July 25th, 2004 - The 64 is near!
Just a quick update. The Mega 64 site has been updated with info on the upcoming DVD, being created together with SomethingAwful.com. Ive been looking forward to this for quite a while, so good news :D!

July 24th, 2004 - MAKE IT STOP!!!
First off, new San Andreas pics and a preview on Gamespot. Ownage!

Now its time for a little ranting. I am so fucking tired of these flash movies that desperately try to be funny. The thing is that with flash movies you can quickly see when somebody actually had a funny idea, and also see when people just did something with the intention of trying to make it some sort of cult flash movie. It is fucking pissing me off, and the only thing that pisses me off even more is the people that just jump on the wave because some other people find it funny. I am aware that some people might find it funny, but I really cant find any sort of humour in these flash movies.

To be more specific then Im talking about Weebls-stuff. This is a place where theres like loads of fucking unfunny movies that people apparently love (the Badger Badger one, which never was and never will be funny btw, was from this site). Anyway, none of these new ones are funny, they are being produced with the sole purpose of making it for the narrowminded gits that think something is funny because everybody else says it is. I know I might have some sort of highly developed sense of humour, but fact is that I laugh at good flash movies where there was a really funny thought behind it.

I used to like the stuff from Weebl, but its gone sour and isnt funny anymore, and people just dont get it. I mean sure, everybody has their own sense of humour, I respect that, but there is nothing funny in these movies, its just some crap lyrics with some stupid graphics. Gah!

Anyway, I could go on and on about how I hate the way the situation of flash movies has gone, but my point is that some people should think for themselves instead of just trying to follow the masses and think something is funny, even though it isnt.

Btw, this flash from Weebl-stuff called Magical Trevor is a good example of what I mean. It isnt fucking funny, its just a situation. Fuck Im tired of this shit.

Btw note that Weebl and Bob actually has some funny stuff. I really liked the original Weebl and Bob.

July 24th, 2004 - Flipperflopflap
I didnt really know what to do so I saw Hellboy.

Hellboy
Not much to say about this movie really. Its basically just some demon from hell that was brought to earth as a child, and has therefore been sorta tamed into being this demon fighter. Anyway, some nice action, okay story (The Nazi's didnt lose the war and are doing all kinds of paranormal experiments, and are still around in our present time, which doesnt really make alot of sense but hell, Nazis are good stuff to kill). It does however tend to get a bit boring around the end, but allround then its an okay movie, nothing special though.

Hellboy - 3 out of 5 georfs


July 23rd, 2004 - Doomilido
I found this this movie(s) on Shacknews about the history of Doom 3. Some quite nice stuff, check it!

Oh, and now Im 100% sure that Im gonna get the X800 XT :)

July 21st, 2004 - *Sniff*
Gah, I think Im slowly starting to get a cold. Ive got a really sore throat, and that usually means that Im gonna wake up snotty the next morning (Im starting to recognize the sympthoms :G). I just really hope that I can get past it without having to take off a couple of days of work D:!

Anyway, thats all for now (Interesting shit eh? D:)

Oh yah, Im pretty sure Im gonna get an AMD (wutever, the fastest thing you can get) and a ATI X800 XT in my Alienware. Pretty sure hmmm.

July 19th, 2004 - Donce Dammit Donce!
Was talking with one of the other mappers at work (this is his site btw, free pimpage!) about iTunes (and Apple stuff in general), and so he persuaded me into installing iTunes on my computer at work. I dont know if you remember, but ages ago my bro installed iTunes on my home computer, and it TOTALLY fucked up my entire (well organized mind you) music collection, so I had to spend a couple of weeks to clean up and reorganize everything. Anyway, we talked about this, and he said that you can easily use iTunes without making it mess all your stuff up. Anyway, its quite funky, but the best thing about it is that at work, I can listen to other peoples music when they have iTunes open. I mean, this is fucking genius! Having the ability to check out and hear other peoples music via network is really cool :D

Oh yah, Ive more or less decided on getting a X800 XT in my Alienware (thats the ATI card in case you were wondering). Ive been trying to decide which card to get, and allround I feel that ATI feels like a better choice. Especially since the Geforce 6800 Ultra requires a mofo of a power supply, which most likely means more noise (which Im trying to avoid this time around).

Anyway, Im planning on ordering the new computer in the begining of August (so that I'll have the computer up and running and ready for Doom 3 when it arrives on August 13th :D).

/me donces into the sunset

July 16th, 2004 - Gamer 4 Life!
Lots of games to look forward to in the coming months. Been playing a demo of the PS2 version of Burnout 3 at work. Really awesome game, cant wait to get my hands on that. Its gonna be out in the end of September, and its certainly one of the games Im looking most forward to. Also, The Sims 2. I know lots of people consider The Sims to be all crap and shit, but in small doses then I like it. Obviously the people that play this instead of having a life do have some problems, but I find it kinda impressive as a whole. Its kinda fun to make money and buy more shit, and make stuff work. One problem is that it always tend to get really linear, but the new game looks totally incredible, so I hope thats gonna be the good stuff, end of September with that one too :)

Oh yah, theres been released some new movies from Battlefield 2. It does look quite good, but nothing terribly stunning to be honest. Check it if you got Gamespot

Oh and Ive been playing some Codename Panzers demo, quite nice stuff, you can get it here

(Man this must suck if you dont have Gamespot ;D)

July 15th, 2004 - Welcome to your Doom!
Obviously you're already heard that Doom 3 went gold a couple of days ago, so, yeeeah, cool stuff. It isnt really like Ive been holding my breath for this one, but Ive really been looking forward to it. This just means that I gotta get my new computer very soon in order to play it, but I guess Ill be fine. I have roughly around the money I need for the fastest Alienware computer you can get (which isnt ALX, Im not that stupid/wealthy), but thing is that Ill use all my money in blow which does seem kinda extreme perhaps.

