The Twilight Realms

So, I haven't played this game all the way through yet, but I think I've played it enough to form an opinion, and from what I've seen, it's pretty cool.  The thing that disappointed me first of all is that, unlike most SEGA games, there is no option to set the voices to Japanese in this one, which I often utilise because the English voices, particularly in Sonic games, bother me (one reason why I hope someday to own a copy of the PS3/360 version of Sonic Unleashed, which has the option of Japanese voices, a feature which the PS2 version - which I own - lacks). I later discovered this was because there ARE no Japanese voices - the game was never dubbed in Japanese, and was released in English even in its native Japan. Still, the voices aren't TOO bad, and though it's hard to convey an androgynous personification of freedom and rebellion (or whatever NiGHTS is supposed to be), I don't think he/she (I'm just gonna refer to NiGHTS as "she" from now...

(Title is a quote from Futurama that has no relevance to the following post) Happy Christmas/Hannukah/Kwanza/Free Stuff Day, people! Wanna know what I got? No? Well, screw you, I'm gonna tell you anyway! I got NiGHTS: Journey Of Dreams for the Wii, so I finally got a game featuring the inspiration for my cat's name. I also got a few books, which I'll list below for your bemusement. The Mythic Bestiary: The Illustrated Guide To The World's Most Fantastical Creatures by Tony Allen (An awesome book that is what it is - a catalogue of famous mythical creatures. Everyone knows I'm absolutely crazy about mythology, so I love this book) The QI G Annual - I have the F Annual already, so the G Annual is a welcome addition to my collection. I LOVE QI, I absolutely freaking LOVE it, and anything to do with it is a winner in my book. Making History by Stephen Fry - I haven't read it yet, but if it's by Stephen Fry (one of my favourite famous people in general, in no sma...

EET EESH DONE FINALLY ULTIMATELY ONCE AND FOR ALL MY WORK IS COMPLETE THANK YOU FOR ALL, PROUD WARRIORS YOU WERE SO GREAT LIGHT BE WITH YOU ALL!!!

For all those who doubted my abilities, I have two words for you... IT'SH DONE!!! (Yes, that H is meant to be there. Explanation following post.) My coursework is all written up! Now I just need to print it, bind it and send it. I'm so close! Don't let me fail now! And now the explanation. There is a scene in a DVD called Infinite Visions Of Stratovarius, a collection of various "home videos" that Finland-based power metal band Stratovarius (one of my favourites) made over the years. One scene depicts the band filling out paperwork for a new record deal. It's obviously late and Timo Kotipelto (the lead singer) is hard at work filling out forms in the background. As the rest of the band talk about their new record deal, Timo suddenly lays down his pen, throws up his hands and declares "IT'SH DONE!" He pronounced "it's" like "it'sh" due to his strong Finnish accent. So that's where it comes from. Light be with you!

So I deal with a lot of Latin phrases in the course I take (Business Management), so I thought I'd take this time to waste all of your time telling how to correctly pronounce Latin! Latin is phonetic, remember that. It's always the same pronunciation, no matter what the word looks like. Vowels: A - Short as in cat, long as in father E - Short as in pet, long as in they I - Short as in pit, long as in machine O - Short as in got, long as in holy U - Short as in put, long as in true Distinction between short and long vowels is usually done with an accent, but all vowels in all words can be either long or short, depending on how you say the word. Consonants - Note that c and g are always hard in Latin (that means c is always pronounced as in camel and g is always as in goat). V is pronounced like W. As any Indiana Jones fan will tell you, in the Latin alphabet, Jehovah begins with an I - this is because the Latin alphabet HAS no J. Some Latin words are usually written with a J, bu...

Ahh, Futurama. Who doesn't love that show? Me, I adore it, but the thing I love most about it are the songs. Now, the songs are entertaining and catchy, but there's one that goes beyond entertaining for me, into something that might be actually meaningful and philosophical in a weird way. In the episode "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back", Hermes sings an upbeat, reggae-style tune detailing how much he loves bureaucracy. On the surface it seems to be just another catchy song, but there are two lines in it that, oddly enough, really speak to me. "When push comes to shove, you gotta do what you love/Even if it's not a good idea." It really sells the whole "live life to the full" concept to me, which I've always been a fan of. I wish I could explain how I felt about this more, but I'm not so good with words. Just know that I love those lines, and not just for their entertainment value. Here's the song in full, just 'cause. I...

