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Image via WikipediaHave you wondered why the latest Batman movie is titled "The Dark Knight"?I'm a comic fan. I grew up on Superman, Batman et al. Even so, when DC Comics revamped Batman in the 80's (or was it the 90's) and came up with the Dark Knight series, I never did follow that. All I knew, was that Batman become moodier, broods, and the whole atmosphere of Gotham …
Ok I'm really late to do this. Seems like everybody has hopped on the bandwagon and joined a relatively new "blogging network" place called SocialSpark except me. Well I finally got around to doing it and signed an account up on SocialSpark.At first glance, Social Spark seems like a revamped "Pay Per Post", but that's only the first impression. If you actually browse the …
It's very rare that I write about mundane things happening to me in my "subsidiary blogs" before I write about them here. However, I did write about how I found my long-lost drinking kakis recently here.About a year ago, my regular drinking place closed. As such, us regular customers (who have been patronising the place for years) suddenly lost a "home". My buddy and I spent …
Image via WikipediaI have been a regular customer at a certain pub here. When it closed last year, I became a "nomad" searching for a new watering hole to call "home".Recently a friend told me the guys there had opened a new place at a different location, and I headed there.When the guys saw me (after 1 year) they commented "Wow you lost so much weight! You look fighting fit …
I don’t know whether to be happy or sad.I completed Bioshock in just 33 hours. For an RPG, it’s a damn short one.Seriously.The screencapture is taken from my profile page at Xfire. Eversince I joined back in 2004, it has been tracking every game I have ever played since, and it tells me how long ...
Yeah yeah I know I’m really late. Bioshock was released almost a year ago. They have even removed the install limit back in June!Now I’m only just starting to get into it.The reason why I stopped Bioshock last year, was that there was a slew of games released at the time - COD4, Crysis, Bioshock ...
You know the saying, "Power Corrupts, and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely".Interviewing people for a position is kinda like placing incredible amounts of power at your disposal. You alone decide whether he "lives" or "dies". Your decision alone dictates whether he's gone, or he can come back.Also, normally I am not the one doing the interview. I generally shun meetings and …
I received the following in an email yesterday. I thought it was just one more of those useless jokes or fake virus warnings until I read it. Now, I'll admit that it doesn't really have mu …
A couple of weeks back, I started work with a new company. I wrote that it's a very nice change to finally work with people that know their stuff and are very proficient at what they're doing.In fact I was slightly incorrect in my initial impression. These guys are GOOD. Some of them know stuff I don't and they are very, very detailed. So anyway, I'm part of a team that is …
Sometimes, being indifferent does indeed have its advantages.For example, I'm in mybloglog and blogcatalog. You do see people there making friends, talking to each other at the shoutboxes of each other, talking to each other at the forums, but I never did any of these. They are both supposed to be "communities", yes, but I never really "got into" them.In Facebook, for a …
... everything's quiet on the western front.Not a mouse peeped.Not a cat leaped.And the atmosphere feels strained.It's kinda like a wake. You know, where everyone knows what everyone else is thinking, but nobody's saying anything. To be polite, to attempt to move on.I logged into Plurk today, after so many weeks of not logging into it. Why? Well many of the regular people …
For anyone that’s actually following my Xfire Profile (and thus, my gaming hours and habits), you’ll notice that I’ve been spending a lot of time on Mass Effect. In fact, the amount of time I spend in it surprises even me. Normally I’d complete ONE playthrough of an RPG, and that’s it. It’s very rare ...
People who know me, know that I generally keep a low profile. I do not aim to be popular, I do not aim to get special treatment etc.Yes I do know cliques will ALWAYS form in any social environment. Humans are gregarious - we always seek out like-minded people and connect with them. That's how societies develop. That's how villages and towns and cities are built.Giving a label …
First off - there will be NO spoilers in this post, so people who haven't watched it won't see things they don't want to see.I managed to get a couple of free tickets to this movie and thus I caught it tonight, 3 July 2008 (same release day as US, ie 2nd July over there). Initially from the cinematic trailers found everywhere, it seemed to be a story of a downtrodden super …
On a couple of occasions, I have been asked how to solve the puzzle that is presented to you when trying to get Mira (the station VI) back online when you’re on Noveria.Actually this puzzle is pretty old. I first heard of this back in the early 1980’s, and it was called “Towers of Hanoi“. ...
It's starting to become a norm isn't it? Yeah I'm talking about my usual wanderings and stumblings and surfing the net and stuff. I just started with a new company recently and that took time away from blogging.As an aside - yeah I'm plunging headlog into work. The new place wasn't really what I expected when I went to be interviewed. It was MORE. In other words, …
Today was sort of a whirlwind. I arrived on the dot, right at the start of the business day. The Human Resource Officer had not arrived yet, so the receptionist suggested I wait in the lobby for her arrival.About 10 minutes later, a lady brought a huge burly gentleman out to greet me. I was told this is the head honcho, the big cheeze. He's da man! So after a quick round of …
You know, it feels a little strange.I have been out of a job for a while. The transition from slavery to free man was easy. However, the reverse I suspect may not be that easy.Previously I had been pretty productive even when I was out of a job. When I went out of a job in 2005, I actually learnt how to make machinima, as well as Flash and Director. This time around, not …
One of the more notorious parts of the game is definitely the promise of “mature” or “adult-oriented” scenes. First off, let me just state that it’s nowhere near as raunchy as many would expect, and certainly “tame” compared to the infamous “easter eggs” of Grand Theft Auto.Besides, Bioware is in the business of making …
Like most RPGs, you can play Mass Effect any way you want. Like most RPGs, no matter what your actions, the main quest is pretty “linear”. You can be good or evil and you’ll still complete the main quest in the intended way.The added “push” for Mass Effect is that your character has a reputation ...
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