World Cup slots filled

SOCCER
France cheat their way through at the expense of Ireland. Poor Ireland.

New Zealand, Algeria, Slovenia and Slovakia all in world cup too. As it stands, those guys are my best bets to win the world cup. (GO NEW ZEALAND!!! I SUPPORT U ALL THE WAAAAAAAY!!)

GAMES

Eh... they were on offer. Got both at $40 total.
Fun... but only my 2nd actual RTS game, so I seriously suck balls at this. I'm still having fun though.

Final Comment
Sun Zi would not be proud of my execution squads in C&C... he'd be proud of Thierry Henry though...

We Like The Moooooooooooon!!!

Cuz it's got water. Cool huh? The NASA nerds found some frozen water (wait a sec, isn't that ice?) on the south pole of the moon! Do you know what this means? I sure as hell don't.

Final Comment
I totally forgot that yesterday was Friday 13

Drowning My Depression In The Drug Known As...

VIDEO GAMES



awright! this game rox. Graphics are just too cool for words. The soundtrack is great as always. The fighting engine retains pretty much everything from previous installments. They have a new "rage" system, where the guy goes into rage mode when he has 5% health left. Collisions with the environment have been improved slightly as well.

The bosses suck though. Sub boss is a beefed up Jin Kazama. He's in rage mode throughout the fight with him. So he can pretty much kick your ass twice as hard as a normal Jin would. After you get past him you fight this big Egyptian ass of a boss named Azazel. So he's got invulnerability in neutral stance, can overhead you from the floored position AND has a move that does chip damage even though you switched it off. He's not impossible to defeat though. 10 hit combo spamming should dispose of the Anubis wannabe in no time. (hell I just defeated him with Miguel using jump kick spamming)



This year's installment is a drastic improvement from last year's game. That's saying alot considering SVR 2009 was pretty good. I haven't tried out ladder match yet, but there is supposed to be a light to guide you on where to place your ladder. RR is also supposedly improved, judging by the IGN review.

What I do know is that the new reversal system is great. SVR is actually no longer a button masher game. It now requires timing, skill and precision. More timing, skill and precision can also be found in the new kick out system where you can hold A button and release at the highlighted point. Finisher system is also pretty cool. The momentum bar fills up like normal. Eventually, you will accumulate enough bar for your signature. Performing this move successfully instantly gives you full bar, meaning you can finish off your opponent.

The create a finisher system for front grapple is the same. nothing new. The aerial finishers are pretty lame, but hey, just to add in a few Kinnikuman-esque finishers, why not? (think about it, crank the trajectory to minimum and hang time to maximum, the result is ridiculous)

On a side note, WWE totally ripped off EA Sports' Training ground style areas. Think about it, in this game, they tell you press start, you do so and you end up in "The Training Facility". Do the same in FIFA or Live and you'll be taken to "The Arena" and "The Hangar" respectively. Oh well. Good job on WWE's part. If you're gonna rip off something at least do it well and believe me, this training facility is one that should have appeared years ago.

Final Comment
DLC Stone Cold Steve Austin is broken. Overall 97 WTF!?

Tough Week

seriously... it's been a tough week, and liverpool's loss doesn't help either.

SOCCER
I think it's pretty much official, I hate Rafa Benitez. Not because he's a terrible manager, but because he plays with Kopite minds so badly. He makes us think that we're going to be big and finally knock Man U off THEIR f***ing perch (e.g. Champions League Istanbul, 3 consecutive wins vs Man U), and then he goes right up ahead and trips at the finishing line (Getting edged out by Man U, loss to FULHAM!?). so yeah, I'm fed up with Rafa and I'm deciding which manager is suitable to replace him.

RECENT EVENTS
Up until now I was pretty pissed at the fact that virtually everyone around me was in a relationship. But as of now I'm starting to see more people around me who have experienced breakups. And the results are just terrible. I've seen just how backstabbing some girls can actually be and after seeing horrible aftershock effects I'm starting to question myself on whether I really want to be in a relationship or not. I'm just really confused right now.

Final Comment
Angsty teen is angstyplz

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrggghhhhhhhhhhh!!!! CHICKEN CANCER!!!!!!!!!

