Archive for October, 2009
DLC Week of 10/27 – Rob Zombie, Wolfmother, Liz Phair & Morningwood
by Ashitaka on Oct.23, 2009, under Blogging, Games, General
I’ve been sick as a dog for almost a week, hence the lack of posts, still there’s some pretty good stuff this week that I’m sure will be fun, but I’m almost a month behind on track purchasing and that includes a massive release of Queen tracks!
Available on Xbox 360 and Wii (Oct. 27) and PlayStation 3 system (Oct. 29):
• Rob Zombie – “Burn”
• Rob Zombie – “Dragula”
• Rob Zombie – “Superbeast”
• Wolfmother – “New Moon Rising”
• Wolfmother – “Pilgrim”
• Wolfmother – “Sundial”
• Wolfmother – “White Unicorn”
• Wolfmother – “Woman”
• Liz Phair – “Rock Me”
• Morningwood – “Best of Me” *
• Morningwood – “Sugarbaby” *
Halloweenee
by Ashitaka on Oct.15, 2009, under General
Does this image seem slightly “wrong” to anyone else ?
Taken from the new range of Halloween gear for your Avatard
A mixed bag of Legend
by Ashitaka on Oct.15, 2009, under Games, Reviews
So, about 5 hours into Brutal Legend I find myself with mixed feelings about the game.
The presentation, the acting and the style is absolutely amazing. I cannot press how much a joy the game is to look at, listen to and just generally explore. BUT, and this is a big hooty booty sized but, the gameplay …. the weird and wonky RTS and the generally unsatisfying combat just puts a real dampener on the game.
This I think stops the game from being amazing, its just not particularly fun or well implemented and almost feels unnecessary. Could they not have been all AI controlled and this be more of a dynasty warriors kind of affair ?
Honestly my last real experience with an RTS on a console was with Kingdom under fire on the original Xbox and that did it without issue, but then its a much slower affair. With Brutal Legend you are expected to run around and deal with the long range attacks, that you don’t even know are hitting you until you are low on energy and the screen begins to glow red, while trying to get some decent response from your legions of dudes.
I’m sure plenty of people will play it and have no issues with this at all but it just feels a bit sloppy, which is a real shame considering how lovingly the rest of the game is put together!
Hopefully should have some more thoughts over the next few days..
P.S Don’t go into multiplayer before you finish single player, Major Spoiler alert
Brutaly early!
by Ashitaka on Oct.14, 2009, under Blogging, Games
Well I am pretty chuffed!
Just sticking my shoes on to come to work and what should plop through the door ? My copy of Brutal Legend 2 days early!
Win win and more win!
Let the rocking commence! (when I get home from work … in another 9 hours …. fail)

Blender Render!
by Ashitaka on Oct.11, 2009, under Blogging, General
I have been trying to learn blender for a few years now but over the last few weeks I really knuckled down after being pointed toward a tutorial that I actually got my head around.
and this is the finished result!
While it might not seem like much that’s about 10 hours of learning and getting my head around a fairly complicated package. The idea now I suppose it to take what I know and apply it to something else!
I have ideas but I’m gonna be careful
