My life and adventure in The One Academy

Life has been crazy around here and I'm being surrounded by people from all walks of life. Here are a few of them that will be stuck with me for at least another 2-3 years, so I will have to get used to them. Here are some of them and what courses they do...

From left to right...

Derrick : A dude from Kuching that is taking for Certificate and he has the "nicest" choice of words when he's talking to anyone. Always full of !@#$%^&* (shakes my head while listening to him sometimes...) Dun see him do much homework so I can't say much if he will be a successful man or a douchebag...

Nicholas : This dude is going for Diploma for Illustration and is from Brunei. Too bad, he don't act like a Brunei dude and he likes to turn any songs into a screwed up version of his. I think I'm already affected by him already. Nonetheless, he is a great artist and helps me a lot in it. Respect you man :)

Me : Always the IT geek with loads of cash, that's all I have to say for myself XD

Irene : A really innocent girl that knows nothing about adult talks (literally) She's just a SPM graduate last year and she will be taking Diploma for Graphic Advertising. You can say all the dirty things in front of her and she will look at you with a "?" expression, very funny XD

Kimberly: The name gave her personality away huh? This is the only girl that always claim herself as cute and innocent. She will be taking Diploma for Multimedia Design and she's the big sister in our group. In other words, she kicks ass and she do break dance (Beware...)

Next to me will be Adrian, who is shy to cameras. You will understand why he's camera shy by looking at the photo above. He will be taking Diploma for Illustration and he's a crazy martial dude that likes watching Kamen Rider. Wait, come to think of it, he like all movies that has kungfu scenes, power ranger type of show and japanese reality comedies. Guess he's the type of guy you will be looking for if you want to work out. Oh, he's a fan of KOF (only some of you will know what I meant :D)

The list of crazy things he will do to prove he's Kung Fu master... (And that includes going around to Taylor main block and mess on top of their building...)
I don't really get this photo but I guess this is what they meant by act cute =.=
The hippies in the house doing the peace signs...
Alternate version of our group photo...
Even more alternate/random/scary/screwed-up version of our group photo...

Well this is all I can post for now, and I guess they are not bad to hang around with. Until then, I'm signing off...

Bluedrake a.k.a Shippoukitsune

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift review by Bluedrake

BlazBlue is another excellent 2d fighting game with incredible graphics to marvel at. Soon to be available for PS3, Xbox and PC, Arc System Works is the developer for this incredible game. (and so was their ever successful Guilty Gear Series game) And I forgot to mention that this game is actually the predecessor of the first series of BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger. The game has really interesting storyline which makes the player want to try out all the character to figure out what is going on. The thing about this game though is that they have too little characters (14 only to be exact) to try them out. They should try to increase the game character rooster list to at least 20 (like King of Fighters game) so that the game could last longer. For those that enjoy Guilty Gear game, you will notice the similarity of some the character like the game's protagonist, the spiky-haired, sword-wielding bad boy Ragna which really is just an upgrade from the spiky-haired, sword-wielding Sol Badguy.

To cut things short, here are the few things that I love and hate about the game.

1) the uniqueness of each character and their personality.

(Icon is created by me as well....)
Take this guy for example, his name is Hazama in the game and by the cool expression that he wield in the game, a lot of people will think that he is one of the game's patroganist but after playing him half-way, you will realize that he's actually one of the bad-ass mastermind for the game which makes gamers think what is so evil about him? My point of writing this out is to tell the gamers not to judge a book by it's cover. You need to play it to understand it.

2) Weird characters in the game
One special thing about this game that they makers did not seemed to lack off is that not all of their characters are humanoid. Take a look at this character called Arakune. He was a scientist before doing weird experiments on himself turned himself into a lump of.... whatever you call that. It's body shape and fighting skills does resemble a bit from the Marvel's Shuma Gorath and he was actually the boyfriend to the hottest chick in the game (Litchi Faye-Ling's his girlfriend)

3) Excellent soundtracks and Background
The game is really special for their high detailed artworks, music works. Every character actually has their background and music theme which makes each of them special. Not only does it suit the character, it also gives player the mood to play. The game backgrounds are something that the gamers have to check out while characters are not fighting. Here's a sample of the final boss theme song:


4) Beautiful character design and skills + excellent game mechanic design
It seems that Arc System Works really focused in details when making this game as the characters are really lifelike and their design actually represent their skills. In addition the, game mechanics seems to be one of the best. The way the game character falls down or knocked out is realistic compared to some of the 2D fighting games that I've seen and I'm really impressed with it. Skills especially the ultimates from each of the character are beatifully done as well. Sometimes, it's so good that gamers would rather get hit with their enemy's ultimate to see what happen :D

5) Superb storyline + character speeches
Each of the character will not have their standard win quotes when talking to other opponents and some will even show off their skills before starting the fight officially. And with each of the characters have their own purpose in the game, this makes gamers want to play everyone to find out how is this person related to that and etc.

6) Unique controls
The game is seperated into 3 types of controls which is Type A B and beginner. Whatever it is, the game has only 4 buttons (similar to Guilty Gear) and the difference is that Type A and B will have different positioning of the control whereas beginner type is really for newbies that does not know how to use the skills. By constant hammering each of the button, beginners will still be able to user the game character's skills which is really far too easy compared to type A and B.

