December 2010
2 posts
AND ALSO CHRISTMAS FILMS ARE UTTER SHIT
That is all.
That fucking time of year.
OR: A rant about the tedium of Advent
I never liked Christmas. No, actually, that’s a lie. I love Christmas, but only as a week-long thing. December 1st-22nd might as well be any other time of the year. Christmas day is still one of my favourite days on the calendar (despite my lack of religion), but I really do hate the commercial aspect of this the most overcelebrated holiday in the...
November 2010
3 posts
Can't think of anything witty to put here
Bloody hell, I was right about the lack of sleep I’d get. Between GT5, the cricket, and being a social outgoing prick, I’ve managed less sleep than I actually thought humanly possible. My brain’s probably been damaged beyond repair to some degree, but I haven’t noticed too much going wrogfnhkj,g,ghdIMTRAPPEDINAFACTORYgnfkgfd.
One thing that pissed me off about GT is that...
No sleep 'til Brooklyn
I don’t plan on sleeping this week. I was going to get my head down early last night, but instead we watched The Lion King. You’ll laugh you’ll cry etc etc.
The reason I have such an (optimistic) urge to stay above the line of consciousness this week is simple. Gran Turismo 5.
UNOFFICIAL LIST OF THINGS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT KILL ME ABOUT GT5:
Nordschleife at night.
Ferraris.
...
The panic will fall down around you, if you don't...
Yes yes, it’s cliche to post subjectively meaningful lyrics on a tumblelog, but I don’t use this as a tumblelog, so fuck you.
Temptation Greets You (Arctic Monkeys) is a song that’s been jammed in my head recently. I can sort-of relate to the awkwardness and the want-of-will in the Arctics B-side. The song describes a close friendship between a dude and a woman, and how one of...
October 2010
5 posts
“A genius is a crazy person who turns out to be right.”
– Tim Minchin, Genius with Dave Gorman, 2010
The Antlers - Hospice
I don’t think I’ve ever heard such a beautiful album. This little-known Coldplay-without-the-selfabsorbed-arseyness outfit threw this album directly at the face of the music industry last year, and it seems that no-one outside of Pitchfork noticed. Hospice is a concept album based on an abusive relationship between a hospice worker in an emotionally abusive relationship with his...
Things that take up my time in 2010
Er, just in case any future posts catch you completely by surprise and you have a heart attack or something, I might as well give some clue as to what you can expect.
LISTENING: Radiohead The Antlers Tallest Man on Earth Neutral Milk Hotel White Stripes Pink Floyd King Crimson …Et cetera.
PLAYING: Minecraft (this takes up most of my time now) F1 2010 Halo: Reach WATCHING: House Family...
Bit of an Icebreaker...
NB 20/10/10: This entry was written at 3am, all typos are a direct result of sleep deprivation and have been deliberately left in.
Don’t know where I got my idea to blog again (probably the opening scenes of The Social Network), but reading this all the way back to 2008 reminds me of why I should record my thoughts, musings and observations, even if no-one reads them but me. It’s...
FUCK IT
Let’s tumble.
March 2010
1 post
Er, oh yeah, I still have that blog...
How long have I been? A few months? Well in that case, let’s hit the ground running.
You may think that this is just some random’s gaming blog, and you’re probably right, but I actually didn’t intend to solely talk about gaming. That’s just… how it happens. Even now, I’m itching to tell you about Heavy Rain or FIFA Ultimate Team or this week’s...
November 2009
1 post
Something in the Air
So after a week of being forced to do social things such as to show my face on Halloween and Bonfire night, I can finally retire to my dark, cola-filled domain and hide myself from humanity during the most exciting 4 weeks of the gaming year. The games are flooding into the shops, money is skydiving into the till from my wallet, and the back speakers from my surround sound system are plugged in...
October 2009
4 posts
Hairclips and hairpins
Forza Motorsport 3 Review
OK, I have far too much TV to watch, and too many games to complete, so let’s get going.
I might as well start with what’s on my mind right now, and that’s the glorious work of comedian/singer/songwriter/pianist/ginger Tim Minchin. He was on Jonathan Ross last Friday, and I’ve known of him for quite a while. His comedy is based mostly on...
Getting things out of the way...
Social networks:
Facebook
Twitter
Xbox Live
PlayStation Network
Last.fm
TV shows I’m watching:
House
Big Bang Theory
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Doc Martin
Family Guy
Have I Got News For You
Never Mind The Buzzcocks
It’s Only A Theory
Lunch Monkeys
Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe
Games I’m playing:
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Forza...
15 Months Later
Right, so er.. this is the relaunch. Well, I haven’t updated the theme yet, but that’s because there are no good themes on the internet. So we’ll call that a work in progress. I had completely forgotten about this blog until recently, when my most recent post randomly got posted onto my Twitter 15 months late. So here I am again, welcoming the crude, fad-obsessed world of Web 2.0...
Oh yeah
Blog relaunching pretty soon. Watch this space. Until then, you might as well ignore me. And watch this instead.
