God of War 2 : What a Launch!!!

Man finally Sony has done something right but people sh$t on them!! Man check out the details for the recent God of War 2 launch in Europe!!

Highlights

The corpse of the decapitated animal was the centrepiece of a party to celebrate the launch of the God Of War II game for the company’s PlayStation 2 console!!!!!

Guests at the event were even invited to reach inside the goat’s still-warm carcass to eat offal from its stomach!!!!!!!!!!

They also threw knives at targets and pulled live snakes from a pit with their bare hands!!!!!!!!!!

Topless girls added to the louche atmosphere by dipping grapes into guests’ mouths!!!!!!

They pissed off animal activists!!!!!! But the activists I think came up with the most stupidest comment;

Of course, animal rights groups immediately came to the aid of the exsanguinated livestock, dubbing the event "outrageous", and asking if they provided a comparable decapitated soy alternative.

SOY ALTERNATIVE?! WTF?! HAHAHA!!!

God of War 2 Launch

Yo! Its a Yo Yo!

its sunday morning, i'm dead depressed coz ManYoo have virtually won the premiership.... just watched the highlights of the ManYoo game and realised that Phil Neville's own goal has got to be rigged... i am sure the Neville family will be having a laugh about it in Manchester today and Fergie is going to take Phil out for dinner... bah! another reason to hate Phil Neville (its not like i didn't have enough already)...

anyway.. rant over... to more interesting things.... remember when we all had a YoYo? and we thought that being able to do "walk the dog" was cool? well... this guys takes it to a whole different level... wish i had his skills...

Maison Ikkoku - Trailers and updates

For all the Misaki fans out there, check out her trailer below. There is no gal more kawaii in this world but yet with her class.


This is the website for it. Click it, on the bottom of the page, there are fe yellow buttons. Click the second one from the left (its called story) and at the bottom of the story page, therez the trailer. You can save it as well.. YEAH
http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ikkokukan/

Ocarina of Dumb

Call my dumb but I always thought an ocarina was a made up instrument for the Zelda game!

You learn something new every day

Imperial Jeans

This is a pretty good site for pictures of denim. It's an Australian brand too!

Imperial Jeans

Lazy Friday limerick

There once was a ho called JobseyWoz
who played all his games just becoz
of the APs he could earn, oh when will he learn
APs don't necessarily mean that you pwn


http://achievements.schrankmonster.de/

THE LATE NIGHT SHOW: KNOW YOUR CUTS OF MEAT

Movie Classic - Miller's Crossing

There are a lot of things to love about Miller's Crossing but for me its the crackling dialogue. Here's some of my favourites;

Tony: Wake up, Tommy.
Tom: I am awake.
Tony: Your eyes were shut.
Tom: Who're you gonna believe?

Tom: ...She sees the angle - which is you - and she plays it. She's a grifter, just like her brother. They probably had grifter parents and grifter grandparents and someday they'll each spawn little grifter kids.

Tom: She speaks highly of you.
Bernie: Yeah, well you stick by your family.

Leo: They took his hair, Tommy. Jesus that's strange. Why would they do that?
Tom: Maybe it was Injuns.

Verna:...Maybe that's why I like you, Tom. I've never met anyone made being a sonofabitch such a point of pride.

Bernie: Don't smart me. See, I wanna watch you squirm. I wanna see you sweat a little. And when you smart me, it ruins it.

and my most favourite

Bernie: Cause ethically he's kinda shakey

My buddies wedding

Yo wanna know how i look recently. check this out.

The Rice Monster is in da House!

Hey! Melvin is the new member of rice300! Woohoo!

Good times and Pizza

Happy snaps from Haberfield! That bruschetta was bloody awesome tasting too!

Tenacious Dave

It's very rare to see Dave actually playing a videogame and enjoying it so.. Ladies and Gentlemen I present you DAVID PLAYING A VIDEOGAME!!

