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[147] Monday 25 January 2010 - Want a 360 theme, but not sure if it's worth a buy? Me too, until I saw www.blackbox360.com not long ago. It's a rather incomplete site, but it provides a few. If anyone has any better sites, post in the comments.. please? [ 0 Comments :: View Comments ] [146] Monday 4 January 2010 - Oct-Jan summary Well well, I'm doing an update.. and hell hasn't frozen over yet! Since last time, I obtained an Xbox360 and a few games. Tales of Vesperia is another Tales of series game, and like Symphonia.. It's purely <3 to me. X-Blades is kinda under-rated, but after getting an achievement by holding down just B.. I understand why. Banjo-Kazooie: N&B is almost an insult to the original N64 classics. Soul Calibur IV is so-so. I find the controls feel very clunky. Left4Dead2 is rather fun. A zombie slaying game which the goal is to survive several levels and escape. Awesome! And of course, Modern Warfare 2. I suck at shooters, but there's people who suck more than me online.. either that or are dumb enough to always fall for the oldest tricks in the book. I've not abandoned my old Wii however, which is shown with Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World. It's a sequel to one of my all-time favourite games, and actually quite nice. There's a new elemental system which replaces the old individual weaknesses and resistances. It's also rather odd that a Ghost may be water elemental rather than Dark, thus not weak to light. Now off the gaming, the new year. Firstly, Happy new year if you're reading this. 2010 will be a fun year to see out, with a fair few changes in my life thanks to the previous year. I'm planning on starting this year with Windows 7 some point this month, and a new TV as my current one is quite a few years old.. well, at least 10 to be exact. Oh, and before I forget. Christmas was a blast, just don't ask me what I got.. scatterbrain here already forgot. [ 1 Comment :: View Comments ] [145] Monday 5 October 2009 - Lemon and Lime flavour! I decided to update this blog once again, this time.. it's pulled up a lemon and lime flavouring. There's new images, and a new flavour in the header bars. And redone coding, the old stuff was a total mess! In order to clean it up, I just started all over with the styling.. and images. I'm not going to even dare twiddle with the main code core, it's messy but it works. The only way to tidy it is making a function for all the smilies. Also, I disabled the April Fools day prank code (in which it spammed you with a random number of false internet security notices).. So unless I think of a new one, you're all safe next year.. you hope.. Now onto a general life update! Yes! An update! I've recently brought myself three new games, and realising how boring so many games are these days. First off was Kirby: Superstar Ultra. I like Kirby, and this was good while it lasted.. which was 2 days to unlock everything! The new content over the SNES original is certainly work a look, including the new bosses in the new modes. No spoilers. ;) Next was Sonic and the Black Knight. Sonic games started as speed, but this is even more off the track than Sonic Unleashed. High speed dashing, and fighting. They didn't mix too well, but it's worth a play at least. Part 1 took me 2 hours.. then Part 2 was snuck in AFTER the credits. I'd say this is one of those 24hrs or less speed-runnable games for sure. Next is one of those New Play Control! titles. Mario Power Tennis. Usually, I don't like sports games too much, but this is rather amusing. Even without seeing any items yet, the game's crazy power shots add to the fun. Even if it's how silly the shots are. I doubt I'll give up video games! I love them to pieces! In other news, I have a strange fondness for Jelly sweets at the moment... [ 2 Comments :: View Comments ] [144] Wednesday 30 September 2009 - Holy smoke, it's an update! Yeah, I know I rarely update this thing these days. I'm taking a couple of weeks holiday from work, bonus! [ 0 Comments :: View Comments ] [143] Friday 28 August 2009 - The world's gone mad. Store manager at work's gone mad. He says checking notes in the air is disgruntling to customers. What's he saying? Accept fake money? I'm impressed he manages to keep his job. "Heart attack on legs" to the customers. I don't like him, nor do many people. [ 2 Comments :: View Comments ] [142] Thursday 25 June 2009 - Erep! Older! I turned 19 so.. lol.. Feels old at first, now I feel young again. Gift wise? a DSi and some T shirts. Now before you say the DSi is a waste.. The DSi has support for a lot more features than the DS lite and old DS. Number one is the 5-level backlight. Level 2 is the same as the lite's level 1. You can adjust this in-games with select and the volume buttons.. It's fun! [ 0 Comments :: View Comments ] [141] Sunday 10 May 2009 - Pokémon Gold/Silver remakes.. Nintendo are making Pokémon Gold and Silver remakes, like they did with Red and Blue as FireRed and LeafGreen. Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. Well, I know what I'm buying now. And apparently, I somehow forgot to post this on Friday... [ 3 Comments :: View Comments ] [140] Saturday 2 May 2009 - Beerheads Work has been.. somewhat exciting the last week or so. First off, is having seen two drunk customers. One was just slightly off his rocker, and a bit random. The other one was totally out of it. He went to buy some beer, was refused for being drunk already.. And then, he throws a fit yelling "TWENTY EIGHT AND THEY REFUSE TO SELL ME A FUCKING BEER!" and other stuff. It took two of the security guards to even get him out of the store. Here's a lesson for all of you out there: Alcohol is bad for you. [ 3 Comments :: View Comments ] [139] Sunday 5 April 2009 - Of wonders and stuff... I wonder why people are so damned strange. I've seen a bunch of people who pay with only crisp, like-new, notes. If you have them a £5 note with a rip, like most have, they seem to be all like "OMG IT'S ILLEGAL!" and demand you give them the best £5 note in your till. Even if the store is closed! Weird people. I also got Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon recently. Fun but seems hard compared to modern games. Well, it is a NES-game remake as such.. where games had to be harder in difficulty. Not that I mind, it seems games are getting harder nowadays. Either way, it's one of the games with more realistic attributes. Unit dies = Unit gone. Quite cruel, 'cause resetting a few times to not lose your favourites is tricky. [ 2 Comments :: View Comments ] [138] Saturday 21 March 2009 - Of skins and things Last night, I updated Windows Live Messenger.. only because it was prompting me to update. So I do so.. and uninstall it soon after. It uses a lot more processor, completely redesigns the skin.. to be too fucking bright. I mean, c'mon. Who wants to see changing rainbow colours and a harsh #FFFFFF White? I mean.. I don't. Strangely enough, anyone can download an older version off of Microsoft's site. At least it doesn't prompt you to update repeatedly.. and you can recolour the entire skin. Here's a little fact, I try to avoid using too much pure white, and often tone it down using a small bit of grey. Any of you who have seen notepad.exe from either my laptop or a screenshot.. you'll know what I mean. Also, Windows is insisting that my wireless network is still trying to connect.. yet it's connected. Here's a tip for those of you without a firewall or virus scanner: COMODO Internet Security. Free, doesn't hog resources, and is damn good. The heuristics are way too strong on high.. but that's better than too weak, eh? I recommend it for the amount of settings you can twiddle with. And back to work soon. 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