The day has finally come

The Monologues Of Ice Koobs

After a month of hiding under rocks I hope you enjoy this little offering I have to give to you. Yeah it is late. But meh, perfection comes in the details.
You can either download it by right clicking the link above and selecting Save As. Or you can stream it thought the embed below.

Ice Koobs

P.s To skip the spoilers you want to jump to about 12 mins.

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My Mind Is Changing

But will it be for the better?

A little change of plans

I got quite a few things going on this month so my post are sadly going to become a little bit irractic. I'll try my hardest to keep up to date but sadly I can't make any guarantees.

But I am hoping to make it up for you all. I won't say what it is yet because I still don't know if I can do it. But it will be a nice surprise if I do managed to pull it off.
Ice Koobs

MM. Calvin Harris. I'm Not Alone

Time for a Koobs exclusive. Well Ok, it's not exclusive for me alone. But it hasn't be released yet and it is the official video.

I really like Calvin Harris. If you're not sure who he is, then you might know some of his work like "The Girls", "Acceptable in the 80's"and his camo in Dizzy Rascals song "Dance Wiv Me".
Know him now?
I really like his style. Each song keep his basic dance essence but are different enough to show that he is not a one trick pony.

Ice Koobs

ZW. GF Zombie Gaming

Again today is going to be a quick post I'm knackered after doing a loads of lates at work.
So when you think of Zombies the main game flick up in your head. Resident Evil. House of the Dead. Probably even Dead Rising.
But what about the other games that have the fun undead. Can you think of anything? How about these ones:

Stubbs the Zombie.
How could you even over look this one? It has the god damn word "Zombie" in the title.

The game play is great. Instead of going up against the zombies, you are the zombie. You could make an army of the undead, throw your body part at humans and even make your hand, ala The Adams Family, craw around the place and take control of unsuspecting humans.


Dead Space.
Again a bit of a obvious one this one. Especially from the title.


Call Of Duty. World At War
The special Nazi Zombies stage is the only thing that made this crap game worth playing.


Half Life
I picked up a bad habit from Nintendo. Got to love the Re-Hashing.


And finally, Final Fantasy. Every single bloody one.How many times is there some undead boss. In every game there is a zombie boss. And the easiest way to...ummm... is kill the right word here... Forget that...to destroy him, is just cast either cure or use a potion on him.

Actually. Now I think about it. Any RPG normally has some sort of zombie in the mix as well.

Ice Koobs
P.s For those who want to know as well. Yeah. I did get it.

ZW. Lets take a closer look

Ok. So that may be a bit too close. Sorry if he dibbled on you. At least he didn't try to take a chunk out of your arm.
Now if the worst was to happen and you where caught up in a zombie outbreak, do you know what you would do? For some reason I don't think many would know what to do. So that's why I decided to make this handy little guide for every one.

The Type
Now if you want to survive you need to know what type of Zombie you are working with.
There are two types. And I've touch on them already. I'll give a gold star to who ever can name them.







Well done. You're right. You have the slow moving and fast ones. For sense of clarity the slow ones shall be known as Brain Dead, while the fast ones will be known as Speedsters. These aren't official titles but it makes it easier to distinguish between the two.
Now if you did have a break out Pray that they aren't Speedsters. If they are, you might as well shoot your self right away. They are bastards to kill and if infectious, a whole nation could be taken out in a few days. They are quick, agile and vicious. Brain Dead are easier to handle, but no less deadly. Especially if you get surrounded by a big group. Both types can be handle in the same way but obviously Speedsters will be harder to handle. The main reason why they become so fast is because they have no pain barrier and rigormotis has not set in.

Now you got work out why the Zombies are here. If you can work it out you maybe able to save humanity. Become the hero of the world and then have a nice, big and shiny statue of your self in every city. Now they are many reasons why Zombies may come about. I start with the one that is easiest to handle and resolve to the worst case sernoios. Now these Zombies can be either Brain Dead or Speedsters.

• Voodoo Zombies

If there is any type of Zombie up rising then this would be the easiest to handle. Mainly because these type of Zombies do not crave flesh. They always have a master, normally a Voodoo Shaman or Bokor and will only follow his orders. The master is also the one that has bought them into being. You may not be able to distinguish them from normal humans but there are signs. Either whited out eyes or vacant stares and super human strength. The reason for the super human strength by the way is because there is no pain barrier nor a conscience hold back. Unless you were truly angered you would never hit someone to kill them. Maybe to stop them or slow them down but never to kill. Now where Zombies rarely have a conscience they don't have this control. Back to the Voodoo Zombie. To get rid of them you just need to break the spell or defeat the Master.

• Parasite Zombies

This are like the people infect with La Pagea in resident Evil 4 (see they are Zombies =0) ).
Now the parasite normally infect a human that is alive and can either kill them or keep them alive. You'll find that it is normally the latter. Now once infected with a mature parasite there is no saving you. You might as well shoot anyone who is at this stage. Possibly the best example apart from the people from Resident Evil 4 is the Head Crab from Half Life.

(Look at me following in Nintendo's footsteps and Re-Hashing stuff).
Now due to the nature of the parasite, infection is slow and you find also easy to contain. There are two option available to yourself in this situation. Either take out everyone or try and find parasite zero (also known as the mother parasite) and kill that. You made me lucky and find that that get rids of all of the little buggers.

• Virus Zombies

These zombies spread like wild fire. One bite and you can gaurente that you'll be a moaning, chomping zombie in no time. And your only hope is if there is an antidote. If you're a scientist or not friends with one then I would look to try and live the country. They crave flesh and have an an unsatable appitate. They will regain slight memory of their past lives and will congregate together at place of social bearing. Places like a shopping center or a cinema.