Oh yah, my 1941 soundtrack arrived a couple of days ahead (donno If I updated the site about it, but I ordered the soundtrack from 1941, JohnnyW 4 life!). Anyway, good stuff, its not so often that I actually buy music so yeeeeah :)

July 12th, 2004 - Fallout 3 lives!
This is really good news! I just hope Bethesda can craft a game worthy of the Fallout name :)~~

July 10th, 2004 - Whriiiiing!
Went to see Spiderman 2 with Iceduckie...

Spiderman 2
And hot damn this movie pwnz! I did have extremely high expectations for Spiderman 2, but it turned out better than what anybody could have hoped for. Really amazing stuff, awesome action scenes, but the thing that I really like about Spiderman is that he is in fact just a human, and that hes not this braindead supernatural being. He has a real personality, and goes through difficult identity problems, how when hes not really motivated and his life as Peter Parker is all fucked up, he doesnt work well as Spiderman, and I think its totally kickass, and the exactly right way to make this kinda movie. This is why pretty much all other comic book based movies fall to the ground compared to these movies, Spiderman has depth. Anyway, I dont really know what to say, its just brilliant. Its got action, romance, humour, and its just really well made. You really feel for Peter Parker, and also the villan of the movie has a real personality, and you also kinda feel for him as well. Also the action scenes are truely breathtaking, and the computer graphics look alot better this time too.

So, this movie is just fantastic. It isnt something that will make you look upon life in a different way, but for what could just have been a shallow action flick then its quite stunning.

Spiderman 2 - 5 out of 5 georfs


July 10th, 2004 - Oh Thievery
Finally got myself pulled together and I completed Thief: Deadly Shadows...

Thief: Deadly Shadows
Let me first point out (if somebody should be unaware of this) that I am a HUGE fan of the Thief games. The original Thief was the first stealth game where stealth was actually important, and you life in the game depended on you skills in avoiding being seen. And you also had alot of freedom, taking a different approach or path to what might be a simple task was often possible. It didnt really have the amount of choices, that for example Deus Ex had, but it did leave you some room to think. Anyway, both Thief 1 and 2 are in my book considered to be some of the best games ever created, and therefore my expectations for this new game were obviously ridiculiously high, and although it isnt quite as great as I had hoped for, then its still a really cool game.

The game is basically about Garrett, a master thief that is always involved in big things like saving the world and stuff :). Anyway, this time around Garrett is involved in a big mysterious prophecy that the Keepers are investigating (In short, the Keepers are the guys that Garrett was once a part off, then he left them and began his life as a thief instead). In the start of the game you're on missions involving getting stuff for the Keepers, but sooner you realize that you play a bigger part in everything, and that everything isnt quite as it might have seemed. Anyway, without spoiling anything, then the story of Thief 3 is pretty cool.

The graphics in the old Thief games was never one of its strong points. However they did work with the game, and that was the most important thing. In the new game they are using the Unreal engine (like they did with Deus Ex 2 *guuuuh*). Since lighting in the Thief games have always been the core of the gameplay, then the funky dynamic lighting in Thief 3 is a nice touch. However, for the most part it the visuals look kinda bland, and not all that exciting, but it does tend to look really cool. The problem with the visuals is that they are way too rough, and seems kinda rushed. There are however levels that stand out, and truely look really spooky, and really cool.
One thing that kinda annoyed me was the cutscenes. In the original Thief games all the cutscenes were these really impressive animated movies. There are still some of them in Thief 3, and they look pretty much as good as they used to, but they have also added cutscenes using the ingame graphics (although they are still in movie form), and these look really crappy to say the least. I would rather have had only animated movies instead of this, but I guess you cant have everything. Overall the graphics of the game mainly look kinda mediocre, but they do tend to look good with some places, so its sort of a mixed bag.

The audio has always been important in the Thief games, its and top noch in Thief 3 as well. All the voice acting is really good. Lots of the ambient sounds make the dark city an ever more spooky place, and the music is in the general Thief series style. Allround really good stuff.

And then theres the gameplay. Im sorta divided on this one. They have added the element of having an entire city that you walk around in between each mission, to sorta make everything feel more connected, and make room for some stuff where you can steal things outside of missions. But it doesnt work very well though, and after a couple missions it makes the game kinda boring to be honest. The idea is cool, but one of the main points of complaint is that instead of having everything seamlessly connected, they have these strange purple portals that you go through when you have to enter a new area, and it tends to get really annoying, and sadly they're also in the regular mission D:! This is obviously because they cant do a seamlessly connected city with the Unreal engine, and had to find another way to do it, and this was probably the only or best solution. Thing is that I would rather have had a Thief game without the city parts between the missions, than with them. They dont add anything to the game, and they just make the game longer and less fun. Anyway, the idea is good, its just kinda crappy executed. Anohter thing that really bugged me too, was that the AI tends to be really fucking stupid. Just a small example is that a guard finds a foe, kills him, then he suddenly says something like "Somebody killed him, where did he go!?". It just breaks the illusion of them being real guards, and makes everything seem like a joke. Thankfully these small moments dont happen so often, but they do happen. Overall the AI is pretty good btw.

Anyway, enough with teh negative shit. Heres the thing, Thief: Deadly Shadows is a really good game if you work a little with it. It isnt perfect, but it has alot of good qualities. Lots of really cool missions (probably some best in any of the Thief games), and most importantly then it feels like a Thief game. This was something that I was a bit worried about, especially after Deus Ex 2 not feeling like a Deus Ex game. But they got it right, and it feels like you're playing in the Thief universe.

It probably is a bit hard to recommend this game to anybody but fans of the Thief games, but it is a quite good game, even though you have to work a bit with it.

