The age old question.. if you were a super hero what power would you want?
I used to think teleportation... anywhere i liked i could be there in a moment! At the summit of Lady Liberty... On the steps of Machu Pichu... Drinking at some fantasy oasis in the middle of the Sahara. No flights, passports, costs... just the ease of blinking my eyes.
When I was younger i thought invisibility was a great one. Just imagine, going anywhere you shouldn't... life would be like a complete fly-on-the-wall documentary. The ultimate voyeur.. or spy!?
Recently I have decided on the one power, given preference, that i wished was in my possession. Mind reading!
People can be so hard to read at the best of times, but when it's someone extremely close to you it's almost impossible. When love is involved it's easy to say one thing to not hurt someone, when really you're too scared to say all you really want to.
If everyone could read each others minds I can't imagine how the human race would work. No secrets.. everything would be out there. Racism, sexism, the most innocent of thoughts mixed with the totally depraved.. there would be blood, I have no doubt.
But I don't want to read every one's mind... just the one person. The one I love, the one who holds my heart and who I'm totally at mercy too right now. The one I thought held the same visions and future plans as me... and the one I don't ever want to lose.
I'm not a super hero, I'll never achieve my desired super power but even if i were... i don't think it'd help my cause. Love can't be controlled or played, it isn't the game that all the songs make it out to be. It's greater than that.. and I don't want to lose the love i have now.
^^ xx
Friday, 23 April 2010
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Saturday, 17 April 2010
All you need is love!
Of course I know who they are but I think it's kinda tragic how so many people now don't know the music or weren't lucky enough to be brought up on it.
I watched an amazing film 'Across The Universe' and was totally moved by it.. it just hit so many emotions! The style it was produced, the use of each Beatles song perfectly inter-linked, the casting... all just threw it up there into the, forever hard to list, top 5.
There songs encapsulate so much raw, yet playful, emotion and I can listen to them for hours... safe in the knowledge that my kids will be one day (when conceived and born) be likewise blessed.
Other recent film highlights would be The History Boys (an awesome british film) and Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist. Again well up there with High Fidelity, Juno, Empire Records.
There is a distinct feel here.. if a film has a killer soundtrack and is even slightly quirky I'll probably enjoy it.
Peace out!
I watched an amazing film 'Across The Universe' and was totally moved by it.. it just hit so many emotions! The style it was produced, the use of each Beatles song perfectly inter-linked, the casting... all just threw it up there into the, forever hard to list, top 5.
There songs encapsulate so much raw, yet playful, emotion and I can listen to them for hours... safe in the knowledge that my kids will be one day (when conceived and born) be likewise blessed.
Other recent film highlights would be The History Boys (an awesome british film) and Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist. Again well up there with High Fidelity, Juno, Empire Records.
There is a distinct feel here.. if a film has a killer soundtrack and is even slightly quirky I'll probably enjoy it.
Peace out!
November 2008?? i totally gave up on life (blogging) didn't i?
So yeah, I went through that fad of blogging crap... totally lost interest as I do so many other things fairly quickly.
I've had some shit going down that has made me seriously take a step back. I've spent a lot of time to myself and, beforehand, always thought i was happy in my own company. This hasn't changed but I realise I'll do anything to distract from the boredom that being kinda lonely brings.
Gaming.. something I truly love and enjoy doing. Now when a game grabs you it's immense.. you want to play that extra mission, collect the next treasure, see how the next chapter unfolds. I had the bug with Final Fantasy XIII, as I knew I would being a bit of a fanboy. A fanboy that owns all of the titles available but has never completed one fully... until now!! And you want the reason? Trophies!!
Yes.. when you've nothing better to do with your time, or have no-one close to hang out with, I have found myself to be a trophy whore. Be it competition with friends or just the need to get that next level, the higher percentage.. i've resorted to it. I only ask myself why, after a couple of hours religious play, I actually bothered.
I gain nothing from it, it whiles away the hours sure.. but I don't end up with any real satisfaction out of it.
