Wednesday, December 30
Saturday, December 26
NEW KARATE KID TRAILER GUYS!
Does "Take the jacket off, put the jacket on" stand up to "Wax off, Wax on"... probably not. But why (old) Miyagi didn't use a fly squatter, well, I'll never know.
Link for Facebook Readers Here.
What do you think? Will you be seeing this?
Personally, I bought my ticket in 1987 and have been camping outside of the Odeon Stevenage ever since.
Monday, November 30
Giving Heavenly Sword One More Go

Hello Ninja Theory,
I have long been interested in your games but have never had opportunity to play them until recently. I have played Ragdoll Kung Fu briefly and I am now playing through Heavenly Sword.
My interest in your games and your company came from reading about your development of Heavenly Sword in Edge magazine, I found the column very interesting and the coverage Edge gave Heavenly Sword and the PS3 really exciting. Due to the fact that I went travelling for a few years I didn't get around to buying a PS3 until last year and I've only just got my hands on Heavenly Sword.
I'm really impressed, the game looks lovely and Nariko is a powerful and well realised protagonist. Fighting with her is an absolute joy and watching her leap and bound down rope or up walls is a thrill.
Andy Serkis as the bad guy is fantastic, also I like two out of three of his henchmen too, you did a great job capturing the performances and it makes a difference (and allows me to forgive the fact that some cutscenes can't be skipped, even on replay).
All that said though, I don't think I'm going to complete this game. You see, it turns out that I'm not very good with a bow and arrow. And master Shen, well not only can he not walk very fast with arrows sticking out of him (something his enemies seem to have no problem with) but he refuses to pick up any of the swords which fall from the hands of the dead around him, no matter how much I scream at him.
It wouldn't be ideal, but I could accept his death as a plot point, sometimes heroes fall and our saviours fail us, right? I would accept his death and it would steel me to fight the evil forces even harder, to not let his death be in vain... but I don't have the choice. The choices presented to me are "try again" or "give up", and I don't want to do either. What would you suggest?
I'm gutted, because there are performances, combos, vistas and bosses that I just won't see and I've waited so long.
Maybe I will give it one more go...
Stephen
Category: Ganes, Just Plain Silly, PS3, Video 0 comments
Posted by Stephen Walrond
Wednesday, November 25
Notting Hill Photowalk
Notting Hill is a really interesting place and shooting it was great fun. A big part of the fun was the company.
My hope for these events is that they create an opportunity for people to be creative, to learn, to meet people who share and encourage their interest, whatever level they're at I hope they can be inspired by the places we visit and the people we meet.
I know that this time round I really was inspired and I'm really looking forward to the next Photowalk.
I wanted to take a pic of this building, I forget why, but on getting the pic home and then seeing it on my computer I realised that it was really dull! So I changed it up a bit and created something I'm far happier with.

I love this car and wish I had done it more justice, this is the better of three pictures I took.

I'm really happy with this shot, I had the aperture too wide and was feeling a bit rushed because my model was posing grudgingly, but I'm sure she's as happy with this shot as I am.

Trelick Tower... one day I will shoot this from a helicopter, but for now, just an interesting shot from street level would do. Maybe this isn't the shot I wanted.

I'm happy with this one as well, I spent some time in Photoshop with it, making the light stuff darker and the darker stuff lighter. Perhaps I should spend a little more time dotting the i's and crossing the t's... one to revisit.
Category: London, Photo, photoshop, Photowalk 0 comments
Posted by Stephen Walrond










