Monday, January 29, 2007
4:46 AM
*blows dust off blog*
Whew, a long time since I wrote an entry. Don't think anyone visits here anymore, but if you
happen to read this, Congratulations! You are one of the lucky few to visit my blog in this
dark times.
Dark times, I would say, Dark times. Life for me has been degraded to a
repetitive cycle of sleep, wake, work and back to sleep. To add to my bad enough
situation, from the second week of work I started having a sore throat, than coughing,
followed by RELENTLESS coughing. What's more, I discovered recently that I
have a lower capacity to breath. Oh, woe is me....
Sounds bad huh? Like I'm about to die any moment. But actually, I'm feeling fine (except for
the cough). Don't worry, still going strong. I just.. Feel that I'm losing myself.
That feeling, when I woke up one day I actually asked myself in front of the
mirror:"Woah, who are you?" Just a few weeks ago, I'm Alex, the.. yeah you
guessed it. No points for you. But now, I'm Alex, Part-time waiter at Orchard Cafe.
It's not that I don't like my work. I DO
take pride in my work. It's just that... I feel that if I have to work like this
for my entire life, I will be such a loser. And now, sitting at my computer typing
away at a blog, makes me reflect on what has happened since I was first introduced
to the cafe. Nostalgic, definitely. But I also found that I had absolutely NO time
for... How do you put it... Kind of.. Like.. A 'conversation' with yourself. Going
through my list of 'What happened' and asking myself, 'Did I do it
wrong?', 'Should I have done it this way??'. Sounds weird huh? But before I
started working, I do this almost daily. Just me, myself and I. If
you REALLY understand what I just wrote, give yourself a slap in the face.
Congratulations, you are definitely as insane as me.
Sigh... Gotta stop writing this weird blog and go to sleep.. *Stretches*
Another day of work is due...
juz a loner-`< ...and stuff>
Thursday, December 21, 2006
12:41 AM
It's already about 1 month after the exams.
So...
Uhh....
Erm... I bought a PSP...
And...Er... It came with Monster Hunter FREEDOM... And...It's..It's...(Fun??)
Right... So it's FUN!!
Kidding aside, I really bought a PSP(don't worry folks, it is 1.5. He and I, for that matter, are
not stupid.). And that game... It's like...Like... Woah.
Remember those so-called RPGs(I'm sure you do) in which you play as some adolescent teen,
tasked with the sacred tasks to save the world, fight off some evil villian...Blah blah blah...
Yawn... There are already OVER NINE THOOOOOOUUUUUUUSAAAAAAAAND of these kind
games. However, in Monster Hunter FREEDOM, it's totally different. In a good way.
In Monster Hunter FREEDOM, you start out in a hunting village, having nothing but the most
basic of weapons and wearing nothing but.. Dare I say it.. Tights(There, he said it).
Nothing more. Armour and better weapons must be acquired by yourself. As the
title Monster Hunter implies, you hunt monsters to protect the village(Bah!). Of course,
we wouldn't do that unless there is something in it for us, right? Fortunately, after every quest
will be monetary rewards and most importantly, monster parts(we'll get to that later).
Oh, I almost forgot. There is NO LEVELING BASED SYSTEM. You read that right.
Absolutely none. All that you have between you and the gigantic wyvern is your weapon and
your skills.
Weapons COULD be bought.But they are all basic stuff, using them at higher ranked hunts
would be SUICIDE. To get better weapons, you must craft, and improvise them. Both
requires monster parts and ores, such as the bone to strengthen weapons, scales and hides to
decorate your armour. And I tell you, it is not simple. Not simple at all. In fact, the
weapons and armour system is quite deep and complex. Its not all about the
weapon power and armour value. Firstly, lets talk about weapons. There are several
types: Sword and Shield, Lance, Great Sword, Hammer, Light/ Heavy Bowguns
and finally, Dual Swords. Each have different styles of attacking and defending. For
example, dual swords can't guard. But it makes up for it by granting insane slashing
speed. Meanwhile, Lance provides excellent protectiveness, but you can't run while
wielding it. Furthermore, each weapon type have a number of different paths.