Thief 3 - 3 out of 5 georfs


July 9th, 2004 - *BING*
Bling bling! I saw Shrek 2 yesterday~~

Shrek 2
Well, first off, Shrek 2 is a really cool and really funny movie. Its full of new awesome characters and of course the return of many of the old ones. The only real problem with Shrek 2 is that it doesnt really feel as rich on ideas as the first one did. Even though theres loads of really awesome stuff, then there are also some small gaps that I thought made it stand out less good from the first movie. But again, there is a load of really awesome stuff in Shrek 2. Probably the most note worthy is a Zorro wannabe cat called Puss in Boots, which is voiced brilliantly by Antonio Banderas (his first role ever where he doesnt suck btw). Also, the visuals of the movie are topnoch. All the characters look absoultely kickass, and their body and facial expression are probably some of the best yet, or at least they are very pwn :D~

Anyway, the story of the movie is more or less just a setup for them to do alot of silly stuff, and overall the movie doesnt really feel as rounded out and well thought out as the first one did, but its still really funny and really well made. /me donces

Shrek 2 - 4 out of 5 georfs


July 7th, 2004 - Filifflecnack (Im running out of names ;G)
Its funny (by that I mean not funny), theres this StarCraft cardboard Protoss thing standing at work, and everytime I walk past it It makes me wanna play StarCraft :) Anyway, I decided to stop torturing myself by not playing it, and I installed it again and played it a bit. Amazing game (as if I need to say that, everybody knows that). They just need to make a new StarCraft RTS game :(

Also, me and some of the lads at work played alot of Doom 2 via LAN. Really good stuff, incredible how well it holds up on the fun factor.

Anyway, apart from that then Im playing some of the shitload of games Ive recently bought. Oh and Ive gotten my hands on a DVD Rip of Shrek 2, its quite sick how fast these rips get out. Anyway, nice stuff.

Oh and Picard totally pwnz you!!!

This is already kinda old, but in case you've somehow missed it...

July 5th, 2004 - Hunfle
Starting to get really tired of the danish weather (wow how original, complaining about the weather D:). But seriously though, Its been raining like the past month or so, which is 1 month of shitty weather, gah. Looks like its gonna get better in the coming days tho, so thats........good.

Anyway, I bought Medal of Honor: Frontlines for the Xbox and Viewtiful Joe for the Gamecube (they were both quite cheap, and Ive always wanted to check them out). So far Ive only pulled myself together to check out MOH: Frontlines, and it looks VERY dated. Also the gameplay felt a bit......rusty. I donno, just didnt feel all that great, but I havent played it much so who knows. I still havent tried Viewtiful Joe, but I have high expectations so I hope it wont suck.

Oh and Im gonna see Spiderman 2 on this Saturday (Friechamp got it messed up, silly bugger ;D)

Now Im gonna go make my own coffee (Oh the humanity!)

July 3rd, 2004 - Run down like a dawg!
Just watched The Rundown, sizzlechest!

The Rundown
To my surprise then this movie was actually quite good. Its basically about a guy called Beck (The Rock ;D) who has to do one last job for his employer and go into the jungle to retrieve employer's smartass son. Down there he then gets into alot of trouble with the son, whos after some artifact, the locals, and some slaveownerish goldminer. So in short, theres lots of stuff to fight. Anyway, Its got some really awesome fights, and some kinda funny scenes too. Ive never really liked The Rock much (I mean common, who calls themselves The Rock? ;D), but hes actually really good in this movie. It is kinda low on story, but the action makes it well worth a watch

The Rundown - 3 out of 5 georfs


July 2nd, 2004 - Crack me a tune maestro!
Been listening alot to StreamingSoundtracks.com on winamp lately, all round some really good stuff, I recommend it :)

Oh and I watched Spiderman (1) again earlier today, had almost forgot how cool that movie is. Its funny how many people seem to hate it, but I actually really like, an exciting movie from start to end, and I think the sequel looks like its gonna be kickass (gonna go see that on Saturday with Iceduck btw).

/me fluffles

June 30th, 2004, - FringleRingle
Heh, my mom and dad are going away on a vacation to Greece for around 2 weeks tomorrow, leaving me home alone :)

Quite nice I guess, Its not really that Im that much home anymore, with work n' all.

Oh yeah Ive been playing some more Ninja Gaiden, I am starting to kinda like it, even though it had a rough first impression on me.

June 28th, 2004 - HAAAAEEEO!!!!
Bought Ninja Gaiden today and it is HARD!

But I am getting kinda used to it now, at first I was extremely frustrated over it being so freaking hard, but Ive sorta started to get the grip of it, and it is quite nice when you get the hang of it.

June 27th, 2004 - Huuuh?
Just wanted to post this, pretty amazing stuff.

June 27th, 2004 - Procklepop!
Already completed Full Spectrum Warrior, here are my thoughts on it.

Full Spectrum Warrior (Xbox)
It really is sad how games these days are getting shorter and shorter by each one released, and it does sorta make sense when you consider that the visual quality (and time used on visuals) gets better and more detailed. Anyway, this certainly goes for Full Spectrum Warrior, which is an awesome looking game but its really too short. Anyway, this goes for most games these days so Ill just get onto how the game is ;D

Anyway, Full Spectrum Warrior is basically about you commanding 2 squads of american soldiers through a set of Middle-Eastern urban enviroments. It isnt really an action game. It isnt really a strategy game. At times it feels like a mix of the two, but for the most time, when you boil it down to what it is, then it actually feels more like a puzzle game.

The thing is that it is kind of an action game, but you never really control the soldiers. You give them directions to shoot, and they will do it by themselves. Your job is figuring out how to take out the enemies, instead of doing the actual shooting. Although this might turn off alot of people, then it actually works quite well, especially since the game is so nice to look at. But a thing that really irretates me about FSW is that you can never shoot an enemy with 1 squad of your soldiers when hes behind cover. Its simple impossible, the only way to take him out is by flanking him with your other squad. This is the thing that turns this from being and action game, into being a strategy game. The only times where you actually have a chance of shooting enemies is when they are out in the open, or behind weak cover like cars or crates. Its probably the biggest thing that makes FSW stand out from other games, but it is also its greatest weakness, since you tend to use the same couple of tactics over and over, especially since the levels are kinda linear, and you dont have alot of freedom to choose from.

