Crazy Or Genius?: Category Entertainment

Review - Metroid Prime: Hunters

Sean — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 19:48:29 +0200

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine showed off Metroid Prime: Hunters on his Nintendo DS. Playing it for a few minutes, I have to admit I was hooked. Using the stylus to aim and select things just seemed so SIMPLE, the gameplay itself was good, and it has multiplayer capability!

I picked up my own copy shortly after finishing up Compiler Construction, and I beat the game today. A few things of note:

Short game – 7 hours game time got me to the end (66% of items/lore/etc)
Hand cramps – Stylus good, holding the DS with other hand not so good (I suppose this is one of the reasons the DS Lite was created).
?? – That is an actual column in the ‘Records’ section. Yep, there is the regular bout of Nintendo unlockables. Awesome (and at least with the short game time, I don’t have to rewind through 20+ hours of gameplay
Missiles – Really, I know they are in all the other games, but I felt that they were useless here. USELESS.

Haven’t really had a chance to try out multiplayer (don’t have wireless), so I can’t really comment on that. Overall, I am really liking the game though. Nice amount of exploration with some fast and furios bounty hunter on bountry hunter action. Now all I have to do is figure out what ???? is …....

Visual Studio 2005 Advertising

Sean — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 21:38:00 +0100

Say what you want about Microsoft, but the following Visual Studio 2005 advertising is HILARIOUS.

Ready2005.Com

The Ball Season Has Begun

Sean — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 19:48:00 +0100

As some of you might know, I enjoy going to formal events. Weddings, balls, whatever, you invite me to a function where I can get spiffy and wear a suit, and I am there.

Ball season has once again begun, and better than ever. Things kicked off last night with the DASSS/DSS Formal Ball. Much fun was had in between drinking, dancing, and conversation with various arts students. I am very glad that I was invited and went to this.

Upcoming:

Friday, November 25th – Snowball

You should all come. Seriously. Buy tickets from the CS Infodesk. I’m going to be MC and all that.

Sun vs Dell

Sean — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 18:27:00 +0200

Considering my frequent problems with individual Dell machines, is it any surprise I find these amusing?

Buskers - Part 1

Sean — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 10:46:00 +0200

Halifax International Buskerfest is once again in motion. Quite a few interesting shows were performed this year. On the first day I went down, I basically ended up watching a series of finales, so I really don’t know how good the entire acts were. As always, the waterfront areas were PACKED with people.

Chaulkmaster Dave

Everyone in Halifax knows of Chaulkmaster Dave. Chances are you have seen his work in front of the Library on Spring Garden. As always, he was down at thje Buskerfest, showing off his talent. His renditions of Spiderman and Batman are simply amazing, as usual.

Matty Blade

I’m sorry, but I don’t want to wait around 10 minutes while you are saying you are going to swallow a sword, before you actually swallow the sword. Also, I am getting tired of finales where you get 4 guys to hold a pole while you climb it and perform your 30 second performance.

Scot Free

One of two escape artists that I managed to see, Scot Free managed a constant stream of jokes, puns, and wit while being wrapped in a roll of saran wrap for his grand finale. That’s right, not the traditional straight jacket escape, but sarran wrap. His non-traditional approach, and constant humor made him one of the better shows I managed to see.

According to his website, he is also an extreme skateboarder, and a chainsaw juggler….... while the chainsaw is on.

Stephen Elway

Another escape artist act, this time with the traditional straight jacket. The performer came across as eccentric, and since he escaped while ‘I’m Too Sexy’ was playing, and turned it into a dance routine, it was quite entertaining. The setup to the event, where he had two members of the audience tie him up, was filled with the busker wit I enjoy so much.

USA Breakdancers

This was the best performance of the day, in my opinion. Despite the fact that I couldn’t see some of the breakdancing, due to the sheer number of people watching, the moves that I did see were spectacular. At one point, they pulled some people from the crowd and got them to dance for the crowd. To my (and I am sure the crowd’s amusement), one of these people actually did some breakdancing himself. The look on the face of the leader was amusing. I swear, he was thinking “Off all the people in the crowd and at this festival, I had to pick the one white dude in Halifax that can actually breakdance to a degree”. The famous busker wit was also present here, with such lines as “We will accept any donations, so if you can pull out your wallet, take out 5 or 10 dollars…........ and give us the rest….” and “We are trying to pay for our educations, so if you could give us 5 or 10 dollers, that would help a lot. On the other hand, if you give us 20 or 50, we won’t have to go at all!”

Jeff Collins

Take Matty Blade, have him eat fire instead of swords, and you have Jeff Collins. I liked (or disliked) there shows the same amount in the same way. After 10 minutes, I was thinking “Eat the damn fire already!!!”