Swords might have elemental properties. The lance can be made to shoot bullets.
Many possibilities. As for armour, they could add skills to your hunter. Expert
Backpacking allows you to run faster while carrying eggs, poached from dragon nests,
so you might have a chance of escaping from the egg's upset and big, BIG parents. More
examples of other skills would be Improved resistances and Rapid Fire.
Moving on,
Graphics: Astounding , with mists, trees , rivers and background. Checked.
Sound: Very atmospheric music, changes to a dramatic tone when dragons have
decided that you will be their next meal. Checked.
Monsters: From small and agile to BIG AND SCARY MONSTERS. Checked.
Okay, so what's the negative aspect of this game? Hmm...
Er....
This one's tough...
Probably... The absence of a leveling system.. People who whine about
their pathetic skills and want to ''lvl up more'' to fight tougher monsters will consider
this as a flaw. For me, its not, and you shouldn't too. Another flaw would be about
the camera. It kinda.. Sucks. It does not automatically move as you turn around.
You have to control it yourself. It sounds bad, but believe me, as you get
better controlling the camera would be second nature to you. Besides, who
cares about the camera when the a wyvern is ripping you apart, limb from limb??
Score: 9.5
Promises several hundred hours of gameplay(truth). Excellent visual and
audio quality with a nice focus on atmosphere. Sucky camera pulled it down abit.
Whew.. What the hell was I typing? Suddenly felt compelled to write a nice review
for a excellent game. With that aside, nothing going on nowadays. Oh yeah, I got
job, as a waiter. Holy crap is it tiring. Less time for PSP. Sob. But I have
more money now!! No complaints there.
Sigh.. Look at the time! Gotta sleep now or wouldn't be able to go to work tomorrow.
Cyaz!!
juz a loner-`< ...and stuff>
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
10:30 AM
Recently, me and my merry band went to Comics Connection after a grueling session
at the arcade. We noticed it at the same time. The words ''World of Warcraft TCG''
was smack right in front of us, forcing us into a state of panic.
Various thoughts were ''I CAN'T believe it!!'', ''HOLY SHIT!!''
''This is so AWESOME!!'', etcetera.
What went through my particular mind was ''Oh god... This can't be happening...''
At that point of time, I actually WAS in a state of euphoria, proved by immediately going
to a certain hairy friend's house of absolutely no hair's worth and printing out 60(!)
pictures of fake cards. Tha 6 pages of white paper.Now, I fully understand that the ''game'' is
nice and all, with random fairies and whatnot, I now realize my folly
of buying the card game and ''forcing'' my merry band to follow suit.
First off, I deduced that the company invented this ''warcraft'' are money-grubbing
assholes. Here are some of their products.
Starcraft(that insanely popular RTS game that make player's eyes go goo-goo)
Diablo I and II+expansion(Oh jesus this RPG is so well-known that if you do not know this gay
game, you must have been living under a rock for the past... I don't know, 10 years??)
And finally, Warcraft. I'm not going to go into the other, more useless shitty garbage.
Warcraft. A household name every gamer and their mother knows about. Hell, even their
mother's mother(That will be their grandmother) knows about it, and play regularly with
their wrinkled and ill-stricken hands. Since 1994, Warcraft has taken the world by storm.
Those little pixeled characters running around screaming ''FOR THE MOTHERFUCKING
HORDE!!''(horde) and...Er... Oh nevermind, the alliance doesn't have any particularly
memorable warcry. They get slaughtered before they could whine for their mother.
Magical spells, nifty-looking swords are pass-and-parcel at that time, what with
Dungeons and Dragons and whatnot. Why did people enjoy looking at little pixled
characters, and ordering them to death?? Reason: These people needed
to escape the truth that they are actually miserable pieces of shit. And Blizzard
has kindly provided them a way to nirvana. Warcraft.