• Hell's Zombies

You've seen Dawn of the Dead right? You haven't? You really should. Great movie. Both of them. Anyway. There a saying in the movie. "When there is no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth." If this is the situation then you are screwed. Simple as really. There is no infection that is passed on. It's just a case that if you die you become a Zombie. So if say you where to die from cancer and not have been bitten then you will still become a Zombie. Being bitten by one shouldn't cause zombification. But then again why risk it? The only way to solve this situation. Pray.

So now that you know your enemy what are you going to do about it? Have you got the know how of MacGyver to make a weapon out of anything?

MacGyver. The Only Tool You'll Need. Man I loved that show. Let's get back to the point.

Do you have the resourcefulness of a Boy Scout to not starve? Would you even know how to take out a zombie.
No? Well have no fear. Koobs is here. OK so I may not be as cool as MacGyver but I do know my stuff. I have been watching films and playing video game probably before I could even talk. Here's a list of things that may just save you life.

• Always have a baseball bat handy. If not a bat then something long and blunt.
• If you don't have access to something long and blunt then you'll have to use cutlery. Preferably not a spoon (what you going to try and get spoony with a zombie?) But at least a fork if you have no long knifes. Also not were I'm going with the size of the weapon. You want to keep as much distance as possible.
• Now as soon as you hear about an outbreak you want to get as much water as possible. Also if you live in a big community consider leaving now. If possible try and leave the country and going overseas.
• Get as much water as possible.
• If you can get a car and there are a lot of infective then you may want to run them over.
• Actually, anything is a weapon. If you trow it, slash with it, just cause some kind of damage in general with it then it is a good weapon. I guess spoons could be useful.
• Try to damage the head. Remember due to no pain barrier breaking a limb isn't going to mean anything to the undead.

Those are just some of the things that should help you if you need to survive a Zombie outbreak.
Ice Koobs

ZW AW. Left 4 Speed

A quick one for today.
I'm sure you've all heard of Left 4 Dead.
Well here's Left 4 Speed.

Sorry again about the post being short. But I've only just got in from work.
Ice Koobs

ZW. Where do they come from?

The type of Zombies we know about now (look at me talking about them as if they are real) really only came into existence around the late 1960's.
I'm talking about the rotting flesh, possible popped out eye ball, have a taste for braaaainnnnnsss kinda of zombie. These where made popular by the film Night of the Living Dead by George A. Romero. If you still don't know what I mean then take a look at this photo.


Now there are many different types of these Zombies. You have the ones that I think are the most scariest, the speed ones which can be found in movies like Dawn of the Dead (2004) or 28 days later. The over type are the slightly more traditional slow moving dead. A bit like the ones in Dead Rising. Easy to get past but if there is a lot of them, then you are move then likely screwed.

The thing that I find fascinating about zombies is the fact that there is very little about them in folklore. There are little bit here and there, but at most they could be called the Living Dead. The difference? Zombies eat flesh and go out of their way to kill, where the Living Dead are just super mindless drones that are controlled by one master. I guess what I mean to be getting at is that the Zombie is a horror creature created by us. In 500 years time they will look at our stories and see that this is what we came up with. I was always scared that when are era is over that nothing will able to pass onto the our own folklore. This proves otherwise.

On Thursdays I'll be looking more closer at the zombie. No not close enough for them to get me. That would be stupid. More along the lines of how they work? What to do in a zombie outbreak? And even though you might not know it, The Pros of Zombies.
To give you an idea of one of the pros.


Awwww. It's so cute yet deadly. The pro behind this? Isn't it ovious. I can like something cute that is truly manly. See no worries of being called a poof over here in the Ice household.

Ice Koobs

ZW MM. Gorillaz, Clint Eastwood

So what the hell does Gorillaz have to do with Zombies?
Have you never seen the video? Oh that could explain why you might not know. So those of you who are uneducated in the way of the Gorillaz, I present to you, Clint Eastwood.

I love how they manage to get the Thriller dance in there. I think that it is safe to say that if you have any kind of video involving zombies they have to that dance. If only Mr Jacko got royalties for that dance. He probably wouldn't be in the debt that he is in now.
Ice Koobs

Zombie Week

In the build up to the release of Resident Evil 5 and to make up for my lack of update due to ill health (my voice is back but I'm still getting dizzy and sometimes nauseous) I thought I'll have a week worth of posts dedicated to the stars of Resident Evil.
No not Wesker, Chris or Leon. The Zombies you fool.
So here are a couple of things to look forward to this week:

• Your Guaranteed Three with a Zombified twist.
• A look into the background of Zombie lore.
• And the usal zaniness that come from me.

Hope you guys are looking forward to it.
Ice Koobs

AW. 9 Coronas

Ok so it's not an animation.
But the song was on a classic animation that had Coronas dancing around the screen. It's really dated now however so I thought you might like to see this one instead.

Ice Koobs

MM +1. I'm so Sick

Quite literally.
That's why this post is delayed.
I think this song by song by Fly Leaf kinda gets across how I'm feeling at the moment.

Ice Koobs

Sick Koobs day

I feel so hollow at the moemnt. Like I might pass out any time now. My throat is so dry that I can't even talk. It was alright in the beginning cause I sounded like some cool Blues singer. But now I have to rely on my G1 to talk for me (god bless this device).
Now even though I use my fingers to type not my voice I finding it really hard to concentrate. I think that I haven't had any problems so far. But I better stop while I'm ahead.
Ice Koobs

AW. 'Sup Chief

Who of my favorite movies of all time is who framed Roger Rabbit. I just loved the way it was real but had cartoons as well.
Well that same effect is in use in the clip tomorrow.

Watch more videos of Halo 3

I think this clip is brilliant. Like I would so have Master Chief do all of that stuff and more. The acting could be better. But that can be easily remedy. I'm already looking forward to the other episodes.
Ice Koobs

MM. Blink 182, the self titled album.