BACKGROUND
So school's just finished and Enoch and I decide to stop over at Admiralty KFC to get a bite after a gaming session of Big Two. We ordered pretty much all we needed for a decent meal and Mohan, being the generous friend that he is, gives us... what you say... extras? and by extras I mean a Bandito Pocket and two extra Snackers. It may not sound like much but I had already ordered one box of snackers and an ultimate value box. Enoch got the UVM and cheese fries.

THE INCIDENT
The bandito pocket has all sorts of weird sauces inside it, so I assigned that to Enoch. He stopped after a full box of cheese fries, the pocket and one piece chicken. So I was left with... 2 pieces of chicken, 2 shroom burgers, 2 small mashed potatoes, a bunch of fries and shared winglets and popcorn chicken (aka the other 2 snackers). After the meal(s), we felt kinda groggy so we had a checkup and this is what we discovered...

DIAGNOSIS
Enoch, having eaten about 1/2 a chicken, was diagnosed with stage 1 chicken cancer. I, having eaten approximately one full chicken, was diagnosed with stage 3 chicken cancer.

Wait...WTF IS CHICKEN CANCER?
Cancer, as you may or may not know, occurs when cells in the body lack a gene to tell it to die. Therefore they just stay there as bad cells and kinda help the other good cells rot too. Since we ate a crap load of chicken, we were now practically chickens... because we are what we eat. And chickens lack the gene to die, evidenced by the phrase "running around like a HEADLESS CHICKEN". So uhh yeah...

EPILOGUE
Luckily the good news is that the doctors said we could easily crap out all these bad cells (literally... if you catch my drift...) before they could "infect" us, so we're pretty much ok now.

TV
"WHAT IS LOVE?" - Haddaway
These "Melvin" incidents have got me thinking lately, "Does love at first sight exist?". My opinion? Yes... but only because we are so shallow. Find out why by checking out a show called "The Science of Sex Appeal". Basically a group of scientists took a few tests to find out what causes us humans to be attractive. The results: We humans really are that damn shallow. Males are relatively attracted to females with "the curves" because us simpletons perceive those women as "fertile". And the females generally care about the males with high ranking statuses so that they can be protected. Find out more on the show, it is very interesting.

P.S. If you do know what I mean by "Melvin" incidents, good for you. If not, don't ask, my good conscience won't allow me to discuss it with you. By the way this is completely unrelated to "The Streak" in case any of you were thinking of that.

Final Comment
Chicken cancer sucks

He's Baaaaaaaaaack

Fernando Jose Torres Sanz A.K.A. Fernando Torres A.K.A. El Nino

SOCCER
Liverpool 2-0 Man U
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAH. What a way to end a 4-game losing streak. With a 2-0 win against Man U. Torres scored at 64 min and David Ngog put it beyond doubt at 95 min. 1 from each side sent off via double yellows. Mr Ferguson blamed the refs again (I don't care if he said Liverpool deserved the victory, he was still mumblin for a good minute about how decisions went against him).

Chelsea 5-0 Blackburn
W...T...F... Blackburn... you suck... If there's anything that's good about this game is that if Chelsea win the League at least Liverpool isn't knocked off their f******* perch yet.

and now...
Comeback kings galore!!!
Everton 2-3 Bolton
Bolton score 2. Everton equalise!! only to lose the lead later...PHAIL

Man City 2-2 Fulham
Money can't buy you 3 points, even when you score 2 goals 1st

Arsenal 2-2 West Ham
eh...

Final Comment
There's a new movie coming out and in its trailer it says something about "ARENALINE PUMPING ACTION" forgot the title. It was called "(something) Warrior". Look out for it (If not look for the trailer)

Overreacting Much?

Not me, the guys at AirAsia

FEATURED ARTICLE

http://news.sg.msn.com/regional/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3661552

Just read it. In a nutshell, a pregnant woman is on the fated flight to Borneo and goes into labour halfway. The plane proceeds to make an emergency stop to Kuala Lumpur but before they reach there the baby is born. It was delivered by a doctor on board the plane. And what does she get for causing this hullabaloo? She gets... free flights for life?! The baby gets the same too! You know, she DID delay the plane, thus causing a lot of inconvenience and probably causing a few unfortunate businessmen to miss their meetings. Hell, she probably got a free delivery from the doctor on board. Man!

GAMES
I think SVR2010 is out. Tekken 6 also coming out soon.

Final Comment
Free Flights?! For LIFE!?