However, at its best then FSW is insanely kickass. Theres nothing quite like executing a succesful flanking of an enemy when it goes really fast, and it does get quite actionpacked since the animation and feel of your soldiers is so well done.

The graphics does play a big part of FSW, especially the animation of your squad. It looks extremely life like as they rush for corners, peak around, move onto the next. Your view on the squad is also kinda cool, cause you like hover around in 3rd person, yet you never really have a huge advantage (like peaking around corners without moving your team leader to the actual corner), and it makes the experience alot more life like. Also the enviroments look awesome. Some cool use of post-filter effects like bloom lighting and the dusty streets makes it have this really neat style. Lots of neat physics too. And stuff like when you're covering behind cars, they bunk, and the door flip open when impacted by shots really pwn :D! Visually this game is spot on, I cant really find much to complain about here :)

Also the audio is awesome. Some really cool music that makes it sound totally like Black Hawk Down (which this game has written all over it by the way). It also changes when you enter a tense situation, and winds down when things calm down. The voice acting is really well done as well. All of the members of your squads have a unique voice matching their character, and they are all top noch. One thing that will get on your nerve, however, is the team leaders which tend to use the same couple of commands over and over. Nothing big, but if they had added a few more it wouldnt be that obvious.

The gameplay is probably FSW's biggest problem. It has this really nice set up, with awesome graphics and a neat sound side, but the gameplay just isnt deep enough. The tactics of shooting at an enemy, covering for your other team, moving your other team, then repeating this, tend to get kinda boring, and the fact that this is the primary tactic of the game, then it isnt all that good. But having that said, there are lots of cool situations that doesnt involve the above mentioned.
A cool thing I found, was that the original version for the US Army is also in the game. If you enter a cheat code you can play that version (which is the version they showed at E3 2003 btw), which is kinda neat, even though its pretty damn hard.

So FSW is a cool game. It is pretty short, and since its extremely linear then there isnt that much to come back for a second time, even though its worth playing through just for the feel of it. But the feel and style of the game really helps making the gameplay, which is kinda limited at times, feel alot more tense and actionpacked. Hooah!

Full Spectrum Warrior - 4 out of 5 georfs


June 25th, 2004 - Sizzlechish
Just a quick update. Ive bought Full Spectrum Warrior for the Xbox (waited a long time for this one) and Soul Calibur 2 for the Gamecube (about time). Ive only really played Full Spectrum Warrior so far, but from what Ive played then its a pretty damn kickass game. Even though it might look like a shooter upon first look, then it is a strategy game, even though the pace of the game does get quite actionpacked :)~

Oh yah, I hate the danish weather

Thats all for now :)

June 24th, 2004 - Sillies
Just some silly links

This (kinda like a follow up on that old matrixy ping pong movie)
And this (eeeeeey!)

June 23rd, 2004 - Just a quickie~
Ive been playing a bit of Alien Swarm at work with some of the guys, and its quite fun actually. Its a mod for UT2004 where you control members of a squad that has to fight their way through hordes of aliens. Its viewed from a top-down perspective, which is quite original and quite cool. Anyway, check it out

June 22nd, 2004 - Hiho!
Just watched the Denmark vs. Sweden football match, turned out pretty good. Denmark was very close to winning the match, but then the swedes got a goal in the last minute, and that made the match close up as a draw. But still, Denmark is going on so I guess it isnt that bad, just irretating when Denmark was so close to winning. Anyway, good stuff, its nice to have Denmark going just a bit further (even though Im pretty sure they will get knocked out fast D:)

Oh yah, check these silly movies in this link that watah posted in IRC :)

June 19th, 2004 - Dont funk me!
Hmmm, I checked out Starsky and Hutch...

Starsky and Hutch
For the most part Ive found Ben Stiller and Owen Wilsons work together quite good. Its not like they are extremely hilarious, but they do have a good chemistry together, and it works well in movies.

Anyway, I did sorta expect something out of this movie, but it just doesnt deliver any fun moments, and if there are then they get boring faster than they are done. Anyway, Starsky and Hutch does have a pretty good 70's thing going on, and it does sorta succeed in making it feel a bit 70's like. But apart from that then theres not much point in seeing Starsky and Hutch. The few okay stuff is in the trailer, so just watch that and consider yourself spared.

Starsky and Hutch - 2 out of 5 georfs


June 19th, 2004 - CrimmleCrouch
I totally forgot to mention that I had my 3 month evaluation at IO the other day. Went quite well, Im progressing alot faster than most other trainees they have had, and they were all for that I got my own map to work on for the game were working on. Even though I might not have absoultely everything learned then Im still in a very strong position after only 3 months, so thats totally kickass :)

Anyway, against my usual interests, then Im actually getting quite interested in the European Championships in football (thats Soccer to Americans). Although I have always liked a good football match, then I have gained alot more interest in it recently, which is quite nice :). Anyway, It isnt going extremely well for Denmark, but there is still a chance of them going on so I guess thats cool.)

Anyway, Im gonna go play some Gran Turismo 3, have been wanting to get some nice quality time with that game for quite a while now (again) :)~

June 17th, 2004 - Tis All Dark!
Since I checked the review of that The Chronicles of Riddick game over on Gamespot I got kinda interested in how the movies based on this were, so I downloaded Pitch Black and checked it out.

Pitch Black
Actually I liked this movie more than I thought I would, but my expectations were very low so I guess it isnt that odd really. Anyway, the movie is about some spaceship with some silly passangers that crash on a planet. On this spaceship theres this extremely dangerous prisoner called Riddick, plays by Vin Diesel, who is being hold under control by some rogue kinda cop. Even though I have very little respect for Vin Diesel as an actor then he's actually quite good as this sorta badass and braindead guy :)

Anyway, the movie is basically about some eclipse that is near, and that some monsters come out when its dark and terrorize, and therefore they have to get some fuel from the crashed ship to another ship they found before it gets all dark, and about Riddick kicking some ass.

