I'm Making a Game

So, I met a guy on imgur and we talked for a bit. We then agreed to make a game. It's a zombie MMO, presented from a top down view I think. Not much but raw planning at the moment. I'm working on the backstory and lore of everything, he's working on the actual game itself and all the props and such. Here's a list of the things that should be added into the game when it's completely done:

More updates will be posted in new blog posts, consider this blog an updates page for the game's progress.

Current completion: 0.01%

- Zombie Game
- Repercussions of decisions you make (Killing survivors, looting, moral choices etc)
- Grim environment
- Large variety of items and weapons
- Heavy back story/lore for individual characters and locations
- Open world
- Able to create bases out of makeshift materials
- Barricades
- World of Warcraft type playstyle for multiplayer
- Quite a big map, not too small as to loot the entire world in a short while, not too big to make people discouraged to loot that far out
- Random difficulty locations
- Able to find hostile/friendly survivors
- Character wheel to instruct or talk to characters
- Random loot spawns
- Character traits/names

I'll try and keep you all updated daily, if I don't post an update, that means nothing new or interesting to report to you all. Working on the plot, wish me luck!

Toy Story 4, is it a good idea?

So, I was having a look around a couple websites and apparently Toy Story 4 is being made. Wow. How do you make a sequel to a movie that was supposed to wrap up the trilogy? I mean, it was a push making Toy Story 3, but it was pulled off with excellence and was on par with the original two films. I don't know where they're going to go from here because Toy Story 3 was quite literally the end of the series, with Andy handing his toys over to Bonnie or whatever her name was. Even if the fourth instalment is pure gold and shoots rainbow out of every scene, it'll still ruin the ending of Toy Story 3.

I'm also concerned by the fact that these "short" installations have been, let's face it, rather dissapointing. I mean, they were OK for a filler, but definitely not as good as the movies, which was not expected as it's just a small, twenty minute Halloween special. We're also getting Toy Story That Time Forgot which looks bad, especially seeing as though the adverts for the short are tagged in with Sky, much alike the Toy Story of Terror. Honestly, the only laugh you'll get out of those two are the titles of the short's, which is a push to say the least.

They're running out of ideas too. Toy Story of Terror was about a guy who stole people's toys and sold them for a nice profit while running a motel. Doesn't that sound like Al, from Toy Story 2? Who stole Woody to try and sell him for a profit with the "Roundup Gang". There is no way for Toy Story 4 to make a new plot without backtracking to older ideas that have already been covered.

John Lasseter, who directed the first two is coming back to make the fourth one. This is cause for celebration right? Maybe. I mean, Lee Unkrich directed Toy Story 3 and did a none too shabby job of it, so hat's off to him. John Lasseter worries me though, I mean, he directed Cars 2. That's just worrying enough to begin with. There also appears to be a lack of excitement about the fourth installation, when compared to Toy Story 3 which had an uproar of happiness and joy, the fourth announcement came with a pretty negative and depressing outlook on it.

Pixar are pretty much making a movie few people want to see and they have so many flaws, as much as it pains me to say this, I don't think it'll be worth seeing the new Toy Story instalment.

TMI Thing 2: 50 Questions Wasn't Enough

Well, that was fun, wasn't it? Not to leech off of the success of the first TMI scandal mibob but I've been asked to do the 100 questions TMI. I am going to kill that person, you've been warned. Pack up your stuff and leave.

1. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed?

Oh God. Closed, I don't want my clothes to get out of my closet and dress me while I sleep, the humanity!

2. Do you take shampoos and conditioner bottles from the hotels?

Yes. I empty them out and take the bottle home for my collection. I go to each individual hotel, book a room, empty out their supply of Loreal shampoo and leave. Why? Because I'm worth it. Internet: 0 Me: 2

3. Do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out?

Out, if they're tucked in I can't wrap myself in my cocoon of hatred.

4. Have you stolen a street sign before?

No, I once suspected a friend of stealing a street sign. I mean, when I went over to their house all the signs were there. Please never let me make jokes.

5. Do you like to use post-it notes?

No, they're always yellow. Yellow is an awful colour.

6. Do you cut out coupons and never use them?

I've never actually seen a cut out coupon for years, only coupons I have are for Subway and they're never used because they're still ridiculous prices.

7. Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of bees?

No not the Bees! They'd be in my eyes, MY EYES!

8. Do you have freckles?

Yes

9. Do you always smile for pictures?

I don't think I've ever smiled before.

10. What is your biggest pet peeve?

I don't like things being out of order or place. For example, I'll only use one pen at a time until that one runs out. I have my games in alphabetical order which is a pain because I have many. I also like to keep the place sort of tidy, I'm fine with my own mess sometimes but if it's someone else's mess then I throw it at them and shout "PICK IT UP"

11. Do you ever count your steps when you walk?

Yes, I got to 12 steps this year.

12. Have you ever peed in the woods?

I don't even think I've been to the woods before.

13. Have you ever pooped in the woods?

No, I don't feed bears.

14. Do you ever dance even if there's no music playing?

Sometimes yes, I play music in my head because I can remember the song and I sometimes tap my foot or breakdance to the beat.

15. Do you chew your pens and pencils?

I'm not a heartless monster so no.

16. What's your favourite video game?

Huh, a question I don't mind. It's almost as if I replaced this question with a question that wouldn't make sense. Metal Slug 3 is the greatest game ever and if anyone says otherwise then I WILL respect your opinion and move on.

17. What size is your bed?

Single, just like me.
That is such a bad joke I don't even

18. What is your song of the week?

I'm No Superman - Lazlo Bane

19. Is it OK to wear pink?

Yes.