Completing a game i've truly enjoyed playing, and the whole experience that goes with achieving that, gives me satisfaction. Assassin's Creed II, Uncharted's 1 & 2, Batman, Heavy Rain and now FFXIII to name the most recent. Each time the end credits rolled I felt kind of smug with how i'd done and happy of the effort i'd put in.
Now Heavy Rain was great to complete as it was like a movie! BUT... I found completing it the 2nd time on my own PS3, purely for the trophies, to be a real slog. Skipping the cutscenes.. playing at easiest difficulty just to speed up the hours needed to choose and ending and hear the acute 'ping!' noise as each trophy scored.
Since then it's been easy whoring with Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires, Sega Superstars Racing, Lego Indy 2, Dirt 2 and even Fifa09. Dirt 2, being honest, has totally impressed me and has had many hours ploughed into it for the excitement the game brings rather than the 'ping!' But Fifa09!?! C'mon.. I'm a staunch Pro Evo fanboy but the ease these trophies dropped into my lap I couldn't say no.. and at £2.98 a copy I'd have to be crazy not to buy it just for that reason alone!
I don't think I can really sum anything up of all the drivel i've just written. I get bored watching TV, bored of reading and even bored of playing games now too. I used to listen listen to music for hours and totally lose myself, but songs make you think about things, and when you're on your own for a lengthy period all you do is think about things so that doesn't help either.
It's this boredom that leads me to write this.. i'm sat here with nothing better to do.
On the bright side I may have a new job this time next week.. I'll blog all about my last one someday. The memoirs of a independant manager working for a commercial game selling dictatorship.. Lol.
Bitchin!
I've had some shit going down that has made me seriously take a step back. I've spent a lot of time to myself and, beforehand, always thought i was happy in my own company. This hasn't changed but I realise I'll do anything to distract from the boredom that being kinda lonely brings.
Gaming.. something I truly love and enjoy doing. Now when a game grabs you it's immense.. you want to play that extra mission, collect the next treasure, see how the next chapter unfolds. I had the bug with Final Fantasy XIII, as I knew I would being a bit of a fanboy. A fanboy that owns all of the titles available but has never completed one fully... until now!! And you want the reason? Trophies!!
Yes.. when you've nothing better to do with your time, or have no-one close to hang out with, I have found myself to be a trophy whore. Be it competition with friends or just the need to get that next level, the higher percentage.. i've resorted to it. I only ask myself why, after a couple of hours religious play, I actually bothered.
I gain nothing from it, it whiles away the hours sure.. but I don't end up with any real satisfaction out of it.
Completing a game i've truly enjoyed playing, and the whole experience that goes with achieving that, gives me satisfaction. Assassin's Creed II, Uncharted's 1 & 2, Batman, Heavy Rain and now FFXIII to name the most recent. Each time the end credits rolled I felt kind of smug with how i'd done and happy of the effort i'd put in.
Now Heavy Rain was great to complete as it was like a movie! BUT... I found completing it the 2nd time on my own PS3, purely for the trophies, to be a real slog. Skipping the cutscenes.. playing at easiest difficulty just to speed up the hours needed to choose and ending and hear the acute 'ping!' noise as each trophy scored.
Since then it's been easy whoring with Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires, Sega Superstars Racing, Lego Indy 2, Dirt 2 and even Fifa09. Dirt 2, being honest, has totally impressed me and has had many hours ploughed into it for the excitement the game brings rather than the 'ping!' But Fifa09!?! C'mon.. I'm a staunch Pro Evo fanboy but the ease these trophies dropped into my lap I couldn't say no.. and at £2.98 a copy I'd have to be crazy not to buy it just for that reason alone!
I don't think I can really sum anything up of all the drivel i've just written. I get bored watching TV, bored of reading and even bored of playing games now too. I used to listen listen to music for hours and totally lose myself, but songs make you think about things, and when you're on your own for a lengthy period all you do is think about things so that doesn't help either.