This is in no way a brilliant movie, but it was better than expected, so check it out if you got nothing else to do ;)

Pitch Black - 3 out of 5 georfs


Oh yah, check this silly mix of sound samples from Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis :)

June 13th, 2004 - Oh I have sinned!
Not really actually, but I got one of my random urges to play old games earlier today, and this time it was for SiN :)

Anyway, this game has always been EXTREMELY underrated. But I must admit that it doesnt surprise me since this game has some pretty serious bugs and technical issues. Anyway, it still remains as a very underrated game. One thing that came as big surprise is how good it holds up visually even to todays standards. SiN was released almost the same time as Half-Life, and in my opinion then SiN holds up alot better. Was actually also pretty funny (by that i mean not funny) because around that time I couldnt really decide wheter I should buy SiN or Half-Life, and I went for SiN. And today I still dont regret it. Even though Half-Life is alot better game, then I would probably never have gotten SiN if I didnt buy it back then. Anyways, the leveldesign in specific holds up very well in my opinion. SiN has some awesome levels, and these alone make the game worth playing. Also stuff like particle systems, bullet impact on enemies and that kind of stuff makes it look quite pretty :). And another thing that I suddenly realized is that SiN actually had vehicles, waaay before any other first person shooter, I had totally forgotten about that.

But SiN did have some huge problems when it was released, which now have been fixed with patches, so now that game is actually playable from start to finish ;). Another funny thing about playing it again is that back in 1998 when I got it, it ran like total shit on our computers (didnt even run good on my dads fast computer :D). But today it runs like charm with full detail and everything on max, which isnt very strange considering that my computer is about 6 times faster than the recommended specs, but still, kinda funny to see it running so nice.

So I guess the point of this is that I recommend those that never got around to try SiN out to try and find it and give it a try. Even though it isnt anything special gameplay wise (its a shooter without any surprises), then it holds up really well, and its also first and last known proof of Ritual being able to do good games, which really is quite sad. Poor Levelord :(

Anyway, Im saying anyway and but way too much :)

Oh and feast on this

June 12th, 2004 - Spotless!
Just came home from tha cinema! :D!

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Its hard to actually define whats so good about ESOTSM, but it is a really cool movie. The impression I had from reviews and media coverage was that was a very confusing movie at first, but that I ended up fitting together nicely, and thats right :D! Without giving too much away, then the movie is basically about Joel (Jim Carrey) who meets Clementine (Kate Winslet), and they fall for each other. However over time their relationship fall apart and Clementine decides to use a special treatment where you can get annoying memories removed from your memory, and she therefore removes Joel. Joel, being first scared by Clementine not remembering him, then turns to the same treatment, and has his memories about Clementine removed, and its in this state that most of the movie takes place, in Joels mind. Here Joel suddenly decides that he doesnt really want to have the memories of Clementine removed, and he tries to escape the erasure inside his mind.

Most of the time ESOTSM has some really fucked up scenes, and they alone are worth seeing the movie for. But in general the movie just a joy to watch, and you really feel into strange surreal world inside his mind, where everything changes so quickly. The movie could look really deep, but to be honest its quite simple when you boil it down. However, thats not bad at all, and this isnt the kind of movie that has loads of different kinds of interpratations in everything, for the most part its just about how people react to each other, perhaps a way to look at things in a broader perspective.

Anyway, this movie is really kickass, great acting (Im starting to become a huge fan of Jim Carreys serious side as an actor) and a really cool story and style makes this movie a pleasure to watch.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - 5 out of 5 georfs


Oh and btw, I know Ive been giving lots of stuff 5 out of 5 lately, but theres just so much good stuff at the moment :)

June 10th, 2004 - I F.E.A.R!
Gamespot has a new movie from F.E.A.R, a first person shooter that I think is looking really cool. Anyway, you can check the movie here, and its just part 1 of 3, with the next 2 being released in the following days~~

Oh yah, gonna go see Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind on Saturday with Iceduck and Reolged. Im really looking forward to this movie, looks really cool~

June 9th, 2004 - O Dear!
To my surprise (actually I was totally aware, I was just wishing) Full Spectrum Warrior wasnt released in the EU yesterday, and Im now forced into waiting until June 25th. How dare they!?!

Anyway, been playing a bit of Thief 3 and its really good stuff, mazzle review on that later (when Ive completed it).

Oh yah, I got a hold on Oldboy, a Korean movie that won some award at the Cannes film festival that I thought looked quite interesting (and speaking of which, theres a trailer of Fahrenheit 9/11, Michael Moore's new movie which won the main award thingy at Cannes)

Anyway~

Oldboy
It was kinda frustrating to watch this movie in the begining, because the subtitles were going pretty damn fast, and since my Korean is a bit rusty (Riiiiiight) then it did go a bit fast, but anyway, the movie. Oldboy is about Daesu Oh, a man who is locked up in an apartment for 15 years without knowing why. Here Daesu is shown as he is getting increasingly insane (or nuts rather) with each day that goes, and his only companion there is the TV which obviously makes his reality quite fucked up after 15 years. Anyway, after the many years of imprisonment Daesu Oh is released, and he wakes up in a large suitcase. Now the only thing he can think about is revenge.

Oldboy has a quite interesting plot, which I obviously wont spoil, but lets just say that you'll never see it coming, but it is quite cool :). Anyway, the entire style of the movie is really nicely done as well, the movie does a good job at keeping you a tad confused yet still keep you interested. The movie might not be as original as it wants to look, but its still good fun. Even though Im not used to watching foreign movies, then I recommend that you check out Oldboy (if you can find it that is :O).