Multiple releases of the game ensued. Warcraft II and its expansion as well as
Warcraft III and its expansion. Thats a total of 5 games released for, including
expansions and the original. So shut up and die already. By the way, my definition
of a ''expansion'' is : a lousy way to prolong a existence of a shitty game that is
about to die a miserable death. So, I wouldn't want to count the expansions but
seeing that fanboys would kill me if I did not, I just had to. Yes, I admit that
the games were vastly improved on since the first game. However, that shitty
''RPG element'' in Warcraft deserves to be caught, whipped, roasted and
subsequently tossed in a pool of bubbling acid, and have its eyes gouged out.
Strategy games should remain as strategy games, and no I do not think that
a particular unit having a few measly skills should be called a hero.
We should call them ''Pussies that have graphically good but technically bad
skills and which die every now and than''. If I want to play a RPG, I would buy a
RPG GAME, but when I buy a strategy game, I want to play a STRATEGY
GAME.
When the fart of ''RPG elements'' was nearly gone, Blizzard HAD to go on and
publish it into a shitful box of sin, humbly called ''World of Warcraft''.
A Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game(MMORPG),
it has captured the hearts of nerds and idiots alike. Just in time, might I add.
This game was released in a time when MMORPGs appealed to freaks and
mentally-challenged people, and judging from the popular response, I think it
is safe to say that there are indeed more fools than smart people.
What, playing with your nerdy self is not enough. You HAVE TO play with
other nerdy, and stupid people. I shitted myself at the awesomeness of
MMORPGs.
All MMORPGs are the same. Mages will have firebolt(Trust me. I stupidly played
MMORPGs before). Warriors will wield their sword like a maniac. Rogues will
be emo and no one likes emo. Fact: ALL MMORPGs(God I hate typing this)
are the SAME!!Differences are only on graphics and other technical stuff.
Whats worse, another similarity is that they CHARGE YOU MONTHLY
to play with other nerds. Blood pressure. Rising. Nonstop.
Millions around the world paid money to play with other nerds in
World of Warcraft. But no, Blizzard feels that they should mercilessly rape the
name of Warcraft, and announced another expansion for the MMORPG.
Nonono, its still not enough, they said. We have to release a CARD GAME to milk
all the money of our customers. I know, a pimpled-employee said, we could
force them to buy it as it will have super rare ''loot cards'' to supplement
their already foolish online addiction which has like a million to one chances of
getting it. And thus, a card game was born to cheat the money out
of their faithful consumers. The card game is mutilating the name of warcr-,
whats that you were whining? It's fun? *gunshot*. Anyone else??
All in all, the card game is just created to con money out of us, using the popular name
of ''World of Warcraft'', even though Blizzard has earned enough via its other products.
Warcraft has returned to screw us in the ass once more!! EVERYBODY GET ON
THE FLOOR NOW!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
But yeah, I do play it. So sue me.
juz a loner-`< ...and stuff>
Sunday, November 05, 2006
3:30 AM
5th June 2006 3:24 am (The horror..
Exams are right in front of me and I'm sipping my coffee, while having my SS textbook on
my lap(which I will get back to right after this). Why do us poor denizens of Earth
have to deal with this evil.... Thing... Called the ''O Level Examinations''. Oh god.. Why!!!! Why
did you do this to us!!! Especially on such a great month of gaming... Disgaea 2, Okami, Tales of
the abyss, Guitar hero II... AND MY NEWLY BOUGHT FREAKIN' FFXII WITH A
BRADYGAME'SGUIDE!!!! OMG T3- G0D IS L33T HAXXOR (Crazy... Astonishing...
Absolutely shocking...This guy is off his rocker.)
Monday, CH and EM P1... Just thinking of it makes me puke. Its just another day away!!!
Less than 25 hours and I will be sitting there, racking my brains... Hopefully I won't...
