What’s with all the films?

Many of my posts are mini-reviews for the films I'm watching as part of the 2010 IMDb Top 250 Challenge. Read more here.
January 25th, 2007

Gametag database submissions

Post host move, I have squashed all the bugs and am ready to accept submissions for the OcUK gamertag database again here

There are now over 160 gamers on the list, hope you are all finding it of use!

January 15th, 2007

Lost Planet

I'm currently spending my free time on Lost Planet. I'm quite chuffed with it, though I was worried at first about it as it's been getting 'average' reviews. They all seem to be missing a certain point though: it's a Japanese game. Here are some helpful pointers to those not familiar with Japanese games:

The [...]

January 14th, 2007

Most Wanted 'completed'

Pfft. Not even an end movie. You jump a bridge and get a message telling you that you're number one. Happy day.

January 14th, 2007

1000 Gamerpoints on Need For Speed: Most Wanted

I finally beat the last racer to get the final 350 gamerpoints. There's a police chase afterwards before I'm 'treated' to the end movie, and the 50 different challenges to complete, but I really can't be bothered.

The game seems quite promising, the police chases are fun but the races are controller throwing-ly frustrating. [...]

January 12th, 2007

4000 Gamerpoints

Just hit 4000 gamerpoints thanks to Lost Planet. I hit it exactly on the 4000 mark by managing to take out a worm, a mile-long boss. Netted me 50gp. Shame that as soon as it went down another one came up- queue me running like a girl.

January 6th, 2007

Casting for Command & Conquer

I just read the casting line-up for upcoming Command and Conquer 3. Quite a bunch:

Joseph D. Kuncan: He's always played Kane, he IS Kane. Billy Dee Williams: Yeah, Lando from Star Wars. Michael Ironside: You might not recognise his name, but chances are he's been in a movie you've seen. I remember him most [...]

January 5th, 2007

Gears of War

I'm getting back into multiplayer Gears of War after a short break. I've only been playing with people I know as everyone else seems to only use the game's exploits, rather than attempt to actually play properly. Playing multiplayer is great fun and hilarious at times, though I must learn not to scream down the [...]

January 3rd, 2007

dashboardthemes.com

Here's an useful link for those who’d like to see what they're paying for before they waste their Microsoft Points: www.dashboardthemes.com. The guys on the site buy and capture shots of the available dashboard themes for our convenience.

I try to avoid the themes as they are an easy way to spend cash. I did [...]

January 2nd, 2007

Completed Tomb Raider Legend

I just completed the England level time trial unlocking the full 1000 points and found all the hidden artefacts finally unlocking all of the concept art and models (which is pretty cool), the cheats (which is pretty pointless), and all of the outfits. The outfits serve no purpose, though some are very well done. [...]

January 1st, 2007

Gamertag page improvements

I've added some code that allows you to sort the columns by forum name or gamertag name so that if you are trying to match a gamertag up to a forum user, its a little quicker. Let me know if it doesn't work or misbehaves in some way!

That will be all the additions to [...]