I think when University starts back up next week it'll be a hell of a shock to my system. During term time my tutoring uptake effectively doubles and I give guitar, bass, piano, voice and music theory lessons to fellow students at the University, as well as my usual cast of kids in the local community -- generally I have 14 hours of tuition a week. I'm also a waiter in restaurant in evenings fo...
I said goodbye to nearly 15 years of my gaming life this morning. After being a PlayStation owner from the age of 4, I have had the controller's iconic mapping of buttons imprinted into my brain for over a decade. In 2006, I made a jump to the 360 and would always associate in my head that A = X, B = O.. etc etc. Alas, I turned on my PS3 today and booted up the inFAMOUS demo for the first time...
It's August 28th, and birthday of a good friend who's into his Classic Rock a little too much - which ain't necessarily a bad thing either! Not a Spotify user? Check here for availability in your country. Today's playlist includes: Eagles Skid Row Boston The Who Kansas Guns N' Roses Enjoy! Lashe's Daily Spotify Playlist, 28/08/09 - Classic Rock / Happy Birthday Graeme
Hey guys, been doing this for a while now on my Facebook - decided to bring it to Twitter and Giantbomb for anyone interested. Just a daily playlist lasting no more than about 30 minutes - nice to break up your day with some new sounds! Not a Spotify user? Check here for availability in your country. With my friend's birthday looming tomorrow, it dawned on me that I was in my last official year...
Hey guys, been doing this for a while now on my Facebook - decided to bring it to Twitter and Giantbomb for anyone interested. Just a daily playlist lasting no more than about 30 minutes - nice to break up your day with some new sounds! Not a Spotify user? Check here for availability in your country. Today's playlist includes Singer/Songwriters from yesteryear, generally sticking to the 60s/70s...
Hey guys, been doing this for a while now on my Facebook - decided to bring it to Twitter and Giantbomb for anyone interested. Just a daily playlist lasting no more than about 30 minutes - nice to break up your day with some new sounds! Not a Spotify user? Check here for availability in your country. Feeling in a bit of a downer today so I decided to throw some Ska on and cheer the hell up. Nee...
Hey guys, been doing this for a while now on my Facebook - decided to bring it to Twitter and Giantbomb for anyone interested. Just a daily playlist lasting no more than 30 minutes, usually 6 songs long - nice to break up your day with some new sounds! Not a Spotify user? Check here for availability in your country. Today's playlist includes: The Rolling Stones Creedence Clearwater Revival Elto...
At the request of PeasForFees in this thread . Coonce's guide to making a sandwich: Get some bread Pay your fridge for some cheese Thanks fridge! Toaster on Throw toast in the toaster! Toast the toast No assembly necessary. Note: I did not burn the toast, I should have admittedly for authenticity but I totally wanted a cheese toasty after all this.
I have loved this man's work for as long as I can remember. I must have listened to Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds more than any other CD I own. I am also going to the concert on Thursday with my girlfriend who is an even bigger fan of the work than I am -- I'm going to get her a signed copy for her 20th birthday in a couple of weeks time. I felt I had to share this utterly overwhelming experie...
Over the past 2 years no matter how many new games I have played or been absorbed by I constantly find myself going back to Halo 3 Multiplayer. I can't explain it. In fact, I don't need to. Hook me up if you're interested - XBL - Lashe1107
I felt I had to share this moment with everyone: Yep, I win. Game over. This is the TRUE ending. Popularity leads to intimacy! Damn I think hooking up my PS2 was the best thing I did all day today...
So I'm not sure how well known this service is but for those who don't know, AudioBoo is a neat little iPhone application which works like a "microcast", a term Jeff and Ryan have been throwing around on Twitter, a mini audio blog or (as I have discovered) a potential medium for live music recordings. Using the (very limited) capacity of the iPhone I decided to mess with it and see what kind of...
And I am at 06/02 Thursday, Inaba time! Persona arrived a couple of days ago and I am now up to date with the Endurance Run - pretty awesome time so far, it has flown in! Things I did differently, for anyone interested: Made a Social Link with Ai, although I don't like her so much Got my Expression up and talked to Nanako about death Got a Lv 3 S Link with Dojima Been comforting Drama Girl at t...
Argh. The most annoying thing happened all of 5 mins ago. Was coming out the shower and went to put on my glasses and noticed that the frame had 'popped' due to a loose screw at the corner of the glasses. Being short sighted, I couldn't find the screw anywhere - although the glasses were sitting at the sink, and I fear that the one screw that holds together my 20/20 vision has fallen to the dep...
Following the trend of list-making I thought I'd have a bash and shed some light on what my Top 5 games of all time are -- very likely to be some obscure choices here. #5 - Vandal Hearts [PS1] Released in '96-'97, this SRPG didn't exactly sell bucketloads. Along with Konami's Suikoden franchise at the time, the Vandal Hearts games (of which there were 2, the first and the very lacking sequel) d...
Without a doubt, Portal. Sam & Max comes pretty damn close but nothing compared to the humour that GLaDOS brought to the table. So many quotable lines and Still Alive has to be one of the catchiest tunes in existence. "Remember that time you thought I tried to murder you? And you were like, "No way." That was great.. "
So I decided to scour Amazon today just to have a look at what they had for cheaps and to my surprise I am now getting a good few games for a damn good price. Just thought I'd see what you guys thought: XIII (Xbox) - this was brought up on the underrated games thread and I simply just had to get it again. Fantastic game. Crackdown (360) - Never played it and with all the talk of InFamous I real...
Aside from a response to something GiantBomb related, I wanted to take today's update to express my elation to my latest endeavor. I was looking to upgrade my laptop, an MSI Wind / Advent 4211 netbook. So far the thing had been doing well; 1.6ghz Intel Atom, 80gb HDD, 64mb internal graphics and 1gig of RAM. As much as it was doing well, for the tasks I was using it for it was necessary to dual...
Please note : If you're going to comment saying "lol wall of text" or "I skimmed over it" after merely glancing, you'd be best clicking away now. I am totally aware that this is a long blog post and I simply do this for my own enjoyment. It takes a good 10-15 minutes to write up, it takes a minute or two to read my ramblings. If you find it entertaining, want to raise issue with anything or hav...
I've decided that since I have been a daily member of this community since launch, it's about time I actually made time to pump something into this fantastic machine that isn't some manifestation of my neurotic response to grammatical errors and typos; a habit which I am slowly relaxing and will hopefully kill as nobody likes a pedant, least of all myself. So to the best of my ability I am goin...
I still find myself buying '08 and even some '07 games due to University commitments. I've still not got my hands on GTA4, Burnout Paradise, Devil May Cry 4, BK Nuts & Bolts, or Gears 2. (As you can probably tell I only own a 360) Thankfully this does mean I can find these games at significantly lower prices than launch. I think if I was to even consider the fact that Tales of Vesperia, Residen...
...like sliced bread, only it toasts itself, butters and adds a filling of your choice -- with extra bomb ;]