Gaz: Big in Japan

A classic.

Thanks to everyone for all the messages of congratulations, can someone confirm I have caused the double upset of getting married before Rae and entering the paternal cycle? Does that make a Maverick?

I had something deep and meaningful to say about my time in Japan, I thought it up today whilst talking to the social studies teacher, it was like an epiphany – and then I got beaned in the face by a rogue balloon being used in a game of balloon volleyball. Needless to say in the ensuing match I forgot what I was going to write. So there you are, almost an epiphany, you heard it here first.

In other news, the world still collapsing as random 5 digits numbers become 4 digit numbers and big 4 digit numbers become smaller 4 digit numbers. I sometimes wonder what the overall energy saving is on having a stock market with a lower value. Possibly not enough to warrant a global finance meltdown, but its certainly a gamble worth taking once. It’s not like George Bush’s presidency could get any worse. Unless….

Yesterday I was roped into “student safety patrol” work. Which meant for one night only, all the teachers and parents clad themselves in flourescent colours (as a child I would have called that “flozzy colours” …anyone else do that?) and walk the kids home looking for suspicious folk about to pounce on the chillun. Thanks to this once a year measure, Misato has consistantly maintained a rate of “no attacks on anyone ever”.

I completed GTA4. I don’t really know what to say about it. Certainly, it was a fun game, and the graphics were quite intense. But, it was like they’d left a lot of what made Vice City and San Andreas truly great out of the game. The game as a whole seemed more linear to me, Nico Bellic was nowhere near as customisable as CJ and not as interesting as Tommy Vercetti. There were less side quests like the owning of businesses. The storyline just didn’t seem to touch the epicness of San Andreas, and although there were multiple ways the game could develop, given that their are only two different endings it didn’t feel like it made much of a difference which choises one made. Also, Yahtzee made a good point when he said “I think what disappoints me most is that we’re back in Liberty City again.“. This rings true throughout the entire game, die hard fans probably got a kick out of seeing certain bits and thinking “oooh that was in the first game”, but for the most part it just felt like a let down given how far one could go in San Andreas.

That said however, it is a decent game overall. The game entertained me for lengthy periods and the combat system has been greatly improved since San Andreas. The graphics are almost beyond belief in HD and the radio stations have some great tracks kicking about (although the talk shows are far less entertaining than previously). Anyway, that’s my piece, I think my next adventure will be “Little Big Planet” – it looks quite charming.

It’s rapidly getting cold in the mountains, the duvets have been broken out and it’s long sleeves to work. My contempt for the cimate is dissapating into what may well be a mother of a winter. If I recall last year I remember even as late as mid November saying things to the tune of “Man, why is it so warm still?” – of course no one replied being unable to understand that level of English. But nevertheless here we are in the ass end of October and I find myself unable to sleep at night under the thin summer blanket that got me through summer. For a miserable cold loving bastard like me, it’s a happy truth.

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