I wonder... does it say something about me that I like songs with morbid lyrics? This is pretty much one of my favourite verses ever, mainly because of the way it sounds. And then he said... "Every step appears to be The unavoidable consequence of the preceding one And in the end there beckons... More and more clearly... Total... (At this point the voice becomes much louder, and sounds distorted and electronic) ANNIHILATIOOOOO...*this continues for some time*...OOON!!!" You HAVE to hear how that sounds. The song is "After The Flood", the artist is "Van Der Graaf Generator" and the album is called "The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other". Light be with you!

I decided to make this in the hopes that it'll spur me on to finishing my coursework on time. Business Law Coursework - Two part question, 3000 words total - DONE! Business Environment Coursework - DONE! Learning Skills For Study And Development In Business - Portfolio - Just Task 3 left to do Just Task 3 left to do! Light be with you!

Another day, another lunch break. Gah, my side is killing me for some reason, and my leg feels stiff too. Maybe I slept in a weird position. It's annoying in any case. I hate Mondays, and not just for the usual reasons either. I hate them because the buses NEVER FREAKING SHOW UP ON TIME. And yes, I do leave within plenty of time. For reference: It takes half an hour (by bus) to get from my house to Queensgate in Peterborough, and a further five minutes (by bus) from there to the university. Add to that about five minutes' walking time and you have a total of 40 minutes travel time. The buses come (or at least are SUPPOSED to come) every 20 minutes, so I leave to get to the bus stop at 8:00. The bus comes at 20 TO FRIGGIN' NINE. That's 8:40 for those of you who go by digital time. FORTY MINUTES after I get to the bus stop. And this is early morning, in winter time. So I get to stand in the freezing cold for forty minutes (if I'm really lucky, it might even be raining...

I need some money, so I've decided to sell some stuff. Not sure how many people will buy, but here they are anyway. Note: I ONLY accept PayPal. Anything else = no. It's really easy to get a PayPal account, so that shouldn't be too much of a problem. Literally all you need is a bank account. Anyway, here's the stuff, with prices in British pounds. Google will convert it to dollars or Euros if you need to. All prices are based on what these sell for at Play.com, with a couple extra quid added on to cover the costs of postage and packaging. All games come in excellent condition in their original cases and with instruction manuals included. AKIRA - £10 (2-disc DVD box set, excellent condition. Japanese and English audio.) Excel Saga Volume 1 - £20 (DVD, excellent condition. ADV Films. Japanese and English audio, comes with bonus features.) Ocean's Eleven - £6 (DVD. Excellent condition.) World of Warcraft - £10 (Comes with a free 10-day trial of The Burning Crusade. Game...

So I don't normally make this kind of post here, but Super Smash Bros. Brawl is awesome and I doubt many people read this anyway so I decided, yeah, why not? So this is a list of all the Final Smashes of all the characters in Brawl. Impressive, no? If you see two names separated by a slash, the name on the left is the name of the attack in the UK or US version. The name on the right is the name in the original Japanese version. Begin! Mario - Mario Finale/Mario Final Link - Triforce Slash Kirby - Cook Kirby/Cook PIKACHU - Volt Tackle/Voltekkaa (All Pokémon names are written in capitals for some reason) Fox - Landmaster Samus - Zero Laser Zelda - Light Arrow/Hikari no Yumiya Bowser/Koopa - Giga Bowser/Giga Koopa Henshin Donkey Kong - Konga Beat/Taru Konga Beat Yoshi - Super Dragon Peach - Peach Blossom Ice Climbers - Iceberg Sheik - Light Arrow/Hikari no Yumiya Pit - Palutena's Army/Palutena Shineitai Wario - Wario-Man Zero Suit Samus - Power Suit Samus/Powered Suit Souchaku ...

