OMG Diablo 3!

It’s been a long wait but it looks like it’s going to be worth it!

Diablo and Diablo 2 is the game that “redefined” the RPG industry standard and it looks like Blizzard has struck another deal with the devil and delivered yet another gem.

The basic background behind the 3rd installment is that twenty years have passed since the cataclysmic events of Diablo II. Mephisto, Diablo, and Baal have had their asses handed to them, but the Worldstone, which once shielded the world of Sanctuary from the forces of both the High Heavens and the Burning Hells, has been destroyed, and evil mofos once again stirs in Tristram…. wooooooo scary shit!!!

Blizzard Entertainment have launched the game’s official website, with information about the places, characters, monsters, and adventures awaiting our return to the world of Sanctuary. Some of the site’s highlights include:

The cinematic teaser trailer shown at the 2008 Worldwide Invitational
A 20-minute gameplay demo video
More than 60 screenshots and pieces of concept art
Deckard Cain’s journal, narrated by Deckard Cain himself — stay a while and listen!
And lots of other cool stuff!

Visit the new Diablo III website now to learn more about the game, and make sure to check out the official FAQ and the announcement press release.

Terminator Salvation

Ok so i saw the new Terminator film trailer today and I have to say that the one thing the film makers got right was to get Christian Bale in for the role of John Conner!

Anything Bale touches turns into a box office success at the moment and it’s not that surprising considering how good all his films have been. I can’t even think of a bad one!

Anyway I found the trailer on YouTube…. check it out.

Health Update 3

All is going well. Eating in the morning is a plus at the moment

I seem to have got into a routine that is working. I’ve only deviated slightly from the plan once in 3 weeks so I think I’m doing ok.

Current weight is X minus 9lbs which i didn’t think would be possible in 3 weeks!!

I’m gonna keep going although I have a stag weekend in a couple of weeks which means that I can’t afford to be to fussy for food during that.

I guess we’ll see as time goes on if my willpower can hold the course of this rough ride!

Silence those damn kids!!

I’ve been spending a lot of time round my mates house (he has 2 young kids) and I realised that Kid’s can be very loud and have the attention span of a demented goldfish!

I’m not saying I hate kids… quite the opposite I think kids are great and can often be entertaining… especially when they vomm all over their parents… lol

Anyway the fact is that I’m sure that every parent feels a moment where they NEED to silence them. Coincidentally I’ve recently been asked to review a set of children’s books as part of my work.

Now I personally don’t have kids but the fact that I used to be one and am not far off how I used to behave 20 odd years ago means I can have some appreciation of what a kid likes and how they think!

The range are from a company called “Bayard Presse” from the land of frogs (France) and seem to tackle the problem of hyperactive children in an innovative way.. and before you ask NO IT DOESN’T INVOLVE HORSE TRANQUILLIZERS!!

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The range of books are called StoryBox, AdventureBox and DiscoveryBox! (please click on the links and make me look awesome!). They each cater for a different age group and provide children’s comics and activities that have an educational message that is in line with the national curriculum (apparently).

Now I’ve always been a fan of the horse tranquillizer method as it shuts the kids up but once I’d sorted my mate and his kids out with these books I soon noticed a few bonuses.

1.) They are safe to leave around the house.

2.) They benefit your children by teaching them something (instead of lowering their cognitive ability)

3.) The likelihood of your children getting a chemical addiction to them is unlikely

4.) They cost significantly less

So peeps do me a favour and check them out… you never know you might actually learn something yourself at the same time!!