Hey all, yep i'm back and I bet you're glad I am :P :lol: Sorry I wasn't on last week, my laptop was kind of not working lol. So continuing on from the last blog, camping was actually mildly fun and I guess I would do it again the best part of the holiday was definitely all the hot girls that were either working there or staying there for a while :P I was going to take pictures of stuff that I was doing but I forgot :oops:, I did however manage to remember to get one or two pictures from the dam and fish ladder thats there:

This is a view Loch Faskally from the Dam

The view downstream of the River Tummel from the Dam

And finally a picture of the Demon Barber himself and his shop :P and in case any of you are doubting the authenticity (wow theres the big word for the day :P) of this, then heres the website. Thats pretty much it all as far as the camping goes so on to last week:

I managed to get these 3 books:

and

I've read all 3 of them and just love them and I'm looking to get the last 3 from Waterstones sometime soon since they have a 3 for 2 deal on at the moment, I also went to see the movie on Saturday which quickly became one of my favourite films ever and to those who think that the game is following the movie more than the books, its not and I haven't even read all the books :P

Last but not least is the gaming update with one piece of news here, which is that I pre-ordered Metroid: Other M and it looks to be shaping up to be one hell of a game and hopefully is.

Well thats all for this week, I think and if not I suppose I'll put it in another blog :P :lol: So until next time, catch you later.

So I'm gonna be away for a week on holiday starting tomorrow. My mum in her infinite wisdom decided to buy a tent a few weeks back and now I'm going on a camping holiday in Pitlochry:

Map showing where Pitlochry is. On the part that looks like a dogs head theres a place called kircaldy (actually spelled Kirkcaldy :P), I live about 20 minutes away from here (just thought I'd put that in :P :lol: ). If I'm honest I'm in two minds about going since A)a part of me has always wanted to go camping and B) the other part of me doesn't want to go Camping.

Gaming update:

In other news I downloaded Scott Pilgrim Vs The World: The Game and I have to say that it is really enjoyable and so much fun. I haven't read the graphic novels yet, but I intend to get them on holiday next week and I plan on going to see the film when it comes out. Also, I pre-ordered:

Yup, Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep special edition. It was only £29.99 from Game so I thought I'd get it, I also pre-ordered:

Assassins Creed: Brotherhood special edition from Play.com and I get access to the multiplayer beta since I pre-ordered the PS3 version which I can't wait for since the multiplayer looks freakin' awesome :D

So thats all from me for this week and I'll see you all again in a weeks time, catch ye.

Well as you can tell from the title I have gotten my first Platinum Trophy last week on Assassins Creed II,which i'm extremely happy about :D.I also managed to get my second about 15 minutes before writing this blog. Second trophy was on Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack In Time, which is probably one of the best Ratchet and Clank games I've played.

Also I just recently leveled up and i'm now a Gitaroo Man or jus level 19 if you prefer that :P I have no idea what that is a reference from so if any can help me out there it would be appreciated lol :lol:

Another thing, I got tagged last week so if you are at all interested in what kind of music I listen to then feel free to check out my last blog post here.

Almost forgot, since i've finished watching all the Soul Eater episodes (which i have to say were absolutely AMAZING and it is now my number 1 favourite anime EVER!:D) so if anyone can recommend any good anime's to watch, that'd be great.I'm really struggling to find any decent ones that I haven't already seen. Thanks :)

And thats about it from me this time, dunno when the next post will be since I don't have much to talk about really (I was struggling for things to talk about in this one other than my level up and trophy, don't think it shows though :P) so thanks for reading and catch you later :D

As you may have guessed, I've been tagged. I also want to know what you think of my new theme for my banner and such, s you may have guessed its Soul Eater lol :P. So I guess i need to reveal whats in my music library:

You've been tagged, here are the rules:

1. 1. Put Your iTunes (or other music player) on Shuffle.
   2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
   3. You must write down the name of the song no matter how silly it sounds!
   4. Put any comments in brackets after the song name.
   5. Tag at least 10 friends. Anyone tagged has to do the same, because fun pointlessness spreads like a virus.

