Just finished watching the live announcement for PS4 and it nearly killed me. I've always a massive Sony fan, ever since my Dad bought a PS1 and I played a demo for a game called Crash Bandicoot. Since then I've owned every generation of PlayStation and I fully intend to dive straight into this newest installment.
I wont go into heavy detail right now, but here's what I think about the key aspects:
The new controller
It's.... new.
Not that there's anything wrong with that, I'm just used to the classic design. I remember the first game I played with a dualshock, Ape Escape. Using the analogue sicks was such a huge change from the old four button movement and I loved it. Hopefully adding a touchpad will make things even better.
The A-Team
The lead system architect is Mark Cerny. Now to most people that's not gonna mean an awful lot, so I'll translate. A man who was involved in titles such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Crash Bandicoot, Jak & Daxter and Ratchet & Clank has a lot to do with how this console turns out. Also he walked on to the theme music from Crash Bandicoot, I don't think I could have more faith in him.
Backseat gaming
Now I'm no expert on this, but from what I gather they're adding a feature where one of your friends can start playing your game for you if/when you get stuck. I'm in love with this feature, mainly because one of the things I love is seeming wise about a game. Now I can do it all the time! Meddling ftw!
Developer input
The presentations from developers were... phenomenal. Square Enix, Capcom, Ubisoft, Blizzard, Bungie.... wait what!?!
That's right; Blizzard, the creators of the wildly successful online game World of Warcraft and Bungie, the chaps behind the Halo franchise. Personally I never got into either of these, but I can't deny their successes.
Bungie have announced they're bringing their new title Destiny to the system. From what I've seen it looks very nice. An MMOFPS of this caliber could be not only a COD killer, but may raise the bar for first-person shooters.
And what, you may be asking yourself, is Blizzard bringing to the table? Well, for PS3&4 they're porting over a little game called Diablo III! It was also said the new partnership between Sony and Blizzard will inevitably end in, and I quote, "world domination"
A new world order based around games? I can live with that.
The games
Sweet merciful lord the games! A quick run through as we don't know all that much yet:
Infamous: Second Son
As soon as I heard Sucker Punch were showing something I got so excited and got EXACTLY what I wanted! Hopefully it continues to deliver the first-class gameplay and storytelling we've come to expect.
Killzone: Shadow Fall
Looks beautiful... Gameplay looks fluid... It's Killzone... yep. A very solid prospect.
Watch Dogs
Was seen at E3, and looks like a whole mess of fun. You can commit identity theft in under 30 seconds then hijack a train. What more do you want?
Knack
Naughty Dog making a game with an adorable but powerful main character?!? Yeah the wee guy looks like crash, but I love everything about this game that I've seen so far.
There's also a few others, a lovely looking puzzle game called The Witness and an impressive looking Beyond: Two Souls but there was another project by the nut-jobs who unleashed LittleBig Planet upon the world, Media Molecule, which took my breath away.
3D designing made easy apparently, shown off with a fully choreographed music number performed by digital sculptures made and controlled by PlayStation Move. Finally, a reason to use one...
On a side note, Skyrim DLC is finally being released on PS3! It started with dragonborn last week, hearthfire this week and finally dawnguard next week. Each installment being half price for it's first week!
Now I just need to wait till next week to get the last few trophies.
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Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
"And so they were all dead together"
I'm doing an online course on fantasy literature. That's right, I'm actually choosing to learn.
It looks to be a very interesting course, studying classics such as Stoker's Dracula or Carroll's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Luckily I've read most of these already, but when I was young so I'll have a new perspective now. Hopefully a good enough one to write about, but we'll see.
The first book we're looking at is Grimm's Children's and Household Tales. I'm sure you'll have heard of those, but probably the happier ones. Some of them are much darker than others. For example: Death of a Hen.
