Of things that go massivly wrong

We have had an interesting week. From fridge failures to my knee popping out of joint (again). We have just plain had an bad week, but despite that some good HAS happened.

-I started back up on writing my book
-I am getting everything in place to finally fix my laptop
-our fridge crisis turned out to be a minor thing (the fridge got turned way up so that it was not cooling at all.)
-my knee is getting better.
-we had a cool front move through.


I think these are all good things, and so I am feeling upbeat and happy. We have not had any asteroids hit our house. nor has a volcano erupted beneath our feat. so far we have avoided brain eating zombies, but sock eating dinos seem to have invaded.

how has your week gone? please do tell me.

back from my long break

as you all know I vanished from my blog. Well I am back with a variety of things of talk about, but not sure how to say them. I have been spending most of my time lately working on improving my computer, and writing. I also have been checking out loads of trailers.

Because I have been checking out trailers, I am going to show you the trailers for all three Narnia movies, and let you decide which had the best trailer.











Personally i like the Prince Caspian trailer the best.
I'll post more soon.

The unmarried Teenager's five rules for a happy Marriage

I have not posted in a long time. I have been writing and dealing with real life more. I also have been playing some video games.

Ok now to the blog post. I have noticed that there are a lot of marriage tip books, and they all are rather similar. They also are generally written by singles, or divorced people. So I have decided to jump on the bandwagon, and write..... a pamphlet because I do not have the patience to write the book, so here are your five tips for a happy marriage that you won't find in any other book.

1. Don't hate your spouse.
this I think is fairly clear, if you hate them you are likely to not get along with them. I know this may sound stupid: "Why would someone marry someone they hate?" I am going to say that it is mostly because people are selfish. Get off your rear end and help out.

2. Don't blow up their car.

I must stress this. If you blow up their car, they might wind up dead, and the marriage will definitely have a hard time succeeding. Even if you lucked out and they turned into a zombie.... Zombies are generally not well received at family reunions. Some restaurants also do not allow them. not to mention your spouse might get hungry and eat your brain.

3. Don't kill their pets.


The big ole' Lab dug up your garden, or the cat broke your new GPS? the simplest solution would be to shoot the animal, but that might make your spouse mad. Possibly even hostile. Pets are like dumb ugly smelly children that never learn any better, and you are not quite as affectionate towards. Ok so the personal attatchment ma not be that strong, but still.
(On the other hand if the animal takes to attacking your kids then it is generally acceptable to make them vanish mysteriously)

4. Don't blow up the neighbor's house.

Tired of hearing that awful reggae music cranked up to the point that your coffee is on the ceiling, and the windows are all broken? Some people may talk to their neighbors, but you are special, you take a pack of plutonium and stuff it in their windowsill. A few seconds later you blow up the house. (And if it really was a nuke, you also blew up the neighborhood including yourself) This will land you in jail, and make your spouse look bad too. No one want to look bad, and therefor you will have strained your relationship.

5. don't be a psychopath

read the above.



I hope that these carefully thought out issues that plague today's society may help someone in this world. If you think this guide will help anyone you know, please pass i on.

as you may have noticed I have been doing....

Spider-Man reviews. I was doing them to keep from getting bored, but the problem was.... I got bored. Well now you know that I like the really old one, but not the slightly newer ones.

Basicly I had four more, but to simplify things I will just give my ratings for them,a nd move on with life.

Spider-Man 2 for PS2 7.5/10

Ultimate Spider-Man (all platforms) 8.5/10

Spider-Man 3 PC/PS#/Xbox 360 5/10

Spider-Man Web of Shadows PC/PS3/Xbox 360 9.5/10

Ok all done. I may eventually give a review for that last game because I love it, but I am done with reviews for now.

Now on to my life. My life has been hectic. Between arguments over religion, politics, and whether or not older members need their own section; then there was a cottonmouth in our yard, and my best friend is gone for two weeks.

A lot of good has happened too. I got three new games. I found a free copy of another game i dearly loved, and I have been catching up rapidly on school.

So now I am going to let you all debate this subject: Which is more likely to happen?
A: Finding a field of gold, or
B. Illegal Aliens launching them selves into Canada via a rocket.

Spiderman revew set #2

Yesterday I focused on Spider-man games for the PS1 while the were really good, Today I will focus On the two movie games for the PC: Spider-Man: the movie, and Spider-Man 2.



