Super Smash Bros. Brawl! European Release Tomorrow!

In the goatshed, we’ve been waiting for a couple of years for Super Smash Bros. Brawl on the Wii. The goatherd are very Nintendo orientated - but Super Smash Bros has always provided first class gameplay. Firstly on the N64 and then on the GameCube -now we can play on the Wii. Finally, possibly the best Smash Brothers release to date is going to be released!

All the years of built up aggression can be released -it’s here. I hope all my fellow Europeans have their pre-orders, because early indications point to mass sell out tomorrow.

While your waiting for midnight, feel free to drool over my son’s Limited Edition Super Smash Bros Brawl Collectors Edition.

 

It’s Been A While…

Ok. I admit it. I haven’t posted in a while. I really should have lots to share - but I don’t.

I’ve been quite busy setting up a new project and it’s taking way too much of my time. Any free time I’ve had has been spent with family or playing the amazing Team Fortress 2.

I did get to watch a good movie the other night, though (and NO, I don’t mean Run Fatboy Run). We rented 30 Days of Night, starring Josh Hartnett, Melissa George and a Vampire who looks like one of the Pet Shop Boys. I’m quite a sucker for Vampire movies -but this one is one of the best yet. The movie is based on a three-issue miniseries of horror comics. The comics written by Steve Niles and illustrated by Ben Templesmith. I must confess I’ve never seen the comics before -but I’m quite tempted to track them down.

The movie’s plot is quite simple. It’s Alaska. Three-quarters of the town are leaving because it’s the time of year when the sun disappears for thirty days. 30 days of night? Sounds like a perfect Vampire holiday…..

Great movie. If you haven’t seen it then why not give it a go?

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Vacancy

Last night there was still plenty of Liebfraumilch Rheinhessen left to drink. We summoned the herd and popped a dvd on.

The chosen movie for the night was Vacancy starring Kate Beckinsale, Luke Wilson and Frank Whaley. The film starts of with a couple in a car, breaking down in the middle of nowhere and needing a room for the night. When they finally get somewhere to get some shut-eye, sinister goings on begin to say the least…..

Well I don’t usually go for this type of movie myself, but it really was quite good. I felt strong feelings of suspense and uneasiness from the outset of the film. The plot wasn’t too much different from the Hostel series, but included a far more sinister atmosphere. The movie doesn’t build up to plain old gore-fest like Hostel either. Instead the film dwells on what might happen or what could happen. Saying all that, I still prefer Hostel. All in all a good movie, but don’t watch it if you’re planning a long drive. 6/10

Liebfraumilch Rheinhessen is a really nice drink

Well it has been a very nice night for me. I know you’re not really interested but I’ll tell you all about it anyway.

Firstly it’s been a while since the She-goat and I have spent any quality time together. We ordered a Chinese, rented a movie and of course stocked up on wine and fruit and nut chocolate.

The chinese wasn’t that bad. It tasted as monosodiumglutimate should, but the pork ribs were a little crappy. The best thing was the egg fried rice, which they ruined by spraying it with watered-down gravy which was a real shame. 比分四可能十

The movie wasn’t that much better either. We rented Outlaw starring Sean Bean, Danny Dyer and Bob Hoskins. Not the best movie I’ve seen it has to be said. What? Now I’m supposed to believe that Moff from Human Traffic is some sort of vigilante like the A-Team? The film was dark and was apparently filmed by a cameraman had parkinsons disease. I’d have to say 4/10 for this one, sorry Moff.

The chocolate was a total hit, but the real star was the wine. I don’t drink very often, so when I do drink it tends to hit me hard. Liebfraumilch Rheinhessen is the nicest white I’ve had for a long while. To the best of my ability I can translate it to “loving lady’s milk”. Seems like it’s a cheap export wine, so it looks like the Germans are hogging all the better stuff. Ich gebe diesem Wein die Kerbe von sieben aus möglichen 10 heraus.

 Oh well I suppose I better sleep it off.

Finally did it

Well I finally got off my lazy bottom (for a brief moment) and decided to finally get this little blog operational. It’s going to take a while to get used to the WordPress console, so please bare with me.

Maybe tomorrow I’ll get around to posting about the frustrations and dangers of owning a Creative Labs Audigy2. I might even post (as promised) working Audigy series Vista drivers that Creative saw fit to withhold, along with painfully long instructions on how to install them. Yep, Audigy series do work under Vista x86, and yes they are Dolby, CMSS, EAX and DTS capable.

 …but for now I must check out these widget gadget thingies.