Twat of the Week

Sore Loser personified

Jose Mourinho claimed there is one rule for Chelsea and another for Manchester United on penalty decisions after watching his side miss the chance to close the title race gap against Newcastle. Mourinho vented his frustration after ref Mark Halsey had turned down two Chelsea penalty claims in the goalless draw at St James' Park

IKKOKUKAN

Dear all

For all misaki fans out there, this is it, The one we have been waiting for. Misaki's new drama , the IKKOKUAN, is coming at the 12th MAY. I am planning to chuck a sickie on the 13th May so that I could download from BT at home and watched it first hand in Hong Kong.


http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ikkokukan/

Oh Deer

This is toooo funny, its a blog entry from the guy who drew Dilbert.

Did you hear about the Wisconsin man who is charged with having sex with a dead deer that he found in a ditch?

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1122061deer1.html

His defense was that the deer was already dead, so it wasn’t technically an “animal” when the sex happened. The judge disagreed and ruled that a dead deer is still an animal.

This decision sets a dangerous precedent. By the judge’s reasoning, any guy who gets aroused while wearing leather pants has – in the strictest legal terms – his wiener in a cow.

The story doesn’t mention if the dead dear was male or female. That’s important because I want to know if the perpetrator was gay. Without that information, I don’t know how fascinated I should be.

And lord help me, I can’t stop wondering what specific kind of sex he had. Did he arrange the deer in missionary position – which is the way I prefer to imagine it – or was he just getting a little antler? Was he whispering sweet nothings, or was he having angry sex and yelling something along the lines of “I…TOLD…YOU…TO…STAY…OUT…OF…THE…ROAD!!!!”

The story doesn’t mention if the perpetrator tapped the deer where he found it in the ditch or if he dragged it home and put lipstick on it first. My guess is that he got busy right in the ditch, based on three facts:

1. Deer are heavy.

2. He got caught.

3. If a man is horny enough to fornicate with a dead deer, he’s probably too horny to wait until he gets it home.

I’m trying to picture the cop arriving on the scene. The deer-humper looks up from the ditch, sees the cop looking down at him, and asks himself this question: “Is there any point in stopping?” It seems to me that the legal punishment for man-on-deer sex would be exactly the same whether you finish or not. I picture him holding up two fingers and saying to the cop, “Just two minutes. Almost done.”

The cop wouldn’t mind waiting. He’d be busy covering his entire body and the back seat of his cruiser with plastic gloves before he handcuffed the guy.

I also wonder what the cop was thinking. If I were the cop, I’d be worrying that this would be the exact time I had a coincidental heart attack, rolled into the ditch, and became part of this guy’s threesome. This is why people like me do not become cops. I worry about all the wrong things.

Some people might say this was a victimless crime, but I think that depends on whether the perpetrator has recently broken up with a girlfriend. If so, I would say she’s not too happy about this development. It’s one thing to lose your guy to a cheerleader, but it really has to sting when you lose your guy to road kill. How did he break it to her? “It’s not you, baby, it’s me…and a carcass I noticed on route 9.”

Anyway, the moral of this story – and there is one – is that if you ever see a dead deer in a ditch, and you are aroused by it, your best strategy is to pass the buck.

Or get a windowless van.

The hardest Mario levels of all time...

This guy gives himself a hilarious commentary as he plays some insane Mario. Careful where you watch it... he swears like a pirate.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6204903272262158881

Fishy magic trick

glumbert.com - Cyril has a fishy card trick


Check this out, this japanese dude's magic trick is pretty amazing!

KERLON THE SEAL DRIBBLER

Guys i think i told you about this kid. I decided to repost the seal dribble again. Hez just amazing talent. I wonder where he would be in two years time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obA-EzjI9V0&mode=related&search=

The power of the long grain

Basmati power...

EMO Songs : Meatloaf

Meatloaf and I'd Do Anything for Love (but I won't do that) rules! And what a video clip! ML as some deformed fat goblin, his girlfriend taking a seduction bath and some bizarre lesbo scene and then a glorious finale as the GF and ML duet into some poweful emotive lyrics!! All the ingredients for great EMO rock!

Though I always wondered what ML wouldn't do.. you have to listen to the song right to the end.. it's quite devastating man

MLTR

A tribute to MLTR and their dominance of the South East Asian ROCK market. We can only hope that one day, MLTR will make it on to Guitar Hero X (the Asian Factor) so that the new generations to come too can be in awe of their sik skillz and their sik hair.