20. Do you still watch cartoons? Who doesn't? Apart from people with no life obviously. I don't watch as much cartoons because I can't find the patience for cartoons. Only ones I watch is Amazing World of Gumball, Regular Show and Adventure Time. Come on grab your friends? Nope, I'm good.

21. What is your least favourite movie?

I'm going to have to narrow this down to movies I actually own otherwise I'd list nearly every single movie there is. I'm going to have to say it's probably Transformers. The first one, not because it was bad, I mean, it's horrendous, but because of how disappointing it was.

22. Where would you bury hidden treasure if you had some?

Nice try FBI

23. What do you drink with dinner?

Milk or Coke. It depends on the situation. If we have Coke then I will have Coke. If we don't have Coke I'll have Milk.

24. What do you dip a chicken nugget in?

My mouth

25. What is your favourite food?

I'VE DONE THIS QUESTION BEFORE.

26. What movies could you watch over and over but still love?

There are four movies I will continuously watch all of the time, Hot Fuzz, Ratatouille, Robots and Toy Story.

27. Last person you kissed/kissed you?

Non-existant

28. Were you ever a boy/girl scout?

No, why would I want to be? I can simulate the outdoors on Skyrim. If I want to climb I'll play Mirrors Edge, if I want to survive a zombie horde I'll play DayZ thank you very much.

29. What game have you played that got your hopes up and turned out be just OK?

Another question I've changed because I don't drive a car, Destiny was the most disappointing for me. I had it recommended to me by numerous people but when I finally played it, it was very meh. It was OK, average. I probably wont finish it.

30. When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper?

The 1950's called, they want their questions back.

31. Can you change the oil in a car?

No, I'd end up destroying the car.

32. Worst game you've ever played?

Modern Warfare 2. It was OK, single player was fine, Spec Ops was something new but the multiplayer, which is what I played after I had finished a mediocre spectacle of cutscene explosions and Ghost being shot and killed. Whoops, let that spoiler slip didn't I? The multiplayer was awful. It was a mess of a game and it still is, World at War is the best game in the series and always has been.

33. Favourite Games Console?

The GameCube. I grew up with one and still have the GameCube from my childhood with most of the games. I honestly wish I'd taken a bit more care of the games though, a couple of them have stickers on the manuals.

34. What's your favourite sandwich?

I created my own sandwich before actually and it's quite nice. Brown bread, Butter. 4 Slices of Cucumber. 4 Slices of Egg, Brown bread.

35. Best thing to eat for breakfast?

Ice cream sandwiches with treacle all over it.

36. What is your usual bedtime?

I'm not six fool.

37. Are you lazy?

Ehh, I'll answer this question later.

38. What did you dress up as for Halloween?

Nothing, I never went trick or treating or anything like that, Halloween isn't a real holiday.

39. What is your Chinese astrological sign?

Potato.

40. How many languages can you speak?

3. English, French and Geordie

41. Do you have any magazine subscriptions?

No. I used to be subscribed to the Doctor Who trading card magazine but that went the way of the dodo/

42. Which are better? Lego's or Lincoln Logs.

Lego. I haven't got a clue why I would want to build with Abraham Lincoln Logs.

43. Are you stubborn?

Yes.

44. Who is better? Leno or Letterman.

I haven't got a clue who either of these people or shows are. Oh, Jay Leno or David Letterman. Neither, I don't like either because I don't watch nor will I ever watch their shows.

45. Ever watch soap operas?

No.

46. Are you afraid of heights?

I am very scared of heights. I don't like them.

47. Do you sing in the car?

Nope

48. Do you sing in the show?

No, I don't have a shower. Baths are the way forward!

49. Do you dance in the car?

I'm sorry what? That's impossible,

50. Ever used a gun?

Yes, Call of Duty, Halo, Battlefield, Rage, you get the point.

51. Last time you got your portrait taken by a photographer?

Last year, or the year before. I don't keep a track of these things.

52. Do you think musicals are cheesy?

No, I don't often find that musicals are covered in Blue Cheddar or Baby Bells.

53. Is Christmas stressful?

No, it's a time we celebrate our Lord and saviours birthday, you may worship me in anyway you want, preferably by giving me stuff.

54. Ever eat a pierogi?

I haven't got a clue what that is, it isn't a real word.

55. Favourite type of fruit pie?

None, fruit and pie should not be mixed together. The only pies I like are corned beef and American.

56. Occupations you wanted to be when you were a kid.

Comedian, Astronaut, Actor, Comic Book Designer, Gamer

57. Do you believe in ghosts?

Yes, but they aren't real.

58. Ever had a De-Ja-Vu feeling?

Of course! Isn't that the achievement on Halo 3: ODST?

59. Do you take a vitamin daily?

Nope. I'm not 86 yet.

60. Do you wear slippers?

Yes

61. Do you wear a bath robe?

What is this? Some sort of democracy? Nope.

62. What was your first concert?

Toy Story on ice

64. ASDA, Morrisons or Tesco?

ASDA, I have to stay brand loyal.

65. Nike or Adidas

Jaffa Cakes

66. Dorito's or Pringles?

Pringles, The best flavour are the smoky bacon ones

67. Peanuts or Sunflower seeds?

I'm not an animal of the wild, I'll take a bag of crisps

68. Ever heard of the group Tres Bien?

Nope, glad I haven't too

69. Ever take dance lessons?

No, my moves come naturally

70. Is there a profession you can see your future spouse doing?

No, because it's all about me. Not them. Me. ME.

71. Can you curl your tongue?

Yes, congratulations to me,

72. Ever won a spelling bee?

B-E-E. Did I win?

73. Have you ever cried because of being so happy?

Happiness is for people with souls, so no.

74. Own any record albums?

Nope,

75. Own a record player?

Nope.

76. Do you regularly burn incense?

Yes, I want to smell like a princess.

