Not a whole lot going on for me at the moment. Went out drinking a couple of times with some people from work. One of those times resulted in me having to break up a fight between a friend of mine and another guy (who’s an absolute cock by the way; I’ve known him for years). But apart from that minor hiccup, good times all round. I get paid next week and another work-friend is planning a big house party. Should be a larf.

But yeah, that’s about the only things that could even laughably be considered as developments in my life. I’ve just been working, and playing quite a bit of Halo 3. I finally managed to get my max skill level up to 10 (out of 50). I suck.

Also, if you’re into music, I highly recommend listening to The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips. It is a truly wonderful album, like having rainbows orgasmed into your ears. I’ve been listening to it pretty much non-stop for the past couple of days.

I’ve also spent the past few days reading through Questionable Content in its entirety. I also recommend you do the same. It’s a highly enjoyable slice-of-life web comic, and it’s very interesting to see how the story, characters and art have changed over the years.

Anyway, ciao for now.

Okay, so here it is, an actual, proper, real post for the first time in about three months. I can only apologise. I really don’t know why I haven’t been posting. Maybe I haven’t really had anything to post about (but then again, do I ever?), or perhaps I just forgot because I was too busy with other things? Well, that’s bullshit. All I’ve been doing is working, going to college, playing video games and occasionally going out drinking with friends/workmates. As per always.

My college course is nearing to a close. I believe June the fifth is my last day. Hopefully I’ll be okay. There’s been a few things I’ve been struggling with for the past few weeks, but I haven’t let them get on top of me, so I should be fine. Hopefully. And that said, I’m not sure as to what I’m wanting to do when I’m done with the course. I seem to be swaying towards just taking a year off to work and get some money, perhaps applying to university the year after. It’s also the option I’m most comfortable with, since I don’t seem to be quite ready to leave my hometown yet.

Work at the Co-Op is going great. Since I’ve now been there for about five months, I’ve made a handful of really good friends, who I now seem to be going out on the piss with on a semi-regular basis (I’m even going out tomorrow night to celebrate one’s birthday, and did the same thing last Friday). So things are nice. We even got our new uniforms to replace the horrible, early-90s style ones we had. I don’t feel like quite so much of a twat now when I wear it.

I’m also trying to get a new layout for the site done as well, since we’ve had this since the middle of November. I’ve got one that’s just about there. It just seems to be missing… something. Hopefully I’ll be completely happy with it soon, and I’ll be able to get it up. This one will also have a colour changer.

Anyway, that’s me for now. I’ll try my best to keep new posts appearing frequently.

Well, hello there! I’m back from Dundee. Well, I’ve actually been back since the 28th, but I’ve been too busy playing the Xbox 360 I bought to post an update here. But more on that in a bit.

Christmas was good. I didn’t get much in the way of presents, just money mostly (which contributed towards the aforementioned 360) and little things like socks, diabetic chocolate, etc. I haven’t gotten my presents from my parents yet, since my dad isn’t back from work until the 3rd, so we’ve decided to wait till then, since he’s missed Christmas and is going to miss Hogmany as well. But Christmas in Dundee was alright. Was good seeing all my family again, most of whom I hadn’t seen for close to a year. so, that was fun.

So yeah, I bough an Xbox 360. An Elite one. Aww yeah. It’s lovely… and black, so it matches my PS3 and my TV. I’ve only got four games at the moment though: Gears of War 2, Mirror’s Edge, LEGO Indiana Jones and Kung Fu Panda. I was supposed to get an extra controller with it as well, but the Gamestation store where I got it (In Glenrothes) was out of individual ones, so they had to give me a pack with a controller and the last two games I mentioned instead. So I got two games I wasn’t expecting to get, which is nice. Although, the controller is white, so it doesn’t match the console (or my other controller), which made me sad. Perhaps at some point, if I happen to have a shit-load of disposable money from work, I might buy a second black one.

So I’ve been playing it mostly since then. I’ve completed Gears of War 2. Last night, myself and a friend played through the majority of the campaign mode on co-op, which was much fun. We had previously done the same thing a few months back with Resistance on the PS3. Now I just need to play through it all again on the higher difficulties for the achievements. Shame I suck. The game is fantastic though. The graphics are sublime. Seriously, this thing could rival Metal Gear Solid 4 in terms of graphics quality. The story was alright too, even if I had no clue what was going on (I haven’t played the first game). Of course though, this all pales in comparison to the fact that your main weapon HAS A FUCKING CHAINSAW ON IT!

Seriously, killing enemies with your awesome chainsaw gun NEVER gets old. There’s nothing quite like seeing your character rip the chainsaw into an enemie’s chest, blood going everywhere, while your character just screams “AWWWWWW YEEEEAAAHHH!” It doesn’t get much better.

Mirror’s Edge, on the other hand, was a little less overwhelming. In fact, it’s a pretty mediocre game in my opinion. I haven’t completed the story, but I’m about 2 thirds of the way through (ish), and it doesn’t show any signs of getting much better. Not a lot is actually explained plot-wise, and the characters aren’t particularly likeable. Combine that with what could possibly be the most frustrating gameplay you have ever played, and you have yourself a rather poor game. It’s an interesting concept, and it’s always nice to see companies coming up with something original, but it’s just not been executed pretty well. The focus is on the whole free-running aspect, but the flow of your run is always broken by a miss-timed jump, send you off the top of a building to the pavement below, or desperately trying to find out how to get where you need to be. Often accompanied by 3 or 4 police officers pelting you with machine guns. I’ve surprised I’ve gotten as far through it as I have without throwing my controller through the TV screen.

As for the other two games, Kung Fu Panda is surprisingly good for a game based on a movie, since they almost always suck. It’s still not good enough to make me want to keep playing though, although that may be in part due to the fact I’ve seen the movie and already know the story. LEGO Indy is great though, I’m really getting into that. I loved the LEGO Star Wars games and this is just as much fun.

I’ve also signed up for Xbox Live as well, so if you have a 360 and want to add me as a friend, my gamertag is “leslij55″, minus the quotes, obviously. The only multiplayer game I have is Gears 2, but I’ll no doubt be getting a load more in the coming weeks. Call of Duty: World at War and Left 4 Dead are priorities.

Anyway, I’m off to go chainsaw my way through some more Locust.