Hello, my lovelies!

I hope you're all having a happy and safe week! I spent tons of money on the recent steam sales, plus I picked up Borderlands GoTY edition, AC2, Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom and DJ Hero. Most of which were a lot cheaper than normal.

In a rare turn of events, I actually finished Mafia 2. (I'm notorious for not finishing games). The story will definitely keep you playing, cause the gameplay isnt that great. The ending was kinda sad, but not altogether unpredictable. Its definitely worth a rental if you are looking for something to play.

My Cataclysm Collectors Edition should be here on Tues, despite the fact that I havent enjoyed WoW in a long time. I'm not sure when I'll get around to it, actually. I'd much rather be playing AC: Brotherhood, but I'd like to finish AC2 first (I got around halfway through and my evil cousin took my old 360 with all my saves, so I had to start over).

As if I didnt have anything to play, I'm still eyeing that shiny red Wii, mainly for the VC but also for games like Kirby's Epic Yarn, DK Returns, etc.

Happy Gaming!

Hello my lovelies!

Its that magical time of the year between Black Friday and Cyber Monday and I'm sick. I have a runny nose, sore throat and headache. My friends, who are more annoying than ever, only come over if they need something.

Example:

Friend 1: Hey Alli, can I come over and do laundry, it costs me twenty bucks at the laundromat and I cant afford that!

Me: whatever.

Friend 2: Hey Alli, can I come over and do laundry, it costs me two bucks at the laundromat, and I cant afford that!

Me: O.O

Friend 3: Hey Alli, can I come over and do laundry, there's this huge cockroach in the corner of the laundromat and when I go in there, it looks at me!

Me: -_-

On the gaming front Ive been playing a lot of Mafia II. I didnt buy it, but gamefly aent it to me and its the only game in months theyve sent me thats been worth playing. Its like this pseudo version of the Godfather that would have Mario Puzo rolling in his grave, (you know, if he werent still alive). Aside from that, its okay. It seems to have the same problem that plagued GTA IV though, and that is, the cars handle really bad. Its like I'm driving planks of wood sometimes and its a real turnoff. I couldnt get past the first mission in GTAIV cause you have to chase some car, and they give you a car that not only barely moves, but turns like its a plastic boat. I get that in Mafia II sometimes, when they wanna up the challenge, they make the car handle like a paper bag. Anyone else get this problem with these open world games?

Oh and here's a joke for anyone else who's got the black friday blues.

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A mother is driving her little girl to school.

"Mommy", the little girl asks, "how old are you?"

"Honey, its not polite to ask a lady her age", says the mother.

"Okay, how much do you weigh?", asks the little girl.

"Now really", said the mother, "these are personal questions and none of your business."

Undaunted, the little girl asks, "Why did you and Daddy get a divorce?"

"That's enough auestions, young lady!", says the mother. "Honestly!"

After dropping the girl off, the mother leaves.

The little girl goes up to one of her friends and says, "My Mommy wont tell me anything about her."

Her friend says, "Just look at her driver's license, its like a report card, it has EVERYTHING on it."

Later that evening the little girl walks up to her mother and says,

"I know how old you are, you're 35."

The mother blinks and asks, "How did you find that out?"

"And I know how much you weigh, 135lbs", says the little girl.

"How on earth..", says the mother, shocked.

"I know why you and Daddy got a divorce too", says the little girl.

"Oh really?", says the mother, "Why?"

"Because you got an F in sex".

Vampires may lurk in the shadows, conjuring up blood soaked images that prey on our most primal fears, but zombies are an altogether different creature. There's something about zombies. Zombies arent overly complex. They dont grow extra pubic hair when the full moon shines. They dont turn into bats, or baseballs. They arent wrapped in bandages like an escaped mental patient with an unhealthy knife fixation. They are simply walking corpses. Puss filled, organ dripping, missing limbs and eyes, corpses that walk. Sexy, huh? If you've seen horror flicks or played any kind of survival/horror game, you know that there are primarily two flavors of zombie. (Besides Boo-berry and Shock-a-lot. =P)

There's the slow moving zombie. These guys are actually kinda cool. Like grandma with a bad hip, the slow moving zombies sort of wanders towards you, a dazed look on their faces. Not in any great hurry, they'd happily eat your brains, if only they'd move faster than a Pinto. There's probably a higher risk of you getting hit by lightning than getting eaten by a slow moving zombie. This whole slow moving thing, actually makes them kind of cute, in a sick way. You might see one shambling your way, and think, hey, he's not so bad. Aside from the flesh peeling and brain eating, you two might have been friends. He already knows the Texas Two Step, hell, and he's probably lonely, etc. But before inviting a slow moving zombie to your junior prom, just remember, he would definitely take the opportunity to turn you and your friends into cherry snowcones.

The fast moving zombie has two things going against him right away. First, well...he's a zombie. Second, he has a nonstop urge to constantly run the New York Marathon. I dont know what kind of disease it is that both turns you into a disease ridden, brain eating corpse, and gives you an uncontrollable urge to work on your cardio, but I dont want it. These guys are majorly annoying, because they want to eat you and they have the energy to pull it off. Anyone else think that's odd? In movies, you see fat, out of shape guys getting gnawed on in one scene, and in the next, they're still fat and out of shape, but now they run like Secretariat. If zombification is the only surefire cure for obesity, then we're in a lot of trouble. Though its at least comical when these guys are running towards you and get hit by an object of some kind. Good times.

Left4Dead introduced gamers to a graveyard full of new kinds of zombies to deal with. There's The Boomer, a sort of pseudo zombie/Dimetradon hybrid that wants to eat your brains and spits acid at you. That's major bad breath right there. I'm not sure how many Prevacid you'd need to soothe that things tummy problems, but I'm guessing a lot. Straight out of your favorite MMO, there's the Tank, a massively hulk like zombie. (Think Kimbo Slice on steroids). My favorite is probably The Witch. She's like those mourners at the cemetary, sobbing for loved ones that have passed on like 300 years ago. "Oh, Washington, you died so young!" The best part about her is you don't have to fight her at all. I do, of course, cause creepy dames who sob at other peoples' funerals are just that. Creepy.

While the vampire seemed to dominate many horror films of the 1990s, the zombie has become the go-to creature of the last few years, with recent remakes of the Romero franchise and films like 28 Days Later, in which zombies attack London following the accidental release of a deadly virus.

Peter Dendle, associate professor of English, at Penn State, suggests this is because the zombie character stands so clearly opposite our multi-tasking culture. "The zombie is slow, mechanically inept, it can barely use tools, it's a Luddite, it's technologically challenged," he explains. "I think that's exactly part of the point, that this technology-saturated generation has fixated on this creature specifically because there's fascination as well as repulsion. There must be something viscerally satisfying about the simplicity of the zombie's cravings and impulses. And we also must find something unacceptable about it, about its general demeanor, how slow it is and how old it looks."

Perhaps what is most frightening about zombies is that unlike most creatures in horror films, the zombie is us.

"There is something about the fact that, unlike space aliens or demons, zombies look like sick people," Dendle acknowledges. "They look like diseased, unhealthy, contagious outsiders. And yet human. So it does hit home in that sense."

Hello, my lovelies!

Welcome to Tuesdays with Alli, the only blog written for Tuesdays that's usually posted on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. =P

Anyone else feel like Andy Rooney when they start complaining about stuff?? O.O

"What's the deal with these eyebrows, muah!" =P

Have sports games gotten harder or am I just old? For a change of pace, I rented Tiger Woods 11 and 2010 Fifa World Cup, and they both kicked my arse, soundly, I might add. I dont play much soccer, so that one is kind of understandable, but Tiger Woods, you start career mode with your created golfer, and get xp to raise stats after completing various courses. The bummer is that your virtual golf pro starts with stats so low, you couldnt be competitive if you were playing at the Putt Putt Panorama. That's a lot of virtual golfing, which I dont think I want to put in. I had the same experience with Top Spin 3. My tennis pro couldnt hit the broad side of a barn. What happened to sports games that were too easy, for us bad gamers?

Fallout: New Vegas came Tuesday, and though I've only put in about 4-5 hours, its been a lot of fun so far. I havent experienced any of the game breaking, or any glitches at all yet, but hopefully soon! I'm gonna have to get back to it soon.

Anyone else love that Cataclysm Intro Cinematic? You can love Blizzard or hate em, but I'm a big fan of their cinematics. No matter what game it is, it always puts on a good show.

Hope you're all having a great week!

Apparently pics didnt work last time, so lemme try again.

New Laptop. Crappy Old Cell Cam.

Closer shot of my desktop. You know you've always wanted to see it. Three buttons in the top left are for brightness controls, overclocking, and presumably, ordering takeout.

If you've played Fallout 3, you probably know where this is.

I didnt like it, but if you're into free games, you may wanna check this out.

linky.

Okay, its not the coolest game in the world, but at least its free!

linky.

Hello, my lovelies, I'm back! I sorta kinda missed most of you at least a lil bit. (Hows that for a compliment?)

My new laptop came today, and the screen is so nice. Here's the specs for all you tech types that are curious:

• Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
• Display: 17.3-inch LED-backlit Full HD display (1920 x 1080)
• CPU: Intel Core i7-740QM quad-core processor (1.73 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 2.93 GHz)
• Chipset: Intel HM55
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M 1.5GB GDDR5 VRAM
• Memory: 8GB DDR3 1333 MHz RAM, 4 x SODIMM (expandable to 8GB)
• LAN: 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
• WLAN: 802.11 b/g/n (@ 2.4GHz), Bluetooth v2.1
• Storage: 1 terabyte storage (2 x 500GB 7200RPM hard drives)
• Optical Drive: Blu-ray combo drive
• Camera: 2.0 megapixel
• Speakers: Altec Lansing speakers with EAX 4.0 sound
• Microphone Digital Array Microphones
• Card Reader: 8-in-1 card reader (MMC/SD/Mini-SD/XD/Memory stick/MS Pro/MS-Duo/MS-Pro Duo)
• Input/ Output: 1 x Mic-in, 1 x Headphone-out, 1 x VGA port/Mini D-Sub 15-pin for external monitor, 3 x USB 2.0 ports, 1 x USB 3.0 port, 1 x Gigabit LAN, 1 x HDMI, 1 x Kensington Lock
• Battery Pack: 8 cell
• Dimensions: 16.6 x 12.8 x 0.08 ~ 2.3 –inches
• Weight: 8 lbs (with 8 cell battery)
• Color: Black

i'll see if I can post a few pics of it running different games, as the screen is lovely.

In other Alli news , guess whats starting soon?? That's right, NaNoWriMo ! That's right! They have it every November. The goal is to write a novel in 30 days, which is about 100k words, or 25k words a week, give or take. I get excited about doing this every year and every year, I end up not doing it for some odd reason. Its basically for people who wanna write a novel but havent been able to sit down and get one going. It doesnt have to be perfect or near perfect (after all, editing is for the rest of the year!) If you check the forums there, they have people who spend the rest of the year researching, creating characters, getting plots ready, etc. Some of the people on there are pretty hardcore lol. Soooo anyone wanna do it with me? O.O (you can always back out at the last minute if ya like, hehe)

I'm not used to waking up before sunrise.

The fog still hung in the air like a curtain made of moonlight silk, dripping with starlight. I entered the bus and sat, like a prisoner slowly climbing the steps to the gallows and waiting to be hanged. I wasnt the last victim on this slow ride to nowhere, however. As the freeway made its way behind us, the city, still lit from the last remnants of twilight, rushed past, not unlike flickering torches peeking out through a misty valley.

I suddenly felt the urge to cry.

To my left sat Stephen Hawking, or at least a reasonable facsimile. The small keyboard mounted on an arm in front of him had more lights than the Starship Enterprise. Sections of keys under a mini lcd screen seemed to flash on and off at different times. I vainly hoped that it might be some sort of explosive device.

