Games

I have always like computer games, from first getting doom on my dads 486 DX2 and spending days just trying to get the games to load by going through what was loading up and removing things you didn’t need. The first time a played another person was doom 2 but we had to sit next to each other as internet gaming was not around. But getting older and getting my own computer with dial up internet saw the first big online game and that would be and add on to half lift which was Counter Strike and seeing at was only on dial up it still worked quite well (avg ping was about 300/400!).

Now this was a fantastic game, for the first time you could play other people which was a nice change from the computer as no matter how hard it would try would come predictable. Playing on line you would have a small community and you would know the people you were playing with and you would connect to the same servers. Now for me the games continued from there like, battlefield (1, 1942, 2, 2142) Quake, Medal of honour, command and conquer just to name a few. There have been other just as good online games and even the American Army developed a game for free and it was a good one (think if you win big you had to enrol in the Army) but as you may see from the games I play it tends to be more shooting. Now the next big games would be the Call of Duty saga, we have seen 1 2 and 3 and now with the 4^th one out it was the last game I got and I have to say they have got better and better every time and the 4^th is amazing. The game (not on line) is not very big and after 6 hours of playing it was done but this is nothing to the amount of fun you can have online, I can play it for hours and really enjoy it, I know that Echo11 son plays it and so dose Brain Splat and many other no bloggers.

I'm sure I have been over this point before but the game industry is huge but I feel it is not seen this way. They make films out of games just like books, they make games out of films and the amount of money we will spend on games it huge. Now with broadband in every home and the gaming world coming closer due to the high speeds of the internet meaning you can play someone around the world (pings now down to 20/30) without problem.

For me the next big thing will be cross platform gaming, all pc users, xbox and ps3 will be able to play the same game with or against each other online. But with big and better games has to come big and better computers, to give you some example my first computer had a 800mhz processor, 128mb RAM and 40GB hard drive. No extra graphics card or sound card and all on a 14inch monitor. Now I have a 4600mhz Duel core (2 processors in 1) 3GB Ram (24x more) and 960GB hard drives and a 22inch LCD monitor and a 512 DDR3 Graphics card and this is what I would class as a normal home users computer. The good thing about technology always moving on is after a few months you can pick up good kit for half the price as the new stuff but you will never be cutting edge.

Music

I am a lover of music, I always have been but a little like football its not something I fill my life with. I support Blackburn rovers but I could not tell you 5 players for the team and this is like music. My mind works in this way, if I like it a listen to it not matter who it is or what they have done in the past be it bad or good.

So 27 years of age and I'm only just getting in to Bands like Lead Zeppelin (much to Cinemec’s disgust) and I find it very interesting having Thom Yorke’s The Eraser album that he is in Radiohead. I know there are going to be some people out there who would not be happy with comments like this but I do think I have a good music collection, for example at the moment as well as Thom Yorke I have both Interpol albums on the go with the Physical graffiti (Lead Zeppelin) album. Also started on Piccadilly Records top 10 albums

1 - LCD Soundsystem : Sound Of Silver

2 - Panda Bear : Person Pitch

3 - Wilco : Sky Blue Sky

4 - Wooden Shjips : Wooden Shjips

5 - Speck Mountain : Summer Above

6 - The Shins : Wincing The Night Away

7 - Ryan Adams : Easy Tiger

8 - Kings Of Leon : Because Of The Times

9 - Super Furry Animals : Hey Venus

10 - !!! (Chk Chk Chk) : Myth Takes

And I would like to point out a little something I believe, you say you like music, you say you like a band. Have you been to see them? Its true anyone can sit there at home or on the way to work and say they are a fan of a band or artist but I would say you need to see them live! Not this can’t be done with some I admit, money, touring dates or even if they are still alive but there will be someone out there who you like and will be paying at a venue near you soon.

Dam tree's

I did it, yes I got through all of Christmas without seeing one of those stupid upside down trees, that's was until I was walking home last night and just as I passed through the northern quarter I spotted one. Sorry still don’t get it, still think it looks stupid and still think the people who would buy something like this are trying too hard to be at the front of fashion or have something wrong with them. I am sorry if you have one and each to their own but come on, its just plain stupid.

short film

Found this online the other day, Prey Alone. well worth a watch

Prey Alone

it was Christmas

So after finishing work I set off down the motorway to get over to my dads which involved going over Snake pass which is not the nicest road in the uk, as I started to make my way up the start of snake pass I spotted a bloke hitch hiking. Now it was pitch black and teaming down with rain, not a nice evening to be out. So I pulled over and asked who he was and where he was going, I may never have picked up a hitch hiker before but I don’t care and we are doing it my way, so I was waiting for any answer that would have pointed out to me that he was some killer or something. But he was just a homeless bloke and was trying to get over to Sheffield, now think its Christmas eve at about 8:30, it dark and raining and it very cold, if you were in that position how much would you have been wanted to be picked up? So I did and we set off over snake pass, so after chatting I found out his name was Dan and he has been homeless for 8 years or so, he came from Manchester but has only been back there recently, he has been travailing around the uk. He has a family but has not contacted them for years and expected they had stopped looking. I have to say he was such a nice bloke, I real down to earth person. This also made me value what I had this Christmas. After dropping him of only a few miles from Sheffield I tried to give him a little money, nothing too much just the change I had on me but he dint want any which I respected. After dropping him ff I did thin about trying to find out where his family are and just letting them know I saw him and he is ok, I must admit I don’t think a phone call however short would have been that hard to do a Christmas eve.

So down to the exciting bit of Christmas and that would be what you get, lets be honest we all like to see friends and family but you cant say the gifts just don’t matter, I think I did very well this year, the big one which I'm really going to look forward to would be the track day down at Silverstone, I get to drive a F3 car round the track for the day, Cool. I also got a nice new bag for my laptop, which is perfect when in just going to and from work. I have a few more gifts which I love but we may be here for some time if I talk about all of them.

Well that's the xmas thing done for another year and sitting on the end of this festive time I feel like its been a wonderful time even if I thought it was going to be just a normal day, even with all the driving and having to run around at speed it was a very good Christmas.