Classic Songs : Drowners

When I first saw the music video for this song the Drowners, the first single by Suede I didn't know what the hell to think. That Brett.. POUNCE! (Think Withnail and I). Before Brett became all fked up by drugs and depression he was kinda.. sexy! haha! A bit like when Bugs Bunny dresses up like a girl!

Anyways its a brilliant song (probably my favourite) and after all these years it's one of the few Britpop songs I can listen to without vomiting blood.

And yes after all these years I can finally say it.. Brett was kinda cute hahaha

XI YAN SWEETS AT STAR STREET

After bumping into the Mr. Lee, I decided its time for a dinner. I dont want to run around looking for good food but guess what? Star Street is right next to me... hhehehe.. I heard there is one restaurant "XI YAN" which made excellent Tofu, Tomato and Desert. Man, this restuarant is amazing. Its kinda those fusion thing but man, they made really good food. The Pomelo juice in the first pic is excellent; it sparked your appetite tremendously. Raddist patties XO sauce is always my favourite but the best is the tofu (sorry forget to take pics) and the tomato. Dont know how to explain in words. .it is just that good. Go try it out :P

Address:
shop 1, g/f, wing fung st (next to star street) , wanchai (more towards admiralty) HK.

Meeting of a lifetime?

Man, guess who i bumped into today? The richest man in HK , Mr. LEE KA SHING. Well, we have a brief chat and hez having a hard time with his tie so guess what, let me give him a hand :)

Gauntlet and Meatballs

Jobsey and Wozza in their search for AP (Achievement Points) decided to co-op on that legendary and the original co-op game.. GAUNTLET!! As a download from the XBLA for a mere $6 here they were guaranteed 200 AP!

But then.. they realised there was this cheat where if you just waited there for 3 minutes not doing anything.. the walls would unlock into exits hence allowing you to go through the levels damn fast! Heck it was easier than playing through it!

But what to do during those 3 minutes? Talk? I guess.. But since the two daily chatted on email there wasn't much to say. So.. let's just go do the chores!!!

In the end Wozza washed some dishes and Jobsey cooked a bunch of meatballs! And they managed to grab 85 AP during the process!

Extreme Skydiving

This looks like fun...

Takashi Murakami

When you have the time, have a read of the below article. What started out as a search for why this artist is just so hot in art market now, turned out this article.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/03/magazine/03MURAKAMI.html?ei=5090&en=7f2505d23b302648&ex=1270267200&pagewanted=print&position=

It is a very interesting article both in terms of what the modern art world is like and Japanese Culture. The below is something I found very funny (amongst other things in the article):

QUOTE
The apotheosis of kawaii culture is Hello Kitty, the big-eyed, beribboned, expressionless pussycat character that stokes a billion-dollar-a-year business for the Sanrio company. Created in 1974, the Kitty character took off in 1985, first in Japan and then internationally. When I asked Matsui how she accounted for Kitty's popularity, she practically shrieked in response: ''Because I think humanism is dead! Because people are weak and scared.'' In a more measured tone, she added: ''It's easy to accept Kitty because it's so dumb and expressionless. It doesn't demand that you make any reference.''

For an authoritative view, I paid a call at Sanrio on Yuko Yamaguchi, who has been the chief designer of Hello Kitty for 25 years. With long hennaed hair and wearing brown artificial-leather pants, she didn't look the least bit kawaii herself. When she discussed the enduring popularity of Kitty, she was all business."
UNQUOTE

The drawbacks of using skype...

ANIMATION SUKI

Guys wanna find jap animation with english subtitles. here it is

http://www.animesuki.com/

Happy 30 Years Apple!

Apparently on the 16th of April 1977 Jobsey and Wozza setup their first stall in the West Coast Computer Fair in San Franciso! That's 30 years! You know they were only 21? What the hell were you doing when you were 21?!

Here's my favourite quote from the early days of Apple

Steve Jobs : He (Steve Wozniak) was the only person I met who knew more about electronics than me

Steve Wozniak : Steve didn't know very much about electronics

The city of Sendai

This is a panoramic picture atop a hill in sendai, it was such a nice day there even though there was really nothing much to see or do on that hill, its kind of like the peak in hong kong, every tourist goes there but nothing really to do when you are there.

