Tuesday, August 31, 2010
GMOD ROBOT WARS
an idea I came up with today. We could build an arena and remotely controlled robots. just a thought
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Foodz review: GONG
So my mum opted for GONG over M iGoreng which is just not on. Lets cut straight to it. GONG is greasy, and really sticky. It is also too sweet. The onions and MSG come in separate packets. Overall it is delicious because it tries to be like MI Goreng and partially succeeds tho is inferior in e very way except one: the chili section of the sauces is located on the end, this means that if you don't want to add the chili., you can do so in a single cut, a feature i've been longing for for a while now.
6/10: no originality, but still good.
6/10: no originality, but still good.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Nick's 18th Party
Gentlemen, my party confirmed for Saturday the 25th of September, at my petite house.Is this date convenient for all of you, before I start inviting my somewhat lesser friends?
If it is within your powers, invite extra females and inform me of them so that I can invite all of my bros without having a poor ratio, lol. Thailand.
And brace for a sexy playlist.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Apple
I have ling since been at odd with apple, but recently they have pissed me off enough to deserve a good ole fashion blog caning. Don't get me wrong, the iPod is a great invention, and mine gets used thoroughly, but apple have gone too far.
When I reinstalled my OS, I looked for alternatives to lots of mandatory software, iTunes being one of them. I found songbird. A neat little program that is basically identical to iTunes, except isn't run by apple. It also doesn't ask me to update every 8 or 9 seconds and overall fulfilled my needs nicely. Unfortunately, iPod syncs became tricky. You have to download this freeware, and its do-ab;e, or I should say was, but it turns out apple have actually gone out of there way to make this impossible. The songbird staff had to abandon the idea because apple were being little bitches about it. So I had to reinstall iTunes, very reluctantly. my next thought was WHATTHEFUCK90MBFORTHISSHIT? what is all that space used for? It makes no sense when every other program is less than 10MB. Then it opened in the wrong screen and added all therse sidebars and toolbars i didn't want then asked me to update, as usual. Not a good start iTunes. Then while I'm listing to music, it closes itself and asks me to shut down. WTD?
Don't even get me started on iPhones...
When I reinstalled my OS, I looked for alternatives to lots of mandatory software, iTunes being one of them. I found songbird. A neat little program that is basically identical to iTunes, except isn't run by apple. It also doesn't ask me to update every 8 or 9 seconds and overall fulfilled my needs nicely. Unfortunately, iPod syncs became tricky. You have to download this freeware, and its do-ab;e, or I should say was, but it turns out apple have actually gone out of there way to make this impossible. The songbird staff had to abandon the idea because apple were being little bitches about it. So I had to reinstall iTunes, very reluctantly. my next thought was WHATTHEFUCK90MBFORTHISSHIT? what is all that space used for? It makes no sense when every other program is less than 10MB. Then it opened in the wrong screen and added all therse sidebars and toolbars i didn't want then asked me to update, as usual. Not a good start iTunes. Then while I'm listing to music, it closes itself and asks me to shut down. WTD?
Don't even get me started on iPhones...
Thursday, August 19, 2010
The next clan RTS
Clan RTS is important to me, and I hope its important to you too. We have had great success in RA3 and less so in some other games, and of course TF2. Considering SCII was voted the new clan RTS on the blog it is lacking clan activity, with only cheez and I participating online. It really is a fantastic game, And 100 1v1s in, i'm loving the gameplay, the automatch system, the ladder. Its great. 2v2s and higher pose a problem, they are full of pros, and some real team coordination is required in addition to individual skill. I am aware dudes are finishing the campaign, don't have access to pooters, studying or sleeping so I understand why this hasn't immediately happened, but it would be great ot live old times, carving up teams with carefully executed team strats. (+ we need ot find a new winboat)
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
BREAKING NEWS!
Blizzard dropped a bombshell today by announcing that Diablo III, the highly-awaited sequel to the smash hit 2000 action role-playing game, Diablo II, has been split into five. The company said that Diablo III now consists of five different stand-alone titles--one for each character class.
Blizzard says it made the change to make each story that much more epic and to flesh out the Diablo universe. By splitting the game, the company says that players will access more story content, more characters, and more customization. Rob Pardo, executive vice president of game design, said that each game would be approximate in size to previous Diablo games. Each game will be a stand-alone installment – not an expansion.
Blizzard says it made the change to make each story that much more epic and to flesh out the Diablo universe. By splitting the game, the company says that players will access more story content, more characters, and more customization. Rob Pardo, executive vice president of game design, said that each game would be approximate in size to previous Diablo games. Each game will be a stand-alone installment – not an expansion.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Pubbers and Pros
so campbell is plannin on goin to a pub on thursday night, and all of DC is invited.
It will probs be claremont hotel pub.
