Random Cool Crap

Trailer I made For my Game

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:59:00 +0000

YouTube - No Way Out Trailer - Trailer For My Game

Had to make a video for college for my game. Watch with sound. Tell me what you think.

Film Of The Week 28/7/08

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:44:00 +0000

I don't usually put big blockbusters just released at the cinema as the film of the week, but this week I thought I'd make an exception this week as the movie is truly stunning. This week the film is The Dark Knight, starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger.
With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman has been making headway against local crime...until a rising criminal mastermind known as The Joker (Heath Ledger) unleashes a fresh reign of chaos across Gotham City.

This film will have your eyes glued to the screen from start to finish with great explosions, great script and great acting, especially fro Heath Ledger who does an absolutely amazing job as The Joker and really stealing the show, he's even got some decent one liners. Most Batman films leave you wanting to be the Batman but this does the opposite and makes you want to be the villain.

If there was one film you should watch before you die, this is definitely it.
10/10

Fixed My Bike

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:56:00 +0000

I was riding my bicycle down to Harry's house yesterday, when the inner tube on my back tyre popped out. So I got off my bike and tried to put it back in place. But surprise surprise the inner tube was tube wasn't the right size for the wheel. And I was stranded with a broken bike in front of a pub with a bunch of people staring at me and my bike ; none of them offered helped me although I thought one man was coming to help but he just walked past. I had to call Harry and ask him to ride his bike down to help with my dilemma. When harry arrived, he bought some spanners so I could take the wheel off, and sin about 10 minutes my bike was fixed.

Film of The Week 21/7/08

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:13:00 +0000

This weeks film of the week is Better Off Dead, starring John Cusack and Curtis Armstrong.
Lane Meyer (Cusack) is obsessed with his girlfriend Beth and is crushed when she falls for the new captain of the ski team, Roy. After several failed suicide attempts, narrow escapes from the relentless paper boy, and nearly unbearable dinners at home with his crazy family, Lane finds a new love in French exchange student Monique Junot. Meanwhile, he must beat Roy on the slopes to regain his honor.

This film is a brilliant 80's teen comedy. It's basically a series of sketches joined together to create a movie. The plot doesn't really have a particular focus so it can get quite unpredictable, which I like because I hate it when you can guess what happens at the ending because you have seen so many films do the same. If you watch the film, what I just said slightly contradictory but it's how it gets to the ending which is different.

Not so much a must see but if you get the chance to watch it, watch it.

7/10

Decent Dark Knight Poster

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:53:00 +0000

Ok, so some of you may be thinking that I've taken the topic of Batman posters a bit too far, but I promise you this is the last one.

I was in the Spar and I saw that the August issue of Total Film magazine contained a free Batman poster. The poster isn't as big as a standard one but it is a decent size for a freebie. It's a double poster, on the back is Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

So if want a decent Batman poster and live in the UK, (not sure if the worldwide copies have the poster) buy the magazine 'cos you can't buy this poster in the shops. Heres what the poster looks like.

Spiderman Font

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:31:00 +0000

I was browsing the internet the other day and came across this website where you can download a font that is like the one used in the Spiderman movie titles and on the PS3. It’s so cool I’m even writing this post in it (but not the title because blogger Doesn’t let me do that)

Anyway here’s the link http://www.dafont.com/spiderman.font

For those of you that don’t know how to install the font, download the file, unzip it then go to control panel then Fonts. Then just drag and drop your new font, easy.

Film of the Week 14/7/08

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:57:00 +0000

Last week I was ridiculously bored, so i rented the film "Sorority Boys" off cable. It sounded good and it was cheap, but I expected it to be another failed attempt of teen comedy. But to my surprise it wasn't, it was actually really good.

Three rowdy college students are kicked out of their dorm and dress up in drag to live in the DOG house, where the girls deemed unattractive live.

This film isn't as dirty as other teen movies, but there are some scenes that will make you say "eww". The story line is quite bad although it's not absolutely vital and just acts as a motive for the characters actions. It does get into the main plot near the beginning so there is no need to sit through pointless dialogue.

A decent, original teen comedy thats more than just about getting laid.

8/10

The Dark Kight Posters

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:47:00 +0000

I was in Forbidden Planet the other day when I noticed the posters for the new Batman film were available to buy. I had been looking forward to buying one for a long time to fill the space in my room still showing wallpaper.