Ah well.. After that is freedom... Absolute freedom... The freedom to go out until my mom takes
out the kitchen knife... The freedom to work for cash and get my head screamed off by
the manager... The freedom to learn how to play the guitar, while achieving my secondary goal
of frustrating the teacher... And most importantly, the freedom to play games!!!!!
Just thinking of it makes me drool...(Eww..) 5 MONTHS!!!!!!5 MONTHS!!! 5 MONTHS!!!!
Oh my god... Totally awesome...
I seriously wonder at the reason for my existence... To take O lvls?? To play?? To f... Ah,
nevermind. First things first, back to my SS book which is on my lap for 15 mins.
juz a loner-`< ...and stuff>
Saturday, October 28, 2006
12:34 AM
Yawn... Been quite a while since my last post.
Death Note, Summon Night 2, and some random stuff...
Not much happening. But decided to post anyway^.^(What a idiot...)
SobSob... He/she called me an idiot!!(Aww... Gonna call ur mommy?)
Nope, I'm gonna infect you with.. Lolitis.(WTF?!!111!shift+1)
Recently, for no particular reason, my friends started catching this
weird yet fascinating disease. Having said a sentance, they would
randomly add a ''heh'' at the end. Woe to the person who
invented this disease.(That would be...you?)
Shut up. Heh.
Feeling lost.. Sometimes I wonder why am I doing this.
This is not me. Like a fish out of water.. Or a
Marionette in a game shop... Or a married man in a singles
bar..
So many examples... All fit into my puzzle of a life.
10 years from now, what will I look like? What will be my
personality? Will I be a whole new... Stranger??
Will I still have the same friends as I have now??
Will I be rich? Poor? Popular? Loner? Lucky? Downright
unlucky? What kind of job will I have?? A biomedical researcher??
A IT worker? Or even a full time 7-eleven worker??
So many farking questions...
My head is spinning..Turning...Twisting...
Paining...
Finally, Calm, peaceful...And quiet... Darkness...
(Snake?SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!)*mgs pun*
Shaddap.
juz a loner-`< ...and stuff>
Sunday, October 01, 2006
1:42 AM
Lets change the mood abit.
Instead of depressing posts and emotionless stuff,
lets talk about what most of my readers are interested in:
GAMES!(For non-gamers or uninterested people, please skip this post)
(Before I start, I know O lvls are coming and
I should be studying, but no worries, I know how to control
myself unlike some people. So thank you for your unneeded
concern. I fully appreciate it.)
*Non-gamers alert*
Today I'm going to talk about a recent Playstation 2
release: Okami.
Bought it after a internal struggle with myself. (Okami
Disgaea 2... Okami or Disgaea 2...) In the end I
felt I didn't need another strategy game after playing
'others' recently. So I went on to buy Okami today.
In Okami, you basically play as a God in wolf clothing.
Some idiot unsealed a demonic 8-headed serpent and
it all falls down to you to save Japan, and the world, by
rejuvenating Guardian Tree to remove curses
laid on lands by the serpent.
Graphics, the factor that gives me the first impression in
games, was fortunately quite good in this game.
Quite good is an understatement. I should say
its almost perfect. It IS 3D(obviously), but the developers
used a different approach. Its like... Japanese calligraphy.
Sounds strange, doesn't it?? But somehow, the developers
mixed these 2 into a masterpiece. Lush trees,
beautiful water effects, detailed environment, and
did I say beautiful water effects?? Hell, when you
run around FLOWERS even sprout on every step you take!!
The whole game(which is freakin' big) is one gigantic
disc of ''Sweet mother of God'' graphics. Just reading this
is inadequate to deliver the true image of the game
to you readers, so go see some movie and understand
what it means by ''OWNAGE''. An honourable
mention is the part
when a Guardian Tree is revived. The flowers
start sprouting, the grass begins growing,
and water becomes crystal clear and flows
down cliffs, becoming waterfalls. 1 word,
''HolyshitwhatkindofgodgameisohrightthisisagodgamewhatthehellamItalkingabout''
The game is not wholely about graphics(although
it is EXTREMELY good). The main point is
about the gameplay.Early on, you are just a regular wolf.
