Dead

I am officially dead, thanks to the 30 McFlurry's I now owe the ever-evil Tsing Yie after she passed her driving exam. Which she did. Today. Why do I owe her? Don't ask me, ask her, and I can vouch that even she doesn't know the reason either... She just... adds you know... Grrr... One day I'll get back at her, ONE DAY!!! Please save me T_T

World of Warcraft

Ok, this here is really weird. I just started playing World of Warcraft (WoW) today and I find it's ok, slightly better then I imagined. And the weirder thing is that I am a dedicated Guild Wars player, and Guild Wars players as a general rule can NEVER live with a WoW player, and I don't know how I'm dealing with the conflict of interests on this...

One is free to play, but you just have to purchase the original game. WoW on the other hand is on a subscription based module, at roughly RM60 a month plus the original WoW, plus the expansion pack, The Burning Crusade. On paper, Guild Wars wins hands down, and in reality, mostly it does too. But what sets Guild Wars and WoW apart are the backstories.

WoW, having been backed by the arguable wonderful Warcraft III and it's own expansion, The Frozen Throne had a full story to carry on with, and the story was nothing short of tense. You knew what each race were subjected to, what each race felt, what they can do, and what you MUST do, giving you a real sense of belonging in the game. You had a heritage, each race having their own hometown, beautifully crafted and poetically breathed the breath of life into. Guild Wars didn't have this, but their stories were good nonetheless, further added by two standalone packs for Guild Wars, Guild Wars : Factions and Guild Wars : Nightfall.

For now, I'm a dwarf hunter, (There's something about a short dude with range abilities and a big bushy beard...) and I'm just wondering around wherever it is I am, barely doing quests and just whacking random wolfs and the occasional rabbit. Find me if you're ever playing WoW, the names Samfisher in the Undermine(US) realm. Find me before I get bored of this game and move on to The Lord of The Rings Online : Shadows of Angmar. I hear it's a WoW beater.

See ya.

Character : Samfisher
Realm : Undermine (US)

Bioshock

Bioshock. Every time I hear this word, I tingle all over anticipating it to completely alter how I look at games. Bioshock. There it goes again, brrrrr. Bioshock has been in development since I don't know when (2000) and the official release date as of now is on the 12th of August 2007. Just 2 months away from now I'll be knee deep in Rapture, the fictional underwater city the game is based on. No, it is NOT Atlantis, but very similar in that it's a city far in advance technologically. Scientists, doctors, all the worlds cream of the crop once lived here. Corrupted and taken over by "Adam", a genetically enhancing substance and all hell breaks loose. Greed, power, envy all soon take place as they destroy themselves finding what was so elusive to them, and now more elusive in death. "Little Sisters" guarded by their "Big Daddy" extract it from corpses in the currently cryptic and desolate city of Rapture.

From the creators and developers of one of my favourite games of all time, System Shock 2, I have very high hopes for this and expecting really big things. Heck, I've even pre-ordered the Bioshock Collector's Edition which includes a 6" statuette of Big Daddy himself, hand painted and moulded and sets me back RM200. Wait for it yo, it's gonna rock.

Official Bioshock Site - Bioshock
Official Bioshock Fansite - The Cult of Rapture

McFlurry

Ok, this is gonna be really bad. Tsing Yie's taking her driving license exam today and I hope she passes. Wait, I hope she doesn't. Wait, both ways I'm DOOMED!! You see, I supposedly owe her 15 McFlurry's for God knows why. I only insult her and stuff you know, putting her down and joking about it, and teasing and.... Oh.. Now I see why xD Anyway, our original deal was that if she were to pass the exam, all my "debts" will be automatically erased and she'll buy ME a McFlurry instead, but NOOO, she changed the freakin rules and now it's "If I pass you owe my TWICE of what you do now."!!!!! I'll owe her 30 bloody McFlurry's just because she passes, and here's the good news, even if she doesn't pass, again, I'll still ONLY owe her 15... Aargh... My Soul.. Must... Get... Back... Soul...

So Tsing Yie, thanks for making my life a living hell, but an oh so entertaining one. Now go crash and die pass the darn thing already!! It's your third attempt and if you fail again, I have a very good mind to avoid you in any vehicle. There must be a reason behind your fails, must be the coffee and disastrous driving. And the McFlurry's. Go away.

*P.S* I just found out that she postponed her exam, yay, one more week I can avoid hell.