# Wednesday, December 16, 2009

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Here's my list of why Bayonetta is the BEST ACTION GAME I'VE TOTALLY ENJOYED in a while.

  • Within 1 minutes of starting a new game you are kicking ass already, no lengthy intro cutscene to sit through, no waiting, the game let's you get it out of your system first BEFOREshowing you the intro. For the first few minutes of the game that you'll experience in the game will be a sampling of the excitment you come to feel in game.
  • The FULL combo move list is already available from the start of the game, extra singular moves are purchased, but I keep forgetting to use them. Bayonetta also sports the smoothest combo system I've used in an action game.
  • INSTA-DODGE! One press of the dodge button and Bayonetta cancels out of pretty much ANYTHING and dodges out of an oncoming attack. Dodge at the right time and you get bullet time mode to cause extra damage. I LIKE games that reward my reflexes!
  • Practice Mode! So you died and the game needs to reload the check point, would you like to practice your moves before facing the enemy that killed you? The loading screen is the practice mode, hit the BACK button and you can keep practicing your moves till you feel ready to take on the world.
  • Encourage not Frustrate. Whenever you die in Bayonetta and a checkpoint is loaded, you don't get back the health level you were at when the checkpoint was saved. you get back FULL HEALTH! A silver of life left when you got slaugthered by a horde? Don't worry you'll reload with full health? The trade off? Your game rating pretty much dive bombs. But... instead of hurling my controller at the TV in frustration everytime I die, I'm just angry at not being good enough to survive! And since I get full health on a reload, it means I have a higher chance of making it through the game. It is this system that makes me want to replay the game to get better scores.

If you're a fan of Action games like Devil May Cry or Ninja Gaiden there's no reason NOT to pick this one up!


Wednesday, December 16, 2009 11:07:25 PM (Malay Peninsula Standard Time, UTC+08:00)  #    Comments [0]  | 
# Saturday, December 12, 2009

So on Saturday I was at Pudu Plaza to pick up something, I drove up to the 4th floor parking to try to find a parking spot, drove over a bump and then there was a LOUD BANG!! Following which I felt my car is now leaning towards the left, Shit my tyre must have exploded! I quickly got out of the car to assess the damage. Front left tyre... OK! Rear left tyre.. OK? Then what the heck was that sound and why is my car leaning towards the left? Then I saw IT! A piece of metal plate that was hanging right above ground.

The car could still move so I parked it then took a closer look at it.

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The round piece used to be connected to something on top and it just... SNAPPED for some reason. It really was one hell of a way to start a Saturday!

Eventually my father arrvied to take a look at it, and he decided it was safe enough to drive it back to the shop to repair the car. Didnt' take too long or too much money luckily.


Saturday, December 12, 2009 7:58:00 AM (Malay Peninsula Standard Time, UTC+08:00)  #    Comments [0]  | 
# Thursday, December 10, 2009

After my cousin Kevin told me that someone was selling PORK burgers in Tropicana City, I knew I just HAD to go and try them out myself. So I went to Tropicana City, then I found the shop Ninja Joe in a corner at the basement level. Shop looked nice with it's bright red deco and stuff, saw a giant Gundam sticker plastered over the wall and silently wondered to myself if they got the rights to do so. All in all, shop looks like your typical home made startup.

So I walk up to the counter and the cashier greets me and asked me what I'd like to order, I look at the menu and noticed that there was only one main item on offer. A pork burger, but it comes in various flavours. They were also small in size, so I'd need to get more than one. And that's when the first shock hits me, it costs RM5.95 for ONE burger, with the price dropping when you buy more. I looked at the picture and picked off the ingredients... bun.. lettuce.. tomato.. patty.. rent. It's ok, I guess I'll just give it a try and ordered 2, an original and a teriyaki one.

I also decided to try their Shurikens, which were described as mash potatoes with meat. The cashier than asked if I'd like to have add on a drink + fries to my order, sure I guess since fried food + burger = thirst inducing. So I asked her what do they have, she glanced to the side and mention 2 drinks which I can't remember right now. I turn to look at what she looked at and got the 2nd shock. The drink dispenser where my drink would have come from was about 1/4 full, was switched off, and basically the contents didn't give me a very high drink me sense.

For the first time in my life I ordered food without any sort of fluids to go with it.

As I was paying the cashier I got yet another shock cause as I was PAYING the cashier, they've already fully completed my order, 2 burgers, and a box of Shurikens. This was a shock because it means the food were already ready in some form and then packaged. So it wasn't really freshly made like most other local food startups.

I sat down and unwrapped the original and dug in... not too bad, it is PORK anyway. Not really thrilled that the burger was just slightly toasty but at least it wasn't cold. I don't think it's worth the price I paid. But, it's a shop inside a shopping mall so I'll give them that. After a few bits I bit into a shuriken.

The taste of COLD FRIED BATTER assaulted my toungue. Followed by cold, tasteless mash potatoes. I stuffed the remainder into my mouth and as I forced myself to eat it I tried looking for the pork that was supposed to be in it. Eventually I found it... it's either they mixed minced meat with the mash potatoes before stuffing it into a pocket for frying, or they fill the pocket with mash potatoes then stuff a dollop of minced meat into it. In any case while this could have tasted great hot, this was COLD!!! Have you eaten fries that have been left out in the air cond for too long? That cold tasteless feeling? That was what I ate.. and it was HORRIBLE!

After I finished my original burger, and nearly throwing up on the shurikens (I couldn't finish them) I unwrapped my teriyaki burger and dug in.... hmmm... tastes just like the original... but I smell the teriyaki sauce few more bites later I was about to cry foul when I tasted some sauce in my mouth. Then I knew what was going on. The different flavours are prepared by using different kind of sauces on the patty, but since they didn't apply it even enough or even cook it with the sauce, the overall application of the additional flavouring feels worse than eating a flavoured Taiwanese Sausage.

As I finished up my meal, I asked myself the question of will I come back here to eat again? YES, BUT... I'll never ever go out of my way to eat here. Because once the novelty of a pork burger wore off, Ninja Joes is just serving... a canteen prepared burger.

My wife who couldn't care less about what meat was on the burger gave the most appropriate comment after I bought her some take away another day. A Ramly burger is much better and cost effective than this.


Thursday, December 10, 2009 8:37:00 PM (Malay Peninsula Standard Time, UTC+08:00)  #    Comments [0]  | 
# Wednesday, November 25, 2009
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Here's a picture of exactly how large the Silverlight Twitterboard was at TNE was.


Wednesday, November 25, 2009 11:26:03 PM (Malay Peninsula Standard Time, UTC+08:00)  #    Comments [0]  | 
# Tuesday, November 24, 2009

The Microsoft Silverlight powered Twitter board makes another appearance in The New Efficiency launch event at KLCC today!

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And this time it's being projected on a HUGE projection screen on the wall.


Tuesday, November 24, 2009 5:27:04 PM (Malay Peninsula Standard Time, UTC+08:00)  #    Comments [0]  |