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Not so much of an unboxing post this time round but it’s related to ayumi hamasaki’s latest studio album “Party Queen”. Find out how you can make a 3D ayupan appear on your smartphone using pieces from the album in this “ayupan AR - How to Play?” blog post!
Love the umbrella, don’t really fancy the game. Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is probably the most disappointing RE game so far. Well, at least the umbrella is gorgeous. For more photos of the free umbrella, visit: http://wordshutter.blogspot.com/2012/03/resident-evil-operation-raccoon-city.html
And yes. I’m home again and right now, I’m feel very frustrated because I probably lack of sleep but I’m still going to blog anyway because I don’t want to abandon this space.
Had been rushing the entire evening, getting cat food, ripping the new CD into my laptop, re-downloading iTunes (Apple annoys me to no ends with their endless iTunes updates!), taking photos, doing this, doing that. I haven’t even had time to brush my teeth!!
Well, people might say that the things I’m rushing through is insignificant and unimportant. Well actually, they are but somehow, I want them DONE. Weekends are already so short so I’m maximizing every single second of it to do something.
And considering that I won’t be home till Sunday, I better work on this post now~
Back to something more light hearted… I got Avril Lavigne’s new album, Goodbye Lullaby!! And I say~ It’s one of the nicer albums (in terms of the visuals because I haven’t got time to listen to it yet) recently!
Well let’s take a lookie…
Well of course~ When it comes to getting albums, I will always try to get the Deluxe editions because they pack so many more goodies! So this is the cover art of Goodbye Lullaby and she finally seen in a dress~ Or at least as compared to her previous album arts. This time, she shows a little bit more vulnerability and that’s pretty. Sometimes, being too hard and cold isn’t exactly appealing all the time.
I love her hair~ :P Anyway, the Deluxe Edition comes with 4 extra tracks and one of them is Alice!! This version of Alice is different though because she added an extra verse into it to length the song to a 5 minute track and I’m lovin’ it~ The Deluxe Edition also comes with a DVD, featuring the Making of Goodbye Lullaby. I hope I’ll have the time to watch the DVD soon though.
And the stupid PG sticker just had to spoil everything.
It’s a Deluxe CD *star* DVD y’all!! The regular edition is on sale in Singapore as well and costs around 4 dollars cheaper but I highly recommend the Deluxe because it has 5 more tracks~ Kick ass ones some more!!
The sticker describing the album. It says 4 bonus tracks because Alice is supposed to be a “hidden” track. But come on~ If it’s hidden, then why did you tell the whole wide world that on the back? Then where’s the fun and surprise of finding an extra track on your album?
Before I continue, I got an Avril Lavigne “WHAT THE HELL” tote bag y’all! One of the many reasons why you should get the Deluxe edition and quick~ The bags are whilst stock lasts so don’t be cryin’ when you are too late! And sorry, regular editions do not enjoy this privilege.
Let’s talk about the insides now. So here are the CD and DVD along with what you’ll first see when you open up the casing. The CD is a little challenging to get it out though because it was kinda stuck. I’m not a huge fan of olive green but somehow, the design worked for me.
Close up of the CD.
The cover art / lyric booklet’s close up.
And the inside of the lyric booklet (YES!! Lyrics included!!), you see the Avril that we all know~ The fiercer version!! Apparently, people told me that this album sees Avril going back to her previous styles prior to “The Best Damn Thing”, which means more acoustics? I don’t know~ All I know is that it won’t be as trashy (trashy’s good though!!) as her previous pink album. Get the album and be your own judge.
Fierce fierce fierce!!
Well, I can’t say much about the songs (yet) on this album because like I said, I’m an extremely busy man who has a LIFE to live. I disagree with the fact that army owns my life. Come on! Where’s the human rights??
Let’s jump to games. POKEMON BLACK/WHITE is out and I got both copies for only $80!! That’s $40 per game!! Ain’t that cheap? But unfortunately, the Black copy is not mine so I don’t have it with me but I think I might be able to snap photos of it tomorrow so keep a look out!