So saying I did two tracks off they're previous albums, I thought I should finish off the Blink theme with a song off they're self title album Blink 182. I know I've missed out Dude Ranch, Cheshire Cat and Buddha, but I don't actually have them on my iPod. Got the CD's but I don't want to put to many songs onto my mum's laptop.
There is still debate over the title of this album. As you can see I believe it is a self title album. But some people say that it actually has no name. The thing is that it's a bit hard to sell a cd with no name. So that's why I'm sticking with the self title thing. It also a much more mature Blink 182. No toilet humour here. Which isn't a bad thing. One thing that always happens with a band is that they get stale. The only thing is you don't want to change your self to much, or else you might as well change your name.

The song I've chosen is the frist song they released. Feeling this. It just works. If that makes sence.

The funny thing about this song is the fact that both Mark and Tom went into separate rooms to write the words for the songs. Was to write the verse and the other the chorus. Surprisingly they both chose to write about sex. The lustful side on the verse and loving feel on the chorus. The opposites work well together and in the end both conflict but harmonize. Check me out. Remembering what I learned in my Music GCSE.
Ice Koobs

Street Fighter The Later Years 9

It's the final fight. Who will win?

So there you have it. Hope you've enjoyed today. As I doubt I will do it again any time soon. And I didn't have a day off. I've just been testing out the time delay posts and what I can do on my G1. I'm a little upset however. Random J gone and posted all the clips in one post. I know he didn't mean to but *Sad Face* =0(
Oh well I do have one advantage. I got the ninth and final episode *Happy Face* =0)

"Why don't you try a harder difficulty level next time?"
Ice Koobs

Street Figther The Later Years 8

Whoo Ken got the HADOKEN.
And what a douch Guile has become. Although it was funny.
Ice Koobs

Street Fighter The Later Years 7

Who would of thought that Capcom would be so heartless.
"Did I mention, I ate rats?"
"The HADOUKEN is a secret technique. Many of my ancestors and their yaks died protecting that secret"
"HADOUKEN"
"Rats"
Ice Koobs

Street Fighter The Later Years 6

Ken really is an idiot isn't he?
And what is this. Who is the one imposing Ryu? Questions, questions.
"Yoga Noogie"
"Fuck Him. Fuck You!"
Ice Koobs

Street Fighter: Intermission

Time to take a little break from the Later Years.
I found this video editor on the web and well I let you see the results.

Chun-Li is now has a manly face to go with the Big off hands and the PowerHouse Legs.
Maybe that's why the movie always suck. Cos she just not manly enough.
Ice Koobs

Street Fighter The Later Years 5

What the hell. I didn't realize that that was Ken.
"Get Out Of Would You"
Ice Koobs

Street Fighter The Later Years 4

They should of so chosen this ChunLi for the Next movie.
"Let me Iron out those wrinkles"
Ice Koobs

Street Fighter The Later Years 3

Just take off the damn mask.
"Frookin Eletrical Ompa Loompa"
Ice Koobs

Street Fighter The Later Year 2

Bison's name is Michael. Who would of known.
Best part "Tiger, Tiger Uppercut"
Ice Koobs

GF. Street Fighter

Saying that SFIV is finally released today. It would make sense to have a SF theme of some sort.
So to start the day off what would Street Fighter be like if it was real???

For a frist in MyTinyFragileMind history there are going to set posts today. I'm hoping to make it happen every hour. So come back and enjoy the show.
Ice Koobs

MM Extra early. Kid Cudi vs Crookers

I've been saving this tune for when I finished the Blink run that I was doing but a fellow Blogger (who goes by the name of Junlee) has posted the original on his blog.
I prefer the remix. Easier to dance to to. Or pop. Or bubble. Or whatever the hell you do in a club. I personally to bounce and nod my head to the beat. The girls love it. Or at least I think so =0S
Any way on with the video.

Sweet crap. All of those girls were hot. And that's what make this video better the original as well =0D
Only playing, I think both videos are good but you can see the influence that Kanye West had not only on the other video but the song as well.
One other note of point. How the hell do you spell his name? Everywhere I was looking said it was spelt Cudi, not Kudi. Confusion.
Ice Koobs

A nice anime music video thingy

I was going to list this under an Animated Wednesday. But then I realize it would of been a cop out by myself. Work been really hectic but hopefully it's all gong to pay off.
For the last 5 months or so I've been working at a big store in my company, actually I've worked there for over a year now. But one of the problems has been that only up about 5 months ago there has never been proper management running it. Now it's a good store, the guys there are bloody brilliant. Also it does get busy which always helps past the time. But it's always a hassle to travel there. Bout 1 to 2 hours to get there depending on what time of the day is my shift. That's another thing that a killer is the mix of shifts. It can be any thing from 9-6 or 1-10. Now where it takes quite a while to get there, my day is normally shot. Hence the reason why I'm find it hard to keep to the regular updates. In the long run I asked for a transfer. But being the idiot I am I said I would stay until the store had enough staff and that everyone was fully trained. I don't know why I put myself into positions that are going to work against me, but I couldn't just leave them in the lurch. But that was 4 months ago and slowly but surly the place is shaping up. Which means that I might be able to move soon. But I won't say anything more just in case I jinx it.

Anyway I digress. I couldn't think of any good flash animations and haven't had the time to write up about some anime so instead have this fan made movie featuring the best fight scene from Naruto and the music of Mindless Self Indulgence "Shut Me Up"

Ice Koobs

MM. Blink 182. Wow Deja Vu

So you like what I did with the title there? I know I do.
Now I know I did Blink 182 last week and I don't care. This is one of the few bands that I actually have all of the commercially released albums. So I thought it would be nice to take a track from each one.
This week track is from "Take Off Your Pants and Jacket". Lots of people overlook the tongue in cheek humor of this tittle. But then again it could be my own warped mind that managed to see it.
Have you seen it yet? They're talking about masturbation. Now how many blogs do you know would talk about something like that so openly? Read the title again, but this time slower. "Take. Off. Your. Pants. And . Jack. It" Subtle but still there.

