking awesome moments, but in between all the fun parts are long, inane cutscenes and puzzles that mostly just involve running around the hub area for far longer than is comfortable. | | Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 | | 9:15 pm |
This is a longshot, but
I need photos of people for a uni project. If anyone has ten minutes and a camera spare it'd help me a lot if you could email me a photo. The photos have to be: -Full body, from head to toe. -From any angle, but not staring at the camera. -Looking disinterested. Just pretend you're ignoring everything around you. -Wearing suitable clothing. This basically just means no shirts with "CUNT" written across them or anything. If anyone actually wants to help, please email the photos to: ShiroSirius@gmail.com Emailing me photos means you agree for me to use them in my uni project etc etc. | | Thursday, September 20th, 2007 | | 7:38 pm |
Well, it's been 20 days but I finally have the internet back. | | Thursday, August 30th, 2007 | | 11:26 pm |
Moving
I'm moving into my new house tomorrow with some friends from uni, so I won't be online until whenever the internet gets activated and we can set up a wireless network.  | | Saturday, July 28th, 2007 | | 12:07 am |
Since Pokemon came out in the UK today, here's my friend code for anyone interested: 2019 6762 1939I can breed Eevee and the starters for whoever wants them. That said, odds are I won't be able to trade the Eevee to anyone without a national dex, making that part kinda pointless. | | Wednesday, July 4th, 2007 | | 2:15 pm |
Things that made me sad today:
 It's not new that the Chipmunks have gotten a redesign to bring them in line with what a bunch of marketing executives think is cool for the time, but it's still slightly depressing to see Alvin in a hoodie. I also thought Jason Lee was above this kind of stuff, but between this and Underdog it's looking like he's pretty desperate for work. | | Sunday, July 1st, 2007 | | 12:52 am |
Don't read this if you missed Doctor Who
Russell T. Davies needs to stop trying to be smart. After fast-forwarding an entire year since the last episode, he attempts to fill the viewer in on what happened during the time lapse by having the leading characters awkwardly discuss the events of the previous year in vague, forced dialogue. Martha is traveling all across the world for unknown reasons, and has become something of a legend. This is referenced many, many times throughout the episode. The first half of the show followed Davies' typical style for serious episodes - running pained descriptions of horrible events into the ground just to make absolutely sure the viewer understands the full gravity of the situation, with the plot progressing at a snails pace to allow for it. Meanwhile, the Doctor makes a failed attempt at escape, and gets punished by having his age accelerated even further. This results, somehow, in him shrinking and gaining gigantic eyes so that he looks suspiciously like Gollum from the Lord of the Rings movies. The Doctor's epic plan is finally revealed, and helpfully reinforced by flashbacks of dialogue that occurred roughly ten minutes earlier in the episode. It turns out that Martha, refered to as a lone child wandering the Earth, was just trying to get the entire planet to focus their attention on the Doctor so that he can be reborn as a levitating being in a glowing field of glorious light. It's not only a tired, obvious Christian mythology reference, but it's also pretty much the definition of a Deus Ex Machina. Finally, after the Doctor and Martha say their goodbyes (yet another assistant-Doctor romance subplot), and there's one final moment dedicated to the traditional cliffhanger to set up the Christmas episode. I'm not saying this was a terrible episode, but Davies really needs to stick to what he's best at - light hearted, witty dramas. The best moments from the new Doctor Who series have been the fast dialogue and great one liners, and every time Davies tries to write some big-drama episodes he always ends up falling back on the same old cliches and contrived endings. Also I felt compelled to write my first LiveJournal entry in months at 1am and about the quality of writing of a popular sci-fi show. | | Saturday, March 31st, 2007 | | 11:39 pm |
| | 2:41 am |
 This is one of the best platforming games ever made, and it's now available on the Wii's Virtual Console. If the cover art of a guy fighting a cyborg dragon while turning into a lizard isn't enough to sway you, this game just has everything:  RPG elements!  Pirate dragons!  Furries! (perverts) BUY THIS GAME.
BUY THIS GAME.
BUY THIS GAME.Total number of games sold by this entry:  | | Monday, March 5th, 2007 | | 6:10 pm |
| | Thursday, January 25th, 2007 | | 11:24 pm |
Holy fuck, update
I posted this on SA, but figured I could put it here for the sake of actually updating my LJ for once. A few days ago I sent off this email to the guys who make the Relentless energy drink: First, let me say that I've been a fan of your product for some time now, and consider you the best energy drink on the market.
I have a buddy called Sam. We've known each other for years, and are fairly equal in everything we do. Recently, we both formed our own bands and became axe rivals. After months of slam talk we finally decided to settle once and for all who was the best. On the night of the face off, it was all going well for me until Sam pulled out all the stops and slammed out the solo from Free Bird without a single mistake. I thought I was sunk, but that was when it came to me.
I pretended that I needed to use the toilet, slipping away from the battle and sneaking to my room, where I keep a mini-fridge. In this mini fridge is what I call my pre-hand in day emergency supply - ten cans of ice cold Relentless. Putting aside my common sense, I proceeded to down can after can in a desperate attempt to get the mental agility I needed to win. It was hard not to gag - I seriously love your product, but chugging ten straight cans of anything is enough to make a man's eyes water. I returned to the living room a few minutes later, picked up my guitar, and prayed. It's a cliché, but I knew if I pulled it off, it'd be an instant win.
I played Stairway.
Sam was in awe. Once it was over, he bowed to me and I was victorious. However, it has been several hours since that epic confrontation, and I'm starting to feel some fairly odd effects.
Namely, I can now see through time.
Galaxies spiral in front of me, stars burst into being and then fade away, and people are but minute flecks of colour in a tapestry woven by gods. It's cool and all, and if anything I have more respect for your drink than ever, but it's getting late and I kinda want the voice of the cosmos to be quiet for a few hours so I can get some sleep.
Any advice on this matter would be much appreciated. | | Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007 | | 11:36 pm |
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| | Tuesday, December 26th, 2006 | | 1:44 am |
Many years ago, I woke up on Christmas morning to find a huge box beneath the tree. I saw it, and instantly assumed that it couldn't have been for me. We opened the presents slowly, and I got a bunch of cool stuff. Eventually, only the big present remained. My parents asked me to check the label, and woah, this huge box was for me. I unwrapped it quickly, and revealed a brand new TV. I had no idea my parents were even thinking of getting me one, and I was at the age where having my very own TV was the single most awesome thing in the entire world. That, right there, was the best Christmas memory of my entire life. I grew up, and though Christmas remained a cool time of year, a lot of the magic faded. Eventually I knew pretty much exactly what I was getting every year, and since I understood the value of money I also had an idea of how much real money it cost. I was convinced that there would never be another Christmas as great as that one when I was a kid. Holy fuck, I was wrong. This year, after opening a few presents containing video games and chocolate, I come to a CD shaped package with my name on it. Inside was a copy of American Lesion. Pretty much everyone who knows me is going to be aware that I'm a pretty rabid Bad Religion fan, and this is the first solo album Greg Graffin did. It was never released in this country and deleted after just two years, meaning that this CD is next to impossible to get hold of. It was the first time in a long time I've been utterly speechless. It's by far the single greatest gift I've recieved since all those years ago when I unwrapped that TV. Damn, you get cynical about this time of year, and then the magic of it just blindsides you out of nowhere. |
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