TWD had entered my orbit in terms of the name but if someone asked me to name a character from said show I'd be dumbstruck, recently however Season 1 was £5 so after asking on Facebook I decided to have a punt and buy it.
I've finished Season 1 now and last night finished Episode 5 Season 2 and have decided to recap/review each episode from now on a la my Arrow blog post (http://nonwrestling.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/arrow-season-2.html)
Season 1 was good on the whole though I did kind of go uhhh when the CDC came about as I felt it kind of knocked the show of its momentum slightly and I didn't much care for that or Dr. Jenner.
In terms of characters I did like Shane, Daryl and although the character is unlikeable Merle, played by Yondu man how can I not dig that!
As the season drew to a close, it was six episodes, they simply forgot about looking for Merle whether it was meant to be taken as they thought he was dead, I doubt Daryl would give up though or the writers just leaving it I'm unsure. A good part was when the camp was attacked as it was unexpected and thinned the herd though bar Amy and to an extent Jim none of the other characters were that memorable.
SEASON 2
Just past the halfway mark. I have enjoyed it so far even though it has been rather slow though I do think an adrenaline pumping zombie slaughter every episode would be rather tiring. Shane has been the highlight for me so far, though I did shake my head when he sacrificed Otis. Carl got shot, though I sympathized more with the deer me being an animal man and all but he's A-Ok now as he was tended to on a farm owned by Hershel Greene and his family, I do think Hershel has been played very well so far by Scott Wilson.
Sophia, Carol's daughter, went missing after running from Walkers in the opener and this carried/dragged down depending on your POV the first half of season 2 though the ending to the arc was beautiful and harrowing at the same time. Turns out old Hershel has Walkers in the barn, some his family some found on the land, he believes they can be cured.
Hershels plan to store them and hopefully save them was put to bed by Shane who upon hearing of the zombies, only Glenn initially knew, and witnessing Rick and Hershel take some to the barn decided enough was enough and Shane, Daryl, T-Dog (uh any need for a gangsta name in a post-apocalyptic world?), Andrea and a reluctant Glenn gunned down the Walkers after Shane released them from the barn but then blow me after they were all killed and all seemed well in the world/farm Sophia comes out as a walker and Rick puts her down. I thought the reaction of Hershel was well done as he stares in disbelief at what's unfolding.
In 'Nebraska', episode name not the actual state, Hershel is getting drunk as Glen and Rick come to get him when two unknown survivors come in, I hated them, which may of been the point I don't know, but I was happy when Rick shot them down both figuratively and literally. Forgot to mention, due to its stupidity, Lori was in a car accident.
Just watched the next episode 'Trigger Finger' the friends of the people Rick killed showed up, Hershel shot one who survived that but was set upon by Walkers, who've taken a back seat pretty much this season. Lori's car flipped last ep and this picked up with her fighting off a couple Walkers, the one pushing his face through the broken window was a terrific visual, she seems A-Okay though and is eventually back at camp via Shane, she didn't even seem to have a scratch on her the whole thing seems to of existed just to have Shane lie to her about Rick being safe. The recent episodes have done a lot to knock Dale down in my estimation he's gone from one of the best characters to being Shane's number one badmouther, I think he'd even tell a Walker if he came across one how bad Shane is. Last scene was good though as Lori pretty much told Rick Shane had to die for the good of the camp, will Lori ever have anything positive to say?
Rick Vs. Shane finally happened w/ Rick throwing punches and Shane throwing wrenches then it was made a handicap match as Walers were awoken from an afternoon nap. Shane was trapped in a bus with Walkers trying to get in when Rick left with Randall, a guy who's lost his leg when it was impaled on a fence and now they're dumping him a way from the farm but he knows Maggie, however Rick returned to get Shane, who almost went all Dukes Of Hazard when re-entering the car. Back at home Lori apparently lives in the 50s thinking women should just do chores.
Now finished Season 2, since my last post Dale died, ripped open by a Walker then shot by Daryl in a mercy killing and then Randall was killed by Shane who used the search for Randall as a ploy to kill Rick but Rick stabbed Shane instead then Carl, who I find annoying through I dislike kids anyway, shot Walker Shane and the gunshot led a load of Walkers, and I mean a load, to the farm cue operation shoot and run like hell, Hershel lost Patricia, Otis' wife, and Jimmy, his or Otis son I assume, in the fracas but the core survived. Andrea got lost from the group and was seemingly about to meet her maker when a mysterious hooded figure saved her, this is Michonne that's not revealed but I know it is also Rick has gone all Ricktator, ha-ha, on the group and gone like Shane in a sense and told the people what Jenner told him which is that everyone is infected which is why any death leads to Walker state. The season ended with a shot of a Prison in the distance.
