2010

Games of 2010

by ZombieSkittles on December 23, 2010

Inspired by Notch’s1 blog post, I have decided something like that is in order for myself because I am fucking awesome. Contained below are the games released this year that I actually played, and a quick sum up of my experience.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat

I bought this game and gave it all of an hour before putting it back down. It’s not that the game was bad or anything, but after playing Shadow of Chernobyl to death, and getting disappointed by Clear Sky, I couldn’t bring myself to play yet MORE S.T.A.L.K.E.R., no matter how good it is.

Bioshock 2

Half decent game, but hindered by being “more of the same”. I still haven’t even gotten past the first Big Sister encounter.

Pokemon SoulSilver

This game has restored my faith in the Pokemon brand of handheld games.

Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse

Just the right amount of humour and Adventure Game that I can handle. Amazing and worth the thirty dollars spent. I miss the cartoon series.

Alan Wake

I have never been scared startled by a Survival Horror game before. While it got repetitive at times, the story line kept me going. I wish I could play the DLC, but alas it was a borrowed game

Red Dead Redemption

The only thing really keeping this game interesting was the open world that you could get lost in forever. The repetitive storyline kept forcing me away.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game

Amazing old school music, old school beat up the baddies side scroller. How the fuck could you NOT love this game?

Worms Reloaded

Good ole Worms. I fucking love playing this game with others.

Fallout: New Vegas

Same as Fallout 3 with a minor makeover, yet I love it more. It’s hard to explain.

Poker Night At The Inventory

Poker always bored me, but pit me against some beloved humorous characters from different franchises, and I’m sold. Pit them against each other as well, and you have a great game.

Did any games come out that you played this year? Do tell Smile

  1. He is the creator of Minecraft, and god of us all.

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NaNoQuickie

by ZombieSkittles on November 5, 2010

This is my first time using a webcame to film a video in quite a while. I actually quite like how it turned out, considering it actually takes advantage of the youtube window and fills the whole thing, as you can see. NO BLACK BARS FOR ME.

This video is just an update on my NaNoWriMo progress. Well, what there is of it anyway.

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Freak out

by ZombieSkittles on September 12, 2010

This entry is part 10 of 25 in the series Blog Every Day in September

Days without alcohol/soft drinks: 12
Sit-ups: 24
Walked: 2.01km

I did it again. I missed a day. Curse my needing to see my partner. I promise to make it up to you in some way that does not involve blow jobs, but in the meantime let’s talk about me.

Yesterday we hit the Royal Adelaide Show after what has been a few years for me; I hadn’t been there since before the Mad Mouse was removed. As such it is still a great experience for me.
There were no REAL highlights apart from two. The first was going to the world premiere of the Tomb Raider 3D ride thingy in which my friend was an actor. I’m not quite sure which one he was, but I suspect he played the hunchback with the hilarious voice. The other? Well…

DSCF0131 I’m the one with no hair (or boobs).

That’s me on the Mega Drop with Britt and Jennifer. For those that don’t know, the Mega Drop is a simple ride; it takes you 30 to 40 metres into the air (which isn’t very high compared to others, but still), and sits you there to look over everything, before letting you essentially “free fall” to the bottom, where it slows you down about 5 metres from the ground to a graceful stop.

For those that also don’t know, I have a fear of heights. Which makes the whole thing a lot funnier. As the tower started to bring us up, I suddenly remembered this, and slowly started freaking out.

“Oh god my fear of heights is creeping up. Oh shit. Someone talk to me, please. SOMEONE TALK TO ME. PLEASE DISTRACT ME. OH GOD I CAN SEE EVERYTHING.” were just some of things I blurted out while Britt just laughed at me and Jennifer constantly commented that she needed to pee. I panicked once the countdown to the drop commenced, and metaphorically (very almost literally) shat my pants as we dropped. I was terrified and realized why I have a sound history of very rarely going on rides that exceed 3 metres off the ground.

And apart from that, here are some other random photos my brother took:

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Anyway because of that and going to Britt’s overnight, I didn’t get much exercise besides all the walking we did at the show, which will be promptly negated by all the chocolate I have from my Freddo show bag. I’m listing yesterdays walk that I logged with Runkeeper, but apart from that there was nothing except the sit ups I did five minutes ago.

If you’re going to comment, be sure to mention how much of a pussy I am, okay?