It's this boredom that leads me to write this.. i'm sat here with nothing better to do.
On the bright side I may have a new job this time next week.. I'll blog all about my last one someday. The memoirs of a independant manager working for a commercial game selling dictatorship.. Lol.
Bitchin!
Sunday, 9 November 2008
Fireworks at 00:48?? Neighbours kids are lil chavs!!!
So the gaming time is still not as plentiful as it should be but I'm very impressed with a couple of recent games that have had the initial stages treatment.
Fallout 3 looks like it's going to be a whole lot of fun... any game where you start life as a 1 year old learning how the controls work by walking around, picking up teddy bears and gargling words at Liam Neeson has got to be awesome. I've managed to play it through until leaving the vault itself and setting out to explore the nuclear freaked Washington desolation that is my new home, so far so good.
Little Big Planet just has that totally original factor about it... the design, the controls, the production are all spot on. The whole premise of living in a box looking down on this crazy planet below just reminds me of Button Moon... and that just makes it more appealing. Again I've only given it the 1st couple of stages to get a feel for it, and the server was down at the time so online will have to wait, but I'm really looking forward to it with high hopes.
It'll be interesting to see what someone like Yahtzee thinks of them, he totally blasted dead space just this week and I seriously thought he'd have been more into that one. Trade-Ins at work have been fairly high for Fallout 3 as well but that doesn't always mean the games a pile of crap, we've had a fair share of Fable II too.
I think I'm all set now though... nothing new to come out is really going to need instant purchasing and so my bank balance can have a break. Good thing really with Xmas approaching and all.
What's been taking up my time you may ask? Well, I say you... but who are you?Are you really out there reading this or am i just rambling on to my laptop? This is some deep stuff when you think about it. Lol.
Fallout 3 looks like it's going to be a whole lot of fun... any game where you start life as a 1 year old learning how the controls work by walking around, picking up teddy bears and gargling words at Liam Neeson has got to be awesome. I've managed to play it through until leaving the vault itself and setting out to explore the nuclear freaked Washington desolation that is my new home, so far so good.
Little Big Planet just has that totally original factor about it... the design, the controls, the production are all spot on. The whole premise of living in a box looking down on this crazy planet below just reminds me of Button Moon... and that just makes it more appealing. Again I've only given it the 1st couple of stages to get a feel for it, and the server was down at the time so online will have to wait, but I'm really looking forward to it with high hopes.
It'll be interesting to see what someone like Yahtzee thinks of them, he totally blasted dead space just this week and I seriously thought he'd have been more into that one. Trade-Ins at work have been fairly high for Fallout 3 as well but that doesn't always mean the games a pile of crap, we've had a fair share of Fable II too.
I think I'm all set now though... nothing new to come out is really going to need instant purchasing and so my bank balance can have a break. Good thing really with Xmas approaching and all.
What's been taking up my time you may ask? Well, I say you... but who are you?Are you really out there reading this or am i just rambling on to my laptop? This is some deep stuff when you think about it. Lol.
Monday, 3 November 2008
92 profile views... seriously?!!
My overkill moment has passed... gaming is alive again, only now I'm really having to time share the consoles... Such a dilemma.
- PS3 I've just bought Fallout 3 & Siren Blood Curse... still massively addicted to Pro Evo 09 & Tiger 09... Lego Batman too!!!
- 360 time is fully used for Fable II yet I have Lost Odyssey waiting in the wings, and Viva Pinata of course!
- PSP has Crisis Core still have completed just waiting for a rainy day and the most awesome Disgaea just started.
- DS had a recent renaissance (with brain training surprisingly) and I'm so near the end of FF Tactics i don't want to finish it.
- Wii... ah yes the wii... not playing it... don't want too... i still love it really, honest!
Is it just me that has this dilemma, why can't i just pick a game.. complete it.. move on and start a new one!? Why do i do this to myself... seriously!!!
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