CODE_GEASS The Rebellion of Lelouch

Well I created the animation forum just now.. and well i guess I need to make some recommendations. For all those manga lovers, if you ever miss this, you should "DINE IN HELL . Code Geass: The Rebellion of Lelouch is the best ever animation ever produced by Sunsoft (Yes the producer of Gundam and Cyber formula series) and XCLAMP (TSUBASA no Chronicles and the famous X series) is responsible for all the characters. WHAT A CROSSOVER. You are talking about the best Mechanics and Robotics producer in manga history to go together with the best character designers. So, what do u get from it? Lots of Robots, lots of killings, lots of plots, lots of twist/turns/dramas. This is no ordinary manga since I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. I mean the pictures are nicely jap style but it is the characters and storyline that stands out so much. This is quite like the Deathnote series where the storyline just beat the shit out of you man. GEASS is now the INs in Japan and even Youtube were blocked to view their episodes (Sunsoft have purposely banned it from showing since their DVDs are selling SO MUCH MONEY). OK too much works, enjoy the openning from youtube below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK_8-1rNu3E&mode=related&search=

Story:

On August 10th, 2010, a.t.b., the Holy Empire of Britannia overpowered Japanese forces and conquered the country with their robotic weapons, the Knightmare Frames, in less than a month. Japan lost its freedom and rights and was renamed Area 11, and the Japanese people are renamed "Elevens" and forced to survive in ghettos, while Britannians live in first-class settlements. Rebel elements persist, however, as pockets of Japanese organizations struggle against the Empire for the independence of Japan.
After his father, the Emperor of Britannia, did nothing to pursue the terrorists who murdered his mother and crippled his sister, a young boy named Lelouch vowed to destroy Britannia. Seven years later in Area 11, he encounters a mysterious girl who gives him the power of the Geass. With it, he finally has the power that he needs to defeat Britannia and fulfill his two wishes: to seek revenge for his mother and to construct a world in which his beloved sister can live happily

For more information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Geass

BLUE DRAGON _ ANIMATION.

For all those ppl who didnt have XBOX but wanna enjoy BLUE DRAGON, it is now finally in ANIMATION. check it out

Nintendo Museum

present

This is what my wife got me as a birthday present, the ikaraoke! Its a pretty cool little device, you can sing along your favorite songs either direct to your headset or if you feel like performing, you can broadcast your music and your singing to a fm frequency! Haha, no more need to go to karaoke anymore! (Save the dodgy ones i guess unless you bring the girl(s) home!)

The Go Master

Anyone seen this movie yet? The Go Master. Emi Wada did the costumes. This is one I'm looking forward to seeing - you know me - I'm a sucker for anything slightly Japanese, slightly arty and slightly pretentious. See link below.

http://www.lff.org.uk/films_details.php?FilmID=1034

Classic Songs : Lazyitis

So what's so great about this song?

1. It's my favourite Happy Mondays song! Before it got remixed into some crappy dance track
2. Great name!
3. Neat video of dudes playing football in a prison yard in the rain
4. Shaun Ryder is our modern day Shakespeare (KENDUCKY!)
5. They blatantly steal from the Beatles (can you guess which songs they are)

But the main reason why I love this song so much

6. It's the greatest duet of all time! Between some drunken scouser with an old yodelling country singer!!

The true inspiration for the method acting in 300

sushi at tsukiji

Just to make you guys hungry for your lunch this afternoon. The fk'n uni sushi is soooo good!

Championship league Semi-finals , here we come.

MANU FOR THE GLORY.