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SEASON 3
In the premiere we find that a few months have passed since Season 2, yet they only just find the prison which was a stones throw away in Season 2s final scene, not a complaint just an observation. Liked them picking off the Prison Yard Walkers from the towers and also at the end more survivors were revealed indoors, they'd been locked in the cafeteria for 10 months or something and we get another stupid name - Big Tiny. Hershel gets his lower leg amputated after he is bitten/grabbed I forget which.
Well it seems Rick is becoming a bit more Shaneified, funny as that's what he preached against for so long, as he makes the tougher choices by gut now seemingly instead of waiting as he kills one of the Prisoners and another one he willingly locked out in the Walkers though I must say I do like this Rick as it's better than 'oh lets sleep on it' as I do think you would make the choices he makes now in this world as it is dog-eat-dog essentially, well Walker-eat-human but you know what I mean. Carol practises a cesarian on a Walker for when Lori has her kid which was a touch I appreciate, Hershel's not dead but he is now legless like he was last season but in a different way.
Last episode 'Walk With Me' had nothing of the Prison Living Survivors as we focused on Andrea and Michonne, they were found by The Governor and Merle, with a knife arm now due to the Rick enforced amputation. Governor it turns out runs Woodbury a safe haven though it did come across as too good to be true and had an air of uneasiness to me. Governor was all smiles and a real nice guy to boot but then he goes and kills a bunch of soldiers as he wants their supplies and lies to his town people that they were killed by Walkers when they got there. funny though as a Governor would be better suited to a Prison and Rick could do with Woodbury, how long till the two camps meet?
Possibly my fave episode yet as I watched 'Killer Within' where it all goes Pete Tong as Walkers get in the prison grounds and the camp is splintered this leads to T-Dog getting bit then running around with Carol and letting himself get eaten so she can live, I thought something was amiss when T-Dog had actual lines at the start of the ep, Carol's not returned yet and is assumed dead by the group so either she is dead offscreen or she's a hide and seek master. Lori gave birth via a Maggie done C-Section then Carl shot her, off screen making it more chilling in a way especially the way he went past Maggie on his way out. Ricks breakdown at the end I'm guessing is like marmite within the fans community. The next episode Rick doesn't say anything until the very end when he says 'hello' when answering a phone in the prison, bet it's a double glazing salesman. Back in Woodbury though is where more stuff happened as Michonne has left without Andrea who stays then may now realise Michonne was right about something being off as she sees Merle fight random guy in the middle of toothless Zombies which in Woodbury is entertainment, better than what we get in Rhyl. Daryl and Maggie got supplies as well for the new baby girl, also noticed that Oscar gets a credit in the end credits but Axel doesn't so either he's a main character guy credit wise or they've forgotten him.
Big developments as the two camps find out about each other, Merle was chasing Michonne through the area around Woodbury when they stumbled upon Glenn and Maggie on a supply run. Glenn and Maggie or Gleggie are now prisoners of The Governor and Michonne made her way to the prison after she over heard Glenn and Maggie or Magenn talking. After some work from Governor and Merle on the pair Maggie revealed where they were staying and Michonne told the prison camp about Woodbury though I was waiting for her to drop in Merle's name or even a description of him but she didn't which was frustrating. Ended with Rick Daryl, Oscar and Michonne outside Woodbury unbeknownst to the guards .... oh them phone calls in the prison were in Ricks head.
Forgot I was doing this, I finished Season 3 a few days ago, it takes me ages to watch something as evidenced by the gap in the last post to me finishing the Season. Governor went from creep villain to psychopath villain in about 2 seconds as he slaughtered his own people who ran after a failed assassination of Ricks prison crew. Merle got killed by Governor then sadly Zombie Merle had to be offed by Daryl, Andrea, the most annoyingly inconsistent character of the Season was killed off, woo-hoo.
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
My FIFA Rules
- Drop the smaller teams from qualification for big tournaments - San Marino, Lichtenstein, Scotland et al have no chance of getting anywhere near World Cup, Euros etc. and it'd be a mercy killing stopping them trying.
- Give teams team names like in US Sports. I love US Sports and think that giving the teams names will improve the sport - Liverpool Losers, Arsenal Weasels, Salford Suckers etc.
- Ban Lineker from commenting on any football news related story as he just annoys me.
- No draws. Any game that ends in a draw goes to golden goal or penalties and I mean domestic football.
- Make the goals bigger to try and stop dull 0-0s. (or implement the above rule)
- Give the teams a half court violation where they can't spend more than X amount of time in their own half and when in the opposition's half they can't go back over the line.
- Drop the League Cup in UK or make it the Johnston-Paint trophy and let it be between Football League teams.
- Make UK/Man Utd fans realise that football did exist pre-1992.
- Either put Celtic in English Leagues, if Swansea, Cardiff, Wrexham and Newport can then why not Celtic, or just end Scottish Football.
