Just about the only game series in Japan to come close to the popularity of Pokemon is Monster Hunter. And a new installment is heading for the PSP. Look! Video! The blurb: Are you ready to be part of the social gaming phenomenon that‚Äö?Ñ?¥s gripping Japan? The Monster Hunter world is always changing and you will need to be ready for anything – but killing and trapping monsters will always be most important part of your duty. Monster Hunter Freedom …
A friend of mine bought my daughter some soft play blocks recently. You know the sort of thing – with numbers and pictures and the alphabet on them. Only one block had a couple of mistakes on them: In fact, two of the other sides had “Water-melon” and “X’mas tree” on them, both of which I’d say were also incorrect.
No sooner had I said “I never win anything”, I then go and win something! Again! This time I won a copy of the Xbox 360 game “Rise of the Argonauts”, as well as a matching Xbox 360 faceplate! Amazing! I have no idea what the game is like, however, and my previous prize of “three Xbox versions of board games” was not exactly something to get excited about.
I had a bit of a tantrum yesterday, because the simple task of putting up a blind seemed beyond me. Of course, it wasn’t entirely my fault as several things conspired against me, including a wall with a metal plate behind it.¬¨‚Ć However, the B&Q instructions didn’t exactly help. Just look at the quality of this amazing diagram: (click it for a bigger, but not exactly more visible version) Ignoring the fact the screws provided needed 5mm holes, not 6mm, …
It’s all very well having 4600 of the things, but there’s nothing I want to buy! Well, not until the next Fallout 3 DLC, anyway…
Dear Woman with an Isuzu 4×4 at Asda tonight, I noticed you parked your oversized car in the last remaining “family” space. You know, those spaces reserved for people with children, who have to struggle with car seats and pushchairs. Those spaces positioned near the shop doors, so you don’t have to wheel your baby through quite so much cold and rain. Those spaces in such great demand to people with families, that even on a relatively quiet night there’s …
How to comment on this film without mentioning Days of Thunder? Answer: I can’t. In fact, not only is Days of Thunder mentioned in the film, but the entire plot seems to have been borrowed. Sort of. I’ve not actually seen Days of Thunder for years, but there was more than a bit of deja vu watching Talladega Nights. As a comedy, though, Talladega Nights does things for laughs. And thankfully, it is funny. Not amazingly so, but it still …
I won a competition today! I’m most impressed, as I never, ever, win anything. At all. Ever. I had to come up with family friendly versions of “mature rated” games. In the end, I think I won through swamping them with entries. Anyway, my prizes? Not so amazing, unfortunately. I won copies of Xbox Live Arcade lemons Yahtzee, Connect 4 and Battleship. They’re not awful, but they’re not exactly the sort of thing I’d normally be after. Not least because …
UPDATE: Closing date is May 1st! Rock out with Ultimate Band – the new music video game that allows you to build a band or jam alone to become the ultimate rock performer! Experience the rush of rock stardom in story mode. Advance your music career and popularity from playing in a neighbourhood garage to performing in front of an international audience at a world famous venue. Only then will you be able to call yourself a true legend of …
Here’s a game a wrote for the Game Boy Advance a few years ago. It’s a port of Duncan MacDonald’s seminal masterpiece of the same name (minus the Advance at the end, of course).¬¨‚Ć You’ll need a Game Boy Advance emulator, or some sort of GBA flash card or something if you want to play it! Download it here!
Can you see Lassie in this knot of wood? Every time I go to the barbers it’s there, staring at me, in the wood panelling.
Just a catch-up and verdict on a couple of films I’ve seen recently: My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006) Silly, but funny, film about a socially awkward superhero who falls for someone who helps her out, only to become ridiculously jealous of his co-worker. Eddie Izzard is the best character, as always. Verdict: 3/5 The Truman Show (1998) Remember when Jim Carrey used to be good? Ideally cast here as a star of his own Big Brother type TV show, only he …
Who wouldn’t want popular videogames parodied in the form of 80s-style LCD handhelds? Squibs Arcade is a set of such things for WiiWare, taking off GTA, Assassin’s Creed, Call of Duty and many more. And it looks AMAZING. Look: Ace, no?¬¨‚Ć More here.
We got a Graze box today. It’s a delivery of three lots of fruit, nuts, seeds, dried stuff, and that sort of thing. And very nice it was too! The idea is you order these boxes, and they pick stuff you like (or want to try) to go in them. They then deliver them in time for lunch. Anyway, with our box we got a code to share with others to net them a free box too!¬¨‚Ć Normally, they’re ¬¨¬£2.99, …
Isn’t is amazing how, having posted on a forum just a week ago asking if it was possible to stream music from my Mac to my phone over the internet, that I stumble across Subsonic? OK, so it isn’t click-and-work simple to get up and running. And, I can’t actually get it to stream to my phone (yet) – but I can stream to computers, browse my library, create playlists and so on! Other issues so far include being unable …
