Long time no post?

Firstly, I'd like to apologise for the lack of blog posts, but daily blogging is harder than it looks! I'm finding it hard to juggle my education and social life at the moment, so like the Conservative government I'm making cuts. Now, I blog whenever I can be bothered and have time, which won't be too often I'm afraid, but you got a whole week of it so don't complain.

Today - Cinema Wednesday - we watched The Social Network. Yes - a film about facebook - I know what you're thinking and you're completely wrong. The Social Network takes you back to the early days when facebook was first created; you follow Mark Zuckerberg - played by Jesse Eisenberg - from the beginning when the idea came around, right up to when he is sued by his best friend. This film is utterly brilliant and I enjoyed how much detail it went into the setting up of the website and how the different characters fit into the storyline.

Once again, I have been playing Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City. I decided that I've borrowed the game for too long and I'm returning it to my friend next week so I'm trying to make the most out of it while I still have it. Recently, I've started playing online with fellow gamers on free roam - where you can adventure through the whole of Liberty City online. Whilst playing I discovered some really cool vehicles such as the Police Stinger - a tuned police car with a fine paint job and faster than some sports cars. This game is such good fun online, but I wish I had friends to play with online on it - that makes me sound like a loner. Here's to convincing my friends and myself to get the game!

Well it's only 9 days until my trip to Russia, and boy am I excited. I get to visit St. Petersburg and Moscow during my stay but most importantly Hard Rock Cafe. For those of you who haven't experienced the Hard Rock Cafe, it’s basically an American-style restaurant with walls plastered with Rock memorabilia, tasty food - which unfortunately isn't plastered over the walls - and Aerosmith playing in the background. Apparently, there are nearly 150 Hard Rock Cafes in over 50 countries. Now that is awesome.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed today's blog. Listen to Always by Bon Jovi. Goodnight!

Blast from the Past

Cinema Wednesday! We went to see Back To The Future: the remastered edition which has been re-released in cinemas for its 25th Anniversary. The film quality was stunning due to its re-renders and stuff, and because it was on the big screen and not just on a television. This was the first time i'd seen the whole film from start to finish due to missing parts from the beginning whenever it was on TV. This film is most certainly one of my favourites due to its awesome soundtrack and gripping storyline - no matter how many times you've seen it, you always are on the edge of your seat for that scene where Marty McFly gets sent back to the future using the power of the lightning. This was a great viewing and I always enjoy watching the older classics on the big screen.

Oh snap, forgot to play a game today... Well I did play Space Invaders for around a minute earlier - does that count? *Man in the corner shouts no* Ah well, sorry peeps.

Well other than my brilliant trip to the cinema today, not much interesting stuff happened. Although I have a sore throat more hoarse than a stable which is not good at all.

Anyway, on a final note, listen to The Power of Love by Huey Lewis and The News. Decent tune. Goodnight!

Who?

I didn't watch anything today, no films or TV programmes - so I guess my only option is to talk about YouTube. Today I watched a lot of videos of The Who on YouTube, more specifically Baba O'Riley being played Live. Its funny watching it Live in '75 then Live in '99 and seeing the band change. Daltroy takes a trip to the sheep shearers and Townsend just goes bald. After watching these videos it made me want to see Quadrophenia again - maybe i'll buy it considering its only £5.

I played on Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City today. For those of you who don't know what this is, its basically the Add-on content for GTA IV on a disc. First things first, The Ballad of Gay Tony is a lot better than The Lost and Damned due to a) the graphics feeling more polished, b) the selection of new cars and guns, and c) the storyline is just awesome. In my opinion, they should have just made the story of GTA IV that of The Ballad of Gay Tony and extended it a bit. Anyway, its a good game - go play it.

Last of all, I went rowing tonight - well I didn't actually row but did some indoor training instead. As usual I didn't work out as much as I should have although I still feel tired now.

That's all peeps, go listen to Baba O'Riley by The Who. You won't regret it.

GOAL!

No film today i'm afraid, however I did watch British TV programme The Inbetweeners. This programme is the kind of one aimed at older adolescent teenages, with a sex-comedy theme. You're almost guaranteed a laugh when you watch it - if you understand the humour - and the characters are stupidly hilarious. This programme reminds me of some of my friends and what they talk about so its pretty realistic, and did I mention its hilarious?

