Category Archives: Bits and Pieces

Resident Evil Afterlife – IMAX 3D

What an awesome fucking experience!

Angelo and I went to see ‘Resident Evil Afterlife’ tonight; we were totally blown away by the IMAX 3D visuals. Kerpow! Zing! Flange! I’ve honestly never seen anything like it.

I knew we were in for something spectacular when the new ‘Tron’ trailer came on. I simply can’t wait for that particular offering; or the forthcoming ‘SAW’ film. Yowzer!

This was definitely the best out of the Resident Evil films; the atmosphere positively dripped in places, the characters and storyline had a wonderfully familiar feel to them which left my inner gaming geek very satisfied indeed.

But the 3D shit (technical term) was the icing on the cake; bullets, shuriken, swords, zombies and debris all get flung towards you in a way that can only be described as scarily realistic.

Seriously; David Copperfield might as well give up his day job! Oh wait, he has?!? See!!!

I have a feeling that the movie industry will soon be saturated with 3D versions of films with badly fitting 3D segments put in just for the sake of it. This is obviously not the case for ‘Resident Evil Afterlife’ though because it really makes the film immensely enjoyable!

And on that note I will leave you with a couple of disturbing images of Ang and I with 3D glasses on.

I’m sure you’ll agree that I look like Elvis after a 3 day drugs binge, and Angelo reminds me a little of Dennis Norden from ‘It’ll Be Alright On The Night’?

Go and see it!!! It’s a corker!!!

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!

Indian call centres and International calling cards

Andre Arshavin keeps harrassing me whilst I’m out on my lunchbreak; well, a Russian chap giving out International calling card leaflets rather than Arsenal’s cheeky forward; but he looks just like him!!!

It’s a futile exercise these days; trying to tempt me with cheap overseas calling rates, purely because I no longer have a penchant for Yank bints………..shame the cards weren’t around 13 years ago when phoning America twice a day almost cost me a Kidney!

Furthermore, If I want to speak to an Indian relative I just phone Virgin Media after 8pm and it only costs 1p a minute. Why are employees in Indian call centres given ‘English’ names?!?? For our convenience? It’s offensive!!!

So far I’ve spoken to a ‘Peter’, a ‘Rupert’ and even a ‘Robert’ but no ‘Kevin’. Maybe it’s not a popular pseudonym in Mumbai yet???