Spider-Man: The Movie

This game came out at the same time as the movie. I LOVED the movie, and so I bought the game. One thing that is immediately clear after booting this game up is that this game is WAY better looking than its predecessors. big shiny explosions, and animated faces were just one of many things that made this game so cool to watch. There was rain, and then the weather even sometimes changed while in a mission. Spider-man was no longer restricted to one or two swings at a time, he could roam on his webs freely!

This is where things also start looking bad. The game made one other thing clear from the get-go, it was ALL about attack combos. with around fifty combos to unlock, and each of them doing different styles of attacks, you had to memorize a lot to keep going. The game-play was severely hit by the necessity to keep opening up new moves, because you hammer the bosses over and over with the same move, and they will start countering you. The game-play was also affected by one severe flaw: His webs were now CLEARLY hitting the sky. Before with the old ones it was harder to notice, but now there were mission where you were webbing around from the sky, above all the other buildings. That distraction aside, there was one last glaring problem: The camera. the camera never co-operated for a minute, and would make you dizzier than any of spider-man's daring moves.

The story to begin with has little to do with the movie, you go after Uncle Ben's killer, who is now oddly a huge gang leader. This was done so you could fight through tree levels of around 100 some-odd thugs, and get a feel for the game. then you do this again with about 4-5 other bosses before you learn of the Green Goblin. The Green Goblin was a huge highpoint for this game, because Willam Dafoe came back from the movie to voice him, and so all of the menace of the movie version was in the game.

The missions are another low point in this game. It is essentially: Beat up three levels of thugs, and a boss fight. You repeat this formula till the end of the game. the only deviation from this method are a couple of chase missions that were annoying because the camera would glitch out a twirl around at all the wrong moments.


Conclusion: 5.5/10
Overall it was fun one time through, but there were as many things in the game hindering it from being a great experience, as there were positive aspects. The best reason to get the game back then were the visuals, which were stunning, but now look dated. The game-play is frustrating, and the camera is headache and nausea inducing.


Spider-Man 2 (PC edition)

Spiderman 2 was praised for its new free roam abilities, swinging system, and visuals. it had great voice acting.... but wait! the PC version was not even the same game. Read to find out.

First thing becomes immediately clear... this ain't Spider-Man. He has been reduced to being controlled b a mouse, and having only two attacks, and NO combos. The graphics on the humans looks slightly better than the last game, only for the environment to look like it was from a playstation. it was HIDEOUS!!

Like I said before this game has ZERO game-play, from the lack of combos (zero) to the horrific camera, to the fact that they TELL you how to beat EVERY boss before you face them. I do not know how to emphasize how bad the game-play is.

The story is non-existent. there is no story at all. you go through a series of missions without a clue as to what is going on. Nothing is tied together, and the cut-scenes are as confusing as the game itself.

Conclusion: 2/10

there were moments of a glimmer of hope here and there, but the game made no sense, and was also impossible to have fun with. It is the only spider-man game that I can honestly say, was horrible. Do not buy this game, you will not have fun.

Spiderman game reviews.

I have played just about EVERY 3D spider-man game on the market. I enjoy Spider-man games like no other, and so I thought I would give my review on the various games throughout.
 Over the next few days I will be going over one or two games a day, and telling you the pros and cons of each title.
Today though I will focus on the first two: Spider-man for PS1 and Spider-man 2: Enter Electro for the PS1.

Spider-Man

The first game is about a Symbiote invasion on new york, I will try to not spoil too much, but I will say it is a rather cheesy plot line. The story actually is supposed to be what drives this game, but instead of driving the game along, it feels more like you are watching random clips of different TV episodes. The story has about 6 major turns, and they are all barely tied together. The game also seems to throw in bosses for the sake of having them, like Venom who distracts from the actual story. This happens a lot, but Venom is the most annoying part.

Cheesiness aside, the gameplay is good even if rather simple. You get three basic moves: Punch, kick, and web; the combos are weak too, so don't expect a whole lot of depth there. 

The missions themselves are the best part. rarely do you repeat a mission objective. Expect a new type of task and requirement after each mission. the bosses also got progressively harder, and more unique. This was pretty much required after the weak combo system.

Conclusion: 7/10
The game was a load of fun the first time though, but with a distracted storyline, and weak combo system, there was not much to go back to.


Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro

This game went under the radar, and almost no one heard of this sequel to Spider-man. With the much bigger movie game coming out only half a year later, all focus was on the movie title. The story was both a step up, and a step down. on one hand it eliminated the distractions the first game faced, but it also was even dumber than the first game's plot. This time Electro has gathered up all of the less famous villains not shown in the first game, and sent them out after a generator suit and crystal that will make him even more powerful than he is now. This plot was followed extensivly and we never deviated from it, so no distractions this time around.

The combo system was a HUGE step up over the original. With around twice as many moves as you could preform in the first game. this id however make the game a little harder as well, but in a good way.

The missions are even more varied in this game than the first as well. It makes everything you did in the first game seem redundant. one minute you are defusing a bomb, the next you are clearing the way for an air plane, or crawling up and down  a electrified wall trying to avoid Electro's attacks. the Bosses also were different from any bosses that I have personally faced on any other game. This alone makes this ancient game worth trying.


Conclusion: 8/10
The lame story is almost headache inducing, but it excelled at its new combat system. The story being more linear also helps it greatly. The Missions are actually better, and the bosses are more interesting to face.

Are we there yet?

Sorry i have not been posting lately. Between managing Inklings, getting caught up and finished with school, and throwing myself down a virtual mountain at roughly 75MPH, I have been quite busy.

I got a game that came out a few years back, but i never bothered trying till now. SSX3. Me and my sis have been having loads of fun snowboarding while doing insanely impossible tricks, and riding through insanely impossible terrain. If you have never played it I strongly suggest picking up a copy and trying it.

I have dropped working on my latest book for now. It is frustrating me, and I seriously need to finish school.

Supposedly i am getting another game today. ATV off road fury 3. Should be fun. I willl probably continue to blog, but probably not every day.

Read below for details on this special blog post

Happy Mothers Day Momma!

Worst Generation

I was doing stuff last night when I thought of something. But first I must explain myself here. Most of you have heard the term: “A man is only as good as his word.” Which means that a person is only as good as the promises they keep, even the little ones. And every little lie is a mark against him.

This got me thinking. Is our Generation then the worst the world has ever seen? Think about it. We are going to be a generation that lying is the norm, and that divorce will be the highest of any generation before.
So this Generation will be the great big black mark on world history centuries from now. People will read that we never kept our word on anything, that we did whatever we want without any care for others. We will be known for extremely high divorce rate, and for lawsuits over broken contracts, and nobody trusting anyone else.

I do not know what we can do about it, but be honest ourselves, and do not do anything to break contracts, or agreements. If enough of us do it we may be able to counter this overly dishonest Generation.

Anyone with me?

Second post today, look below for the other.

I had a crazy school assignment: Take two books, write down 5 sentences from each, and use at least 6 of them in a short 1 or 2 page story. These are the books and sentences:

Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports:

Used - I crossed my arms as Fang and I instinctively moved between the whitecoat and the rest of the flock.
Used - “And then everyone starts eating beef jerky,” Nudge suggested.
Used - She knew we were way, way up the creek, and that I had no plan, and that we had no hope.
Used - Pink patches flared on her cheeks, and she stepped back.
Used - Fang and I exchanged looks, and we rolled our eyes.

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader:

The children didn't meet anyone whom they knew; the prisoners were mostly Galmians and Terebinthians.
Used - Meanwhile Caspian was having a much more interesting time.
Used - Lucy looked away after a few minutes because she was dazzled by the beauty of the other Lucy; though she could still see a sort of likeness to herself in that beautiful face.
Used - She became horribly afraid and turned over the page at once.
Used - But here part of the magic of the Book came into play.


And this is the result.

Lucy and the Ducks.

I crossed my arms as Fang and I instinctively moved between the whitecoat and the rest of the flock. I hated when these scientists came to my farm, My dog, Fang, was especially protective of the ducks. This scientist name was Lucy. Her hair was a slight mess, but over all she was pretty. I did not care how pretty she was though; she was not getting my birds.

I must explain myself here though, most farmers do not own talking ducks. I do, I breed them carefully for their range of vocal capabilities, and over these years I had finally developed fully functional vocal cord for talking, and these pesky scientists wanted them to pick apart dissect and study. I was not about to give them up just yet.
“The answer is no.” I said.

I stood there wondering where Caspian was, he was always off doing something crazy or other. I looked Lucy in the eyes. “You may come inside and we will discuss things, but my answer will invariably be no.”
“That would be nice to at least talk, I have driven for two days to get out here.” Lacy said. I rolled my eyes, and walked toward the old home. I opened the rickety front door to the all wood building. Lucy took a seat on the checkered couch. I went into the kitchen and got myself, and Lucy some tea.
Lucy was in the next room flipping through a book. I looked over and smiled.
Caspian was the inventor of our crew, and he made that book to freak anyone who read it. Lucy was only at the begging, and I was worried it would not start working. But here part of the magic of the Book came into play. She flipped the page and lights started glowing off her face. She gasped. She became horribly afraid and turned over the page at once.

