Sunday, January 1, 2012

Happy new year

(Alternative title: Daddy is back.)

2011 is done, so are the first 5 out of 30 exams and I can finally find some time to blog again.

I recently received my well timed and well deserved Dota 2 Beta Key and spend the Christmas holidays stomping some noobs.
So far my expectations are about 90% fulfilled. There's just a lag of heroes and a working rating system.
Many heads exploded already when I played with first-time-rts-or-online-game creatures, but it's still enough fun to click on "find game" after being raped in the last one and leading to 78% total games won.

I am always looking for some group-joines. So if you feel like and you are good enough in Dota, feel free to message me in steam.



Further I gifted myself a new smartphone after two years with my HTC HD2 running Android.
Since the iPhone 4S is absolutely no option for me and I don't want to wait for a maybe even more disappointing iPhone 5 somewhere in fall of 2012, I decided to stick with Android (4.0) and the Google Galaxy Nexus. The Galaxy S2 was an option as well, but the amazing 1280x720 display of the Nexus caught me in the end...


So far I am absolutly happy with the phone itself and Ice Cream Sandwich. There are so many nice changes, tweaks or new ideas, that make Android 4.0 not just competitive with iOS 5, it makes it better in my opinion.
Synchronizing your pictures, Google+ or even Blogger with ICS is finally possible and well implemented. For me, there's no more need to get an iPhone next to my iPad just because of iCloud and some comfortable syncing options or Siri. Google does it as good as iOS 5 and Google's Voicesearch is almost as nice as Siri, without the need to release a reworked, overpriced phone just for that reason.
Since I recently sold my AppleTV (PS3 is just better in everything...) I'm even thinking about selling my iPad and quit my Apple journey after just 4 months (after years of hating).

Friday, November 18, 2011

Exams, Battlefield: Minecraft and Minecraft

***Update***
Minecraft 1.0.0 released. Oh you, notch!
My server is up to date and yet again the hint:
We are still looking for players!
Check my Minecraft page.
***Update***

This is me
(realising that I have 5 exams ahead this month)
[indeed: bad excuse for a video post]




Battlefield: Minecraft
(Not sure if want...)



Minecraft 1.9 4 preview:
(Strongholds, fuck yeah. Also: Dragons, the end)



Play Minecraft SMP




Monday, November 7, 2011

Mass Effect 3 Gameplay


(Alternative title: "No really, just fuck you again, EA")






I... I tried really hard to like it. I fucking love the first one, had tons of fun with the second, although somehow less good game, I almost creamed my pants on the first ME3 trailer but this...

It's just... bad...

(Can't embed video since it's not listed, click it yourself lazy fools!)

So bioware has become so fucking incompetent they can't even make a coherent, unified game anymore?
They have to make "Modes"?

 - Hamburger Helper Mode where you watch the game play itself like it's a movie, really?

-  ACSHUN Mode where you press a button something awesome happens for the call of duty kids.

- And then as an afterthought they put in an "RPG" mode which will sit uncomfortably between the two like a thin man stuffed between two hambeasts on an airplane and even worse dialogues with even less influence on story and gameplay?

I'm not going to buy Mass Effect 3. This is the third preorder I cancled in the second half of this year.
Out of 5 games I was waiting for like a little child waits for christmas.

EA.
Destroyer of worlds.
Ender of all things good.