jucoh against the machines

     i decided to close the shop earlier than the usual yeasterday. me, a couple of hood locals and jucoh (a friend from laguna) decided to play basketball at bert’s place in villa santiago. we played with some of the locals from that place till around 8 in the evening. it was fun. a sudden shift of routine. its been months since i last played basketball and i missed it a lot. i can feel my twelve packs just pumping to get my hands on the ball. the highlight of the game? aside from din-din getting an over reacted cramp, mister skinny jucoh here tried to act as the center guy of the game and he got beaten up real good. haha. elbows thrown from guys as huge as rambo. we were all laughing our asses off. he was funny. we lost two out of three games but hey, we had fun. well, not for jucoh. hehe. my advice, get back to dota.

death proof

     i had no appointments today so i managed to sneak up on torrent and download a movie for my psp.  i downloaded this movie, death proof. road rage action with a kill bill vibe. sweet!

     Quentin Tarantino’s death proof is a film about a woman-watching killer known as Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russel) who executes with his sweet ride. a cat-and-mouse chase at full throttle. the car you see, is only “death proof” for the driver but on the passenger side, its like a torture chamber as the unfortunate McGowan finds out when she accepts a lift home. on the first half of the film you’ll be able to see the best mass murder high speed car wreck of all time. that scene is on my “best” list for sure. its a good slice of gory mayhem. so good it was shown four times and take note, in slow motion. damn! the second group of girls finally get to the meat of their story and start to talk about a game they want to play called “ship’s mast.” what the hell is a ship’s mast?! from this point on, the movie had my attention. it was a great build up, because you don’t know what “ship’s mast” is and they don’t let you in on it until it happens. and it’s intense as hell, filmed extremely well and also very real. thrilling! then stuntman mike took notice of this girls and wanted to get into the action. unluckily for mike, these girls are straight up hardcores. the tables have been turned. mike who was the hunter suddenly turned into the hunted as these girls, beat the living hell out of mike. take that scar face! the ending is hilarious! beleive me. black girls kick serious ass. haha. grab a copy.

hefner almighty

     i watched a season of girls next door last night. you know, the reality show about hugh hefner, (founder and editor-in-chief of playboy magazine) and his girlfriends (holly, kendra and bridgette). this old man is lucky. so blessed i just wanna bake him cakes.  i mean, he’s 80 years old, a multi-millionaire and has sexy girls to his diposal. if donald trump got buildings, this old guy right here got the girls and not just ordinary girls, they’re playboy models. geez!  i wonder how he.. you know, do the stunts. i bet this dude’s gonna die either while having sex or drowned by his own bucks or something.  oh, and one more thing, he’s getting married (again) to one of his girlfriends by the end of the year. its that easy!

the simpsons action figure

 

     i was a collector of mcfarlane toys during my early years in college. i had some from tortured souls 2 and the infernal parade series. sad to say, i stopped collecting because these figures are too expensive for me so i switched to a 98 pesos hot wheels figures. you see, that’s being practical in a third world country.

     from the creator of spawn, Todd McFarlane recently released a new line of intricately detailed action figures. the Simpsons Series 1, The Simpsons Movie toys (includes sound chips with dialogue taken directly from the film’s soundtrack) and coming this December is the Simpsons Series 2. now this is cute. if you’re a die hard fan of the cartoon series or of todd mcfarlane’s toys, be sure to grab one from the longest-running animated TV show in history.

big bird goes big

     i forgot to include this on my previous entries but i would just like to say goodluck to our friend big bird. he left the hood to pursue a career in subic. he left us a level 77 flyff character, a level 17 lineage 2 elf, a level 10 accretia for RF online and a whole lot of memories. so long! level gap!

knights of the temple 2

     my brother went to the mall last sunday and bought this game on playstation 2. i watched as he played it last night. hmm.. this review is from my brother’s perspective so please bare with this little bastard. hehe.

     in knights of the tin can temple 2, players join the ultimate battle of Paul de Raque, Grand Master of the Order of the Temple and hero of the first game. Travelling the lands and kingdoms of 13th century Europe, Paul must unveil the secret of three mysterious ancient artifacts and fight the demon armies attacking our world. hmm.. basic plot. lets see what else is in this game, non-linear gameplay, check. interactive dialog system, check. trade mode, check. upgradable character attributes, check. spells and magic castings, check. side quests, check. alternative endings, check. distinctive individuality.. distinctive individuality?.. umm.. did i mention the packaging artwork is nice?

