1/6 Soldier Story FBI HRT

Looks good! Their FBI CIRG guy was pretty cool also, though i didn't see that at the TFH sale!

TFH day 3 sale

... Nothing left! Most of the stuff seen on friday no longer there.... Even less stuff now, scalpers must be having a field day! :p

Dead Space 2

Ok, i know this came out ages ago, but hey, not easy to find time when you have two kids! (excuses!) haha, anyway, just completed it, pretty much plays the same as the first one, although it's not as scary anymore. Story is ok, but pretty much standard fare. Think have to play the other games in between and see the anime to fill out all the gaps.

 

Unitology is much like Scientology eh? :p

Loot Friday!

Picked up a die-cast shield liger and ss EOD guy, prob go down again on sunday to see whats left!

TFH sale

Just left the TFH sale not too long ago, weather's humid as sin! Was there about 40 mins before the shop opened and there was quite a long queue already.

Happened to meet my bro there, so i 'cut the queue' so to speak, and this small guy with a big mouth behind my brother wasn't too happy about it and mouthed off, luckily in spite of the weather, i managed to keep my cool, although deep down, a voice was telling me to teach him a lesson... Ah, the demons within!

Anyway, later all parties cooled off and we apologised to each other for the misunderstanding cos hey, he had friends in the queue who asked him to get things too! We chatted a bit and all's well.

Good Friday!

Long weekend begins! But also not to forget how this all came about :

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Friday

One interesting lesson; Pontius pilate was by no means a bad person, he never wanted to jesus to be put to death, but pressure from the crowd and the desire not to lose his job forced him to go against his conscience....

I think in life, there are a lot of instances where this happens to us too. Fear of losing the status quo also makes us afraid to stand up for whats right.

We can only pray when the time comes, we will stand up for what we believe in, and not let innocents suffer because of external factors!

S.E.A Aquarium

Went over to Sentosa today to visit the SEA Aquarium, man, the place has sure changed, so touristy trappy and no more monorail around the island. :(

Queueing up was a 20 min wait, thankfully weather was not too hot. The venue is surprisingly large, there is an area before you enter the actual aquarium which is the Maritime Museum. Exhibits are pretty nice, but kind of focuses more on the trade routes.

The place is surpisingly big, with pretty nice exhibits. :) I think the most impressive is the open ocean area. Most relaxing. My kid had lotsa fun there too! Probably go there again when my girl is older. :)

MGS V - The Phantom Pain

Worst kept secret ever! :p i think most people were already expecting a new MGS game haha, typical kojima humor there. Joakim morgen? come on! but that was funny. looks like a story that would take place after peace walker and before the mgs4 storyline, ocelot looks young. :)

BF4 trailer

So todays the day for the big reveal! Well, looks more like some screenshots and stuff were leaked before the official release.... Hope i dun have to change my pc or anything just to play this game!

Wagah Border Ceremony

Don't ask how i came across this, but seriously, has to be seen to be believed. It's been held since 1959 at the border of Pakistan and India  :p Basically it's two groups trying to outdo one another.... i can imagine it being played to the Benny Hill tune. :)

Check out more about it here. Search for it on Youtube too!

Damn those guys can kick high! :P

Encore Fortress Maximus!

Who's have thought they'd re-make this? :) It's a hugggeee box, very cool! :)

Meteors Alive!

There's been a recent spate of meteorite sightings all over recently, even since the big one in Russia, i think just yesterday there was one over the US again. Alien invasion? Better get the XCOM team ready!

ASUS Notebook

Saw this yesterday at an mrt station, ad was plastered everyone, most awesome name for a notebook i say! Imagine the amount of work you can bum off other people when you get this!

Monday!

To kick off Monday, i think we should all pick up a new language... Wha? :p

I am your...

Wahaha! Good one!

Totsugeki Love Heart

Awesome acoustic version. :)

Macross Frontier - Final Battle

Hard to believe this series is almost 4 years old? It's been a while since there's been a new series too!

MacF had great music, cool designs and awesome battle scenes! Not to mention homages to past Macross shows too!

I love the last episode, esp the part where they combine the songs and sync it to the battle! Clip below woot! Sorry the subs in espanol! :p

Still find the TV series better than the movie version!

BLOPS 2 RAGING!

Wahaha, kids! :p

http://kotaku.com/5991728/watch-top-level-call-of-duty-players-rage-hard

Fansproject NOT-Menasor!

A better piccie was released a while ago of the combined form for NOT Menasor, gotta say, pretty darn impressive!
 

I don't really want to start collecting 3rd party stuff; a lot of them don't actually look that much better, and the quality is always questionable. But the sculpt for this kinda impressed me ( well, more than the NOT Superion one anyway, look at how it turned out? ) so i preordered the two legs first. Haha, luckily they're released slowly anyway!

 

Also, had a chance to take a look at the 3rd party Shockwave (Quakewave) at TFH, looks good and the quality is pretty fine! Scaled up to the TF Masterpiece series too! TFH also had MakeToys Yellow Giant, which is a yellow version of Devastator... Looks awesome, but i have heard about QC issues on that.

For the new menasor, hope they have a slightly bigger head when it's released! This one seems too teeny!

