The past few days had been nothing but pure excitement for me as the WOW TCG was finally released. We shared a case of booster boxes and drafted over the weekend. I had some savings for a rainy day such as this but never expected a storm instead. I practically blew most of my month's expenses on this newfound hobby.
The release celebration held at FunZ Centre was pretty much a success as seen by the overwhelming turn-out (well, 22 participants seemed like a lot). Other than some slight complications and the fact that matches took waaay too long, it was a lot of fun. In addition to close friends, the crowd consisted of familiar VS System players and a few of the regular M:TG guys.
Having played the WOW TCG at last, I was quite delighted about its overall feel. UDE certainly has a winner on their hands. The Warcraft license is well-known and any gamer will at recognize it in one way or another. The gameplay is a mish-mash of various other TCGs and most importantly of all, the card effects have very good flavour. There are even official multiplayer formats for this game. My only complaint is that the game might be quite expensive due to its hard-to-get cards and rather extreme rarity ratios.
I can't wait for the Onyxia Raid Deck coming next.
Monday, October 30, 2006
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
WOW @ ComicsMart
I was so anxious about this weekend's WOW release that I decided to write to ComicsMart to confirm the event. This is the reply:
I didn't like the sound of the last line. But it looks like I may want to make a trip to Orchard Cineleisure this Saturday before dropping by at FunZ. The earlier the better~ :)This Saturday, the WoW will be at our branch at Orchard Cineleisure (tel 68369069) beginning at 1 p.m. On Sunday, it'll start at 12 noon at Serene Centre (tel 64664213). (Complete address details may be found at www.comicsmart.com) The person in charge is Kevin Heng.
We have the kits, but are waiting for the cards proper to arrive for play. There is a slight chance that the goods may not reach here in time, so please call us on the day of the tournament so that we may confirm that the tourney is still on. Thank you very much!
Carol Tan
Comics Mart
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Waiting for Warcraft
The weekends have been fun. I watched Death Note with the rest. The series had always been popular amongst anime/manga fans so I am sure it needs no introduction. I didn't read the manga to the end so I was looking forward to the movie. The show was two hours long and was very enjoyable. There are little differences between the movie and that of the comic to keep things fresh. Watching 'L' was pretty amusing since his strange antics in the manga are a lot more funny in real life. Can't wait for the sequel.
Mondays and Tuesdays were holidays for most people (it's Hari Raya, right?). I stayed home on both days, eagerly awaiting my two favourite weekly shows (Scrubs and CSI Miami) but they were showing holiday night movies on the TV instead. *sigh*
Like most people, I can't wait for the World of Warcraft TCG release celebration this weekend. I don't even know how I am going to get through the next few days.
Mondays and Tuesdays were holidays for most people (it's Hari Raya, right?). I stayed home on both days, eagerly awaiting my two favourite weekly shows (Scrubs and CSI Miami) but they were showing holiday night movies on the TV instead. *sigh*
Like most people, I can't wait for the World of Warcraft TCG release celebration this weekend. I don't even know how I am going to get through the next few days.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Solitaire Owns Me~
I have been playing a video game where Solitaire is one of the challenges. I've never played Solitaire until now. I've only known it as "that single-player card game that comes with every PC".
After reading the rules thoroughly and a few trial games (that were never completed), I sat down one night to play Solitaire in my game. I began playing at 12 midnight and must have retried it tons of times. I looked at the clock and realized that it was 3 am already. My mind was like, "This **** is ball-bustingly hard™!!!" I hopped on MSN for help. Realized that Solitaire wasn't meant to be such a long game. It was just me. >_< I got some small tips and went back to play. I finally managed to get it done by 5 am. Wow, I took all night. Good thing I had no work the next day.
A few days back, I had to attempt that same Solitaire challenge again. I thought I would be able to make quick work of the game since I had like hours of experience. I started at 12 midnight again. This time, I finished at around 5 am. Five hours!!! Now I know why my campmates were always playing Solitaire on the computer during long work hours back in NS. Anyone here actually good at this game that was obviously designed to inflict self-torture? <_<
After reading the rules thoroughly and a few trial games (that were never completed), I sat down one night to play Solitaire in my game. I began playing at 12 midnight and must have retried it tons of times. I looked at the clock and realized that it was 3 am already. My mind was like, "This **** is ball-bustingly hard™!!!" I hopped on MSN for help. Realized that Solitaire wasn't meant to be such a long game. It was just me. >_< I got some small tips and went back to play. I finally managed to get it done by 5 am. Wow, I took all night. Good thing I had no work the next day.