We begin with a rooster and a hen having a spot of dinner. All happy... until the hen begins to choke. So the rooster runs off to find water, which he finds in a brook. However, the brook demands something in return. It wants some silk. Now, why a brook would possibly want/need silk for is beyond me, but no-one ever claimed these stories made perfect sense. At least, not in a literal way. So, the rooster runs off to find silk, which he finds in the possession of a bride, who requests that the rooster fetch her garland. Luckily this is where the chain of fetching ends (Those of us who remember classic Legend of Zelda may think he got off easy, but just wait). Garland gets silk, silk gets water, water is taken to... a dead hen. Unsurprisingly the hen didn't have enough air to last through all that madness. Rather upset now, the rooster decides to cart the hen away to bury her and an array of woodland critters emerge to help. The only trouble is that they need to cross a river. So they devise a cunning plan to make a bridge out of a piece of straw. Predictably this fails, and a handful of the helpful critters die. After, they use a helpful stone a a new bridge, but everyone slips and drowns. All but the rooster and the cart with the hen. By now you're probably thinking "Damn, this rooster's had a pretty crappy day. On top of losing his wife and feeling responsible for her death, he's pretty much caused the death of every friendly creature in the vicinity. There's got to be some sort of turnaround now"
Nope.
It quite simply ends that once the rooster finishes burying the hen, he sits down and dies of grief. The end.
No happy ending, no moral. Everyone just dies despite most of them trying to do the right thing and help the poor rooster. Rather..... well, grim I guess.
On an infinitely happier note, there will be a new Smash Bros. game!
Nintendo have said that it will be revealed at E3 with something better than screenshots!
“Wii U and 3DS versions — I would like to show you both. Other games have had visuals shown, but you still have to wait for Smash Bros. But we’ll be able to release something better.”
Very, very excited!
It looks to be a very interesting course, studying classics such as Stoker's Dracula or Carroll's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Luckily I've read most of these already, but when I was young so I'll have a new perspective now. Hopefully a good enough one to write about, but we'll see.
The first book we're looking at is Grimm's Children's and Household Tales. I'm sure you'll have heard of those, but probably the happier ones. Some of them are much darker than others. For example: Death of a Hen.
We begin with a rooster and a hen having a spot of dinner. All happy... until the hen begins to choke. So the rooster runs off to find water, which he finds in a brook. However, the brook demands something in return. It wants some silk. Now, why a brook would possibly want/need silk for is beyond me, but no-one ever claimed these stories made perfect sense. At least, not in a literal way. So, the rooster runs off to find silk, which he finds in the possession of a bride, who requests that the rooster fetch her garland. Luckily this is where the chain of fetching ends (Those of us who remember classic Legend of Zelda may think he got off easy, but just wait). Garland gets silk, silk gets water, water is taken to... a dead hen. Unsurprisingly the hen didn't have enough air to last through all that madness. Rather upset now, the rooster decides to cart the hen away to bury her and an array of woodland critters emerge to help. The only trouble is that they need to cross a river. So they devise a cunning plan to make a bridge out of a piece of straw. Predictably this fails, and a handful of the helpful critters die. After, they use a helpful stone a a new bridge, but everyone slips and drowns. All but the rooster and the cart with the hen. By now you're probably thinking "Damn, this rooster's had a pretty crappy day. On top of losing his wife and feeling responsible for her death, he's pretty much caused the death of every friendly creature in the vicinity. There's got to be some sort of turnaround now"
Nope.
It quite simply ends that once the rooster finishes burying the hen, he sits down and dies of grief. The end.
No happy ending, no moral. Everyone just dies despite most of them trying to do the right thing and help the poor rooster. Rather..... well, grim I guess.
On an infinitely happier note, there will be a new Smash Bros. game!
Nintendo have said that it will be revealed at E3 with something better than screenshots!
“Wii U and 3DS versions — I would like to show you both. Other games have had visuals shown, but you still have to wait for Smash Bros. But we’ll be able to release something better.”
Very, very excited!
Tuesday, 22 January 2013
New Party Members!
Now, you may have noticed that my helper monkey Eddy recently wrote an article for this distinguished publication. We have, in the past, planned on several projects to entertain the world, but never had the time/inspiration/equipment to do it properly. Well now we have them all! And some help.