Tuesday, April 24, 2007
TIME
HOME

AWAY
STAGE
VENUE
19:45 UK
Liverpool
v
Chelsea
Semifinals
Anfield
19:45 UK
Man Utd
v
AC Milan
Semifinals
Old Trafford
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
TIME
HOME

AWAY
STAGE
VENUE
19:45 UK
AC Milan
v
Man Utd
Semifinals
San Siro
19:45 UK
Chelsea
v
Liverpool
Semifinals
Stamford Bridge

Japan sakura

This is sort of a summary of my recent sakura hunting, girl watching, food eating japan trip! We first stayed a night in tokyo, i was feeling a bit sick that day but it didn't stop me from going to a all you can eat shabu shabu! Sooooo much meat! Anyway the next day we took a highspeed train to sendai, picked up our car and started our road trip. For the next couple of days we spent driving around trying to find sakura and some good ox tongue since the north eastern japan is famous for that. After that we took the train back to tokyo and started the more exciting shopping trip! I tried to find the evisu store but couldn't find it, but i'm really surprised that evisu is actually not that big in japan, fk'n bitches tried to sell me a pair of 3000 hkd jeans and they aren't even that big in their own country! Anyway we closed our trip with a morning sushi run to tsukiji (had to wait 1 hour outside for my sushi cuz some stupid hk guide book brought all the hk tourists there) and more shopping! There are some side trips as well but i'll disclose that in our email where its more secure. Anyway enjoy the sakura picture!

Batok Head Girl and Shark Fin Man

"OH Asano we are finally together at last!"

"Get away from me you crazy git!"

Warrior of Sparta

Ronaldo, warrior of Sparta, pleading to the Gods. Ronaldo, warrior of Sparta, listening for a response.

Japan and China sign agreement on rice

News flash!

Japan and China have just signed an agreement lifting Beijing's four-year ban on Japanese rice, paving the way for Tokyo to resume rice exports to China within the next few months (TOKYO, Japan (AP)).

Our Shanghai correspondent, Laurence Cheng, will once more be able to taste the sweetness of the Japanese short o-kome grain.

These are interesting times indeed!

Click on the link for the full story.

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/04/10/china.japan.rice.ap/index.html

High fives

Drogba and Terry about to High Five it out after their win over Valencia.

Chairman Leonidas

Spartan pop art advances with this new work: 4 Portraits of Chairman Leonidas.

Leonidas Celebrates ManU's Historic Victory!!

After Leonidas stirring war cry for victory against all odds against those damn Romans, his Spartan army did him proud. Here's a picture of the celebrations!

Spartan King Leonidas

"Spartans! Ready your rice cakes and eat hearty, for tonight we dine at the DAI PAI DONG!"

Rice cooker

In keeping with the spirit of Rice300, I've attached a photo of my Pansasonic SR-NA10 rice-cooker. This rice cooker has a neuro-fuzzy function which produces the most fluffy rice you've ever tasted. Combined with short grain o-kome rice planted in the fields of Sparta, toiled by the sons of Sparta and harvested by the women of Sparta, the cooked product is the foodstuff of warriors.

The Battle of Thermopylae II

10Apr represents an important day for Man Utd fans. This is the day where we will show the world that we are fighters - that we are true Spartans ! We will show the world that a tiny team of 11 players can overcome the massive Roman Empire (and a one goal deficit), to reach the Semi Finals of the Champions League.
But being a true Hongkonger, no game should be watched unless a bet is placed - especially when it involves waking up at 2.45am in the morning. So as such, a bet has been placed with a Chelsea Persian (Meteorgarden), that would return 100 pieces of gold to the city of Sparta if Man Utd win their battle tonight (*further conditions apply). I hope all the citizens of Sparta (mainly JinJin) will be there to support our cause !

Shanghai Gamers - BEWARE !

China plans to crack down on internet use under a new "real name verification system" which allows police to check the identity card numbers of all game players, the Financial Times reported. Online games are very popular in China, where millions of people regularly log on to role-playing and fantasy games as well as massive online communities. Chinese regulators recently announced a push to "purify" the internet and want users to use their true identities online. Beijing is also looking for ways to get bloggers to use their real names. China's 18-digit ID numbers are based on place of birth, age and gender and are unique to each person. Widely available software can generate fake numbers. The new system would see police check each number, a government official said Monday. Players who are under 18 years old or who submit a fake ID number would be forced to play versions of games with anti-addiction features.

The Trapp has landed...