1. If someone says, "Is this okay?" You say

Thats What She Said - The Automatic (XD)

2. How would you describe yourself?

A Sadness Runs Through him - The Hoosiers

3. What do you like in a guy/girl?

5 Colours In Her Hair - McFLy

4. How do you feel today?

Heat Dies Down - Kaiser Chiefs

5. What is your life's purpose?

Till Kingdom Come - Coldplay

6. What is your motto?

Love Is Noise - The Verve

7. What do your friends think of you?

Caroline, Yes - Kaiser Chiefs (My names not Caroline :S)

8. What do you think of your parents?

Fingerprints - Katy Perry

9. What do you think about very often?

Living For the Weekend - Hard-Fi (So True :P)

10. What is 2 + 2?

He Said He Loved Me- Reverend and the Makers (I always thought it was 4 :S)

11. What do you think of your best friend?

Chasing Lights (Live) - The Saturdays

12. What do you think of the person you like?

Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand (All the time :P)

13. What is your life story?

When It Rains - Paramore (Funny, it rains a lot here in Scotland :D)

14. What do you want to be when you grow up?

Micheal - Franz Ferdinand (Who's Michael?)

15. What do you think of when you see the person you like?

Velvet Morning - The Verve (Kinda makes sense, maybe, no?)

16. What will you dance to at your wedding?

Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve (Epicly awesome Song)

17. What will they play at your funeral?

Funeral Song - Chris Moyles (I swear this is honestly what I got)

18. What is your hobby/interest?

Time Awaits - The Kooks (ummm... :S)

19. What is your biggest fear?

Open Your Window - Reverend and the Makers (Apparently i'm scared of opening my window)

20. What is your biggest secret?

I Slept With Someone In Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Song Written About Me - Fall Out Boy (I didn't by the way)

21. What do you think of your friends?

S.A.D Light -Glasvegas

22. What will you put as the title?

L.E.S Artistes - Girls Can't Catch (Suppose thats my title)

10 more people are about to be tagg'd now :twisted:

A short one from me today and to start of, I now finally have a PSN ID and a Live Gamertag (mcfadden--no1 is my PSN and FenrirFTW is my Gamertag in case you wondering) so if wouldn't mind adding me to your friends lists :D

On another note, I got Borderlands the other day and I must say that it is one awesome game. Its a really unique mix that works really well, but so far I haven't gotten very far or done much missions. I'm also interested in finding out if you chose th Beserker, the Soldier, the Hunter or the Siren if you have the game.I personally chose the Siren but just don't ask why :P

Well thats it from me (wow this was longer that i thought it would've been, well longer as far as short things are :lol: ) so i'll see you alllater :D

Also prizes for guessing the Gamertag reference (Please note prizes may not actually exist :D :P)

Time for my review of my Manga of the Week.

As I said in my last blog, my manga of the week for this week is Bleach.

For those of you who don't what Bleach is about, its about a boy called Ichigo Kurosaki who has the ability to see ghosts. One night when Ichigo is at home, he meets the Soul Reaper Rukia Kuchiki, A Soul Reaper is a spirit that has been sent from the Soul Society to keep the balance of souls travelling between the real world and the Soul Society. The Soul Society is where the souls of the dead go once they die, but sometimes souls don't move on to the Soul Society and linger on in the real world and after sometime they become Hollows. Hollows are spirits that have lost their hearts and have become 'hollow'. Hollows also hunger for normal spirits and its the Soul Reapers job to defeat hollows whenever they appear.

A Hollow appears and attacks Ichigo's family which led to the meeting between Ichigo and Rukia. However Rukia is unable to defeat the Hollow which leaves them both with one last resort, Rukia must transfer some of her power to Ichigo temporarily in order to help him save his family.

I have to say i love this manga and that its my number 1 favourite, The reason being is the story of Bleach is just so well written. You have the side side with all the battles that happen throughout the story line but within those serious battles and at other points in story there are also the genius moments of comedy that are just brilliant to read and watch if you're watching the anime (If you've seen episode 42 you'll know what I mean ;)). The drawings in the manga are are slightly graphic due to all the fighting going on but you don't really care much since the drawings are so well drawn. There are other things I want to talk about but I don't have enough time again since this took longer than I thought it would and also I can't think of how to say other things, so i'll just leave it there.

Overall as I have already said, this is my favourite manga I've read yet and I highly recommend that you read and watch the anime. I give Bleach a perfect 10/10.

Theres just enough time to mention that I managed to get Darksiders yesterday so thats been taking up a lot of my free time at the moment.

Its so far a good a game thats sort of like a strange mix between God of War and the Legend of Zelda, but its a good strange and one that definitely works.

Well thats it for me today, catch you all later :D

I've only been back about a week and I've leveled up already :D I'm now at level 16 which makes me a Magician Lord, so all you other magicians... Bow down before me :lol: (Seriously, bow down).