It will probs be claremont hotel pub.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Nick's List for 15-08-2010
GENTLEMEN, OBSERVE:
Zeus Tier:
30-06-2011: Deus Ex 3: Human Revolution (Zeus)
God Tier:
2011 : Half-life 2: Episode 3 (Athena)
2011 : Max Payne 3
2010 : Crysis 2
2011 : Star Wars: The Old Republic
2011 : Diablo 3
2010 : Portal 2
Demi-god Tier:
2011 : Rage (Hercules)
2010 : FEAR 3
2010 : Call of Duty: Black Ops
2010 : Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam
2010 : Fallout 3: New Vegas
Messiah Tier:
2011 : Fable 3 (Jesus)
01-02-2011: Dragon Age 2
2011 : Reckoning
2010 : Rayman Origins
2010 : Dead Space 2
2011 : Duke Nukem Forever
2011 : XCOM
2011 : Red Faction: Armageddon
2010 : Mafia 2
2011 : Homefront
2010 : Warhammer 40k: Space Marine
2011 : Bulletstorm
2010 : Brink
14-10-2010: Medal of Honour
30-09-2010: Arcania: Gothic 4
Notes:
Added to Messiah Tier, Warhammer 40k: Space Marine, Homefront, Mafia 2 and Reckoning, an RPG with the Morrowind and Oblivion gameplay chief involved.
Removed SC2. Review: It's good.
Swapped Diablo 3 and Portal 2.
The brain does more than just recollect; it inter-compares, it synthesises, it analyses. It generates abstractions.
Zeus Tier:
30-06-2011: Deus Ex 3: Human Revolution (Zeus)
God Tier:
2011 : Half-life 2: Episode 3 (Athena)
2011 : Max Payne 3
2010 : Crysis 2
2011 : Star Wars: The Old Republic
2011 : Diablo 3
2010 : Portal 2
Demi-god Tier:
2011 : Rage (Hercules)
2010 : FEAR 3
2010 : Call of Duty: Black Ops
2010 : Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam
2010 : Fallout 3: New Vegas
Messiah Tier:
2011 : Fable 3 (Jesus)
01-02-2011: Dragon Age 2
2011 : Reckoning
2010 : Rayman Origins
2010 : Dead Space 2
2011 : Duke Nukem Forever
2011 : XCOM
2011 : Red Faction: Armageddon
2010 : Mafia 2
2011 : Homefront
2010 : Warhammer 40k: Space Marine
2011 : Bulletstorm
2010 : Brink
14-10-2010: Medal of Honour
30-09-2010: Arcania: Gothic 4
Notes:
Added to Messiah Tier, Warhammer 40k: Space Marine, Homefront, Mafia 2 and Reckoning, an RPG with the Morrowind and Oblivion gameplay chief involved.
Removed SC2. Review: It's good.
Swapped Diablo 3 and Portal 2.
The brain does more than just recollect; it inter-compares, it synthesises, it analyses. It generates abstractions.
Friday, August 13, 2010
New mouse
I need one. So far nothing that is decently priced appeals to me. I just want a normal shaped, bulky one for less than $70. Ideas appreciated.
Good stuff.
http://communityfortress.com/tf2/news/pc-gamer-valve-interview-teaser.php
Wiiiiiiiiinnnnn.
Anyhooooo, tell me via XF or this thing when you are able/not able/not gagging on dicks to do 'MachiLAN this weekend.
Wiiiiiiiiinnnnn.
Anyhooooo, tell me via XF or this thing when you are able/not able/not gagging on dicks to do 'MachiLAN this weekend.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Monday, August 9, 2010
Frontlines fuels of war -single player review
With the upcoming Homecoming looking so promising, I thought I would check out Koas studios previous effort in Frontlines: fuels of war. The mid 70's is a great time period to be in but sadly, not a desirable metascore. However, the trailers looked great, especially the vehicle combat. Since it was somehow sitting in my steam, I went to justify it myself.
The game is set in 2024, the world has run out of oil and the US is fighting in the caspian see against the O-so-evil Red Star Alliance (that's China AND Russia) over that last drops of black gold. The intro does a good job at painting the setting through a montage of images of the past events (which happen in the future?) with solid narration on top. The opening cut scene is the one from every modern shooter ever, the one where you in the helicopter. and there are doods. and you get shot down. But before that all, something odd happens. There is a member of the press on board (known affectionately as Princeton). A lovable looking guy, cracking wise to the arrogant macho-marine in a very protagonist kind of way. After the chopper goes down, I expected to be transported into the body of the reported, and have a marine lob an assault rifle at me and say in a black man's voice "follow me" and run off into combat. So it was a shock to me when 'Princeton' helped me up, only to be grabbed by a bad guy. "well," I thought."all that character development wasn't actually for me."
Now to the important part of the game, the game. "lags like a bitch's dell"" is the term that came to mind. I don't have dated hardware by any means, but I had to set this to the very low to stop the jerking, which wasn't consistent anyway, so its just bad code. Not surprising given its another crappy port.It actually looks alright, but I credit this to the excellent Unreal engine rather than the developers. Is it too much to ask for as a PC gamer, for a game to be made for PC? Apparently so.
