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.
Saturday, 1 November 2014
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.
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.
Tuesday, 21 October 2014
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.
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.
Monday, 13 October 2014
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.
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.
Sunday, 14 September 2014
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.
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.
Saturday, 6 September 2014
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.
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.
Wednesday, 3 September 2014
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
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
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