Big Daddies, Big Sisters, Big Birds and Heavy Hitters - Bioshock

There was nothing quite like that first encounter with the original heavy hitting Big Daddy. Ill equipped and nervous you have to down the enraged beast to get your hands on that sweet adam.

That sense of uncertainty and very real feeling of helplessness. It was the fear that Bioshock would provoke that made the game so playable.

You may have thought how could the developers at irrationalgames top the Big Daddy?

Cue Bioshock 2 and the introduction of the Big Sister.



That blood curdling screech would never fail to make me shit my pants and send my balls back into a pre pubescent state.

It was the battles with these super-beings  that made Bioshock so outstanding.

Now Bioshock Infinite has been dated for release (16th Oct 2012) more and more details are being released about the type of game it will be.

It appears the Big Daddies and Big Sisters have gone. So what maniac creations will we have instead?

Big Birds... The new Big Daddy is the Songbird



Can this winged beast also send me into that same regressed state? I really hope so.

In Bioshock 1&2 you only really had to contend with the one type of over powered foe.

In Infinite you will have to battle the Songbird but they have also added the Handyman



The Handyman is a human artificially bonded to a mechanical suit,  pre Big Daddy design maybe?!
And now the recently announced Motorized Patriots! It would appear they are all part of a new series of enemy known as 'heavy hitters' and they are very much that.

Ken Levine talks Patriots:

All in all things are shaping up nicely for October time. Will I be needing the adult diapers? It's looking like it and I wouldn't have it any other way. Keep it up Ken!

The Champ is Here! - iPad 3

Apple's new third generation iPad has been announced

The tablet world heavy weight champion is back, tipping the scales a few grams heavier but coming back stronger, smarter and faster.

See the video for all the iPad goodness.

Google Play

Google Play the all in one, stop and shop for content.

Google have introduced their new service which will be your centralised hub for music, books, movies, apps and games. This new repository replaces the Android app store, Google music, Google books and now adds movies.

The Googles big selling point is the instant syncing of all your content within the cloud. Start a movie online and then finish it on your Android device while waiting at the bus stop, buy a book on your phone and continue reading it on your desktop. Essentially what Google has done is what Apple has been doing since October 2011 with the introduction of iOS 5 and iCloud. At least now Android users have the love.

You have to wonder why is it called Google Play? Very odd branding from the big G, it sounds like a streaming service akin Netflix or Lovefilm. Google Play is also an online store for books, apps and games. You don't play a book or app... I think there is potential for confusion with the end user.

Only time will tell if Google Play will be a success, it does finally detangle the Google content spider web.

iBeerOpener - intoxicase

A very cool example of high tech meets low tech. The real world application is obvious. The guys at intoxicase have made the iPhone into the most sophisticated bottle opener in the world.


I have been meaning to get a new case of my iPhone. Anyone fancy a beer?

iPad 3 - 7th March 6PM (UK)

And sell soul for.

So today is the day. The new shiny thing from Apple is being announced 6PM (GMT - UK) on the 7th March. 

It will be faster, better, blah, blah and have an increased smug factor of 11. The iPad 3 will no doubt be incredible, do everything we fans want (but not quite enough so we can justify buying the next shiny thing in 8-12months). 

I do have a theory though, we all need Steve Jobs, Apple needs Steve Jobs, Steve Jobs sadly is dead. Who will say, 'And one last thing!' Problem? No, Tim Cook has the answer:  The iPad 3 is the greatest of all inventions. This tech beast will harvest the souls of individuals purchasing it. These souls will then, seamlessly sync to the iCloud. Then channelled into a Goa'uld type sarcophagus containing the body of Steve Jobs. There he will be regenerated (iGenerated) just in time to launch the iPhone 5.

I'll probably still consider buying one, Steve Jobs was a good guy, I'd like to help 

This is a self serving post

Monetise Monetise Montise

Blogging about the technology and other bits and bobs that become the interests of oneself is the purpose.

However with the online world being powered by the advertisers demon muscles there is a sense that you must also partake therefore in the bloggers world this mean monetisation.

Monetise Monetise Montise



For this blog to 'SHOW ME THE MONEY!' I need to babble on and on and on.... Maybe someone will read this, maybe many. Like I said this is self serving, I put stuff on here that interests me. The problem is Adsense, the tool to give back to the little people or so the big G will have you believe. However to take advantage I need to provide content that they can scan, analyse and dissect so they can serve ads that pin point my readers. However I dont have enough content so adsense won't work. There is another issue, probably more fundamental to the whole process; who the fuck is going to read my blog, share what interests me. The answer is likely no one...

Essentially I'm fucked

Games of Interest - IOO CAF Awards

There are a number of games that interest me. These blockbusters may or may not surface in 2012 but either way they are games that get IOO (InterestsOfOne) CAF (Cool As Fuck) Award.

In no particular order of CAF......

GTA V

MGS Rising - CAF Slicing



Hitman: Absolution - Choose your poison





BioShock Infinite - Sky Rapture



Each of these games will be massive, 100+ hours of CAF fun

iConcept (iPad 3) - Sells soul in the process

Next week Apple will drop another piece of fruity goodness upon the gadget loving community, while it will no doubt be a huge success, with thousands selling their souls for this next piece of must have tech. I doubt it will ever be as cool as this concept by aatmo studio (http://www.youtube.com/user/AatmaStudio)

If the iPad 3 was capable of this I'd be the first to knock of the devil's door.