- Just drop Qatar World Cup due to health problems with the heat.
- Give teams team names like in US Sports. I love US Sports and think that giving the teams names will improve the sport - Liverpool Losers, Arsenal Weasels, Salford Suckers etc.
- Ban Lineker from commenting on any football news related story as he just annoys me.
- No draws. Any game that ends in a draw goes to golden goal or penalties and I mean domestic football.
- Make the goals bigger to try and stop dull 0-0s. (or implement the above rule)
- Give the teams a half court violation where they can't spend more than X amount of time in their own half and when in the opposition's half they can't go back over the line.
- Drop the League Cup in UK or make it the Johnston-Paint trophy and let it be between Football League teams.
- Make UK/Man Utd fans realise that football did exist pre-1992.
- Either put Celtic in English Leagues, if Swansea, Cardiff, Wrexham and Newport can then why not Celtic, or just end Scottish Football.
- Just drop Qatar World Cup due to health problems with the heat.
Friday, 1 May 2015
WWF Attitude
- Fired up the WWF Attitude game for my N64 last night and thought I'd blog my career mode progress instead of doing a PPV review as i'm virtually retired from them now though Breakdown may be done if I can be bothered at the weekend.
- Career mode is simple to follow if rather long, you start on House Shows then after some wins get on HeAt and Shogun Saturday then lastly RAW is WAR and the end of month PPVs. It's split into three tiers - European Title, IC Title and the WWF Title. You start at the bottom of the pile as it's done like the old WCW Top 10 rankings though it has 20 in Euro then 15 in IC and you face the man ahead of you in a match and progress that way though they do throw in tag, triangle or even handicap matches in on occasion and a loss sends you back a spot.
- I've picked Undertaker as I know his move set or at least some good moves which brings me to a confession on fighting games ie MK I hate button mashers and on wrestling games I hate people who do the same move all the time, well i've become one here as all my matches so far follow a pattern of - One Handed Chokeslam -Punch x10 - One Handed Chokeslam - Chokeslam - Tombstone 1,2,3.
I have yet to lose by pinfall, that's not really a brag as my opponents have be on the Mosh, Kurrgan level but I did lose a handicap match via countout to the great thrown together team of Thrasher and Dr. Death (RIP), I did team w/ Taka Michinoku though and in an effort to strengthen Death Valley/Japan relations I let Taka pin Jerry Lawler, European Title here I come.
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- Actually managed to finish the game in one sitting as my matches 90% of the time lasted about 2 minutes and I had to beat Mankind for the WWF Title and after all these matches all I got was a pic of Undertaker and something saying like Congratulations on being Champion and that was it, uh.
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- Actually managed to finish the game in one sitting as my matches 90% of the time lasted about 2 minutes and I had to beat Mankind for the WWF Title and after all these matches all I got was a pic of Undertaker and something saying like Congratulations on being Champion and that was it, uh.
Tuesday, 28 April 2015
Age Of Ultron
- Bored last night so went cinema, cost £8.79, why the 79p, round it up people!
- This isn't a review of the whole film like my X-Men: DOFP or CA:WS but rather my thoughts in general, there will be spoilers.
- Ultron was a good villain for me to watch, he isn't treated as almost a joke like Loki but rather a true villain and I was really impressed with the way he came across.
- The look of the film was beautiful and very impressive.
- Hawkeye got a meaty role in the film and for me Jeremy Renner is possible the MVP of this film, he was shown to have a wife and two kids with another on the way and the way he was built up through the film I expected him to get offed but blow me Quicksilver bites the bullet, or multiple bullets should I say.
- Nice touch where Hawkeyes new born is shown to have the middle name Pietro as Quicksilver died saving Hawkeye.
- Nice touch where Hawkeyes new born is shown to have the middle name Pietro as Quicksilver died saving Hawkeye.
- Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver don't leave much of an impression though SW does cause show each Avenger visions where Stark seemingly destroys everything, Cap is alone and Thor's felt weird within this film actually Thor doesn't fit at all for me within the MCU.
- Film ends with a new Avengers formed - Captain America, Black Widow, War Machine, Scarlet Witch, Vision, The Falcon.
- Though kind of obvious the bad guys go good and have a heroic death, at least one of them anyway, felt cliched in about 1957.
- The Vision was a welcome addition and the fact he's given a humanish appearance helps the audience connect with him I think.
- The start was enjoyable as we go straight into the thick of the action.
- Black Widow and Hulk start a romance out of nowhere but at the end Hulk seemingly goes off the radar and personally not sorry to see that as I don't like Hulk though i'm sure he'll be back.
- Mid Credit scene shows Thanos grabbing the Gauntlet and saying he'll have to do it himself more or less, i've forgotten his exact words.