TGIF! :D

Woohoo! Wut? It's Friday already? :) Man, been a few days since i've bulogued. Been entertaining myself with Sniper Elite 2 - Nazi Zombies and Sniper Ghost Warrior 2..... of which i think sniping zombies are more fun! :p

Sniper GW 2 apparently uses the Crytek 3 Engine, but seriously, even at Ultra settings, the graphics somehow seem 'flat', maybe it's the models and textures that they use... some of the graphics scream cheapppp! Well, at least there's no black dude shouting "C**KSUCKER" every so often!

Hope to try Crysis 3 soon, gonna run out of HDD space soon man. :p

COD - Black OPS II

Just had the chance to finish Black OPS II Single Player Campaign, and must say, was seriously underwhelmed by it! Maybe it's because of the futuristic setting, maybe it's because they keep jumping back and forth between different eras. I think the story is pretty weak; there is a struggle to keep a certain coherency between all the missions, doesn't help that the speeches are over the top, and a certain Admiral likes to keep say "C**Ksuckers!" with an emphasis on "C**K"... i wonder what the script reading was like haha.

 

Because of the different eras the missions take place in, you don't have a good "feel" of the weapon before a next mission rolls about, plus the weapons feel pretty generic (with the exception of the modern era weapons having advanced targeting features with the scope up, heck, there's even a 'wallhack' sniper rifle!)

 

Some missions require you to sneak past the enemies at certain points, and it's kinda dumb when there's only one way to do it; it's trial and error many times over until you figure out the path the developers like... lazy programming and bad storytelling. There are a bunch of strikeforce missions which are thankfully optional, as the gameplay is closer to a real-time strategy type of game where you control a group of soldiers/drones to complete certain objectives.... there's a Keppel Harbor mission which gave me a few chuckles, cos 1) we're apparently all commies 2) we speak real terrible mandarin.

 

Characters in the game are pretty flat too; didn't really care much about the main character, and the main protagonist of the game pretty much got on my nerves by the end of the game; really, wtf is up with the cells they try to hold the bugger in?

 

The scene after the end credits kinda cements the whole fact that they were never were serious about the whole thing, and were probably getting it out just for the sake of it.

Overall, a mildly entertaining FPS... 6/10 from me!

Battlefield 4!

Looks like the real deal! Announcement out on the 26th of this month!

 



We have a new pope!

... and his name is Francis! Not Peter? Then again, there may be other hidden meanings....

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/13/world/europe/vatican-pope-selection/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

BF3 - Endgame

Darn! No dinosaurs! (Well, there is a flying pteranodon hidden somewhere apparently), but let's welcome the last expansion for BF3!... before BF4 is unveiled at the end of the month.

Managed to squeeze in a round of CTF last night, was kicked off the first server in HK cos of too much lag, but the next server in JP was kinda lag free, so fun times all around! CTF is a mad dash on dirt bikes between the bases actually..... just place lotsa mines around, sure to get muchos kills.

Don't think i'll play Air Superiority yet, prob get shot before i take off haha!

Annndddd.. it's Tuesday!

So what's happening? The Simcity launch didn't go well, as expected. It's like they didn't test it under load at all during the beta... or maybe the beta had like.... 10 people, and the people at Maxis were all patting themselves on the back and saying what a good job they did! Didn't learn from the Diablo 3 fiasco apparently.

I'm also not for games which require a always online connection; i think it's been brought up before, but what happens 10 years down the road when the servers are shut down, or 5 if the games unpopular? Customers are stuck with a fancy collectors edition box to display at the end of it now... I'm still playing Xwing which was made over 10 years ago and still enjoying it!

Guten Monday!

And another week begins! Why not start it by looking at these beautiful (expensive) birds?

Hoptimus Prime!

Ever get 'high' over a Transformer? Now you really can! :D Approved!

Hope someone brings it here! ;) Autobotsch... Rooolll outt!!! *hic!*

IT SHOW 2013

Was over the IT show on the opening day.. i happened to be... nearby (on official company business of course, just a coincidence!), it's held at MBS this year, since Suntec is still closed for renovations.

 

As usual, packed like sardines. It's either every mother/father/son is free on a weekday, or no one needs to work. Hate these exhibitions organized at MBS; security there is anal, and they place bloody barriers at every entrance and corral people like cows into the venue.

 

On the show itself... boring as usual...so fail! Guess it'd be ok if i was... like buying printers or something. I swear, i think each Singaporean has 5-6 printers in their houses, cos every show i go, i still see people buying them!

Update MG Nu Gundam Ver Ka

Did up the backpack today, so that completes the whole bot itself basically! Now left with the weapons and shield!

MP-17/18 Prowl & Bluestreak

Looking good! Pretty much like in the animated series!

IRON MAN 3

Oh boy, Hot Toys is gonna be pretty busy, and i hear wallets screaming in agony! There's going to be a new trailer for IM3 out today... from what i hear about it, it's pretty awesome. :) Check out the new poster below.

There's supposed to be like, 8 new armor types in this movie?

ThreeA MG REX

Finally went to pick up my 3A MG Rex from TFH; had a 'preview' of how big the box was when it was brought in last month, so had to clear some space for it!

 

Box for Rex is almost as big as the whole mech itself! And that's in the squatting postion. It's about as big as my 4 month old girl haha! Detail on this is great, and the paint application is good too. Not taking it out yet for display as 1) i don't have the space to display this! 2) It's much too big for a normal cabinet!

 

Still, hope to put this up one day! :p