Before entering the main topic, I first apologize for the lack of updates that causes mostly by my stupidity and ignorance. Here were the list that the things I will write for my future posts.
Reviews Updates
- Dawn Of War 2. (lost due to own stupidity, around more than 10 paragraphs were gone.)
- Fallout 3. (Ended in 1032 words. Blackout. No save. GG)
- Zombie Vs Plants. ( Whole page. Gone due to spamming ALT+F4 Key. Forget to save. Good Job)
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine ( Still Playing and researching.)
Now... for the main topic.
I will be going to Kampar tomorrow, for the who don't even have a clue. I am sorry that because I always stay low profile, for the one that knew I will miss you too unless you are not.
First, you start with a formal apology and express gratitude to all your friends that you knew from college to highschool, okay.
It's hard to say which is important and which are not for me. Everyone had their own points and opinion that I liked. So, it doesn't really who comes first all of you were important to me.
I apologized to Rachel, Guan, Ah Yia and Mel for not listening to all of you on staying for Advanced Diploma. I know you guys spent a lot of effort for making me staying in Advanced Diploma.
Now here is something personal for everyone.
Rae, for what I know from the last 2 years experience in college with you. You are one of the most wonderful woman I've ever met. Sadly things really didn't work out well as they planned because I flunked my Diploma If not it will definitely be better for the both of us. I am sorry that I cannot keep the promises that we made together. I am sorry...
Bottom of my heart: Rae... I am sorry that I never listen to any of your advices regarding relationship, I know I always make you puke blood, heartache, rising blood pressure, waste of time,... I am sorry. I hate myself for being a loser too but i can't help it. I am sorry for everything especially my ignorance.
Ben, you are good at anything except for girls and hardwork. Believe me, if you put hardwork into anything you could achieve many things easily. So for everything you do, if you have the"passion" you could easily achieve anything you wish for. You are a good friend that I will always remember and thanks for always supporting me for anything.
Bottom of my heart : A Real friend knew what you really want and need. What you want: Money and a bar. What you need : Someone to take care of you.
Ah Yia, although you always mess around and implying innuendos and sometimes extremely perverted verbal language. You are a good friend. I never hated or dulan with you except for your extremely clingy part of calling me to COD all the time. Other than that, I am fine with it.
I think among all of the friends I am the one who can tolerate your touching maybe perhaps I get used to it already.
Bottom of my heart: Stop touching me, because girls are far more comfortable to lay hands on and plan about your future la.
Ah Guan, don't smoke so much, take care of your weight, exercise more, don't be so mean to Melissa, don't sleep in class, don't piss off the lecturers, study well and pay attention on anything you do.
Bottom of my heart: Cut your hair and be nice to Mel.
Melissa, although we are not that close but I have always try to understand what is going on your mind. You are always mysterious to me. But in the end, all that matters is you really are a good friend. You will always be the traditional kampung heart girl that I know you are.
Bottom of my heart: Don't forgive Ah Guan. Nourish the hate, feed it, pamper it, when it turns to vengeance you buy a radiance...no la just kidding. Please take care of yourself and pray that the torment will end fast.
Okay College friends edition complete.. I wonder will any of my highschool friends read about it lol.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
How games evol. A story on Gameplay but it's not fun.
This post is my view on Games and how they evolve. It's my opinion, if you don't like it, you could always leave me a comment. Make sure it has to be logic though.
First let me explain Gameplay.
Gameplay is about everything but for me it is divided into five major categories.
- Storyline
- Controls
- Features
- Audio
- Graphics
Back in those days, you don't really need good graphics to enjoy a game, look at Tetris, 8 bit Famicom cartridge, Wolfenstein. Those are major games but we all have to know that time's changed.
Now, in the 21st century in order for you to be the top of the food chain you have to excel in every aspects of the five major gameplay.
Believe it or not, although now(21st century) people always said that storyline or control comes first, but deep down inside their hearts they would like to play games that have good graphics. Agree?
Well it don't have to be like the PSP 3000 but come on at least it was coloured, at least a Gameboy Advanced color... and of course stereo sound. Mono will do too but at least make it more channels. Okay I am going way off topic.
So, in my honest opinion to make it to the top of, it has to be like this. (21st century)
Gameplay
- Graphics (most Importance)
- Audio
- Controls
- Features
- Plot/Storyline (duh)
Cruel fact but it's true, I think it doesn't really matter if your storyline's a trainwreck because everyone has done almost everything. It doesn't matter if your storyline gets old, it's the way you present them. The way how you show it to the audience.
Imagine.
The heroes kisses the damsel in distress but it only focuses on one angle, black and white, 2D(block of pixels), few pigeons.
Now another,
Same situation but it adds a little music on the background, multiple angles, more colurs but still 2D(still it's square but getting rounder), more pigeons.
AND ANOTHER.
Same situation, but since they can have more things now due to technology. They decide to make the characters into high definition(more round and actually looks like human) edits the music, add in some bullet time while kissing, whole alot of high definition pigeons flying around. Okay that does it, getting way out of hand.
Now you see? The only thing that remains the same is the kissing scene but that doesn't really matters anymore. The important thing here is, how you present them with graphics and audio. So this is why, I've thought of creating a new type of structure that fits my reviews.
It goes like this.
Instead of Five it's Three.
Gameplay
- Presentation
- Controls
- Features
Still, after doing some heavy thinking. You still need a strong cement(storyline) to build a strong platform.
Then you need bricks(graphics) to hold the platform and you need paint(audio) to protect the building from sunshine rays and rains.
As for the controls and features, you can think of them as furniture or housewares. Here is where the game mechanics and controls kicks in.
Now for the definition of control.
The measurement of efficiency on controlling the game's features in a game....too formal.
Actually to put it short and simple, it is how well you can control your in-game features like camera angles, character's action, with your controller pad or keyboard.
Let's see how far has Control evolve.
First, we take a good look at your latest console's controller pads, count how many buttons it has then compared with this.
So we only need two buttons to massacre your opponents and clear the game. Hmm, makes me remember how I clear Super Mario...the good old days.
For the people who do not agree in my opinion that the controllers symbolizes the in-game's features, ask yourself. Can you play Devil May Cry 4 and Metal Gear Solid 4 with two buttons?
And will you mind pressing extra buttons just only to access menus? The answer? No.
Complicated games that requires good maneuverability and accessibility needs a good controller to fully unleash their potential.
That is why the proclaimed abysmal dragon-flying game, Lair, fails, good graphics, good gameplay, good concept but the controls were beyond nightmare.