The actual combat is much similar to that of C&C 4, in the sense that nothing ever dies, and has piss weak firepower. It seems that this great famine has made everyone tougher, and more bullet resistant. Enemies take forever to kill, mainly due to you incredabad rifle. What a piece of shit. It has permi-spray, which means that the direction in which you aim, and the direction in which the bullet travels are mutually exclusive. The first shot isn't even accurate, and the cone of fire is wide, when scoped you seem to lose sight of them.
vehicle combat was a little more tolerable, but I kept getting stuck on rocks, in my jeep....Why is everything so shit in the future? Now remember that openning scene from CoD, where you and you buddies scramble through immense gun fire, guys getting picked off? That was true FPS immersion, I felt afraid for my virtual life, and it is one of my fondest gaming memories. Now take that, and raise it to the power of -1. And that's F:FoW. I had absolutely no ranged stopping power, so I simply ran at the guy with the MG, assuming I would die so I could rage quit this abysmal experience. But no. I lived, pwnt the poor man and instantly regenerated all my health. Battlefield FPSs have been around for ages, so to be good, you have o bring something knew to the proverbial table, or at least use what has been already established as good. This game does neither.
There are some good elements of combat, driving/flying the drones around is good fun, and the only real futuristic element of this game. The environments, although average looking, help build a sense of setting and purpose in you mission objectives. Apart from this, nothing else really stands out as tolerable, and in defense of this game, its really a class based multiplayer shooter. But its not all bad news, I gave this one a whirl to see what the folks at Kaos studios could do. They proved they can put together a decent story, and design a decent setting. I think this game was decent to begin with, and was ruined by some bad design choices. Kaos admit they have learned from the whole 'port' stuff that so frequently ties my testes, and my faith in Homefront remains at a reasonable strength. Should be one to watch out for.
The game is set in 2024, the world has run out of oil and the US is fighting in the caspian see against the O-so-evil Red Star Alliance (that's China AND Russia) over that last drops of black gold. The intro does a good job at painting the setting through a montage of images of the past events (which happen in the future?) with solid narration on top. The opening cut scene is the one from every modern shooter ever, the one where you in the helicopter. and there are doods. and you get shot down. But before that all, something odd happens. There is a member of the press on board (known affectionately as Princeton). A lovable looking guy, cracking wise to the arrogant macho-marine in a very protagonist kind of way. After the chopper goes down, I expected to be transported into the body of the reported, and have a marine lob an assault rifle at me and say in a black man's voice "follow me" and run off into combat. So it was a shock to me when 'Princeton' helped me up, only to be grabbed by a bad guy. "well," I thought."all that character development wasn't actually for me."
Now to the important part of the game, the game. "lags like a bitch's dell"" is the term that came to mind. I don't have dated hardware by any means, but I had to set this to the very low to stop the jerking, which wasn't consistent anyway, so its just bad code. Not surprising given its another crappy port.It actually looks alright, but I credit this to the excellent Unreal engine rather than the developers. Is it too much to ask for as a PC gamer, for a game to be made for PC? Apparently so.
The actual combat is much similar to that of C&C 4, in the sense that nothing ever dies, and has piss weak firepower. It seems that this great famine has made everyone tougher, and more bullet resistant. Enemies take forever to kill, mainly due to you incredabad rifle. What a piece of shit. It has permi-spray, which means that the direction in which you aim, and the direction in which the bullet travels are mutually exclusive. The first shot isn't even accurate, and the cone of fire is wide, when scoped you seem to lose sight of them.
vehicle combat was a little more tolerable, but I kept getting stuck on rocks, in my jeep....Why is everything so shit in the future? Now remember that openning scene from CoD, where you and you buddies scramble through immense gun fire, guys getting picked off? That was true FPS immersion, I felt afraid for my virtual life, and it is one of my fondest gaming memories. Now take that, and raise it to the power of -1. And that's F:FoW. I had absolutely no ranged stopping power, so I simply ran at the guy with the MG, assuming I would die so I could rage quit this abysmal experience. But no. I lived, pwnt the poor man and instantly regenerated all my health. Battlefield FPSs have been around for ages, so to be good, you have o bring something knew to the proverbial table, or at least use what has been already established as good. This game does neither.
There are some good elements of combat, driving/flying the drones around is good fun, and the only real futuristic element of this game. The environments, although average looking, help build a sense of setting and purpose in you mission objectives. Apart from this, nothing else really stands out as tolerable, and in defense of this game, its really a class based multiplayer shooter. But its not all bad news, I gave this one a whirl to see what the folks at Kaos studios could do. They proved they can put together a decent story, and design a decent setting. I think this game was decent to begin with, and was ruined by some bad design choices. Kaos admit they have learned from the whole 'port' stuff that so frequently ties my testes, and my faith in Homefront remains at a reasonable strength. Should be one to watch out for.
Vudyiz.
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=HYRi3e-UpVM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=Bix6hbyc1Jg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=aLTUWDXygec&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fYO2BHedY4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvUiLtwlEl8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=Bix6hbyc1Jg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=aLTUWDXygec&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fYO2BHedY4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvUiLtwlEl8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
Sunday, August 8, 2010
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