A few days back, I had to attempt that same Solitaire challenge again. I thought I would be able to make quick work of the game since I had like hours of experience. I started at 12 midnight again. This time, I finished at around 5 am. Five hours!!! Now I know why my campmates were always playing Solitaire on the computer during long work hours back in NS. Anyone here actually good at this game that was obviously designed to inflict self-torture? <_<
Sunday, October 08, 2006
Weekends Again - No More RT
Hooray, my RT has finally ended. Yesterday was the first Saturday I could stay up late and it felt good.
I decided to stay home on Sunday because of the haze but it actually cleared up. Oh, well. I spent the day cleaning my room and tossing away junk. It was quite hard deciding what to throw and what to keep but I am working on it. My mother had already replaced the furniture in the living room already and it looks pretty nice now. It will probably be my room next in a couple months.
As I was browsing for torrents, I came across one new episode for South Park entitled "Make Love, Not Warcraft". I don't usually watch it but the title was interesting enough to make me want to check it out. Surprisingly, I managed to find the full episode on GameTrailers (someone uploaded it; it might be taken down, so catch it quick). In-game WOW graphics were actually used for more than half the episode! It's quite amazing to think that Blizzard helped in developing this episode (unless it was not developed in-house).
I decided to stay home on Sunday because of the haze but it actually cleared up. Oh, well. I spent the day cleaning my room and tossing away junk. It was quite hard deciding what to throw and what to keep but I am working on it. My mother had already replaced the furniture in the living room already and it looks pretty nice now. It will probably be my room next in a couple months.
As I was browsing for torrents, I came across one new episode for South Park entitled "Make Love, Not Warcraft". I don't usually watch it but the title was interesting enough to make me want to check it out. Surprisingly, I managed to find the full episode on GameTrailers (someone uploaded it; it might be taken down, so catch it quick). In-game WOW graphics were actually used for more than half the episode! It's quite amazing to think that Blizzard helped in developing this episode (unless it was not developed in-house).
Monday, October 02, 2006
Another Week Had Gone By
... and it's October already! We're pretty close to the end of the year, aren't we?
The past week went by without much interesting developments. I got pretty sick of my current job and got a recommendation to work for Chan Brothers. I spent a great deal of the week updating my resume. I had a lot of work on my hands cos' last time, I sent out over 20 applications and only got 3 replies, so my resume probably sucked a lot. I asked around for friends' resume samples. I tried to make mine less "IT'ish" by removing the technical stuff that I had written about my experience in computing. I didn't want them to think that I wanted a job in their IT department or something. That left me with a lot of space, though. Good thing I could now include my current job into my resume and it no longer looks so lame and miserable. I haven't received a reply yet so I guess I'll just have to wait.
The 'new' maid arrived yesterday. Her name is Gigi and she had actually worked for our family before a few years back. I still remember my mother had fired her cos' she made $1000 worth of overseas phonecall every month. Let's hope she has changed for the better. Anyway, Gigi was rather happy to be back here as she had trouble finding a good job in the Philippines. She remarked that I had graduated already when she saw my graduation photo. I didn't realize it had been that long.
Coming up: the usual highlights of the week for me.
Stay Alive (Movie)
I watched "Stay Alive" with Orchi & friends, Darrell and Yonghao. The trailer was shown several months back but it was delayed till now. It is a typical slasher movie where people die horrible deaths. The story is about a group of friends who started dying one-by-one after playing a video game named "Staying Alive". The characters would die in the same way that they died within the game. As with such movies, the plot was nonexistent and the ending was abrupt.
Unfortunately for us Singaporeans, I found out that the movie was heavily censored. I learnt from a local forum that people who downloaded the show say that the death scenes were shown in full gory detail (there was one where a guy's jaw was ripped off) as opposed to the split-second deaths I had witnessed in the cinemas. The uneditted movie was supposedly 15 minutes longer. No wonder Stay Alive had a 'friendly' PG rating in local cinemas.
On a side-note, there was a movie poster of a new computer-animated penguin movie at the cinemas. It's called "Happy Feet" and seems to be about, uh... singing penguins. It seems somewhat goofy and made my hair stand. The videos can be found on YouTube if you want to have a look.
Legion of Super Heroes (Animated Series)
Just when I thought the new Fantastic Four animated series was pretty cool (the story got better beginning with the 4th episode), cartoon fans got another surprise in the form of Legion of SuperHeroes. Only two episodes out so far but it is already quite fun to watch. Is this a coincidence or are they releasing new cartoons to coincide with VS System releases?