Another good example is the Capcom's hit title Resident Evil, before Resident Evil 4, you control your character based on set camera angles despite that each room/hallway/corridors/stairs have different camera angles but once you get used to moving around you'll feel much more comfortable (the combat were hectic at first especially being mobbed by a group of zombies.)
Every game has it's own feature be it RPG, Action, FPS, or any other genre. Will you play an FPS that allows you to carry only one gun for the rest of the game? Unless it is stealth game or fill with realism. Or maybe I should ask, will you play an FPS that lets you carry only one weapon and most of your enemies do not die easily. Hell no!
Game mechanics/features must be tweaked, that is why WoW has endless glitchy patches and warlords being nerf by every patch. We have to admit that great games have splendid game mechanics but it needs to be constantly checked, tweaked, reexamined and download. Some patches comes in really large sizes....
Conclusion, perhaps this post is for you to know what I think about games. Those were my points and all of them were based on experience and few dead brain cells. Thank you for your time.
First let me explain Gameplay.
Gameplay is about everything but for me it is divided into five major categories.
- Storyline
- Controls
- Features
- Audio
- Graphics
Back in those days, you don't really need good graphics to enjoy a game, look at Tetris, 8 bit Famicom cartridge, Wolfenstein. Those are major games but we all have to know that time's changed.
Now, in the 21st century in order for you to be the top of the food chain you have to excel in every aspects of the five major gameplay.
Believe it or not, although now(21st century) people always said that storyline or control comes first, but deep down inside their hearts they would like to play games that have good graphics. Agree?
Well it don't have to be like the PSP 3000 but come on at least it was coloured, at least a Gameboy Advanced color... and of course stereo sound. Mono will do too but at least make it more channels. Okay I am going way off topic.
So, in my honest opinion to make it to the top of, it has to be like this. (21st century)
Gameplay
- Graphics (most Importance)
- Audio
- Controls
- Features
- Plot/Storyline (duh)
Cruel fact but it's true, I think it doesn't really matter if your storyline's a trainwreck because everyone has done almost everything. It doesn't matter if your storyline gets old, it's the way you present them. The way how you show it to the audience.
Imagine.
The heroes kisses the damsel in distress but it only focuses on one angle, black and white, 2D(block of pixels), few pigeons.
Now another,
Same situation but it adds a little music on the background, multiple angles, more colurs but still 2D(still it's square but getting rounder), more pigeons.
AND ANOTHER.
Same situation, but since they can have more things now due to technology. They decide to make the characters into high definition(more round and actually looks like human) edits the music, add in some bullet time while kissing, whole alot of high definition pigeons flying around. Okay that does it, getting way out of hand.
Now you see? The only thing that remains the same is the kissing scene but that doesn't really matters anymore. The important thing here is, how you present them with graphics and audio. So this is why, I've thought of creating a new type of structure that fits my reviews.
It goes like this.
Instead of Five it's Three.
Gameplay
- Presentation
- Controls
- Features
Still, after doing some heavy thinking. You still need a strong cement(storyline) to build a strong platform.
Then you need bricks(graphics) to hold the platform and you need paint(audio) to protect the building from sunshine rays and rains.
As for the controls and features, you can think of them as furniture or housewares. Here is where the game mechanics and controls kicks in.
Now for the definition of control.
The measurement of efficiency on controlling the game's features in a game....too formal.
Actually to put it short and simple, it is how well you can control your in-game features like camera angles, character's action, with your controller pad or keyboard.
Let's see how far has Control evolve.
First, we take a good look at your latest console's controller pads, count how many buttons it has then compared with this.
So we only need two buttons to massacre your opponents and clear the game. Hmm, makes me remember how I clear Super Mario...the good old days.
For the people who do not agree in my opinion that the controllers symbolizes the in-game's features, ask yourself. Can you play Devil May Cry 4 and Metal Gear Solid 4 with two buttons?
And will you mind pressing extra buttons just only to access menus? The answer? No.
Complicated games that requires good maneuverability and accessibility needs a good controller to fully unleash their potential.
That is why the proclaimed abysmal dragon-flying game, Lair, fails, good graphics, good gameplay, good concept but the controls were beyond nightmare.
Another good example is the Capcom's hit title Resident Evil, before Resident Evil 4, you control your character based on set camera angles despite that each room/hallway/corridors/stairs have different camera angles but once you get used to moving around you'll feel much more comfortable (the combat were hectic at first especially being mobbed by a group of zombies.)
Every game has it's own feature be it RPG, Action, FPS, or any other genre. Will you play an FPS that allows you to carry only one gun for the rest of the game? Unless it is stealth game or fill with realism. Or maybe I should ask, will you play an FPS that lets you carry only one weapon and most of your enemies do not die easily. Hell no!
Game mechanics/features must be tweaked, that is why WoW has endless glitchy patches and warlords being nerf by every patch. We have to admit that great games have splendid game mechanics but it needs to be constantly checked, tweaked, reexamined and download. Some patches comes in really large sizes....
Conclusion, perhaps this post is for you to know what I think about games. Those were my points and all of them were based on experience and few dead brain cells. Thank you for your time.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
First of Everything.
It’s had been a while since I’ve updated my blog. There were a few reasons that I can’t blog smoothly.
Reason #1
My brand new Sapphire HD4850 GPU is making my Pentium 4 look ridiculous. In other words, my Pentium 4 is bottlenecking my performance. I have the urge to upgrade my computer once again but it’s still too early, it’s been three years I guess, I’ll stick with it for a while more. No ICore7.
Reason #2
Stupid Adobe “Fun pack” screwed up my computer really hard. I cannot even watch .mkv files smoothly now. Still, this is not the main reason.
Reason #3
The equation is,
Poor CPU + New Graphic card = New games running on less than 7 fps.
I’ve bought Cryostasis and tried the game. Unfortunately, It has come to a time that even the low graphical game settings were deemed useless for my CPU to keep up. I could hear my CPU wailing/begging for his master to stop torturing himself in the 10 fps mayhem.I give in.
*End of whining*
*Beginning of the actual content*
The sensation of surfing and trolling around the Internet made me realize that It’s time to share some of my game titles. It’s not that much don’t expect a whole bundle of them.
If you are bored you can always list down the games I have.
*caution* not all game are enjoyable.
Do you still remember what’s your first FPS game? or maybe RPG?
If your first timer were Minesweeper, Solitaire. Freecell or any other Windows component’s game I respect that but it’s not worth mentioning cause everybody touches them back on those days.
First Strategy Game.
Command and Conquer Red Alert. 1996
Windows 1995 version.
I had a difficult time remembering which come first, I thought it was either Starcraft or Red Alert or a very old game called Dark Colony. But I am dead sure it’s not Starcraft because I remembered Tanya’s hysteric laugh way more clearer than Infested Keriggan hatching out from the chrysalis.