A third writer will be joining us, who will be introducing himself soon. Hopefully between the three of us we'll be able to make this worth reading!
Anyway, hope you all enjoy what we've got in store for you.
Thanks for reading.
A third writer will be joining us, who will be introducing himself soon. Hopefully between the three of us we'll be able to make this worth reading!
Anyway, hope you all enjoy what we've got in store for you.
Thanks for reading.
Saturday, 19 January 2013
Lllllllloooooorrrrrrrrrdddddddd Oooooooofffffffff Tttttttthhhhhhheeeeeeee Rrrrrrriiiiiiiiinnnnnnggggggsssssss
Something that no-one should ever have time for is the fully extended Lord of the Rings. All three films, one sitting.
Please don't misunderstand, I'm not saying there is anything wrong with them. They are just more of a good thing, I would've been perfectly happy if the series was released as six films. What I'm saying is that if you've got enough time to sit down and watch all of them all together, you need to evaluate what you're doing with your life.
If you have enough time, I'm not judging you by any means. I'm working my way through them now, debating a run through of third age to follow up.....
Now, here's my list of how to do it properly.
1. Build a fellowship!
Everything is better with good friends. Everything. If you disagree, you need better friends.
2. The two days!
I don't particularly recommend pulling an all nighter if you need or even want to do anything the next day. I've had my fair share of working with a hangover and no sleep and I've had enough of that over my teens, no more. This is why days off exist.
3. The Return of the Pun!
Have a laugh!! While I hold these films in the highest regard, it's a better experience if you're enjoying yourself. Especially for that length of time! There are plenty opportunities to make some jokes, which brings me to...
4. Bring a hobbit!
This works best if you have a short friend who has a sense of humor. I have my good friend, partner in comedy and general punching bag Eddy for this task. Any time a joke is made about hobbits or dwarves having a lack of height, someone makes one about him.
I'm not sure why he lives with me....
Now sush internet! I'm watching a glorious trilogy that wasn't contradicted by it's prequels (so far)...
But that's for next time
Please don't misunderstand, I'm not saying there is anything wrong with them. They are just more of a good thing, I would've been perfectly happy if the series was released as six films. What I'm saying is that if you've got enough time to sit down and watch all of them all together, you need to evaluate what you're doing with your life.
If you have enough time, I'm not judging you by any means. I'm working my way through them now, debating a run through of third age to follow up.....
Now, here's my list of how to do it properly.
1. Build a fellowship!
Everything is better with good friends. Everything. If you disagree, you need better friends.
2. The two days!
I don't particularly recommend pulling an all nighter if you need or even want to do anything the next day. I've had my fair share of working with a hangover and no sleep and I've had enough of that over my teens, no more. This is why days off exist.
3. The Return of the Pun!
Have a laugh!! While I hold these films in the highest regard, it's a better experience if you're enjoying yourself. Especially for that length of time! There are plenty opportunities to make some jokes, which brings me to...
4. Bring a hobbit!
This works best if you have a short friend who has a sense of humor. I have my good friend, partner in comedy and general punching bag Eddy for this task. Any time a joke is made about hobbits or dwarves having a lack of height, someone makes one about him.
I'm not sure why he lives with me....
Now sush internet! I'm watching a glorious trilogy that wasn't contradicted by it's prequels (so far)...
But that's for next time
Saturday, 12 January 2013
The Joys of Terror
I will openly admit right now, to the vast audience of the internet, there is nothing in this world I find funnier than scaring my flatmate.
Keep your Sitcoms or Rom-coms or even Zom-Rom-Coms, the hilarity brought on by his terrified exclamations is greater than I can describe. Therefore if you know him, scare him!
On a slightly less cruel note, Pokémon X & Y
Announced several days ago, the trailer has caused no small deal of madness amongst Nintendo's sizable fanbase. With speculation causing hope, conflict and yet more speculation.
Personally, I'd like to stick to the one thing we all know:
There's no going back this time.
