Saturday 27 February 2010

Wonkey

Nope the photo isn't crooked... The building is... Look at the door :) wierd huh? Wonder what happened to it... Obviously wasn't built like that. And next door is straight (but newer). Must've subsided years ago, settled and just been left like it. It's Canterburys own Leaning Tower of Piza :)

Friday 19 February 2010

AvP the Game




AvP... the new game... Although it's just simply called Aliens vs Predator, it's in fact the 3rd game of the franchise (The other 2 being released long before the films). I've played the original 2 on the PC, and it's made me a little sad to buy this on the PS3 as it marks a milestone in my life where I've moved from PC gaming to console gaming. But without a serious amount of money I'd not be able to do this game justice... as it's gorgeous!

I'll get the comparisons with the PC versions that were this games forbearer over quickly, as I'm probably being over critical... scratch that I know I am, it's a different era in gaming now from then (only 10 years ago tho,but that's an eon in gaming). Anyway... there's a couple of things that I'm sad to see missing from the new game, the first being the fact that you start as a fully grown Alien... not a chestburster, I thought that was a nice touch, having to "break free" and run off so I could feed and then grow to full size. The second being the view modes for the Predator, IR and normal only? come on, in Predator 2 it was established that there's several viewing modes to the helmet, OK so perhaps it was too easy to see Aliens in the first two, but it's impossible in the new game. ok now that's off my chest I'll continue to look at the game as new, as in fairness it's a re-imagining of the franchise.

I ordered the Hunters Edition, which is the Special Edition of the game... it was expensive, but well worth it, it came with a steel artbox for the game, a 1/3rd size Facehugger:



A 3D postcard:



And a Weyland Yutani embroidered badge (What I would have done for one of those as a kid!):



I pre-ordered it from HMV, and I have to say it arrived on time at least... my friend Matt received his (A standard edition) the day before. After starting to get a bit apprehensive to it arriving (I booked the day off to play it... sad I know), I was ecstatic when it arrived at lunchtime.

Many hours of gameplay later, I can safely say that I love it! The controls are a little different to other 1st person shooters, and will take a while to master, but they do make sense given the complexity of the weapons and "senses" involved in the Alien and Predator species, the Marine is just like other games of its kind.

The Predator and Alien lock on feature makes for very fluid melee combat, and although the game uses the "Chronicles of Riddick" style wobbly camera during melee combat, it actually doesn't make me feel disorientated, and actually adds to the immersiveness of the game... dare I say I love the camera work!

I can't pass comment on the storyline, as I've not completed it yet (I'm some 30% of the way through it now on "Normal"), but what I've seen so far I like, simple yet engaging.

So in summary buy it! along with some Redbull and a Pizza, then sit back relax and be the Hunter the Prey or the Survivor.

Tuesday 9 February 2010

Boobs on the Water

I swear this was not orchestrated, I just filled the bowl with water to do the washing up, and put in some fairy liquidand the bubbles formed like this:



I wonder what Freud would say about what I see in the bubbles :-)

Saturday 6 February 2010

Fruits of the Spirit



I absolutely loved this when Nomi pointed it out to me, I couldn't stop laughing for ages!

Who attributed these fruits to their respective attributes:
  • Plum of Joy - Slivovitz being the most joyful of ways to eat Plums
  • Pear of Happiness - And again Perry brings much happiness,especially when consumed in large quantities at a music festival!
  • Grapes of Peace - As opposed to the Grapes of Wrath, are they red grapes then?
  • Orange of Patience - Oranges being a carnivorous plant are currently lulling us into a false sense of security, waiting patiently to pounce on us from the fruit bowl and devour us with their citric acid.
  • Lemon of Kindness - Lemons of course reminding us of the bitter taste of kindness
  • Lime of Goodness - Goes well with Tequila... now that's goodness for you!
  • Strawberry of Faithfulness - Due to the fact that Strawberries mate for life
  • Apple of Gentleness - Issac Newton can vouch for how gentle apples are.

Thursday 4 February 2010

Rammstein

This is the second Rammstein gig I've been to, and the second time I've been to Wembly Arena (I won't admit who I saw here before). It's a rubbish venue... Especially for such a visual band. You really need to be sitting :( which feels so wrong at a gig. So unfortunately we didn't get a good clear view... What we did see was awesome though :)

Edit: The most awesome crowd surfing ever: