The Dark Knight interrogates the Joker (spoof)
Sun, 27 July 2008 3:21 pmSundays are good days to watch online videos. You’re at home and you don’t have to worry about bosses lurking behind you, voyeuring your screen.
Here’s one for fans of The Dark Knight.
It’s freakishly hilarious. Make sure you’re in a safe place to laugh out loud. I salute the guys who made this video. Wish I could think of stuff like that. There’s some really excellent acting in there, too.
Sundays are also good days to engage in voting activities.
It only takes 20 seconds to type in your e-mail and password and click on my picture!
Vote for a chance to win exotic travel packages, how about that?
Vote for the Sometimes Damsel in Distress!
Thank you for your vote!
Sheylara woke up feeling a bit jaundiced.
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Fat, grumpy cat
Sat, 26 July 2008 12:19 pmToday’s post is dedicated to Elyxia because Elyxia loves fat, grumpy cats.
Here’s a fat, grumpy cat.
Fat, grumpy cat was moonbathing near a void deck.
It made me think of Elyxia, who has funny taste in animals.
She also loves short, stumpy dogs.
Corgi.
I has no peekture of corgi because corgi iz not vagabonding type.
You can image google it yourself.
Baby corgis are super cute, but adult corgis look weird, is my opinion.
When Elyxia returns to Singapore and buys a cat and a dog in the future, she will no doubt give them some cutesy name or other, but I will call them Grumpy and Stumpy.
Elyxia has been in Hong Kong for about nine months, for work.
I can’t say, “Please come back soon,” because that’ll be like telling her, “Please quit your job.”
So, all I can say is, “Boo hoo. I miss you.”
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GGF#11: A gamer’s lot in life is to wait
Fri, 25 July 2008 2:00 pm![[Gamer Girl Friday]](http://www.sheylara.com/images08/gamergirlfriday.jpg)
I am drooling at upcoming games while my current games lie untouched.
Because a gamer is greedy. She wants to play all the games available now and she wants to play all the games not available now.
Her brain has suffered a slight permanent damage from having to endlessly wait for games that refuse to come out of development phase. (For example, can you believe that Warhammer Online has been in development for eight damn years?!)
But I’m not going to talk about WAR today; it’s overhyped anyway. I’m introducing a few of my favourite upcoming games. (Only a few because I don’t have space for everything.)
Don’t complain if your favourite isn’t mentioned. I can’t possibly read your mind, wot. So, if you want to read about or see a particular game in action, tell me. I’ll do my best to humour you.
Rock on, baby!!
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Table of Contents
- Guitar Hero World Tour drums special
- Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
- DC Universe Online
- The Goonfather plays Happy Tree Friends
- A game that forces you to walk
- Invitation to beta test FIFA Online 2
- Ask Sheylara
- Win a Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 USB headset!!
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Guitar Hero World Tour drums special
Celebrity drummers Travis Barker (Blink 182) and Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers) are co-conspirators in the making of the drumset for Guitar Hero World Tour!
Watch video!
I love Travis Barker. He’s my second favourite drummer next to Lars Ulrich (Metaliica).
See, I have his drumsticks!! *blush*
These are Travis Barker signature sticks from the Zildjian Artist Series. But they’re just for show. I can’t use them (to play real drums) cos they’re too heavy for me.
I mean, I could technically use them, but then I wouldn’t be able to play very well.
Back to the game.
Guitar Hero World Tour seems all set to kick Rock Band off the music charts! (Of course, there is Rock Band 2 brewing in the wings, so don’t lose your stock options yet.)
Travis Barker says about the GHWT drums: “Especially on the expert levels of Guitar Hero, where you’re nailing every note for note, it’s absolutely like playing what the drummer in that band is playing.”
That’s some incredible endorsement.
I’m ready to jump ship from being pro-Rock Band to being pro-Guitar Hero.
Who’s with me?
Guitar Hero World Tour is slated for an October 28 release for Xbox 360, PS3, PS2 and Wii.
Not sure when we can expect to see it in Singapore, though.
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Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
There’s something very attractive about seeing a bunch of wholesome, sunshine, role-model superheroes thrown into a dark and violent place.
I don’t like fighter games, but I was immediately drawn to Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, compelled to drop everything I was doing to watch the trailer, because it’s just such an unlikely matchmaking.
Raiden vs. Batman in the depths of hell! If it weren’t really cool, I would have found it immensely amusing.
Will try to get a copy to play when it comes out, even though I suck at fighters. November 3, 2008 is the date. Duh, I hate waiting, but that’s a gamer’s lot in life, wouldn’t you say?
Available for Xbox 360 and PS3.
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DC Universe Online
Yay, here’s another superhero MMORPG, although this one is console-specific (PS3).
DC Comics sure is ambitious, franchising its heroes out everywhichway.
This game reminds me of City of Heroes very much and I had a lot of fun playing that. Of course, we won’t be seeing DC Universe Online until next year, so have fun waiting.
In the meantime, we can dream about the kind of superhero we want to create.
In COH, my character was named The Daughter (inside joke):
I also created a Lara Croft lookalike just for kicks:
Me and my friends shared many good times and many a bloody, violent battle.
Aww, I miss my superhero friends so much. I can’t wait for DCUO!
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The Goonfather plays Happy Tree Friends
Due to my recent busy schedule, I’m turning to Xbox LIVE for quick gaming fixes. LIVE has tons of fun arcade-style games that you can download (for a small fee) and play almost immediately.
Plus you can earn gamerscore and achievement points on them. People can be such sluts for virtual points.
So, I made the Goonfather help me download Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm while I finished up my work. He sampled a few levels before I went to join him (to secretly videotape him playing)! Hehe!
Well, it’s a silly game. But it might appeal to sadistic kids who enjoy seeing cute cartoon animals get mashed to pulp.
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A game that forces you to walk
This is a funny little gadget. I wonder if we’ll ever see it in Singapore.
The Jinsei Game of Life pedometer will beat the couch potato out of you because you can only advance by leaving your sorry couch.
This tiny little gadget contains a simple version of the Game of Life board game we’re all familiar with. The catch is that you have to take 300 physical steps in the physical world in order to spin the wheel and take a turn. If not, the gadget simply won’t allow you to advance.
Pretty neat!
You might not want to buy it for your kids or nephews or nieces, though. It’s not like they’re not already way too hyper. With this, they’re gonna have a legitimate excuse to zip around the house maniacally, getting underfoot unnecessarily and just generally drive everyone nuts.
Buy it for your lazy ass spouse or sibling or colleague, instead.
Releasing end of July.
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Invitation to beta test FIFA Online 2
Thanks to IAHGames, FIFA Online 2 will be launching in Singapore soonish.
It will also launch in Thailand at the same time, although a date hasn’t been confirmed yet. Other regions — Vietnam, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Brunei, Indonesia and the Philippines — will get it later.
You can sign up for the closed beta test, which commences on August 5. Not much longer to wait!
Thai players can sign up here for the Thai version of the game. But I don’t think I have any Thai readers, so this will have been a few lines of wasted pixels that can never be recovered.
Here’s a photo taken at the recent FIFA Online 2 press conference in Thailand:
I’m sure you don’t really care who the three blokes in the middle are because the models on the sides are grabbing all your attention.
So, here’s a close-up for you because I’m nice!
Awwww.
Well, this is the only picture I have, so stop gawking already and go sign up for the CBT!
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Ask Sheylara
Ask me any gaming-related questions! Post them in the comments or e-mail me, I don’t really care. I will try to answer all questions.
jesse5762 asks an Initial D Extreme Stage question:
Would you happen to know if it works with the Logitech G25 Racing wheel?
Sheylara Says:
It does, partially, which means that the game will only recognise the wheel turn for 90 degrees either way. So, maybe it’s not that good an idea to use that wheel for this game.
sdutango asks a similar Initial D Extreme Stage question:
So I read your blog, you said it partially works with G25. But will that work with 900 degrees? Thanks.
Sheylara Says:
Nope, the Logitech G25’s 900 degrees is wasted on this game, sadly. Like I said above, you can only go as far as 90 degrees.
liting asks a Wii question:
I just bought my Wii 2 days ago, mod Jap set. It was doing fine on the first day but after I tried connecting to the Internet and did a Wii update, I received an error message: “Error Occurred. Press the eject button and remove the disc. Turn the power off and follow the instructions in the console manual.”
When I try to play some games, it only happens to a few games and the rest are not affected. I am sure its not the disc problem cause i was playing it on the first day I bought my Wii. May I know how to resolve this? =((
Sheylara Says:
Sorry, but I wouldn’t know what your exact problem is without being there to see it for myself. My guess is that when you did an online update, you updated a security feature which prevents the console from playing modded games.
If anyone has the definitive answer to the above question, feel free to share in the comments section! :)
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Win a Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 headset!!
Ooh, I’ll bet you want!!
I’ve used it and I really like it. It’s comfortable and sounds good and is so easy to use (just plug into USB port).
I used it to record my song for the shower singing video!
No, no, I’m not giving out a used set. The winner of this week’s contest will receive a brand new Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000, never before opened and touched by human hands.
HOW TO WIN THIS BABY!
Starting today, up till July 31, vote for me DAILY in the S’pore Blog Awards!
(You knew that, somehow, I would work this voting thing in, didn’t ya?)
Then, post a comment in my blog each day to let me know that you’ve voted for me!
One vote per day, one comment per day, until July 31!
You’ll go into the draw for the prize if you do that!
Note: If you don’t live in Singapore, please agree to bear the cost of postage and packaging if you win the prize. This thing is heavy and I’m going broke mailing out prizes every week!
Feel free to e-mail me if you don’t know what the hell I’m talking about.
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Woot! I love GGF!
