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by PyrO_PrOfessOr on Apr.21, 2010, under Blog, Games, Site Updates
So!
Y’know, sometimes I really wish I had some sort of system of updating everything at once…not necessarily with the same stuff but just something that appears and makes me update stuff…
But alas, there isn’t.
So anyway, my exams are on their way in and as per usual the faculty has decided to lay on the coursework. So before the exams start I have 3 pieces of coursework to hand in. Now for once I happened to be on top of my work and I have one of the pieces pretty much done however with all this coursework going on how am I meant to get the time to revise?!
It’s so stupid.
Anyway, on the webcomic front, its defiantely up and coming so watch this space, I’m sure it will be here soon.
Also, I have been playing a fair bit of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 recently and there really is such a good change from the first one. The online play especially – the system is easy to use and understand. Even though there is only 2-3 game modes, they don’t really get old. And the unlock system is so much less complciated – I actually know how to unlock things, how I get points and how to rank up which i didn’t really understand in the first game.
And blowing the shit clean out of everything never gets old.
The game feels snappier to play too – I often felt the oldone really didnt respond well, you pulled a trigger and a second later (or so it felt) the gun fired – and that was both on and offline but so far I have been impressed with the game engine.
And the grahpics – I have this game for PC and 360 and the graphics are fantastic on both. Well the PC is much better than the 360 when turned up full with AA and texture filtering but the 360 version is also fantastic considering the hardware it’s running on.
So anyway thats all from me for now!
HTC Desire
by PyrO_PrOfessOr on Apr.12, 2010, under Blog
Well thanks to the lovely girl at the Vodafone store I am now a proud owner of the much sought after HTC desire, which, coincidentally I am writing thus post from. It’s amazing just hoe intuitive and easy-to-use Android with sense UI really is!
This is the WordPress app that was on the Android market. It took about 10th seconds to download bad install and synced with my blog in seconds.
This is the first phone I have ever had that I am fully happy with. There is actually very little i feel that could be improved on although we will see how it stands the test of time.
For those of you that read this and don’t have a clue what I’m on about, the desire is an Android based mobile smartphone with a 3.7″ capacitive AMOLED screen, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor and 576MB of RAM.
I am also one of the few Vodafone customers to get one on its erase date heh.
Header to HTC.com for more details on the Worlds Number 1 smart phone.
Aliens vs Predator
by PyrO_PrOfessOr on Feb.20, 2010, under Blog, Games, News
Have you played this game yet? You really should.
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!
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by PyrO_PrOfessOr on Feb.12, 2010, under Hardware
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Praying Mantis…
by PyrO_PrOfessOr on Feb.12, 2010, under Blog
Well this is officially the wierdest thing I have seen…in the last 48 hours…
Long Time No See?
by PyrO_PrOfessOr on Feb.12, 2010, under Blog
Yeeeee-Fuckin’-Ha!
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!
Brütal Legend
by Deuwin on Oct.01, 2009, under Blog
A game about the power of metal? Hell yeah! Saving the world and rocking out. Featuring metal gods Rob Halford, Lemmy Kilmister, and Ozzy Osbourne. I’d say more but a video is a much better way to show off this piece of awesomeness.
Server Troubles + Thermaltake Level 10
by PyrO_PrOfessOr on Sep.30, 2009, under Blog, Hardware, Site Updates
So the database server has been under “excessive load” according to Streamline so I have been unable to get onto the site in days, however the problem has now been fixed, and I now have a redundancy I place lest it happen again…Huurah for that.
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…
iTunes 9.0 is here!
by PyrO_PrOfessOr on Sep.10, 2009, under Reviews
So I picked up my copy of Snow Leopard at the weekend and installed it to get some very nice surprises, including 12GB of my Hard Drive back, a new Quick Time, improved Exposé and overall snappier performance.
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…
Erm…Yeah I should explain..
by PyrO_PrOfessOr on Sep.01, 2009, under Blog
Yeah, total lack of posting..But I have an excuse reason,
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…