- Mid Credit scene shows Thanos grabbing the Gauntlet and saying he'll have to do it himself more or less, i've forgotten his exact words.
- Who will pay for all the buildings destroyed??
7.5 / 10 - I didn't have that feeling of satisfaction when leaving the cinema that I got from Winter Soldier or Guardians.
Monday, 20 April 2015
Majoras Mask
- When people ask my fave game the answer of 'Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time' is always followed with the question did you play Majoras Mask? To which I would sigh and say no. This went on for 14 years until last year when I contacted a local retro shop and they had Majoras Mask in on that day so I got it, though due to TV issues I've only really had a good go of it in the last week or so.
- This is being played on my 64 I don't have 3DS version.
- The game play was easy for me to pick up as it's 100% Ocarina Of Time so that was a plus for me and as the people in Termina are the same as Hyrule it's fun for me and the sister to try remember where they were in Hyrule eg a man in the ranch appears in Kakariko Village and the Lost Woods on Ocarina also the these two witches you help in the Swamp are a dungeon boss on Ocarina (Spirit Temple if I remember right).
- One major difference between OoT and MM is that Majoras is timed in that you have 3 days (in game time) to save Termina from the moon, to save the game you must play The Song Of Time and go back to day 1 though everything resets. The timed nature of the game initially annoyed me but i've grown to bear it, on OoT you had to get Medallions but here it's masks, though I don't think all 24 are needed I'm still going to try for them, they enable you to do different things though only 3 truly change you - Deku, Goron and Zora, but some are needed for progression as you can't get into Ikana without winning the mask needed via horse race.
- The first Temple/Dungeon/whatever floats your boat is fairly easy which was a given given it's the initial one but the second (Snowhead Temple) was annoying in terms of traversing it but I found the boss (Goht) annoying but also quite fun to do and I've saved Zora Eggs which enabled me to learn a new song which I think grants me access to the next temple but I'm not doing that yet as I get flashbacks to the Water Temple of OoT, also I don't intend to do the Zora Eggs again as I hate water fights and had to beat these deep sea pythons to save three of the eggs also the other four are around Gerudo Fortress which I walked around with the Stone Mask which makes you essentially invisible however I wouldn't like to do that are without the mask.
- Away from the main story of the Temples as noted earlier you get masks all via different means and the biggest one I've found to do is this Anju/Kafei task from which I have three masks (Kafei/Keaton/Couples) and yet still Anju is not ticked off in my note book, what does the woman want?!
- Overall I've enjoyed it so far but i'm still not sure whether I prefer it to Ocarina BUT the fact that I can't declare OoT a definite winner is a testament to Majoras Mask, the 14 year wait was worth it.
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- Got a couple more masks last night but I have the feeling that I should progress more within the game so onto the next temple.
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- I am NEVER doing the Great Bay Temple again not even for £1,000,000. I've always thought Water Temple from OoT was worst Zelda dungeon but this surpasses it, in Water Temple you have to lower and raise the Water levels but the boss is relatively easy and in Great Bay Temple you change the current of the water which was annoying as I couldn't find the last one however after all this I faced what is my worst ever boss - Gyorg, a fish thing that does major damage, I needed to use two red fairies to survive, though being an animal lover I did feel bad for killing a fish, I am never doing this again!
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- Took a break for a bit as I usually do, I start things then half way through get bored hence why I have a bunch of reviews written but not typed up, but I was in the mood for this and so headed for the Stone Tower, oh wait no I didn't I had to go through the well giving gibdo's various items and ended with Mirror Shield, I learnt the Song Of Storms somewhere aswell, I honestly can't remember where though, after bringing water back to the valley I healed a father and got the Gibdo mask then I headed for Stone Tower.
- Did the first part of the tower after spending about two hours getting up to it, then you have to go outside and flip the tower by hitting a switch with the light arrows which are earned by beating a mini-boss, it may of been a Wizzrobe i can't remember. There's a really annoying enemy named Death Amos or something like that which stopped me hitting a switch for a while then when I did it I realised I should of just used the stone mask, after going back to the opening area by accident and thus having to walk around again I got to the boss, special mention for the guy guarding the boss key as he did some real damage, the boss was two worm like things named TwinMold who you beat by hitting the head or tail of both, I gained the Giants Mask in the temple and this is the only place you can wear it.
- The four temples are done and now I'm heading for the clock tower, or at least I would be but I have three masks missing.
- All Night Mask is now mine just missing one as I believe the other is obtained by getting all the others. Oh Mask Where (and what) Are Thou?!
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- Turns out the mask I needed was one I knew from OoT as it was The Mask Of Truth, read online, yes I broke my cardinal rule, and it said get all the golden spiders in the house, I thought paaaaarp liars I did that and didn't get a mask then realised there is two such houses on the game, got it now.
