I don't particularly i want to tell you about what i'm thinking about at the moment, but.. i would love to show you.
In case you were ever wondering, dude shows us how to fly, and just as cool, how to check over a plane. There's a whole playlist of 2-3 min tutorials on it, in fact. This is just how to get off the ground:
even cats can enjoy!
"DON'T RUN AWAY! IT'S JUST A JET!!"
Saturday, 19 February 2011
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
This last few days i've been sat on my sofa absorbing copious amounts of media. I was going to give you a review of all the things what i did sit and see, but it was much too much work, so i thought i'd just give you a review of the top 4 (They are: Community [Excellent]; Memoirs of a Geisha [Very Good]; Trinity and Beyond [Very Good if you like nuclear weapon test footage] and Exit Through the Gift Shop [Excellent]).
Well, hope you enjoyed that. Check back for more next week!
Ok so.. i admit, full-bodied reviews are still too much for my lazy ass right now, but i don't want you going away from clicking this post empty handed.. So let me just recommend my favourite:
This is that banksy documentary- as in by banksy, not (directly) about banksy.
The film follows french clothes-store-owner Thierry Guetta, a man who's personality could be described as stupid, genius, or special needs.. depending on your personal perspective. Thierry, also an obsessive-compulsive camera-man, discovers that his cousin happens to be a prolific street artist- and starts following him around, filming him at work. Thierry eventually meets more artists and finds himself caught up in the weird and wonderful underground world of tagging and street art. He goes on to produce over 10,000 hours worth of footage- capturing artists at work in their studios or on the street, police chases, interrogation, climbing up buildings and even shots from inside Banksy's own workshop as he prepares and dispatches his pranks on the world. After thierry.. attempts.. to put together a "documentary" with the footage, his own adventures and misadventures begin, ultimately with cringeworthy and comic, yet thought provoking consequences. After spending some time defining street art by what it is, the film comes round to defining it by what it isn't.
One of the great things about this film is the controversy surrounding Thierry. It's a documentary, but does this guy actually exist? And if so did he really become a street artist? Or is this him and Banksy pulling off one big prank on the art world? Or could he even be Banksy? Either way, it's clear that Banksy didn't intend for this to be taken at face value. The film was created to give us an authentic, personal insight into the playful, defiant soul of street art, and ultimately the difference between those who produce the culture and those who, really, kinda just don't.
Rating: Absolutely worth a watch!
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Bonus Post Feature
Congratulations, you have found this post's bonus feature, Welldone yourself! This isn't directly connected to Exit through the Gift Shop, it's just a video of some street art i like. Note: This clip happens to sync pretty well to any electronic music you may have, and such activity is recommended.
Enjoy!
Well, hope you enjoyed that. Check back for more next week!
Ok so.. i admit, full-bodied reviews are still too much for my lazy ass right now, but i don't want you going away from clicking this post empty handed.. So let me just recommend my favourite:
This is that banksy documentary- as in by banksy, not (directly) about banksy.
The film follows french clothes-store-owner Thierry Guetta, a man who's personality could be described as stupid, genius, or special needs.. depending on your personal perspective. Thierry, also an obsessive-compulsive camera-man, discovers that his cousin happens to be a prolific street artist- and starts following him around, filming him at work. Thierry eventually meets more artists and finds himself caught up in the weird and wonderful underground world of tagging and street art. He goes on to produce over 10,000 hours worth of footage- capturing artists at work in their studios or on the street, police chases, interrogation, climbing up buildings and even shots from inside Banksy's own workshop as he prepares and dispatches his pranks on the world. After thierry.. attempts.. to put together a "documentary" with the footage, his own adventures and misadventures begin, ultimately with cringeworthy and comic, yet thought provoking consequences. After spending some time defining street art by what it is, the film comes round to defining it by what it isn't.