I was 10 when my bro bought back a game and found out that it’s an expansion which is called, C&C Red Alert:Aftermath. Since RA is a hit during that time(even now) it was easy to get the original. I do not remember how I played the game, I think I sucked big time.
First First-Person-Shooter ( a pun? That was a coincidence.)
DOOM. (1993)
DOS
I was 9 if I am not wrong and I have no freaking idea how to load the game since it is a DOS version. It means you have to go to Run, type CMD then load..bla bla bla. (frankly, I have no idea even how to do it now.)
You can say that I don’t really enjoy the game, all I knew was I never grow tired of watching my chainsaw grinds through the zombie while watching their red angry blood that spills all over the place like an exploded bottle of jam…strawberries jam…emm…
First Role Playing Game.
Final Fantasy 7 (1997)
Windows 98.
I was 11 when I played this game since it is a RPG all I have to do is to learn the game system and voila. I don’t manage to finish the game until I was 14 due to my computer that runs on a Pentium 2 233mhz of RAM and a TWO GB worth of space. It somehow stop running at one stage of the game and I can’t seem to get through.
And at soon last my Uncle bought a PlayStation Hell yeah. I finished it in 2 days.
Ps. I have no idea what happen to the Dungeons and Dragons system I never really embrace games like Neverwinter Nights and Baldur’s Gates. Anyone mind to borrow?
First Survival Horror.
Resident Evil/Biohazard
Sega Saturn
Before my uncle owns a Playstation, he has a Sega Saturn. Before he owns a Sega Saturn, he has the 3D0. Before all of that he has the FAMICOM (NES).
Here is the link for the video. Click here.
Just scroll to 3.00 of the video and watch the cheeky video. I can’t help but to laugh at the bloody effects following by a horrific voice that says the title.I used to be scared by that. Damn.
*Watch the cast, Jill Valentine looks so much nicer than the current resident evil movie.*
I spend most of the time dying in the game and playing it on the day. At night I would watch my uncle explores and scavenges through the hallways with Jill or Chris. I miss those days…
First Action RPG.
Diablo (don’t remember the year)
Windows 98
I was 12 when I first become a Warrior and slain King Leoric with my holy sword. I bashed and hacked my way through the dark and eerie bloody hallways that filled with the stench of the demonic minions.
The sight of deformed and mutilated corpses that were left around the dark hallways were always filled with precious loots or traps. I hope it moves so i could hacked my sword to their throat sending them back to hell for the second time.
At last on the bottom floor of the Cathedral lies one of the Prime Evils, Lord of Terror, Diablo. He was my goal, my ambition, my glory, the time I spent on the quest, mazes, dungeons and all of this demon slash hacking monstrosity will finally end… until
After all the potions spamming, opening countless of town portals and enduring the painful walloping from one of the rulers from Hell, my hero deals the final blow by slashing his neck and sending back his demonic minions back to the fiery hellhole. It leads to a cutscene showing….
Our hero held the soulstone and plunged it to his forehead hoping that he could withstand the corruption from the demon itself . He failed miserably of course but good attempt, that’s why there is Diablo 2.
PS. I was shocked when he plunged the soulstone into his head. And I have no idea that Diablo 2 will be released.
First Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game.
Ragnarok Online (2003)
Before I got my broadband which is the ever unreliable blood puking Streamyx, I used TMNet Dial-up to venture the cute cartoonish 2D world of Ragnarok Online. Since Malaysia connectivity has always been unstable, I suffered a huge lag time for about 2 -3 second until Streamyx is available at my area. It really didn't help much though because the servers were just drastically overpopulated.
Nevertheless, it was fun, dungeon exploring, decapitating monsters, dying an honourable death, teasing noob players, piss off the Pro players and then got owned, hell it was fun.
But all the fun ended when the beta closed and the game started charging money. My life came back to me and I was force to study like every the other two goody shoes students... until I found out that were things such as private servers, which is exactly 3 days after the beta closed.
So what is your first time? Do you remember? Adios, until next time, game on.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
What's next?
*Depicted from IGN.*
The games industry keeps evolving- but how far has it go? Being honest, I have no idea what infinite possibilities will the creators create and what they can think of anymore.
While you are sitting in front of the TV playing your future-proof video game consoles, you have no idea when it will be replaced or it's outdated again.
In this post, I will be telling you what is going on the games industry and share some of my opinions on them. *You will find my post more Malaysia oriented.*
3D gaming.
Yes, put on the Rayband 3D glasses by Nvidia and you will see bullets flying out of your tv screens.
Other than movies, you will now experience 3D at your own monitor, it's easy all they have to do is to shrink the size of the cinema screen into a size of an average monitor right? Ok, back to the topic.
Nvdia developed their GeForce 3D Vision which is a 3D solution cost around 200USD$ which is aprox around RM 800. Instead of using the usual polarised glasses of other systems, it uses powered active shutter glasses and a transmitter for the glasses, which results in a very convincing impression of depth. You can also adjust the level of depth on the fly. Nuff readin'. Images talk.
I don't think you are interested on how it works.
In case your are interested, other than getting the 3D vision pack, you will still need a display that can handle this monster- this means a display that can refresth up to 120Hz and can be dual link DVI or a DLP HDTV. Not to mention, a GeForce Graphic Card that supports this tech. Here is a list of the supported GPU.
Once you are done, you can go gaming straight away- You will be amazed by the numbers of games that will work with the system, including the zombie shooting Left 4 Dead, the never ending MMO WoW: WoTLK, building hopping Mirror's Edge and the epic world war 2 shooter Call of Duty World at War. Click here for the list games.
How bout the PC?- Most monitors like iZ3D also has 3D-ready LCDs
What about ATI? - Yes, it can be paired with ATI Radeon cards.
In my opinion, I am not a fan of 3D although it look nice, wearing glasses while playing is abit odd, what about for people who have high power glasses? Do they have to take out their glasses and play like Illidan?I hope not...
Conclusion, 3D is really a hit for gamers, it still needs time to mature and newer models to be release. A very innovative concept.
Scale of Amazement: WOW.
Blu-Ray Super Disc.
I think they should come up with a new name? Who cares? All you want to know is the capacity this baby can hold. Thanks to Pioneer's new golden-bluish circle technology, which packs 16 layers into one disc, and each of them can hold 25 GB. 25x16 layers... 400 GB storage capacity in total. The best news is you don't need a new type of Blu Ray writer to read this baby. The advantages are so clear- more 1080p content can be packed into film/tv releases.