- To paraphrase The Police I am walking in the moon. Had to find four kids after they asked for my masks, at least they were polite robbers, found the Goron one really annoying as I fell off the track a lot. Then onto Majoras Mask itself. Now this is where the importance of the masks becomes apparent. I had all masks to give away leaving me with none and then the kid wearing Majoras Mask gave me The Fierce Deity mask, which really helps, without all masks I couldn't of given enough away to the kids and thus no mask for the boss.
- Fierce Deity mask meant I could damage Majoras Mask as I pleased and breezed through the final bosses 3 stages even the mother said 'was that it after all the other hard bosses' I doubt I would've beat it in one go without that mask but it did make the final boss to easy, we get a little cut scene, not as good as OoT's to end the game .... well actually I thought it would of deleted my profile thus making me start again but it just went back to Day 1 and I had all 24 masks. Some of the space in my item list are empty so i've missed something also I couldn't do a certain fight by Ikana Canyon as it said I didn't have enough health, first though Ima whip the bosses with my newest mask and get the frog chorus reunited.
- This is being played on my 64 I don't have 3DS version.
- The game play was easy for me to pick up as it's 100% Ocarina Of Time so that was a plus for me and as the people in Termina are the same as Hyrule it's fun for me and the sister to try remember where they were in Hyrule eg a man in the ranch appears in Kakariko Village and the Lost Woods on Ocarina also the these two witches you help in the Swamp are a dungeon boss on Ocarina (Spirit Temple if I remember right).
- One major difference between OoT and MM is that Majoras is timed in that you have 3 days (in game time) to save Termina from the moon, to save the game you must play The Song Of Time and go back to day 1 though everything resets. The timed nature of the game initially annoyed me but i've grown to bear it, on OoT you had to get Medallions but here it's masks, though I don't think all 24 are needed I'm still going to try for them, they enable you to do different things though only 3 truly change you - Deku, Goron and Zora, but some are needed for progression as you can't get into Ikana without winning the mask needed via horse race.
- The first Temple/Dungeon/whatever floats your boat is fairly easy which was a given given it's the initial one but the second (Snowhead Temple) was annoying in terms of traversing it but I found the boss (Goht) annoying but also quite fun to do and I've saved Zora Eggs which enabled me to learn a new song which I think grants me access to the next temple but I'm not doing that yet as I get flashbacks to the Water Temple of OoT, also I don't intend to do the Zora Eggs again as I hate water fights and had to beat these deep sea pythons to save three of the eggs also the other four are around Gerudo Fortress which I walked around with the Stone Mask which makes you essentially invisible however I wouldn't like to do that are without the mask.
- Away from the main story of the Temples as noted earlier you get masks all via different means and the biggest one I've found to do is this Anju/Kafei task from which I have three masks (Kafei/Keaton/Couples) and yet still Anju is not ticked off in my note book, what does the woman want?!
- Overall I've enjoyed it so far but i'm still not sure whether I prefer it to Ocarina BUT the fact that I can't declare OoT a definite winner is a testament to Majoras Mask, the 14 year wait was worth it.
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- Got a couple more masks last night but I have the feeling that I should progress more within the game so onto the next temple.
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- I am NEVER doing the Great Bay Temple again not even for £1,000,000. I've always thought Water Temple from OoT was worst Zelda dungeon but this surpasses it, in Water Temple you have to lower and raise the Water levels but the boss is relatively easy and in Great Bay Temple you change the current of the water which was annoying as I couldn't find the last one however after all this I faced what is my worst ever boss - Gyorg, a fish thing that does major damage, I needed to use two red fairies to survive, though being an animal lover I did feel bad for killing a fish, I am never doing this again!
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- Took a break for a bit as I usually do, I start things then half way through get bored hence why I have a bunch of reviews written but not typed up, but I was in the mood for this and so headed for the Stone Tower, oh wait no I didn't I had to go through the well giving gibdo's various items and ended with Mirror Shield, I learnt the Song Of Storms somewhere aswell, I honestly can't remember where though, after bringing water back to the valley I healed a father and got the Gibdo mask then I headed for Stone Tower.
- Did the first part of the tower after spending about two hours getting up to it, then you have to go outside and flip the tower by hitting a switch with the light arrows which are earned by beating a mini-boss, it may of been a Wizzrobe i can't remember. There's a really annoying enemy named Death Amos or something like that which stopped me hitting a switch for a while then when I did it I realised I should of just used the stone mask, after going back to the opening area by accident and thus having to walk around again I got to the boss, special mention for the guy guarding the boss key as he did some real damage, the boss was two worm like things named TwinMold who you beat by hitting the head or tail of both, I gained the Giants Mask in the temple and this is the only place you can wear it.
- The four temples are done and now I'm heading for the clock tower, or at least I would be but I have three masks missing.