It was released in 2001 with three of it's tracks being later released as singles. This weeks video is going to be one of those singles. Any idea which one? Take a look at the YouTube video below to find out. Oh and it is the unedited video. The one where you see sparks fly.

One more thing. I always tried to get the hair style like Marks in the picture below when I was younger.Mark's the one on the right. Actually I still want to get a cut like that. But I'm torn in my decision. I want to grow it long. But I want that hairstyle. Maybe I should grow it long and see how it looks. If it's crap then I can always cut it after. Yeah. I'll do that.
Ice Koobs

GF. New Play Control

Everyone has had their say, and now it is time for me to as well.
I see both sides of the argument. I'm going to use Pikmin as an example.
Not one of the casual gamers that have a Wii now would have played Pikmin. So for Nintendo it would make sense to re-release it. It would be a good little earner for them and then they can use the sales of it to consider if it would be worth while to do a sequel.
But from a gamer view point it's a waste of time. Just release the sequel. If it flops. Oh well, you should of done a better advertising campaign. If anyone says that ads don't make a difference then look at the LG Renoir. Crappest Phone Ever. But it's been sold by the bucket load because it had a strong advertising campaign behind it. But less about phones and more about games. It is gaming Friday after all.

So what have Nintendo done to improve on this game? Ummm nothing. People can argue the fact that it now includes controls for the Wii-Mote and Nunchuck. Whoop-di-f'ing dooo. So. The controls of the original were good to start with. And is that all? Well ok they have added a new save system that lets you re-start at any day you have already completed. What the hell? What is the point? One of the things that made the game so playable was that you had to plan your time out. Screw around and don't collect all your space ship parts (you've crashed landed btw and you have to collect the parts within 30 days) and then you are well and truly screwed yourself. They haven't even improved on the graphics, hell the box art is still the bloody same.
Take a look for yourself.


So far, so not good. I have only seen one redeeming feature toward the "Re-Make" (note the quotes, I'm using the term very very loosely) is the possibly that if it's good that a sequel will be in the works. So what about the price? Oh sweet love of god it £29.99. A game of which I can get on ebay for £4.70 (including p&p). Lets see, that's £25.29 extra (I even gone to the effort of finding it out in dollars for my American readers. It's $36.49).
I think you can start to see where I'm coming from with this. I might of accepted this if it was £19.99. But it isn't and that is the problem.
There will also always be the argument that Capcom did the same with Resident Evil 4. But if what I've researched is right (yeah I do do back up reading, can't have an argument if you don't know all the angles) then there were changes that actually made it worth while to re-buy. Things like:

• The additional content made available in the PS2 version.
• Although graphics weren't improved there is now the option to play the game in 480p and true widescreen.
• Controls that made a difference. Yeah your damn right I'm going to put that here.

Also the different version didn't have a massive gap between the release dates. 2 years max. Where as Pikmin has a gap of 8 years =0(
They could of made it more worth while. Maybe by having both Pikmin 1 and 2 on one disk. I would definitely consider buying it for £29.99 then. But it not, so this game shall remain on the shelves. Haven't Nintendo heard? There's a recession going on, I ain't got no money to waste.

Ice Koobs

AW +1. Kenya Classic

Another classic for you this week. But first an apology bout posting late again (not that I think anyone actually comes on the specific days, still nice to keep on time though). This time it was out of my control as my mum took her laptop to work. I've could of done the post though my G1 but the formatting sucks and I couldn't have bad formatting for a regular post. The spelling is bad enough.
I use to sing this song all the time in sixth form much to annoyance of my fellow students. I think that they didn't know the words so they were just jealous. Or cause I got to see this awesome clip before them and got jealous over that. What ever the reason it was definitely because they were jealous. No over reason for sure.

And yes. When I was in a paticulaly silly mood I would dance to it as well. And Yes again. I do still sing once and again. Just ask the guys I work with.
Ice Koobs

More posters on the underground

When I saw this. I though "What the heck?"

I couldn't for the life of me understand why they would have a such a crap drawing on display. It's truly a waste of space. But then I took a little while more to take it in. My train was taking ages and I had nothing to lose. It was then that it hit me. This poster had a hidden meaning. On first inspection it looks a drawing by a child, but of what? A load of random symbols? No Bells, Lemons and the Underground logo. Now keep with me here it will become clear soon. Next thing you need to see is the layout of all this items. Rows of three. Remind you of anything yet? Well it look remarkably similar to a one armed bandit. But why has a child drawn something about gambling? Unless he trying to say something deeper. Something he wouldn't of been able to say if he did it in slight. Maybe he was trying to say not only the London Transport is rubbish (by the crapiness of the drawing) but that it is also a gamble to use it as well. Heck as I' typing this I've just heard over the speaker system that my train has been delayed. Oh well I guess that just means I have more time to look at this poster.

Ice Koobs

MM. Blink 182 are back

HAPPY DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whep. Now that that's out of my system. Yeah the guys are back together. And I have to Facebook for letting me know. Typical. The time where I stop looking at music sites and this happens. Now to many people this might not be a big thing. Hell some people will even say that Blink 182 weren't that good. Heck to those of you who think. I don't give a flying F*** about your opinion. This band will always have a special place in my heart. Little fact that many might know about myself is that the First Album I ever bought (with my own money and though my own choice) was Emena of the State. The one with Janine Lindermulder on the front cover. The one that below.

And she was on the back to.

Now instead of playing the ovious of What's My Age Again or All the Small Things. I think I go for this one instead.

Dysentery Gary. God I miss this album. I think I going to see if I can find it. If not I might have to buy off iTunes.
Ice Koobs

GF. The Legend Of Princess

So in the world of free gaming I have found this little gem. Don't know much about the person or the game. But I do know it well fun to play and you will lose a good chunk of any free time you have. Here's a quick clip to show you what you getting. But you might want to change the controls. The default takes a while to get use to.

Oh yeah and before I forget the download for the link is here at IndieGames.com
Had a long day at work so the post is going to a bit short. But a quick update on the WiiFit. I still haven't started it. I don't even know how much I weight. Oppise =0)
Ice Koobs

Misleading adverts

Is it just me or is this advert a little umm saucy?
And what an anti climax. Weymouth? Why oh why would I want to kiss someone there? I might be intressed in going there if there really were pink octopuses. But I doubt there is. And even then I wouldn't drag my parner (if I had one) with me.
Ice Koobs

Wata a flop

Yeah just to say I haven't done any of the Wiifit since last Friday.
Yeah shame on me blah blah blah.
But I just don't have the time.
What with teaching my mum how to do sudoku, the snow and everything else.
So yeah. Oppise.

Ice Koobs

AW. Animation Invasion!

I found this clip about six months ago and is one of the videos that has got me wanting to get back into animation and games. The guy at the beginning is just an intro not the actual clip.

Ice Koobs

MM. Feels So Good

Almost forgot to do a post today. In case you don't know, it's the heaviest snow fall in London for 18 years. So I've been out enjoying it. I've experience snow before, but never when every one around me speaks English. Which makes it even better. Imagine it. Middle of the park. Building a massive snowman (I would of taken a photo but I still haven't got my other phone replaced yet). When all you hear is someone shout out "SNOWBALL FIGHT!"
Hectic does not cover it. I got covered. But that made it easier to do some stealth shots =0)

Anyway because I feel so good it's all about uplifting music today. Hope you enjoy.

And finally the song that fits the mood perfectly

Ice Koobs

GF+1. Wii Fit? No no. More Me Fit

I'm a slob. Well not a massive one. I don't have wottis fingers. I clean up after myself and I don't imagine that I going to hang out with, let alone, screw famous ladies. Actually I'm just unfit. I'm not a slob at all. Now while I have grown fond of my One Pack (we have a special connection I.E it is connected to me) it is time that I've got rid of it. It's not very sightly. The thing is that I have barely any time to go to the gym to work it off.
Well as you might of guessed from the title I'm going to give my Wii Fit a chance. I'm going to use it hopefully once a day and then post the out comes on here. And by posting it I know I will do it cause I don't want to let you guys down.
So yeah there you go. Hopefully next time I see you my stamina should have increase by +2 points. Oh wait I forgot that's only in RPG's, not real life.
Ice Koobs

Is it me?

Maybe there is something in the water (you know the one that makes you piss out fat cells). But today I witness yet another display of real life comedy.
Basicallytwo dudes were arguing and it got pretty heated. I don't know what it was about and I don't care. But it was how one of the guys ended the conversation that had me in stitches. His train was coming so in a swift and confident manner he shouted out "F*** You, My friend".
Now with my own friends I often say F*** off to them in a playful manner. But it was the venom that this man said it with, that made this really funny. Or is it just me that finds it funny?
Ice Koobs

P.s Gaming Friday is going to be delayed till tomorrow. I've been doing some hardcore overtime at work and now I'm knackered like no ones business. Sorry to disappoint.

Donkey Konga T.V Ad

I was surfing the web and was very surprised to find the following video.
It from an ad that aired in the U.K for Donkey Konga on the game cube.

The thing that makes this advert special to me is the fact that it actually stars moi.
And no I'm not going to point out who I am. Most of you that read this site will probably have spotted me already. I complete forgot I did this and it was a shock to see it. When it was released I looked all over for it but couldn't find it no where. Well until yesterday that is =0)
Star in the Making
Ice Koobs

Aw Karas

Time for another anime special. The star of today's Animated Wednesday being Karas (Which is Japanese for The Raven).

Now you may reconigse the picture or the name. Well if you read fellow blogger Random J's blog then you made as well have seen him as he stars in the Game Campon Vs Tatsunoko.

As an anime it doesn't follow the set rules as such. It always has a serious tone very rarely having a slapstick moment, if any. Not to say that this is a bad thing. Sometimes you will get so caught up in your thoughts about what is going on that you don't need any unnecessary comedy going on. The main story revolves around Ex-Karas Eko. Well not so much him but more about him going AWOL and wanting to re-build not just Tokyo but the whole world. Step in Otoha. The replacement Karas chosen by Yurine, the embodiment of the spirit and will of the city. I never realized how hard it is to write a review about something with out actually given away to much of the plot. I want to write more about the story but everything is revealed little by little with in the actual show. So that's why I can't really talk much more about the story. But take my word on this. I do recommend getting this DVD. If not for the story then the art style. It currently comes on two different disk which can be purchased together or separately. One complaint I do have is that the fight scene in the second disk don't match up to the ones in it's predecessor. But it is estinal if you want to answer all the unanswered questions.

The thing that I like the most about Karas is the how good the hand drawn sections are merged with the computer generate parts. Take the example below that shows the first action scene.

Looks almost real is some places. When I was younger (well four years ago to be precised) and uneducated in the way of graphic design, I always believed that it was all live action. I can now tell the difference but it is still visually stunning.

Karas is also one of those anime that you can watch again and again and notice little things that you wouldn't of notice the first time around. Which makes it great value for money.