More space equals to more gameplay's duration on a video game. I can imagine the developers fitting their sweat and effort into this DVD.
The girl....*cough* sorry...I mean the disc looks quite transparent.
The girl *cough*.. Damn it....
Really there is no point of debating since the price is not out yet and most of us were still using DVD writers. Still, 400 GB is fascinating but do we really need that kind of memory? Like money, it is never ever enough.
Pirates will be happy as they can compile movies, games into one DVD and sell it dirt cheap. Well, at least you don't need a huge collection of DVDs anymore...or is it?
Scale of Amazement: Expected.
OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) screens.
I bet you can't bend your display.
The super ultra thin display that produces greater colour reproduction, excellent viewing angle (bye bye flare) and helluva refresh rate. SONY released the first commercial model, although 11 inch screen seems small and the price is definitely not cheap, which cost around USD 2500 but at least the technology is there.
Perhaps in the near future, larger screens would follow, and when the technology matures, the price will gradually drops. It is just a prediction but certainly not in 2009.
I see no flare...notice her two things near the screen? Look how small it is...the gap between the fingers. How thin can it get? It's from Samsung btw.
Explain the tech you say? Unlike LCD screens, OLED do not require a backlight to function. Resulting, a lower consumption rate and making the display much more thinner than a LCD.
Since OLED do not require any backlight, the display can still be seen even at a 90 degrees angle.
But, it is still an organic material, which means it has a limited lifespan, nevermind that they will soon figure out a way to prolong the lifespans for this Gizmo.
Scale of Amazement: I can fit this display through my door ledge.
Upgrades!?? AGAIN??
It's a scene, and it's a goddamn arms race by both Nvidia and AMD, who will rise as the new supreme ruler this year? You decide.
Intel's Larrabee: Intel's decide to join the AMD and Nvidia market with itis new GPU/CPU hybrid. Will this darkhorse win? Or will it ever see the light of day in 2009? I wonder...
DX 11: DX 10 dissapoint us......but this time they promise us (once again) that the new DX 11 proves to be far more superior than it's predecessor. The first tier of video cards will be released at the end of 2009, look forward to it.
New PhysX Comes Of Age: CUDA based GPU with PhsyX technology in one package.... we shall see.
New CPUs from AMD and Intel:....Yes, perhaps your CPU is outdated again.
The games industry keeps evolving- but how far has it go? Being honest, I have no idea what infinite possibilities will the creators create and what they can think of anymore.
While you are sitting in front of the TV playing your future-proof video game consoles, you have no idea when it will be replaced or it's outdated again.
In this post, I will be telling you what is going on the games industry and share some of my opinions on them. *You will find my post more Malaysia oriented.*
3D gaming.
Yes, put on the Rayband 3D glasses by Nvidia and you will see bullets flying out of your tv screens.
Other than movies, you will now experience 3D at your own monitor, it's easy all they have to do is to shrink the size of the cinema screen into a size of an average monitor right? Ok, back to the topic.
Nvdia developed their GeForce 3D Vision which is a 3D solution cost around 200USD$ which is aprox around RM 800. Instead of using the usual polarised glasses of other systems, it uses powered active shutter glasses and a transmitter for the glasses, which results in a very convincing impression of depth. You can also adjust the level of depth on the fly. Nuff readin'. Images talk.
I don't think you are interested on how it works.
In case your are interested, other than getting the 3D vision pack, you will still need a display that can handle this monster- this means a display that can refresth up to 120Hz and can be dual link DVI or a DLP HDTV. Not to mention, a GeForce Graphic Card that supports this tech. Here is a list of the supported GPU.
Once you are done, you can go gaming straight away- You will be amazed by the numbers of games that will work with the system, including the zombie shooting Left 4 Dead, the never ending MMO WoW: WoTLK, building hopping Mirror's Edge and the epic world war 2 shooter Call of Duty World at War. Click here for the list games.
How bout the PC?- Most monitors like iZ3D also has 3D-ready LCDs
What about ATI? - Yes, it can be paired with ATI Radeon cards.
In my opinion, I am not a fan of 3D although it look nice, wearing glasses while playing is abit odd, what about for people who have high power glasses? Do they have to take out their glasses and play like Illidan?I hope not...
Conclusion, 3D is really a hit for gamers, it still needs time to mature and newer models to be release. A very innovative concept.
Scale of Amazement: WOW.
Blu-Ray Super Disc.
I think they should come up with a new name? Who cares? All you want to know is the capacity this baby can hold. Thanks to Pioneer's new golden-bluish circle technology, which packs 16 layers into one disc, and each of them can hold 25 GB. 25x16 layers... 400 GB storage capacity in total. The best news is you don't need a new type of Blu Ray writer to read this baby. The advantages are so clear- more 1080p content can be packed into film/tv releases.
More space equals to more gameplay's duration on a video game. I can imagine the developers fitting their sweat and effort into this DVD.
The girl....*cough* sorry...I mean the disc looks quite transparent.
The girl *cough*.. Damn it....
Really there is no point of debating since the price is not out yet and most of us were still using DVD writers. Still, 400 GB is fascinating but do we really need that kind of memory? Like money, it is never ever enough.
Pirates will be happy as they can compile movies, games into one DVD and sell it dirt cheap. Well, at least you don't need a huge collection of DVDs anymore...or is it?
Scale of Amazement: Expected.
OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) screens.
I bet you can't bend your display.
The super ultra thin display that produces greater colour reproduction, excellent viewing angle (bye bye flare) and helluva refresh rate. SONY released the first commercial model, although 11 inch screen seems small and the price is definitely not cheap, which cost around USD 2500 but at least the technology is there.
Perhaps in the near future, larger screens would follow, and when the technology matures, the price will gradually drops. It is just a prediction but certainly not in 2009.
I see no flare...notice her two things near the screen? Look how small it is...the gap between the fingers. How thin can it get? It's from Samsung btw.
Explain the tech you say? Unlike LCD screens, OLED do not require a backlight to function. Resulting, a lower consumption rate and making the display much more thinner than a LCD.
Since OLED do not require any backlight, the display can still be seen even at a 90 degrees angle.
But, it is still an organic material, which means it has a limited lifespan, nevermind that they will soon figure out a way to prolong the lifespans for this Gizmo.
Scale of Amazement: I can fit this display through my door ledge.
Upgrades!?? AGAIN??
It's a scene, and it's a goddamn arms race by both Nvidia and AMD, who will rise as the new supreme ruler this year? You decide.
Intel's Larrabee: Intel's decide to join the AMD and Nvidia market with itis new GPU/CPU hybrid. Will this darkhorse win? Or will it ever see the light of day in 2009? I wonder...