Oh, wait. That didn’t sound right.
I mean I love writing about games for my GGF column! I love games.
Don’t you?
Now, you have a whole weekend ahead of you to devote to gaming. How nice for you!
Happy gaming!
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Sheylara in the shower
Thu, 24 July 2008 1:57 pmAdvertorial
For a limited time only, I’m letting my readers, YOU, peek into my shower room. And at me showering. I mean pretending to be showering.
Here! Video of me singing in the shower.
While I was painstakingly editing the video, the Goonfather glanced at it and said, “Woah!! Toilet Idol! Wahahahaa!”
Idiot.
Sometimes you just want to bash his head in.
The song in the video is a sad one because I’m better at singing sad songs.
It doesn’t mean I’m sad. It means I’m happy because singing makes me happy.
Singing in the shower, especially, makes me happy because I think I sound better in the shower.
Not that I claim to be a good singer, but you can be a bad singer and still sound better in the shower. Many people also think the same, I believe.
Which is why Dove is organising a shower singing competition in conjunction with the launch of its new body wash product, the Dove Go Fresh!
The competition is really cool. An actual shower stall with a karaoke system will be built in VivoCity and participants will get to sing inside it! The performances will be filmed and uploaded to the Dove ShowerOK website for voting.
I encourage everyone to take part! It will be so much fun! Let me know if you do, okay? Give me a chance to vote for you instead of me always asking for votes!
While you’re at it, you may want to try the new Dove Go Fresh body wash.
The Grapefruit & Lemongrass, which I’m using, is so refreshing and fragrant! It feels good, too, with a very subtle hint of moisturiser to make your skin smooth and supple afterwards.
Okay, I’m beginning to sound like a commercial, so I’d better post another photo to distract you.
Hmm.
Oh dear. That looks like a commercial, too.
Well, how do you pose with a toiletry product in the bathroom without it looking like an advertisement?
I don’t know.
But I have tons and tons of such advertisement-looking photos because I had so much fun camwhoring in the shower and getting my camera all wet and soapy.
I’m hoping my camera will malfunction. Then I can make the Goonfather buy me a new camera for my birthday. Heehee! (Yes, he hasn’t gotten me a birthday present cos I couldn’t think of anything I wanted and asked him to KIV first. Haha.)
The Cucumber & Green Tea body wash is nice, too, but I can only use one at a time, so I’ll use it the next time round.
I probably won’t get the Freshmint & Waterlilly. It’s clean and tingly but not for me.
I prefer citrus flavours!
Mine!
Mine!
Mine!
Unfortunately, my camera is super stubborn and refuses to malfuction. I’ve dropped it (very violently) a zillion times but it still works perfectly fine.
Even after giving it a shower with the Dove Go Fresh, it’s still working!!
Stupid camera.
It still takes very good camwhore photos.
Videos, too. The video above was shot by this same stupid camera.
Well, whatever. I need to go take another shower. I can’t get enough of the fragrance of my Grapefruit & Lemongrass. Really!
Oh, if you’re the shy sort and aren’t gonna take part in the ShowerOK, you can be a peep… I mean spectator.
The ShowerOK is happening from July 31 to August 8, 2008 at VivoCity. Ongoing daily from 12 pm to 8 pm.
See you there!
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Solomon Yeow wishes me happy birthday on Facebook
Wed, 23 July 2008 2:12 pmAfter the last two disastrous messages, I thought he would have disappeared from my life for good.
I was wrong, apparently.
A quick recap for those new to my blog:
This random Facebook dude sent me a rude pick-up message one day (read it here).
I didn’t reply it.
Ten days later, he sent me an obnoxious follow-up message (read it here).
I didn’t reply that one, either.
That was almost a month ago, and I thought that was the last of it.
Then I got a “lovely” birthday message from him last night.
How sweet.
Stan was the first to know about this because he happened to MSN me around the time I got this message.
I said to Stan, “OMG Solomon Yeow sent me a birthday message in Facebook!!”
And he went, “HAHAHahahahahaaa Holy Cow!”
I observed that Solomon Yeow must have copied the message from one of those cheeky birthday greeting cards, and Stan couldn’t stop laughing after that.
I don’t care what you guys are saying. Solomon Yeow is no pick-up artist (wannabe or otherwise), he’s a ctrl-c-ctrl-v artist.
But he’s entertaining, in a way, so thanks for all the fun, Solomon.
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On a similar but not the same track, my friends got me an iPod Nano for my birthday!! OMG I LOVE MY FRIENDS TO BITS!!!
I shared a birthday cake with Unker Kell because our birthdays are a week apart.
We’re both 10 years old, if you must know, you inquisitive cat.
THANK YOU Minou, Kerrendor, Wang Wang, Morte, Talin, Joey, Hevun and Unker Kell!!!
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And now, my birthday wish for today:
VOTE FOR ME!!!!
You saw that comin’, didn’t ya?
*LOL*
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