Trapp, aka Wozniak, aka Sad Bastard, aka Achievement Whore has landed and the Rice 300 blog will thunder in my wake when I can get off my arse to post anything of worth. In the meantime be satisfied with high-falutin reviews and abuse of my favourite target; bloggers.

Eggplant schlong.....

Didn't really end up doing much over the Easter hols except ate quite a bit...

did go to Macau with Taryn and ate some damn good Macanese food on Easter Friday... apparently the dude that owns the place used to cook for the Governor of Macau before Macau returned to Chinese rule (who knows if its true but at that's what the cab driver told us)... anyways... took a couple of pics so thought I'd share it with you guys.... first one is Portugese seafood rice... damn yum.... lots of sauce that was gradually absorbed by the rice turning the rice into a risotto of sorts.... second pic is a fish pie dish... the fish is a salted type of cod... too salty for my liking but the mashed potatoe was yum!.... last pic is Eggplant with cheese and tomato.... again... tasted really good but funny thing was the eggplant looks like a damn long schlong hahhahah

of course also gambled a bit (coz its a must do in Macau).... ended up even stevens so wasn't bad at all (considering was down from game number 1)... nearly missed the boat coming back home though.... nothing really worthy of note from the casino trip except that (1) Stanley Ho's new casino (Grand Lisboa) has a huge glowing Dinosaur egg that changes colour in the middle of the gaming floor which presumably is a 'fung shui' thing which is supposed to suck all the luck out of its patrons.... i was obviously too intimidated by the Dinosaur so ended up playing at Wynn which leads me to (2) the chicks at Wynn are better looking....

WOW I MADE IT.

To Meteorgarden, Jobsey, Wozniak, Rosaria, Musa, Fabs, Norbu, Vainity and many wonderful bros in WoW.

I HAVE MADE IT TO LEVEL 70. This is a journey i would never forget because I have thought to be so easy and quick. Special thanx to Musa and Norbu who actually helped me out a lot during the tough times. Now its back to RAIDING TIME. I am looking forward for KARA and my new MUTILATE build should be kicking ass there.

Btw, i got my flying mount already. Cost me 900 gold but whatz gold anyway. I love the feeling of flying from Hellfire back to Nagrand and then to Shadowmoon. Its lovely.

I have also farmed the Scryers Rep to exalted and so, MY FIRST EVER LEVEL 70 EPIC Dagger is almost in my hands... now I just need to farm 178 gold. That would be pretty easy because a hand in for quest at level 70 give you 13 gold at least. I still have a lot of quest to finish and hopefully, that would be me the my first bucket of gold for my epic flying mount. Bwahahaahhahaah

Portsmouth 2 - 1 Man Utd

The most depressing Saturday night in a long time ! Started off well, after a cool night out at the Shanghai House of Jazz and Blues. But to see such a bad performance by Man Utd - I couldn't resisted saying '门小' in front of my parents. Don't ask me what I said after I saw Ferdinand score that own goal.

Tin Hua Laksa

Honkies getting fed up with overpriced and no good Laksa in HK? I have a recommendation in Tin Hau (next to Victoria Park, in between Causewaybay and North Point) for all you. The little shop (Tin Hau Laksa) just round the corner of Tsing Fung Street is very famous for its fusion style Muslim Lamb ribs Laksa or Laksa Loh (the one without soup). What so special about this Laksa is that the soup base since it is extremely rich in natural coconut and Laksa flavour plus a bit indian curry powder to add a bit of spice to it. Besides, the Laksa there serves with authentic style "sum sum" (vermicelli and egg noodle with bean sprout and tofu pok) which adds a lot in terms of content and style. The Lamb itself is fresh and very juicy. I would also recommend to try their curry too.

JINJIN

hi hi , RICE300 HERE I COME

JINJIN

hi hi , RICE300 HERE I COME

Guitar Hero 2

Ok. I admit it now. I'm hooked on Guitar Hero 2.

When i first saw the GT series I thought what a stupid game for 2 main reasons;

1. Has a naft peripheral. I despise peripherals specifically built for games. Look at the tragic road wrecks; DDR dance mats, Eyetoy, Time Crisis guns, Singstar, Buzz series. They were one-dimensional junk crap built around even crappier software that you would never ever want to be known as a pwnerer of these games.