DX 11: DX 10 dissapoint us......but this time they promise us (once again) that the new DX 11 proves to be far more superior than it's predecessor. The first tier of video cards will be released at the end of 2009, look forward to it.
New PhysX Comes Of Age: CUDA based GPU with PhsyX technology in one package.... we shall see.
New CPUs from AMD and Intel:....Yes, perhaps your CPU is outdated again.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Sea is the new land.. Bioshock Review.
"I'm Andrew Ryan and I'm here to ask you a question:
is a man not entitled to the sweat of his own brow?
No, says the man in Washington. It belongs to the poor.
No, says the man in the Vatican. It belongs to God.
No, says the man in Moscow. It belongs to everyone.
I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something
different. I chose the impossible. I chose...
RAPTURE.
A city where the artist would not fear the censor. Where
the scientist would not be bound by petty morality. Where
the great would not be constrained by the small. And
with the sweat of your brow, Rapture can become your
city as well."
- Andrew Ryan, founder of Rapture
GAMEPLAY
FPS came a long way, from concrete jungles to abandoned space stations.
This time, it's Captain Nemo trapped in an unknown advanced civilization with a bunch of hideously deformed citizens that roamed around in this fish tank.
Like the Universe, the game starts with a big bang. 1960 is the year, you woke up and find yourself being surrounded by flames and wreckage. It was in the middle of Atlantic Ocean, you have no choice but so swim to safety. After some swimming, you noticed a lighthouse despite the fact is in a middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
You rushed up the stairs, opened the door and stumbled upon a bathysphere. It's not like you have any choice or any other means of transportation to get home, you decided to take a ride.
After some breathtaking view, you were introduced to Rapture. A metropolis that's been run by a megalomaniac business man, Andrew Ryans.
Before you even step out of your bathysphere, you knew something had gone wrong in this city.
Rapture were overrun by hideously deformed citizens called Splicers. And it looks like you found out that there is a thing called ADAM that's corrupting the metropolis. Even worse, this so called underwater civilizations does not welcome you at all.
If I were to describe Rapture, it's like Atlantis that have just been through the Black Plague, with a little bit of a 60's atmosphere. Resulting, a shootout in a spooky environment having 60's melodies running behind background. Absolutely beautiful.
The greatest weapon in Bioshock is the human body, with the help of a so called miracle substance, Plasmids. Players could emit electric bolt out their hand, burned foes with a snap, performed telekenisis like the gravity gun, enraging foes making them attacking one another and so on. To put it simple, Plasmids are magic but it comes in a form of syringe. Mind you, you could only slot in sufficient amount of Plasmids in the game or else it will be OP.
Fire > ice simeple equation.
Other than shooting lighting out of your fingertips. Tonics are passive skills that provides enhancements to the players. Some tonics like Armored Shell reduces physical damage, statis field that zapped everyone in a radius if you are being touched or Natural Camoflouge that makes you turn complete invisible. Offensive types Tonic like Wrench Jockey, adds wrench damage, or Sportboost that adds both movement speed and melee attack speed.
Combining all the bonuses that you received from the tonic, you could be a Wrenchmaster that downed most of your foes easily by using only melee. There are more than 50 tonics for you to experiment and play around with.
He who injects the most wins.
Getting tonics and plasmids were never easy, you will need ADAM to purchase Plasmids and Tonics from the vending machine. Sadly, there is only one way to obtain ADAM.
In Rapture, you will notice little girls wandering around the corridor holding a huge syringe to sucked out ADAM from dead bodies that were loitering around the streets, they were called
Table for two, please.
Little Sisters. Not to mention, they're protected by one of the most iconic yet difficult enemies in the entire game, they were monster beneath their diving suits called Big Daddy.
All you have to do is to kill Big Daddy and harvest the ADAM from her and killing her on the process or, rescue her from the infection of Adam but gaining a few amount of ADAM. You decide, both options you pick will have consequences towards the game. Your choice.
Freeze
Before you got the wrong idea that this is role playing. Let's talk check out the firearms.
Gun ranges from a monkey wrench to a crossbow. Of course like any FPS, you have the shotgun, trench, revolver, chemical sprayer, a Tommy gun and a grenade launcher. Since it's the late 1960's, you won't be picking up any guns that were out of this world and all the guns were designed in the form of late 1960's.
Bioshock firearms seems to fall short when it comes to killing efficiency. Although you've drilled multiple shots to the body, you'll still see them walking around and that doesn't feel right all. If you are looking for a shooter that blast through enemies like a knife cutting through a butter, Bioshock is indeed not that kind of game.
Killing efficiently in Bioshock is not impossible. You can always switch to different types of ammos to deal greater damage towards different types of enemies. Tommy gun has armor piercing rounds, shotguns have explosives bucks that deal splash damage, chemical sprayer can freeze,burn and electrified your enemies using napalm, liquid nitrogen or electric gel. Of course most of these distinctive ammos were not easy to come by compared to normal rounds.
This is how the game explain the plasmids.
There are only five types of enemies that you will encounter in the whole game excluding big daddy. These common enemies were known as splicers and you differentiate by the weapon they are holding. Thugs carries a wrench, Leadheads carries a pistol, Nitro tosses explosives, Houdini throws a fireball and teleports, the last are spiders that climbs ceiling and throw hooks at you.
As you proceed later in the game, they will gradually become tougher and hit harder, leading to a fight that uses various combinations of plasmids to take down the enemy. The most popular is the one-two combination that's been introduce in the early stage of the game, you shoot an eletrical bolt to stunned the opponent, then quickly following up with a wrench to maximize the damage. In fact, with the right tonic equipped you can beat the whole game by using just the one-two combinations.
You got served by a girl.
Turrets and security cameras hate you, but you can always hacked them and turn them to your side. Hacking involves playing a minigame that resembles Pipe dream, all you have to do is to make sure the water flow reached to the specific place by replacing the pipes and building the correct path. If you fail and the water overflows, it will result on a short circut and you will received damage. If you sucessfully hack turrets and security bots, it will aid you in combat, as for a vending machine, there will be a discounted price and unlocking some extra items.
Pipe dream all over again?
Boss fights are still splicers but they have enhanced health and damage. Other than splicers, the iconic big daddy is indeed the toughest enemy in the game, now I know why he is in the cover.
There are two types of big daddy, one has a huge drill on his right arm that specializes on melee attacks, it is called the Bouncer. The other, is called Rosie, laugh at his name and he will shoot you from afar and throws proximity mines in your face. Both of them have alot of health, fast, and hit very hard and will lead to undesireable deaths.
