Pixels & Junk

19 Aug 2010

So, after a hell of a lot of neglect and nothing of interest there, I am finally resurrecting my proper blog. My circumstances have changed drastically, I’ve emigrated again and more importantly my creative fires have been reignited. 

I’m probably going to spend more time on that from now on, because of this, and also because my gaming is limited to handhelds. I won’t neglect this, however! 

I’d appreciate it greatly if you went and followed me there, and I assure you that you’ll get a fascinating look inside my brain and get to read some of my upcoming creative pieces. I’ll start by posting some stuff I did for university, and I do hope you like.. 

Thank you very much for your time, hope to see you there! 

19 Aug 2010

Review: Tecmo World Cup ‘90 (Arcade)

Tecmo World Cup ‘90 happens to be the first football game I ever played, and is far from the polished titles you see today. When I was football-crazy little six year-old back in 1989, Tecmo released this offering as a cash-in to the next summer’s World Cup. It was in direct competition to US Gold’s officially-licensed World Cup Italia ‘90 game, and couldn’t have been more different. 

 

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21 Jul 2010

hixichu asked: ah man, sounds like you've had a really rough time lately.. I'm glad that you stay positive though! Takes a real character to be so when things aren't all peachy. Ooh, job offer ! Good luck with it! What kind of job? :D woop, scandinavia ftw, even though right now we have nothing that resembles a summer. FFFFbad weather. You need to go to Norway and Sweden as well! Denmark is cool enough, but very flat in the long run :b
I'm doing good :) All I can think about lately is that I'm going to Dublin 10th-15th August. :b It's like time can't pass fast enough..
anyway, Hopefully things will get a lot better soon!
Take care xx

Yeah, that’s all you can do. No point letting it get me down! 

Job offer is teaching English, it’s what I did when I lived in Poland the first time, for two and a half years. I’ve missed it! I really want to do a tour of Scandinavia, when the time comes and I’ve saved enough you can be my tour guide, haha! 

Dublin, another place I want to go to but haven’t! My grandad is Irish, so I should at some point! 

We’ve had terrible weather here too, it’s just rained for two and a half days straight! Sunny today though! :)

Drop me a line by email (here) or find me on FB (here) if you like? Much easier than this public exchange! Haha!

‘Luftputefartøyet mitt er fullt av ål’!

Oh, I mean, ‘tusen takk, klem fra’! :p x

21 Jul 2010

Figured I should post a couple of pictures so you can all see that I don’t actually look like Pikachu. That would just be plain weird. They’re quite old, but hey, be thankful you got something, I don’t normally like pictures of myself! ;P

I do have a personal blog over at omniduffer.tumblr.com, but as I have no regular internet access it’s been rather neglected. Once up and running again I’ll make it a more regular thing, post my ramblings and the writing I do. :D

21 Jul 2010

hixichu asked: Hey! I see your /ask is enabled now :b sweet. How are you?

Hehe, the big question.. How much time do you have? :p

In short, I’m pretty good despite everything. Relationship has ended, am homeless and have next to no money, and don’t have my ps3 anymore. Just handhelds, my laptop and one of those stupid mobile modems that never seems to work! On a good note though, I got my WoW account back online, woooo! 

I know that may not sound so great, but it means I’m free to go back to mainland Europe, think I’m heading back to Poland if this job offer comes to anything! Then I can do travelling! Scandinavia at last (apparently my heritage is a mix of Danish and Celtic or something) ! 

How is all with you? ( ” ,)

18 Jul 2010

DS Mania begins in T-minus 5….

Right guys and girls, I’m at a horrible place in my gaming career - limited to handheld consoles. Probably my own fault for moving around so much and not getting myself settled somewhere nice and suburban. 

Anyway, I have access to a DS and PSP, and because I can’t really see anything I’m urgently wanting to play on the PSP and my DS is relatively new, I want you lot to suggest my gaming habits over the next month or two. What games do you think are must-plays? What would you like me to cast my critical eye over? I’ll play some games, write some reviews etc. Gives me something to do, I’ve got a lot of free time coming up… 

P.S. Ace Attorney is awesome. :D

9 Jul 2010

tinycartridge:

Brain Age speedrun (!) by Ryuto. Instead of correctly answering the problems in this tool-assisted speedrun, Ryuto draws images that incorporate the strokes that the game uses to recognize numbers.

The result is a high-speed, kind of psychotic flash of weird patterns, random drawings, and Super Smash Bros. fanart. 6 x 5 = Maxim Tomato? The “speedrun” could have been done more quickly, but “the run aims to be as entertaining as possible.”

I miss writing about Brain Age. We used to have fun making random Dr. Kawashima pronouncements.

[Via Game|Life]

Why can’t all games be as daft and fun as this and still let you proceed?

8 Jul 2010

darknessandstarlight:

(via ambernichols)


Stunning… 

darknessandstarlight:

(via ambernichols)

Stunning… 

3 Jul 2010

thedame:

metallic-effects:sticksandstoness:tallblackheels:goodnightvenom:samsantos:wontwakeup:patchofblue / wordsoflove / oceanavenue / cbeezy / thesexkitten / nopressureovercappuccino- / alifer / youdothiseverytime / kuyamac
YOU WANT THIS? REBLOG THIS :)

Interesting - would mean you could contact those WHO DON’T ACTIVATE THEIR ASK FEATURE, which personally is frustrating sometimes.

thedame:

metallic-effects:sticksandstoness:tallblackheels:goodnightvenom:samsantos:wontwakeup:patchofblue / wordsoflove / oceanavenue / cbeezy / thesexkitten / nopressureovercappuccino- / alifer / youdothiseverytime / kuyamac

YOU WANT THIS? REBLOG THIS :)

Interesting - would mean you could contact those WHO DON’T ACTIVATE THEIR ASK FEATURE, which personally is frustrating sometimes.

2 Jul 2010

A Thousand Humble Apologies…

Again guys, I am really sorry for the lack of anything other than a few reblogs recently. I do have plans to write lots of various pieces for this, but my personal circumstances are a royal pain in the backside right now and I need to get them all in order. 


I promise that once they are in order, you’ll be treated to a virtual feast as a sign of my humble gratitude. Take it easy all, and thanks for your patience!