Ok, after sleeping in and then spending the afternoon reading more Kyou kara Ore wa!! I’ve finally got my hands on and got around to installing the 1.05 patch. So with that done I’m all ready to start a New Game (I’m going to go with the “Sandbox” option as the campaign is, well, pretty fucking boring based on last nights play). Oh wait, after rebooting my machine Windows Explorer is crashing every three to four minutes. Bollocks. Well it’s ten to five at the moment, hopefully I can get this windows explorer bullshit sorted in the next hour or so and I’ll start playing at seven. Continue reading…
Category: review/consume
My opinion on whatever products of the mass market which have had the joyous task of helping me waste my time. Anime, TV, Films, Games, Books, Music, Microwave Meals, Pot Noodles – You get the idea.
Let’s Play: Elemental War of Magic – Setup
I’m going to do a Let’s Play of Stardock’s new game – Elemental: War of Magic. Continue reading…
Mick vs The 66 – Trench Warfare
Well after the initial blitz that started the campaign all momentum has been lost and we’ve entered a war of attrition between the plan and my laziness. The last weekend in June saw some movement with the Rashomon offensive. But a few short stories weren’t enough to change the layout of the front. The beginning of July saw a change in tactics, but even Bad Company couldn’t make it across a no mans land littered with the broken remains of wasted days. I fear that The Name of the Wind will be going home in a box. Continue reading…
Best of 2009 – Manga
I read a lot of manga this year (2009), a lot a lot, over ten thousand chapters a lot. So it’s pretty hard to a) remember all of them and b) manage to narrow it down to ten. But as I love my fellow man so much I shall try and distill my opinion down so you can consume it like some kind of divine mana (or moneyshot). Continue reading…
Mick vs The 66
If youre one of those lucky enough to have first hand knowledge of my life then you will already be aware that I have taken up new residence ensconced in Dundalks meaty folds (gah that backfired, as I imagined myself walking into the orifice of some gigantic cthuloid entity). If you didnt know, well now you do. Im going to sidestep my issues with the move, as they arent particularly pertinent to the subject at hand. “What is the subject at hand ?” I hear you cry, worry not your suffering is at an end. The subject at hand is to re-ignite my once voracious appetite for the written word.
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Micro Mickisms
Hmm, even at one entry (ooh er matron) a week Ive been slowly failing to keep my updates regular. This is almost certainly due to how messy my room is and Samsungs poor customer service. The latter left me without a monitor for a month and a half which means I moved my computing to my television. But its hard to type for long periods of time with ones keyboard balanced precariously on ones lap. By the time my monitor was fixed/replaced I’d become used to my new setup and the messiness of my room denies me easy access to my traditional computing setup. Hence the lack of productivity, its certainly not because Im a lazy shit. Continue reading…
Armed Librarians : The Book of Bantorra
Just finished watching this and I have to say that it was very enjoyable. The entire series builds excellently to an extremely satisfying (if not necessarily happy) finale. While the ending was certainly worth it the continuous lack of explanation throughout the majority of the series did wear on me at times. Still hard to argue it wasnt worth it. The animation was excellent, as was the voice acting and the music was noticeably well done. The characters, while not always likeable, were nearly always engaging. So all in all I’d say it was very good, but not excellent, four stars perhaps? I might come back to this and expand on it later.
Darksiders – Where we see what War is good for
Well due to my foolish belief that SEGA would in fact properly patch Bayonetta for the PS3 Darksiders ended up being the first game I played this year. Which does mean that it should have gone up before my thoughts on Mass Effect 2. But it didnt so there you go. Continue reading…