Now because I don't want to ruin the story I left out quite a bit. But if you want to ask any questions then drop a comment. I'll try my hardest to give a spoiler free answer.
Ice Koobs

MM. Again And Again

This clip has been out for a while a now but it still a freaking good video.
The song is as you might of guessed called Again and Again. I think you might find out why when you listen to the song. The band who released the song is called The Birds and Bee.

That isn't the original video. It was something I found while surfing around. It so well planned and the miming is really well done. The actress is hot to so that's always a bonus in my book. It's also made me relized what my type is. Or at least what I look for in a girl. I never knew I would be so predictable.
Ice Koobs

The stupidist thing I've heard this year.

Better make that the stupidest this decade. Possibly even this century.
This is a genuine conversation that happened at work and even now I can't get over what was said.
To make it easier to understand what happened, I'll set the scene and give the exact dialog that tool place.
Basically it was a normal day at work. I was on my lunch when one of the guys I work with came out the toilet. This person shall remain anonymous as it was him that said the extremely stupid thing. Now saying that nothing much was happening and because I was bored. I cracked a joke at him about how often he was going to the toilet so often. Anyway here's the dialog unaltered from what was said.

Me. Bloody hell. What are you doing in there? Making stock to sell?
Idiot. Naw. Its just I'm drinking a lot of water to lose some weight.

Now I pause here for a moment to say that this is true and it is not the stupid thing that was said. By drinking a lot of water you make your stomach full. This makes you less hungry and therefore makes you want to eat less. There are draw backs however. You still need to have your normal in take of calories and stuff like that. When people do the water diet (as it is known) they forget that vital bit). But a bigger drawback (in my eyes at least)is that it makes you piss like a pregnant woman.
But let's get back to the point.

Me. Oh really. (This was me making convo. Like I said it was a boring day)
Idiot. Yeah it makes you piss all the fat cells out.

W. T. F.
If I never met a prime candidate for the Darwin Awards before, I know have now. I wonder if he pissed out some brain cells at the same time as well. Or if he was naturally that stupid. I admit I say "that" as in the past tense. But I don't know nor think "that" he has improved.

Sometimes I wonder what I have done to be stuck with people like him. Also for a point of note. I didn't have the heart to tell him he was wrong. I think the embarrassment would kill off a couple more of his brain cells as the heat of his red face would denaturalize them. And as we can see he needs every one that he has got. Please don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to say I'm a brainiac, any one with an ounce of common sence would know how stupid it sounded.
Oh and before anyone goes and points it out. At the beginning of this post I opened up about the decade and century thing, that was a joke. I know the current century is the same length as the current decade =0)

Ice Koobs

GF. Am I'm going to be the cause?

The cause to what? The end of Game the retailer. I was thinking about it and about all the policies that they have in place and noticed that I go against most of them. But so do most hardcore gamers. Think about it for a a sec.
If a game comes out, I'll either get it when it's first released or when it go down in price. Not a pre-owned one. I don't want to get pre-owned game unless it is something that is not available new (a discontinued game). I don't see the point in getting a game for fiver cheaper just because it's been used. Specially on Nintendo products as I collect the star points. Think about it. I'll be offered something along of the lines of £20 for a game. Game are going to sell it on for £30. £10 profit. That's just not on. For me as a seller or a buyer.
Another thing I'm not going to buy is a strategy guide. As many of you, may or not know already, I have access to the greatest and biggest database known to man. I and some others call it the World Wide Web. The only book I would be willing to buy is something like an art book or something of that nature.
So I've all ready knocked out two of Game's biggest revenues. Also I worked out something that will be really helpful for anyone trying to save their pennies. Go against your instincts and don't buy the game right away. After a month or so it will drop in price. And for proof take a gander at the piccy below.

Ok so both of those games are whack. But it's just proves a point. Also have a look around the net as well. I've seen Little Big Planet for £18. All these games are less then two months old!
Any way. Back to the title of this post. I think you can see what I mean about me being the end of Game. What with me not only practicing the above, but also preaching it as well.
Ice Koobs

AW. NiN10Doh!

Some of you may remember an AW I did a while back about Super Smash Bros Taunts. The first thing first, I got the author wrong. It's not Wolflink, it's Kirbopher.
Next thing is that his made another flash animation about Nintendo call NiN10Doh!
It's a massive collaboration of his and some other peoples work.

I never realized how much of a short fuse Ash has.
Ice Koobs

Can you spot the problem?

So can you?
You would of thought that Asdas would want people to buy more in one go wouldn't you.
But then with all this talk about the credit crunch maybe they are just trying to make a little profit. Well a big profit in this case.
Ice Koobs

MM. What is this crap?

No really what is it?
Please give your honest opinions.

The song could do some massive clean up. Like really its just the same words over and over. And what the hell is with the bit featuring Lil Wayne? Maybe that is the part that they wanted to use to break the song up. Well congratulation. You manage to do just that and make a mediocre song a crap song. Maybe I should get a synthesizer and make music. If rubbish like this does well can you imagine the amount of wonga I would make. Here's a taste of one of the songs I just thought of on the spot.

Hard core
This hardcore to the core of hard. Oh Yeah yeah yeah.
The only thing harder be a diamond rough.
And even then that won't be worth as much.
Hard core. hard core.
Yeah yeah.

Repeat for about 2 mins with crap video effects and repeated scenes of one ugly assed girl and hey persedo my million dollar video.

If only life was that simple.
Ice Koobs

Lack of visual goodness

Or in other words the lack of pictures. One of the big problems I had entering 2009 was I kinda screwed up my mobile. This is a hassle for a couple of reasons. The biggest being that I don't have a phone. The second is that I have no camera.
Hence the reason why not only is there a lack of photos and also videos as well. So it means that the revamp I was planing to do for quite a while now, will have to be prosponed. I got the idea all mapped out. Just need to take the photos to do it. Oh and photoshop. Yeah that program is so handy, but way too expensive.
But I will do it just not sure when.

