E3 So Far…

Sup Guys!

So E3 is in full swing now! its great, I’ve watched some of it live but most of it I will be catching up on the day after, mainly cause im just too old to stay up til 3am watching it, I will probably die of tiredness the next day 😛

Anyways I’m gonna talk about some of my favourite things so far,

I watched the Bethesda conference on YouTube yesterday and my god! it is amazing, if you haven’t seen it go check it out here!

I’m definitely sold and excited about Fallout 4 now!! it looks amazing, the world looks so pretty, the character customization is awesome and allows you to build an even more unique looking character, also the most awesome thing is that you get to play a bit in the pre war world! oh man am I looking forward to that! 😀

I am totally 100% sold on Fallout 4 now, I will be buying it, in fact I even want the Pip Boy edition, oh yeah! £100 take my money Bethesda and give me that Pip Boy!!! *drools*

Here’s a Fallout 4 gameplay trailer for you guys!

What do you think?

I’ve been watching the Twitch live stream during the day though, its pretty good, check it out 😀

The Microsoft conference was also pretty cool, there were some pretty awesome looking Xbox exclusives announced, these have seriously made me consider buying an Xbox One as well as a PS4, I thought the Rare collection looked awesome, all the games that Rare have done on one disc, more or less, and I also really like the look of a Pirate game that they announced, I love pirates! One day I shall become a pirate, sail my awesome ship around the world and stop off at cool isalnds! 😀

Recore also looked like a really artistic awesome game!

AND!!!! HOLOLENS!! Oh my god! that looks absolutely amazing! Seriously! watch the video! I can’t even begin to explain how excited I am for this!! Especially if it works! Damn Microsoft have taken gaming to a whole new level and I have never been happier to be a part of this awesome industry 😀

Don’t tell me that isn’t fucking cool! 😀

There has also been a lot of love for Mobile gaming this year! Which I love, hopefully one day this is the section of the games industry I will go into, but anyway, a lot of big companies have been announcing stuff for mobile, Bethesda for example, released Fallout Shelter….

Of course I went ahead and downloaded it straight away 😀

I have yet to play it though, seeing as I am writing this post on Monday, but I will probably have played it on the train today and I’m sure it is damn awesome!

Microsoft have definitely done really well at E3 this year, so many exciting announcements, their games, their new controller (which looks damn cool btw), the Hololens, backwards compatibility and loads of other things!

Sony better have something just as awesome if not better to announce! We want backwards compatibility too Sony!!!

Anyway, I’m gonna go enjoy the rest of Mondays E3, I shall do a full post about it all when I get back from Nicks 😀

Hope you all have a great week!

Sarah

NO INTERNET!!!!!

So this morning I woke up to no internet =(

My housemate who deals with it all has moved out and because he’s off to Japan at the end of the month he decided to cancel our internet before he went, which I guess makes sense but its cancelled from the 16th, which is tomorrow….. the major problem with this is that im still here til the end of the month…… and it would seem they have turned it off a day early which is always great, thanks Virgin!!

However, I thought I’d figured a way around this, I decided to buy 30 days worth of internet from BT, cost me £39 to get access to their WiFi hotspots for a month, which is alright i guess.

So I woke up to my internet being turned off early and not having set up or paid for the BT WiFi this morning, I should have listened to Gilly, he told me to sort it out before my internet goes off, totally forgot that to get the WiFi it required me using the internet…. derp, shows how much I take it for granted these days =P

I’m currently using my phone as a personal hotspot, which is going to cost a bomb, I’m doing it like this so 1. I could buy the internet and 2. I could write this post……. so, all seemed to be going well, I got on the internet, paid for the WiFi and then tried to connect…… MY PC WONT CONNECT!!!! 😦 so now I’m back to using my phone as a hotspot which sucks!

Why can’t things ever be easy, I don’t want to go home before the end of this month but its going to suck if I’m here with no internet!!

Ah well I fear it is going to be a highly frustrating day of my internet dropping out a lot…….

In other news today is GradEx at uni, might pop up and have a look around, get me some ideas for my FYP next year 😀 GradEx is basically an end of year show for everyone in final year to show off their work, people from games companies and the like usually come and have a look around and sometimes if you’re lucky and your work is really good, people get offered jobs on the spot, which is pretty damn awesome! So yeah, might go have a look at that today, think it’s on til 2pm.

Other than that I will probably just play The Sims all day, or maybe I’ll move my TV and PS3 back upstairs and play some Assassins Creed, the trailer for the new one has got me wanting to finish all the ones I currently have, it’s set in London and it looks sooooo awesome!! if you haven’t seen the trailer yet and like AC I suggest you go watch it NOW!! GO!!!

In fact, here it is, see I even did the hard work for you! it looks awesome! 😀

Also listen to this song today at some point, it will make your day so much more epic! 😀

The whole album is amazing though, such feel good music 😀

Anyways, I’m off to either plan my D&D game that I’ve been talked into running or play The Sims all day!

See you guys tomorrow!

Sarah

Introducing……… Polygon Horse!!

Sup guys, hows it going?

Been a while I know but I’ve been super busy with deadlines and stuff.

Anyway, I have more work to show you!

This is a game that me and my friend Nick made, it was for one of my modules at uni and he helped me with it 😀

Introducing Polygon Horse, it’s a 2D infinite runner platform game!!

We made it in the Unity engine, the assets were sourced cause sadly I’m not that good at creating pretty art =P and of course the music was sourced as well. You are a pretty looking pink horse spreading colour through the lands, you have to rescue the girls to get points and pick up the flowers to get more life, but as you spread colour you slowly fade this is why you need to pick up the flowers so that you can continue your epic journey to once again bring colour to the world!!

I will probably work on this game over summer and make it better, we have a couple of ideas for improvements so, hopefully I’ll get some of them done then I’ll show you guys an updated version 😀

Enjoy, let me know what you think guys!

Cabin Fever…

So I’m home this weekend for Easter, its been a lesson =P I’ve learnt that I cant last more than 2 days at home, I love my parents, but there’s just something about being at home, maybe it’s because I have 2 friends to hang out with in Tamworth so most of the time I’m just stuck in the house….. my life is in Stafford now! and that’s how I like it, I have my family in Tamworth and I will come see them but as far as I’m concerned my life is in Stafford and I don’t really wanna come back to Tamworth all that often, no idea how i’m going to make it through summer =P

So yeah, I’m stuck here with serious cabin fever =/ trying to find things to do and to not lose my temper with my parents for no reason =P

I was meant to be going out tonight, but those plans have now fell through, so I guess games and music and an early night it is for me =P

Tonight is the season finale of The Walking Dead!!! I won’t get to watch it til tomorrow night though, but all you lucky Americans out there get it tonight, safe to say I am pretty jealous of you =P Enjoy!!

I haven’t stopped listening to this since the last episode, such a good song and not my usual taste either =P

I’m going ice skating with my mom tomorrow, which will be nice, only going to the crappy rink in Tamworth though but I guess it’ll be better than sitting in the house all day again =P should be fun, I will get to use my new boots as well =D

Anyway, hope you’re all having an awesome weekend!

Laters Peeps =)

Sarah

Day Of Awesomeness!!

So today has been a pretty damn awesome day, despite having to go into uni =P

Yesterday was date night, it was a lot of fun as per usual =D I’ve been walking round on a pretty big high today since =P yesterday was also my last ever driving lesson with my current instructor =( I’m sad but I completely understand why he’s had to quit and I wish him all the best in his new career, now its time to find me a new instructor, in Stafford which means I will no longer have to go home for my lessons every week!! something I’m very much looking forward to! =D

However, the most awesome thing about today was getting my birthday present off Gilly =D and getting my new ice skates in the post! my birthday present was a game called Dominion and it is awesome!! it’s a massive card game where you basically have to gain Dominion over as much land as possible before everyone else! Can’t wait to play it and can’t wait to read all the cards!! and then on Tuesday we are going ice skating! he’s been once before and never since, its taken me ages to convince him and a lot of coaxing but I finally got him to say yes! I get to try out my new skates and have an awesome day out with the best guy in the world =D should be fun!

My awesome game and my new skates!!! Today has been an awesome day and I’m finishing it by listening to my two new favourite songs….

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They’re both amazing songs and I can’t stop listening to them!!

Anyway I best go, got a ton of work to do for Junior Senior tomorrow =/ if I can get UE4 to actually open the file =/

Hope you’ve all had a great day and I shall see you tomorrow!

Sarah

Global Games Jam Day 3: TOOLS DOWN!!

So today has been super busy, we had until 3pm to finish our games upload them and make a YouTube trailer for them…..

We had quite a bit to do today but we did it! We finished our game, it is pretty awesome, here’s a video of some more play test footage from earlier and I will open it up tomorrow and do so screenshots of it and share them with you guys!

I am now in my onesie, just had some awesome pizza and in bed watching a movie, I’m so tired but I’m trying my best to stay awake, don’t wanna get into some crazy sleeping pattern =P

Not sure how long I’ll stay awake for though it’s already getting pretty hard to keep my eyes open already =P

Hope you’ve all had a great weekend and I shall see you all tomorrow

Sarah

Global Games Jam Day 3: PLAYTEST FOOTAGE!!!

So here is a quick video, well I say quick it’s actually 5 and a half minutes that I filmed yesterday of the guys testing out some of the mechanics for our game!

It’s a fun game to play, pretty simple but fun!

Today is the last day of Games Jam we have until 3pm to finish our games, build and record a trailer!

CRUNCH TIME!!!

Global Games Jam Day 2: TUUUUUNES!!

Some of the songs from my Games Jam playlist….

This one is probably my favourite and I’m pretty sure I’ve drove the guy sat on my left hand side mad with it cause I’ve had it on repeat pretty much all day pretty loud, and dancing like crazy to it =P

This one I listened to on Friday on my way up in the car, got me in a lively mood ready to get my jam on =P

Those are my two favourites from this weekend but these are some of the other tunes I’ve been listening to as well =P

Yes I have amazing music taste I know =D

Enjoy!

100 Bouncy Balls & An Empty Room….

Have you ever thought about that? like how awesome it would be to do or to see!

I was thinking about it the other day, it was just a thought that randomly popped into my head…. cue hours on end watching YouTube videos of bouncy balls being dropped in slow mo, down stairs, from balconies…… the great YouTube vortex claims another victim!

One day…. one day I will rent out a hall and buy tons of bouncy balls and do it for myself!

Until then here are some awesome videos of bouncy balls! Enjoy!!

^^Skip to 2:53 for this one!

So yeah! those are some of the videos I spent hours watching the other day =P

See you all in the next post!

Sarah

The YouTube Vortex…

Sup Guys!

Hope you’re all having a good night =D I am, I’ve spent the last couple of hours watching clips from my favourite stand up comedians and reliving some f my college days through them, of course I have amazing taste in comedy so I only like the best =P

One of my favourite comedians has to be Michael McIntyre, I dunno why but there’s just something utterly hilarious about him, everything he says is funny! If you like him you will get why I like him so much, he has a few awesome clips but one of my favourites is this one.

Many a good hour or two were spent watching this clip with my friends from college, and many of them hours we spent wetting ourselves over it!

The wonderful thing about YouTube is that it is a great big window to everything, you name it, it is more than likely on there, I have spent many a day getting lost in the YouTube vortex watching hilarious videos of people pranking each other, funny cats and people doing stupid dances, there is one clip of some guy dancing to a Michael Jackson song, this was also discovered in my college days, the guy falls flat on his face, it is hilarious and I just used to watch it over and over! =P

Here it is!

There is just something hilarious about how he starts screaming and then just falls on his face… maybe I’m weird but my god this makes me laugh!

Then there is the prank videos! There is probably a massive list of prank videos that I could reel off that I love, but one that has provided hours of entertainment was this one! =P

It takes a little while to get into it, but damn when you get there it is bloody hilarious =P I wouldn’t ever want anyone to do that to me cause I would probably crap myself but it’s always funny to see it happen to others =P

 

Then of course, there is always that weird part of the YouTube vortex that you end up in, it makes you question your life, how did you get here and how is it 6am!! last time you looked at the clock it was 4pm where did the time go, is it really worth going to bed now! I’ll just watch one more video……then its time to go to uni and you haven’t slept! damn that YouTube vortex! but lets not forget, it brings happiness and joy, laughter and sometimes pain but where would we be without it?!

Oh yeah SLEEPING that’s where =P I wouldn’t give it up for the world though!

All hail the YouTube Vortex!!

 

Hope you guys enjoyed this, I shall see you all tomorrow!

Sarah