If you have a PC, with a DirectX 11 compatible card, then I envy you because this game looks amazing on a DirectX 9 card and I cannot even begin to imagine how much better it will look on DX11.

So far I have been working my way through the Alien campaign, and it really is wonderful. There is something about running around a building as a wall crawling Xenomorph, clinging to ceilings and dropping down bringing an end to humans with guns..

And the gore…well there is rather a lot of it and although gore has never really had a major, stomach wrenching affect to me, I can see why some people are thinking that this is one of the goriest games about…as the Alien, to tend to rip out human larynxes and stick your acid-dripping tail through some poor bastards eye…

Still kinda cool though, in an amazingly sick way…

In other news, I am absolutely skint…like were talking barely enough money to cover bills here…I can’t wait to be paid!

I blame you credit card. DAMN YOU!

Well it’s been a loooooong time since anything went up here, and there is really only one reason.

Time.
Time, is a bitch. Seriously, like you think you have all the time in the world to do anything and all of a sudden you have no time, any chance of web development goes out the window and a website just sits, using up server space and resources.

Well No Longer.

I am going to make a concious effort to update this. I am going to renew my lease come May, and I am going to develop this website ass off.

I, once again, have a computer/office based job so hopefully I will have a chance to post cool things I find along the way. I also plan to be buying an iPad so you can bet your ass there will be a lot of stuff about that.

And Aliens vs Predaor…because that game justlooks bad-ass – plays well too!

Anyway that’s all for now, but watch this space!

And yes, the webcomic is still planned!

In the meantime, check this bad-boy out!

Right now I am also surfing the new Wi-Fi system that’s being deployed at Queens University (where I study) which, although it was a bit complicated to hook up my MacBook Pro to, is actually rather speedy and smooth (although they have blocked MSN ports ).

On the web-comic front – there are some in the works I am told, although I’m not sure if its going to be one artist or two yet.

And just to give you all something to drool over, Deuwin (my web goto-guy and my very good friend) pointed this out too me the other day…and boy was I found wanting…

Images taken from the exclusive review at MaximumPC, because I can’t afford one…

I think this is an awesome design. I can’t wait to see what the cooling potential of a case like this is, because with individual heat-source isolated, directed airflow will be so much easier, and hot-spots should be practically non-exisistant, or at least have no effect on the case ambient temperature.

I wish I had more money…

Today however, Apple rolled out iTunes 9 to end users which, I must admit, is looking rather well. It’s obvious from a first glance they that have tweaked it graphically (most likely to match in with Snow Leopards modified GUI) including a new white background when viewing by album artwork and an enhanced 3D effect on the buttons and progress bars. However, they have also added some new features like Home Sharing, which allows an entire family (or network) to share all the purchased music from one iTunes store account across an entire network.

Overall it does seem to have done the Snow Leopard thing, by making everything snappier and generally faster. It’s just a pity they didn’t use the same very pretty black skin that Quick Time has…

I was rigorously testing World Of Warcraft: Wrath of The Lich King…

Does that hold up? Well, I installed the game and defaulted it to the private servers *Big Shout to the guys at WoWScape for doing a super job* and am now level 20. Yes you do level up a bit faster but it still took me a fair amount of time…but its really good and if you like RPG’s and haven’t tried out WoW yet – I thoroughly suggest it.

That and the new “Cataclysm” expansion was announced last week which makes for exciting time in the World Of Warcraft as everything is about to be torn apart from the inside out!

As for me, still no word from any employers but I remain hopeful that I will get a job with G4S as I was pretty much interviewed and enrolled then and there…

Oh, also my XBox red-ringed and is currently in Germany being sorted. It’s odd but it seemed to happen around the same time as about 12 other people I know (Including our own Deuwin…) so must be M$ version of the millennium bug…it’s just been released late.

No surprises there…

But Kendal’s totally not into it…

Friday we took a ncie little top-down trip to Morley which is just North of Derby where Kendal used to live. Was nice taking the car out on the country roads…however there was a lot of driving up and down and up and down becuase we got lost…We did however end up in a town called Stanley, which I though rahter approprite, what with it being my name and all (pictures to come).