One of the great things about this film is the controversy surrounding Thierry. It's a documentary, but does this guy actually exist? And if so did he really become a street artist? Or is this him and Banksy pulling off one big prank on the art world? Or could he even be Banksy? Either way, it's clear that Banksy didn't intend for this to be taken at face value. The film was created to give us an authentic, personal insight into the playful, defiant soul of street art, and ultimately the difference between those who produce the culture and those who, really, kinda just don't.
Rating: Absolutely worth a watch!
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Bonus Post Feature
Congratulations, you have found this post's bonus feature, Welldone yourself! This isn't directly connected to Exit through the Gift Shop, it's just a video of some street art i like. Note: This clip happens to sync pretty well to any electronic music you may have, and such activity is recommended.
Enjoy!
Monday, 29 November 2010
What big blog posts you have..
Right! I think it's time for this seasons post:
With werewolf month swiftly approaching us, i've been finding it progressively harder to maintain my excitement for fear of annoying the fuck out of everyone. So as a means of expressing my excitement tastefully, i've been curating a lycanthrope themed spotify playlist for you all to enjoy!
The tracks have been picked for their own take on the werewolf myth, cover a variety of werewolf behaviour, and then back in normal life again. I've resisted the temptation of just using almost entirely metal tracks, because even though most werewolf tracks are metal, the lyrics are frankly incomprehensible, rendering it pointless. A couple did get through though.
If you don't have spotify, you can download it here. No invites or anything necessary and the 'Open' package is completely free (although you will have to occasionally hear comically horrendous adverts).
Anyway! motherfucking music right here! click the cute little wolf:
P.S. i am not a furry
With werewolf month swiftly approaching us, i've been finding it progressively harder to maintain my excitement for fear of annoying the fuck out of everyone. So as a means of expressing my excitement tastefully, i've been curating a lycanthrope themed spotify playlist for you all to enjoy!
The tracks have been picked for their own take on the werewolf myth, cover a variety of werewolf behaviour, and then back in normal life again. I've resisted the temptation of just using almost entirely metal tracks, because even though most werewolf tracks are metal, the lyrics are frankly incomprehensible, rendering it pointless. A couple did get through though.
If you don't have spotify, you can download it here. No invites or anything necessary and the 'Open' package is completely free (although you will have to occasionally hear comically horrendous adverts).
Anyway! motherfucking music right here! click the cute little wolf:
P.S. i am not a furry
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
Oh Woops..Been playing civillisation 5. It's alright. There's things i'd do differently in it, like more differences between the armies, and things like a nuke would actually destroy a city instead of just setting it on fire, but these are minor complaints.
The thing is the games take a long time to play out, and are really engaging. There's enough stuff going on that towards the end, my computer slows down and starts taking about 10 seconds to process each turn (my computer does that! don't try on a laptop!) and you can't help but be curious about whats going to happen. it's got a bigtime 'just one more turn.. ' effect. Which can last for upto 12 hours..
Tuesday, 29 June 2010
Tropico 3
Hey guys!
About a week ago, (a week ago? i think it was a week.. i've lost track of time) i agreed to a friend to review my new-found favourite game, Tropico 3. I had a b.. Shit! Was i supposed to do it for this weekend? No! I mean yes..! I was! bloody fuck, ok..
Er, well, i guess actions save a thousand words, or pictures speak louder than words or whatever, so i may have to phone in sick saying, "i enjoyed it so much, i've been unable to write anything.. so um, here's some pictures..?"
PS. to whom it may concern: Ha, i'm joking.. i am still gonna try and write a proper review, i promise! Possibly within the week, i dunno.. I've only got a couple of islands left.. so hopefully..
Btw since few people know anything about this game: it's a sim-city strategy style game, set in cold war era carribean. You play a dictat.. I mean Presidente, aided by your (generally) trustworthy advisor Penultimo, building a nation from scratch on deserted islands to fulfil various objectives. Throughout each level the superpowers compete for your "loyalty to their respective ideologies" (read "usefulness") sometimes by making helpful offers, sometimes demands, and sometimes, if things get really bad, by turning up to say hello with some gunships. There is never a dull moment, with the various domestic factions and their silly requests, the people occasionally being the unappreciative shits they can be, random events and obviously elections.. if you choose to go in for all that democratic rubbish, of course. Nothing in the game is obligatory, but every choice you make- from choosing a capitalist or communist approach, to your response to posed offers, to the 'fate' you might arrange for a particular troublesome citizen- everything impacts something somewhere in the game. As the dischordia saying goes: Do what thou wilt, but remember, no one likes an asshole.