Sure, we all thought this before. With the release of Colosseum in late 2003 critics and fans alike were heralding this as "The new dawn of Pokémon!" "The new direction for the series!" "The end of the top-down adventure games!"
Hindsight's a bitch isn't it?
But this time there's more of a solid foundation beneath the expansion into 3D. For starters, they're keeping the winning formula. In my opinion, the reason the GameCube versions never got the same recognition as the classics was that they changed too much at once. No gyms, no wild pokémon, no catching except "shadow" pokémon.... It was too much all at once.
Then there was the issue with the new map, rather than exploring and training on your way from town to town, you just hop in your bike and you're there. Personally I found this the biggest letdown. The areas themselves weren't that bad, just far more barren than anything seen before.
On the topic of shadow pokémon.... just no.
But this new journey into a 3D world of Pokémon has one major advantage. It's a new generation.
This isn't some side point that could be quite happily ignored without missing much (worth mentioning that Colosseum held the record for highest selling rpg on GameCube, so it's not all bad)
This is where the series is going now. This isn't a tangent they can drop to go back to the original line of games. They've evolved the series, you can't undo that.
This isn't F**king digimon
Keep your Sitcoms or Rom-coms or even Zom-Rom-Coms, the hilarity brought on by his terrified exclamations is greater than I can describe. Therefore if you know him, scare him!
On a slightly less cruel note, Pokémon X & Y
Announced several days ago, the trailer has caused no small deal of madness amongst Nintendo's sizable fanbase. With speculation causing hope, conflict and yet more speculation.
Personally, I'd like to stick to the one thing we all know:
There's no going back this time.
Sure, we all thought this before. With the release of Colosseum in late 2003 critics and fans alike were heralding this as "The new dawn of Pokémon!" "The new direction for the series!" "The end of the top-down adventure games!"
Hindsight's a bitch isn't it?
But this time there's more of a solid foundation beneath the expansion into 3D. For starters, they're keeping the winning formula. In my opinion, the reason the GameCube versions never got the same recognition as the classics was that they changed too much at once. No gyms, no wild pokémon, no catching except "shadow" pokémon.... It was too much all at once.
Then there was the issue with the new map, rather than exploring and training on your way from town to town, you just hop in your bike and you're there. Personally I found this the biggest letdown. The areas themselves weren't that bad, just far more barren than anything seen before.
On the topic of shadow pokémon.... just no.
But this new journey into a 3D world of Pokémon has one major advantage. It's a new generation.
This isn't some side point that could be quite happily ignored without missing much (worth mentioning that Colosseum held the record for highest selling rpg on GameCube, so it's not all bad)
This is where the series is going now. This isn't a tangent they can drop to go back to the original line of games. They've evolved the series, you can't undo that.
This isn't F**king digimon
Tuesday, 8 January 2013
2013 Already? Time for a blog post!
Hello there!
On the off chance you're reading this and don't actually know me, the previously mentioned head shave went fantastically!
It was brilliant to see so many people being so supportive, going beyond close friends and family which surprised me to no end!
As well as going towards cancer research, money raised went to Scottish Exotic Animal Rescue (SEAR) and all their awesome lizards etc
You can check out their site here!
Afterwards I experienced life as a bald man. it was an interesting feeling, not having anything catching the wind or getting waterlogged in the rain...
also have never been mistaken for my father more in my entire life!
While hairless I felt a spiritual connection with some of my bald heroes. Dara O'Briain, Ryan Sohmer, Ming the Merciless....
All the greats.
Since then I've moved to glasgow!
Now living with my own monkey butler called Eddy, however he insists he's just a dwarf.
Can't trust those damn monkeys....
Glasgow has offered a wealth of new experiences, Including being on the radio!
I co-host a special interest talk show on thursday nights called the Nerd Herd! We discuss a wide range of topics from games and their impact on modern life to highlander and it's appalling Scottish accents!
If you feel so inclined you can listen to us every Thursday night at 9pm GMT here!
Two hyperlinks in one post. I'm on a roll!
I'm gonna leave it there for now, maybe get a game review on here by the end of the week!
well I can dream.....
as always, thanks for reading!