When you die, you will be revive in a nearby Vita-Chamber having a plenty enough of health and eve to live by. It is not a reload, you will be "restructure" and the damage you've inflict towards your enemies will not be erase. It does sound tedious...in fact it is, since you have infinite lives and credits.
Come to Daddy.
There alot of things happening in Rapture, you can finish the whole game in exactly 15-20 hours if all you do is follow the arrow and hints that are provided in the journal. The journal provides more than enough information like maps, hints, arrows, legends, messages and making it a bit too easy at times. During the whole game there won't be any NPC for you to talk to. So, there won't be any human interactions going on except for boss fights and some living characters that contacted you via radio.
If you happen to be a player who follow the arrows and instruction clearly throughout the game you will never fully understands what is really happening in Rapture. Bioshock contains hundreds of audio recordings regarding the lives of victims in Rapture. If you venture more for abit you'll realize that most of the audio recordings explains the situation of Rapture; before and after. It unlocks some mysteries in the game and tells a clearer story, not to mention it also helps you to advanced through to the stages by providing access code for doors and some hints. But you don't really need to be a good listener in Bioshock, because of your almighty journal you can always playback the audios and flip through the pages... so much for the 1960's.
The dark and eerie feeling while venturing the hall of Raptures is indeed an enjoyable sensation. The atmosphere were fill with the songs of 50's and 60's, you could hear splicers humming, talking, mumbling about their lives, it creates an eerie feeling and it really does have an impact on the environment. Everything in Rapture were perfectly created especially the water, if you have splicers standing on top of the water, just simply fires an electric bolt into the water and watch those sparks fly.
The A.I deploys hit and run tactics more often than dashing straight on like a bull. If the A.I was badly hurt, they will run to a nearby health machine and replenish their health. Upon deafetaing them, loots and some items can be gained.
This twisted underwater city really has alot to offer, as you proceed to the levels you noticed that things starting to get more fascinating, oxygen were produced by building a forest inside the utopia, and luxurious underwater view that you can see outside the window. It looks like everything is possible thanks to the Unreal Engine 3, graphics is superb and the water is perfect. Since the city is falling apart you will find a few leaks here and there, and experiencing the seawater rushing in after an explosion really blows you away.
There are some errors and dissapoinments in Bioshock 3. First are the audio and subtitles, it looks like the subtitles appeared quite late after each conversation and sometimes it never even go away, it requires a patch to be downloaded before playing the game. Second is the SecuRom online activation, well I guess you know what's the purpose of this bloody software.
If you have a better machine the game will indeed look sharper more than the XBOX360 and it fully supports the 360's controller. If you are lost and don't know which version to go for, it all depends on your PC's specs. If you're running on a mid/high end DX10 machine, go for the PC. Worry not it supports DX 9 and even running on this way the texture graphics still excel the 360 if your machine can deal with it. Be sure to get the latest patch or else you will be having minor problems in the game.
Conclusion
Bioshock excels in both graphics and audio, the texture graphics were perfectly made, the water is made to be like water in reality, it reacts accordingly, the guns are loud, the voice acting and casts are perfect. The audio recordings not only creates an impression, it also help seting up the mood, hearing one crying following with a splicers mumbling, humming throughout the dark hallways is quite an experience.
If you are the typical player who likes to play with convential weapons and loves to see huge explosions firing out of your favorite weapon, sadly to say maybe Bioshock is not for you. This game is more than putting bullets in one's head, it's a game that involves battles that can be fought indirectly and enjoying it at the same time.
Bioshock terrific story telling and compeling gameplay is what you must look forward too.
Despite having some minor problems that can solved thru patching, Bioshock is a very good game and it's worth it. I give it a 4 out 5.
Until next time Game On.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Ziwen's Valentine Special Post: A Heart and Hammer.
Okay Valentine is near.
Love is in the air, so as in the games.
But this post, is about pure white innocent love. While everyone is happily thinking about getting their loves one chocolates and nailing them at the same time. xD
Here I am writing and planning my ideas. To write the ultimate post of valentine that will shook the world. * Thunderous cracking sfx* Muahahahaha.
These valentine post will be about love. But the other side of love....ahh bittersweet memories while grasping on the controller so hard. The heart-shattering moments that made us wipe our tears. Oh! i just broke my mouse...
The time that makes you weep and having a tissue beside you,leading into a misunderstand that your parents thought you are doing something....well you get the idea.
Remember how many pieces of tissue you threw when you see Aeries died?
The moment when Yuna went through Tidus body?Boy, that gotta hurt.
The death of Jan Ors ? How does it feel to get slice by a lightsaber?
Here I present you, Ziwen's Valentine Special: A Heart and Hammer. It is for the heart-breaking love scene for the game. The scene that hurt the gamers so bad that it left scars and wounds that will take long to heal. And here we go, the most heart-ripping gameplay scene.
PREY.
Jen.
So first watch the video. If you're lazy I'll just shorten it up for ya.
The situation is, you've been abducted by an unknown life form. Together with your Grandpa and your hot girlfriend.
Around 30 minutes of the game. You saw your grandpa being killed in a horrible fashion living nothing but blood stains. You venture around the alien ship. Killing any aliens that get in your way in a mission to save your girlfriend before she turned into canned food for the aliens.
After blasting your way through, you came into a room. She cried for you in fear and in pain, begging you to save her, trapped in a vessel. After the long combat, you assumed that it will be a joyful-full-of-tears' reunion...but it goes the other way around.
The vessel's door popped out and a loud growling noise could be heard. This was nothing compared to the things you are about to see. Now, the entire upper-half of your girlfriend was ATTACHED/MOUNTED/FUSE, name what you want on top of the monsters' back.
It looks like...they modified her into one of them. You had no choice...you knew what to do if you wanna clear the stage.
For the entire battle, she shouted and cried for your name. Warning you to stay away from her, and save her at the same time. "Tommy help me please! Tommy, stay away from me!", you have no choice but to keep on pressing the fire button until the monster eventually falls.
Here comes the hard part, after defeating the brute and realizing that you had no way to save her. She begged you to end her life. Yes, close your eyes and point the crosshair towards her face and shuts the living daylight out of her for good. So miserably sad ...and romantic at the same time. Which is more sad? Having your girlfriend getting killed by someone? Or Having to pull the own trigger?You decide.
FINAL FANTASY 8
Ragnarok Scene.
This part is where every human emotions meet. Happy, sad, fear, funny....and not to mention love. Hehe.. actually is the most cheesiest part of the game.
The background music... the moment....the sensation..the conversation.
FF8 veterans will know this is one of the saddest yet happiest moment of all time.
Although the ending were a bit sad. We will bound to know that Squall is alive so it's not a big deal.
