Update????

This thing needs an update.. when I find the time..

Kept you wwwaiting huh?

Its been a while since I updated this thing. A lot off movement happened in my place.Am going to lose my buest buddy Gopi, who is going to be transferred to an Estate. All the best for the guy, while I still continue my life in the same place. The boss now reduced my weight, from 2 divisions, now I manage only one. Thank God. But I do know his reasons. Later.

Happy 53rd Independance Day Malaysia

My online T Shirt Shop, finally... ONLINE

Dear readers, I have officially opened my Online T shirt shop. My shop will focus on video games, music, life style and all things fun. This is my definition of fun:
What are you waiting for? Please be a sport and follow or bookmark it at Kimmie's Fur Suggestions and comments are welcomed, oh yeah, red carpet for those who are ordering lol

A picture tells a thousand words

Well, I am supposed to update this thing, but I am not in the correct mood. So rather doing injustice to my blog, lets wait for my mood. Enjoy.

KILLZONE 3

IT IS COMING

Back to Afrika

Well, Spain will be meet head to head with Netherlands, its going to be good classic match since both countries have never lifted the Cup of Life. I had my money on England, which sucked serious ass. I can't understand why world class players such as Rooney, Lampard failed to shine. Rooney was playing as though he weighed a tonne. The bloke refused to RUN. Damn. Anyways I am having a very bad time with my team now. So I had to change my management style, its evolve or extinct. Simple. Not everybody was pleased, but it had to be done for the team's best interest. Word on the street, I might handle all divisions that my current and new boss used to handles. So, I have seven divisions. Super. In this time of need, I have to unwind. Seriously. So enjoy my noobish photography skills in PS3's exclusive, AFRIKA

A love letter to my wife..

Dear Siti Ruqaiyah, my beautiful bride..

2nd July is our fourth wedding anniversary. Marriage life is not simple, its about working hard together as husband and wife, striving to a wonderful marriage life, here and Hereafter. Understanding, trust, love, empathy are among important ingredients in a successful marriage. After all that, pray. Pray hard to God. All the hard work is futile without His blessing. So Honey, I know you are a loyal reader, I love you so much. Thank you for showering me with your love, believing my dreams, supporting me thru thick and thin. Only Allah can repay you. I hope, all this while, you will still be my wife in Paradise Insyallah. What ever happens, I am behind you all the way, holding your hand and arranging your steps.

I still remember the first day I met you, you were so shy, munching the drumstick in a hurry to catch up for your class. Little did I know, that girl is going to be my wife and Insyallah, be the last person I see before I close my eyes.

We have been thru a lot. A LOT. From spending rm15K in a blink of an eye, to sharing RM1 'nasi lemak' because we had no money. Thank you honey for your loyalty and love, I cant never find that ever in this lifetime.

I know, not everything is wonderful. We had our rough times. What kept me strong, was all the good times. I hope you are too. I cant never forget how we lost the cops using my bike, hahaha!

Insyallah this month we are going on our honeymoon. I will make sure we go no matter what.

"Until the day the ocean doesn't touch the sand, now and forever, I will be your man"

Your Loving Husband
Jimmy

Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker Review

Disclaimer : If you have not played this game, GO AWAY. This review is fortified with spoilers. Do not say I didn't warn you.

Well, it took Kojima Productions four long years to produce a true sequel of Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater. Not to say Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops was a bad game, but it was not needed. Kojima Production really listened to their fans and corrected everything with MGS Peace Walker. I would consider MGS Peace Walker is some sort of a public apology of the latter game. And, apology accepted. PSP has become the home for Big Boss' tales, from Portable Ops to Peace Walker, thus making Metal Gear series, staple in its lineup and I would say, extremely critical in this success. Thus making Konami milking this series with a lot of collectible items such as below.
Any MGS fanboy wouldn't give two hoots in getting them. Its the ultimate bragging right among these posers. Unless you kids gets a Big Boss rating in your game, don't even bother. Okay? Lets get to it.

Graphics

This is PSP's graphical power house. Big Boss is extremely detailed, you can even see his hairs and beards, sometimes they are few segments in the game, look better than MGS3 on Playstation 2. Its true. Kojipro even updated the bump engine, and each CQC performed, of performed at the correct place and time, may result in a very advantageous situation. For example, if you throw the poor guy on the wall, instant knock out. Throw him under the tank's thread, instant death for him. And look at the jungle scenery of the game. Its freaking beautiful. I really like how the jungle is fully interactive, you can see leaves and grass swaying when you walk by, the rivers run smooth, its picture perfect. I am not exaggerating, since its the truth. Its a vast improvement over Portable Ops. Big Boss moves fluidly and the enemy soldiers does the same too. Really managed to catch the scenery of the 70s. And lets not forget about those gigantic mechs. Its really amazing on how Kojipro managed to squeeze the details in a limited 1.8 gb UMD. To add to that, Ashley Wood's art made the cut scenes really alive. There are segments in the game where the artistic cut scenes contains quick time event, where you will have to punch in the sequence of buttons according to the display on the screen. This is the first time, a 2 D art given that kind of treatment, and the result is awesome. Really keeps you on the edge of your seats.

Audio
Playing this game without your headphones is an act of sin. Seriously. From the roar of the AIs and the monsters, to the chirping sounds of wild birds in Costa Rica, this game got it all. And this game contains a lot of audio clues especially on the footsteps of the enemies, the dropping of the bullet shells etc. There are parts in the game Big Boss has to use the Sony Walkman (take that you money gobbling Microsoft) to fight the bosses. Like any typical MGS game, this game too employs orchestral sounds fused by a bit of 70's music flavor to pull the players into the flower era. Big Boss, voiced by David Hayter, sounds old. Hayter really tried to convey the message to the players that, Big Boss is getting old. He is an old guy who is out for a death wish. Huey, who is voiced by Christopher Randolph, sounds EXACTLY like Otacon. wtf. At least Hayter tried to change his tone, but I am not getting that from Randolph. Seriously Kojima, I think these two fellas have over burned their roles and for the next installment, I hope you guys get different guys to voice them.

Gameplay

Close quaters combat, or CQC is back, and its 'friendlier' then ever. When ever Big Boss is near a possible victim, the CQC icon lights up and its black out for the poor fella. And now, CQC throws are really close to Judo throws. I guess Big Boss really took what Volgin said too seriously when they met in Grozny Grad. Its extremely easy to pull and you newbies can be pulling CQCs like a veteran bad ass in two minutes time. This is the meat of Big Boss' combat. This game is packed with a lot of guns, but I am not too interested in them since CQCs does the job better, quieter and I hate to kill people in MGS. Also, like MGS Portable Ops, we can also deploy our soldiers to be mercenary in other countries, resulting in more $$$ for the research dept. This game is like the Gran Turismo of Private Military companies, and to add to that, getting the parts from the AIs will also result in you, making your very own Metal Gear. How cool is that. Oh ya, this game also contains co-op wifi missions as well as wifi battles. Its so integral in the game as this game is all about squad infiltration.

Re-playability




This game contains a very high replay value. You will have hundreds of mercenary missions to play and monsters to hunt. Even Kojima himself is inside the game. Lots of weapons and gears to be discovered inside the game, even when you have finished the main missions. And you will have your 'Outer Haven' to beef up. Will definitely be inside my PSP for a long long time.

Minus Points

No game is perfect. This game, its the hold up sequence. I dont understand why the soldiers will lie down once held at gun point. I know it looks cool, but I really miss the ball crunching sessions like MGS4. That's it. One point.

What is next for MGS PSP?

One thing disturbs me. Please listen to all Miller's tapes, especially on how he met
Big Boss. Bla bla bla, samurai bla bla.. until one sentence that really raised my eye brow.

"You established Foxhound"

Foxhound was established in 1971. Chronology of MGS
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Metal Gear
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

That means,this game was after the establishment of Foxhound. So, we may have

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
Metal Gear Solid: FOXHOUND ESTABLISHMENT
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Metal Gear
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Big Boss met Gray Fox (Null) in Portable Ops. So he is there. Among famous Foxhound members are Solid Snake and Gray Fox. Maybe, in the next game, we get to meet the rookie, Solid Snake. And for those of you who played Metal Gear Snake's commanding Officer is Big Boss. If that is the case, I predict this game took place between MG and MG2 Solid Snake, or MSF is Big Boss' side project. I think, the next game will be, Metal Gear Solid : Foxhound. That story is still untold. I hope, Kojima develops the next game for Playstation 3. Establishing Foxhound plays a pivotal part in MGS universe, and Big Boss is in his prime when he established it. MGS4 was a very important game for Playstation 3, really drop everybody's jaw on the floor. And I think, it still can be pushed to deliver the ultimate Metal Gear experience. To quote Zero,

" This fox is one step in front of the Hounds"

Carbon Fiber PSP

Still, in a curfew..

Awesome Peace Walker Wallpaper

I AM IN A CURFEW

Carbon Fibre PS3

So I got bored with the matte finish of my PS3 slim. So what have I done? Carbon fibre it. I was thinking to air brush the thing with a jungle camo color scheme, but I decided since Gran Turismo is coming, lets have a Gran Turismo ps3.

Am looking now for a good GT logo to be sticked on. To be updated...

I got suckered.. again

So I bought Megatron too..sighs.. I really cant control myself..damn..

Its a Long Weekend

Its a long weekend, thanks to Wesak Day falling on Friday, today to be exact. Paycheck is in, so everything is good. I was strolling along the Toys Dept at Wangsa Maju Carrefour, and guess what, I found this guy for RM 30 (around USD10) Its freaking awesome. I have to admit, I am not a bug fan of the Animated line, but Optimus Prime for RM30? Its a sin not to buy him. Few comments from me, the built and the mold is tough, and the colors are vibrant, but the plastic feels cheap. One huge plus, it transforms FINE. Oh ya, its a Voyager class. Fine by me.

So I rented The Army of Two 40th Day. Well, I was glad I rented it. Because it was HORRIBLE. The graphics are so shitty. Everybody looks so muddy. The atmosphere was dark, and in the darkness, PIXELLATED PARTAYY!The audio was very bad, there were times where I had choppers flying above my goddamned head, but I cant hear its rotors. Fuck. And lets not start about the story. Freaking ridiculous. It has no plot what so ever, and its extremely linear. The only moment I had fun in the game is in the 'bromance' minigames. The rock, paper, sicors, the 'manly hugs' between Rios and Salem. The morality judgement adds nothing to the story line, its either you risk you ass to get a rifle butt from some random Chinese, or, just pump the lead, full, terrorists and hostages alike. Hey, if I was Rios, in a city that is scheduled to go to Timbuktoo, I will be busy saving, MY OWN ASS. And whats up with Salem sounding like Chris Redfield? I chuckled.

Now me and the wife are busy with the Eyepet, a very good virtual pet simulator, and I love how Sony integrated PS Eye with this. Now I see the potential for Move and I cant wait for it to be released.

Uh.. May is leaving us.. already?

Ok so I haven't update this blog for quite a some time. I was admitted to a hospital, a month ago due to acidic attack in my tummy. I went to Ampang Putri Specialist Centre. I had a very very bad experience there. The nurses can only push the wheel chair and give you jabs, but with out a doctor, they can't even think on their own. And the doctor who was treating me, didn't even touch me. After my acid attack went away, they gave me a wrong medicine, resulting in allergy. I really thought I was going to die. My family already recited Yassin. Luckily, my wife gave me the spirit to fight back. And here I am.

Next month is my wife's birthday. I was thinking to get a camera for her, since she loves to take pictures. She deserves a good camera, so I am going to scout for a good camera for her in Low Yat. I just got her an NDS XL. So far she is loving the wacky games for it and its camera function. Now lets see if I can get a good deal in Low Yat.

Now, its Performance appraisal time. So every body is very very touchy about work. And my boss, asked me to slash my team's rating. Which I will not do. For me, they have performed and its their right to get good bonuses. I wont slash it, I'll leave that to my boss. At least, I can sleep at night.

I rented Dante's Inferno for my Playstation 3. An awesome game, dont get me wrong. But brings nothing new to action game genre. Too many rip offs from Sony's God of War series. Its like watching a good comedian ripping other good comedians' jokes, you will spend your time wondering whose material is it. Warning, if you want to play this game, really, leave your religious baggage outside the house. Just enjoy the game for the sake of enjoying it. That's what I did, so I enjoyed it.

Next week I will be finally get my God of War 3. The game was released sometime in March, but due to financial issues, I can only get it now. Ah, like I care. Its going to be a sweet weekend next week.

I am now already 24hours in Final Fantasy XIII, and on chapter 10. Its true what they say, the game only begins to excite when you reach that 20 hours mark. Why? Because that is the time when you finally have full control of your party. I am not busy mining the chrysentium points and leveling up my party. Good game, but the enemies are unforgiven in terms of their difficulty. I have n0 problems with the new attack system. Hoping I can max up everybody before curfew begins for..

Video Games LIVE in Kuala Lumpur

Well, they went to my hometown, Kuala Lumpur, and played my favorite tunes..




Metal Gear Solid 3 Theme : Snake Eater


Enjoy!

The feeling of being screwed

Its just plain awesome. I mean, sending and email asking me questions, then after my reply, includes my boss in the CC list. AWESOME. And what kind of faggotry is that? We work to RESOLVE ISSUES, not finger pointing. Dont tell me, after your wretched birth, you have never made any mistakes, at all? Fuck it. I am talking about two women that literally are out for blood, always looking for mistakes from my team. Shared services means shared responsibilities, not finger pointing. Fucking bitches I tell you. Fuuuuu! Both of them can go to hell, (well at least one of them is confirmed lol) I will run the operations as I see fit. And whats the worst that could happen? Fired? Lol. Just try me, maggots.

Damn I am sleepy.

Applied for the vacancy, still no news on it. I hope I can get the position in HR, any position, I dont care, as long as its in HR. I am not going to be screwed anymore. Its too much. My place carries no weight at all, its like these assholes are treating us like we are a third party vendor. Fuck them. Seriously, FUCK THEM ALL. We are also a part of the Group. If your division is driving the profit, well at least thats a good substance. But you guys are SD's biggest losers, and I dont mean that in a good way. Fuck I am angry. Damn. I better go to bed now.

Clear and Present Danger

Today I am on medical leave. My back is killing me, as a result of me lacking in exercise.

Yesterday me and my wife were washing the house. It has been a while since we did it,so the
hard work really got the best to us. But the feeling of a clean and hygienic house is awesome.
I sent Kimi, our family furkid to my parents.Kinda missing her so I am going to get fetch her later.
After all, I deserve this rest. I just wanna kick back and enjoy the day. Maybe later I will take my wife to
see Clash of the Titans.

The division's head boss, the one who I am taking care of now has offically invited me to join his division.
Thats awesome. Someone told me before, join only if the head boss invites you.. and it has happened.
He said that an advertisement of the job will be out and he wants me to join. Me?
I have no problem. GSC is, in my opinion, dying a slow painful death anyways. True, my team mebers are
depending on me, but let's face it,I have a family to feed. That tracendence overything.
Big bonus, good pay, awesome boss, what more could I ask for..

I just my PS3 Slim Malaysia edition last 3 weeks, with Final Fantasy XIII as a free gift. Awesome. I noticed this
small beast runs extremely quite. So I am still now busy, redownloading all of the games stored in the PSN server.
So until now, its still downloading. This is my small review of the thing.

Looks
Well, frankly speaking, I hate the looks. It looks like a PSP battery, looks cheap and fragile.
I like the chrome finishing tho. But I have one beef, why on earth the 'PS' button can't
be rotated according to the way we set the thing? I noticed the USB port got somekind
of an enhancement, they now look expensive. Thats a good thing. But definately the
small size is a huge plus.

Feel
I like the matte finish. It feels slick and really invites some design to be air brushed on (ermmm) The chrome
finishing like I said earlier is awesome, and despite of what people say, the power and eject button feels solid
when pressed. I like how the buttons have their oen light, really beautiful when watching a movie in a dark room.
And the PS3 trimming is GOOD. Its like I can shove any paint there and its still gonnabe awesome.

Okay thats my review of the system, basically its a smaller sized PS3. So the OS etc is still the same, only thing missing is
'Other OS' which later Sony removed completely due to Geohotz claming he can run a custom firmware using that feature. Sony,
being paranoid and all, removed it completely. Me? I dont care. I dont have any third party OS on my PS3 and I am tired playing
cat and mouse with Sony like the previous generation. I just want to enjoy my games, thats all.

Okay, I am deep into Final Fantasy XIII now,once I reach certain point in the game, I will write a small review on it. Thats one game,
my backlogs are:

God of War III
Heavy Rain
Uncharted II : Among Thieves
White Knight Chronicles
Star Ocean International Edition
Army of Two 40th Day

And lots more I cant think about. Its gonnabe a busy year. Later.

Kept you waiting huh?

Afterwards I am going to the bank to settle the instalments of my car and my personal loan. Sad thing CIMB cant accept transfer from Maybank 2 u, so I have to drag my lazy ass to the brick and mortar bank to actually transfer the funds. sighs.

Ok, I am 110% in charge of Sime Darby Energy now, besides Plantations. Habibah, the old team leader left. The lady is paid a hefty 7ks per month, but still, she cant handle the pressure. Me? I honestly dont know. All I know, I have been bending too much and that makes me an easy target for a 'mass slaughter' should anything goes wrong. People do not respect me or my team, so now I have to become a bitch to stop further damage. Last week I had a bit of a drama with the snobbish Payroll team leader, where they claim my people is not competent enough to handle the data resulting in wrong payroll result and they had to rerun the damn thing several times. So I, being a bitch countered back that we need another layer of checking and not some whiny old people that deserves to be beaten up in the car park. In the end, my boss agreed with my proposal and he wants payroll team to check my team's data. I WIN. The thing that was making me pissed is, in actual fact, my team finished their input on Wednesday, but the assholes ran the payroll on weekends, so when crap happens, they want us to be on stand by at the office. what the fuck. What happened to the 2 days while we were all in the office? The reason they want to run the payroll on weekend is they want to claim over time and call back allowance. This is downright robbery. And some people do not want dirty money, like one of them who just come to the office on weekends to claim this payment, he is not actually working but busy surfing EPL's result. No wonder his wife left him. I told them that I do not permit my team to go to office on weekends. Anything, I am the god damned DAM. They will have to go thru me first. I want my team to have a good rest and spend time with their loved ones. So, am I a bad boss because of that?



Isn't that just awesome? No seriously. Its fucking awesome. And this is for PSP. PSP. PSP. Its not even in HD. Damn. I blame Bill Gates on why its not coming to next gen console. Kojima is afraid, his bosses will succumb to the almighty dollar in porting the damn game for a DVD. Look at what happened to FFXIII. No towns. Who do you blame? DVD. This is the age of Blu ray. Sorry folks this is the truth. If its in DVD, Kojima might as well port it for PS2. LOL

This Sunday I will finally re-buy PS3, Slim this time. Cant wait. And with that, goodbye Facebook.

The Best Metal Gear Solid game

Ok, lets kill time before I repurchase my PS3 slim. If only Finance folks use their goddamned brains to pay my travel claims on time, I would have not written this piece, instead I am sure I would be playing Final Fantasy XIII now. Pricks.

Anyways, here is my pick, the best MGS game in the series. For me, its , Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater *clap clap* Ok. Let me give my points.

1. The story

MGS3 tells us the story for a lone olsider that travels to Russia to extract one defected Russian scientist, only to find out that he must also eliminate his mentor. Melancholic. The plot really reminds me of old Bond movies. Also, lets not forget, this game's setting was in the 60's. And, in Russia. Past Metal Gears (in Sony's console) happened in the future, but not this one, and MGS, being a game that is incorporated with real life army tech, tried to fit the 60s flavour, the guns, the vehicles, the people and the fashion. I really like the ending where Eva said,

"No she is not a traitor, far from that. She is a hero, and everything she did, she did for her country"

Fricking sad if you ask me. And, Naked Snake, being a man, is so strong to discover he was a tool for the Philosophers. I love how he was injured and tortured and 'brought back to life' to face his fate. And, The Sorrow's prediction that he was going to be killed by his son is totally wrong..HAHA. Big Boss in MGS4 dies of Foxdie. NOT by the hands of Solid Snake.

2. The food system

Okay you are basically a commando. And was dispatched into a vast jungle to accomplish your mission. You have a normal army gear, not those sneaking suit that is so damn tight and burns calories slower. You gotta eat. And that is what Naked Snake is doing in the vast jungles. The different effects of the food, the poisons, the rotten food. Awesome. You can even defeat one of the bosses by simply feeding him rotten mangoes. How awesome is that? And the term Snake Eater is actually a real term used to describe US Rangers.I was only wondering, why cant we eat dogs and the vultures in the game?

3. The tech/weapons

I like how the suppressors deteriorate after extensive usage. And we have a whole range of Cold War weapons. TNTs, etc. Awesome research by Kojima Production.

4. Close quarters combat

This is the meat of the game. This is the FORTE of the game. I really like the fact that if we are caught in the ALERT more, we can CQC the hostiles instead of running away. This is Big Boss GODDAMNIT!! And Big Boss never runs from the battlefield. Try playing MGS1 or 2, just imagine they had this inside the game, then I'd give MGS2 the Best MGS series ever. Seriously.

5. The Cobra Unit

Okay, we have here, THE COOLEST line up of villains in video games history. Before them, it was the Foxhound. But since Cobra has the Sorrow, who is practically a ghost, it was an easy win for them. A fricking ghost.The Fury, The End, The Boss, The Sorrow, The Fear and The Pain. Awesome.

6. Camo system

Soldiers = camouflage. As simple as that. I really like how the choice of the camo really affect the gameplay. With the correct camo, you can be, INVISIBLE. And to get those boss' camo, you need to defeat them with non lethal attacks, drain their stamina. Each camo has its own ups and down. But my personal favourite is ..

You gain this from defeating The Sorrow, well, actually just walk to the end of the canal of death. You can practically absorb the soldier's fatigue and your footsteps will be muffled as long as you wear this. Awesome. Perfect for holding up the hostiles. But one comment, changing the camo to the suitable one is a bit tedious. You will have to go the system menu to equip different camo. This is where octo camo wins. But nevertheless, the feeling of getting an enemy to get by pass you unnoticed is sweet.

7. Boss @ The Joy

The Mother of US Special Forces. Led US to victory in the WW2. And the mentor of Big Boss, hence the name. How she sacrificed herself to save US and how she went down in history as a war criminal, but not to Big Boss. The master of CQC. He charismatic character and her sacrifice plays a pivotal role in the game. One of the best characters Kojima ever produced.

Well, those are my points. True, MGO started with MGS3. But the game is fince without that mode. The best MGS ever.