77. Ever been in love?

Apart from with myself, no.

78. Who would you like to see in concert?

i Monster or ELO

79. What was the last concert you saw?

Toy Story on ice

80. Hot tea or cold tea?

Hot tea. What type of animal drinks cold tea?

81. Tea or coffee?

Tea, coffee tastes like floor.

82. Digestives or Bourbons?

Hmm, interesting. I keep alternating between the two, Bourbons are pure chocolate, but are less strong when it comes to dipping it into tea. Digestives have a chocolate top, which allows you to hold the bottom to get rid of any chocolate fingers. Digestives are better.

83. Can you swim well?

I swim like a cat

84. Can you hold your breath without holding your nose?

I-what? Yes, I suppose.

85. Are you patient?

No, I'm a doctor.

86. DJ or band at wedding?

I'd like a band, maybe a DJ.

87. Ever won a contest?

I've won quite a few game raffles. Technically a contest.

88. Have you ever had plastic surgery?

Nope.

89. Which are better: Black or Green olives?

How about invisible olives, they're disgusting.

90. Can you knit?

Nope.

91. Best room for a fireplace?

The torture room, keeps the prisoners nice and toasty.

92. Do you want to get married?

Not right now, but I hope so. If not then I could have my own house, more room for games and so on.

93. Worst TV show that you've watched?

My Little Pony. I watched ten seconds of and nearly died.

94. Who's your favourite author?

Charlie Higson

95. Do you cry and throw a fit until you get your own way?

Yes, I'm seven so I do this all the time.

96, Do you have kids?

No

97. Do you want kids?

I'll only have one, how much are they?

98. What is your favourite hobby

Gaming

99. Favourite animated film?

Ratatouille or Toy Story

100. Who should do these questions next?

Nobody, good God, The only reason I did this again in the span of about twelve hours is because a friend wanted me to do it. I personally hope that this friend dies in a pit of fire while snakes eat their arms.

TMI Thing: I Was Forced To Do This OK?

So a friend asked me to do this bloody TMI thing and I grudgingly accepted. Enjoy, I know I didn't.

1. What are you wearing?

Aaaand, we're off to a flying start. It depends, in the morning I wear Pyjamas, in the afternoon, I wear shirts and ties, in the evening I change into my formal wear and dine on my balcony. what do you think I wear? Shirts and ties.

2. Ever been in love?

Yes, I'm in love all the time every day with myself.

3. Ever had a terrible breakup?

All of them were terrible breakups. There's no way of not making it terrible, especially when you can't prevent that from happening

4. How tall are you?

5ft 10 I think, might be 5ft 9...

5. How much do you weigh?

Cake

6. Any tattoos?

Nope, never have, never will.

7. Any piercings?

Nope, never have, never will.

8. OTP

Uh. What? Firstly, that's more of a statement than anything, this isn't 49 Questions and a statement, I haven't got a- what does it mean? Does it mean On The Phone? Because if so then I'm hip and know euphemism's and no, not on my phone. Looking back at five minutes ago, I have now found out what OTP means thanks to an unreliable source. One True Pairing for fictional characters. Could you not just say, favourite fictional couple? It's either Monica and Chandler, J.D and Elliot, Perry Cox and Jordan Cox or Shaun and Liz from Shaun of the Dead.

9. Favourite Show?

Scrubs. I worsh-watch it everyday.

10. Favourite Band

Rubber.

11. Something you miss?

Don't quite know actually, I could say Scrubs, but if I said that then the FBI would know I want another season of Scrubs and that'd mean making Bill Lawrence work which I can't do, I mean, the man's quite literally a God for making such a show. I know what I miss. I miss a time when the Big Bang Theory was funny. Internet: 0 Me: 1

12. Favourite Song?

I'm No Superman - Lazlo Bane. Google it.

13. How old am I?

Well, I know how to type and have been to a primary school, so I can safely assume I am at least 10.
All you need to know is that I was born on Christmas Day. That's your clue...

14. Zodiac Sign

Capricorn. I don't believe in Zodiac signs though, with my luck the stars would have hit me in the face and killed me by now.

15. Quality You Look for In a Partner?

Street. Jokes aside I would prefer it if they could stand my Sarcasm, supported my hobby of retro game collecting and were literate enough to be able to spell.

16. Favourite Quote?

"Swimming is not a sport. It's something you do to stop drowning" - Jimmy Carr

17. Favourite Actor

One of these three: John C. McGinley, Simon Pegg or Jim Carrey

18. Favourite Colour?

Purple

19. Loud or Soft Music?

No idea what that means, most of the music I listen to is soft. I think.

20. Where do you go when you're sad?

I don't go anywhere, I grin and bear it, then cry later.

21. How long does it take you to shower?

0 Minutes, I don't have a shower, only a bath.

22. How long does it take you to get ready?

Hours, I obviously have to put my makeup on a-it takes about two minutes.

23. Ever been in a physical fight?

Not with anyone other than myself.

24. Turn On?

Cake

25. Turn Off?

Salad

26. Reason I joined Blogger?

Mainly to burden people with my anger, rage, sarcasm and general annoyance of being a person, breathing the same air as all you commoners.

27. Fears?

Horror Games, horror movies, clowns, ducks, ladders, heights (I get vertigo when I jump), sport, physical fitness, balloons, people.

28. Last thing that made you cry?

Scrubs, the episode where SPOILER ALERT  KELSO QUITS. It's such an emotional scene in the series because it's one of the main characters.

29. Last time you said you loved someone?

Never, I'm not really that close to anyone, I never really say "love you" to anyone, because nobody deserves my love, mwa, ha haaa etc...

