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I love to dance. Don’t we all?

Old yes, but I was reminded of the kung fu stickmen “Xiao Xiao” yesterday and I love them far too much to not post them here. Ka-pow, Ka-pow!

I’ve added a new category for arty stuff and generally impressive things and to kick it off, here’s a video that I came across that had me fixated. Apparently, it’s by the French…

What do ya reckon? Master-piece? or Sheisse-piece?

I don’t think I’ve ever looked forward to an album as much as Evil Nine’s latest - “They Live!”. It’s due out October 22nd (I’m sure it was due out by now but hey!) and it has a whole cross genre, thriller-esque zombie feel to it, inspired by John Carpenter’s film of the same name presumably which I really must get round to watching. Anyway, from what I’ve heard so far it’s sounding bloody marvellous. Gritty, trademark beats and basslines with stylish vocals often provided by guest indie/punk artists. Check out four brand new tracks here:

http://marineparade.net/

Also

http://www.myspace.com/evilnine

Evil Nine played at the V festival this year and although I wasn’t there (thankfully - I’d have had to shower once I got back), the people that I’ve spoken to were very impressed even those that have never heard of the them before.

One to keep an ear out for I say. Yes, even you!

They Live! (Radio edit doesn’t do it much justice though)

That’s all my girlfriend hears from me whilst I’m playing the side-splittingly hilarious Team Fortress 2 as the flamethrower weilding pyromaniac. Along with a few profanities when I don’t get my way, of course. 

As the game approaches it’s first birthday it has millions of players, myself included, completely hooked. Here’s how I like to think it all came about (and my opinions on the game too):
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Crikey, whilst freeing up my homepage and beginning to use Google Reader, I clicked through to a World of Warcraft feed that it recommended to me (presumably based on my current news feed content or my eating habits over the past week or something similarly scary). I won’t link to it because the guy will probably trace it back and leave me abuse or something but here it is:

hmm.

Now, as a casual WoW player, I needed to post this as I feel it doesn’t represent the bulk of the game’s players or the enjoyment that goes with it. Yeah, I play a few hours of World of Warcraft with a couple of chums (of the real life kind) when I can, so I understand bits of that quote more than non-players, but even then it’s still largely gobbledegook. To us the game is about playing in a team, identifying each of our strengths and weaknesses and pulverising any enemy player that dares to cross our path in the vast expanse of the world (although we’re still pretty bad at that). But personally, I like the exploration side. I’ll sometimes travel through the game until the early hours discovering magical lakes within thick misty forests and dark haunted lands, or simply clambering to the top of the tallest mountain I can find just to dive off and probably miss the life-saving pool at the bottom, only to resurrect in a spooky graveyard miles away. When playing like this (solo-ing) I’m not aiming for high scores or to finish the game in the traditional gaming sense, the media has evolved since Pacman. I’m playing for the rich and inspiring experience, the laughs that go along with it and the social aspect of multiplayer gaming, not “re-gemming”, “power-levelling” and “boar-grinding”.

Oh, and dancing.

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Right, I’ve had a think about another 5 tracks (making it 10! ooooh) and you’ll find them beneath the cut. I’ve quite enjoyed choosing these tracks and finding their videos on the web, especially when random folk have thrown together their own video for it. Much hilarity indeed! Please feel free to comment and offer up some of your own dance based “Top Tunage”.

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Or CHOOOONZ if you’re that way inclined.

JimHB’s recent crate digging has inspired me to offer up my own dance classics. So here are a few of my favourites. DJ’s take note: play any 1 of these tracks to see me jump about like a loon. Play any more than that and you better hope you can run faster than me if you don’t like big sweaty hugs!

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I’ve decided that there’s no way i could write about anything for long before referring to games so I may as well embrace it!

Some of you may not know that as a geek, I am so uber-tricked out that I don’t even need to find the latest gaming info any more… it comes to me. One day I will become the “go-to guy” for the real factual news about games. So much so that the developers themselves will have to come to me to learn how their own game is coming along. Oh yes, one day…

In the meantime, I’ll continue to offer up gaming titbits in my usual, excitable way but perhaps with a little more of my own opinion than in the past.

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After using my initial design to learn the ropes, I’ve revisited photoshop and coded a simpler, cleaner interface. I hope you like it

Now I can stop fannying about and get on to the important stuff!