On the off chance you're reading this and don't actually know me, the previously mentioned head shave went fantastically!
It was brilliant to see so many people being so supportive, going beyond close friends and family which surprised me to no end!
As well as going towards cancer research, money raised went to Scottish Exotic Animal Rescue (SEAR) and all their awesome lizards etc
You can check out their site here!
Afterwards I experienced life as a bald man. it was an interesting feeling, not having anything catching the wind or getting waterlogged in the rain...
also have never been mistaken for my father more in my entire life!
While hairless I felt a spiritual connection with some of my bald heroes. Dara O'Briain, Ryan Sohmer, Ming the Merciless....
All the greats.
Since then I've moved to glasgow!
Now living with my own monkey butler called Eddy, however he insists he's just a dwarf.
Can't trust those damn monkeys....
Glasgow has offered a wealth of new experiences, Including being on the radio!
I co-host a special interest talk show on thursday nights called the Nerd Herd! We discuss a wide range of topics from games and their impact on modern life to highlander and it's appalling Scottish accents!
If you feel so inclined you can listen to us every Thursday night at 9pm GMT here!
Two hyperlinks in one post. I'm on a roll!
I'm gonna leave it there for now, maybe get a game review on here by the end of the week!
well I can dream.....
as always, thanks for reading!
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Sunday, 26 June 2011
New start... again
Ok, I know I've said this before, but I am officially going to start putting effort into this blog.
Starting with this: I started writing a story a wee while ago. It's about a zombie outbreak. It's not great, or all that entertaining, or anywhere near finished, but it's a start. Any feedback would be awesome :)
Shortly after the virus hit the deep south of America, the U.S. government quarantined the area. It all seemed fairly effective at first. Then the Americans announced they were creating a new type of soldier specifically to deal with the infected. They would never describe it as killing zombies, the general public would panic.
The soldiers were genetically altered to be immune to the virus, then altered mentally, then physically. Footage leaked onto the internet of one lifting a car, then throwing it at a zombie. I’m not gonna lie, it was pretty badass.
Once the swamps and cities of Alabama were cleared by these “Super Soldiers” the U.N. requested that the Americans send some squadrons out to different countries just in case the virus ever popped up again.
Within a few months, Anti-Zombie Squads were based in almost every corner of the globe. Within a year, they had stopped at least 17 different outbreaks. The world felt safe.
Then, the first one turned.
Apparently the immunity granted by the alterations was never fully tested, the lab behind it was under too much pressure to finish so they just skipped most of the testing stage.
The Super Soldiers were not immune to the virus, instead it just took longer to take effect. After about 16 months, the first batch that cleared out Alabama started acting strange. They were distracted, sluggish.
Almost overnight each of them became… something. No-one has ever been able to examine one to find out exactly what, but I’ll tell you for free that they aren’t human.
Soon, every Super Soldier across the globe had become one of these “Super Zombies”
We were screwed
Here’s were we come in, thanks to Britain’s “Special Relationship” with the U.S. we were able to negotiate the use of the super soldiers, as well as them helping us fortify our military installations in case of mass outbreak.
Now it means we have lots of giant zombies, in very secure, heavily armed locations.
Britain was very screwed.
However, these installations could have the weapons and supplies we need to survive.
So, the plan is to get inside one of these bases, arm ourselves and clear out zombies in the surrounding area.
Easy, right?
Any comments/ideas would be fantastic
Starting with this: I started writing a story a wee while ago. It's about a zombie outbreak. It's not great, or all that entertaining, or anywhere near finished, but it's a start. Any feedback would be awesome :)
Shortly after the virus hit the deep south of America, the U.S. government quarantined the area. It all seemed fairly effective at first. Then the Americans announced they were creating a new type of soldier specifically to deal with the infected. They would never describe it as killing zombies, the general public would panic.
The soldiers were genetically altered to be immune to the virus, then altered mentally, then physically. Footage leaked onto the internet of one lifting a car, then throwing it at a zombie. I’m not gonna lie, it was pretty badass.