30. Meaning behind your blogger name?

I wouldn't be trusted as a doctor (Doc.) and I'm sarcastic (Sarcastic). Mush them together and you get pure brilliance: Doc. Sarcastic

31. Last book you read?

The Fear by Charlie Higson

32. Book you're currently reading?

The Enemy by Charlie Higson

33. Last show you watched?

Scrubs, I think. If it counts as being on in the background then it's, still...Scrubs...

34. Last person you talked to?

Katie. BFF's 4 life.

35. Relationship between you and the last person you texted?

Katie. BFF's 4 life.

36. Favourite food?

Cheese, leek and ham pasta from ASDA. Funny thing is, it has no ham in it and you can't taste the leek but it is GORGEOUS.

37. Place you want to visit?

A place with smart people, yet to find another smart human like me,

38. Last place you were?

Downstairs.

39. Do you have a crush?

Yup, if I say anything about it I will literally be tormented and burnt at the stake because if I do admit how I feel then I would be crushed because they're too good for me. I am an awful human, they are not.

40. Last time you kissed someone?

Never. ever. Ever. I kissed my copy of Metal Slug 3 goodnight because I was lonely, does that count?

41. Last time you were insulted?

Right now, because people want me to do a TMI.

42. Favourite flavour of sweet?

That sentence literally makes no sense at all. You can have a favourite type of sweet, not a flavour of sweet.
"What's your favourite flavour sweet?"
"Caramel Monkey."
See, doesn't work. I like Mentos and Fruitella's and that's about the extent of it.

43. What instruments do you play?

Well, being the egotistical maniac I am, I could tell you all I play all the instruments, but I wont. I'll be humble. I have an absolutely outstanding singing voice, I'm very humble about it so please, don't ask me to sing.

44. Favourite piece of jewellery?

Ties don't count as jewellery so nothing.

45. Last sport you played?

What the hells a sport?

46. Last song you sang?

I'm No Superman - Lazlo Bane

47. Favourite chatup line?

LOVE ME.

48. Ever used it?

Yes. It sort of worked. I think.

49. Last time you hung out with someone?

Stop with the euphemisms, please. I do not "hang out" I "assemble my peons".

50, Who should answer these questions next?

ABSOLUTELY FUDGING NOBODY. MY GOOD GOD.

I hope you've learnt your lesson internet.

Are Jaffa Cakes True Cakes?

It's an important topic that I discussed with my RE teacher and a few friends today. Are Jaffa Cakes true biscuits? Technically, yes. The reason they don't have Jaffa Biscuits is because if they did then they would have to pay a biscuit tax. I'm guessing you all think I'm making this up, but both my RE teacher and friends talked of this age old tax that was set upon Bourbons and Digestives. In my opinion, they're cakes, because they aren't crunchy. All biscuits I know of are crunchy, while the Jaffa Cake is softer, with a jelly centre.

However, in 1991 McVities defended the classification of "cake" due to the fact that it's ingredients were similar to one of a cakes. But, if you go into your local ASDA, Morrisons, Walmart, whatever, you'll find Jaffa CAKES in the biscuit aisle, and the fact that they are in the shape of a biscuit, not a cake.

The court favoured McVities argument for it being a cake and not a biscuit, I would've sided with them too. Because biscuits are crumbly, Jaffa Cakes are not.

So, are Jaffa Cakes real cakes?

Yes. Yes they are.

Eight Pain In The Arse Xbox Achievements I Have

It's safe to say that I have a passion (addiction) for games. But nothing makes my playing better than having a crazy objective to do while I play. They're completely optional, but add to my ever growing achievements list. Not all of them are fun though, like these ones:

Dead Rising 2 - Zombie Fu 20G

Killed 1,000 Zombies barehanded. Those were some killer moves!

While not the most annoying, it's one of the most time consuming things I have ever done in my entire life. One of the only reasons I did it was for the Shaun of the Dead outfit which is insanely awesome! But to do this achievement, you'll need a lot of spare time. Killing 1,000 zombies with your hands and feet is annoying, especially when your attacks do very little damage and sometimes take up to three hits to kill those obnoxious, undead vegetables.

Call of Duty: World at War - Gunslinger/Hardened War Hero 15G/100G

Assassinated General Amsel with a sidearm
Completed the game on Hardened or Veteran difficulty and won on all fronts

God, I cannot tell you how many attempts these two achievements take, especially the War Hero achievement, The Gunslinger achievement is all about aim, which I'm not very good at. I did manage to pull it off due to the luck however and it sits proudly with EVERY SINGLE OTHER Call of Duty: World at War achievement. All 66 of them. Which means I had to play through the campaign on Veteran to get the War Hero achievement, which is a task of it's own. War Hero literally drove me insane with how difficult it was to pull off and the Gunslinger was just plain annoying.

Halo 3 - Vidmaster Challenge: Annual - 0G

After 9/25/08, completed Halo on 4-player Legendary LIVE co-op, with Iron, and everyone in Ghosts.

When I first read the description for this achievement, I got a little frightened. The last level of Halo 3, which is called Halo, is one of the toughest missions in the game even on Easy. The Iron skull turns off spawning, which means that you need to rush through to each checkpoint to get your team back, of course you can't seen as though the enemies are tough as nails. Mind you, I did it with a pretty incompetent team and it's the achievement I'm most proud of getting, even though all it gave me was a piece of armour that every single player now owns.

Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare - Hunting Season - 50G

Vanquish 100 Soldiers, 100 Scientists, 100 Engineers and 100 All-Stars

This was such a grind-a-thon. 400 Kills in all, providing that you ARE playing as the Plants and you ARE on such a good team that you can easily rack up about ten kills a game. This achievement was bloody horrendous to do, I'm terrible at the game and don't like PvZ that much, but for 50G I couldn't resist...and went on to get 795 more gamerscore on the game...

