Too long between games.

I think this is a prefect medium for me to release the inner nerd, which I have had to keep pent up inside me for the last few months, while in Japan away from my games, and figures.

…by discussing favourites, and making lists (which are always fun).

My favourite game of the year (well I did miss half a year of gaming) is Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. Stealth games are still probably my favourite genre I know a lot of my friends don’t feel the same "what? I have to use my head? I cant just shoot him 20 times, and then a further 30 times when he's lifeless on the ground??" maybe it's my inner urges to become a ninja (which every boy does when he grows up).

All the splinter Cell games have been great, but this one was exceptionally special. First, it gave Sam a knife, which was great in terms of gameplay, and the instant kill function (kidney slash, still my favourite). Secondly the graphics look just as good as some of the xbox 360 games. And Finally, the co-operative mode, this was just fucking sweet addition. I remember once at pre-drinks me and Gibbo tried to run through the first level in 5 mins as opposed to 2hrs, without any stealth, kill everyone in our path and to hell with all the alarms. I don't think we ever achieved it, but we did try so many times, we were late to the grand that night. Although I don’t think anyone there minded they enjoyed watching our stupid antics. Also I remember doing all the missions one night properly with Kells, until he cracked the shits and just wanted to run through the last level, I think you did have fun man, maybe next time I wont have to lock the door, or hold you at gun point. :-P (Splinter Cell 4 comes out next year, after all).

Well it is the beginning of the end of this current generation of consoles, with the release of the xbox 360 (which doesn’t come out in Australia until March, with that and the delay of Zelda until the same time, I think the video game God likes me :-) and doesn’t want me to miss out). So I thought I'd do my round up of favourite games from this generation. Well firstly I don’t think my number 1 has come out yet, as I said earlier Zelda doesn’t come out till next March, but here goes.

1. Halo2
2. Halo (These two might not be technically the 'best' games out, but the sheer amount of time we have all spent playing them, at mine, Caldies, Little's, Gibbo's and Tuck's must mean they are pretty good, and I always looked forward to Friday nights).
3. Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
4. Metriod Prime (goes to show you can base a game purely on atmosphere)
5. Super Smash Bros Melee (again purely for the amount of times I've spent playing it with friends, still remember that night we played each time a player lost they had to take a shot, Cupitt was sick until 3 the next afternoon [maybe we ::should:: have taken him to hospital])

And my developer of this generation Ubisoft, they make so many good games, and very few flops. Splinter Cells, Prince of Persias, Ghost Recons, Rainbow Sixes, Beyond Good and Evil, and so many more. Rareware, as my pick from last generation, pick-up your game, I hope you can make it back to number one with some sweet games for the Xbox360 I was very disappointed this generation at the company that killed my social life and made me into a nerd with games like; Goldeneye, Conkers and Perfect Dark.

Ah, I feel better now; I now return you to you normal blog.

Tim

Ride The Spiral

As Microsoft said in that banned campaign “Life’s short, play hard.”

Video killed the radio star...

I have been listening to commercial radio more than I would like lately, and I have noticed something very important:

Pop music is becoming more and more like Eurovision Song Contest Music.

Take for example the lyrics to this new song I heard the other night (actually I heard it several times, it appears that the DJ may have accidental hit the repeat button, and couldn’t be arsed to do anything about it):

# From Paris to Berlin,
In every Disco I am in,
My heart is pumping for love,
Pumping for love. #

Discos? European Cities? Irregular Bodily Functions? Could this chorus be any more Eurovision-ish?

I think not… null points.

Yet this leaves me with only two conclusions:

1: Pop music is getting worse

Or

2: The Eurovision judges and contestants discovered how to make a time machine in the early sixties when a UFO (in reality a ‘Swiss Aeroplane’ – Think about it, time-perfect clocks, great chocolate, large monetary centre, neutral in all wars, look like German tourists, and an aversion to sunlight) crash landed in Brussels. In an effort to look cool, they travelled into the future so that they could create the best pop music possible; however the music was so advanced for its time that it appeared retro, outdated and corny to contemporary listeners.

