Politik
Well, it's been a while since a post about the state of the world and current news, so this seemed a good time to do one. In addition theres a veritable menagerie of notes to go with this one.
Mid-terms : This is the first good news to come out of the US in longer than I can remember. Finally Bush has some slight limits to his power, and for once the general American public have spoken in favour of a sensible party. That said, the Democrats aren't that much better - the majority of them voted for the Iraq war too, and I hate Hilary Ban-All-Video-Games Clinton. Nevertheless, I can't help but fear that two years hence, another Republican will get in power. With the two leading Democrats being either black or female, do they really stand that much chance in certain southern states? None at all.
The PS3 : For most generations of consoles I generally seem to end up getting two consoles. I'll have one initially and then choose which of the other two offer the next best selection. Since the Wii is such an awful, awful thing, there is actually a chance I'll get a PS3 some time in the future. But I can't help but be amused that after it's been out for 3 days, backwards-compability glitches have already sprung up. That and you can buy them on eBay now at some absurd price...
Labour whining : I honestly don't care who wins the Labour leadership. All this political whining is getting dull. Gordon Brown may be slightly more left-wing than Blair but they're still both raving Thatcherites. They're total sell-outs as far as I'm concerned and don't deserve our interest.
NOTES & QUERIES
1: Some of you may have heard of Garry's Mod. It is a program which allows you to spawn any object from Half-life 2 and CS : S, then pose the ragdoll models. This in addition with the realistic physics (mainly friction, weight and bouyancy) means that you can create almost anything. Last night, Tom and I created a suspension bridge. Click the |>
2: The Zombie film - the original intention was to do a 50's style "education program" about zombies, with the corny music and learning tips and whatnot. The intention was to go into town as a zombie (cue amused looks from bystanders) and film the various kinds of zombie - the cultured zombie, the something zombie, etc. However, it then seemed perhaps more sensible to do this at the LAN party when everyone is around anyway, but change it to a fight between a collection of zombies and a non-zombie.
However, I fear doing it at the LAN party will have problems. First and foremost, the Halo 2 tournament is unlikely to end until just before midnight, judging from last time. This means we won't be able to make any noise, and everyone knows zombies groan. Secondly, from a looking-like-a-zombie fake blood point of view, doing it in a seperate day seems easier when we have more time, and aren't distracted by Gears of War on the 360. Thirdly, we can't get any amused looks from bystanders.
I'd appreciate it if you posted in the comments thoughts about this, and which seems like the best option.
3: On Saturday the 25th will be the LAN Party. After that and the resulting entries, there is a fair chance the blog is going to stop. Spurling is working on a hit counter, and once that is up I'll see how many people visit the blog. If the number is far lower than I think, then the blog will likely close because it's not worth the effort of being creative and working on the blog so often for such a small audience.
However, you can save the blog if you simply bring in more readers. I've done a lot towards this, so it seems reasonable that everyone can try and help to bring in new readers.
Otherwise, after the LAN report + the Gears of War info...it may all end. The zombie film will come later even if the blog stops per se.
But on the other hand, I might be pleasantly surprised with the number of daily readers, in which case everything will continue.
Mid-terms : This is the first good news to come out of the US in longer than I can remember. Finally Bush has some slight limits to his power, and for once the general American public have spoken in favour of a sensible party. That said, the Democrats aren't that much better - the majority of them voted for the Iraq war too, and I hate Hilary Ban-All-Video-Games Clinton. Nevertheless, I can't help but fear that two years hence, another Republican will get in power. With the two leading Democrats being either black or female, do they really stand that much chance in certain southern states? None at all.
The PS3 : For most generations of consoles I generally seem to end up getting two consoles. I'll have one initially and then choose which of the other two offer the next best selection. Since the Wii is such an awful, awful thing, there is actually a chance I'll get a PS3 some time in the future. But I can't help but be amused that after it's been out for 3 days, backwards-compability glitches have already sprung up. That and you can buy them on eBay now at some absurd price...
Labour whining : I honestly don't care who wins the Labour leadership. All this political whining is getting dull. Gordon Brown may be slightly more left-wing than Blair but they're still both raving Thatcherites. They're total sell-outs as far as I'm concerned and don't deserve our interest.