Portal 2 - You Saved Science - 100G

Complete all test chambers in all courses of co-op

Not the hardest achievement, but none the less a pain in the arse. Especially if both people doing the playthrough are incompetent buffoons. For this achievement, you'll need two people who are good at Portal 2 (or have access to the internet so they can look up the walkthrough), enough time, let's say a good five hours or so and of course, internet. It took longer than expected, mainly because my "thinking with portals" ended up with my partner in science dying... a lot.

Quantom of Solace - The Best Player In Service - 15G

Be a top player in an online match.

Doesn't sound difficult at all now does it? Well, what if I told you this:
Nobody ever has and/or will play the online of Quantom of Solace. Not only that, but if you do find a game, then you'll have to be very lucky that you don't find a game full of hardcore players who play private matches and all of that sort. I got lucky, very lucky.

WWE All Stars - The King of Kings - 50G

Defeated the entire WWE All Stars roster as Triple H

This has to be the most time consuming achievement ever. Not only do you have to beat EVERY SINGLE person on the roster, you'll need to unlock them as well. So, hours and hours are put into this, gathering the characters and then beating them all. Time consuming and annoying, because All Stars wasn't the best game.

Would the GameCube Have Sold Better With A Mario Launch Title?

The GameCube is, for me, the best video games console of all time. Maybe it's because I grew up with it and was never off it, but one thing is for sure, I prefer it over every other console. But the GameCube didn't sell as well as Nintendo thought it would. This could be for a number of reasons, lack of disc space, the competition with Sony and Microsoft or maybe, just maybe, it was the launch titles.

NES launched with Super Mario Bros and Duck Hunt.
SNES launched with Super Mario Land, Pilotwings and so on.
N64 launched with Super Mario 64 and Pilotwings 64.

The GameCube changed things up a bit, three games launched with the system. One being Super Monkey Ball, another being Wave Race: Blue Storm. The final, was Luigi's Mansion. This was the first Nintendo console to launch without a traditional Mario platformer. But why the change? Was it to give the Mean Green Machine the LIMElight (See what I did there? No, oh...)

But would the Nintendo GameCube have sold better with, say, Super Mario Sunshine at launch? In my opinion, no, it wouldn't have. The biggest reason for this was because the Playstation 2 was also released. The original Playstation was critically acclaimed and millions were waiting for the arrival of the next gen console. Also, Microsoft entered the gaming market with it's Xbox, so competing with those two behemoth companies would be pretty difficult, especially with the exclusive games coming onto the Xbox like the new Oddworld. Not to mention the PS1 was an RPG buff, so people were expecting more RPG's for the Playstation 2.

So, in short, the GameCube wouldn't have sold better with a Mario launch title because of lack of space on the discs and other competitors such as Sony dominating the market.

Why Is The Movie Coraline So Disturbing?

Just a quick note:

 SPOILER ALERT

I was watching E4 as they had their usual How I Met Your Mother and Big Bang Theory episodes on, then I saw that Coraline was on afterwards. So I thought to myself, "I'm a big movie fan, you could even consider me a movie buff and I haven't seen Coraline before. Let's see what it's like."

My GOD it's disturbing. I like the style of animation, very Nightmare Before Christmas-y and it's lovely and I could go on but you get the idea. The opening scene made me think it was a different movie, I was genuinely freaked out by it, when the doll is getting pulled apart, stuffed and so on. So the movie goes on and she finds the door. The door is basically what I'm calling Limbo, the other side is literally the opposite of everything. Where her mother has time for her and her dad doesn't look like he spilt a bottle of mascara on each eye.

Seems ordinary, apart from everyone's eyes are sown shut and are buttons...

This movie. Makes buttons. Look scary. I feel slightly afraid to put any of my shirts on now, only problem is that's all I have to wear, because I only wear the richest and finest clothes as I'm eating my Lobster on my patio, with a glass of the finest red wine.

But it turns out the mother wants to sow up Coraline's eyes. You get the subtle hints, when the show Coraline see's is over, the mother stands at the door, points to her friend (name escapes me) and points to her mouth, giving her the most grimacing smile, ever. Afterwards, things start getting weird immediately. She sits down at the table and she gets a gift! Hooray! What could it be? Perfume, clothes, buttons-it's buttons. Two black buttons and a needle.

It gets even MORE disturbing when the father is playing the piano, the gloves come out and keep forcing him to face the piano, playing and playing. This film is starting to creep me out, but it can't get any creepi-it turns out everyone has been stuffed by the mother and is being controlled by her. The cat shows this by biting one of the circus mice, which makes the grains fall out of it, turning it into a rat. But, if the rats were stuffed, were the people stuffed as well? Like, the father, was he stuffed? Some poor bloke got killed, emptied, turned inside out and buttoned up to live in this creepy fantasy.

The mother turns into a giant spider, thing and runs after Coraline. That's when I drew the line. Mostly because the face and the ghost children were creeping me the hell out. So I did a bit more searching and this damn movie. It's somehow a PG film. I'm serious, the ghosts in that thing are the creepiest things I've seen, One of them has their mouth permanently hung open and starts FLOATING towards the screen. I can only imagine what the 3D on this movie would have been like if they did put it in 3D.

The movie thinks it's a good idea to keep zooming in on the gho- more creepy stuff follows. Honestly worse than the ghosts. His mouth was stitched up, permanently. Just like The Joker. I don't want to spoil the rest of the movie, mostly because it's still on and I haven't seen the ending yet, but I honestly recommend this over a lot of horror movies today, because this is seriously creepy.

Just, keep away from the cupboards.

Is It Worth Watching: The IT Crowd

The two frequent readers of my blog will probably know I enjoy games, books, movies, music etc...