- All Night Mask is now mine just missing one as I believe the other is obtained by getting all the others. Oh Mask Where (and what) Are Thou?!
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- Turns out the mask I needed was one I knew from OoT as it was The Mask Of Truth, read online, yes I broke my cardinal rule, and it said get all the golden spiders in the house, I thought paaaaarp liars I did that and didn't get a mask then realised there is two such houses on the game, got it now.
- To paraphrase The Police I am walking in the moon. Had to find four kids after they asked for my masks, at least they were polite robbers, found the Goron one really annoying as I fell off the track a lot. Then onto Majoras Mask itself. Now this is where the importance of the masks becomes apparent. I had all masks to give away leaving me with none and then the kid wearing Majoras Mask gave me The Fierce Deity mask, which really helps, without all masks I couldn't of given enough away to the kids and thus no mask for the boss.
- Fierce Deity mask meant I could damage Majoras Mask as I pleased and breezed through the final bosses 3 stages even the mother said 'was that it after all the other hard bosses' I doubt I would've beat it in one go without that mask but it did make the final boss to easy, we get a little cut scene, not as good as OoT's to end the game .... well actually I thought it would of deleted my profile thus making me start again but it just went back to Day 1 and I had all 24 masks. Some of the space in my item list are empty so i've missed something also I couldn't do a certain fight by Ikana Canyon as it said I didn't have enough health, first though Ima whip the bosses with my newest mask and get the frog chorus reunited.
Tuesday, 14 April 2015
Arrow Season 2
- This is being written as I watch Season 2 so will be my initial thoughts on what's happened instead of trying to remember things after watching the whole season, so far i'm 4 episodes in.
- Not much time, about 5 minutes, was dedicated to getting Oliver back off the island after he willingly returned, that was a slight let down.
- It seems to me that Shado may end up coming between Slade and Ollie, also re Slade we see him going down screaming after catching aflame during a bombing of the plane and am I too assume this is where he loses his eye?
- The Doll Maker came across as a creepy villain and for me was better than the run of the mill villains of the week from last season and I also like the 180 by the Lance's in terms of for/against 'The Hood', though Paul Blackthorne seems more comfortable in his role.
- Black Canary's reveal as Sara wasn't much of a surprise though the mention of Ra's Al Ghul certainly was an intriguing one as was the reveal that Ollie knew Sara survived.
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- Caught the next two episodes last night 'League Of Assassins' and 'Keep Your Enemies Closer' both of which were yet more strong entries in a stellar season 2. I have enjoyed Sara (Caity Lotz) in her Starling City debut so far.
- Keep Your Enemies Close had Amanda Waller in and this and the way she spoke to Diggle about getting by Lyla smells to me like Suicide Squad. I really liked this episode as Diggle was pushed as the front man as he went into a Russian prison to save Lyla who had gone in as she was searching for Deadshot for Diggle and found him within, we didn't know he was in there until Diggle did as they were chained up in a freezer style place with each other and Diggle was forced to work with his enemy, Deadshot killed his brother, to get out back to Oliver, it was outside where Diggle found out that Deadshot meant to kill his brother, he always assumed Andy Diggle was protecting a client but Deadshot reveals H.I.V.E ordered the hit, H.I.V.E have links to Deathstroke so this may bring him into Starling City. Speaking of Slade we saw him and Shado again with Slade now burnt and Shado helping him recover.
- Professor Ivo, here a Doctor, has also shown up in the flashbacks as Oliver is a prisoner on his ship and Sara is there as his assistant of sorts and Dylan Neal brings an unnerving presence to the role also he's looking for a Super Soldier Serum and I'm guessing that these deformed corpses that Oliver, Slade and Shado found are the failed experiments.
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- Malcolm's back and revealed that Thea is his daughter but instead of retreading season 1 and having Moira hold back a secret from Queens due to Malcolm she one upped him as she has got word to Ra's al Ghul, do they have a signal in Nanda Parbat? and for Malcolm's sake I hope Ra's doesn't find him.
- Barry Allen debuted and I haven't seen Flash yet but based on his appearance here I do wonder if he has leading man capabilities as he was good but didn't stand out on his own, also why on shows do the two 'geeks' always catch each others eye? Do writers not know that we can find love with non-geeks?
- In the flashbacks Slade is on his last legs following the explosion but was injected with the serum stuff but without a sedative and seemingly died aboard the sub that contains the serums however I'm pretty sure he's not dead and think that this will lead to Deathstroke from the comics.
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- Only caught one episode but it was a doozy 'Three Ghosts' was the episode and during the TV run this was the mid-season finale and we found out that Shado died on the island as Ivo shot her when Oliver went in front of Sara, Ivo told him to pick who got shot and Slade didn't die from the injection/serum and going by what we saw is now the Deathstroke from the comic as he kicked some heavy duty booty, also I think he's the first to survive the injection.
