Otaku mountaineering

Today, I and a friend of mine went on a trip that we’ve been planning for a year now; a short trip to the top of a small mountain just outside Oslo. Now, that is all well and good, but we thought it would be fun if we brought some figures with us. Said and done, I brought my Miyuki figma and my Lumix LX3 (Thanks to Danny Choo for recommending it. It’s a jewel.) and my friend brought his KagaMiku and Yoko nendoroids.

Normally it takes about 1,5 hours up and down the hill, but we ended up spending double the time thanks to the constant photography pressure we had from those small city girls.
…and right now, they’re nagging for us to post them pics, so… let’s post them.

They’re cheering now.

Exclamation-review: Left 4 Dead (PC)

I’ve decided to try out a new little spin on game reviews, namely a system where I just write things I say when I play a game. Based upon those exclamations, you can tell if a game is good or bad, or basically if it’s fun or not. That’s the major point. This won’t replace my regular reviews, but they will probably be posted more often as they’re way easier to write. I like doing full game reviews, but I don’t always have (or take) the time to write them.

The first game to try out this formula is Left 4 Dead, because…well it’s a logical game for exclamation based stuff. So, my review is as follows:

“OHMYGODRUNRUNRUNRUN! SSSHIIIITTT!!! UWAH! HELP! LOLOLOLOLOL DID YOU SEE THAT? XD WHOA! THROW A PIPE BOMB! I’M DOWN! I’M DYING! Thanks! BEHIND YOU! It’s eerily quiet now, isn’t it? OHHOLYSHIIIITT!!! TANK!!!!! GET TO HIGH GROUND!”
*the survivors have been overwhelmed*

Blog burned

I’ve finally setup my blog on Feedburner (something I should have done long ago), so if anyone for some mysterious reason subscribed to the old WordPress feed, I’d be much obliged if you updated that subscription to point to the new Feedburner feed. The button on the bottom of the sidebar has been updated with the new address.

Thanks!

The Left 4 Dead Epics – Vol. 1 “The Bridge”

I’ve been playing Left 4 Dead ever since the demo went public on November 12th and after the game was released two days ago…well, school work’s been suffering. Left 4 Dead is such an amazing game that I could write a 200 page novel just coming up with superlative adjectives describing it. Sure, it’s not without its bugs and annoyances, but those are generally minor and will probably be fixed soon anyway.

But playing the game with one or more friends with voice chat is so much fun, as you always have someone to share those “OMG didyouseethat? awesome, man! LOLOLOLOL! RALF!” moments with. It’s just like playing the ultimate survival movie sometimes, and that’s what this post is about.

I decided to write down some of the epic moments we’ve come across, making them a bit more interesting in the process. These short stories will be known as “The Left 4 Dead Epics”. I don’t know how long I will keep finding time from slaughtering zombies to write these, but I’ve at least got one.

So, without further ado, here’s the first installment of The L4D Epics!

Review: Tron 2.0

TRON 2.0 is a must-have at least for all who enjoyed the cult classic movie TRON, even though others can enjoy it as well.

Review: The Operative: No One Lives Forever

Replace James Bond with a Scottish woman, add some twisted humor and interesting gadgets and you have the recipe for NOLF.

Review: Just Cause

Just Cause isn’t really your typical GTA clone, but the well known free-roaming concept is there. And it’s taken to the limit…

Review: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

The open world, free-roaming sandbox has been with us since GTA 1, but yet has no game been as huge nor as much fun as GTA: San Andreas.

Review: Broken Sword: The Angel of Death

The master of adventure games, Charles Cecil, sends us out on yet another great quest, taking us from New York to Rome, through both Istanbul and Phoenix in search of a lost, godly weapon.

My PC actually rocks (with a little help)

So, I’ve been gaming with a crappy graphics card ever since I built my new PC one and a half years ago because I was waiting for DX10 cards to be released. When ATi’s Radeon HD 3870X2 was released I finally bought me a shiny new card to save me from the pits of low graphics settings…and it did indeed.