Alan’s Blog

Hah, regular updates.  Yeah.. things have been pretty crazy recently.  So, whats new?

• Finally got a Wii.  It’s awesome.  It’s main problem is it’s too fun, so you play for too long… forgetting that it’s a physical activity until the next day when you can’t move.  Picked up WarioWare: Smooth Moves, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Rayman: Raving Rabbids and obviously Wii Sports (bundled).  Wii Play is on the way along with another Wiimote and Nunchuck.  Great fun.
• Picked up an HD Projector a few weeks back (Optoma HD72i), so I’ve now gone from a 28″ Widescreen TV to a 96″ Widescreen wall.  Very awesome.  Should have got one years ago.  Movies are awesome obviously, and the XBox 360 is now in HD, which is rockin’.
• Been playing Star Trek Legacy on the 360.  It’s fun but was getting a touch frustrating.  I think I’ve got the hang of it now.  Just completed the Captain Archer section.
• Ordered a few new DVDs in the January Sales.  American Beauty, Aeon Flux, a replacement copy of Pulp Fiction (last copy got scratched badly), Short Circuit (1 and 2), Flight of the Navigator, and Aliens of the Deep (the James Cameron Documentary).  Oh, and a replacement copy of Down Periscope as it’s been MIA for over a year now, and the borrower doesn’t even remember having it, ignoring the fact that they’ve moved since, so it’s probably long gone.  Oh well.
• Transformers The Movie: 20th Anniversary Special Edition arrived today, along with MC Frontalot and mc chris CDs.  Haven’t had a look at the DVD yet, but the CDs are groovy.
• Played the Crackdown (360) demo last night, looks like it could be good fun.  Comes out 23rd Feb.

That’s all I can remember right now, will probably update again a bit later.

It’s been a while, so here is a quick update.

Christmas was good, much was consumed. Decided New Years was going to be fairly quiet as there had been a lot of events prior to it, but still had a good time. I’ve been on holiday since the 21st of December which has been long overdue. Copious amounts of movie watching and gaming have been the order of the day.

Movies of mention:

• Brothers Grimm - quite enjoyed this one, it wasn’t what I was expecting, which is usually a good thing anyway.
• V for Vendetta - really enjoyed V, another that wasn’t what i was expecting and my expectations were fairly low. Completely blew my expectations away.
• The Matador - fun movie.
• Bad Taste - hadn’t seen it in years, still a classic.
• Underworld: Evolution - entertaining, but definately a sequel (in the, if you liked the first movie, here is the rest of it kind of way).
• The Goonies - Hadn’t seen all of this, a classic.

Gaming:

• Finished Vice City, now onto San Andreas.
• Completed the main portion of Oblivion: Knights of the Nine - this was actually really good. It contained more story than I thought it would and it integrated nicely into the world (I had expected it to be more like the other Downloadable Content where you just received an invitation to join or something). Would like to see more of these.
• Been working through Project Gotham Racing 3 on the 360.

Now that the end of year festivities are out of the way, updates should be more regular now.

Happy New Year!

Resolution for 2007: cut out the drink.