Uber-Beans & Underliving

Posted 05.10.2006 3 1646

Now Playing: Nada
Now Listening to: some guy mumbling in the back of the internet cafe
Now Watching: Scrubs, gearing myself up for Season 4 on DVD. I hope it doesn't turn shit.

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Friendular Codes

Posted 15.08.2006 5 1771

Now Playing: Hunters
Now Listening to: Nat King Cole
Now Watching: Watched The F Word. 'Gonna be cooking snails this winter:P

Just got me some Wi-Fi Hub lovin'.

3479, 6879, 4840 is my FC. Have only just started experimenting with other Hunters and haven't yet read Fraz's Metroid 'Ins and Outs'. Some guy called Shawn took my Wi-Fi cherry about 30 minutes ago. I'm pleased to say he got a sound thrashing, six o' the best, trousers down.

So now I need to hone my skills by challenging the big'guns through the mainframe at C3 Towers. I'll sort out my C3 Wi-Fi section soon. Until then, prepare to suck 'monkey nuts!

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Stop, Look, Lis

Posted 23.07.2006 2 1689

Now Playing: Trauma Centre
Now Listening to: La Camisra Negr
Now Watching: No time for TV. Although I did catch the last ten minutes of The Next Generation while I was having me

Ah, a week of reality is a lifetime in C3. Just last week these-here threads contained a liberal scattering of naked Marios. How quickly they evolve, like big gelatinous Darwinian evolving

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F**K

Posted 21.07.2006 9 1685

FUCK.

FUCK.

FUCK.

Huge entry just gone. Gone. 'Cause I pressed the 'Save' bit right at the bottom (the image header bit) instead of the save bit. Insanely angry.

FUCK.

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No Green, No Scene

Posted 08.07.2006 5 1741

Now Playing: Trauma Centre
Now Listening to: Ski Sunday theme
Now Watching: my bank balance slowly die a horrible horrible death... meh

Cash.

I talk not of Johnny or Pat. I speak of that dastardly stuff that assumes many forms, yet none which stay-put when placed about my person

The recent purchase of a DS Lite, Metroid, Advance Wars, Brain Training and Trauma Centre have left me convalescing from open-wallet surgery, and the prognosis ain't looking peachy

I won't spend the blog complaining about it. It's more of an acceptance thing.

I am 75% certain I won't be getting a Wii until well into next year. It hurts, but it's also strangely calming - I know that there'll be some cracking games waiting for me. I also hate average-ness because firstly, games are expensive little fuckers and I don't have the moolah to be farting about with mediocrity. Secondly, bad games simply frustrate me. And I can do that to myself in numerous ways without splashing the hard cash.

I'm also of the opinion that of all the titles released for a console, there're usually only 3 or 4 die-hard stone-cold indispensibly-essential classics that you simply must play. I suppose that in my old-age I'll just ignore the superfluous and only ever sample the very very best of digital entertainment.

But most of all, it's a matter of time. I need to work full-time to keep my head above water with everyday life and I simply won't have the minutes to kick back with the Wii. I think back to my school days... ahh I remember when I could squeeze in 6 or 7 hours a day if I was canny. But no matter, I know that Twilight Princess'll be there waiting when I need it...

In other news, artmonkey is shocked to find multiple 'bastard's in Trauma Centre: Under the Knife.

He has also discovered that the plural of 'euro' (the currency) is in fact 'euro'. Ireland is the only English-speaking country to adopt the mainland Monopoly money and a reliable source has informed him it is incorrect to say "you couldn't lend me a few euros could you mate?"

If the euro was ever to make it to these shores, it would surely be the last-ditch attempt of British defiance to add the plural 's', no?

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Dead Sexy

Posted 26.06.2006 5 1788

Now Playing: Metroid Prime: Hunters
Now Listening to: Sam Cooke
Now Watching: out for Figo & Co.'s Oscar nominations...

Ahhh. Well I have (as many of you will by now) a DS Lite sitting on my desk, and I've got to admit, it's impressing me more each day.

I didn't go for the first DS, and I have to admit that it was the look of the thing that put me off. Shallow, I know, and I'm not proud of myself It just seemed so cumbersome. If I'm buying a handheld, I want to be able to keep it comfortably in my pocket without stretching my jeans skintight to chafe-point (:eek and attracting shudder-inducing looks from 50 year-old divorcees.

I thought that after a couple of hours with it, my gadget fetishism would have worn away and I'd be left feeling slightly hollow. That's what happened to me in the past with various incarnations of the Game Boy. I've never really got into handhelds for this reason - once the packaging comes off, I get bored with the limitations of the controls and quickly tire of crippling thumb pain.

But this baby is the real deal - she's keeping me hooked with her feminine wiles. I'm still intrigued by the touchscreen. I'll fire the console up at 3 in the morning (when all I really want to do is sleep) just because I want to 'touch'.

At first I found Metroid: Hunters difficult to control. Give me a '64 controller and multi-player Goldeneye and I'll gladly pwn every ass in the room, but I've never been a man for mouse-controlled FPSs (that being the system Hunters' controls most-closely resemble). I am coming round to it though - a little more practice and I'll be ready to take on some of you Wi-Fi enabled Hunters. I've also been surprised at the quality of the single-player, having previously heard that it was little-more than a lacklustre 'extra'. I think this can be attributed to low expectations, and my unfamiliarity with the controls (I'm grateful for the opportunity these sparce levels afford me to get used to the setup).

Anyway, Phoenix Wright next (I'm expecting great things Haz), then Brain Training, Trauma Centre, NSMBs... anyone would think I was made of money.

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Parental Guidance

Posted 17.06.2006 10 1690

Now Playing: Banjo-Pilot
Now Listening to: Cissy Strut - Butch Cassidy Sound System
Now Watching: World Cup (ahh, 'can't move for quality football)

Recently, my Old Man wanted to change his mobile phone contract. Intrigued by those ads in the back of the paper, one of the perks of switching was the free gift of a PSP. On hearing this I quickly set about dissuading him from Sony

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