Fighting is relatively simple, although enemies require
innovative strategies to defeat.(Play it youself)
Do some tutorial stuff and they will teach you
Brush Techniques. 13 of them to be learned from
other fellow gods. Oh god.... The brush...
The reason I bought the game is mostly because
of the brush. Simply put, hold R1 to pause the
game and the screen turns into
parchment paper. Than, press square and by using
the left analog to guide the brush, draw whatever
is required. This is the way you use your god powers.
Slashing, summon trees, summon bombs,
call forth wind, grow lilypads and flowers,
rejuvenate trees, turn night into day.
13 of them. From simple brushstrokes(slashing
needs only to draw a straight line) to complex
ones(To call wind... Cant describe.. Resembles
a infinity sign. But infinity sign it is not).
Best part: you can use them ANYWHERE!!!
From killing foes in battle to helping villagers,
interact with the environment as you will. Slash trees
down for fun, bomb people, dig up their crops
and eat it(you are a wolf, remember??), restore stuff
people lost, revive dying trees... The list goes on.
This is like Grand Theft Auto on steroids.
You get the picture here. Near absolute freedom.
Demons getting the jump on you??
No worries, Slash them back in midair.
Don't want to wait till morning to do quests??
A sinple brushtroke, and night is no more.
Okay.... The flaws. Lets see... ''Holyshit'' graphics..
''WTF'' gameplay... Only flaw I see is that there
is no voice acting whatsoever. So erm.. yeah..
Eh....Uh.... *whinge*
Playing as a god has never been more funner, more
addictive, more innovative and with stunning graphics to
boot. A fitting final farewell gift for the PS2...
I shall stop writing here now. Later.
juz a loner-`< ...and stuff>
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
4:54 PM
Results are back and I'm in the dunk.
What more do you wanna know??
Kinda poor results.. But than, there are logical answers for this.
Let's start off with bio practical.
Okay nevermind. But Paper 1 and 2 only got B3. Kinda bad, but in my
class... I'm still top.
Maths I'm always bad for no reason.. Maybe no fate or something.
English... Comprehension is excellent(according to teacher).
Whole school top 34 I got 30(To me, kinda bad. But whole class clapped
as though it was very good.)
It's all the composition's fault. I had overlooked several factors.
Actually it's my own fault.Anyway, lets not continue about English.
Or other subjects.
Or study.
Or about school.
Or.... stuff.
Something I saw yesterday changed my whole perspective of
life.(I know.. I should have said it yesterday. What can you do
about it??) Everyday in the morning, I followed my usual
schedule of not wanting to wake up, not wanting to go to
school, not wanting to face teacher's boring lessons... But
something overrided all those thoughts. I had to go.
I always get by being driven to school in my dad's car.
So kinda lucky. But I had to endure the cold, harsh temperature
of the aircon. I know I can off it, but for some reason, I
didn't. It was raining hard, and with the air conditioner,
it was FREEZING. But who cares? Too cold is good.
It suppresses my emotions. What I saw on the way to school
made my heart turn into ice.
A girl was standing directly under the rain, with ABSOLUTELY
no shelter. ANOTHER girl with a big freakin' umbrella was RIGHT in front
of her. It is impossible for the girl with umbrella to not notice the girl
suffering. I know you are thinking, who cares? Answer is: I don't.
You must be saying, that's impossible. Reply is: Definitely... Not.
I do not care about this at all. This incident merely shows what kind of
world we are in. A heartless and cruel world. No one cares about anyone.
To those who have emotions, good for you. Emotions make one weak
and unstable. Someday, somehow I might get back my emotions..
My true emotions.. Which must be hidden somewhere.. Anywhere...
Man has many faces, but one ugly heart.
juz a loner-`< ...and stuff>