Anyway, a brief summary. Pokemon Black/White is the 5th generation of Pokemon games since I was a kid in primary school. That was a decade+ ago!! I’m getting old but I’m still playing Pokemon but who cares!! Games have no age limits!! Works basically the same as the traditional Pokemon games with lots of added features~ Try it out to find out!
The back of the game featuring the male and female characters along with what I feel is Pokemon’s worst designed starters. Not that I’m a hater but I really wonder if the artists are getting too old or the new ones are just incompetent. Or the QA actually have no sense of judgment. These designs are… I don’t know! But I’m playing the game anyway~ Because it’s Pokemon…
The insides of the box; the game itself and a whole stack of paper. One of which informs you that you can go online using your Nintendo DS to download a pass which gives you access to one of the rare Pokemons called Victini. Valid until April 30 so don’t dawdle now~~
The whole stack of important and not-so-important information stuck in a box. I don’t really flip through them so I’ll leave them as they are…
That’s all the things I have to “review” this time.
Tomorrow, I shall go sing with my poly mates (yes!!) and go have dinner with them~ So excited to sing again~~
And I’m still wondering how to get the venue for my birthday… Time’s running out already…
I’ve received my first birthday present for this year and it’s not something that I bought myself~ I’m a sad man who buys Christmas and birthday presents for myself but this isn’t~ Happiness~
Though it’s really early (like 2 - 3 weeks early?), I really appreciate this present because it’s something that I will get eventually; Pokemon SoulSilver!
THANK YOU, YOU!!
I know~ I’m turning 20 but I’m still playing at game that’s “kiddish”. To me, Pokemon is not really kiddish because there are so many elements in the game like strategy, planning and other stuff. Furthermore, it’s like a childhood plaything for a lot of us!
In case you didn’t know, Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver is a remake of the original Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal generation (also known as Generation II). They did it for Red and Blue so I don’t see why there’s no reason to remake it for the Gold and Silver.
I’ve never played the original Gold and Silver before. Okay, maybe I did but only awhile when I’m playing on someone else’s Gameboy. Other than that, besides the fact that I know it’s definitely the longest Pokemon game ever, I have not really played it seriously.
Now, after a decade (I think~), I’m getting a chance to play that game~ Weee~
PICTURES!!
I think the SoulSilver has a better looking box art than HeartGold. The texture of the box is unique also~ Loving the whole look~
The back of the box. You can see the slight hint of the box’s texture in the black portion.
Actually, when I opened the box, I was expecting to see the game already but there’s another proper DS game casing inside along with the Pokewalker and the clip. The Pokewalker is something like a pedometer and allows people to put Pokemons inside and bring them out on a “scroll”. Really interesting concept. You get to catch Pokemons using that small device too. Coolness~
The box art of the casing inside the box. I don’t know why but this one looks a bit plain and unpolished to me. I prefer the main box’s cover more because of the finer details behind Lugia.
The back of the casing. Looks similar to the original box just that there’s this big “NOT FOR SALE” word printed at where the barcode should be. Oddly, I’ve seen HeartGold selling in a store without the Pokewalker so I’m wondering if they are actually selling the game as it is without the walker.
The Pokewalker and the clip. But seriously, I won’t use the clip because it looks relaly kiddish. I’ll probably just put the walker in my pocket if I were to use it. The Pokewalker shares an uncanny resemblance to the Tamagotchi devices with the screen and the three buttons.
How the inside looks like… Typical DS game… Now~ If they used the manual’s cover for the game casing’s cover, it would look so much better because of the added details behind Lugia.
Close up on the game card…
Yeap~ That’s all~ Wow~ My blog is really becoming a packaging review website! I don’t mind though~ Nice packagings are meant to be shared~ :P
Well, off to do my stuff… Doubt I will actually have the mood to really get to play the game. Have other more important stuff to do~
Well well, Jamboree, my Final Year Project (FYP), by the stroke of luck, managed to make it to SPinnovex, Singapore Polytechnic’s exhibition on some of the Final Year Projects.
I wouldn’t exactly say that I’m very proud (Yes, I am because we all put in hard work into this project. Right LIMIT?) but then again, it’s uncompleted. The things we are showing doesn’t even qualify to be a game. I’m wondering why it managed to make it to SPinnovex.
