FFXIII CGI Characters awesome!

Really, Final Fantasy has the best CGI character. Their features are very unique, sort of a mix between east and west. Lightning is absolutely fantastic. Every expression she makes sort of tell you what kind of character she is. All that just from watching the trailer alone! Just looking at her makes me want to buy the game lol. Her sister, Serah Farron, makes me feel like buying a ps3 now woot. So cuteee!! I read from here that Lightning is sorta a female version of Cloud. Very cool indeed, although her weapon will never be as cool as Cloud's.
Left: Serah Farron, damn

Based on the trailer, the in-game graphics actually looks like a cgi movie. Hopefully that is true for the game. I doubt it will be like WoW, where the cgi movie is so different from the actual gameplay.

Red Cliff online Singapore.

I have a sneaky feeling that RCOnline will be a great success in Singapore. Many male Singaporean has grow up reading the "Romance of the Three Kingdom" through comics, simple story books or the various strategy game available. Many started to know about the "Romance of the three Kingdom" from Primary School.

With a catchy name of "Red Cliff" online, no doubt from that Chinese movie of the same name, it will certainly grab some attention here and there.

Judging from the features from its homepage, I guess this game needs a strong and passionate community for it to be a success. From the looks of it, there is certainly some specialty that differentiates it from other mmorpg. There are the Chinese weapons, the landscape and territory battle, which is rather symbolic since it is a war between Three Kingdom after all.

However, the graphics of the game looks only average at best, and improvement can be done on costumes etc. Just look at Granado Espada, a great example of a graphically attractive game. Go to here for more info!
Woa.. The legendary "War Fan" is also one of the 18 special weapons? That is alittle insane haha...

Hitler finds out his Mousehunt strategy isn't working

I am a big fan of Mousehunt, so I am rather delighted to see a Mousehunt version of the infamous Hitler clip. Cool!

Kev Nolan the true hero?

The former captain of Boltan who joined the Magpie just to be relegated soon after that. Is that a sign of true passion for the Magpie? I wish him all the luck, and look forward to see him be a star player for Newcastle United

I want a new music player!

It is hard to ignore people watching video on their 3.5" iTouch, and here I am with my 2.5" Zen. Very tempting. Very expensive as well. PMP is not cheap. My pay is pathetic as well. So, I am doing some "research" (in other words, finding excuses not to buy) on alternative to iTouch.

iTouch 32Gb: S$ 468.00
Samsung P3: To be updated
Cowon S9: To be updated
Creative Zen X-fi2 32Gb: S$349

update

When I was searching for alternative to iTouch, I found out about the upcoming Samsung M1! Looks very good! Looks even better than the Samsung P3! A great mp3 player to consider when it comes out.

Owen my hero!

My hero from Real Madrid and Newcastle. What finishing and positioning! Even though it is a controversial goal, it proves that Owen do justify his no. 7 shirt at times.

Creative Zen Xifi2, The First Touchscreen Mp3 Player for Creative!

It is never too late, and Creative released the first touchscreen player. This is extremely late as most of its competitors has switched to touchscreen. Sony has done it, so has iriver and Archos, and of course Apple. So what makes the Zen XiFi 2 more special from the others? That is definetly the XiFi technology. It attempts to "restores detail lost during file compression with just one touch". In reality, it dosen't work for all kinds of music, but it is still very cool. As compared to the previous model, the Zen XiFi, the new XiFi 2 allows you to enjoy XiFi technology on videos and radio too! Imagine, your favourite station with XiFi! I wonder what will be the quality on radio stations. Anyway, this is great news for people who put movie in their music player. Better sound in video defintely heighten the movie experience.

You can connet the XiFi 2 to the TV via A/V cable. Not many music players can do that. This is extremely useful when there is a big LCD screen in your friend house and you wanted to show off your travel photo on your Zen. There is also a microSD slot to boost your memory of your Zen. However, I don't think it will be full SD integration.

Apart from all these, all other features in the XiFi 2 can also be found on other brand's music player. FM radio, voice recording etc. It has also finally supported the FLAC music format. It is quite a surprise that Creative never supported this format for so long since Creative is known more for its sound quality than anything else.

Interface wise, it isn't much difference from the old Zen XiFi or the older Zen. It also do not have apps like the iTouch. Thus honestly, Creative XiFi 2 really do not have much new features to draw in consumers, apart from the price I guess.

It is cheaper than the super expensive Sony OLED walkman, which is almost 1.5X the price of iTouch for 32Gb. I wonder who buys that?? As compared to the iTouch, the Zen XiFi 2 is cheaper by more than SGD$100 for the 32Gb model. For those who are consdering buying this, I urge you to consider again. By far, the iTouch is still the coolest thing on earth, apart from the Zune HD, which I must say is extremely sexy and sleek. Only time will tell if the Zune HD will compete with the iTouch. I have been watching my friends playing all those cool games on iTouch, and here I am wtih my Creative Zen feeling sad... You will know what I mean. Also, according to epizenter, Creative is just testing the touchscreen market with the Zen XiFi 2. If there is enough demand, more touchscreen players may be coming up. In otherwards, 'better' music players are coming up. For those who don't get it, take a look at the difference in Zen Stone and Zen Stone Plus. Thus, if you are more concerned about sound quliaty, and you are on a budget, and you will not be tempted by all the iTouch games, get the Creative Zen XiFi 2. And pray hard there won't be a Creative Zen XiFi 2 Plus coming next month. For everyone else, go Apple!

Newcastle United, my beloved club

I have never been a club follower. There was David Beckham, Michael Owen (and still him!), but I have never idolize a club. Then came NUFC. Watching them playing was literally a pain to see. They have the talent, they have the potential, but the synergy is gone to the drain. It is just damn weird. And when I watch they win, adrenaline really rush through my body. Watching them play is really exciting in a different sense. Last minute tackle, eleven hour goal, playing with 6 defenders against Liverpool...

Now that they are in the second league, they can get rid of the baggage and start anew. That's a good thing. Although I hate to see Viduka, Martin, Duff and Owen and gang gone, there are still some good soul left in NUFC. Now, in my opinion they are still lacking synergy, but they are top of the table. With time, the team can rebuild, and Newcastle will be back again.

GO NEWCAStle!!!!

(Not to mention they have a really cool new jersey that looks like Inter lol!)