Got my supplementary assignment sent to me today.
I’ve got a couple of weeks to finish it.
Monthly Archive for December, 2005
Today was 37 degrees celsius. Pretty hot for Melbourne.
A classic australian after christmas period.
We all ate far too much, but not nearly as much as some people did I’m sure.
An all vegetarian christmas. None of that buying presents stuff.
Just some pretty damn tasty food and a couple of bottles of red wine.
Getting to midnight and we’ve got every door and window open, fans blowing.
No air conditioners of course.
I like the smell this time of year. It smells hot.
Everyone seems a little sleepier.
Fear is amazing, the first FPS I’ve played in a long time where I haven’t gotten bored really quickly. I may actually finish the story line.
The story is really engaging. And the fire fights are the most fun I’ve had in a FPS.
Not to mention the graphics are amazing, made me want to go out and buy a better video card. I didn’t, it’s running a little lower then I’d like but still looks fantastic. Lights and shadows are important, so I’m running at 640×480.
This game has the most annoying voice acting I’ve ever heard in any game.
It does have redeeming qualities though. The racing is absurdly speedy and alot of fun.
It reaches a limit though. After a while you just can’t get any faster, it becomes rather absurd. Combine that and traffic, and you get situation where you can’t see what’s round the next corner, making it impossible to avoid some crashes. That can be really annoying. It’s novelty will wear off soon I’m sure, but so far it’s rather late night addicting trying to unlock the next car.
I saw the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe last night.
I was scared it would be bad. Since they are some of my favorite books. Much more so then Lord of the Rings ever was.
I am happy to say that it was fabulous. The most suprising thing about it was the child actors. They were really good. Especially Lucy and Edmond. They fitted the roles perfectly too.
But with out a doubt the star of the movie was Tilda Swinton as the White Witch. Scary, Powerful, Intimidating and Cunning. I’m not sure what to say about her, other then that I really hope they make some of the other books with her in it.
I was worried that other people who saw it would treat it unfairly, but was pleased to see everyone entranced by it. It wasn’t just because I’d read all the books already. Which means the movie does justice to the book.
I highly recommend it.
Especially to all those kids that love harry potter, now it’s time you see what a real story is. You will love it.
Civilization 4 rocks..
They added religions.
Right now:
I’m the Russians.
They are christian as the state religion. Christianity dominates 20% of the world. Buddhism is bigger.
I’m at peace and in trade with the Chinese the Spanish and the Indians.
I have the top 4 cultural cities in the world.
Moscow is sick from overcrowding, but they still keep celebrating the monarch.
I am at war with the Japanese. I hold Tokyo which has a population that’s now 43% russian the rest Japanese.
I destroyed completely one Japanese city. Working on Kyoto now.
A Spanish city defected to join the Russian empire because it liked me better.
Russia is the most economically and technologically advanced civilization. I have just finished researching riflemen.
And… I’m playing on easy. Not sure if I’ll finish this world. Might go to a harder one.
I haven’t tried it yet, but I’m keen to see how the play by email multiplay game works.
Yes… it is very addictive. It’s hard to remember that it’s a turn based strategy and that you can continue any time. I just keep making moves.