But as I looked through them, I could not find one that I liked. They were terrible. Not all of them were bad, just not as good as the posters used to advertise the film. To see the posters available click here. The first one isn't too bad, but the rest yuck.

They should have used these images as posters, that would have raked the money in.

And my personal favourite.

Free iPod, Actually Works

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:49:00 +0000

You’re probably saying to yourself “this has got to be a scam”, well it’s not. If I got a pound every time I heard that I could retire. The most this will cost you is 20p (about 40 cents), so even if you are still unconvinced you won’t be losing a lot of money.

For the first step go to this website:

http://istuff.freepay.com/?r=44642551

After you have signed up, you have to complete an offer.

Go to the offers page and click on one of the mobile offers (where you have to put you’re mobile number in). It will tell you to enter your mobile number. Then they will send you a text. Follow the instructions in the text, if you follow them correctly they should send you another text telling you have joined.

After you have this message read the small print on the website (where you put your number in), and it should say that you have to text stop to a certain number to unsubscribe. Do this immediately.

Congratulations, you have completed the offer.

Now you just need referrals, get your friends and family to help you, post on forums, put your link on your myspace page etc.

http://istuff.freepay.com/?r=44642551

Have fun with your free stuff.

Got Guitar Hero 3

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:23:00 +0000

I was originally planning to buy Rock Band when it came out on PS3 but HMV are doing a deal where you can get Guitar Hero 3 on PS3 for £45 (about $90) and I couldn't be bothered to wait till august, I'd just finished my exams and I thought to hell with Rock Band.

Completely new to the Guitar Hero series, I really didn't know what to expect. Out of the box comes a wireless guitar, the game, a guitar strap and stickers which were quite cool.

The game features over 70 songs from bands including Slipknot, The Sex Pistols, Iron Maiden and Poison. For a full list go here. The songs are not brilliant but are good although the downloadable songs are quite lame.

The game should keep you constantly entertained for about 4-5 days, as a lot of people would struggle to get past the medium difficulty. But it is great fun to play with a friend, online or on the same console. Don't worry if you only have one guitar because a PS3 controller can be used, not as good as a guitar but doesn't leave anyone left out.

Decent game for the price I got it for, I recommend it especially if you're not a a hardcore gamer.

7/10

Crap Weather

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:06:00 +0000

Don't you think that weather in the UK is just shit. We get one day of sun a week and the rest are rainy. Even on the longest day of the year it wouldn't stop raining, made me wish that was the shortest day.

It's even raining now and apparently it's going to rain on all week.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not anti-rain it would just be nice to have a few days of sun to remind you that it's actually Summer.

How to Moonwalk

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:05:00 +0000

It's awesome being able to do something that your friends can't, so I put this video up to help you learn how to moonwalk.

It's not the best video moonwalk video and the guy is not great but he breaks it down well and is easy to follow. Special thanks to AngeDeLumiere.

Film Of The Week 7/7/08

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:31:00 +0000

This week's Film Of The Week is Hot Rod, starring Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Isla Fisher.

Self-proclaimed stunt man Rod Kimble is preparing for the jump of his life - to clear fifteen buses to raise money for his abusive stepfather Frank's life-saving heart operation. (Source IMDB)

I bought this film for the hell of it and to keep me entertained for a while. Just after I bought it i had the biggest regret and wanted to return it, but that was before I watched it. I was shocked at how good it was. The film gives off a Napoleon Dynamite vibe but also a fresh feel to it. The jokes can be (extremely) random at times, but the cast pull them off very well and make you wonder how something so simple and stupid can be so funny.

I have watched this film 4 times over the past two months and still find it as hilarious as the first time I watched it.

If you are going to watch this film, I recommend you watch it in the summer because it's the type of film that makes you want to go outside and just have an adventure.

I strongly recommend this film to anybody who wants to have a good laugh.

9/10

Virgin Media Clamps Down on Limewire Users

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:44:00 +0000

I haven't made any posts for a long time but decided to start up the site.

Bad news if your ISP is Virgin Media and you use Limewire, because they have sent out letters to over 800 people threatening to disconnect their broadband connection if it continues.

Virgin have teamed up with the BPI to track the illegal downloads of copyrighted music. They do this by Virgin sending your IP address to the BPI, then sending you a letter (I'm not sure whether this is just for music or all media in general).