NOTES & QUERIES
1: Some of you may have heard of Garry's Mod. It is a program which allows you to spawn any object from Half-life 2 and CS : S, then pose the ragdoll models. This in addition with the realistic physics (mainly friction, weight and bouyancy) means that you can create almost anything. Last night, Tom and I created a suspension bridge. Click the |>
2: The Zombie film - the original intention was to do a 50's style "education program" about zombies, with the corny music and learning tips and whatnot. The intention was to go into town as a zombie (cue amused looks from bystanders) and film the various kinds of zombie - the cultured zombie, the something zombie, etc. However, it then seemed perhaps more sensible to do this at the LAN party when everyone is around anyway, but change it to a fight between a collection of zombies and a non-zombie.
However, I fear doing it at the LAN party will have problems. First and foremost, the Halo 2 tournament is unlikely to end until just before midnight, judging from last time. This means we won't be able to make any noise, and everyone knows zombies groan. Secondly, from a looking-like-a-zombie fake blood point of view, doing it in a seperate day seems easier when we have more time, and aren't distracted by Gears of War on the 360. Thirdly, we can't get any amused looks from bystanders.
I'd appreciate it if you posted in the comments thoughts about this, and which seems like the best option.
3: On Saturday the 25th will be the LAN Party. After that and the resulting entries, there is a fair chance the blog is going to stop. Spurling is working on a hit counter, and once that is up I'll see how many people visit the blog. If the number is far lower than I think, then the blog will likely close because it's not worth the effort of being creative and working on the blog so often for such a small audience.
However, you can save the blog if you simply bring in more readers. I've done a lot towards this, so it seems reasonable that everyone can try and help to bring in new readers.
Otherwise, after the LAN report + the Gears of War info...it may all end. The zombie film will come later even if the blog stops per se.
But on the other hand, I might be pleasantly surprised with the number of daily readers, in which case everything will continue.
posted by Mkzrj at 6:04 pm
8 Comments:
We can make as much noise as we want for the whole night.
"wwbbrtw"
I wish people would stop going on about the PS3 launch and shit.
It happened in Japan and America!! NOT HERE!! They have months to sort it out, and the games that have been delayed are delayed from November launches to around March (Oh look, that's when it will be released in Europe!).
The issues with backwards compatibility only apply to games that have their own controllers as far as I have seen, such as Guitar Hero II, because they don't have the right buttons to press to launch the game. And at least with a PS3 you don't have to waste precious time fucking around to get an Xbox game to work on it. Issues with firmware are solved because (like on PSP) updates come on game discs that need the update or online FOR FREE.
As for the price, PS3 with 20GB harddrive will cost about 499 Euros, which is about £300. So that's only £20 more than an Xbox 360. AND Xbox owners have to pay for online gaming.
The noise level of the PS3 will be roughly the same as my slim-line PS2, so that means quiet, and therefore my tense cut-scenes in games such as Resident Evil 5 won't be disturbed by the sound of LKUADSFLIUGTEHLHASDCLHGAELR.
So stop going on about how the 360 is perfect and the PS3 sucks ass, because at the very least, PS3 is equal to Xbox 360. And it's not like Xbox 360 doesn't/didn't have any problems. I seem to remember that the 360 stocks ran out, and that there were also large delays in game releases.
So everyone should stop picking on the PS3, and PS3 people should stop picking on 360, and everyone should pick on the Wii. It really annoys me when people go on forums for the console they dislike and say that it sucks. GO AWAY!! IT'S JUST A GAMES CONSOLE!!
Good bye.
Hehe...
I'm not insulting the PS3 all that much, though I do find it a little amusing that a problem has already occured. Besides :
"there is actually a chance I'll get a PS3 some time in the future"
I'm not knocking the PS3 at all - it is almost certainly better than the Wii.
Also, I didn't say the 360 was perfect - no games console could ever be unless I designed it...
Sorry, the rant wasn't directed at you. It was a culmination of several things, and was aimed at certain people that do appear to think that Microsoft can do no wrong (AHEM).
I am aware of your stance on the PS3, but frustration has to be released at something.
Wii is best.
Anyhow, I was most upset about the knowledge that this fine blogatorium may cease to exist!! :O You would get a lot of disgruntled readers... (I have just IM-spammed some people to come here ;P)
Wii is best.
Spurling may be working on a hit counter... or physics coursework :(.
We-e-e-ell...if the hit counter is done by this weekend, that will suffice. I'm adding an introduction post as we speak...
Well, as I type anyway.
"nbtmlelr" - Egyptian king?
I don't give a shit what console I'm on - as long as it has Halo.
"ugqjs" - a north african fruit
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