My Friends, the correct answer can only be number two. Therefore the world is in crisis. It will not be long before Eurovision loses its innocence, and unleashes an army of red sequined time travelling keyboard-guitar carrying eastern European moustached men.

The ‘countdown’ to ‘top of the pops’ Armageddon has begun….

Psychic Dave

This is a post from my brother Dave's site-I love it! i hope you guys enjoy and ask dave some nice questions......................

There was once a time before broadband, ADSL, Cable and other superfast internet connections when you would wait up to two minutes to wait for a website - yes guys this was the era of the internet before the year 2000 - yeah half a decade has passed and we have all forgotten.

At that time blogs were virtually unheard of. People could create websites in their own home using microsoft frontpage or if you couldn't be arsed paying all this money, the microsoft frontpage express options included in Windows 1998!

You may all be surprised to know that I once created a webpage called Psychic Dave (http://www.psychicdave.8k.com/). Its origins were in a rather devious scheme to help one of my cousins to make sure one of her friends didn't go for a boy she liked. This friend ( I think she may have been called Sharon I don't quite remember) called me and I gave her psychic advice based on information my cousin gave me. It may have worked and so the website was set up. It became a cult hit among some of my sisters friends and for a while there was no activity whatsoever.

Then in the year 2001, the website was featured in a New Zealand computer magazine called Dodgy. For more than three months I would recieve between 12 and 150 emails a day asking for psychic advice. The strangest being questions about suicide, pregnancy and one a complex mining engineering enquiry - warning me that if I gave the wrong answer I risked $50 million worth of equipment.

I contend that this was the nature of the web in the past. A place where you could create a simple and effective website at the touch of a button using only frontpage and geocities (or freeservers). But we must embrace change and I promise to write in this blog as often as possible.

H.O.T.N.E.S.S

AND the best dressed award for the Boxing day Races goes to .......

JAMES KELLS!

He looked way hot in his Pin-stripe Jacket and Tan Pants!

Well done! Yay!

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I AM A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE

For those of you who could not tell by my physique, i am a professional sportsman much like ronaldo. I was paid $75 after losing my indoor soccer grand final. This means that i am paid $150 an hour. Note that to get into this grand final we finished 6th out of eight teams then wion one game. Also that it cost $45 dollars per game. And the $75 is divided amongst the team. But regardless of that i can lose 14 grand finals a day and get paid $1050. As a professional athlete i am not prepared to lose in a competition, however pointless or stupid it is. Kells, Cheese - it's on. I, Evil Lincoln shall have the most posts by new year Mhahahaha. (NB: i am not to be confused with good lincoln, who is much more evil, but in a good way)

This post is just to annoy Cheese, and increase my blog tally.

Please ignore this post, and keep clear of the doors as this train of thought is departing

(And remember Tim, you should always alight from the train)

Getting to work and then counting down the hours, minutes and seconds before the freedom of finishing another shift is rather depressing. Therefore, I have devised a new therapeutic method of measuring my shift length.

My shift is now approximately:

80 Tool songs long

OR alternatively it is:

210 Ramones songs long.

For some reason, it makes the time go by that much faster.

Boxing Day Races! AND THE SCORES!

Hi Lovlies,

Well Well Well!

What a year huh!
Boxing day has come around again and what is not more christmas-ey than getting drunk at a race course and losing all your money on a horse! Its way fun..... its hot!

I am going- so people on this blog who want to come should give me money so that I can buy them a tix! $15 people!!!

Mad Hatter- I will seeyou and your partner in crime ( March Hare) there! Thank you for the most wonderful christmas card! HArry Potter- How did you know!!!

Evil Lincoln - Shirt shopping this friday! You just need black pants and shoes...kapish!

