A random, unorganized rave on relationships.

yes, rave. I wonder if a lot people know about this blog. Because instead of writing on my multiply blog, I will just write here, assuming that only a few people know this place. Anyway…

Relationships Again? I can’t get out of this topic because for one, it’s just plainly interesting to talk about. I’ve been serving a lot of friends by giving them advices and so on when it comes to relationships. Then I’ll use their scenarios for other friends who ask me stuff about it. I’m just surprised that most of my advices are working to think that I don’t have much background about it. Experience? nah. What’s awful with this kind of job is that when people are going well after your advice, you suddenly fade away from their view as if you’re a ghost and then go back when they seek you again. To me that’s pretty much disappointing.

DATING! I just remembered several stuff about dating. This is WOW!Philippines moment, actually. Here, there are several places where you can go for dates. Go for sophisticated places such as Eastwood, pretty handy if you are willing to spend big bucks which I don’t. 😀 More sophisticated in Makati, Greenbelt and Bonifacio High Street in Taguig. 😀 Ateneans tend to resort to Eastwood as it is the closest place from the university. Mehn, spending too much on dating, that’s tough. 😀

 

And Ironically, that’s the catching factor in relationships nowadays. It’s not your capability to treat your partner for the day but the content of the treat and the sophistication. If you ask me, I’d rather go to place like Intramuros or…. or…….just Malls.  😀 There might be a bit of sophistication but compare it to those mentioned above, I think it’s simple. Maybe you’re thinking I’m talking like this because I can’t afford something too sophisticated. I admit, I cannot. But what I cannot admit is that partners search for that glamour and high end names just for a date. I mean, I  am willing to burst a pocket when I’m married but while in a relationship? I don’t think so. That’s why it’s funny to see couples spend their entire time in such places and then watch them end up broken up. 😀 I would really laugh in front of them and say something like….um.. hi, stupid. 😀

And that is why despite my rants about being someone like a Kuya makes me love the job. Couples that break up because of material things really makes it more spectacular to watch than pornography. Then make them realize their mistakes, their selfishness and so on. But at some point, I don’t like to mingle with stuff like that. Frankly, I love being a spectator instead of joining the event.

 

But to be serious? Most of the time I don’t care about having myself being, if you let me to be rude, “USED” as an advising organic bit. As long as I can help my friends, it’s fine with me. Sometimes they tell me to be a bit selfish because I’ve been helping people too much. From my point of view, I haven’t given enough help.

This is weird, actually. I know what to answer when people ask me about their problems in relationships, but I can’t get myself a “relationship”, a love life. Hahahah~! Oh well, eating’s fun for now.

[PSP] F1 2009 Game Review

I won’t be posting a lot of screenshots for this review as this will only be a short one. Why? because this game disappointed me in several ways. I’m just going to enumerate some disappointing and good stuff and compare the game to its predecessor made by Sony themselves, the F1-06.

 

I was actually excited to see this game when it was announced because there were a lot of changes made for the 2009 season including the aerodynamics and the KERS. yes, KERSSSSS… For some of you, KERS is the acronym for Kinetic Energy Recover System… Sounds geeky. What it does is it recovers energy from braking, charges the batteries and lets you have additional 80HP i think on a press of a button. It’s like a boost button to be simple and that goes with 2009 season.

 

So, to the game. I will compare this one to the F1 06 game.

CONS

1. GAMEPLAY – Championship mode is what you always like in this kind of game. Pick a driver from a team and race through the whole season. Nothing’s wrong with that. What’s wrong with it is when it goes down to the specifics. In the 2006 game, it takes time before you can fully tune your car with the track and with the considerations of external factors. In fact, the game will actually help you to match your preferred settings and then change smaller stuff afterwards. Not so with 2009 game as the game thinks you are too professional for seeking help and leaves everything in default and let you change them. I mean, for first time players, do you think you’ll have an idea what CAMBER, TOE, DAMPER BOUND & REBOUND would mean? of course not.

2. HANDLING – I’ve been playing F1 games since PSX and so far, this is the F1 game with the worst handling physics. In 2006 game, the turning is actually realistic because it takes time for the driver to make a complete steering wheel turn not like in 2009 where you can turn the wheel fast. And get this: if the driver can turn the wheel as fast as possible, the car, especially at the front, would respond quick as well, very apparent from your camera view. BUT NO. Also, while driving fast, it is apparent that the steering wheel shakes a bit, not like in 2009 where it’s as steady as a monument while driving straight.

3. GRAPHICS – I admit that in terms of game detail, 2009 wins it. However, there are a bit of flaws when it comes to the animations of the details. One is mentioned in #2. and then another is that while driving, the helmet of the driver shakes most of the time, trying to cope with the forces by the downforce, suspension bumps and so on. Not so with 2009, as the helmet is also as steady as a statue and only moves SMOOTHLY, not like a stuggling one, while turning.

4. SFX – the people speaking to you on the radio are boooring, compared to the 2006 game where the person is really talking to you, reminding you of your position in the pack as well as telling you that you’ve cracked the fastest lap time in a race.

 

PROS

1. CONTENT – Since the 2009 season was packed with enormous changes, those changes were also in the game. The KERS for instance is in the game and you can use it a lot. 😀 New teams such as Brawn are also there as well as the changes made for the cars. New tracks as well! you can now drive for the first time in NIGHT in Singapore as well as drive though the newly added Abu Dhabi GP course.

2. REALISM – Only a bit but the game actually replicated the physics for the new aerodynamic features of the 2009 season cars. Once you remove the driving aids, the cars are really hard to control. Unlike in the 2006 season where once you have speed, without the aids, you can drive with stability.

3. MUSIC – I love the music, far better than the 2006.

 

Codemasters could’ve done better. You’ve seen Colin McRae rally 2005 plus for PSP, that is bad-ass with realistic handling and graphics. But in this particular title, it seems that they’ve forgotten how to do it. The game would have become better than 2006 because the data, the representation is already there but they slipped through the game physics and replication of the motions.