Oldboy - 4 out of 5 georfs


June 5th, 2004 - The Mue!
Long time no see eh? Been busy playing Shenmue 2, and I just completed it :)

Shenmue 2
Not many game developers dare take the chances that Yu Susuki has taken. The first Shenmue was the most expensive game ever developed back in 2000. Although the first game had alot of problems, then it was also an amazing and original game. This is pretty much the same case for the sequel, but for the most part Shenmue 2 succeeds in avoiding some of the pitfalls of the first, and is overall alot more enjoyable.

Anyway, if you're not familiar with the story of Shenmue, then it basically revolves around Ryo Hazuki, a boy (or a man rather, even though he doesn't act much like it :D) whos father is killed by a mysterious man called Lan Di. Ryo, being furious about the murder on his father, begins his quest for revenge. In the first game Ryo sought for clues on Lan Di in Ryo's home town of Yokosuka, Japan. Although this felt like an amazingly huge place to explore, then its nothing compared to what Shenmue 2 has to offer. But before I go any further, then I'd like to point out to those unfamiliar with Shenmue, that the amount of freedom you have in your exploration of the enviroments is quite stunning. Everything around you can be checked out, and this bring an amazing amount of depth into this game. Anyway, where you were able to pick up every little thing in the first game, then Shemue 2 does trim this a bit down, and considering that the scale of the game is probably around 4 times larger then thats probably a good idea. Where Shenmue 1 was played in a small city, Shenmue 2 spans over Hong Kong and a bunch of other big Chinese cities. And the amount of detail is almost the same, very impressive stuff.

Anyway, Shenmue 2 (like its prequel) is all about exploration. Most of the time you go around, looking for clues, asking people about stuff. But once in a while (and pretty often I might add) you get into fights, and this is where the game usually turns into a pretty sophisticated fighting game. Also, there are loads of cinematic like sequences where you have to press buttons according to the actions you need to preform (to for example, run after somebody). The game is full of these sequences which are called QTE (Quick Time Events), and for the most part these work quite well and are really intense, but you usually tend to get a bit frustrated over these when you keep fucking em up.

But like the first game Shenmue 2 is also full of minigames. These include job minigames (such as carrying crates, working in stands), gambling, arcade machines and loads of others. You need to play these to earn money so that you can pay whatever you choose to do (hotel bills for example :G).

Visually the game holds up pretty well, considering that its actually a 3 year old Dreamcast game that was ported for Xbox. The enviroments does tend to look a bit bland and boring at day time, but at night everything looks very cool. The use of bloom lighting really helps this game look cooler too. Also most of the character models look really good.

The audio side of the game is pretty well done as well. Some of the music does tend to get a bit repetitive when you're walking around an area for a long time, but for the most time it works quite well. And the few orchestral scores sound kickass as usual. The voice acting is pretty choppy for most part. Some of it is pretty okay, but some it plain out sucks. But this is forgivable considering the games scale and the amount of voice acting done.

Overall Shenmue 2 is an amazing game, but it is in no way perfect. Some of the main flaws in this game might be more well directed towards the difference between the western and asian cultures, but since the game, which for the most part is quite realistic, tends to get really strange. These are things that people say, ways they act, and sometimes it just breaks feeling of game. Also Ryo, the guy you play, has some huge problem with picking up signals from girls. Both in the first game, but also this one, he totally ignores girls that are flirting with him, and you just sit and shout at the TV since you cant make him flirt back D:

There are other small annoying things about Shenmue 2, and you might have to work with it to truely appreciate its beauty, but past that it overall the game works well and it plays great. Even though it might get a bit frustrating a few times then you forgive it since most of the game is so cool. Also this game is HUGE compared to the length of games these days. It took me roughly 20-25 hours to complete it, so theres lots of goodiness, and im sure you can spend even more time finding lots of other stuff to do.

So there you have it. Shenmue 2 is a quite amazing game with some flaws, but it makes up for this by being good in alot of other places, and overall you just feel good when playing it, and it keeps you interested for more. Even though it isnt perfect, then it gets far by taking chances that noone else are taking in game development, and that makes it original. This game is probably best suited for fans of Adventure games and RPG's, but its got lots of action as well, so pretty much everybody can be recommended to get this one.

Only thing is that now I want Shenmue 3 D:!~

Shenmue 2 - 5 out of 5 georfs


Oh yah, I still havent changed the email on the site, but use this one for now (even that one is start to get all jammed with virus and spam mails D:)

May 30th, 2004 - Onoes disastar mewie!
Me and my mate Peter (Reolged) went to the cinema yesterday to check out The Day After Tomorrow, here is what I thought...

The Day After Tomorrow
As you might have guessed (if you've read some reviews of this movie that is) then this movie all about the visual effects. The movie is simply put about the worlds weather fucking up, the polar thingys melt and that causes some kind of new ice age (I know nothing about this shit so bear with me). Some silly scientist (who predicted that this ice age would come) has son that is in New York when all hell breaks loose. Therefore he decides to go there on foot to save him. As i said, its all about the visual effects, the story is quite weak. But, the special effects are noteworthy, and they are quite impressive. Especially the scenes when New York is flooded are quite impressively done. But one thing I kept thinking about is that it seems a tad sadistic to make people watch New York get even more fucked up than it was on 9/11, but I guess thats the point of the movie (which is obviously very much against the US's way of treating the enviroment). Apparently the movie is extremely unrealistic, in terms of the enviromental disaster, but the point still gets through: That the US has to get a grip, and start winding down on their energy use. And its funny, because in the movie theres this Vice President of the US, who is highly sceptical about the theorys that the scientist fella has, and its obvious that hes the american enviromental politics personified. Anyway, enough talk.

The movie is pretty good. Its nothing special really, but its nice to look at its not really that you're bored in the 2 hours that the movie lasts. But its far from something groundbreaking, and you do leave the cinema with a sorta flat feeling.