     standard hacking and slashing game. combat is fun for a while, but once the thrill dies (after about twenty minutes), you’ll be watching queer eye for a straight guy in no time. 80 percent of the game will be spent painting the screen red. much like all those Dynasty Warriors games. it’s not like the game is badly executed. the camera is its sloppiest feature, swinging around as if under the control of an astronaut with polio, but other than that it’s fairly solid. it even looks attractive in places: the towns and ports are either dark and brooding or bright and welcoming. everything is almost ordinary. God of War kicked this game’s ass back to ancient times but hey, its our review, you might view this game in a whole different perspective.

     last words from my brother: NBA live, anyone?

excited as a thief

    

Listening to: The Pierces (Ruin)    

     congratulations to scooby for being late on his first day of work! haha. you’re just crazy arent you? he was sent home as a punishment and decided to spend his time here at the shop.

     i’ll be working with fatfingur on a very interesting project. for now, i’ll call it “the nunal project”. watch out for this one. also, i’ma slap that bitch who stole cartel-chroma album from my pc! that album is the number one requested record on our drinking sessions! and no! i wont be downloading another one! im lazy! imagine just how many lives you’ve ruined! tsk tsk.

    

let’s live: shane cross tribute

     i was into skateboarding way back 2000 and i could say that it made my early years a blast. i remember looking up to the likes of jamie thomas, mark appleyard, geoff rowley, mike vallely, dustin dollin, etc. these guys are living legends in their own rights.

     Skateboarding suffered a tragic loss: shane cross has passed away. i have not heard of shane cross ’till some of the shop locals viewed a skateboarding film here at the shop. this dude is great that it blew me off. i tried searching for more of his clips on youtube, shockingly, i found out that this guy died just this march on a tragic accident while riding with ali boulala on a motorcyle in australia. ali survived the accident but is in critical condition. in tribute to him, volcom released a dvd, lets’ live. A new skate flick dedicated to the memory of Shane Cross. witness life viewed from down under through the eyes of dustin dollin, chima ferguson, chris wood, joe pease and shane azar throwing down with mark appleyard, rune glifberg, darrell stanton, nick trapasso and other volcom mates. this film has a great line up packed with a sweet soundtracks from nick cave & the bad seeds, valient thorr, birds of avalon, liquid neilson theory, etc. grab one and celebrate the life from one of the true greats of this generation.

the number 29 looks like us

Listening to: Voxtrot (Firecracker)

     today is hosu and sckitzoe’s 29th month! see! it works! we’ll be conquering the world with our pig costumes baby! they’ll see!

     i just wanna say goodbye to my checkered vans. i gave it to jay-r this morning. i woke up and felt like cheering someone up so i gave it to him. he was so happy! and so am i … i think. anyway, that’s a picture of my shoe with kleng kleng (a gift from my girlfriend) on one of my designs. so long! 

dota strategy v6.38’s newest hero

     i have been playing dota strategy since my early days in manila (special thanks to trebor) and there have been a lot of updates on the game ever since. today i’ll be blogging the latest version’s hero, puck.

Puck – Faerie Dragon
Range: 600 | Move Speed: 300
Primary: INT
Str: 17 + 1.7 | Agi: 22 + 1.7 | Int: 27 + 3.5
Damage: 40 – 51 | HP: 473 | Mana: 351
HP Regen: | Mana Regen:
Attack Speed: | Armor: 2

     Hero Info: In Sentinel’s search for heroes to aid them in the war against the Scourge, they discovered the lost lands of the mystical Faerie Dragons. Upon explaining the conflict to the Faerie Queen of Agrace, she sent forth Puck, a personal guardian, to turn the tides of war. Despite his small size and mischievous personality, the little dragon soon proved to pack more than his fair share of power on the battlefield, blasting through the enemy ranks with balls of magic, faerie dust, and the capability to stupefy an entire army with nothing more than his imagination. His foes all learned the hard way that size matters not in combat, and that appearances are, ultimately, deceiving.

     ive seen this hero played by one of the shop locals, san-san, and i’de say his skills are pretty impressive. though base damage is so strong,  hp and armour is rather pitiful. The first skill is overpowered, its like spectres dagger + blink dagger. Second skill is a good full defense against creeps and also silences. phase shift is essentially being cycloned, except you can move out of it but you will take damage. It only delays your death for a little bit, radiance works while phased. i haven’t figure the ulti yet. guess i have to play the game hands on to find out. RF’s eating me.