Once the swamps and cities of Alabama were cleared by these “Super Soldiers” the U.N. requested that the Americans send some squadrons out to different countries just in case the virus ever popped up again.
Within a few months, Anti-Zombie Squads were based in almost every corner of the globe. Within a year, they had stopped at least 17 different outbreaks. The world felt safe.
Then, the first one turned.
Apparently the immunity granted by the alterations was never fully tested, the lab behind it was under too much pressure to finish so they just skipped most of the testing stage.
The Super Soldiers were not immune to the virus, instead it just took longer to take effect. After about 16 months, the first batch that cleared out Alabama started acting strange. They were distracted, sluggish.
Almost overnight each of them became… something. No-one has ever been able to examine one to find out exactly what, but I’ll tell you for free that they aren’t human.
Soon, every Super Soldier across the globe had become one of these “Super Zombies”
We were screwed
Here’s were we come in, thanks to Britain’s “Special Relationship” with the U.S. we were able to negotiate the use of the super soldiers, as well as them helping us fortify our military installations in case of mass outbreak.
Now it means we have lots of giant zombies, in very secure, heavily armed locations.
Britain was very screwed.
However, these installations could have the weapons and supplies we need to survive.
So, the plan is to get inside one of these bases, arm ourselves and clear out zombies in the surrounding area.
Easy, right?
Any comments/ideas would be fantastic
Sunday, 16 January 2011
Monday, 10 January 2011
I have a what?
Well, the whole "Blogging" idea didn't really work. I've been to busy to blog with things not worth blogging about. While typing this I'm starting to resent the word blog. But anyway...
Since my last post quite a lot has happened. I went to Belladrum, drank a lot. Had a couple trips up north, drank a lot. Had a job at TK Maxx, drank a lot. Noticing a pattern?
And now I work at Rileys, go to college and have given up drinking for a while. It's all good.
I'm gonna try and keep up with this blog (That's it, I now hate that word) because I'm bad for starting projects and never finishing them. Like the 5 books I started writing, or the 3 movies, or the webcomic...
hmm...
New plan. The blog will continue as originally planned, but I will also use this as an easy way to put my comics on the interweb.
It's not gonna be the best drawn webcomic out there, or the best written, but hopefully it'll be good enough to keep people interested. I've got lots of stories that I would really like to tell.
But it'll be a couple of weeks before that kicks off so, untill then, don't get your hopes up ;)
Since my last post quite a lot has happened. I went to Belladrum, drank a lot. Had a couple trips up north, drank a lot. Had a job at TK Maxx, drank a lot. Noticing a pattern?
And now I work at Rileys, go to college and have given up drinking for a while. It's all good.
I'm gonna try and keep up with this blog (That's it, I now hate that word) because I'm bad for starting projects and never finishing them. Like the 5 books I started writing, or the 3 movies, or the webcomic...
hmm...
New plan. The blog will continue as originally planned, but I will also use this as an easy way to put my comics on the interweb.
It's not gonna be the best drawn webcomic out there, or the best written, but hopefully it'll be good enough to keep people interested. I've got lots of stories that I would really like to tell.
But it'll be a couple of weeks before that kicks off so, untill then, don't get your hopes up ;)
Saturday, 10 July 2010
Away
I've had quite a strange week and a half.
It started off with a trip to Belfast to visit my cousin who works there now. It was a strange experience, going away on a plane and across a sea but still being able to use my phone normally and still having Dave on TV. Also, there were more British flags there than I had seen in my life up till now. Apparently the place we were staying was very close to a well known violent area. Luckily, nothing bad happened while we were there. Well, there was one thing.
We were walking along a road on the second day we were there, and a police car came speeding towards us. Along the wrong side of the road. Needless to say, it was surprising. Once the police car reaches us it comes to a halt, two policemen come out, arrested a woman who was standing next to us, put her in the car and speed off again.
Apart from that, the trip was quite uneventful. it was when I returned to Scotland that things kicked off.
