Act 2 was fanatstic!
Blizzard have really hit met my expectations with the boss characters; Belial was an absolute beast.
The boss fights really remind me of how difficult it was to kill Diablo in the first game, and Lazarus. Bastards both!
I died a couple of times attempting to cut Belials throat; in the end I triumphed! Fucker!
Much has been said about the documentaries and articles surrounding the degree of organised racism in Ukraine and Poland.
Quite frankly, I find it all a little ironic to hear people piping up about the subject yet they were fierce in their defence of the racist footballer Luis Suarez?
I’ve heard similar mutterings from fans about John Terry, will he be rejected if convicted? Discarded by the fans who consider him some kind of Mesiah? I doubt it.
Lest we forget Sepp Blatter and his silly comments about handshakes? If the head of FIFA believes racism can be solved that way, it’s no wonder FIFA picked the Ukraine as the venue for Euro 2012 in the first place?
It seems to be the latest trend to get on the bandwagon and have a dig about Neo Nazi groups in the Third-World Section of Europe; personally, I think we need to have a bloody good long look at the institutionalised racism in the UK and Spain?
I hope the tournament goes smoothly to prove the bloodletting media wrong!
The South East of England reached temperatures of around 25oC-27oC over the last week; Summer is very much upon us!
I spent much of my weekend indulging in various gardening related pursuits. Yes, really!
On Saturday I took Mum to Homebase to get some building supplies. On the way out I decided to grab the Jamie Oliver Pit BBQ that I’ve had my eye on for some time (£129! Bargain!!!). I managed to get the mammoth sized box into my car along with all the bags of concrete, decorative gravel and bags of compost. Carrying all that into the house was an absolute bastard in the heat let me tell you!
I capped Saturday evening off with a very impulsive BBQ thanks to my tiny disposable charcoal grill; I have decided to wait until all the gardening is done before I assemble my new crematorium! ‘Tiny’ (what I call my disposable BBQ) was more than up to the task. Bravo.
Sunday I took Mum to Woodcote Garden Centre in Wallington and we sauntered around whilst all the middle-class wannabes stuffed their faces in the expensive restaurant. They pay through the nose for food that would be much cheaper in Marks and Spencer, perhaps that’s part of the appeal? Whoever would have thought that a Garden Centre would become a magnet for the snooty old tarts of Surrey?
Together Mum and I found some really nice plants and flowers (at affordable prices!) and arrived back home to find that Paul finished off the planter. I potted and bedded Mum’s new plants and gave them all a good drink (No hosepipe, we’re still under a ban!); I’d forgotten how much I enjoyed gardening as a kid with Mum and my dear old Nan.
We are meant to have thunderstorms for the next few days which should be interesting! I find it very amusing that that the same people who moaned and groaned about the prolonged and TRADITIONAL April Showers were also complaining last week about how hot it has been. AND they will undoubtedly be moaning when mighty Thor starts shaking his divine version of the Rolf Harris Wobble Board. Cunts.
The Queens Jubilee weekend looks to see a return of the sunshine so that Her Maj can look splended in her Jacques Vert get up over the forthcoming Bank Holiday weekend; wouldn’t it be awful if the weather was constantly one type as some people would have it?
The Sun has got his hat on, hip hip hip hooray! The Sun has got his hat on and Uranus is a gay!
MY NEW BBQ
I am sad to report that Sid (the local homeless bloke) has had a spot of misfortune today!
I was reliably informed during my lunch break that there was a fire near my office. Bored and curious, I popped over to the window to have a mooch.
The foliage next to Sid’s gaff was alight! By Jove!!!
I briefly pondered whether or not there was going to be a divine exodus out of Croydon due to the burning bush, alas, it was not a sign from God but was probably caused by an exploding pigeon. Have at you Satan!!!
The source of the fire will undoubtedly be a mystery until the end of time. The usual right-wing types appeared to be quite pleased that a homeless immigrants shelter was ablaze.
I couldn’t help but feel sympathy for Sid whilst the firemen (no women were present so I don’t have to say Fire person) broke the hosepipe ban and drenched the West Wing of his shack, presumably along with his belongings.
Sid is off the scene at the moment and is most likely unaware of the disaster. My thoughts and prayers go out to him.
No doubt the left-wing types will have poncy wristbands made to wear at a ‘Save Sid from Kony’ fun run! Time and venue to be confirmed next week.
It is something of an irony that a fire broke out in between the offices of two major insurance companies?!?
Right, must go and put my magnifying glass on Ebay!
Just got my TEAM GB Olympic footy tickets! Can’t wait to go back to Old Trafford in a few weeks!
Hooray! Finished act 1. Fantastic!
Absolutely loving the story so far, clearly drawing more upon ‘Paradise Lost’ for inspiration methinks?!
I’m now in Act II, just thought I’d be extremely geeky and post a screenshot of the log in page. The background changes according to the act you’re in which I thought was a nice touch (Act 1 is very dark and gothic, Act 2 is bright and vibrant in contrast!).
Leoric, the Skeleton King is no more (again!). I kicked his old boney arse and now he’s being gnawed on by rats. Fool!
Absolutely loving the levelling system in Diablo 3, very simple and extremely customisable. The emphasis is really on the story this time too which reminds me of Diablo 1 more than the 2nd game.
Got a few rare items already which is funky, I also like the way you can train the merchant artisan to enable you to craft items.
Check out my pimp Wizard hat!
😦 Looks like the old geezer has finally snuffed it?
I’ve just played my first hour of Diablo 3 and thought I’d jot down my first impressions!
I normally hate cinematics in a game, however, I REALLY enjoyed the animated introduction film. Bloody fantastic! The artwork is really stylish and completely sets the scene.
I have acquired the full soundtrack and listened to a few tracks. I briefly touched on this in my entry regarding the D3 beta, but the full soundtrack is immense. Not only does it nicely capture the essence of Diablo 1 and 2, it also sounds like Jimmy Page dusted off his plectrum and got busy with the fizzy. That is to say, it sounds like he played guitar. I really hope they release a soundtrack CD seperately, it’s only available as part of the collectors edition and I can’t justify paying out that kind of money for a load of chintzy crap.
It was fun to see so many people running around the two in the game, firing off weapons and fnding their feet. I could not wait to try the 1-9 numerical keys to see what my player would ‘say’ when pushed in sequence. I think my favourite is 6, basically, you insulting someones mother, I think that’ll come in very handy! Nice touch!
I created a Wizard (which seems to be the most popular class online) called….yes, you guessed it?
Antikrish!
The screenshot below is taken just outside of Tristram, I really love the ‘hanging tree’ dungeon that you can click into and explore a sub-level on. Really reminded me of Conan the Barbarian?
First impression. Pukka!
The Antikrish 
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