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Woah it's a ghost train (NVGR)
niacin | 7:07 PM on 07.23.2008 2 comments


Well this me summing up what T in the park is like for the uninitiated, 3 drunken guys on a ghost train trying not to spill their tennents. Enjoy.

Oh and yes I do know I look like a twat with my orange hair, it's part of my charm.



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To be scottish (NVGR)
niacin | 12:25 PM on 06.22.2008 7 comments


You Americans it's time you updated your Scottish stereotypes and Irn Bru is here to help you. Also there is some naked pensioner ass in the vid.


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G1 jockey is using the balance board, sorry I think I just made a mess of myself.
niacin | 9:04 PM on 06.16.2008 2 comments


I don't know about you lot but I loved and I mean loved G1 Jockey for the wii. It had this insane amount of depth to it but at the same time you were bouncing up and down spanking yourself whilst shouting come on golden shower, or whatever you named your horse.

The game was sheer madness and I loved it. I knew I would definitely be getting the next instalment but I wasn't sure how they could top their previous attempt, that is until I heard the were using the balance board. Eurogamer got the story and I can't wait for September now



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Codemasters get CBEs?!?
niacin | 8:14 PM on 06.14.2008 7 comments


Random news story of the day for me was seeing David and Richard Darling, the founders of codemasters in the queens birthday list getting CBEs. BBC link

Now personally i would of told the queen to fuck off but I suppose it's still nice for the Darling brothers to finally get some recognition. Well Dizzy was awesome.


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stupid stupid urges
niacin | 9:46 AM on 05.31.2008 11 comments


Woo party tonight but wait I feel something is missing


A few hours later



A much better Now i'm ready to play some singstar and drink some Zubrowka.

Reason #48 why I ain't getting rock band:

It doesn't have Chesney Hawks.


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Tesco and erm flash games?!?
niacin | 4:03 PM on 05.14.2008 7 comments


So today I get an email telling me Tesco are launching "a brand-new digital site" so far so meh but wait they say there will also be "Great games that are free to play".

http://www.tescodigital.com/Store/Default.aspx

So yeah it is just a bunch of mostly shoddy flash games but the fact is Tesco is the UKs most recognised brand, their influence is massive and they are coming out and saying that hey these game thingys ain't so bad.

So this is more evidence, if any more was actually needed, that almost everyone plays games now. Yes casual games but oooh it's a slippery slope from Eastenders Ghost of Walford.
Oh and they have chuckie egg, damn that game is awesome.

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Well apart from all the usual dull stuff that most 24 year old scottish guys do I'm going to be starting uni in sepetember, I'm going to abertay in dundee to study computer game technology. I just really hope it will be more useful than my physics degree.

Oh and I'm a bit of a liberal socialist nutjob which means I find more things offensive than Christians do but I can turn the other cheek... most of the time. If you ever see me calling anyone a neo-fascist bastard I'm probably just having a bad day.

Playing now

Final Fantasy 3 (or 6)
Mariokart Wii



Console History

Commodore 64
NES
Gameboy
SNES
N64
Dreamcast
Gamecube
DS
Wii

My top 5 list are not with the benefit of hindsight and not roms
they are just from what I remember playing at the time. Yes I
wasn't exactly wealthy as a child, or now actually. I'd just rather do this than have the same top 5s as everyone else.


My top 5 commodore 64 games

5)Fantasy World Dizzy
4)Paperboy
3)BMX simulator
2)Bombjack
1)Ghostbusters

My top 5 NES games (the only 5 games I owned as a child)

5) Castelian
4) Teenage mutant ninja turtles
3) Totally Rad
2) Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout
1) Super Mario Bros. 3

My top 5 Gameboy games

5) tetris
4) kirbys's pinball land
3) Pokemon Red
2) Sensible Soccer
1) Super Mario land

My top 5 SNES games

5) Mortal Kombat
4) Wing Commander
3) Unirally
2) Super Probotector
1) Tiny toons buster busts loose!

My top 5 N64 games (Bought this with my own paper round money and all the games)

5) 1080
4) Goldeneye
3) Perfect dark
2) Zelda ocarina of time
1) Mario 64

My top 5 Dreamcast games (bought right at the death cause it was cheap)

5) Virtua Tennis
4) Metropolis Street Racer
3) Phantasy star online
2) Shenmue
1) Shenmue 2

My top 5 Gamecube games (now it's getting hard, off to uni and sharing a console so I played everything)

5) Animal Crossing
4) Skies of Arcadia legends
3) Tales of Symphonia
2) The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
1) Resident evil 4

My top 5 DS games (left uni now and back to being broke)

5) Final fantasy 3
4) Pokemon pearl
3) Sonic Rush Adventure
2) The Legend Of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
1) Elite Beat agents

My top 5 Wii games (well there ain't that much choice, yet)

5) The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
4) Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
3) Super mario galaxy
2) Mario kart wii
1) No more heroes

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