GF What to write about?

What can I write about?
I have no idea personally. It's like I've hit writers block but haven't. I had a lot to write about but others have beaten me to the punch. Or there are some things, but I want to save it for a later date.
To tell you the truth I'm still thinking about the guy that was legless (in more ways then one) and that isn't helping my mind in thinking. Also I've officially split up with Ms Koobs (yeah she was real). Well we actually split up a couple of weeks ago now but I've only really just starting accepting it now. Yeah I'm a sap I know but meh that's me, the hopeless romantic.
Sometimes when it comes to times like this I just wish life was like a Video Game and I was the main character.

• I'll have some cool power.
• A guarantee that I'll get the girl/princess/cake.
• It will be a good ending.
• I could beat up baddies till my hearts content.
• I know I would have extra life tucked up my sleeve.
• If the going gets tough I could always pause and save.
• And finally if I cock up really, REALLY badly I could always hit reset.

Maybe I should look into going back to my games designs. Or to my music. Or learning the real guitar (if I put the half the amount of time that I put into Rock Band I would of been a master by now). Maybe I should just concentrate on getting out my debt and being able to afford the equipment that comes with this stuff (I still do posts from my mum's laptop).
For a post that should be about games there's not much about gaming is there? Stupid writers block. I normally always have something to say about games eve if it's minor.
Ice Koobs

Am I bad?

No really am I a bad guy?
A guy just got onto the train blinding drunk and generally making an ass of himself. Not that I care, he's great entertainment for the long journey that I have to make every day from work.
I was originally going to say he's legless, but that doesn't seem appropriate now, saying he has just literally taken his leg off. The dude has a fake leg and was just swing it around. Only now has he calmed down and he has now put his "Leg" onto the seat next to him. I just really want someone to say "Can you please take your feet off the seat?"
I want to take a picture but I'm worried he might attack me with the prosthetic limb. Sorry guys I don't have to guts to do it. If I had my original phone I would of but the camera on the G1 is all that. At least not for action shots like this.
Any way am I a bad guy for finding this hilarious? I carry on thinking that I should feel bad but I just keep grinning.
Koobs

AW. Well kinda.

Today is a bit of a mix of Animated Wednesday and Musical Mondays. Not saying that my last MM was rubbish far from it. Zack Kim truly rocks. He rocks. But he is not something I have on my iPod so in a way the last MM wasn't a true MM. But anyway saw this video on Kerrang today. It's not full animation but it definitely caught my eye.
The only problem is err it not available to embed on the blog at the moe.

But you can find the video here, here and guess what? Here also.

Sorry again that it's not embedded again, but it's still the video.
I'm getting a very Panic At The Disco! feel with this video. And what is it with the Carnie theme all of the sudden, what with Britney Spears AND Take That releasing albums with the tittle Circus?
I like Pete's make up it quite cool. Wouldn't walk out the house wearing something like that, but it's still cool. However I am going to have nightmares about Patrick's choice in Lipstick. Sinister.
Ice Koobs

MM. Zack Kim

Have you ever heard of Zack Kim? I've heard him play once or twice, but always believed that they were one off performances done for YouTube. I was wrong.
Here's the first video I saw of him in action.

Pretty cool right? I have only one question for the dude. How the hell did you find out that you could play two guitars at once? Seriously. The last person I saw try that, was myself when trying to make a One Man Rock Band (if you don't know what I'm on about look at this post here). And that didn't work out.
This guys doesn't only play the double guitar either. He can play one by it self as well. He has a load of videos up so have a look at YouTube Profile. I think you'll agree with me, he does rock.
Ice Koobs

GF. Special Editions. Why is Europe STILL Getting the Short Straw

Looks nice doesn't it? You want it don't you? You do. I can tell from the look in your eyes. Well if you live in the good old UK, kiss this sexy, polished special edition of Street Fight IV away. You're getting this instead.

I don't want Chun Li on the box, she looks crap. The box are is poor as well. Can you tell I'm trying not to swear at all. Hence the reason why my descriptions and vocabulary seems...ummm...poor.
Just when we were getting good released dates (mostly simultaneous) they go and kick as in the teeth with this. Hopefully someone will rectified this. Over wise I'm just buying the standard version.

One thing that I did managed to find out was that the UK and US versions will be including the following:

• Limited Edition figurines of Crimson Viper for the 360 and Ryu for the PS3. (Saying that on all the UK descriptions is says that both will be available for both platforms. Maybe Capcom have realized that no one has a PS3 in Europe or if they do have a 360 as well).
  
• A bonus disc containing a HD anime movie. On the PS3 it will be on BluRay where on the 360 it will be a special gaming disk (not a DVD)
• A mini comic book strategy guide
• Exclusive downloadable game content

From what I can see no one knows what this "Exclusive" content will be. Probably some kind of out fits. It would be just "POOR" if the only change in outfits would be just a change of colours.

AW. Mario's Castle Calamity

Mario never seem to have any trouble blowing up the castles in Super Mario World. Well I think I found the deleted scenes. Look below to see the 24 recorded times that Mario didn't managed to pull off the demolition.

Ice Koobs

The most simplest things

Why is the most simplest of things the most pleasing?
Such as a light breeze on a hot summers day.
Or a single falling snow flake (when it does snow in London)
Heck even thinking of a tiny dancing monkey in enough to raise a smile on my face.
Hearing a forgotten but upbeat song the radio.
Doing something you never though was achievable, not even within your most wildest dreams.
Having someone leave a comment (yeah I mean it when I say they make me happy).
Completing a song on hard in Rock Band with out the fan booing you off the stage.
Playing Rock Band with friends even if the fans boo you off.
And finally when everything is falling apart around you, when there seems like there is no hope and you feel the best thing that could happen is to have the ground open below you and swallow you up. The smile of someone you love, probably the most simplest thing in the world, is enough. Enough to make everything else not matter at all.