The catchy opening movie can be found here at YouTube.
God Hand (PS2)
I recently bought the long-awaited God Hand for the PS2. The promotional videos got me so hyped up over the past few months that I was glad the game lived up to my expectations. It's pretty good but short and a little simplistic. The story is interesting. The bosses are stylish. The dialogue is humourous and very witty. The rock/heavy metal music is simply awesome. The game was touted as being 'ball-bustingly hard but fair' and it is exactly that. It feels freakishly difficulty but it's darn cool. Even regular enemies can kill you in a few hits so the game is all about twitch reaction.
Since the PS2 is near the end of its life cycle, most US games are now priced like budget titles, so do yourself a favour and pick up the US version of God Hand at a mere USD$30 (according to online sites) when it releases this month.
I'll leave everyone with a sample of one of the game's more famous soundtrack. It's the one that plays in all the game's trailers.
Yet... Oh See Mind <- click here
(According to the composers, Grasshopper Manufacture Inc., the song's name is actually a pun of a Japanese phrase I can't read. 'Yatte-oshimai' or something.)
The past week went by without much interesting developments. I got pretty sick of my current job and got a recommendation to work for Chan Brothers. I spent a great deal of the week updating my resume. I had a lot of work on my hands cos' last time, I sent out over 20 applications and only got 3 replies, so my resume probably sucked a lot. I asked around for friends' resume samples. I tried to make mine less "IT'ish" by removing the technical stuff that I had written about my experience in computing. I didn't want them to think that I wanted a job in their IT department or something. That left me with a lot of space, though. Good thing I could now include my current job into my resume and it no longer looks so lame and miserable. I haven't received a reply yet so I guess I'll just have to wait.
The 'new' maid arrived yesterday. Her name is Gigi and she had actually worked for our family before a few years back. I still remember my mother had fired her cos' she made $1000 worth of overseas phonecall every month. Let's hope she has changed for the better. Anyway, Gigi was rather happy to be back here as she had trouble finding a good job in the Philippines. She remarked that I had graduated already when she saw my graduation photo. I didn't realize it had been that long.
Coming up: the usual highlights of the week for me.
Stay Alive (Movie)
I watched "Stay Alive" with Orchi & friends, Darrell and Yonghao. The trailer was shown several months back but it was delayed till now. It is a typical slasher movie where people die horrible deaths. The story is about a group of friends who started dying one-by-one after playing a video game named "Staying Alive". The characters would die in the same way that they died within the game. As with such movies, the plot was nonexistent and the ending was abrupt.
Unfortunately for us Singaporeans, I found out that the movie was heavily censored. I learnt from a local forum that people who downloaded the show say that the death scenes were shown in full gory detail (there was one where a guy's jaw was ripped off) as opposed to the split-second deaths I had witnessed in the cinemas. The uneditted movie was supposedly 15 minutes longer. No wonder Stay Alive had a 'friendly' PG rating in local cinemas.
On a side-note, there was a movie poster of a new computer-animated penguin movie at the cinemas. It's called "Happy Feet" and seems to be about, uh... singing penguins. It seems somewhat goofy and made my hair stand. The videos can be found on YouTube if you want to have a look.
Legion of Super Heroes (Animated Series)
Just when I thought the new Fantastic Four animated series was pretty cool (the story got better beginning with the 4th episode), cartoon fans got another surprise in the form of Legion of SuperHeroes. Only two episodes out so far but it is already quite fun to watch. Is this a coincidence or are they releasing new cartoons to coincide with VS System releases?
The catchy opening movie can be found here at YouTube.
God Hand (PS2)
I recently bought the long-awaited God Hand for the PS2. The promotional videos got me so hyped up over the past few months that I was glad the game lived up to my expectations. It's pretty good but short and a little simplistic. The story is interesting. The bosses are stylish. The dialogue is humourous and very witty. The rock/heavy metal music is simply awesome. The game was touted as being 'ball-bustingly hard but fair' and it is exactly that. It feels freakishly difficulty but it's darn cool. Even regular enemies can kill you in a few hits so the game is all about twitch reaction.
Since the PS2 is near the end of its life cycle, most US games are now priced like budget titles, so do yourself a favour and pick up the US version of God Hand at a mere USD$30 (according to online sites) when it releases this month.
I'll leave everyone with a sample of one of the game's more famous soundtrack. It's the one that plays in all the game's trailers.
Yet... Oh See Mind <- click here
(According to the composers, Grasshopper Manufacture Inc., the song's name is actually a pun of a Japanese phrase I can't read. 'Yatte-oshimai' or something.)
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