The Day After Tomorrow - 3 out of 5 georfs


Oh yeah, I actually watched The Godfather for the first time ever yesterday. Really good movie, which actually is as good as Ive been told. Cool stuff :)

May 28th, 2004 - Sad Panda
Some rather sad news. Warren Spector and about 20-25 people are leaving ION Storm Austin (Source: Shacknews). Really sad stuff, Im a huge fan of Warren Spector (yes, even thought Deus Ex 2 sucked). I just hope he will get back into business and do some more amazing games~

Edit: Apparently Warren Spector isnt leaving, its just the 20-25 people D:

And btw, speaking of ION Storm, Thief: Deadly Shadows has is within my grasp! Im getting the fulldemo as a placeholder until I get the full thing, expect a Mazzle review soon too.)

May 26th, 2004 - Ribbelfrick~
I ordered Shenmue 2 for the Xbox a couple of days ago. Me and Iceduck were talking about that it was a shame that we had never played or gotten it, and so I ordered it. Even though the first place didnt have it and wasnt able to get more copies :G. Anyway, got it with the mail today, now I just need to get the Xbox over here (Iceduck has it at the moment).

Also, just watched the season finale of 24 season 3. A pretty good season but a weak finale. Having that said tho, I still find 24 pretty cool and wouldnt mind too much with another season perhaps :)

Oh yah, Ive also been playing a bit of Ground Control 2 demoness at work. Nice game, has some very cool graphics (orgasmish water effects). Get the demo on wutever game site you like (lazybuns be me).

Oh and a last thing, Thief: Deadly Shadows has been released in the US, but will be released in the EU on June 11th. Totally sucks :(~
Oh and another thing, Full Spectrum Warrior is also near, start of next month as well~~

May 23rd, 2004 - FINKLECRACK!
I just watched The Butterfly Effect with Iceduck, Mazzle review har!

The Butterfly Effect
I had heard some good things about this movie, but it really did blow me away. This movie is fantastic to say the least, and one of the best ones Ive seen in a VERY long time.

I'll try to make this as simple as possible, since some of the genius of this movie is also experiencing it.

Anyway, the story goes this way. Evan, the main character, has loads of short blackouts where he totally forgets what happens when he was a child. Evan writes these down in a dairy. At first in the movie we are presented with alot of what seems like random situations, but these later turn out to be the very essence of the movie. You see, these blackouts are actually sorta like some portals where he in the future (or what is actually the present) can travel back to and change things. This is done when he reads in his dairy. It might sound a tad weak, but this movie works very well, and unlike some other time travel movies then this one strangely enough feels very real, and you really feel for Evan in some of the fucked up situations he land in. Part of this is due to the set up of the time leaps, which dont take place in a time machine but in a mind wise state. The thing that makes The Butterfly Effect so exciting is the way that we see how he changes things, how fucked up some of the results are, and how he tries to get back to the blackouts to change things and get it right. I dont know if I should say more, I dont want to spoil some of the enjoyment :)~

This is probably the best movie is seen in years, its really good stuff, recommended to the extreme!

The Butterfly Effect - 5 out of 5 georfs


May 23rd, 2004 - The Dingo Ate Ur Babay!
Uh.......right. Anyway, I cut off some of the stuff on the main page, its (like always) been added to the archive.

Gonna do a mazzle review on Pandora Tomorrow, since finally got it completed recently.

Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
Once again, Sam Fisher is ready to battle (or rather sneak past in a cowardly fashion) bad guys in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow.

Anyway, enough with the salespitch (uhhh?), Pandora Tomorrow is the sequel to the 2001 stealth game. My opinion on the first game remains a bit divided. After I had completed it then I never really loved it, never really hated it either. A pretty good game. Its the same thing with the sequel. Its not really bad, but its not really that good either.

My initial impression was pretty good, some of the first maps are quite cool and make you interesting in getting more, but some of the later levels are really bad and REALLY boring. But after I got past these then the game continued being pretty good.

Overall the visual side of the game is impressive without being jawdropping. The first game impressed more than this one does, but Pandora Tomorrow still has some nice visuals and for the most part then it works well with the stealthy gameplay (the lack of ragdoll physics in such a game surprise me tho). And everything that was cool about SC1 is in this one as well. Im specificly talking about the different goggles you got. They still look cool and stuff.

Anyway, sound side of the game is good. Michael Ironside is good as voicing Sam Fisher, and the other voice acting is well done too. The music is overall well done and works good enough with the stealthy gameplay.

Anyway, gameplay. I guess I should point out the story as well, since the game spends alot of time trying to get you into it. Some silly terrorist wants to kill people by saying "Pandora Tomorrow" in a phone, and therefore you have to go around the world and do stuff to prevent him in releasing some virus. The story is boring, and you really dont care about it at all. They might as well have had him hunting some pink rabbit that had stole a key to a bathroom, would have been as interesting (probably even more interesting if you ask me).

The actual game is pretty good for the most part. The main problem about Splinter Cell in general is that its WAAAY too linear. It is so linear that it should be defined under linear in the dictionary. There is no freedom at all, and the game suffers alot from this. The gameplay works well and is interesting enough the first time around, but when you're this constrained then it tends to mess up the fun in the long run. I know lots of games are linear, but with stealth games then freedom is a must in my opinion. Anyway, the leveldesign is good, its a well done game if you ignore the rather huge problem of linearity.

The multiplayer side of the game is pretty good though. I must admit that I havent played it that much, but the little I have played of it is quite fun. In it you play one of two teams. One is a sneaking team, the other a guarding team. The sneaking team has objectives to preform, and the guarding team has to stop them. What makes this interesting is that the sneaking team plays this as you would play the singleplayer portion of Pandora Tomorrow, while the guarding team plays it as a first person shooter. Its pretty original and it works quite well.

So all in all then Pandora Tomorrow is a pretty average game. Its got good visuals, good sound, and some pretty good multiplayer stuff, and some rather average singleplayer stuff. Its a pretty good game but you wont really miss anything by avoiding it..

Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow - 3 out of 5 georfs


May 21st, 2004 - Minglecrinck
Been a while since I updated, Ive been too tired or too lazy to update, but anyway, here I am again :D!

Anyway, Ive ordered Shenmue 2 for the Xbox. Been wanting to get my hands on it for quite a while now, but Ive forgotten about it shortly after, but I finally pulled myself together, and found a store that has it, and I should have it sometime next week.

Oh yah, next week Thief 3 will be released. Been looking forward to this one for quite a while now, since Im a huge fan of Thief games. I just hope that Ion Storm arent gonna fuck it up like they fucked up Deus Ex 2 D:! Anyway, its looking good so I guess I shouldnt be too worried!

Oh yah, I also got a free copy of Hitman Contracts, and some shirts (a Freedom Fighters t-shirt, and a Hitman Contracts t-shirt and shirt). I was kinda bored so I took some pics of myself wearing them,
check em here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Im a bit tired now, more updatie latah! :D

May 16th, 2004 - Ohes
The link for the San Andreas scan arent working anymore, so check this instead (no new pics here tho D:)

May 15th, 2004 - BLING!
So E3 is over, some overall nice stuff, gonna check out more (so much stuff, so little time ey?)

Oh yah, check the new trailer for The Incredibles, Pixars new movie.

May 14th, 2004 - Whoa!
I just got this link for ya. Its scan of an article on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Read it, its totally nuts, they are doing an entire state this time! Cant wait! :D

May 13th, 2004 - Findletrin
Bleh, Im sick so Im staying home today (and no, it isnt the E3 fever). Its this crappy danish weather that is constantly changing, so unless you pay attention to it all the time then ur bound to get sick. Anyway, really snotty and shit n' I got a mofo of a headache, so Ill make this quick.

GTA San Andreas media has been released! (01, 02 and 03). Looking really cool, but I just want more :)~

Anyway, lots of cool stuff on E3, F.E.A.R is looking quite interesting. The PSP is also looking way too good to be true. Anyway, im tired now, so Ill be back later and stuff.)

Update: Battlefield 2 movies, very pone!

May 11th, 2004 - Its that special time again...
E3 is upon us, once again.

I just finished watching the Nintendo pre-E3 conference. I must admit that Ive been a tad sceptical about the Nintendo DS, the idea of having 2 screens sounded kind of pointless. But the DS is looking really cool. Not only does it do really cool 3D, it also has touch sensitive screens, GBA compatibilty, and wireless network functions (and apparently also online functions). Anyway, looking really sweet. I wonder if Sony can match Nintendo with the PSP. I havent had the chance to check Sonys conference yet, but I will soon enough :)~~

May 8th, 2004 - Future Revisited
Was shopping for a present for Iceduck (his birthday is on Monday). Anyway, while shopping I found the Back To The Future Trilogy Boxset. Been wanting to get it for ages, so I bought it for myself :). Some excellent movies, good to finally have em.

Oh yah, E3 is next week, hope it will be as interesting as it was last year :)

May 7th, 2004 - Mega Pwn~
Just a quick updatie

I found a link to this site called Mega64, where some guys does parodys on games such as Shenmue, Metal Gear Solid and Tetris. Really funny shit, check it here

Also, Thief 3 has gone gold, should be out by the end of May, good stuff, been wanthing this one for ages :)~ just hope its good D:

Oh yah, I watched Underworld the other day.

Underworld
It wasn't very good. I donno if its just me, but this entire vampire, werewolf etc thing in movies is starting to get a bit boring. Anyway, the movie had a little action that was pretty nice, but overall the movie was just boring, and the story was extremely uninteresting (Vampires vs. Werewolfs, and then some more stuff that is so boring that Im not even gonna go into it). After 30 minutes into the movie I just waited for it to end. The only good thing in it (I suppose), is Kate Beckinsale which is sorta hot, but thats about it. I did expect this to be okay entertaining, but simply just uninteresting and a waste of time.

Underworld - 1 out of 5 georfs


May 4th, 2004 - Mmmmmm
Been thinking about what computer I should get when Im gonna upgrade/get a new one. Currently then Im like 99,9% sure that Im gonna go for an Alienware computer, since they both look totally kickass and they pack alot of amazing stuff in them. They are a bit pricey, but Im not thinking of buying it like right away. Gonna save some money and just buy the fastest shit that money can buy, and obviously Im gonna get the new ATi X800 XT in it, the best of the best :)

May 1st, 2004 - Hai wiff pai!
EEEEY! The Hitman Contracts release party yesterday was quite cool :D
It was placed in this old warehouse place, on the other side on the river where IO is located. We were taken there by boat from IO, quite funky. Anyway, this warehouse had gotten a little facelift, and had more of a slaugtherhouse look, much like a level in Hitman Contracts. Anyway, with dancers (which made all the guys grab for their phones to take pics, me included ;D), free bar, and Jesper Kyd as DJ (guy that makes the music for all of IOs games, really sweet music btw), and loads of people then it was quite the funk, even though i got perhaps a bit too much to drink, and I prolly smoked a bit too much waterpipe as well D:!

Anyway, The Specialists 2.1 has been released, go check it out :D
I got 2 maps in it btw, ts_supertimor and ts_kissmeyerbasic :)

Oh yah, prepare to be owned!

April 29th, 2004 - PAAAAI!
Btw, Pai Mei'ness, check this out. I recommend you not to watch it if you havent already seen Kill Bill Vol 2 (since you should experience Pai Mei in better quality the first time!), but else you can check it out :D!

Oh yah, 3dmax course is over, Hitman Contracts release party is tomorrow. Neat

Oh and I was checking out Blur's site. Really talented guys, some awesome 3D Animation, go check it out for some serious ownage :)
mobilspil

April 28th, 2004 - Play with your balls!
PLAYS WITH THEM!!!!


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