But this tracking is not just for Limewire users, but for any P2P software users that includes torrent software such as bittorrent and utorrent.

Well that sucks.

Computer Jokes

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:25:00 +0000

I found this really cool webpage with some funny computer jokes. http://phd.pp.ru/Texts/fun/signatures.txt

Here are a few of my favourites.

The BeOS takes the best features from the major operating systems. It's got
the power and flexibility of Unix, the interface and ease of use of the MacOS,
and Minesweeper from Windows.



The difference between Microsoft and 'Jurassic Park':
In one, a mad businessman makes a lot of money with beasts that should be
extinct.
The other is a film.

"Nobody will ever need more than 640k RAM!"
                               -- Bill Gates, 1981
"Windows 95 needs at least 8 MB RAM."
                               -- Bill Gates, 1996
"Nobody will ever need Windows 95."
                               -- logical conclusion

And my definite favourite,

Bus error - driver executed.

Enjoy

Bored?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:12:00 +0000

I was bored so I did a Google image search on "bored". Here's some links to some of the stuff I found

http://www.zefrank.com/bored_2/bored.gif

http://www.bloged.co.uk/pics/20041112/bored.jpg

http://www.ssbc1604.com/images/HF_Bored.gif

http://www.traveljournals.net/pictures/l/1/10599-a-discovery-whilst-bored-waiting-for-the-bus-vietienne-laos.jpg

http://www.cjcc.com/Images/funny%20picts/When%20Your%20SysAdmin%20Is%20Bored.jpg

http://vagalume.uol.com.br/deftones/bored-traducao.png - This one's in a different language but just have a look if you're bored. And if you're really bored you can translate it.

http://www.brezice.com/sala/8/images/image/i-am-bored-53453.JPG

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/boredcat-isbored.jpg

http://marty-center.uchicago.edu/webforum/052007/big_bil_bored.jpg

http://www.funnypicturespace.com/funny-pics/lovepenis.jpeg - this one's funny.

http://homepage.fcgnetworks.net/myage/COMIX/BoredInClass(Color).jpg - I like this , it's different.

http://www.homebrewcentre.co.uk/img/productImages/IMG_0867%20CODE%205624_400.jpg

http://newmedia.funnyjunk.com/pictures/i_am_bored_pic.jpeg - what is it with people and their cats?

Hope you're unbored.

Film of the Week 12/11/07

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:39:00 +0000

The Lost Boys is the film to watch this week. A quality film starring Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric, Corey Haim and Alex Winter.

The Lost Boys is a horror movie about a about young California who must fight a gang of teenage vampires.

Though the film is not scary but it does have a slight sense of mystery which works well.
It is a pretty good modern take on vampire fiction with some funny one liners.
And Kiefer Sutherland's hair in this film is just so cool.

Definitely a film to see, no matter how old it is.

8/10

Haze PS3 Exclusive

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:49:00 +0000

Some of you 360 fans out there will be disappointed to hear that Haze has been cancelled for it's Xbox and PC release and will only be available for PS3.

Some of you may be thinking "Haze? What the hell is that?"
Well, it is probably one of the best looking games I have seen (not forgetting about Crysis) with some really cool features and some really intelligent AI. Made by Free Radical Design, the creators of the Timesplitters series though Haze is going to be a serious game unlike Timesplitters' comicalness (not sure if that's a word).

Haze is a first person shooter, set in the not too distant future (2048) future where there is no UN (United Nations) or NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) , just the Mantel Global Industries, a private military company.

You play Sergeant Shane Carpenter, a soldier for Mantel. Carpenter fights rebels in South America in the war between the rebels and the Mantel Global Industries army, which began in the year 2032.
The game takes place over three days that will "change Shane forever." Mantel battles a guerrilla group known as The Promise Hand led by a dictator called Gabriel "Skin coat" Merino; a brutal man who wears the flayed skins of his POW camp inmates.

Haze trailer (it's a youtube video, that's why the bad quality)

So far I dont know who the good guys are, because The Promise Hand seem pretty gruesome and I just got a bad feeling about Mantel.

But definitely an awesome looking game, shame it's only on PS3 though.

What do you think of this? Leave a comment.

Here's To Joe

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:48:00 +0000

Here's a shout out to Joe, my good buddy. He's been bugging me for a long time now to give him one of these, and as he is a friend and like my only dedicated reader. So I'm going to give you a quick overview of Joe from when I met him.