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Fair dinkum uncertainty

by ZombieSkittles on August 4, 2010

elections Election time has come around again, and I have come to my realization that I actually know nothing1 about current politics and affairs. I also know fuck all about our political history, but that’s not the point. My knowledge extends to knowing Labour MP Stephen Conroy is trying to censor our Internet, Julia Gillard is our awfully monotone Prime Minister, and Tony Abbott says “Fair dinkum” too often in a vain attempt to come across as a ‘true Aussie’.

I know barely anything about the policies of either of the main parties or even those of the minor parties. In fact, beyond the names of the leaders and those who occasionally end up being newsworthy, I don’t even know what the party is.

I would read the newspapers, but they only pick what would be newsworthy and don’t actually detail everything Not to mention that papers like The Advertiser are either bias or don’t tell the whole story; either way I just don’t feel such a traditional medium would cut it. Everyone in my family is incredibly bias, and with half the news I get coming from blogs, I can be sure that what I read there won’t be everything either. While there are bound to be sources that state the straight facts, I don’t see myself having the mental drive to read through it all.

It’s difficult to get the whole picture easily without following everything religiously, and I just don’t care enough to. At the same time though, I want to make the ‘right’ decision for myself, and without knowing the facts I can’t. It’s a bit of a downward spiral2. It’s probably the wrong mentality to take when I spend multiple paragraphs complaining, but that’s how I work.

I don’t know who I’ll vote for, and I can see myself potentially just flipping a coin when I get to the booth. Despite the fact that I’ll attempt to read up on everything, I know that I’ll get distracted by a game of Alien Swarm which I’m going to be honest, is just way more fun and satisfying.

  1. Shocking!
  2. And now I want to listen to Nine Inch Nails.

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NYR

by ZombieSkittles on January 8, 2010

There’s a quote of the week board at work, and this week’s is pretty relevant to the topic of this post:

A New Years Resolution goes in one year and out the other.

The quote is listed as being by “Unknown Author” who it seems has made quite a few memorable quotes. Anyway, on topic.

I’m not making a new years resolution of any sort this year. Why? Well, lets look at last years resolutions:

  • Get my Ls
  • Lose 5 kilograms
  • Finish this year’s NaNoWriMo
  • No eating fast food
  • Move out
  • Get an orbital piercing
  • Watch 26 movies in the cinema
  • Buy an acoustic guitar
  • Buy a top hat
  • Stick with the video making thing, no matter how crap they are.
  • Learn a language

Now, lets list the ones I actually managed to do:

  • Get my Ls

Ok. So I’ve sort of kept with the video making, but I did stop doing it for a major period of time so I cannot count it. So, I can’t keep all those relatively simple resolutions, and I feel pretty shit for it. So I decided this year, I have skipped the whole affair, and therefore skip disappointment. See what I’ve done?

Is anyone else skipping the resolutions thing in favour of just enjoying the start of the decade?

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2010

by ZombieSkittles on January 2, 2010

Well, I’m a day late, but happy new year! So much has happened this past decade, and here’s a recap of the things that matter:

  • 2000: I turned 11 years old
  • 2001: Terrorists blew up America. I turned 12 years old.
  • 2002: The stars align, and Mozilla Firefox is born in its first version. I turn 13 years old; there is much rejoicing.
  • 2003: The Iraqi war begins, but that doesn’t matter because I turn 14.
  • 2004: The only thing that comes even close to the splendour of me turning 15, is the terrible terrible tragedy, of Goatse.cx being shut down.
  • 2005: The Xbox 360 is released. This is ALMOST as important as my 16th birthday, but not quite.
  • 2006: Saddam Hussein is executed for crimes against facial hair. Also, guess who turned 17 this year? ProTip: Me.
  • 2007: Nothing of particular note happened, except I turned 18 and could now drink alcohol legally. All want for the drink vanished.
  • 2008: Google Chrome is released, and the first ever black presidential candidate is voted into office, proving movies such as The Fifth Element, to be an accurate prediction of our future. We’re going to die via super intelligent massive destructive force from the edge of the universe. However, I turn 19 years old, so no one cares about our impending destruction.
  • 2009: The economic downfall was super fun, and made my 20th birthday all the more enjoyable.

Here’s looking forward to 2010! So far we know that Stephen Conroy plans to block the Internet in Australia, much like Montgomery Burns blocked out the sun in that one episode of The Simpsons. We can only hope this plays out like that show, and someone shoots him.

Also, my 21st birthday happens this year. Hell of YEAH.

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