- Shado, Slade and Tommy showed up in present day as ghosts, it was nice seeing Slade and Shado with Arrow and not pre-vigilante Oliver, Slade's ghost beat up Oliver in his hideout/base, though they turned put to be psychological problems for Oliver i'm unsure how that would beat him up.
- The man who injured Ollie in present day, Arrow landed with needles in him and Barry Allen saved him as Felicity revealed Ollie's secret identity, was named Cyrus Gold who in the comics was Solomon Grundy in the 19th century hence Solomon Grundy rhyme being in Arrow.
- Roy got injected with the Serum but was saved by Arrow and I did think that he was about to reveal his true identity to Roy but alas he did not.
- Two big things happened though towards the end as Barry Allen was struck by lightning when weather caused the particle accelerator to explode it seemed and Brother Blood's boss was revealed and this person is the source of the blood needed for the Serum and it's an eye patch wearing Slade Wilson, his burns were healed by the serum but i'm hoping Arrow took out his eye as in an earlier episode Arrow revealed to Diggle that he'd beaten a super human before and I assume it's Slade.
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- 'Blast Radius' was a good episode but did feature the poor villain of the week which Season 1 was chock full of, a good episode but not on the levels of the previous episodes.
- Roy is superpowered after being injected with Mirakuru and I hope he somehow loses the super strength as Arrow has been grounded so far in terms of Super powers eg Canary's sonic screaming thing is from a device and not her, now I can accept Slade having these powers but as stated I hope Roy somehow loses them.
- Not much time, about 5 minutes, was dedicated to getting Oliver back off the island after he willingly returned, that was a slight let down.
- It seems to me that Shado may end up coming between Slade and Ollie, also re Slade we see him going down screaming after catching aflame during a bombing of the plane and am I too assume this is where he loses his eye?
- The Doll Maker came across as a creepy villain and for me was better than the run of the mill villains of the week from last season and I also like the 180 by the Lance's in terms of for/against 'The Hood', though Paul Blackthorne seems more comfortable in his role.
- Black Canary's reveal as Sara wasn't much of a surprise though the mention of Ra's Al Ghul certainly was an intriguing one as was the reveal that Ollie knew Sara survived.
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- Caught the next two episodes last night 'League Of Assassins' and 'Keep Your Enemies Closer' both of which were yet more strong entries in a stellar season 2. I have enjoyed Sara (Caity Lotz) in her Starling City debut so far.
- Keep Your Enemies Close had Amanda Waller in and this and the way she spoke to Diggle about getting by Lyla smells to me like Suicide Squad. I really liked this episode as Diggle was pushed as the front man as he went into a Russian prison to save Lyla who had gone in as she was searching for Deadshot for Diggle and found him within, we didn't know he was in there until Diggle did as they were chained up in a freezer style place with each other and Diggle was forced to work with his enemy, Deadshot killed his brother, to get out back to Oliver, it was outside where Diggle found out that Deadshot meant to kill his brother, he always assumed Andy Diggle was protecting a client but Deadshot reveals H.I.V.E ordered the hit, H.I.V.E have links to Deathstroke so this may bring him into Starling City. Speaking of Slade we saw him and Shado again with Slade now burnt and Shado helping him recover.
- Professor Ivo, here a Doctor, has also shown up in the flashbacks as Oliver is a prisoner on his ship and Sara is there as his assistant of sorts and Dylan Neal brings an unnerving presence to the role also he's looking for a Super Soldier Serum and I'm guessing that these deformed corpses that Oliver, Slade and Shado found are the failed experiments.
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- Malcolm's back and revealed that Thea is his daughter but instead of retreading season 1 and having Moira hold back a secret from Queens due to Malcolm she one upped him as she has got word to Ra's al Ghul, do they have a signal in Nanda Parbat? and for Malcolm's sake I hope Ra's doesn't find him.
- Barry Allen debuted and I haven't seen Flash yet but based on his appearance here I do wonder if he has leading man capabilities as he was good but didn't stand out on his own, also why on shows do the two 'geeks' always catch each others eye? Do writers not know that we can find love with non-geeks?
- In the flashbacks Slade is on his last legs following the explosion but was injected with the serum stuff but without a sedative and seemingly died aboard the sub that contains the serums however I'm pretty sure he's not dead and think that this will lead to Deathstroke from the comics.
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- Only caught one episode but it was a doozy 'Three Ghosts' was the episode and during the TV run this was the mid-season finale and we found out that Shado died on the island as Ivo shot her when Oliver went in front of Sara, Ivo told him to pick who got shot and Slade didn't die from the injection/serum and going by what we saw is now the Deathstroke from the comic as he kicked some heavy duty booty, also I think he's the first to survive the injection.