So on to my Anime and Manga of the Week. This weeks Anime is a favourite of mine known as Naruto and Naruto Shippuden (since they're both effectively the same show just some 2 years apart).

For those of you who don't know what Naruto is about heres a brief synopsis of the story. Naruto is about a boy called Naruto Uzumaki, from the Village Hidden in the Leaves, who is training to become a shinobi (ninja), but he has a secret.

Twelve years prior to the main storyline, a giant nine-tailed fox spirit attacked the village. The villages Hokage (the most powerful ninja and leader of the village) managed to defeat the fox spirit by trapping it in the body of a newly born child, Naruto. Beacause the nine-tailed fox was sealed away inside Naruto everyone in the village shunned Naruto, believing him to be a demon because of the fox spirit inside him. Due to this fact Naruto grew up alone and because of this he has a dream, that one day he will be Hokage and gain the trust of everyone in his village.

Sorry if any of that didn't make any sense, but i'm not really all that good at explaining things well. If you want more info i'll provide a link at the end of the blog for you.

Back to my review, overall I think that this is a good anime as well as manga as it has a great story that actually made me shed a couple tears at one point (and trust me, i'm actually you're typical guy that doesn't cry at anything so that was embarrasing :oops: ). The character developmnt throughout the series is also good as you watch Naruto and all of his eventual friends grow and become stronger aned closer together. So taking everything into consideration, I'm giving Naruto a score of 9.0/10.

I was planning to give a review on my manga of the week but I don't really have much more time left so i'll just tell you what it is.

My manga of the week this week is Bleach, so expect the review to follow in the next couple of days.

Catch you all later :D

Link for more info.

P.S If you did bow, why? :lol:

We've all heard about hardcore gamers, I myself would even go as far as to say that I'm a hardcore gamer, but is it really just obsessive gaming when you get to the point of it???

With the exception of people who actually play games for a living (although you argue that it is still obsessive) is playing around 7+ hours a day hardcore gaming or just obsessive gaming???

I'll be the first to admit that I do on average play about 6+ hours of games a day but I feel that the reason behind this is due to obsessive gaming and being a hardcore gamer.

Please, please, please comment on this as I would really like to know everyone's thoughts and opinions on this subject.

Thanks.

Also sorry for the long absence to any of you who missed me (you don't have to be shy with me, I know its all of you :lol:) but something came up and i just completely forgot about GS (sorry GS, nothing personal but i just had alot on my mind).

I think its time for me to catch up with everyone and i don't think theres any better way than to ask how everyone's doing and how their Christmas and New Year went? :D

Remember i'm looking for your opinion on the hardcore gaming issue i just presented as i think it would be nice to hear your views on the matter ;)

Hey all, as you can probably already tell by now I'm back again and I know you all missed me to the point of depression (you know it's true so don't deny it :lol: :P) The reason I haven't been on for the past 3 weeks is because I was on Holiday or a Vacation for the Americans out there:P (Pics may or may not follow depending on how I feel) I know I should've mentioned it before I went but I completely forgot to say, sorry :oops: But don't despair because I'm back now and hope to catch up with all of you soon (after I check my backlog of mail, soooooo much mail :() See you all later ;)

I've decided to add a new feature to my anime of the week and in case your a complete digit and didn't get it from the title it's manga of the week :P

This week both accolades are going to Elfen Lied.

This is for those of you who have never heard of it. Elfen Lied is about a girl called Lucy who is a Diclonius. A Diclonius are a species of evolved human life, for the most part they look exactly like a normal human with the only way to them apart from other humans is the fact that they horns growing out the top of their heads. Diclonius also have the use of invisible arms called vectors, these arms vary in amount and length with each Diclonius, Lucy has 4 vectors each 2 metres long.

Lucy escapes from the Lab where she is being held captive by using her vectors to kill the guards guarding the area where she is being held. She makes her way outside where she is shot in the head but is only delt minimum damage due to the fact she was wearing a helmet and falls into the sea. She is found by cousins Kohta and Yuka on a beach in Kamakura. Due to the wound she got from being shot, Lucy has developed a split personality and can only say "nyu" to begin with, due to this they decide to name her Nyu.She switches between Lucy and Nyu when hit on the head or faced with a dangerous situation. She goes to live with Kohta and Yuka in the house Kohta is living in.

I think that the story behind this anime/manga is awesome, it's very beautifully drawn and has a great soundtrack, I absolutely love it and it's definitely up there as one of my favourite anime's/manga's I've seen/read and I give it 10/10 ;) :D