Ultimate Gambit

You have to see this, NOW!

This film looks like it’ll be the best yet – i just cannot wait!

Myself and John Griffin recorded our first ever podcast together last night with a bit of info on UFC 70 which we attended live in Manchester. We have a full card run down, some personal opinions and shenannigans from before and after the show!

Check it out here.

So, this weekend, I went to see UFC 70 live in Manchester. And what can I say… it was AWESOME! We made a real weekend of it too…

We arrived on the Friday for the weigh-ins, which went down alot quicker than I expected, but were still worth attending! Then in the evening, we went to see Joe Rogan live in comedy at some tiny little venue called Charlies. This was awesome – not only becausethe act was great and we got to meet him, but also because Dana White, Matt Serra and their gang showed up, and we got to meet them and have a brief chat! How cool is that! One thing that I can say is that they all seemed genuinely nice guys, and quite up for having a brief chat – just shows that they are not just personalities put on for the TV!

Then the next day, the event itself. Nothing can describe the feeling of being at an event itself, it’s just awesome. I only paid £30 inc booking fee for my ticket (the lowest band), so I was a little worried that I wouldnt be able to see anything, but the view was great, as you can see from my photos!

Thats about all i have to say – couple of photos are after the break, otherwise, download the rar files of all of them here:

Weigh-ins (4.68mb), Comedy Club (515kb), Main Event (9.89mb)

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I have just finished The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and can honestly say that it was one of the best games I have ever played. I’ve always been a fan of the Zelda series, and this raised the bar for me. But there was one nagging thing about it when i finally reached the end… it was a bit too easy…

60 hours of game play is definitely worth the cost of the game, and there is a good chance i may go back to it again in the future, but when i reached the end i was thinking that nothing in the game really challenged me. I’m a complete-ist, and did everything in the game except for collecting all the poe souls (which i didnt really see the point), and only used a guide after i had done things to check i hadnt missed anything. I never died, and while some of the enemies took a bit of time, with a bit of skill and taking your time they werent difficult. Even the final boss wasnt that hard – i had the full compliment of 20 hearts, full compliment of health potions yet never needed to use a single one of them – my heart meter never dropped below 13. Shouldn’t there be a little bit more of a challenge?!

This raises an interesting point, since I am the first to complain when a boss is too hard, or a game on the whole. I think what is really needed is consistency, and a feel of things getting harder as you progress. Start easy and build up. But not too much! A prime example for me where this went wrong was Luigi’s Mansion – pretty easy game, until the final boss, which was a nightmare!

So how can developers get it right? Is it even possible to please everyone? I suppose everyone is different, and as the ease of playing didnt stop my enjoyment, i should just be happy. But at the same time, I want more of a challenge.

Either way, bring on the next Zelda – i want to see Gannon rise from the dead… again!

I found this quite surprising (but not shocking – Serenity is a great film!), but in a poll of 3000 SFX readers, Serenity won by nearly 2:1 margin in comparison to Star Wars! Wow…

via Slashdot