Most of my islands have been tobacco paradises.
A little on going sandbox project, where i'm trying to see if i can get the population's happiness up to 100%. I don't think i've ever got higher than 65%, and that only after the KGB put drugs in the water supply.
Hi-5 if you know it
The custom avatar page lets you choose your characters strengths and flaws. I haven't had the courage to try out this flaw yet..
Tropico 3 can be slow paced (fitting for carribean culture really), but very satisfying, especially if strategical thinking pleases you in games, and you're happy to do it in a world whose citizens take dilemnas with a pinch of salt, a fat cigar and some disprortionately joyful music.
Incidentally if you decide to try it out, a few things:
1. right now its on sale for less than £7 on steam. (normally £20)
2. this game has a lot of detail, it can be very subtle and complex, yet it has a frankly pitiful attempt at a tutorial- and the steam version doesn't even come with a manual. I've seen many comments on the internet like: "don't like this game. I can't feed the people and they keep starving", "this game is too slow, each level takes days." and "rebels keep attacking me and i can't stop them" because people simply don't know how it works. The manual can be useful for reference and can be downloaded here. There is also a fan guide that people have said have helped them here, although imo the author doesn't seem to know where his opinions stop and rational strategy starts. Experiment a bit in the game (you don't have to know everything right away) and hopefully you'll be away.
3. Thirdly.. the DJ.. he is fucking annoying. You can turn him off in the options. Or even have him shot, if you have the expansion pack and you're feeling like that.
Right well, i suppose sooner or later i need to get on with a proper fucking review. Oh.. and sorry i haven't posted here much for a while, i... i don't know, i don't think i even have an excuse this time. I am well though, more or less, hope you've been fine too :)
About a week ago, (a week ago? i think it was a week.. i've lost track of time) i agreed to a friend to review my new-found favourite game, Tropico 3. I had a b.. Shit! Was i supposed to do it for this weekend? No! I mean yes..! I was! bloody fuck, ok..
Er, well, i guess actions save a thousand words, or pictures speak louder than words or whatever, so i may have to phone in sick saying, "i enjoyed it so much, i've been unable to write anything.. so um, here's some pictures..?"
PS. to whom it may concern: Ha, i'm joking.. i am still gonna try and write a proper review, i promise! Possibly within the week, i dunno.. I've only got a couple of islands left.. so hopefully..
Btw since few people know anything about this game: it's a sim-city strategy style game, set in cold war era carribean. You play a dictat.. I mean Presidente, aided by your (generally) trustworthy advisor Penultimo, building a nation from scratch on deserted islands to fulfil various objectives. Throughout each level the superpowers compete for your "loyalty to their respective ideologies" (read "usefulness") sometimes by making helpful offers, sometimes demands, and sometimes, if things get really bad, by turning up to say hello with some gunships. There is never a dull moment, with the various domestic factions and their silly requests, the people occasionally being the unappreciative shits they can be, random events and obviously elections.. if you choose to go in for all that democratic rubbish, of course. Nothing in the game is obligatory, but every choice you make- from choosing a capitalist or communist approach, to your response to posed offers, to the 'fate' you might arrange for a particular troublesome citizen- everything impacts something somewhere in the game. As the dischordia saying goes: Do what thou wilt, but remember, no one likes an asshole.
Most of my islands have been tobacco paradises.
A little on going sandbox project, where i'm trying to see if i can get the population's happiness up to 100%. I don't think i've ever got higher than 65%, and that only after the KGB put drugs in the water supply.