But, please remember like always.

SPOILER ALERT

I especially like comedy, it's my favourite thing, especially when I actually wanted to become a stand up comedian for a few years. More of my humour is based on sarcasm, much like The IT Crowd.

The IT Crowd takes place in the basement of Reynholm Industries. A business that sells...well, we don't know. The basement is home to the industries IT Technicians Maurice Moss and Roy Trenneman. New employee Jen Barber is made the Relationship Manager of the Tech Support Team after she is hired by Denholm Reynholm.

I should just note that the casting for this is absolutely brilliant. You have Richard Ayoade, who is a geek in reality. Chris O'Dowd, who's sarcasm is some of the finest quality, almost as good as mine. Jen Barber is played by Katherine Parkinson, who is well known for her role in this show, along with Doc Martin and voicing some of the Worms Games. The final main cast member I'd like to talk about is Matt Berry. He plays Douglas Reynholm, son of Denholm. I have to say, Matt Berry's voice is absolutely amazing. I'll leave a link to a video displaying his best voices,

Anyways, I'm not going to spoil anything too major but I will spoil this:

None of the episodes link together, They do make little nods to each other, but the previous episodes never have any consequences. For example, Moss and Roy get arrested, next episode they're acting as if nothing happened. Scrubs however, my favourite show of all time and I adore it dearly, links each episode together seamlessly. I worship Scrubs for doing this but shun other shows like The Big Bang Theory for not linking them together. Don't get me wrong, they have a plot, but it's loosely threaded.

Another thing I don't like about the show is the character Richmond. He seems unnecessary and breaks the flow of the story. It doesn't help that I'm not the biggest fan of Noel Fielding's comedy as I find he just doesn't flow through it as good as others such as Frankie Boyle, Michael McIntyre and Russel Howard.

But, the question remains.

Is it worth watching?

Yes.

Matt Berry's Voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNc0ErvirBE

Mario Kart 8 DLC?

Well, Nintendo has finally succumb to the first step of becoming EA. Making useless DLC to promote some sort of sporting event that is happening in one country. In this case, they added... Mercedes Karts? Well, we're off with flying colours seeing as though about five people will look at that and say: "Wow, a Mercedes in Mario Kart? Just what I've always wanted!"

It's a ridiculous idea. You have all of these unique, creative cars and you decide the first of many DLC's will be a Mercedes? To be honest, I do think this marks a step for Nintendo. It's the first time they've added DLC from what I can remember and I want to see where they can take it. I'm sure they'll be adding more Karts, hopefully some of the classic maps that weren't featured and maybe some new characters. Of course, you would have to buy a Wii U first, which not many people have done and I'm also guessing that this DLC will not be free. It'll probably cost you roughly 69p, the same amount as a cheap iPad app.

This could be a big break for Nintendo, but it could also break them.

In Memory of Robin Williams

Well, I woke up this morning expecting a nice day, was going to watch some IT Crowd followed by a session of writing my book, but that changed when I looked at Facebook and saw "Rest In Peace Robin Williams, you were taken away too early from us." Obviously after two minutes of being awake I was rather tired and didn't know what to make of the situation so I fired up my laptop, went to Wikipedia and searched for Robin Williams.

Believe it or not he has died. He was found dead in his home and was pronounced dead there.

As soon as the news hit many celebrities such as Simon Pegg, Eddie Izzard, Bill Lawrence and so on took to Twitter to share their grievances. I'm sure a lot of his fans are very upset, including me. Robin Williams shaped a lot of peoples childhoods with movies such as Jumanji, Flubber, Mrs. Doubtfire and Hook. Not only was he an outstanding actor, but he was a superb stand up comedian and amazing person too. The whole intro to Aladin was improvised by Robin Williams, using his creativity to think up the beginning.

Obviously Robin Williams will be missed dearly by his family, friends and fans. Just remember how creative the man was and all the work he did to make us laugh, cry and share our emotions with his work.

"You're only given one little spark of madness You mustn't lose it."

- Robin Williams, July 21 1951 - August 11 2014

The Problem with Xbox 360 Games With Gold

While it's great to see some older, fantastic Xbox 360 games come out for free such as Halo 3 and Assassins Creed 2 along with some newer games like Battleblock Theatre and Hitman: Absolution. While it's awesome to see so many free games, it's a big problem for the Xbox 360 Hard Drive. I have a 250 GB Xbox 360 and never expected to fill it seen as though I prefer getting a physical copy of my games, but it's free so I download it. I'm now down to 70 GB and there are plenty more free games coming out. Free games are great, but NOT when they take up so much memory. 250 GB is a quarter of 1 TB (Terabyte) which is quite a large bit of memory.

The reason this is a problem is that downloading a game will take up a couple GB's of space, or in Hitman: Absolution's term 7.1 GB. Which is almost 10 GB for an OK game. However, if you have a physical copy of the game then it will probably only take up 1 or 2 MB after you do the standard update process. It's absurd, my friend has the same Xbox as me and is now down to 17 GB, he's going to buy an external hard drive and if it comes down to it I will have to as well.

Microsoft, while I appreciate the fact that you're giving away games for free, I don't appreciate how much space they're taking up. Maybe release some arcade classics like Doom, you released Charlie Murder for free and that was a great game! You did it for A World of Keflings, even though I all ready had it I'm sure many people appreciated that. It doesn't have to be a blockbuster title.

Another problem is that I own most of the games they're giving away for free. As a game collector, I like to buy lots of games. So I all ready have Halo 3, A World of Keflings, Fable III and Dead Rising 2. An alternative should be made, like a different game or some money on your Xbox account instead of waiting another two weeks for another free game.

Is It Worth Watching: We're The Millers

Before we begin.