July 2008
4 posts
Japanese Cartoons and Consumer Cults
Ah yes, anime. A niche of a niche, with its entire fanbase consisting of over/underweight Japanophiles with a penchant for drawn pornography. I’ve always avoided this horrific genre and its cult following. That is, until now. In recent weeks, I’ve been starting to take notice of a certain anime by the name of Death Note. If you’re not familiar with the seris (and I’m...
Punching Mario in the face.
Alright. It’s 2 in the morning, I’m tired, and Diggnation just came out. So let’s get on with it.
As promised, I went out to the Amusement Shoppe For Dignified Fellows (read: Blockbuster) and bought Brawl, and I absolutely bloody love it. In a week, I’ve already played through well over 100 multiplayer matches, God knows how many single-player games, and I’ve...
This Title Is To Make Up For The Lack Of A Title...
That is all.
I was going to write an entry tomorrow, and I still might, but I’m really bored, so I’ve decided to ramble on a bit.
The geniuses and MENSA leaders among you will notice that I am no longer in Bulgaria. I could write a fecking book on how outstandingly brilliant those 7 or so days were, but I’d just bore you. I’ll just give you the following detail: We got drunk. Every...
June 2008
2 posts
Come Cry With Me
“What? You actually update this piece of crap site?”
Indeed I do, but rarely. And you can enjoy this spectacle, which is akin to old faithful’s eruptions, by reading on.
I completed MGS4. I won’t spoil the ending for you (even though you’re a massive faggot if you haven’t finished it), but it wraps up the series nicely. And by nicely, I mean OMIGOD THAT GAME...
Snake? Snake?! SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
*ahem* Well, you get the idea with that.
So I finally picked up my copy of the holiest of holies at 9am this morning, in a surprisingly empty Liverpool city centre. I was up so damn early, that I got a McDonald’s breakfast. I got home at about 9.45, and got off the game at about 6.30. Oh. My. God. This really is the ultimate MGS. Act 1 in the Middle East is so damn exhilirating, and...
May 2008
5 posts
Next, please.
Springtime is always a quiet part of the calendar as far as the entertainment industry is concerned. Not early enough in the year to try for a head-start on the competition, not quite late enough to sap all the money from parents with kids on school holidays. 2008, however, has been unique. In film, we’ve had Iron Man and Indy 4, the format war’s bloody ending has brought us a lovely...
I know.
Whoa, my last 3 blog posts all started with ‘I know.’ That was seriously not intended.
Last bit of GTA, I promise.
I know I haven’t posted in a long time, and if you’re waiting for part 2 of my GTA review, then fuck you, I’m not making it. It’s not that I’ve gone off GTA, it’s that I can’t be bothered talking about the bowling minigame. I’ve completed the game 100% now (without cheats!), and I couldn’t be more impressed with it. Sure, it has its niggles,...
By The Way..
I know I’ve been posting almost entirely about GTAIV for the last month or so, and that’s because it’s the only thing in my sorry, sad little life at the moment.
GTA IV: The Little Things - part 1: Niko Bellic
I know you’ve probably already completed GTA, but fuck it, I’m going to spend a post or 2 here explaining the oft-overlooked aspects of the greatest piece of home entertainment ever created. First off, let’s look into the troubled mind of Nikolai Bellic. When you first start off, you can instantly sympathise with the protagonist (Niko). You see him talking to a man on the boat...
April 2008
8 posts
GTAIV: The Verdict
This is awesome. Go away.
Hey, where'd I go?
My distinct lag of bloginess has come from my intense day-consuming anticipation for GTAIV, which I should have my grubby mitts on about 17 hours from now. Seriously, I cannot fucking wait. I’ve never been this excited about one game. The closest I’ve ever come to anticipating a title in such a way was San Andreas, back in 2004. And before that, MGS1 on the PlayStation. Given that...
The leak has landed!
We all knew it was coming. The PAL version of GTAIV (for 360) has been leaked on to the scene, and spread within hours to torrent sites and bulletin boards. People all over Europe are playing the game illegally, as well as getting banned from XBL because of it (retards). Now don’t get me wrong, I love a good leak. It spices up the hype, and I get to see some Youtube footage of the game that...
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I fucking hate you John.
GTAIV: Weazel News
90% of Terrorists Love Liberals In news that will surprise no one, an official piece of research carried out by pollsters for Weazel News revealed that most terrorists are also committed to the so-called liberal agenda in this country. 90% of the terrorists our researchers spoke to admitted that a government committed to an agenda of porn in schools, compulsory gay marriage for all, and the...
Comments
After being asked millions of times for comments (all by one person), I’ve integrated the Disqus comment system, so now you can actually tell me what you think of this site. No verification (that I know of) is needed, and you don’t need to pass a screening. It’s a total, no-holds-barred threaded comments section. However, there are serious repercussions for any negative comments...
Social stuff you should add me to.
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So, I have a blog. Again.
Remember January 2007? Me neither. But around that time, I had a blog right here at DinnyHoon.com. I enjoyed making it quite a bit, blah blah blah useless information. Anywho, I’ve become so bored and misanthropic that I’ve decided to take part in every online faux pas I can manage without actually exploding. One of those horrific notions is this here page. I’ll probably be...