2. It was a stupid rhythm game. Seriously rhythm games I don't even know if you can call them a game just tapping on buttons to music. It got harder by speeding up the music and making you hit stupid combos that didn't make any sense. Play for a few hours and go "oh that was different.. NEXT!"

But once you strap on that guitar, boot the game up.. it seriously just blew my mind man!!! GT2 is what Nintendo hope the wii remote will be; just a perfect integration of hardware, peripheral and software that just takes gaming to like another level! Here's what's so sik about GT2

1. It's sheer pick and play value. You can just pick it up, start on easy and just know what to do. No fiddling around with instructions, no trying to figure out the controls; the game is just made to be played with no fuss at all. A great example is that Tash is playing GT2. Not only is she just playing but she's actually playing through the campaign mode. THE CAMPAIGN MODE!!

2. It is a deep and hardcore game. Sure it's still a rhythm game but the whole way the guitar works it's not just a tap and bash game. On the Easy level its relatively straight forward but when you progress to the next level I was just totally overwhelmed by the extra difficulty. But you practice, force yourself to try and play it with guitar techniques like hammering, using the correct finger technique for chord and plucking sequences and man! You find yourself really improving and get this massive sense of satisfaction - not just beating the game but knowing your playing the song with rock solid skillz.

3. You can be a total rock god. I think the lead guitar is as mythological as like wanting to be a jedi knight, a ninja, astronaut, sports star etc etc. When you start owning the games you can like just totally rock out trying out all the air guitar moves! Pretend to be like Pete Townshend and do the windmill!!! haha!!

4. It is amaziningly addictive. If you told me that I would stand up for 2-3 hours playing a video game I would laugh at you! But that's what I've been doing. Trying to nail the songs; if I stuff up; do it again! Once I perfected it; go to the next one!! And with the 360 achievement points - get the next AP!!!

So for all you 360 owners and even PS2.. do yourself a favour and go pick up GT2 now! AND LET'S GET ROCKIN!!

iPOO (from the stickyarchive)

March 2004. The stickyrice brothers (poor man's version of the hilton sisters) are bangin' on about iPods and Lomo cameras, and wanting to get apple macs so they can be try-hard designers.

I make the following image on my trusty PC and send it in a group email.

The stickyrice brothers go nuclear.

Keith Richards Snorted his Dad

Saw this on another site. It's such an awesome story, I had to repost it here:

"The strangest thing I've tried to snort?" the Sun quoted Richards as
saying in its early Wednesday edition.

"My father. I snorted my father.

"He was cremated and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little
bit of blow. My dad wouldn't have cared.

"It went down pretty well and I'm still alive."

Washington Post

French Food

Ate dinner at Madame Sousou.

Atmosphere: Nice Frenchy feel. Artwork, cornices, warm lighting.

Food: Chicken was tasty, Duck was too salty.

Wine: Excellent. We ordered the first two reds available by the glass, and both were superb.

Service: Good.

Comments: At the table beside ours two women each ordered the fish of the day. Whole stuffed barramundi. A big fish on a plate. I don't know how they can eat it like that. At a Chinese dinner... that dish would be shared by a family.

THE ORIGIN STORY

All great things start with a humble story.. not this one! Unlike most starts this blog knows it pwns already with the all-star crew of the Stickyrice club and HK buddies. So even if this is the only blog comment we know we're the best anyways and if we couldn't be bothered posting more stuff its cos we have important stuff in our lives where if it weren't done civilisation would cease to exist.

Anyways here's how this blog came into being

1. First David posts a nice little story from Murakami
   
   http://www.geocities.jp/yoshio_osakabe/Haruki/Books/A-Window.html
2. In this story it makes reference to hamburger steak. Nelson with his feverish mind at work queries what the hell this means
   
   

   u know when japs talk about hamburger steak wat do they mean? is it really a steak or a hamburger pattie?