Friday night involved lots of trawling around Derby, avoiding the local whores (YES I AM TALKING ABOUT YOU GIRLS DRESSED IN SWAT OUTFITS THAT SEEMED TO FOLLOW US AROUND!! First at Revolution then at Scream…). We started off the night in a bar called Revolution (Club upstairs, not my type of music but seemed like a nice place anyway), then moved onto a very crowded pub called the Beddington Carriage (good music played here but lots of people). From there we went to Mosh, which is 3 bars, each on a different floor. Rock/pop punk on the ground, metal on the 2nd and sorta old skool on the 3rd. Just to point out though, the 2nd floor (Metal/Industrial) was one of the best Metal mixes I have ever heard. From there we headed to Screm, which definately wasn’t my scene at all, so I spent most of the night in the beer garden (not drinking due to lack of monies) and avoiding the public in general. Scream clsoed at two so we headed back to Mosh for an hour of seriously heavy metal and headbanging before heading home at 3am. Over all was a rather good night.

Saturday and Sunday involved X-Files and Gaming (we got a 14 – day Wold of Warcraft trail and decided to try it out together… Really enjoyed it despite being warned off by several people. Kendal loves it too!!) although we also took a trip to the Melbourne resevoir, where we paddled our toes in the water, admired the swans and generally enjoyed each others compnay.

Monday = lots of walking…walked to Elvaston, then to Elvaston Castle, Then round Aston (wood carrying ensued) but finished off the night with a chimnea and everyone all huddled round it.

And today I’m home… And Kendal is joing me on Thurday – but before then I have to get 4 teeth ripped out, so I’m going to be in hospital for the next two days…only one night though thank goodness…

Maybe I can blog on my phone…

Well, there isn’t much to be said for Monday. We were in the house all day because the weather was pretty foul, so I persuaded Kendal to write my blog post for me (which was extremely kind of her) and then we watched some X-Files…Something which she will deny all knowledge of. Its not like she’s really getting into it or anything…

So that pretty much sum up Monday in a nutshell! Tuesday was a lot more interesting with a foray into town and the spending of what little money I have. Including an anniversary present for my dearest and a couple of awesome t-shirts for me. The evening was round off with another party – this one at a beautiful house (barn conversion) in the middle of the country. And what fun it was as the party (and clear skies) happened to coincide with the peak of the Persied meteor shower. We lay outside on the trampoline (with blankets and such to keep us warm) and stared at the sky. In an hour we saw collectively about 25 meteors, some quite bright, leaving very visible trails, and others less so, but still just as spectacular. And some of the people there lost their “shooting star” virginity, which is always good.

Not only was the star show entertaining but the conversation was also excellent, ranging from philosophical discussion, astrophysics and just general gossip and chat. Certainly glad I was able to catch this shower as I usually forget and end up sitting out on a cold Octobers evening on my own for the Geminids…. For some more information on this years show, check out http://iya2009.com/perseid-meteor-shower-peaks-on-tuesday.html.

After it got too cold and the conversation started to stem we headed back inside where most people began to get ready for bed (about 2am). At this point I picked up a rubix cube that had somehow made its way onto the table in the lounge. 2 1/2 hours later I had one complete side and 4 partially completed sides. Some of this can be given credit to the internet and it’s wonderful theories on solving rubix cubes (as opposed to looking up the solution I preferred to look up the general theories behind the algorithms used to solve it and try and apply the rest myself…) but to be honest I hit a pretty hard spot, and every time I tried something new I kept messing it up and had to try and rectify my mistake. I now really want a rubix cube…

Wednesday morning consisted of waking up after 4 hours of sleep and continuing my rubix cube endeavour to no avail. At this point we found a scaleletrix set and decided to have a Mini vs Subaru race…turns out the Subaru has a large magnet on its back to prevent drifting…the Mini didn’t…a short ride home in the back of a fiesta (I couldn’t have the car unfortunately) and we were home…to watch more X-Files. Now, with season one out of the way, one wonders what we might do with today…