Archive for January, 2012

Play as a pop star, party like a Perry

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Katy supporting herself

The Sims. You must have heard of this video game series by now. It has been one of the most addictive games in the past decade where you spend your time making a fictitious character’s life so much better than yours.

I can’t count the amount of times I would be playing that game and say to myself “Oh, just half an hour more” when playing to suddenly see four hours had passed.

There have been three main Sims games, along with a plethora of expansion packs and side games to keep the series going. Just when I thought The Sims was starting to slow down, the creators decided to make another expansion pack.

In the game your character could get a job as one of many things, with careers choices ranging from culinary to criminal. The Sims: Ambitions expansion pack added firefighting, ghost hunting, and various other workplaces for your digital persona to work as.

Now you can add pop star to that list. And not just any pop star. Coming this march is the newest expansion, Sims: Showtime.

To get the series that lives off expansion packs, Mrs. (well I guess it’s Ms. now) Katy Perry has been thrown in the game for the special edition version, along with her hair types and other in-game additions.

It’s not the first celebrity-endorsed game. In fact, there’s a compilation video with the top 10 worst celebrity-endorsed video game.

Which person, whether it be celebrity or musician or artist that’ll never become mainstream, would you love to play a simulated version of?

Maybe you’ll want to avoid paparazzi by wagging your Nintendo Wii controller, or possibly using your XBox Kinect camera to work your magic on a photoshoot.

If the Kinect had the ability to take photos of you while looking like a fool, that would make for a great photo album. Our faces sure look strange when playing games.

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Silent, but deadly (cute)

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

Adorable, the both of you.

The Golden Globes have handed out their trophies and created the crazy buzz that will eventually be the more glamourous Oscars. Ricky Gervais wasn’t as harsh as people were hoping to be, but at least was present.

But inside I was hoping for just one of those awards to be handed over to Michel Hazanavicius and his film The Artist. As with all golden statue-related ceremonies, most nominations are films with a particular focus that makes them stand out. No one saw Green Lantern as a nomination because it was predictable, like Thor, though I preferred Thor.

The usual picks are those with topical issues, or those that if you said you didn’t like, would label you inferior. This is common with films that ‘break barriers’ or ‘pay homage’ to a particular celebrated aspect of film.

For me it was The Artist. Filmed as a black and white movie set in the times where the ‘talkies’ were just becoming a thing in cinema, it starred a familiar face from OSS 117, the French spy film I talked about last year.

But the real star in that film was different. No, not the gorgeous co-star, nor was it the list of cameos that made you say “Ohh cool! ***** **** is in it!”. It was Uggie the dog.

Don’t know him? Watch this:

There were plenty of clips to see, but I just wanted to show you that the dog does indeed have a sponsor on his skateboard.

He already won the Palm Dog award, the animal equivalent of a Palm D’Or, but his list of films is pretty large. He was in Water for Elephants as well, and more than likely a better actor than Robert Pattison.

Any animal you’ve seen in a movie that has stolen the show?

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Bring in the new with some old

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

Ouuuuwwaaaaahhh!

Have you ever been given or bought a toy, or something that’s made you as giddy as a kid getting a toy), only to pull out an old one and enjoy that more?

I was recommended a long time ago to sit down and watch The Wire. You all must’ve seen it by now, because I’m pretty sure I’m the only one who hasn’t.

So when I was craving a bit of television goodness, it was by chance that I stumbled upon the DVD box set I had.

By stumbled, I meant tripped over because my ‘To Watch’ list has again succumbed to gravity. *mumblemumble* Stupid Issac Newton….

This holiday season may have come and gone, but it’s still giving (even from 2010 it seems!).

Not to mention the next best reason to start contemplating a purchase without guilt – Chinese New Year (Jan 23-24).

It’s Year of the Dragon, so I suggest How To Train Your Dragon. If you have a loved one who was born on the Year of the Dragon, you may decide whether you try a double-entendre insult. For relationship stability, maybe not.

But that’s not all, because who could’ve forgotten the least cringe-worthy biopic of Bruce Lee, Dragon? You may have forgotten, but now you’ll be scrambling to think who played Bruce now (it was Liu Kang from the Mortal Kombat films).

Wait, why not just get Enter the Dragon? Duh, Doogs!

Just for a laugh, search ‘Rambo – Enter the Black Dragon’. I never knew that existed until now.

But for something really worth seeing, I recommend The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Sure, it’s the original, and doesn’t have James Bond- I mean Daniel Craig, but if you are too lazy to read the book (don’t worry, still haven’t gotten there yet; you should see my ‘To Read’ pile), this version is worth checking out at least.

It’s also tradition to wear something red and new for Chinese New Year. Instead, I think I’ll opt for watching Red, and just put the Blu-Ray case on my shoulder.

Remember to say “Gong Xi Fa Cai!” (also known as another reason to celebrate New Year) when your loved one sees you buying more entertainment for yourself. Culture rocks.

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Start 2012 in Skyrim, finish in 2013

Monday, January 2nd, 2012

Eep.

I’ve been sinking my teeth into the newest time-consumer and love, Skyrim, and it’s awesome. What was also awesome was their live-action trailer (see below).

Though I can say that it’s very similar in terms of gameplay as the previous titles Oblivion and Morrowind, that’s also why people buy Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty 3 -- they liked the previous ones.

I can safely say I spent over half an hour just deciding on what character I would create. The choices are such that you’d be tempted to play it more than once to see whether a hack-and-slash Nord would be better than a stealthy Khajiit.

The graphics are gorgeous. Using my Xbox 360 instead of my PC was actually my biggest concern before turning it on, as these kinds of expansive games tend to need a lot of horsepower to get it running. But it delivers. The lack of keyboard takes some time, but after a while becomes less of a worry.

What I’m worried about is spending just as many hours as I did with the previous game on everything but the main story, then never finishing the game.

I’ve got a lot of movies, music and shows to get through this year before the new seasons start, so I’m trying to catch up. Has there been a video game you’ve put so much time and effort into, and never finished?

Oh, Dragon Age 2…how I wish I could finish you.

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