Hi-5 if you know it
The custom avatar page lets you choose your characters strengths and flaws. I haven't had the courage to try out this flaw yet..Tropico 3 can be slow paced (fitting for carribean culture really), but very satisfying, especially if strategical thinking pleases you in games, and you're happy to do it in a world whose citizens take dilemnas with a pinch of salt, a fat cigar and some disprortionately joyful music.
Incidentally if you decide to try it out, a few things:
1. right now its on sale for less than £7 on steam. (normally £20)
2. this game has a lot of detail, it can be very subtle and complex, yet it has a frankly pitiful attempt at a tutorial- and the steam version doesn't even come with a manual. I've seen many comments on the internet like: "don't like this game. I can't feed the people and they keep starving", "this game is too slow, each level takes days." and "rebels keep attacking me and i can't stop them" because people simply don't know how it works. The manual can be useful for reference and can be downloaded here. There is also a fan guide that people have said have helped them here, although imo the author doesn't seem to know where his opinions stop and rational strategy starts. Experiment a bit in the game (you don't have to know everything right away) and hopefully you'll be away.
3. Thirdly.. the DJ.. he is fucking annoying. You can turn him off in the options. Or even have him shot, if you have the expansion pack and you're feeling like that.
Right well, i suppose sooner or later i need to get on with a proper fucking review. Oh.. and sorry i haven't posted here much for a while, i... i don't know, i don't think i even have an excuse this time. I am well though, more or less, hope you've been fine too :)
Monday, 31 May 2010
The geeks are taking over!
Every 6 months the london ExCel centre hosts the bi-annual geek fest that is the london expo. Gamers, sci fi and anime fans with more money than sense turn up to buy useless junk and photograph much geekier geeks dressed up as their heroes.
By tradition, me, anna and pete meet at the expo every 6 months. This year i was joined by james and claudio. Here's just a small sample of our pictures from yesterday:
Last year, a small group of people dressed up as team fortress characters. I tried to find them all but only managed to get 3. This year, Team fortress was represented with force, all classes turned up- bar the sniper this time. I still didn't get to photograph most of them. Interestingly there were at least as many girls cosplaying the characters as boys.
Never enough medics!
Lolita was represented. Red eyes even improved the picture!
Rikku: Thief Gear
Rikku: Final Fantasy X gear
Rikku: Lady luck gear. Rikku was represented!
PICK UP THAT CAN
PICK UP THOSE CANS
By far my favourite: Vieras were represented!!
Origami ninja: exactly what the label suggests, a ninja quietly performing origami for people. I didn't notice him at first, so he's good
The nutters carrying these signs with hypnotic flashing red eyes claimed to be recruiting for "Doctor Steel's Army of Toy Soldiers" an army of thousands "who leave a trail of creation in their wake". Sounds like a good idea, actually, i think i will.. OBEEEYYY.....
Longcat has representation.
Jayne (from Firefly)
Alien: one of the most popular cosplayers there. Don't worry, it's on a leash.
Alien vs Predator
Steampunk was well represented, there were several stalls selling clockwork jewellery, faux victorian machines and guns, and even a gorgeous working mechanical sign. Unfortunately none of us managed to get many great pictures, but here is a guy wearing the helmet we saw at the exhibition in oxford back at christmas.
WHODUNNIT? Was probably just the rum, actuallyThe day was utterly knackering. In addition to the photos, i also got a new model for my collection. She will no doubt recieve her own post in the near future.
Friday, 7 May 2010
As this is a personal blog, and i am (unfortunately for me) a compulsively opinionated person, i have decided to disregard any attempts to appear unbiased. So if you are someone who favours the reinstatement of the british ruling class then you will just have to like it or lump it at this point.
Labour were never very big in the South East, but today they have lost 13 seats to the Conservatives, with only 4 still held. Lib Dem also lost 2, keeping 4.
So I would just like to salute my fellow Sotonites for keeping our fair city red.
Labour were never very big in the South East, but today they have lost 13 seats to the Conservatives, with only 4 still held. Lib Dem also lost 2, keeping 4.
So I would just like to salute my fellow Sotonites for keeping our fair city red.
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