I pick this part because of it's "unknown future" factor. When we first played, this is the part where keeps me thinking. "What will happen next?","Will Rinoa really being held captive?","Will Squall save her? What will he do?Why can't I be Squall so I can hug her like that?WHY?" Okay... this has gone overboard.
After the scene, the damsel is in distress again, being held captive. After all that and it's back to square one.
Final Fantasy 7
Aeris Death Scene.
One of the most memorable moments of gaming history.
I would like someone to introduce me to anyone that doesn't feel sad about this scene. Poor Cloud.
After chasing her for thousands of miles, from another continent to another continent to be exact. The moment you thought she can rejoins the party and celebrates together.
Suddenly Sephiroth jumps out of nowhere and stabs through her. The end.
Noo...you kill my healer! That is the first reaction =_=.
Forget to mention when Cloud dropped her into the lake, my heart falls along with it. Of course it came back when slay Sephiroth with Cloud. Muahaha.
PS. Omnislash back then is way cooler.
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots.
Naomi Hunter's death scene.
Scroll to the middle bar...
I bet most of you know what actually happened. I just cut it short.
Naomi has contracted cancer but with the help of her Nanomachines she was able to prolong her life. Now, as you can see she disables them. The reason? She needs rest. She has been through alot. Trust me and she is going to die anyway.
In this scene, Otacon(the one in the Machine) is the main victim here. Same like me, he fell into deep abyss of never-ending torment, which called love. LoL.
Okay, back to tear-jerking moment, the building starts falling apart, enemies are on their way. No time to even say goodbye to her. AND everything goes to slow-motion....slowly he is getting further and further carried by Raiden. The more further he gets, the more pain as it is in the heart. Look at the flashbacks. Those were his past girlfriends alright and every single one of them died. Including this one....Damn. Sucks to be him...*sniff*
Final Fantasy X
Yuna and Tidus Separation Scene.
At first it was okay, because it is expected that Tidus will be going anyway.
It starts to get a little bit sad when Yuna shook her head. Here comes the heart-cracking moment, Yuna rushes in for the final hug, with open arms...and it eventually went through him and trips to the ground.
She stood up and said it, those words...now that is a heart breaker...
Look at Tidus' face...i have no idea is he sad or relieve...=_=.
But I have to admit, he got guts leaving Yuna and the company.
All is good until Squarenix decide to develop FFX-2 argh &^*^*#$^ the love story....Damn you money-grubber. *Shouts and throw stones into the sea in an evening sunset beach.*
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Death of Eli Vance.
It was so happy and I was expecting a happy ending. Suddenly an alien life form came crashing through the window. Capture Eli and sucks his brains out. Damn. Gruesome and sad scene.
What most disappointing here is you, yes, the almighty legendary, Gordon Freeman can't do anything but watch. So what, if you save the world, you can't even prevent this to happen. You really do feel for them,especially Alyx.
Then you will see, Alyx crying and sobbing over the death of her father. What worst, it really is the ending as visions faded to black and the credits start rolling.
Episode 3 is the answer my friend. Episode 3.
Well that is all, I hope you guys like it. Until now Game on and Happy Valentine.
Love is in the air, so as in the games.
But this post, is about pure white innocent love. While everyone is happily thinking about getting their loves one chocolates and nailing them at the same time. xD
Here I am writing and planning my ideas. To write the ultimate post of valentine that will shook the world. * Thunderous cracking sfx* Muahahahaha.
These valentine post will be about love. But the other side of love....ahh bittersweet memories while grasping on the controller so hard. The heart-shattering moments that made us wipe our tears. Oh! i just broke my mouse...
The time that makes you weep and having a tissue beside you,leading into a misunderstand that your parents thought you are doing something....well you get the idea.
Remember how many pieces of tissue you threw when you see Aeries died?
The moment when Yuna went through Tidus body?Boy, that gotta hurt.
The death of Jan Ors ? How does it feel to get slice by a lightsaber?
Here I present you, Ziwen's Valentine Special: A Heart and Hammer. It is for the heart-breaking love scene for the game. The scene that hurt the gamers so bad that it left scars and wounds that will take long to heal. And here we go, the most heart-ripping gameplay scene.
PREY.
Jen.
So first watch the video. If you're lazy I'll just shorten it up for ya.
The situation is, you've been abducted by an unknown life form. Together with your Grandpa and your hot girlfriend.
Around 30 minutes of the game. You saw your grandpa being killed in a horrible fashion living nothing but blood stains. You venture around the alien ship. Killing any aliens that get in your way in a mission to save your girlfriend before she turned into canned food for the aliens.
After blasting your way through, you came into a room. She cried for you in fear and in pain, begging you to save her, trapped in a vessel. After the long combat, you assumed that it will be a joyful-full-of-tears' reunion...but it goes the other way around.
The vessel's door popped out and a loud growling noise could be heard. This was nothing compared to the things you are about to see. Now, the entire upper-half of your girlfriend was ATTACHED/MOUNTED/FUSE, name what you want on top of the monsters' back.
It looks like...they modified her into one of them. You had no choice...you knew what to do if you wanna clear the stage.
For the entire battle, she shouted and cried for your name. Warning you to stay away from her, and save her at the same time. "Tommy help me please! Tommy, stay away from me!", you have no choice but to keep on pressing the fire button until the monster eventually falls.
Here comes the hard part, after defeating the brute and realizing that you had no way to save her. She begged you to end her life. Yes, close your eyes and point the crosshair towards her face and shuts the living daylight out of her for good. So miserably sad ...and romantic at the same time. Which is more sad? Having your girlfriend getting killed by someone? Or Having to pull the own trigger?You decide.
FINAL FANTASY 8
Ragnarok Scene.
This part is where every human emotions meet. Happy, sad, fear, funny....and not to mention love. Hehe.. actually is the most cheesiest part of the game.
The background music... the moment....the sensation..the conversation.
FF8 veterans will know this is one of the saddest yet happiest moment of all time.
Although the ending were a bit sad. We will bound to know that Squall is alive so it's not a big deal.
I pick this part because of it's "unknown future" factor. When we first played, this is the part where keeps me thinking. "What will happen next?","Will Rinoa really being held captive?","Will Squall save her? What will he do?Why can't I be Squall so I can hug her like that?WHY?" Okay... this has gone overboard.
After the scene, the damsel is in distress again, being held captive. After all that and it's back to square one.
Final Fantasy 7
Aeris Death Scene.
One of the most memorable moments of gaming history.
I would like someone to introduce me to anyone that doesn't feel sad about this scene. Poor Cloud.