Some of my friends and I went up to Bonar Bridge to hang out in David's holiday house. I have to admit, it's the most fun I've had in a long, long time. Even once most people had gone home, Eddy, David and myself stayed to relax for a few days before heading home. It was a ridiculous few days of playing Super Smash Bros. on the Gamecube, writing scripts for a sketch show we're planning and... recording a CD. I would recommend that you listen to it, but I'm nowhere near that cruel.
The trip home was special though.
David went back at around 3 o'clock on the train, while myself and Eddy tried to arrange a lift from someone to get home, as one of us (possibly me) was too skint to buy a ticket. Unfortunately, no-one was able to help us get home. At the last minute, Eddy offered to buy my ticket, and wouldn't take no for an answer. David was lonely in Inverness without us, and requested we get the first train home. We unfortunately left too late (definitely not watching the Simpsons) and missed the first train. We had no idea how much of a lucky break that was at the time.
We got on the next train and, as usual for the train heading south, it was almost completely empty. When the train started off, the ticket lady came round. As soon as we thought that everything was going smoothly, it turned out that the ticket machine wouldn't take Eddy's card. A bit of panic set in, we had no other way of purchasing the tickets. This is when the most fantastic thing I've ever seen happen on a train happened.
The ticket lady said "Don't worry about it, I'll tell them you paid"
This wasn't just great because we basically got a private train journey for free, it was also great because we got first hand proof that there are some truly awesome people out there who are genuinely willing to help out someong in need.
On a slightly more comical note, I would like to recommend that everyone should watch "Spaced". It's a sitcom starring and written by Simon Peg and Jessica Hynes. Nick Frost also stars in the show as Simon's character's best friend. Most people would recognise this pairing from the popular films "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz". The series is jam packed with fantastic references to films and TV shows.
Enjoy
"Smells like years of hatred..."
My brother, walking down a street in Belfast
It started off with a trip to Belfast to visit my cousin who works there now. It was a strange experience, going away on a plane and across a sea but still being able to use my phone normally and still having Dave on TV. Also, there were more British flags there than I had seen in my life up till now. Apparently the place we were staying was very close to a well known violent area. Luckily, nothing bad happened while we were there. Well, there was one thing.
We were walking along a road on the second day we were there, and a police car came speeding towards us. Along the wrong side of the road. Needless to say, it was surprising. Once the police car reaches us it comes to a halt, two policemen come out, arrested a woman who was standing next to us, put her in the car and speed off again.
Apart from that, the trip was quite uneventful. it was when I returned to Scotland that things kicked off.
Some of my friends and I went up to Bonar Bridge to hang out in David's holiday house. I have to admit, it's the most fun I've had in a long, long time. Even once most people had gone home, Eddy, David and myself stayed to relax for a few days before heading home. It was a ridiculous few days of playing Super Smash Bros. on the Gamecube, writing scripts for a sketch show we're planning and... recording a CD. I would recommend that you listen to it, but I'm nowhere near that cruel.
The trip home was special though.
David went back at around 3 o'clock on the train, while myself and Eddy tried to arrange a lift from someone to get home, as one of us (possibly me) was too skint to buy a ticket. Unfortunately, no-one was able to help us get home. At the last minute, Eddy offered to buy my ticket, and wouldn't take no for an answer. David was lonely in Inverness without us, and requested we get the first train home. We unfortunately left too late (definitely not watching the Simpsons) and missed the first train. We had no idea how much of a lucky break that was at the time.
We got on the next train and, as usual for the train heading south, it was almost completely empty. When the train started off, the ticket lady came round. As soon as we thought that everything was going smoothly, it turned out that the ticket machine wouldn't take Eddy's card. A bit of panic set in, we had no other way of purchasing the tickets. This is when the most fantastic thing I've ever seen happen on a train happened.
The ticket lady said "Don't worry about it, I'll tell them you paid"
This wasn't just great because we basically got a private train journey for free, it was also great because we got first hand proof that there are some truly awesome people out there who are genuinely willing to help out someong in need.
