Jay’s Brainfart

Well I haven’t blogged in a while, but then I haven’t had that much to blog about recently - life has trundled along and been generally uneventful… so I’ve decided to do a quick blog about loads of things I’ve been up to (that aren’t necessarily important).

Firstoff, another of my reviews is up over at Geeks of Doom.com, this time taking a look at the Guinness Book of Records: Gamer’s Edition.

Secondly, I’ve started using a website called Plurk in the past week… and I’m completely addicted to it already! The site is basically a microblogging site verymuch like Twitter, but with threaded conversations based around your “plurks” (twitter would call them “tweets”).

I have to say I’m loving it - there’s much more of a community feel to the site, and its great for sharing media like Youtube videos and photos etc. I’d highly recommend it, especially over Twitter what with its continuing downtime. You can check out my Plurk widget at the top right corner of my blog. :)

And lastly, I found a great image manipulation website that adds a cartoon-style to any uploaded photo… which makes it look a lot like the filming style in A Scanner Darkly… gotta say I love it, and have been fiddling with a few photos of me… take a look:

To get the desired effects as above, use the sketch feature first (set the brightness fairly low - it makes the sketch lines darker)… then click on the colour option and set it at medium/low.

Anyway thats all from me for the moment… I’ve got some more reviewing to do, but cashflow issues aren’t allowing me to do much yet. :( There will be a review of Ninja Gaiden 2 soon though… so keep your eyes peeled for it. :)

My review of GTA IV hit the front page of GeeksofDoom.com early this morning, going under the Psuedonym of Keyser Söze (I love The Usual Suspects ok? lol ).

Anyway here’s a little exert of the review… click the linkage to read more.

Grand Theft Auto IV follows the story of Serbian war veteran Niko Bellic, who heads to the U.S. to join his cousin Roman in the pursuit of the American dream… and obviously such a task is normally undertaken via distinctly shady means. The storyline as it progresses can be a little predictable sometimes, with the usual backstabbing going on, and you being used as a mindless thug by Tony Montana wannabes. But, it’s still extremely well thought out, leading to some great cinematic set-pieces.

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My friend Rich showed me possibly one of the most interesting videos based on Religion that I’ve ever seen - it documents Christ in almost every religion and culture that you can think of. There are so many similarities its unbelieveable… and of all the iterations, Christianity’s version is the most recent.

Now me being Agnostic (as in I don’t really care about religion at all), its interesting for me to watch as I have a fairly objective viewpoint… so I hope it is for you too, despite your religious belief or background. :)

Anyway take a look - its a lengthy video… well, there are many more - but this is a cut-down version that seems to keep getting banned from youtube all the time as it seems people don’t like the truth being known. :/

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I’ve just been fiddling with my blog and noticed a comment on one of my posts from me… or what I thought was me anyway.

So I check the comment, and its not me - its another James Buckingham that lives up in Aberdeen, and he runs thebuckinghamfamily.co.uk. Now if you check the site… its a wordpress blog it looks like a wordpress blog… but isn’t… yet it uses the same theme as mine! Weird huh? :)

Anyway, should any other Buckinghams around the world come across my blog… feel free to leave a comment to say hi etc… its always interesting to investigate possible relatives etc. Oh - and if your name is also James Buckingham, please comment… we could get a little Dave Gorman-esque experiment going on. :D

May the best of last year be the worst of this year. :)

As you may already be able to see, I’ve become bored of the site’s theme, and am currently in the middle of overhauling everything.

I’m going to be streamlining things somewhat, so be sure to check back a little later on and things should be in full swing again.

Soon, you can also expect my first video review/blog… I’ll be hosting them at Youtube to start, so once the first one is available, I’ll make sure to keep everyone posted. ;)