I say, innovative ideas like Shadows Lie and really hardworking people like MORPH can easily make it to SPinnovex too. Why did DGDD only send one representative? To me, that’s unfair. Not to mention, the other teams deserve some form of recognition too.
Well, maybe during the graduation show, they will shine. I’m betting on that. ;)
Anyway, I did my share of the duty yesterday at SPinnovex. It was boring! Luckily, Jum was there but he was constantly complaining about his stomach pains and I felt helpless because I have no clue why he’s hurting so much. Cramps maybe?
The team right in front of our booth were really nice, nice, nice people! Not only were they friendly, they were humorous and entertaining. Kept me and Jum entertained and we had people to chat with. Fun guys…
I took pictures yesterday~
Jamboree’s DVD casing and game manual. Did you know that people actually thought that we would be selling this game? Well, maybe in their next lifetime or when SP decides to pay us production fees to make this a full fledged game then will you see this on the shelves. Otherwise… Sorry.
The board behind our booth with the synopsis of the project. We saw lots of projects at SPinnovex having an aim such as a game for people with memory issues, interactive hardware for stroke patients and etc but ours was just… a game… Not to mention, it’s still a prototype.
Jum covering his face. Why? He can pull off stellar pictures but refuse to take a candid one. Probably because of his stomach? Who knows. Our booth was really squeezy and the location was undesirable; trapped in between 2 other exhibits and therefore, limiting traffic. We had hardly any space to sit properly…
If y’all want free popcorn, tomorrow’s the last chance! SP is good at giving out freebies. They used to give out ice-cream cones but not anymore, probably because of the budget but that was one of SP’s Open House’s “selling point”! But popcorn and Coke Zero amongst other freebies should be good enough too, no?
Sometimes I wonder why Coke Zero is always giving out free bottles. Is it because Coke Zero is really so horrible that no one wants to buy it so they are giving it out for free?
The hideous mess behind the counter. Just look at how close the chair is to the counter and you’ll get an idea that it was impossible to sit behind the booth. I had to sit with half a butt and I ended up having leg cramps.
Those fun guys at the exhibit in front of us actually enjoyed making our Gingerbread Man do the moon-walk. At least something’s fun about the game… See the Gingerbread Man’s epic face on the left (my laptop!).
There’s a spelling error on the board! Rini’s name was spelled as above and it was funny~
At least we got lunch coupons so that we get to exchange paper for food. I had pineapple fried rice yesterday for lunch and it was fulling and good~ In the end, I didn’t touch my bread at all… :S
Well, that’s basically it for SPinnovex. Today, Clarence and Wayne did their part of the duty and I have no clue who’s going to do the duty tomorrow. I really don’t want to sacrifice all the traveling time to school to do the duty because I have to do the presentation stuff and paperwork stuff for Monday’s critique.
Unless I do my work there at the exhibition, which is really a challenge because the counter’s so small; I have no space for my laptop; I’ll be juggling between work and entertaining people… And on Sunday, I have to do the photo shoot for my submission on Wednesday!
Busy busy busy~
So who’s going to be kind enough to do the duty tomorrow? 我改天请你吃糖！
Speaking of today, I took some random shots of Rini’s reindeer soft toy using my phone as a lighting tool. Not very pretty because I took them quite quickly but…
These two pictures were not lighted by my phone… Had to do some editing to make it look so much brighter; otherwise, you will basically be seeing the silhouette.
With the light~ Doesn’t look very nice as well because it was a rushed picture taken during Law lecture. I didn’t want the lecturer to catch me taking random pictures of toilet rolls. :S
Long day~ Didn’t sleep too well yesterday night because of the virus that infected my laptop suddenly. Had to clear it by reformatting and rebooting the image and shit and I’m tired now…
So who is going to do the duty tomorrow? Who who who?
BEWARE: Lengthy, wordy post/rant… Here goes…
Now that I’m already in my third year of this Diploma in Games Design and Development, it’s really time to do a reality check. Is this what I really want to do?
The answer is a straight-forward NO.
I have no idea why I suddenly feel like doing this entry but some parts of me is telling me to really, face the reality and what makes you happy. Is whatever you’re doing now making you happy? I wouldn’t really say it’s making me downright upset like I was in secondary school but I can’t imagine myself doing this.