There was also Tammy, who liked to yell, "Shhh", whenever Jimmy, behind her, said anything. Jimmy had apparently made a poo poo, and had to constantly remind us of this fact, though to be fair, we already knew. The driver, apparently fully trained in dealing with the developmentally disabled, had the radio loud enough to shatter the eardrums of anyone walking by on the street. A song about someone burning was playing now. I couldnt help thinking how appropriate that was.

Presently we reached our first destination. It was a nondescript building of brown stone. Tiny paper hearts decorated the windows, as if in an attempt to say that it really was a cheerful place, despite the fact that it looked like an abandoned prison. A slim young blonde girl escorted Jimmy through the front door. I didnt see her face, but from the back she was definitely stalkable.

When we got to my drop off, it was underwhelming to say the least. The rooms were wide, and colored like a carnival funhouse. Bright red walls and blue walls lined the place. I didnt expect Hell to look so gaudy. A tired old piano sat in a corner. There was also a maintenance room in back, for the disabled people to play with power tools.

The main attraction was Cherish, she was 26, slim, blonde, with an iq lower than her shoe size. She and her entourage welcomed me and she smiled at me with sticky pink lips. I quickly found out she didnt know how to operate a dvd player, or play Monopoly. Her ability to count past fifteen was also seriously in question. I soon found a large recliner and sank into it moodily.

Another interesting show was Bradley. He was tall, with a beard that threatened to take over his face, and had hair on the back of his neck that looked like it might assimilate his shirt. I wondered if I should call the L A Times and report a bigfoot sighting, or UCLA's Anthropology department and tell them I'd found the missing link.

I played a dude in chess who played in two-three tourneys weekly. Despite the fact that I hadnt played in years, I got him down to five pieces left, but he only needed two to finish me off. He then puttered around the place, flexing his fingers for all the heavy lifting he'd do in some chess tournament later.

There was a big screen tv, with a large selection of crappy movies. We watched Clerks 2, which is the intellectual equivalent of a slow beatdown, with large wooden planks.

Barbie soon found me sulking and cheerfully asked if I'd like to join the others. I cheerfully inquired why she wasnt in a backroom with Ken. She made a face at me.

"Hey, thats not nice, I do have a brain, you know", she said.

"I know, I hear it rolling around when you walk", I replied, still moody.

Maybe I'll skip daycare next week.

Hello my lovelies!

Soo I finished Alan Wake about a week ago or so, and it was a great, although short, experience. I havent decided if I'm gonna run through it again for collectibles/achievements. I usually dont have the patience for that kind of thing, you know. But that game is definitely cool enough to make an exception.

I also picked up Rock Band recently on ebay. Actually it came with Rock Band, Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero 2, Guitar Hero 3, Guitar Hero World Tour, Guitar Hero Aerosmith, GH Smash Hits and GH Metallica, plus a few fake instruments for 70 bucks. I figured it was a deal, especially since I'd never played any of these music type games and I've been wanting too. I'm gonna have to add Lego Rock Band to my Gamefly queue. =P

Its been kinda funny getting used to the guitar controller. It feels awkward playing it in almost every position I hold it in, because my left hand doesnt wanna play nice. I found early success holding it like a left handed person and using my right hand to hit the middle buttons and my left hand to strum. This however led to aches, cause the fake Fender is way too big. So I tried this with the Guitar Hero 2 guitar, (the oddly shaped one), and it feels a lot better. I also spent most of yesterday calibrating the game and it feels a lot better in terms of hitting notes. I'm progressing through the solo tour mode slowly, but surely, I completed all the songs on easy, and am slowly going through the medium level.

The money raised at tonight's benefit concert will go to benefit the victims of last night's concert =P

Anyone else excited for Lego Harry Potter on Tues.? I definitely wanna play it, after enjoying such Lego titles as Lego Star Wars and Lego Indy. Ive been debating getting Lego Batman off XBL's Games on Demand thingie.

Anyway hope you all have a great weekend and rest of the week!