Things I learned over the weekend - Monday, 22 November 2010
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Being the MC at a wedding isn't bad at all...
...once you get over the opening nerves and realise that everyone attending is on your side. Man, I was bricking it for the first couple of sentences, though. It was my girlfriend's brother's wedding, so my partner's parents and all of the (vast) family were there. But as the day went on, I really relaxed and got into it; by the end of the night, my performance was hammier than a troupe of talented pigs on a trapeze. Having people indulge in a steady stream of free booze obviously aided my charms. All up, I think I'd do it all over again, armed with some knowledge gleaned from my debut effort.Vanquish is still aces in the relentless action department.
Oh, and this:
Driver has aged a LOT.
Yep, I'm talking about the original Playstation game. For reasons that will become apparent in another forthcoming blog, I (re)purchased the game to play it all over again, but this time I'm gonna actually finish it.---
Also, seeing as I didn't provide an entry for last week, here's the most important lesson I learned during that weekend...
DJ Hero Renegade Edition is an inconvenient item to walk/tram home.
Seriously, that box is hefty as fuck - its weight and size make it goddamn difficult to carry down the street as you walk a few blocks to catch a tram. And then catching the tram with it presents a whole new batch of interesting challenges. But what could I do? It was cheap and I'd heard everyone say to get the deluxe version that came with the tabletop rig.DJ Hero is also pretty entertaining.
Some of the mixes are very much on the ball, too, which is good. Plus there are a couple of instances where cussing has been excised through clever use of the cross fader, which brought a smile to my face. There are a couple of tracks, though, where the chopping gets a bit much, and it kind of muddies the core tune and makes it a bit of a mess. Also, as a fan of both Justice and DJ Shadow, I'm quite happily catered for, so the game wins some big points there.
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