Thing's that I hate about this game:
1) Too little characters.
With only 14, I can finish it in one day and know the whole game storyline by then. To summarize it, the game is pretty short but it will take a while for you to master their combo skills as the moves are really hard to do with some characters

2) Same ending storyline
No matter how many times you play, the game's ending will be the 90% same as the others except that the boss will reveal some detail about the game character's personality that you are controlling. I was expecting for something more different in each of them :(


3) Unable to resume the level if you lose and continue with another character
For some reason, Arc System Works do not want players to continue the game with another character once they lose. For example. if you lose in stage 3 and then you press continue button and choose another different character, you will be back to stage one again. I guess they don't want to upset the game storyline if you decide to choose some other characters to continue...

The overall score I would give to his game will be:

7.5/10

I hope you liked this review of mine and here is a sneak preview of the gameplay done by me. Enjoy :D

Who Died in Left 4 Dead 2’s The Passing?

We know from Valve that One of the original Left 4 Dead survivors didn’t live to see action in the recently released DLC The Passing. It’s only right that we offer our proper respects, and so I’m creating this post for Left 4 Dead 2 players to say their final goodbyes. This is your last warning, if you would prefer not to know who has died, you should stop reading right now.



So who died in Left 4 Dead 2? None other than William Overbeck, that wily old, pill-popping veteran that was difficult to love, but impossible to hate. Yes, Bill won’t be fighting zombies with Zoey, Louis and Francis anymore. Instead he’s solemnly sitting in a pool of his own blood, his gun still in his cold hands. How did Bill die? It’s never explained in The Passing. In fact, Bill’s name isn’t even mentioned by any of the characters throughout the DLC. Oddly enough, Bill’s old companions seem completely cheerful, even jovial without their fourth musketeer.

Now that I’ve taken a few days to mourn the loss of one of the best characters to ever bless a game with his presence, it’s time to discuss the tragedy (or should I say conspiracy?) of Left 4 Dead 2’s The Passing. If you didn’t already know, I’m here to tell you that Bill does not make it. If this is news to you and I’m spoiling it for you, then I apologize. However, I’m only discussing this openly because I’m assuming that all the people that really cared to know have fired up the game by now and discovered this as I did, and I think many of us are just plain mad at Valve. If you aren’t, you should be.

Why Bill?
In trying to make sense of this, I keep asking myself “Why Bill damnit?”. It just makes no sense to pick Bill as the guy who bites it. Sure, he was famous for quotes like “I’m gettin too old for this s#%t”, but Bill really had no quit in him. He was a grizzled old vet, and he was just the kind of guy you want with you when the zombie apocalypse starts.

Think about it. The world implodes in a zombie apocalypse. You are struggling to stay alive and get to somewhere safe. Who do you want with you the most? You want the guy who is already wearing his military issue gear for Christ’s sake. Bill is ALREADY prepared for war, and experienced from fighting in the jungles of Vietnam. He might be crazy, but in a zombie apocalypse you need a little crazy with you to make it. I don’t want the whiny office worker in a shirt and tie. I don’t want the questionably gay biker looking guy with me. I might want Zoey if we have to propagate our species again, but damnit there’s still no one better to have with me than Bill. We can’t win this without Bill people. We have been robbed of hope, the zombies will surely take us now.

The Conspiracy
I’m calling Valve out now. A large company is surely pressured to make “politically correct” choices nowadays, and this is one of them. Here’s why it had to be Bill. If you kill Louis, the African American community gets offended. Sure, kill off the black guy like every other white movie ever made. Too cliche, so Louis lives to continue politely whining to zombies. If you kill Zoey, the feminists and gamer chicks come out of the woodworks in protest. Cries of sexism will rain on Valve HQ. Zoey lives, and we keep our female audience in tact. If you kill Francis, either the biker gangs light your building on fire. Neither is an appealing option, and Francis lives to parade through zombieville. That leaves Bill.

Perhaps it’s our fault. Who cries now that Bill is gone? Who cares if a half-crazy old guy dies? Just another disturbed Vietnam vet buried in Arlington right? Wrong. Some of us care. Some of us are just as pissed off as I am that Valve chose Bill to die

Time to Take a Stand
It’s time the old guys stand up and made some noise too. It’s time we picket Valve HQ to defend those that defend us, the Bills of the world. Sure we may need to take some pills and a med pack to be able to picket for hours, but someone needs to do it. This travesty cannot be tolerated. Bill has to have died for something, and we need to be heard.

R.I.P. Bill, you’ll be missed.

It’s safe to assume we’ll find out the truth in the upcoming DLC for the original Left 4 Dead, the second portion of The Passing.We’ll hopefully see more information on that soon, but expect it to be released sometime in the coming months.


My personal comment:
I'm surprised as well when I see Francis, Zoey and Louis looking at me during the final chapter of the passing. The moment I see the three of them, "I was like oh poor Bill..." he is lost but will never be forgotten. And sorry for this cheesy cut and paste review as I've a lot of things to do and downloading this DLC for Left 4 Dead 2 is just to darn slow due to streamyx's recent breakdown. I will try to review other games myself after this :)

Here's a video tribute for him: