27/05/2012

MCM Expo

By Hibiscus

I attended my first MCM Expo yesterday with Rooney and our friend Darren. Rooney and I were in our Essex Ghostbuster gear while Darren was doing his Hunter from Left 4 Dead costume. It was such a hot day so I’m glad my costume is a dress (until I find a small enough flight suit). So even with the belt and proton pack it still wasn’t too bad.

It was mostly what I expected it to be and I got to see the stalls that I wanted to see and bought a few bits and bobs and posed for some photos but all in all it wasn’t amazing. It was a nice day and it was nice to see Michael who we met at Kitacon, he was wearing his Star Trek costume. We also saw a few other people from Harlow who had turned up to do a bit of shopping.

My only complaint really is that there didn’t seem to be enough bits to say where things were and who was appearing. I kind of stumbled across one of the magazines with the rota in (mainly because I was diving out of the way of some excited people rushing past) and found two print outs of the rota on the wall. But other than that it was good and there was a steady flow of people so there wasn’t too many points where we got stuck. Some of the costumes where incredible as well, I love seeing everyone elses creations and props.

The boys went back today in their Assasin Creed costumes but I decided not to go, I saw everything I wanted to see yesterday. It would be different if I had more costumes but until then I’ve only got my Ghostbusters uniform.

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21/05/2012

Questions For Hibiscus

By Hibiscus

I realised that there’s not much on here about us as individuals, so Rooney and I have put together some questions for our little Crowd to answer. It’s everything you (don’t) need to know about us.

Here’s mine…

Name: Aimee, although in the online world it’s always Hibiscus

Age: 25 going on 45

Interesting fact about me: I have got six beautiful guinea pigs, four boys and two girls. They are called; Howard, Padme, Felicia, Guybrush,  Gerard, and Lestat.  One chirps like a bird.

When I’m not hanging out in the Cantina, I can be found (hobbies): Playing the Xbox, watching films, baking cakes, dancing (Kinect), playing with the guinea pigs or sleeping.

I suck at it, but I wish I was good at…: I generally wish I was more motivated. I bought a ukulele to learn to play and haven’t used it, and I have various other things I want to learn but haven’t. I tried knitting actually and wasn’t good at it, it was a kit to knit a ninja doll for 8 year olds and I gave up because it was too hard.

What I’m most likely to be blogging about: Mostly Youtube videos and XBox games.

I first realised I was a geek when…: I was arguing with Rooney about how I’m not a geek, it was a couple of years ago but now I’ve accepted it haha.

My favourite games console is: XBox 360, especially when hooked up to Kinect.

My favourite retro games console is: I grew up playing the Sega Master System and then moved on to the Mega Drive. I also played a lot of the Playstation and PS2 but my favourite one was the Mega Drive by far.

The computer game I am currently playing is/last played was: I’m currently playing Alan Wake, Skylanders, and Skyrim.

My favourite computer game ever is: Fallout 3

The board game I love to sit and play with my friends is: Zombies!!! because it’s not complicated but it’s still fun. I also love playing D&D with my group, does that count as a board game? Oh and I love Cluedo but nobody ever wants to play with me.

I think the best movie ever made is: American Psycho

But I also enjoy watching: Disney, Horror, Comedy, Anime, most things really.

If I could be a Disney Princess or date one it would be: I would be Belle or Snow White.

My favourite style of music is: Anything catchy that I can sing and dance to (in the comfort of my own home).

The book I’d recommend would be: Sylvia Plath – The Bell Jar

My favourite comic book hero is: Thor because he’s hunky!

If you could speak any language in the galaxy it would be: I want to learn Japanese

If I could choose one weapon (unlimited ammo) to survive the zombie apocalypse it would be: A rocket launcher

You can pick one character/creature from any genre/series/whatever to be your sidekick in defending the world against an alien invasion and that is…: Thor… because he’s hunky.

My chosen fuel to keep me going through a marathon gaming session would be: Mountain Dew and microwave butter popcorn.


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19/05/2012

Alice: Madness Returns

By Hibiscus

Well this isn’t so much a review as I didn’t get that far in the game to review it fully because I was disappointed by it enough to stop playing, not as disappointed as I would have been if I hadn’t have been warned that it would suck. I’d been told by quite a lot of people that it’s not a very good game but I still wanted to give it a chance.

I know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, or an XBox game by its cover art but when I originally saw the cover for this game I was so excited. I love Alice in Wonderland and I do mean love and I mean it as a whole as in the books, films and general art and bits and bobs. I love it so much that I had my 25th birthday party Alice in Wonderland themed… anyway back to the point, so I had high hopes that it would please me anyway and then seeing the version of Alice that American McGee created I was super excited to delve into Wonderland.

We are so creative haha

My blonde wig was ridiculous so I didn’t wear it but inside I was Alice haha.

I started the game and enjoyed the introduction and I was enjoying it until Alice goes in to Wonderland. I liked the back story that we saw, I liked the take on Alice and the Cheshire Cat but I found the game really slow and unexciting the only bit that I did really enjoy was being able to shrink Alice and walk through keyholes (that parts the Disney fan in me). The weapons that Alice is equip with (at the points in the game I reached I’m not sure if they had any others) is a pepper grinder and the vorpal blade. The vorpal blade is the primary weapon and quite fun to use but the pepper grinder was a horrible weapon.

Thats all I can really think to write about, the enemies are boring and the levels are boring and all a bit… well boring. Quite disappointing, mainly because it was a wonderful oppurtunity to make another amazing Alice.

In other news I’m currently playing Alan Wake, I only started playing today but so far I’m quite enjoying it. I love the story so far and I’m finding it quite tense which is fun. I also have Rise of Nightmares and Disneyland Adventures to try out so expect something to follow on those.

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17/05/2012

Cheaper than a flight to New York!

By Rooney

Are you a Ghostbusters fan? Always wanted to visit the iconic locations form the film? A bit too strapped for cash to make the trip all the way across the pond (assuming you live in the UK/Europe) and visit New York? Well then let these quirky Colonials do it for you!

And there you have it, the Ghostbusters tour of New York done in your lunch break. Aren’t we good to you? ;-)

Made by some chaps over at Bleeding Cool.

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16/05/2012

Say Cheese!

By Hibiscus

We’ve all had that awkward moment when someone holds up a camera and you pose for a photo and it turns out it’s a video. How embarrasing! But Dean Fleischer-Camp a director/editor decided to turn that awkward moment in to a short video. It’s brilliant, especially the girl that susses it everytime. I’ve tried to find out more information on Dean Fleishcher-Camp and theres not much out there.

This is his website http://www.deanfleischercamp.com/

And this is the video, it’s called Smile. Enjoy!

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