SPOILER ALERT


Well, this is awkward. I'm a fan of movies. I'm especially a big fan of comedy. But this movie was...meh.

Our story begins by introducing three of the four main characters in pretty slim detail, the fourth character is "introduced" later on. We don't even get to know her real name, I don't think. Anyways, I guess I should run over the main characters, but in the movies spirit. So very, very briefly. David Clark is the drug dealer, played by Jason Sudeikis. Jennifer Aniston plays a stripper called Rose. Casey, a runaway and thief is played by Emma Roberts and finally a random person from the building called Kenny who is played by Will Poulter.

So, somehow David gets roped into a drug smuggling to pay off a debt that isn't explained and he heads back to think about how he'll get across the border and back. He then sees a motor home family by some sort of crazy coincidence. Now, I'm telling you all now. Coincidences happen a lot in this movie, coincidentally. Now, he recruits his family, they take a plane ride and get their motor home. They cross the border, take the drugs and leave. Smooth sailing, until their van breaks down, they then find the people they saw at the border. Don, Edith and Melissa. Played by Nick Offerman, Kathryn Hahn and Molly Quinn.

They tow their RV to a repair shop but find out it's closed on Saturdays. What a coincidence. They spend the night playing Pictionary and, other... things. Really, saying anything else would spoil the movie. They finish up that, the other family go on their way and then more comedic actions occur when the drug dealers find them and want to kill them. It ends up with a high speed get away to a carnival because Kenny got bitten by a tarantula. How convenient that it gives the drug barons time to catch up.

They go to the hospital and then they find out how much David is being paid and they all have a family argument. Then the other family that towed them shows up. Convenient. The the drug barons show up. Convenient. Then there was actually a fairly decently choreographed fight scene which wasn't that bad and they arrest the two drug barons. Because Don is in the DEA. Conveni-you get the idea. Anyways, Don finds out that they're smuggling drugs and let's them go. Which could get you fined, fired and arrested.

He gets the drugs back to whatever his name is and is told that he is too late. Then the DEA RUIN his roof window thing and break it, crashing the party and arresting him. Don shows up and thanks David for his assistance and they were put on a three to six month protection service. He then lives with his fake family and call themselves the Millers.

There you have it. We're the Millers. While it's short on humour, has loose ends in the story and fairly forgettable characters, I can forgive it for making certain characters stand out, the parts of the story that made sense were good and the comedy was fairly entertaining I did enjoy the movie. But...

Is It Worth Watching?

Yes.

E3 Sony Roundup: More Guff and Tat at the 3 E's.

Well, it only seems fitting that I do coverage on all of the big company's in the running and EA. Because leaving EA out is a cardinal sin that will get me killed most probably. Any ways, here's the Playstation crap.

Well, coming out of the gate and leaping over the first hurdle is Playstation with the release of a bundle pack for Destiny. The system will come with the game Destiny, which doesn't look that bad to be quite honest, any who, let's move on to the next item on the agenda. Which is the Destiny beta which will be launched on 17th of July which is the perfect opportunity to see what it's all about.

Entwined is made by one of Sony's new little brand things and it looks OK I guess, doesn't interest me so I'll leave that. Sounds like a Disney movie more than anything to be honest.

Little Big Planet 3. NOOOOOOOOOOO. OH GOD PLEASE NO. NO. NOOOOOOOOOO.
As you can tell from that, I'm not looking forward to it unless Stephen Fry is voicing it, but not even he can save the repetitiveness of the series. LBP 2 was a push to say the least.

Same goes for Magicka 2, a great game that has no need for a sequel what so ever, but it's intrigued me to say the least. Bloodborne looks like it's a cash in on Dark Souls, but it's a "spiritual successor" to Demon Souls, so it should be good.

Far Cry 4 and Dead Island 2, more mediocre tat. Far Cry 4 didn't need another sequel and Dead Island was awful, so, staying away from the both of those. Maybe a quick look into Far Cry 4 though. Diablo III, Battlefield...uhh. Give me something worth looki-what's that? Tim Schafer is making Grim Fandango for the PS4.

BUY A PS4 10/10 LIKE SYRIM WITH GUNS.
As you can hopefully tell, I'm a fan of Grim Fandango because it's a great game. Devolver Digital are making a load of games such as Hotline Miami 2 and Titan Souls so that'll be great.

Let it Die genuinely confused me. A lot. Not sure what to make of it, so we'll have to wait and see. Abzu and No Man's Sky don't look too interesting to me, lots of indie games for PS4 which is nice to see. Free To Play games such as Planetside 2 and Loadout are coming to PS4 which is awesome.

Like they say, leave the best 'till last. Let's take a look at what's worth trying:

Destiny Beta
Magicka 2
Bloodborne
Far Cry 4
Grim Fandango
All of Devolver Digital's Games

I'd say E3's winner so far is Sony because of all those interesting titles, much better when comparing it to Microsoft's "meh" conference.

E3 Microsoft Roundup. Mediocre Game after Tasteless Tat.

Oh great, E3 is here and now it's gone. So let's do a round up of the games and stuff shown. Let's begin.

Microsoft - Xbox

Well, Microsoft zoomed off onto the track and fell at the first hurdle with another "new" Call of Duty. There are over 20 games in the franchise, including ports over to the Nintendo DS and iOS devices. So, what's so great and new about this one? Nothing. At all. Nothing changed, didn't notice anything even if they did do something. The fact that the crowd began to CHEER when they announced DLC to Xbox first was absurd. Is it really that much of a fan war when one console can brag to another about spending £20 on a couple maps and a gun?

Generic Forza Game etc...moving swiftly on.

