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• 1Mar 07

  Pics of my game playing space!!

  Well we just got a new digital camera so i thought i'd celebrate by putting up a couple of pics.

  First of all my playing space - aka my bedroom.

  

  Yeah, the TV is a bit small, but we are moving house in less than a month, and the 42" HD TV is definitely going to have some stuff hooked up to it post-move. It currently only has my Wii plugged in, but I haven't taken a photo of that yet. I'm sure you've all seen nice LCD tvs before anyways.

  For the second picture, my favourite game series.

  

  It will soon be completed with FFIII DS, the final piece of the puzzle.

  Feel free to leave a comment...or not, whatever floats your boat.

  • Posted Mar 1, 2007 5:04 am PT
  • Category: Games
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• 13Feb 07

  Guitar Hero 2 competition

  Well the other day a good friend of mine informed me of a Guitar Hero 2 competition being held at one of the local game/DVD/CD stores. Being the guitar hero fan that i am...as well as being poor i decided to enter, quite confident in my abilities to do well.

  The competition was run in a way where each entrant was allowed to choose any two songs on any difficulty (except Free Bird because nobody wanted to be there all day) and the highest total score was declared the winner. A good way to run the comp because people playing on Expert would need to keep those combos going to beat the score of another player who perfected a song on Medium difficulty.

  Playing on a different TV and using a guitar that was well worn (probably by 10 year olds mashing the buttons while playing it in the store) made things very interesting, and i definitely didn't keep my combos going as long as i would have liked. But my confidence was well based as i took out the competition by over 200,000 points, playing Beast and the Harlot and Killing in the Name both on Expert.

  Since it was only a smallish competition the prizes weren't too extravagant, but i came away with 3 great games - Final Fantasy XII, Okami and Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition. Better than paying for them right??

  Feel free to post some scores here and i'll respond with mine for the same song/difficulty for comparison.

  Until Next time...

  • Posted Feb 13, 2007 4:14 am PT
  • Category: Games
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• 4Feb 07

  Superbowl, a quick round-up.

  For those who are unaware, I live in Melbourne, Australia.

  I'm a big fan of almost all sport, and being the sports fan that I am, i tuned into Superbowl XLI.

  I have to say that the best thing about the whole game was the spectacular half-time show, Prince was magnificent.

  The game was so-so, too many turnovers. The game may have been played in the rain, but that is no excuse for players who are on million dollar contracts to make simple errors in basic skills like snapping the ball.

  Best play of the game was the kick-off return for a TD, too bad Chicago couldn't take that lead on for a victory, but the Colts definitely deserved it in the end.

  Oh, one more thing, i have a real problem with the big sporting leagues in the US, be it NFL, MLB or NBA, claiming their winning team the 'World Champion'. Regardless of the fact that particularly in the NFL it is most likely true since not many other countries participate in the sport. Until they win a global competition like the UEFA Champions League in true football (soccer) 'National Champions' is all they should be.

  Update: I'm also tired of sporting stars thanking god for giving them the ability, or allowing them to win. Do they really think that some cosmic magician had something to do with it? What about the losing team? Did this supreme being want them to lose?

  I better stop before i start a massive rant...might get onto that another time.

  Until next time...

  • Posted Feb 4, 2007 7:12 pm PT
  • Category: Sports
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