Just bumming about on Youtube, as we all do from time to time, watching kittens fall down slides and a teen sensation getting what he deserves I came across something profound and a lot scary.
It's a lecture about basic maths and the consequences for nothing less than the future of our civilisation. I'd urge you to watch it and share it with everyone you know. I for one will be accelerating plans to get myself a modest house with some land in a quiet part of Scotland.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6A1FD147A45EF50D
It's in 8 parts and this link should list them all.
Who'd have thought an old guy talking about maths could scare the shit out of me. The people in the classroom really weren't getting it I think. Dumb shits.
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Monday, 12 March 2012
Never Gonna Give You Up
Have I found a Rick Astley clock?!
Yes, I took this picture today.
Some context may have been appropriate. My inane grin in the shot perhaps?
It may have to be stolen and replaced with one of my classic Flava Flav time pieces.
Honoured reader, what do you think?!
The Dangers of Nostalgia
Hipsters don't suffer from nostalgia. It's all about the now. Not being a Hipster, I do suffer from nostalgia.
Every 5 years or so I will break out my Sinclair Spectrum (must be worth a few quid by now) and try and load up a game. Finding a tape player is becoming increasingly difficult but once hooked up I listen with joy and the beeps and whistles of the game loading, trying to recapture the original excitement and anticipation I felt all those years ago. Finally, after what seems like an eternity, the games starts and.....
I turn it off because it's shit and disappointing. We expect and get so much these days. Going back to the early days of computing and gaming is just a major let down. That is the problem with nostalgia- as soon as it is indulged it evaporates very quickly. So the Spectrum gets carefully packed away and the nostalgia will build again for another 5 years.
(Now you can play Spectrum and many other old games on your browser- go here http://www.zxspectrum.net/ and get disappointed without having to find a tape player)
And now to a game I'm playing that harks back to the halcyon days of Commodore Amiga. Syndicate was an amazing game back in the day, and a shocker. It kicked up a lot of shit for its extreme violence (way before Grand Theft Auto was on the scene). I remember taking great pleasure in setting crowds of people of fire with flame throwers. Ah, those were the days.
Every 5 years or so I will break out my Sinclair Spectrum (must be worth a few quid by now) and try and load up a game. Finding a tape player is becoming increasingly difficult but once hooked up I listen with joy and the beeps and whistles of the game loading, trying to recapture the original excitement and anticipation I felt all those years ago. Finally, after what seems like an eternity, the games starts and.....
Ant Attack. You wouldn't believe how many hours I played this for.
I turn it off because it's shit and disappointing. We expect and get so much these days. Going back to the early days of computing and gaming is just a major let down. That is the problem with nostalgia- as soon as it is indulged it evaporates very quickly. So the Spectrum gets carefully packed away and the nostalgia will build again for another 5 years.
(Now you can play Spectrum and many other old games on your browser- go here http://www.zxspectrum.net/ and get disappointed without having to find a tape player)
And now to a game I'm playing that harks back to the halcyon days of Commodore Amiga. Syndicate was an amazing game back in the day, and a shocker. It kicked up a lot of shit for its extreme violence (way before Grand Theft Auto was on the scene). I remember taking great pleasure in setting crowds of people of fire with flame throwers. Ah, those were the days.
Oh, it's my guys on fire.
So, if there was ever a reason to use nostalgia and do an awesome remake of an awesome game, here is the chance. And they did. It's a first person shooter (a pretty good one too) but the only real link to the original is the background story of mega-corporations and enhanced super soldiers who do the corporation's bidding.
Now, I'd have enjoyed this game much more had they not tugged at my nostalgia chord. Nothing can live up to the memories I had of the original. So don't try. Call it something else. It's a great game, it just has me wishing for the good old days.
This is where we're at now. Don't look back.
Sunday, 4 March 2012
Alien Sex Time Again
Mass Effect 3 is out in a couple days time!! Very excited, as you can imagine. Here, watch the trailer then I'll let my mouth flap some more-
Play me in 720p please!
So off we go again, shooting stuff, getting cool armour and having sex with crew mates! I only got to shag a couple in ME2 (the bald chick with tatoos and the second in command). The one I really wanted to do was the self righteous blue one with big tits. Lesbo.
I'm sure there will be ample opportunity in number 3. Looks like pretty much the same characters judging from the trailer. I refuse to read reviews and plot giveaways, so not too sure. The main character, I'm pretty sure, will still be a dog with two dicks and sexually harass his crew. I guess in space laws to protect crew from this kind of behaviour are suspended.
Will be concentrating more on the sexual harassment of the crew this time round. The other titles I focussed on missions and killing stuff. I feel I've not appreciated the titles fully. Won't make that mistake this time round. Probably spend a lot of time hanging about the female toilets and showers (yes, they were in the previous game but I didn't spend enough time there). Or just be brazen and hang about inside their quarters. Captain's privilege (which in real life is sadly very against the law)!
So roll on the blue women and the one with the mask on, I can't wait for this roller coaster of titilation and rejection! Just like real life but without the blue women.
Told you she was of lesbian persuasion!
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