After chasing her for thousands of miles, from another continent to another continent to be exact. The moment you thought she can rejoins the party and celebrates together.
Suddenly Sephiroth jumps out of nowhere and stabs through her. The end.
Noo...you kill my healer! That is the first reaction =_=.
Forget to mention when Cloud dropped her into the lake, my heart falls along with it. Of course it came back when slay Sephiroth with Cloud. Muahaha.
PS. Omnislash back then is way cooler.
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots.
Naomi Hunter's death scene.
Scroll to the middle bar...
I bet most of you know what actually happened. I just cut it short.
Naomi has contracted cancer but with the help of her Nanomachines she was able to prolong her life. Now, as you can see she disables them. The reason? She needs rest. She has been through alot. Trust me and she is going to die anyway.
In this scene, Otacon(the one in the Machine) is the main victim here. Same like me, he fell into deep abyss of never-ending torment, which called love. LoL.
Okay, back to tear-jerking moment, the building starts falling apart, enemies are on their way. No time to even say goodbye to her. AND everything goes to slow-motion....slowly he is getting further and further carried by Raiden. The more further he gets, the more pain as it is in the heart. Look at the flashbacks. Those were his past girlfriends alright and every single one of them died. Including this one....Damn. Sucks to be him...*sniff*
Final Fantasy X
Yuna and Tidus Separation Scene.
At first it was okay, because it is expected that Tidus will be going anyway.
It starts to get a little bit sad when Yuna shook her head. Here comes the heart-cracking moment, Yuna rushes in for the final hug, with open arms...and it eventually went through him and trips to the ground.
She stood up and said it, those words...now that is a heart breaker...
Look at Tidus' face...i have no idea is he sad or relieve...=_=.
But I have to admit, he got guts leaving Yuna and the company.
All is good until Squarenix decide to develop FFX-2 argh &^*^*#$^ the love story....Damn you money-grubber. *Shouts and throw stones into the sea in an evening sunset beach.*
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Death of Eli Vance.
It was so happy and I was expecting a happy ending. Suddenly an alien life form came crashing through the window. Capture Eli and sucks his brains out. Damn. Gruesome and sad scene.
What most disappointing here is you, yes, the almighty legendary, Gordon Freeman can't do anything but watch. So what, if you save the world, you can't even prevent this to happen. You really do feel for them,especially Alyx.
Then you will see, Alyx crying and sobbing over the death of her father. What worst, it really is the ending as visions faded to black and the credits start rolling.
Episode 3 is the answer my friend. Episode 3.
Well that is all, I hope you guys like it. Until now Game on and Happy Valentine.
I don't need a reason.
I have to admit that I don't really do post anything about myself.
I mean, the readers don't even really know about me.
All they just know that I write about games reviews and make fun of stuff.
.........
Okay perhaps I should blog about myself a little.
Today's theme is "Reasons I don't blog about myself."
Ziwen's alter ego will do the questions. And I will answer it myself xD.
1. Are you against the idea of "Blogging about yourself."
No, I am not. Honestly, I think it's good you can express yourself in a post. But I prefer the good ol' fashion way. ^_^ I am from the 90's.
2. What makes it so hard about blogging yourself?
Well, first of all. I did nothing of anything particularly special. I don't bake cookies, I don't go clubbing, hell even if I did I won't be showing it to anyone and I won't have time to take pictures, I don't do anything special of the sorts. I find it hard to express myself through blogging.
3. Those were the reasons? I mean... it's a blog you know. Readers might be more interested in you more than your stuff that you are offering now.
I am not offering anything. What I am doing here is to show that I can review a game. And for the sake of improving my writing of course. If you this find this blog interesting well, I sincerely apologize for wasting your time.
4. If you should blog about daily activities. What are the activities you will NOT be blogging about?
Not be blogging about? Love of course. Because I do not want EVERYONE to know that I am sad. Be it a break up, an argument, or any social activities that brings negative energy. I prefer to keep it for myself.
5. You are trying to say you only blog about happy stuff and stuff that worth mentioning. So, what is most important to you right now?
I've fulfilled one of my missions. Now, I am on a grand scale. I did not plan to expose about it.
6. Could you predict when you will be posting stuff about yourself?
April 7th or April 6th of 2009. It will be my 21st Birthday. If it turns out well, of course I will.
7. Express yourself. Go on.
For the people that always blogs about "as if the world is against you" that type of post.
I advised you to stop doing it. I know you are weak but sometimes you need to pretend.
I know blogging is good and is a sort of way to express yourself but there will be consequences.
So, if you wanna blog, at least do it.... smartly.<---dedicated to some friend.
8. Any advice?
What the heck I just gave.... Don't drink and write.
I mean, the readers don't even really know about me.
All they just know that I write about games reviews and make fun of stuff.
.........
Okay perhaps I should blog about myself a little.
Today's theme is "Reasons I don't blog about myself."
Ziwen's alter ego will do the questions. And I will answer it myself xD.
1. Are you against the idea of "Blogging about yourself."
No, I am not. Honestly, I think it's good you can express yourself in a post. But I prefer the good ol' fashion way. ^_^ I am from the 90's.
2. What makes it so hard about blogging yourself?
Well, first of all. I did nothing of anything particularly special. I don't bake cookies, I don't go clubbing, hell even if I did I won't be showing it to anyone and I won't have time to take pictures, I don't do anything special of the sorts. I find it hard to express myself through blogging.
3. Those were the reasons? I mean... it's a blog you know. Readers might be more interested in you more than your stuff that you are offering now.
I am not offering anything. What I am doing here is to show that I can review a game. And for the sake of improving my writing of course. If you this find this blog interesting well, I sincerely apologize for wasting your time.
4. If you should blog about daily activities. What are the activities you will NOT be blogging about?
Not be blogging about? Love of course. Because I do not want EVERYONE to know that I am sad. Be it a break up, an argument, or any social activities that brings negative energy. I prefer to keep it for myself.
5. You are trying to say you only blog about happy stuff and stuff that worth mentioning. So, what is most important to you right now?
I've fulfilled one of my missions. Now, I am on a grand scale. I did not plan to expose about it.
6. Could you predict when you will be posting stuff about yourself?
April 7th or April 6th of 2009. It will be my 21st Birthday. If it turns out well, of course I will.
7. Express yourself. Go on.
For the people that always blogs about "as if the world is against you" that type of post.
I advised you to stop doing it. I know you are weak but sometimes you need to pretend.
I know blogging is good and is a sort of way to express yourself but there will be consequences.
So, if you wanna blog, at least do it.... smartly.<---dedicated to some friend.
8. Any advice?
What the heck I just gave.... Don't drink and write.
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