Thursday, 27 March 2008

YouTube video game orgy

I should stop getting excited by games, as much as its fine to enjoy them, as they are now as much of an acceptable form of entertainment as music or cinema, I do feel that I sometimes can be too geeky about games.

Is it wrong to buy GTA San Andreas for the 2nd time, this time 2nd hand in preperation for GTA IV? (29/4)



Is it wrong to be excited by a game which serves only as a prologue to another release "sometime in 2008"? (28/3)



And finally is it wrong to not even be excited by a game, just a downloadable content pack that gives me 4 more maps to explore and kill people in? (3/4)









I think i'm just going to let my geek flag fly.

oh and theres also motorstorm 2, (thank god youtube isnt blocked at work.)

Monday, 17 March 2008

No Pizza Hut Adverts For Me....

2005/06 - 17 goals
2006/07 - 18 goals
2007/08 - 1 goal and damaged ankle ligaments

Not my greatest season but at least it ended well.



Thanks to James 'Dewey' Dewhurst who held the camera.

Thursday, 6 March 2008

Jack Bauer and 24 WILL return in 2008.



Whether or not you praised or damned the producers of 24’s decision to postpone the shows seventh season an entire year, it was hard not to admit the show needed time to be refreshed and reinvigorated after a largely stale sixth outing.

Well the refreshing and reinvigoration better start now because Jack Bauer will return this year in a 2-Hour TV movie bridging the gap between Seasons six and seven.

At least so states The Hollywood reporter here, and aintitcool.com here.

I must admit I’m quite excited by this decision, I love 24 but the last season was a shadow of what the show is capable of. Taking the appropriate time to make sure the show returns on top form is essential, but at the same time a brief reminder of why Mr Bauer is one of TV’s best love characters would be very, very welcome.

If the trailer at the bottom of this post is anything to go by, it does seem there is a lot that needs to happen between seasons six and seven. Maybe the TV movie could create a believable story behind the return of Tony Almeida, only so many presumed dead’s can return to the land of the living before the show begins to bleed integrity.

The writers strike has been very effective; the writers have the deal they deserve. I’m not sure however they can sleep soundly knowing how many big shows and stories have been ruined by the downtime.

Tuesday, 4 March 2008

Los Campesinos - You Me Dancing

For Anyone Whos Not Seen It. Having A-List Friends Make For The Best Internet Virals.

Jimmy Kimmel dates Sarah Silverman, Jimmy Kimmel always bumps Matt Damon from his talk show saying that he has run out of time.



Jimmy gets revenge, hitting Matt Damon where it really hurts.

Reading 2001 - Hazy Summer's Afternoon, Musty Pikey Smell

Go!

I've got a secret, I cannot say
Blame all the movement to give it away
You've got somethin, I understand
Holding it tightly, caught on command
Leap of faith, do you doubt?
Cut you in, I just cut you out

Whatever you do
Don't tell anyone
Whatever you do
Don't tell anyone

Look for reflections, in your face
Canine devotion, time can't erase
Out on the corner, locked in your room
I never believe them and I never assume
Still can't believe there is a lie
Promise is promise, an eye for an eye
We've got something to reveal
No one can know how we feel

Whatever you do
Don't tell anyone
Whatever you do
Don't tell anyone

Whatever you do
Don't tell anyone
Whatever you do
Don't tell anyone

I think you already know
How far I'd go not to say
You know the art isn't gone
And I'm taking my song to the grave

Whatever you do
Don't tell anyone
Whatever you do
Don't tell anyone

Tough Times For The Best Fans In The World

Newcastle United today woke up to find themselves without a premier league win in 11 games, and more importantly without any significant improvement since the return of their very own football messiah Kevin Keegan.

When Keegan returned to Tyneside in place of Sam Allardyce there was a tsunami of football excitement the kind of which is only even seen at St James’ Park, the home of the games biggest soap opera club, a massive club with the best fans in the world.

I’m glad I’m not the only football fan who finds Newcastle United as a club, frankly laughable. On one of my regular haunts I can easily find fellow Norwich fans who chuckle to themselves every time the toon army slide closer and closer to the relegation zone. Many believe they are getting exactly what they deserve, after disposing of manager after manager who fails to lead them to their undeniably rightful place at the top of the English football pyramid, I am inclined to agree.

Like many Norwich fans I consider myself extremely lucky to have an ex-Newcastle manager in charge. Glenn Roeder has taken our club which in football terms was dying a painful death and turned it around. This is the same Glenn Roeder that Newcastle fans turned on as soon as he didn’t deliver European football. I wish I could put a name to the quote but on a football365.com podcast a Newcastle fan said

“You can’t have someone that looks like that and talk’s like that managing Newcastle United.”

Its only really at the very top clubs that such pomposity still exists in football, Newcastle are most certainly not one of these clubs, however much their fans will try to convince you otherwise.

So what do Newcastle have now to look at and listen to in terms of management? They have King Kev, the man who blew a 12 point lead with one of the clubs best ever squads and famously lost it live on sky sports, they have the man who abjectly failed with England, and they have the man that hadn’t watched a live game of football for two years before he returned to St James’ as boss, as he was too busy running a football circus. That experience may come in handy.

It must be very inspiring for the Toon Army to look towards the dugout in hope of inspiration to see a figure of a man who was once revered as a god, now hunched over clueless with no idea how to stop the rot. Only one image comes to my mind. Taxi for Keegan, Yarrrgh.

Monday, 3 March 2008

The Worlds First Life Size Paper Plane

"I'm just not the hero type, clearly."

Super Hero movies have been done to death, it's about time we moved on. Discuss.

The trailer below proves super hero movies are still alive and well. Robert Downey Jr appears to be an inspired casting choice and the action all looks very impressive.



And the soundtrack, well.. it's pretty good too.

 

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