I smiled as I walked into the room. I handed her a cup of tea. She took it but looked into the page with a slight horror written on her face. I looked down on the page and realized she reached the distorted mirror part. In it was a Lucy similar to the one before me, but far more beautiful and terrible. Lucy looked away after a few minutes because she was dazzled by the beauty of the other Lucy; though she could still see a sort of likeness to herself in that beautiful face. I reached over and closed the book.

“Caspian made that.” I explained. “He is good with his hands.”
“I can see.” An obviously rattled Lucy said.
“You wanted to discuss the ducks?” I said, wanting to get this over with.
“Yes, I am prepared to hand over five million for the ducks, and the right to study them.” Lucy said.
“No.” I said.
“They told me you would say that.” Lucy sighed.
“I meant no, I am willing to let you go out and see them.” I said, and tossed a bone to Fang.

She smiled, and I stood up. I shoved the lever that opened the door, and walked outside. I was incredibly bored and frustrated with this whitecoat.
Meanwhile Caspian was having a much more interesting time. I just knew it. He always was having fun. He created all kinds of crazy inventions.

I reached the pen, and the ducks all came a running, and were jabbering about nothing in particular. There were a few that I liked in particular, such as Daffy, Or Donald, but the one that ruled over them all was Nudge. I loved Nudge the best because she picked up mostly insults, and snide remarks, making her one of the funniest around strangers.

“The ducks need feeding darling.” One of them shouted. I laughed and grabbed the feed bucket. Me and Lucy stepped inside. She seemed both amazed and stunned. I started feeding them, and heard a bunch of “thank yous” and a few “Whatevers” But Nudge stayed out and looked at Lucy.
“And then everyone starts eating beef jerky,” Nudge suggested.
Lucy looked at Nudge in shock. Pink patches flared on her cheeks, and she stepped back.
“This is amazing.” Lucy said. “You must let us study them.”
“No.” I said yet again.

The most unexpected thing happened next. Fang ran out barking, and I heard a loud machine. I twirled around, and saw Caspian riding a rocket tractor. I screamed as he leaped off.
“Bad news!” Nudge squawked, and the tractor smashed through the fence before coming to a halt. Many of the ducks started flapping and quacking like mad, and I swore I heard a cuss word coming from Nudge. I would have to deal with that later though. Ducks were escaping through the hole in the fence and heading for the creek.

“Get them Caspian!” I yelled. We ran after them, but it was Lucy who did the sensible thing and grabbed an old door laying against the house and blocked the hole with it. I ran after Daffy who was the furthest ahead, but he made it to the creek first. I ran to the dock and shoved the raft into the water. Lucy came up from behind and hopped onto the raft as well. The rains from the day before were causing the creek to run really fast we headed for Daffy as fast as we could. Caspian was screaming from up above. I pulled out a net attached to the raft, and handed it to Lucy. She tried to reach for the duck. I used the rod to steer the raft.

She grabbed Daffy. I heard Fang barking from above. I suddenly realized we were going to too fast. Caspian appeared to be riding his rocket tractor. I looked at Lucy.
“We will get out of this.” I said. But one look from her eyes told me everything. She knew we were way, way up the creek, and that I had no plan, and that we had no hope. I refused to give up on hope though, and looked ahead at Caspian. The water was rushing around and bucking us. I tried to stay calm, but it was not easy. I suddenly jabbed the rod down hard, and tried to slow us down.

The rod snapped though.
I looked up at Caspian, who threw out a net. The raft caught up in it. I braced for the impact, but Lucy smashed her head against the raft as it came to a halt. Caspian held on surprisingly and started to pull us out. I was grateful for his recent workouts now. We reached dry land, and I got out. Daffy was safe. I was soaked, and Lucy was screaming still.
“You people are crazy!” She yelled. She stormed away for her truck, and I smiled.
“You people will not be hearing from me again” She yelled.
Fang and I exchanged looks, and we rolled our eyes. I paused, and realized that a dog just rolled its eyes. I looked at Caspian, and he shrugged.
“Guess we need to build a new fence.” He said. I smiled and walked back towards home.