I tell you, I make awesome sandwiches. When I first decided to be daring, and combine two unlikely sandwich fillings - namely, cheese and Nutella - they said I was crazy. But it's freaking delicious. Seriously, try it some time. And if you know any other unusual sandwich fillings, let me know and I'll try them out and tell you what I think. Light be with you!

I wanna see Twilight so I can laugh. Anyone have the DVD so they can lend me it? I don't want to spend money to watch it, but I don't want to see it on YouTube or download it or anything either. Light be with you all.

I just want you guys to have a look at something. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yjU_CjjHYM This was made by an old friend of mine from secondary school (Pate's Grammar School in Cheltenham). He basically took a speech the headmaster made and put it to a music track created by a couple of his friends who also went to the same school. It's awesome, check it out. And this guy? The one who made this? He's working to become a professional animator. So if you see a cartoon on TV or the internet that says "Made by Peter Kimball-Evans..." ...Then you'll know that, for once in my life, I personally know someone famous. Light be with you!

Just to let you know, you don't have to have a Blogger account to leave a comment. You can comment anonymously. If you happened to read my blog, leave me some feedback, 'kay? Light be with you.

Ahh, five minute breaks, the oasis in a desert of boring lectures. But it's not right... not right... Why is the first lecture two and a half hours and the second lecture two hours? They should both be two hours! Or preferably less... Or at least make them somewhat entertaining! You have no enjoyment factor! At least I only have to go in Monday and Tuesday. The rest of the days, I can sleep. And for that, I'm eternally grateful. Light be with you!

The awesome letter I decorated for the college's Children In Need banner (an E, which I made up to look like the Finnish flag) went missing, so I had to do it again yesterday in Activity Club. The second time was... not as good as the first one. :( The blue in the cross was too dark. But still, it looks okay. And at least the other one I decorated (an i, with a yellow dot and a green line) is still in there. Now I can't wait for Friday and the actual day of Children In Need! I'm gonna be in college all day just helping out with stuff. Today, though, I have Business Torture (read: Environment) for about 4-5 hours (depending on how generous the fates are feeling today). Supply to demand to nantoka! I really have no interest in this. Plus the teacher's boring as hell and tends to not use two words when five hundred will do. Light be with you, and I hope your days are a lot more exciting than mine will inevitably turn out to be.

My presentation is over! That wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Someone (won't say who) texted me twice during the questions part and set my phone off (yes I know I should have had it on Silent, shut up) but apart from that the plan went off without a hitch. Now I think it's just one more presentation I have to listen to! After that, I'm gonna hit up HMV in town and hog the demo stations like they're not gonna be there tomorrow. Then off to activity club for an hour of fun and games! Just a shame Sam's not gonna be there today... Don't expect updates to always come this frequently. Light be with you!

I have a presentation to give later today. I'm supposed to talk to a classroom about none other than McDonald's. Well, I have all the stuff I've gotta say (or at least I hope I do), now I just gotta worry about how I say it, and what kind of questions I get asked at the end. I might just let Matt answer the questions... Anyway, as long as I can get through that I'll be fine. Now let's just hope I don't fall asleep... Five hours of sleep and Twilight are not a good combination. Light be with you, friends!

Are you serious? I'm blogging again? Well, why not? After all, a place to write random stuff that isn't my deviantART journal is always good, right? Hey, I might even be able to tell you guys some stuff about what's going on in my life. How does that sound? *Silence, crickets chirp* Yeah, you can all go to hell then. SO! My name's Twilight Lord, Twilight or TL (both pronounced the same - TL is pronounced "Twilight", not "Tee Ell") and I had it long before Stephanie Meyer came along, so don't get the wrong idea. You may also know me as Jutah - it's a name I once went by. Or you might just know me by my real name, which I'm not gonna put on here because you don't deserve to know it, ha. For those of you who are unfortunate enough to remember my old blogs, this will probably be... nothing like them. In any case, enjoy the ride. Light be with you!