3. David answers in depth
   
   

   it's just the hamburger pattie.
   
   served with rice, maybe on top of a pile of spaghetti, with gravy on top. sometimes, the more expensive places use a piece of kobe beef... and guess what... they mince it all up just to make hamburger. what a waste. but i'm sure delicious. there's a great japanese hamburger place in Central where we work. It's called Hal's. next time you're here, I'll take you.
   
   sometimes they have variations. like white sauce and cheese on top of the hamburger. or poached egg and bacon.

   
   
   This leads on to a discussion about hamburgers in general. From western burgers, japan burgers, mos burgers, lunch appointments (which Jinnah breaks) and LG missing HK. Then Nelson makes a landmark statement
   
   

   wat was that thing u wrote loki where u went and abused some poor fella about hamburgers?! haha!!

4. This lead to the truly excellent and balanced discussion of that great site Chubby Hubby
   
   

   Yeah haha that chubby hubby fella man, he sickens me

   I find his blog posey bullsh*t man. He says he prefers a good honest burger
   to michelin blah blah blah then he goes on to pick 3 places in the world that serve a good burger - JUST THREE! WTF! He's getting all elitist about hamburgers man. I think I said something like too many good things in life have been ruined by being gentrified by elitist toffs, leave the burger the fk alone. I dunno why I got so steamed, I think Nelson pushed me bwahahaha

   
   
   (Private comments between Loki to Nelson with further enlighted analysis)
   
   

   king chubby hubby man wtf - 3 places that serve great burgers - get fked man, how about you walk down the streets of Melbourne or Sydney and dive into the first fish and chip/burger shop you see
   
   What the hell did I write man I was pretty proud of that comment
   
   I think you said something like you can grab a great burger at some fking hole in the wall place
   
   HAHAHA

   This leads to David making this searing insight into the minds of Loki and Nelson
   
   

   chubby hubby's no different to you or nels making top 5 lists of things. i
   reckon you're just indignant that he's got an audience that actually take
   his lists seriously. actually, chubby hubby reminds me a lot of nels. now
   you're both gonna kill me.
   

   
   With the following responses
   
   

   You're probably right, you should be a shrink man haha
   
   ha thats true for me but for loki he just hates singaporeans that are smarter than he is

5. Jinnah then asks the question the world has been waiting for (trademarked by Stone Roses)
   
   

   man, one question, do u guys like writing blogs?

6. Nelson and Loki inbetween fffs and cbf at work think of blogs they have done. Then it dawns on Nelson that man.. blogging.. he had invented that man.. with their eatstickyrice blog on AMAZON!!
   
   http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/ATQX6RTJ2B0FZ/ref=cm_aya_bb_pdp/002-2488253-1374453
   
   Some choice blogging topics to be forever burned in the canon of rice literature
   
   

   The House of Morgan chronicles in minute detail the meteoric rise and rise of
   the JP Morgan banking behemoth. But don't despair food fans, it's not all
   captains of industry and heady stories of bold arbitrage plays. The narrative is
   punctuated more than occasionally by oddly beautiful recollections of J
   Pierpont's most memorable sticky rice meals.
   
   Sticky recently did a fair bit of research on this book for a good friend of his. The multiple exercises in this wonderful book (when combined with a strict diet regime of sticky rice, sticky rice, and more sticky rice) are sure to restore the spark to even the dullest of minds and rekindle a love for that most noble of processes; the bank reconciliation
   
   Sticky can't help but view poor Esther Greenwood as merely a product of that particular cultural milieu of New England in the 1950's. Asian influences were hardly prevalent and frankly a warm sticky rice as a comfort food was an anachronism and anathema to most WASPish tastes. Sticky believes that in this modern age Esther's problems could be easily solved with a few brisk slaps to the cheek and a steamer full of rice on the stove...
   
   "eat nothing that you cannot drop in 5 minutes when you spot the sticky
   rice on the yum cha trolley"
   
   as in sticky rice, as in if the Lisbon girls' dirty mother had fed them rice maybe then they would have had something worth living for. Especially Kirsten Dunst, she was hot...

   And then rice300 was born

Achievement Ho-ing

Man.. without achievement points I couldn't be bothered playing video games now.. i just cracked some more points for NBA Street Homecourt.. Who's Rip Hamilton? He seems pretty cool that guy like an urban poet!! haha