Windows 7?

My dad just installed Windows 7, which he got through the Microsoft Partner Program. I don’t know if its just because he has it but not me, but I’m not a hundred percent happy with it. It does (apparently) have better running and loading times, as well as a smaller install, but one of the main things I like in an OS, maybe even more than how it runs, is how it looks.
If you haven’t got where this is going yet, I’ll tell you. I am not impressed by what it looks like. First of all the initial loading and login screens have been totally revamped, with a glowing (or getting increasingly blurry and bright, which is more the case) windows logo and star moving thingy for the initial load, and a blue screen with some lines and some description of bird for login.
After getting through that, you can see that the sidebar has taken on a more yahoo widgets look, with the gadgets moveable about the screen. All right, you may say, but all it really does is distract you from the horrid sight down below – the fat, ugly taskbar, that looks like a reject from the 98 days, with a large icon-only view type initially, it just doesn’t feel like it belongs. Of course, its all down to personal opinion in the end, but I would rather keep however much 7 costs for other things.

Screenshots below :-

We need to be ready, or you could say, we need to be on RED ALERT……

Okay, so I decided that I would do a review on the series I love – Command and Conquer. This is also the first time I’ve gotten a CnC game less than 3 years since it was released, and also managed to have almost a whole day to play on it so close to getting it.

Assasains Creed 2. Looks pretty Goddarn Epic to me.

In relation too Ollie’s, last post, take a good gander at this. Looks Immense.

*note to james* keep this as a post if you really want, but is the sort of thing you post as a comment. Just takes up a post slot on the homepage ’tis all.

I feel special

I have both my computer and Laptop running side by side. Yay.

Also, The RA3 review is coming along nicely, should be done tomorrow

Game Media Explosion.

Dead Rising 2.

Crackdown 2.

Assassins Creed 2.

GTA IV – Ballad of Gay Tony.

4 games which have had a lot of eyes aimed at in the last while. They all have the capabilities of being brilliant, and after these media release they all look it. The only thing I don’t like is the Crackdown 2 MP footage. It looks to be the same engine, same graphics, and same feel of gameplay. Maybe the new features will make up for it. The trailers all look great. Click on the more tag to see 5, count ‘em, 5 trailers.

Has Manchester City ruined football?

Personally i think yes. Even though people might say that I’m just a sore loser or because its not the team that you support i shouldn’t be saying this but to be honest this actually doesn’t apply to me. As i would like to say that I’m looking at this in a general view.

The main thing about Man City is that they are,and at every possible chance available,trying to buy the new and best player around at that time. They will use an offer that the player can’t refuse and therefore 99% of the time the player accepts. If Man city continue doing this there will eventually be one good team and nineteen bad teams in the premiership.

Now I’m not saying it just Man City, other teams like Real madrid and Chelsea have done this in the past. But in-fairness Chelsea were not willing to splash £108 million on a player.

Well anyway once Man City have bought every player imaginable they will need a way to pay for them. Well with each player probable on £200,000 a week it looks like they will have to increase ticket prices which in this day in age is going to be suicidal for football meaning no one will come except the chairman who can only just to afford it.

You may think that why doesn’t the chairman pay for them. But then you may remember that he has bought every player imaginable to join his squad. So with no one wanting to watch Man city or any other team due to them having no players and only a sack of useless football money. I guess we will start to watch our local clubs.

So maybe in 20 years or so your local club might be in competition for the premiership. While Man city are remembered for the destruction of football.

School. Why?

School. Anyone who can read this has most certainly been there. Its a place of learning, and within its walls, the smartest thrive under their thirst for knowledge, and some people suck. But, my question is, Why do the exam boards set work in the curriculum that does not actually benefit your life in the future? Sure we all know that getting good grade means that you can achieve greater and better things than someone that got a D-, but some of the things set are pure nonsense.

What i am really trying too earmark here is the fact that School is now teaching us how too take a certain exam, and within this paper is things that we will never ever use again in our lives unless we take a highly specified job in that area. Teachers are teaching us things that are irrelevant too our actual future, but if you know this hefty chunk of irrelevance, you will be picked in preference over someone who didn’t know how too find the volume of a square based pyramid, even though the job is working in administration.This I find is rather illogical. But i am absolutely stumped on ideas of how too do it better.

Also, we seem too have world views forced at us from every single direction possible. Our parents may have strong views a certain way, say they are strict catholics, the view of God will be forced upon you no ends. Our science teachers have world views of gases exploding too create the world, and the R.E department seems too think that a wizard did it. Whatever you theory on this, there should be a subject pulled into place that practices nothing but free thinking, and maybe shatters the bounds of religion or science and helps people become one with their own mind and freedom too think. There is no wrong answer for world view, and as a person, everyone should reserve the right too their own, unbiased of others opinion.

More Zombie News.

560MSP. 29th September. Crash Course for Left4Dead on the 360 is here.

http://ipudding.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/click4news-a-left4dead-news-update/

^ Previous post on it. ^

Also, for pre-orderers (new word!) the L4D2 demo will be out on the 27th of oct, 4 days before halloween! And on top of that, moosey death is sweet. Dead Rising 2 is out next march, and the developers have released a new screen. Enjoy the gore!

Intro to sport

Well for all of you that don’t know this. I’m the person blogging to you about the randomness of sport. I will mostly do entries about football and rugby but if any other interesting things  happens in sport  I am sure i will post something about it.

Well to start of with I’m just going to post the most famous penalty ever to have been posted on youtube.

Soriorty Row. Awful Horror Film. In a Bad way.

May contain spoilers. Actually, scrap that, Will defiantly contain spoilers, so you don’t have to waste your money.

The film starts with a party, woman walking around in bikini’s, etc.etc. Probably the best part of the film, (the one exception being when the film actually ends). Then there is a whole “Shocking plot twist” that i sat through with little less than a feasible  emotion across my thoroughly bored face. Whilst my friends were practically messing their pants with fear and anticipation, i felt that i had wasted £3.50 or whatever i spent on my ticket.

If you want a good laugh, by all means watch this film. The plot is absolutely awful. It’s like “The Final Destination” feeding you gore and funny deaths, but with a straight face, taking all the fun out of the film. And a tyre tool which seems too be the recurring tool of death, other than flare guns, bottles lodged in necks etc.

Awful film, that instead of actually reinventing the genre and using intuitive ideas too make the film more exciting, it has stuck too the same principle of “have something jump out after a tediously lengthy build up” trick that may have been scary 30 years ago.

A few horrible stereotypical jumpy scenes later, and there is a weird bad guy = good guy but actually = bad guy thing that just tops off the movie as a flop. Then finally and inconveniently the emergancy services show up, just AFTER they killed the bad guy. This is one of the many logical flaws in the film. Well i know a place inside of me died when i watched this film, maybe the same will happen too you. If you were atractted too the film by the trailer with half naked woman in it, you will be disappointed.

Also, sorry for the fairly shot review, i think my mind decided not too remember too much of this.