Thrift

Again ive not posted for a few days, sorry, but then its not like anyone actually reads this anyway haha. Well im back in London for the week, its reading week at uni, which is just Half term basically, supposedly a week off; but just my luck, our goup had a practical on monday... of my week off, so i couldnt come home until monday night. Also had to do an Endocrinology essay, which was a lot more work than i had hoped, 3000 pages of books and several hours later it was finished, so now that all my work is done I CAN RELAX, for four days until lectures restart...

So im sure most of you out there with 360's are going to be getting Gears 2 soon, if not already, i myself would get it sooner but my current financial situation has somewhat limited my spending ability, much like Iceland it would seem, although i cant see myself applying for international financial aid, although it might be worth a try...

But dont be forgetting about the other gems coming out soon, like Mirrors edge, the demo of which i loved. one of my friends called it "an FPS without the S" which i think is an apt description, we'll have to wait for the full version i suppose. Or an alternative for those of you with a tight budget, theres always Xbox arcade titles, Streets of Rage 2 or Castle crashers are great if you have a friend(s) to play with. If not, dig through your old titles, im sure youll find a gem somewhere, like the other day looking through my old Playstation games, Hogs of War lept out, me and my bro spent all day playing it! Some thrifty advice there from Ol'Stu.
Hogs of war in action

Saturday

I am now officially bored so gonna make another post. Last night me and the guys (Craig, Gordon and Akira) went to that Japanese restaurant in chinatown (here in manchester) called "Tokyo Season" i really do enjoy this restaurant the food is great, but seems strange that most of the people working there are chinese, but i digress. Many laughs were had especially at Craig having to ask for a spoon because he cant use chopsticks and gettin paranoid thinking that all of the staff were looking at him. Most of the menu im now able to read thanks to my awesome japanese classes i have as part of my degree (ありがとう岩上先生！）. So i went for the vegetable (Yasai ;p) tempura and Katsudon. Which i might add, was absolutely delectable, (a bowl of sticky rice with breadcrumb chicken onions and egg on top for those of you who dont know), Craig got the Katsudon curry on the premise that you got a spoon with it so that he wouldnt have to ask and pointed out the curry on the menu as he didnt want to say it, hilarity ensued. they serve Asahi beer there which i love as well which was the cherry on the cake. Reasonably priced too, £15 for the beer and the two dishes.
Then we went back to Craigs room for sum Xbox 360 multiplayer. At first we ended up playing castle crashers for an our an a half, a brilliantly addictive game that. Then Call of duty 2, now craig being a master of FPS as compensation for his nonexistent chopstick skills (or Hashi ;P) was as usual "PWNING" everyone, but in my first game managed to pull off a draw with him, albeit he did have less deaths than me. Then on to the dreaded CoD4, Craigs home turf, and i mention this only because I WON the first game, 100 points baby oh yeah, craig second with 85. After that however my beginners luck as it were began to wear off. Quote of the night "I PRESSED IT!" in reference to the fact that many a time for all of us, we pressed the right stick in to stab, only to be killed by the other person. Then the harshness of reality kicked in as we realised it was 3am...
Great fun though, i can see this happening more often, especially when i bring up my Gamecube with Timesplitters 2 after reading week.