So those are some things that make be happy. What about you?
Ice Koobs

MM. Cupid's Chokehold

This song was originally released around 2005 (or was it 2006, I really should double check). And used the parts of the song "Breakfast in America" by Supertramp (I don't like it personally). I remember hearing it for the first time and being like, yeah I know what you mean. It's weird how you think you are so in love with a girl, just to realize that you're actually not. That it is only when you stop thinking about if you love her or not that you well and truly love her. It's something that I understand all to well.
A re-release of the song which removed the girl solo part that went "Girlfriend" between almost every single line was done in 2007 with a completely new video. It was more then likely done to cash in on the huge success that Fall Out Boy had achieved that same year with Infinity on High, as the person who sings the main chorus is Patrick Stump. He did in the original also, but like I said Fall Out Boy did much better in 2007 then in 2005. It quite strange how two years can make such a difference.
The video was also redirected as well to take a more literal interpretation of the actual song words. It even includes Katey Perry (yep the hot girl at the end in the Hoodie is Katey Perry of "I Kiss A Girl" fame) Travis McCoy current girlfriend.
As always with Musical Mondays I've got the video below, but this has an extra treat. Its all Karaoke Stylie.

Oh by the way, I haven't forgot that I said I would do requests. I do have one and I will do it. I just need to find the time first.
Ice Koobs

Slapstick Sundays

Every once in a while I think I'm going to post a random video of me doing some slapstick.
I don't know why I do it. But I just do, so I thought it would make sense to at least make special day for it. Now these aren't going to be like the Monday, Wednesday or Friday things. This will be well and truly random. Could you imagine if I did it all the time. I wouldn't have any of me left.

Do you hear that clonk every time it hits. That's not the scanner holder, that is quite literally my head.
Ice Koobs

Rubik's Cube

This my friends, is what success looks like. For too long this this cube remained scrambled and unorganized. But by a weird twist of fate (and my of the cubes many layers) I've managed to solve it. Don't ask me how. I just did it. But this cube has been given me head aches for the last month and was one of my minor resolutions to do. I actually wasn't excepting to do it so quickly. Maybe these resolution will be actually do able. What the hell am I saying I am going to them. Helllll yeah, bring on 2009.
Ice Koobs

GF. When is the best time to buy games?

So really, when is the best time? In my own personal opinon I would say New Years Day. Now before anyone says what am I doing shopping with my resolutions, worry not. I still have one left over from when I traded games in.
Now yesterday I was one of the unlucky few that had to work. It wasn't to bad as I only had to start at 12pm (getting a lie in is always good) and I knew it wouldn't be busy (although that acted as a double edged sword. No customers means less hasle but also less to do as well). Anyway during my lunch break I headed over to Game to see if they had anything worth while. Normaly there isn't much on sale and the one time there is it's sold out. So could you imagine my surpise when I couldn't decide on what I wanted to get. The choice was massive and nothing was sold out. Another plus was that new games where discounted. Guitar Hero World Tour plus the kit for £120, while being out of my price range was none the less a tempting offer.
Now another reason why it's good to go shopping on New Years is that there isn't that many other people around. I actually qued for less then 5 mintues. That's a bloody world record for Game where I've spend at least 10% of my life just queing up (might be an exteration, but probably not far off).
So there you have it, if you're looking for a decent shop for new games, shop around on New Year's Day. Heck if you want to buy anything (apart from food) do it on New Year's. There be no ques and you'll be able to still nab some sale items. Well at least over here in England anyway.
Oh and so you know, I got FFIV DS, Apollo Justice DS and Dragon Quest PS2 all for £32. Love it!
Ice Koobs

P.s this is my first post from my G1. So I have no idea what the layout is like at all. Any posts I'mm going to do from now on from my G1 will have a G1 label. Just so you don't go taking the piss out of my spelling =0P

New Year, New Post

Gotta love that title. As you can you can probably tell, I'm being super imaginative as per usal.
Any way first things first. HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Now that I've got that out of way I have to say that I'm quite happy that 2008 is over and done with. It's not been one of the best of years for me. With certain events happening. But I do have to say that it was never bad enough to drown out all the good things that have happened. Like the making of new friends (you guys that read this), the getting back in touch with old friends (you know who you are) and this blog in general (for some reason wrapping your own head is bloody good fun).

I won't bother listing the bad things cause that is one of my new years resolutions.
Not to dwell on the bad things. I won't forget them, as I've learned valuable lessons from them. But if I dwell on it then I will surely repeat them.

One of my other resolutions is to get out of debt. Yep. I am in debt and it ain't pretty (when is it ever?). But I need to get out of it. By actually admitting it out in general then I feel that I will have more of a push to get rid of it. I've calculated that if I save a certain amount I should have it paid off by latest June. That's only six months. I'm sure I can do it. I won't go into amounts cause like I said I'm not dwelling on bad things =0)

The other one is to go to Japan. This is going to be difficult especially with the debt hanging my neck. But not all resolutions are meant to be easy. If they were then what would be the point in doing them. In all, resolutions are there to make you a better person.

And last but by no means least. I plege not to moan so much. I really do moan waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy too much. So if I do star moaning give me a kick. Unless of course it's about something that everyone is moaning about for example about a game or for a review).
Those are my main three. Oh and obviously the obligatory ones that every one does like get fit, keep fit blah blah blah.

Oh and the reason I've not been keeping up to date with the posts is because I was away on Holiday. Well I call it a holiday. But it didn't seem to be very Holidayie. But noooooooooo I won't moan. I won't!
A Fresh Ice Koobs (no not that kind, prevert)