On a slightly more comical note, I would like to recommend that everyone should watch "Spaced". It's a sitcom starring and written by Simon Peg and Jessica Hynes. Nick Frost also stars in the show as Simon's character's best friend. Most people would recognise this pairing from the popular films "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz". The series is jam packed with fantastic references to films and TV shows.
Enjoy
"Smells like years of hatred..."
My brother, walking down a street in Belfast
Saturday, 26 June 2010
Just Like That
I don't usually watch Dr. Who, but I did catch the last episode due to all of my friends rushing home to watch it. One aspect of the episode was very accurate and I agree with it completely;
A Fez is an awesome piece of head wear.
The fez, an item of clothing which I am proud to say I own as anyone who saw me in town tonight could tell you, is quite possibly the coolest hat I have ever seen in my life.
And it's possibly due to the influence of one man.
Tommy cooper is a hero of mine, as I grew up watching videos of his stage performances. His magic tricks always went wrong, he rarely finished a joke without being halted by his own laughter, but he was such an entertainer, such a spectacular presence on stage that it all added to the wonderfulness of his act.
Here's a couple of my favourite jokes that he told.
Oh it's hot outside, 90 degrees in the shade. I was smart, I stayed in the Sun.
I always sit at the back of the plane. Well, you never hear about them reversing into mountains do you?
He was truly a genius, may he rest in peace.
Also I have another webcomic for you.
Cyanide and Happiness is a daily webcomic written and illustrated by Matt Melvin, Kris Wilson, Rob DenBleyker and Dave McElfatrick. The comic consists of stick figures and a lot of dark humor. The comic follows no storyline so it's a fantastic one to just drop into at any point. I hope you enjoy it.
A Fez is an awesome piece of head wear.
The fez, an item of clothing which I am proud to say I own as anyone who saw me in town tonight could tell you, is quite possibly the coolest hat I have ever seen in my life.
And it's possibly due to the influence of one man.
Tommy cooper is a hero of mine, as I grew up watching videos of his stage performances. His magic tricks always went wrong, he rarely finished a joke without being halted by his own laughter, but he was such an entertainer, such a spectacular presence on stage that it all added to the wonderfulness of his act.
Here's a couple of my favourite jokes that he told.
Oh it's hot outside, 90 degrees in the shade. I was smart, I stayed in the Sun.
I always sit at the back of the plane. Well, you never hear about them reversing into mountains do you?
He was truly a genius, may he rest in peace.
Also I have another webcomic for you.
Cyanide and Happiness is a daily webcomic written and illustrated by Matt Melvin, Kris Wilson, Rob DenBleyker and Dave McElfatrick. The comic consists of stick figures and a lot of dark humor. The comic follows no storyline so it's a fantastic one to just drop into at any point. I hope you enjoy it.
Tuesday, 15 June 2010
And so it begins...
I was thinking the other day, "There aren't enough people getting annoyed by my opinions". So, after my original plan of shouting at people in the street, I decided to write a blog.
So far it seems like this plan has a much lower chance of me getting chased by the police, but lets just see how it goes.
Here's how I'm going to run things, I'll write about something I've seen that I found either annoying or awesome then I'll sometimes give a link to somthing I think you should see.
Nothing really to rant about today, so instead I'll direct you to Least I Could Do. It's a spectacular webcomic written by Ryan Sohmer and Illustrated by Lar DeSouza. It's been going for a few years now, but going through the archives is more than worth it.
Here's hoping this turns into a successful blog, shouting in the street was cold.
So far it seems like this plan has a much lower chance of me getting chased by the police, but lets just see how it goes.
Here's how I'm going to run things, I'll write about something I've seen that I found either annoying or awesome then I'll sometimes give a link to somthing I think you should see.
Nothing really to rant about today, so instead I'll direct you to Least I Could Do. It's a spectacular webcomic written by Ryan Sohmer and Illustrated by Lar DeSouza. It's been going for a few years now, but going through the archives is more than worth it.
Here's hoping this turns into a successful blog, shouting in the street was cold.
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