I never used to play football games but guess what - I now play Fifa. I downloaded the demo for Fifa 11 from the Playstation Store, it took me a while to get round to playing it, but now I can't keep off of it. The feeling of excitement when you score your first goal draws you in then you start getting better, cheering at the top of your voice for every time you score a goal. Then at last you've beaten every team available, but then you realise its only the demo. This game is definitely worth getting if you're a football gamer, however the demo is worth a play if not.

18 days until I go to Russia! Oh I haven't mentioned that yet... Well i'm going on a week long trip to St. Petersberg and Moscow at the end of the month and i'm super excited! I have promised to take loads of pictures so who knows, maybe some will end up on my blog when I get back.

Anyway thats it for today, I recommend watching the first series of The Inbetweeners on Youtube to those of you who haven't seen it. Farewell!

The Taking of Saturday 123

Ahoy there! The weekend is here, and with it comes great responsibility. Today I watched The Taking of Pelham 123, an awesome thriller featuring Denzel Washington as Walter Garber, a MTA Rail Controller who has a job of keeping hijackers of subway train - Pelham 123 - from killing hostages. John Travolta as Ryder, the leader of this hijack, demands 10 Million Dollars or he kills the hostages. This film was brilliant and a lot better than my expectations - which were initially high. I watched this film with my blogging buddy Robin James and we also played on my favourite Beta: LittleBigPlanet2.


I know, LittleBigPlanet2 as the Game of the day for the second time - but what can I say, its an awesome game. Me and Robin James decided to make our first level in co-op create mode. We started off making a drivable pick-up truck, which then escalated into an army of clones chasing us whilst we drove away. Then we decided we needed a) Some bond music, b) Some weaponry and obviously c) Some Balloons. The result of this was a giant ball of awesomeness in which we never got bored of playing.


In other news, I had my mop-ish hair hacked down to the short style it is at the moment, i'm still questioning whether I like it or not. Additionally, I had a good day with Robin James which however ended up with this blogpost being rather late. I have decided on not posting a blog on Sundays as Sunday is my day of rest. Yes, Christianity copied that off of me.


Good day Bloggers!

Are We Bored Yet?

Today I dusted off Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and gave it a play. Firstly, this game has to be one of the most realistic First-Person Shooters i've ever played - mostly due to the destructive environment - and the multiplayer is a lot more interesting than say Modern Warfare 2. I was really struggling to think of games I could play today, which resulted in playing on Halo 2 on my original Xbox. This game used to be one of my favourites when I was younger due to its graphics - which were good for its time - and also the fun storyline.

As promised, I did get round to watching one of my Blu-rays today: Are We Done Yet? You may think this is an odd film to own on Blu-ray, but i'm not complaining as I got it for free. This film is your typical American family, Comedy film with the same style gags and a series of problems they must overcome. However, there was one thing that made this film better than the rest: John C. McGinley or as some of may know him as Dr. Perry Cox from Scrubs. His input in this film really lifted it out of the water, however I much prefer seeing him abusing people in Scrubs. :)

Hmmm. Stuff. I can only really think of one thing... Back To The Future! Yes, it is the 25th Anniversary of the incredible Back To The Future film, and to celebrate its been re-released in UK cinemas. Hopefully I will go watch this on 'Cinema Day' is it is such a great film to watch.

Well that's all folks!

Have I Got News For You?

Today I was struggling for Gaming ideas, so I decided to whip out my PS2 and LightGun controller for some Time Crisis 2 action. I can certainly say i've lost my touch - nearly - as I only got to Area 2 Stage 3 - the last stage. Playing this game brought back memories of the day I could actually beat this game in around 45 minutes. After this I decided to check out the Playstation Store - as it updates every Thursday - and I stumbled across a demo for Lara Croft and The Guardian of Light. After beating this demo with top score, it made up for my previous failure. This PlaystationNetwork/XboxLive-only game feels like a good addition to the Lara Croft series and I may even buy the full game - basically I won't.

Bad news i'm afraid, I didn't actually watch a film or even any TV today however, I did watch my favourite online show: Inside Gaming. Created and hosted by Machinima's TheDeadPixel, Inside Gaming is a show which tells you about all things Gaming going on that week - basically its my way of keeping in the loop. As I feel guilty about not watching a film today, I shall try and watch one of my blu-rays tomorrow followed by my thoughts in tomorrows blog. :)

Today's Stuff section is better than ever as I made the local newspaper! After myself and my team's effort at the Durham Primary Rowing Regatta, we rowed to win our first race last Saturday. My friend, RobinJamesK wrote an article and sent it to my local newspaper: The News Guardian, along with a picture, which made the back sports cover.

That's it for today, why not go watch Inside Gaming? :)