Halo 1, 2, 3 and 4, all in a HD upgrade for Xbox One! No thanks, seen as though they seem to have left out Halo Reach and ODST, I'll stick to my Xbox and Xbox 360 versions thank you. Oh yeah, Halo 5 was "announced". 100 Multiplayer maps on the box set thing for Halo. That's great, but they'll be mixed in with each other, so at one point you may be playing Blood Gulch and the next you're on one of the mediocre Halo 4 maps. Not bad, not good. May be worth a look if you got rid of your Xbox 360 to get the Xbox One, you idiot.

Ori and the Blind Forest. It's not my type of game but I'll check it out, looks nice. It was probably the most good looking game on the roster of Xbox.

Sunset Overdrive. Ehh...it's OK. Doesn't excite me because it's just far too over the top, but let's see how it goes. Another Assassin's Creed? Oh for God's sake. Then all that bother over the "No Female Character" stuff, so, not checking the new Assassin's Creed out. Another Dragon Age game, never played it, so not interested.

Fable Legends. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. NO. WHY would you do this? "Well, we may as well give the player control of the AI seen as though we're no good at making enemies in the game." Terrible idea, it might work, but not for me. Rise of the Tomb Raider, nope. Not taking any chances after what they've done to the Tomb Raider franchise.

Witcher 3, much like Dragon Age, I haven't played it but might have a quick look at it. Another Tom Clancy game. Probably just another generic one like most of the others. Crackdown! Because we needed a mediocre sequel to a sequel of a game nobody remembered. First Crackdown, good. Second Crackdown, pretty much the same but with zombies. Crackdown the Third. No ta.

So, let's see here. Mediocre game after mediocre game. Let's list the ones worth looking at, shall we?

Dragon Age: Inquisition
Ori and the Blind Forest
Halo: The Master Chief Collection
Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Crackdown 3

Is It Worth Watching: This Is The End

This is a more controversial idea I had after watching This Is The End, made by Seth Rogen and also starring Seth Rogen. This is a review sort of. I'm going to do this with any movie that I think is worthy of a review, so, let's get started. Before we begin, I should put this out here:

SPOILER ALERT

This is The End begins with Seth Rogen's friend Jay coming over to his house, the two friends share a couple drinks and play some games, watch TV and so on. The first thing you should notice is that the "actors" actually star as themselves, as the movie is a take on real life. This is a neat touch and it isn't lost through the movie, it's strengthened as it goes along. The two head off to Jame's Franco's house party, where not much happens apart from weak jokes relating to drink and drugs. However, take note of what happens at the house party, as many cameo's are spotted here. Such as Rihanna, Emma Watson, Mindy Kaling, Kevin Hart and more. Only to find out that most of them die about five minutes later after being stupid enough to get shocked at a large hole.

So shit hits the fan and our five, heroes? Head back inside. Just for the five of them are:
Seth Rogen
James Franco
Jonah Hill
Jay Baruchel
Craig Robinson

The group goes through a pretty funny slide show check of the food and drink they have, which leads up to an argument about a Milky Way. The team agrees to allow Jonah to have it on medical grounds. Not a lot happens after that, apart from a building montage, a helicopter crash and a sleepover. The next morning we find out that Kenny McBride survived and makes a nice breakfast for the gang, using most of the food they had. Obviously they don't take to the idea of having breakfast and tell him to stop.

I can't remember much of what happened between this, it was very forgettable. A couple of things stick out, like the guy that tries to get in which is pretty funny, especially when he dies. HA. HA. HA. Also Emma Watson shows up. She asks the guys to let her in, they oblige, open the doors and let her rest up. Then she leaves, with all of their water. Wasn't that a fun cameo? The guys realise that there are two bottles of water in the basement, using a burnt matchstick to decide who goes out to the basement. I think some design faults are here, as James Franco's house doesn't have an entrance to the basement inside the house. I'll just pretend that's an American thing.

Anyways, Craig is nominated by the holy matchstick and goes along to the basement, then runs back after being scared by an off screen prop presumably. The men have another breakthrough idea, which is to literally break through the floor. It succeeds. The team enjoy their spoils, until Danny McBride decides to have another glass of water and wastes their water. The gang throw him out, giving him a prop gun before he goes. He decides to try and shoot everyone with it, only realising then that it is a prop gun. Before he leaves he gives us quite an hilarious speech, then makes his departure.

Some more weak jokes pass and then Jonah gets possessed. This leads up to an encounter with a demon-possessed Jonah with Seth and Franco running around, while Craig and Jay are out getting food, they are also attacked by a demon dog thing? The design of them isn't really the best but none the less it gets the job done. They return to the house and tie Jonah to the bed, which has one of the best references of the movie. Jay ties some Spatulas together and performs an exorcism on Jonah, it fails as it gets out of hand and Seth begins fighting Jay. Which leads to the hidden food stash of James being found. Then the house sets on fire. They leave and Craig is taken up with a beam? Forgot to mention that part because it feels so minor at the start of the movie, I honestly thought it was an alien race taking them up, but apparently it's God or some mythical creature like that.

Anyways, this leaves James, Jay and Seth to get to Malibu apparently, when they realise they need to start doing nice things. This has gone on for a while now so to quickly wrap things up I'll tell you what happens.

Danny McBride is alive, eats James Franco. He doesn't go to heaven. Jay and Seth meet Satan, Jay apologises and is sent to Heaven, takes Seth with him and they kill Satan. Congrats, happy endings.

In all, if you want some cheap laughs then this is the movie for you, the actors give some good performances and put some genuine emotion into their respective pieces. The plot is a mess, key features of the plot are brought in about five minutes before the end of the movie.

Now, it's internet law that I give this movie a score, so here goes. Wait, I don't need a score, I need a yes or no answer. So here:

Is It Worth Watching?

Yes.