Okay kids,The Scores are nearly in... How many times you have posted
so here we go Here is your score!
Cheese : 11
The Mad Hatter: 10
AMonkeyNamedJimbo (aka Mittens): 8
Evil Lincoln: 7
DuckyTong: 5
Maverick Kells: 4
Erin: 4
Mark and Mike TV:3
Hawkeye and Hermit Bill: 2
JoCONUT and Cass: 1

Kiggles, Adam as of yet have not posted!( But they still have till the new Year to impress me!)

Jelly on!

THINGS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO SAY WHEN DRUNK:
1. Innovative
2. Preliminary
3. Proliferation
4. Cinnamon

THINGS THAT ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY WHEN DRUNK:
1. Specificity
2. British Constitution
3. Passive-aggressive disorder

THINGS THAT ARE DOWNRIGHT IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY WHEN DRUNK:
1. Thanks, but I don’t want to have sex.
2. Nope, no more beer for me.
3. Sorry, but you’re not really my type.
4. Good evening, officer. Isn’t it lovely out tonight?
5. Oh, I couldn’t. No one wants to hear me sing.

woolworths romance

i was just visiting another blogfeed i'm in and read that two people i know in sydney have just got engaged...

"he asked me in aisle three of woolworths, in front of the mobile phone biscuits. he was even down on one knee. although i was too, because the biscuits are on the second bottom row."

wow.

Happy Birthday Cupitt

Cupitt, happy birthday mate, Seeya soon bud.

P.S I gave away my grand card (as a present, alot of sentimental value, you know) tonight to a good friend who is leaving, it wont be valid when I get home right? Or did I just give away $25??

Gonna miss you Maggs, hope to seeya soon.

Ride the Spiral

Lets put the istma back into Christmass

Hey i just discovered that if i delete my internet history i get ten new posts on the blog. Its like christmass come early. Actually its more like the queens birthday.
Mark, tim where is the love. It is christmass after all. Just think to yourself what would jesus do. Im not saying you should do it or anything cos he got nailed to a cross, but try the changing water into wine thing. Also the part where he helped the good samaritan is my favourite (id like to talk to you about je-sus) I want you two to kiss and make up. Now a little bit of toungue... thats enough. tim, no attempting to steal second base (cos you have a runner on third boom ching).
Kells i demand you post again as you always have an amusing anecdote. I never have anecdotes because
1. I dont work
2. I spend all day having fun because i dont work
3. This point is just here to rub your noses in the first two. suckers.
Cate, why do you care about politics? Unions cant force people to join as then they turn into Hitler and invade poland. Although I confess i secretly vote labour. In a polling booth boom ching.
Cupitt had another birthday. Every year its the same with the having the birthday. sheesh. be original and instead of turning 22 next year turn into a radish. We forgot to bring dylans card which is a shame because it was the best card ever. It had a pirate theme, a maze, a colouring in section, and spongebob squarepants fingerpuppets. Cupitt i am sorry for all the times i called you stupid. But it does rhyme. It is a common misconception that i bit cupitts nose off. Actually he bit my nose off, which is why i threw a shruiken causing the piss-weak scar still visible on his nose. He should thank me
Cupitts girlfriends before manly scar: 0
Cupitts girlfriends after macho scar: 3+ (counting jane's friend and marty)
I apologise for whatever. Also i want my shruiken back bitch
I've decided to post my own movie reviews:
Epoch - * ;Is the gigantic upside down cone of spinning rock god?
Conquest - ;Mexican/spanish/italian fantasy movie. I shudder at the memory
Gor - * ;Man loses girl to other guy in pink jeep, hits electric tree, and is transported to GOR. Highlight - the previews
Caravan of Courage - * ;Ewok movie. Highlight - the subtitles, eg: nun,nun,nun,nun,nun
TRON - ** ;You can tell they are in a computer cos they're wearing neon
Cube 2 - * ;Exactly like cube 1, only worse. more cubes though
Steamboy - ***1/2;yeah i slipped in some anime on bad movie night. really good drawings, poor plot
Knightriders - *****;I haven't seen it but magic is in the soul man
Merry Christmass all!
This post is clearly ending too early...
I am Zico, i used to live here. I will steal the heartstone and become the next priest-king of GOR!
PS waaaait janet owes me 60 bucks

Back Home

Hey everyone. Just wanted to let everyone know that I miss them and unfortunately I am back home in Arizona now. Happy Birthday Adam!!!! Anyway, hope all is going well. Narnia is great for those of you who will see it. I saw it last night!!

