A mishmash update. 28 March 2009

I’ve been sleeping a lot, playing a lot and not studying a lot. Good thing there’s no immediate assignment yet. Well, better get started on those annoying Boolean algebras.

Game’s I’ve been playing.

World In Conflict: Soviet Assault is an addon to the addictive original game. If you’re a military aficionado like me then you’re going to like replaying the game with six new Soviet missions interwoven into the original ones. Though it’s not a full fledged expansion pack that you might expect, the game still keeps me up until early dawn.

Fallout 3 just had its second DLC, The Pitt released this week. I’ve played a bit of it and it felt more stable than the bug ridden Xbox 360 version. The new quest’s storyline is as impressive as other quests inside the game, which is the hallmark of this game of the year winner. I’ll play it once I finished World In Conflict.

Red Alert 3: Uprising expansion pack was also released this week. New units, new storyline and new hot babes. Yeah. Looking forward to playing it.

Good news to all Call of Duty fans! Modern Warfare 2 is coming 10 November! I repeat, Modern Warfare 2 is coming 10 November! Infinity Ward is making this instalment so watch out for it! It might be the game of the year. The teaser looks awesome.



Movies I’ve been watching.

Punisher: War Zone is gory, just the way I like it. Lots of guns, bad guys, blood and bodies with head blown off. It’s not as good as 2004′s Punisher movie nor it is a direct sequeal of. The storyline isn’t presented properly. The director focused too much on headless corpses and cool cinematography. You might expect guys to watch this sort of movie, which in this case, directed by a woman. That might explain its downfall. Not saying that I’m a sexist. It’s just that the director focused too much on blatant violence and gore in the hope of attracting male audiences. That said, this version of Punisher is still a worthwhile weekend time waster.

On the contrary, 007: Quantum of Solace is quite OK despite what reviewers had say. This sequel continues where Casino Royale ends off. The action scene where the movie starts right away isn’t too incomprehensible, allegedly. Cinematography and storyline wise, it’s the same as Casino Royale. Nicely done and easy to understand. Others might think the quality has degraded to some degree. IMO it’s otherwise.

I’m watching The Curious Case of Benjamin Button now. The story is unique, like Slumdog Millionaire. I’m not a fan of these sort of movies. I’ll watch just to waste time and know how they won the Oscars. You know what they say, “Poor selling movies are always Oscar winners.”

Misc.

Gundam 00 S2 episode 24 is epic! Everything finally fits into place. Setsuna’s ‘special’ condition. Seraphim Gundam’s function. 0 Gundam looks just like RX-78-2, the very first Gundam (1979). Twin Engine’s true purpose. And the list goes on and on. Can’t wait for episode 25! The final showdown between Setsuna, the first true Innovator and Ribbons, the Innovator above Innovator.

It seems that some of our friends have been doing some serious work in web authoring. Eichi’s doing it individually. Not bad for a career designer and first time coder. Gary’s done it in team. They’re not pursuing design professionally, but their website for futsal rivals some of the more professional sites. Good work!