I first met Joe in the Autumn of 05 and back then he really one of the guys, with his long messy hair, random outbursts of anger and his continuous battle against his spots. And at first glance gave the impression of being queer and basically leader of the nerds.

But in the summer of 07 he changed. He got a haircut, some new clothes, had a shave and stopped playing Xbox and basically sorted his life out. And now he's overcome his spot problem, managed to control his random outbursts (sort of), and now at first glance looks like a non gay totally heterosexual male. So it's been quite a drastic change for Joe, and bad news ladies, he's already taken.

So this one's to you Joe.

Apple iPhone

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:01:00 +0000

Apple's long awaited iPhone (exclusive to O2) finally hits the shelves tomorrow. But what has it got to offer apart from it's music player and phone capabilities?

You are able to browse the net with a modified version of the Safari Browser via local wi-fi, which most phones can already do. But you can purchase music from itunes with this feature which is quite cool.

The iPhone runs an optimized version of mac OS X, which which jus screams out "HACK ME!!!".

It comes with a choice of 4 0r 8 gb flash memory which would go nicely with video support but it doesn't play video which sucks. Maybe someday Apple will make a firmware or sombody will make a custom firmware that plays video.

The headphines have had a bit of a function upgrade with a built in microphone which doubles up as a hands free kit.

But what makes the iPhone really cool is the 3 axis accelerometer which basically senses which way you're holding it. So if you turn it on it's side the screen will go into a landscape view.

With bluetooth 2.0, a 2 megapixel camera and a pretty good looking GUI (guided user interface) the iPhone has a hefty price of £269 and the the cheapest contract being £35 monthly, looks like it's going to be cheaper to buy a phone and an iPod.

A nice piece of equipment, but I can't really it a rating as I haven't had a hands on with it yet but from what I've seen, it looks real good.

Maple Syrup Dilemma

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:54:00 +0000

I'm in a bit of a pickle. The problem is that I have a whole bottle of maple syrup at home but no pancakes. So i don't know what to put it on. I could try it on fruit but its wrong to waste it all just on fruit.

What do you recommend? Leave a comment.

No Posts?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:52:00 +0000

I apologise for not writing any new posts but to be honest with you, I just haven't been bothered.

Film of the Week 24/10/07

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:23:00 +0000

This week's Film of the Week is Lucky Number Slevin, starring Josh Hartnett, Lucy Liu, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman and Ben Kingsley.

A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin (Josh Hartnett) into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses: The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley) and The Boss (Morgan Freeman). Slevin is under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski (Stanley Tucci) as well as the infamous assassin Goodkat (Bruce Willis) and finds himself having to hatch his own ingenious plot to get them before they get him.

A very good film, and in my opinion definitely Hartnett's best performance. It's very different from the usual mobster thriller and has twist you don't see coming.

9/10

Film Of The Week 15/10/07

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:03:00 +0000

This week's Film Of The Week is The Cider House Rules, starring Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron and Michael Caine.

I was glad to see to see a decent film lead by Maguire other Spiderman. Tobey plays the role of Homer Wells very well as the orphan which grows up under the care of doctor Michael Caine and learns to become a well trained doctor. He portrays Homer as good willed and innocent which is what you would expect from an orphan.

Homer grows tired of the orphanage in which he works, and finds work on a cider farm picking apples.

Not a film for the close minded, and not really a must see film but if you're a fan of the cast give it a try.

Favourite line: Homer Wells says quite shocked"What we don't actually watch the movie?"

6/10

Resident Evil: Extinction

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 18:54:00 +0000

I watched this yesterday with a few of my friends and was quite surprised of how good it was.

The third installment of the Resident Evil series doesn't tell much of the story regarding Alice or of the happenings in first one but we do see Umbrella Corp trying to find a cure for the zombies, and the birth of super zombies.

The only thing that really disappointed me was that Alice had too much emotion and I think it would have been more effective if she had been more like a one woman army.

Extinction isn't really a survival horror like it's predecessor's but is more like an action movie with zombies.

So basically, Resident Evil: Extinction is like Apocolypse but bigger and better. But is not as tense as the first one.

Still it's a film worth going to see.

Favourite line: Carlos Olivera findina a joint behind the truck seat "Sneaky bastard"

7/10