Anyway, if any of you want to get a hold of me for whatever reason. Here is my info:

Mike Martin (of course)
7521 N Jensen Pl
Tucson, AZ 85741
USA

from any aussie phone (including text messages)I'
0011 1 520 820 4644

and my instant message handles...
mustangmikeua - aim
mustangmikeua@hotmail.com - msn

Hope to hear from you all and hope you are all doing well.

P.S. Marty - you need to kick scratchleys into shape. No calimari?? pfft, some seafood restaurant you work at... lol, just kidding!! :-p

Take care,
Mike

O Yea

Hey Jimbo, i think you should have posted these lyrics instead:


1,2,3,4
So you wanted
to take a break
slow it down some and
have some space
well fuck you too

Give me my money back
give me my money back
you bitch
I want my money back
And don't forget
And don't forget
to give me back my black T-shirt

possible the best thing online since homestarrunner

i just spent 6 hours playing isketch

it's online pictionary. it's great.

email me if you want to play sometime.

Splatt poetry

I followed the link on this page and created poetry by closing my eyes and randomly draging my mouse around in the hope it would make some sort of message from my subconciosness or somesuch. Now i am very concerned

trudge go delicate
my but lather there
& do music less cool iron her
heave down not always go forest
a could have vision chant

I could work out its meaning but i think id better not. Sure i want butt lathering to be delicate same as everyone, however i dont know if its the music that should be less cool or the iron when i use it on her. But that fourth line is just plain worrying. Any pschiatrists in the audience please comment

Jam

Yeah for Work! Since 4/12/05.

My sister bought me a nano iPod so now I can listen to my recorded voice saying:

"Jam, jam, jam, jam, jam, jam"

Also I noticed a small sign someone had placed above the 5 minute stretch routine to combat RSI. It said, in clear handprinted large letters:

"Be JAPAN"

And had a little legacy badge attached to it.

I'm not quite sure what this could mean. But in my sleep induced haze I came up with two simple solutions.

1. We need to be more efficient and productive like the Japanese

OR

2. Working at Australia Post at 3am has simularities to Changi

I love my Job, and I love my Brick.

What More Can I Say?

THE FINN BROTHERS WERE BLOODY MAGNIFICENT!
I think that it is the best festival / gig I have ever been to - I got really close to the stage (and Neil...)! I was about 3 people back (after much pushing and shoving and weasling my way to the front * and almost dying in the living end*) and I had a PERFECT view! There was sooo much singing and soo much love in the domain park! I think my highlights of the set was "Won't Give In", "Distant Sun", "World where you live"(Tribute to Paul Hester) and also "I See Red" because it is always FANTASTIC when Tim Finn goes crazy with his dancing! ( I do believe this is were I got my dancing skills...heh heh heh)

There were other Highlights of the day as well "Arhitecture in Helsinki" (dancing with Kiggles and Ange!), the Squishie drink, " The Go Betweens"(watching Kiggles have a full on Mimed tennis match in the middle of the crowd), " Sarah Blasko" singing Flame Trees, Seeing that Wolfmother guy and his Crazy Hair from afar, "Something for me" (Kate) singing Rock the Kasbah, and nearly being killed in the Living End mosh pit thing (I am getting a black toe nail- its gross!).

BUT the Day Definately goes to THE FINNS! They were nothing short of Brilliant! ( as my dad says I am a Finn-actic... ah haha ha ha: good pun huh!)