- Shado, Slade and Tommy showed up in present day as ghosts, it was nice seeing Slade and Shado with Arrow and not pre-vigilante Oliver, Slade's ghost beat up Oliver in his hideout/base, though they turned put to be psychological problems for Oliver i'm unsure how that would beat him up.
- The man who injured Ollie in present day, Arrow landed with needles in him and Barry Allen saved him as Felicity revealed Ollie's secret identity, was named Cyrus Gold who in the comics was Solomon Grundy in the 19th century hence Solomon Grundy rhyme being in Arrow.
- Roy got injected with the Serum but was saved by Arrow and I did think that he was about to reveal his true identity to Roy but alas he did not.
- Two big things happened though towards the end as Barry Allen was struck by lightning when weather caused the particle accelerator to explode it seemed and Brother Blood's boss was revealed and this person is the source of the blood needed for the Serum and it's an eye patch wearing Slade Wilson, his burns were healed by the serum but i'm hoping Arrow took out his eye as in an earlier episode Arrow revealed to Diggle that he'd beaten a super human before and I assume it's Slade.
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- 'Blast Radius' was a good episode but did feature the poor villain of the week which Season 1 was chock full of, a good episode but not on the levels of the previous episodes.
- Roy is superpowered after being injected with Mirakuru and I hope he somehow loses the super strength as Arrow has been grounded so far in terms of Super powers eg Canary's sonic screaming thing is from a device and not her, now I can accept Slade having these powers but as stated I hope Roy somehow loses them.
Monday, 23 March 2015
CV
Patrick Clough
90 XXXXXXX XXXX
RhylDenbighshire
Telephone –
E-mail – p.j.clough@hotmail.com
Personal Summary
A reliable, trustworthy and conscientious sales assistant who is able to multi-task, handle pressure, work as part of a team and most importantly inspire customers to make a purchase. I am customer service driven and able to deal with shoppers on a face to face basis in any fast paced retail environment. I treat every customer as an individual and have a positive approach to everything I do and am able to work effectively on my own or as part of a team. I am presently looking for a suitable sales assistant vacancy that offers plenty of variety and responsibility.
Key Skills
· Compiling Figures
· Excellent correspondence and communication with customers
· Recording data
· Serving the general public
· Cash handling
· Replenishing stock
· Computer literate in Microsoft packages
Work History -
PoundStretchers (June 2014 -August 2014)
Retail Assistant. Two month placement. My duties included checking what needed stocking up on the shop floor and refilling it with our stock from the stock room either on my own or with a fellow colleague. I was also involved in making labels for the new items that arrive from delivery. I helped the customers who can not find items they need and I also made the stock look tidy and full.
British Heart Foundation (May 2014)
Shop Assistant. My duties included working on the till, dealing with customers queries. Merchandising the stock so the shop floor is presentable and neat. Sorting items out in the stock room and also steaming clothes so they are ready to be placed on the shop floor in good condition.
SCOPE (January 2014 – February 2014)
Shop Assistant. Work Experience as part of a course. Responsible for determining the needs of customers by talking to them and then showing them a range of suitable products. I was also responsible for contributing to the overall performance of the store by driving sales at every opportunity, I also had cleaning and merchandising duties.
Matalan (August 2010)
Work experience set up via Job Centre. My duties included stock replenishments, cleaning the store to the managers expected standard, helping customers find various items and moving shelves around the shop floor when items were being moved around.
Nova (August 2010)
Princes Trust scheme where I worked at the Nova for a week. I worked behind the bar serving customers, prepared food in the kitchens for the chef and cleaned the floors and windows of the establishment.
SCOPE (September 2008 – May 2010)
A work Experience via Job Centre which lasted to December 2008 then I stayed on as a volunteer. My duties included cash handling on the till, sorting out stock that arrived ensuring the invoice was correct, merchandising the store to keep it presentable.
Barnardo's (May 2005 – September 2005)
Volunteering that followed from work experience at school. Responsibilities included sorting stock and keeping the shop tidy to an acceptable standard.
Education - Prestatyn High School (2001-2006)
Religious Studies - C
Science - C (Double Award)
English Language - D
Mathematics - C
Food Technology - D
Catering - D
Geography - D
History - E
Qualifications -
Retail Knowledge Level 2
Retail Knowledge Level 1
BTEC Level 1
ECDL Module 1
ECDL Module 2
ECDL Module 7
BCS Entry Level Award in Computer and Online basics (Entry 3)
Health and Safety Certificate
Food Hygiene
HSE Emergency 1st Aid Certificate (Level 2)
Food Safety And Hygiene (Level 2)
Hobbies & Interests
I enjoy watching Basketball, Baseball and American Football at college and professional level. My other interests include reading, collecting comic books mainly from 1970s and retro games. I also take a great interest in music and enjoy listening to The Ramones, Marvin Gaye, Bowie & Prince.
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