It's been a while since my last blog post. What have I been doing all this time? I have been at my dad's flat who has taken the giant leap from the dark ages and has bought a high defination tv! He also got a playstation 2 and the new Ratchet and Clank port but the biggest thing in his arsenal, a DVD player that upscales to near Blu-Ray quality! And I must say that the hype, for once, is not just hype. HD is wonderfull to watch. And the first test disc? Why that epic, special effects laden monster of a movie, Lord of the Rings! The detail all of a sudden is even more outstanding than before and only now can I appreciate the true effort that went in to the movies. Also on the testing agenda was Planet Earth (count the feathers, fur and the *gulp* teeth.), Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy (To hell with James Bond, this is the true cold war spy game) and The Hills Have Eyes Remake (If only horror meant cliches then this movie would have been enjoyable :(). Next on the list, Star Wars episode IV!
Also on my news list is my new book, DVD and free audio book! I managed to get my hands on the recently released Tolkein manuscript The Children of Hurin! I have had a flick through and it has been beautifully illustrated by Alan Lee, the man behind the Lord of the Rings movies' concept art. I am massively looking forward to reading it! I also have The Golden Compass Special Edition. If you remember I said that I enjoyed this faithfull adaptation, I just hate the fact that the missing dark and worrying ending the book had was replaced by a happy shmultsy one. With a second disc packed full of extras including an interview with Phillip Pullman (who claims to have been inspired by Adam and Eve when starting on the books. Take that one christianity!) I won't be finished with these discs for a while. My final piece of advertising is the free audio book, Betrayal, I recieved from Starwars.com and is hosted in MP3 format or you can download the pages of the book in .PDF format. The free download is only being hosted untill May the 13th so if interested then you better be quick.
My final piece of news is that I have closed the vote on SFX storylines due to lack of activity. The winner (from my count, please correct me if I am wrong!) is my first person zombie story! I shall start writing imediately after I have finished writing the clues for the game chart in this weeks GSUK podcast! Thank you to all who voted and all who didn't, shame on you!
Well thats it for this blog. Thanks for reading!
EDIT: I found a way of recording PS2 gameplay and I have uploaded a speed run of the final MGS3 boss fight. The picture qaulity isn't that great but I think you can see what is going on! Enjoy!
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