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Orange Mini Crush Amp

Hey true believers!

Just wanted to recommend the Mini Crush amp made by Orange; I think it’s bloody fantastic and extremely good value for money!

I originally bought the Vox AC4 mini amp because I wanted a tiny practice amp; my Fender Twin is gorgeous but I wanted something small which I could plug in late at night without disturbing the neighbourhood.  Sadly, the Vox didn’t work when it arrived so I sent it back; I was pretty gutted because I’d read some fab reviews about it. Oh well, you win some you lose some!?!

Dolphin music were utterly fantastic in the returns process (I got my Tascam from them as well), and by chance I happened to notice that they were also offering the Orange Mini Crush at £25. “So I thought what the hell!”.

The first thing that you notice about the Orange amp is the build quality.  It is superbly designed and put together with a wood surround, authentic Orange fabric speaker grill and had robust volume/tone pots.  The whole thing impressed me as soon as I got it out of the box.

I plugged in my Danelectro and was amazed to see the built in LED tuner work so well; then I whacked up the volume to a quarter and fiddled with the tone and……hey presto!!! What a sound!!!  Over the weekend, I’ve really put the Mini Crush through it’s paces, it sounds fantastic at varying volumes and you can overdrive it relatively easily for a ‘hot’ tone which is pukka!

At just over 10 inches high and wide, and 3-4 inches depth; the Orange is a gutsy little thing which really rocks!!!

The Anglo-Indian in my smirks when I consider that I was going to pay £169.00 for the Vox AC4; I say again, £25!!!! It’s astounding that this thing runs off of a 9v battery.

Buy one now; you schlaaaaag!

Airsoft

I’m just soothing my aching body in a nice hot soak; being shot at for several hours with pellets that reach speeds of 230ft per second can have a fairly detrimental effect on a 32 year olds body!

Airsoft is the name of the game; effectively similar to paintball but using high velocity BB pellets instead of paint; and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I was invited to take part to celebrate Gary’s 30th birthday bash; Gary, whom I know through my good buddy David!

The venue is an old MOD bomb shelter just outside Epsom high street; and the underground bunker is a very claustrophobic setting indeed.

I found myself quite oppressed by the confines of the tunnels which had artificial lighting changes for different game modes. Sometimes there was almost no light at all!

I think I fared rather well for a first timer; especially with the opposing team comprising of enthusiasts that play weekly and turned up armed to the teeth.

Their obsessive enthusiasm was rather amusing, each of the regulars had brought their own guns worth around £1000 each, wearing mercenary style clothing and a seemingly endless suply of ultraviolet glow-in-the-dark pellets. Guess it’s the next natural step after chess club.

In contrast I wore jeans, two t-shirts (as I stupidly thought that’d reduce the pain) and a strangely damp camoflaged jacket; I doubt I’ll be getting a call up by my darky bretheren to fight in Kashmir just yet!

A great time was had by all; and I’d recommend Airsoft to any of you testosterone junkies out there who hide behind an xbox controller all too often.

Oh, and I’ve attached a picture of a nice welt which has appeared just by my right temple after a pellet hit it from about 100 yards away. Yes, it stung like fuck!

Pow pow, owwwwww!

Antikrish recoveries

Forget the AA, RAC, FBI or even the Thunderbirds; when YOU get a rear tyre puncture at 8:00am whilst doing 60mph on the Croydon Flyover, there’s only one guy you can call……..whilst he’s enjoying a lie in before work!

Poor Ray, filled his tyre with Nitroglycerin last weekend and rang me this morning when it went pffffffftttt…..

I got ready, grabbed some tools and jumped on the bike; made record time down Stafford Road and eventually found Mr Bush on the corner of Croydon Council looking cool as a cucumber; sleeves rolled up ready to get going.

The Jedi have lightsabres, Lesbians have strap on cocks; however Ray and spanners are synonymous.

In 5 minutes he had the side panel off, spare off the side and was ready to get the wheel off; my contribution? Sit on the front to weigh it down; and nobody can do that like me!

Ping, zow, dun dun dun, weeeeee!!! Clunk finished in 10 minutes, and off we rolled to work.

So if you need help, and you can find him, maybe you can hire, the K-team!

Afterburner Climax – Xbox 360

OK, so I sniggered profusely at the ‘Climax’ bit; didn’t everyone outside of Japan?

You’d think the silly fuckers would employ better translators and consultants by now?!?

Afterburner Climax is worth every single one of the 800 points required to purchase it off of Xbox lives marketplace; what a blast from the past (snigger).

I fondly remember when I first played the Afterburner II coin-op as a kid; it would still commandeer my coins even now in the presence of all the new games out there; the Climax game is a fantastic evolution of the original and a good game in it’s own right.

Visually the game is stunning, bright, fast and fluid; you can opt for the new soundtrack or the classic original too. I really like how the Climax weapon and combo setup work. Excellent!!!

There’s a wealth of options which will no doubt keep me very busy trying to get the perfect round.

Buy it!!!!

Alpha Protocol – Xbox 360

Gamespot gave ‘Alpha Protocol’ 6 out of 10; personally I can’t agree with that at all, I’d even go as far as giving it 8.5 out of 10.

SEGA has published a really intuitive game, its like an RPG but with some stealthy action thrown in to the mix; the presentation immediately struck a chord with me and I enjoyed the international spy story which your character is involved in.

You can customise your character from the beginning, skill profiles and upgradable attributes are a really nice touch and make for a more arcade feel.

The rpg element allows you to manipulate and infiltrate situations through dialogue choices; kinda reminded me of the ‘Lone Wolf’ adventre books I had as a kid. “Turn page 20 if you want to stab someone in the face!!!!”.

The levels are designed well; and the afore mentioned skill attribute system really changes the dynamic of how you complete a mission depending on what your chap can do.

I’d heartily recommend this game; it was a good distraction on a dreary Bank Holiday Monday and I will keep playing it!

Aren’t Gamespot reviews shite?

Pure Football – Xbox 360

I really enjoyed playing ‘Pure Football’ so I thought I’d throw up a quick thread about it.

It’s a 5-a-side game, quite similar to the ‘FIFA Street’ games but with less emphasis on all the poncy skills and more focus on playability. The campaign is enjoyable, and the gameplay is very smooth and stylish.

It’s made by Ubisoft which is a little unexpected, but at £24.99 this game is a bargain; especially if you fancy something a little different to FIFA and Pro-Evolution!