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New Kindle? – cheap iPad alt?


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Assassins Creed 2 / Mass effect 2

Two great games this month to play.
1st,  Assassins Creed 2, I never got around to getting the 1st Assassins creed but the 2nd one proved quite addictive.  I did worry that I might be scaring people a work with my talk of killing lots of people in renaissance Italy with hidden knives but it soon passed after showing them some of the youtube vids. :)
After 30-40 hours of gameplay I actually managed to get all 1000 GS for it which is a rarity for me.
360/ps3 version: good, PC version: Bad bad DRM

Mass Effect 2, I loved the 1st one so was hopeful for the 2nd and wasn’t disappointed.
The control system has been impoved and a cover system added (everything has a cover system these days), the new
biotic powers are fun.   
I imported by old ME1 character for extra points and all the other lovely touches (Read about them at masseffect.wikia.com) that doing so brings.



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Simon’s Cat (The book)

Simon’s Cat51SS0kI67AL._SL160_Now a book.  :)

From the pages of youtube to the paper mill


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Cinema Time: Moon (2009)

Moon (2009)

Moon (2009) – IMDB – Decent enough, but not as special as I hoped.

Whilst not a big budget flick,  (only cost around $5 million)  the effects were more than enough to support the plot and whilst quite a lot of suspension of believe is required I think it is worth it.

http://www.studiodaily.com/filmandvideo/technique/craft/Director-Duncan-Jones-on-Low-Budget-Moon_10992.html


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OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard: Missing icons issue + suggested solution

Just updated to snow leopard which took around an hour. Looks like it worked ok except for a few apps that no longer work :( (expect compatible versions soon enough).

One issue I did come across was that random icons were missing from the desktop / applications / finder side bar etc.
A normal reboot or two didn’t seem to fix it :(

The solution after a quick search seems to be to delete com.apple.desktop.plist and com.apple.dock.plist from “User>Library>Preferences>” which means the dock defaults back to default which is annoying but at least files will have icons again.

A quick reboot/restart and all was back to normal for me.


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Movie Time: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)

GIjoe-smThis evening ended up being a cinema night, ended up going to see

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)(imdb).

I did actually quite enjoy it, lots of action, a decent amount of silliness and they melted the Effiel Tower (That’s in the trailer, so not really a spoiler :) ).
What more could anyone want from a fun action flick?
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In summary, Movie: Fun, VideoGame of movie: Very very Poor (Eurogamer review = 3/10).


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Batman: Arkham Asylum

Xbox360, PS3 and PC

Xbox360, PS3 and PC

The demo for Batman: Arkham Asylum is now out (PSN and XBL Marketplace) and seems enjoyable enough to think about buying when it finally comes out.   (Youtube Trailer)

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birthday trip to Lincoln

It was time for a random visit to Lincoln last week, I ended up taking a few photos most of which were ok but here are two fun ones.

  • A bit of Tennyson for some class
  • a zoo themed birthday cake which someone was kind enough to make me :)
Tennyson statue at Lincoln Cathedral

Tennyson and his faithful dog

The animals were made of Marzipan

The animals were made of Marzipan and tasted good


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A day in Nottingham

It looks like the fair is back in town along with a summer beach in Nottingham’s old market square, it seems The Nottingham Riviera will be with us for a few weeks.
I did spot this strange looking couple who’s smiles really were quite frightening.

A friendly local, good with childrenMrs Punch in Nottingham Market square


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BF 1943

Fighter dropping bombs on Wake Island

Fighter dropping bombs on Wake Island

BattleField 1943

- 1200 MS points aka £10

Finally found something to spend some of my microsoft points on, I had been waiting for it since it was announced but the demo won me over.   The demo is worth a play as at worst you should have 30 minutes of explosions and killing.

Eurogamer review ~ Metacritic review ~ GameTrailers video Review


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