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Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Crysis 2 Multiplayer Review
Crysis 2 is a fantastic game, and the multiplayer is surprisingly good for a no'n-multiplayer oriented game. The graphics are fantastic, of course, and there are quite a few interesting takes on the normal multiplayer modes. The two game modes I play the most are Crash Site, which is like Domination i.e. you have to capture a point but the point moves around, and Instant Action, which is similar to Team Deathmatch.
There is an interesting gun variety and the upgrades system is good, but what distinguishes Crysis 2 MP from all other MPs is the Nanosuit. It adds a whole new level to the game, for people who want to go Rambo-style or be sneaky-sneaky. There are 2 modules in this game, instead of 4 in Crysis. The 2 modules are Armor, to increase defense, and Cloak, which...
Sunday, 4 September 2011
New York
Well, it's been a while since I posted, but life's been hectic.
I went to New York City in June/July and it reminded me of how much I like that city. I don't know if it's the atmosphere, the architecture or simply the environs itself, but New York is definitely my favourite city in the world. I dream to study at Columbia University in the City of New York, not just for the standard of education, but also to live in New York.
While I was there I read The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger and I must say, it's a good book. The apathy of Holden Caulfield, the antagonistic protagonist, is one of the best captivations of emotion in a book I've seen. This book is a sad on a different kind of level than the usual kind of sadness, and I highly recommend reading it, especially...
Wednesday, 3 August 2011
Fame: The sad truth
I am an active member of Youtube, and I have noticed that people will do pretty much anything for fame (people who do giveaways and have less then 10000 subs, I'm looking at you). There has been a lot of controversy in the last few months about people doing giveaways, basically buying headsets or something like that, and then making people subscribe and favourite their video to get the prize. That kind of whoring is just sick, and it has lead me to think: fame makes people do crazy things. Even worse than that, was the supposed "suicide livestream" where somebody was supposedly going to stream their own suicide. It is easy to see they were just bluffing, but it is still sick. I don't get why people are so limelight-craving. Grow up. Peace.&nb...
Tuesday, 2 August 2011
Planes: Rage Time
As much as I love travel, I despise planes (and airports) with a passion. Seriously. I think the airline owners should be dragged out into the street, and killed by a horde of Gummi Bears. That's pain.
Anyway, on to the reasons.
You have to constrict your legs until you get thrombosis.
There are screaming babies everywhere.
The food is so bad, I'd rather starve then consume it.
The air-conditioning is either stiflingly hot, or ice cold.
The air is stale.
It sucks
Airports have got progressively worse and more paranoid over the last 30 years. I hope that, at one point, something will snap and airports will go back to being pleasant. Anyway, enough rage for now. Pea...
Wednesday, 29 June 2011
CANADA
I am currently in Canada, which is pretty awesome. I have just visited Ottawa, the capital, after visiting Quebec City yesterday and Montreal for the first 3 days. I have a few rants about travel that are too short to post as a full post (I don't want to flood my blog with posts that are bitty) ,so here they are:
First off, tour groups. Tour groups are the scourge of all independent travellers, because they make all the lines longer, bunch together in front of the site you're trying to take a picture of and generally make everyone else feel uncomfortable. The people who take tours seem to instantly revert to a primitive herd mentality and bunch together like Armageddon will happen if they don't stick with the group. They travel around in big buses that really destroy the atmosphere for...
Movie Review: Super 8
JJ Abrams' newest movie,Super 8, is a fun blend of alien and youth adventure movies. It is set in the 70s sometime, and 6 kids are trying to make a horror movie about zombies. They are filming a scene at a house next to a railway track and a crash occurs, which the director (probably a semi-analogy for Spielberg) thinks is fantastic for his "production value", but has disastrous consequences for his town.
Watch the movie if you want to know the rest, I don't want to spoil it.
I was, however, surprised at how unoriginal Super 8 was. It seems a bit like a tribute to E.T. with bits of Indiana Jones thrown...