Like what I’ve said in Year 1, I’ve came to this course NOT because I want to create games but to learn the skills. There are so many skills to learn in this course that will somehow or another benefit me in another similar field, say media. So in fact, I kept true to myself since Year 1 till now by saying that.
Throughout the 3 years, I did learn a lot; from technical skills to communication skills to management skills… These are useful things that can be used outside of games. Besides that, I discovered that I MAY be game designer material but that’s not what I want to be.
I’m happier playing games than making them honestly. So why torture myself?
Sometimes when others ask me “What makes you an aspiring game designer?”, “What makes you want to be a game designer?”, I give them face valued answers. Those answers, sometimes, are not true. Simply put, I had been lying to lots of people out there.
But not as much as I’ve been lying to myself…
Look, trying to figure out which monsters attack you where is actually fun, figuring out how the story weaves around the characters is actually fun. It’s a form of story-telling, which is one reason why I’m in this diploma; to tell a story through a different form rather than books. I can’t discipline myself to write all day.
Hello~ Being good at something doesn’t mean I like it okay? If you get what I mean…
Lots of people are going to “kill” me… They said it before, jokingly. But sometimes I question myself “Am I wasting the space of someone else who wants it even more than me?” I have no idea how to argue that so that it’s in my favor. It’s unfair but somehow, at that point, that’s what I wanted too. And sorry, reality is, I’m better than the person too.
Then now, there are people who wants to “kill” me because they think I’m “good” at lots of things. Honestly, I’m not. Being good and putting in effort is 2 different things. I believe in doing things to my own standard and so long as it pleases me, that’s enough.
If you’re going to do your work half-heartedly, then don’t go around comparing yours with others because you know that you did not put enough effort. Beauty is not skin deep. If someone can see the effort behind it, the charm will be pulled through.
It’s not about being good! It’s about doing YOUR BEST. So stop trying to “kill” me because you’re just like me.
Saying that I’m not going to be part of the game industry might disappoint some people. Well, if that happens, it shows that I’m good. If that doesn’t, then good. It shows that I’m not suited, and I’m probably not.
My goal in life is to entertain others with whatever I have. Maybe games are not the platform for me to entertain since I have no passion for it already. In fact, I didn’t have the passion to begin with…
Believe it or not, I actually came into this course wanting to be a 3D artist. But it turned out that I didn’t really like it. Believe it or not, I wanted to be an artist when I was really young, up to secondary school. But I couldn’t see that in the future so I struck that out too.
So, I ended up doing words and words and words. That’s what I’m good at, I can safely say. Not many people can appreciate my job of doing documentation and charts and analysis and what nots but I don’t mind. It’s not them; just like I’m not meant to be an artist. And I’m proud to say that I don’t go whine about what I can’t do because I know exactly what I can do.
What am I going to do in the future then? No clue actually. Let’s see… These are what I want to learn.
Photography. I’m amazed by how pictures can bring out or enhance the beauty of something so ordinary. But what I’m thinking of is high fashion photography; of models, or high fashion lines, because they allow creative ideas more than other shots.
Acting/Directing. I’ve already studied that and I suppose I will continue to study that. It’s fun! More fun that doing the mundane things I do in class now. It’s a form of artistic expression through your face and body and to me, it’s more challenging.
Singing. I want to go to a vocal class! I want to go to Avex! Well, that’s a fantasy dream but if that comes true, I’m going to treat all my friends and family to a huge feast! :P I have no idea why I have the sudden urge of being a singer, especially since I didn’t like music classes in primary school and secondary school because they are boring. Maybe because I’m inspired by people like ayumi~ :P
Hmmm… Looks like I want to be someone in front of everyone, for the whole world to see. Well, everyone’s entitled to their dreams, aren’t they? And I believe that if I work towards it, I will get there…
Part of me wants to prove to a certain someone that even without your guidance (like you gave me any right now), I can strike it big and I want that to be in his face.
Well, worse comes to worst, I can always have a career in teaching English~ That means I have to polish up on my language too.
But no games please!
