belch.

Finally, 2008 is over and done with! Took about a year didn't it? How exhausting!

In an act of mischievous mischief I switched to Maxis, making all my little DiGi friends pay extra when sending New Year greetings. I switched to Maxis for two reasons :
1) it's cheaper
2)it has 3G. DiGi doesnt. When I buy a new phone, I want to be able to go online fast.

Red Alert 3 is quite good. Although, it just feels like Red Alert 2.5. Nothing has really changed that drastically. But hey, they did a good job. The Japenese army is interering. The Soviets are ridiculous and the Allies are solid. But, I don't know, I guess after playing something like Company of Heroes(ohhh here he goes again....) it's hard to be impressed with the same old rubbish being recycled over and over again.

Don't get me wrong, in every aspect, other than graphics and gameplay innovation Red Alert 3 is just as awesome as it's predecessor, mayhap even better.

Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book is quite alright, although you get the idea that he wasn't planning on a very structured story when he wrote it. There are sections that seem misplaced or added as an after thought.

Neil Gaiman's The Sandman however is 100% awesome. It's just as good as some of the Sin City Comics, and I have absolutely no complaints. It was a good read, and is just as close as you get to a masterpiece graphic novel.

Grand Theft Auto IV is a brilliant game. But guess what? It is 15 gigabytes big......


15!!!!!

That's like installing Call of Duty 4 three times!
Or Company of Heroes twice!

madness!
It is totally worth 15 gigabytes of space though. But I think I'm going to replay this game on an Xbox360 or super pumped up PC. Not on a PS3, PS3s are for wimps. Well....wimps with a lot of cash...

So why does GTA4 need 15GB of harddisk space to install? Because:

1)I've been playing it for 2 weeks non stop and am still not done with the main missions yet. And I haven't even touched the side missions!

2)There are hundreds of unique vehicles with physics more realistic than ANY racing game I've seen. Imagine crashing and being flung out of your windscreen! Keep smashing the front of your car and the engine will die! Burn out the tyres and they rip to shreds!

3)It has it's own TV stations! With hours of mock History Chanel, Comedy shows, Cartoons and stuff. And their all dead funny

4)It has about 20 radio stations with hours of hilarious broadcasts and music from every genre and age

5)It has its own internet! I'm serious! You can go to cyber cafes and surf the net, check emails, stuff like that. Hehe, no naughty stuff though!

6)It has 3 cities, all detailed down to the last, well, detail! You have to pay tolls when crossing bridges, clean your car in car washes, ride cabs when cars are hard to steal, go on helitours, go out on dates, hang out with friends, go bowling, play darts, go to pubs, go to comedy clubs. And all of these things are VERY detailed. You actually get to see all the action, and most of the time it becomes a game-in-game things. Quite cool.

7)There are ultra realistic graphics and physics on this game. I haven't seen weapons this SOLID since Call of Duty 4. Not even Call of Duty 5.

I'm barely scratching the tip of the iceberg here. Grand Theft Auto 4 IS worth buying an Xbox360 or a good computer. Very rarely do you see games get 10/10. But that's the score I'm giving it. The developers DID NOT get lazy. But I suggest getting the Xbox 360 version, the PC version is a little buggy and needs a monster of PC to be played.

Gosh, that was a long rant. I just love being a critic. I'm a little harsh when it comes to movies, only because I don't like movies that much. Sure, once in a while you get a decent one. But it's always the same everytime you watch it.

Okay, there's probably a million mistakes in this post. I'm blogging under the influence. Jail me!


happy new year