Update on my Top 5's

As you will know from my last post I started doing Top 5 vids on my Youtube Channel. If you follow my Twitter (www.twitter.com/Nickolied) you will learn when I am making my next one and when to expect it. Music related Top 5's will always be released on a Friday but Video Game ones will be on a Sunday/Monday (varies). Any Top 5's from another genre will be uploaded the day I make them (unless it is very late when I finish it). No one (except people I specifically tell) will know what the next Top 5 is. I have already planned my New Year's special, and will be informing people shortly on details I need from them. But if I tell you, you are not allowed to say anything until it is up! It is to be a surprise every time.

OMG! Return to Youtubing!

Today I have started a brand new project on my Youtube channel. TheAlphaSpyke's Top 5s! Once or Twice weekly I will be making Top 5 videos for my Youtube channel. I started it off with my Top 5 Theory of a Deadman songs. It was originally going to be Foo Fighters songs, but it turned out that it would be a bit of a hassle so I chose an easier one to get done for today. There will be a video every Friday (if I can get it done) and possibly one on Monday's (no promises on that one). My Top 5's will be mainly Music and Video Game based, but you may see me venture into other territories from time to time.

I hope that all goes well for these videos and hope to be giving you a new one next week =D

BBC iPlayer on the Wii!

It's wednesday and nintendo have now released the BBC iPlayer as a Wii channel. Previously to view iPlayer on the Wii you had to use the Wii's internet channel, now BBC have made a version for free download as a channel. It works really well, and streams videos alot faster than Nintendo's own Nintendo Channel. And considering it's free, it's worth the download.

WiiWare Demo Reviews

As promised earlier I will now review the three WiiWare Demos.

First up is BIT.TRIP BEAT.
BIT.TRIP BEAT is a unique spin on the Music Rythm genre. This time instead of using some Plastic Peripheral you hold the WiiMote on it's side like a games control and tilt it to move a PONG paddle on the screen. Meanwhile a bunch of PONG pellets are coming across the screen. It is your job to hit the pellets back to where they came from. Each one you hit is a note in the 8-bit song. Although it's hard to get used to, it is a fun concept. If you do manage to hit to many notes the music will disappear, along with all the colour, and you have to try and hit the notes to come back into it. Think of it as a last chance moment. If you do however manage to crash out in this section, thats the end of the demo. It's a unique twist on the rythm games which dominate the markets now-a-days, which can't go without a try atleast. So this demo is the perfect opertunity!
~TRY IT!~

Next review is of the longest demo, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My life as a Darklord.
This game is similar to a tower defence game, that being that you have to stop enemies getting from point A to point B by putting stuff inbetween. The difference is that instead of using towers to protect point B, you are protecting the tower by placing floors and putting things in them. It is a really fun demo and probably the one I'd want to pay for the most. But it may not be your cup of tea.
~TRY OR BUY IT!~

The final WiiWare demo released is NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits.
This game is set in ancient Greece around the legend of Icarus, the kid who created wings to escape an Island. Basically you play as a girl named Nyx who has wing on her back. You are travelling along to find Icarus. It's a rather short demo, and in my opinion the game is wanting to be too much like Lost Winds, which is a superior game. In my opinion its worth a try, but be perpared to be disappointed.
~TRY OR AVOID IT!~

OMG! WiiWare Demos!

So I came in from Sixth Form today to see my Wii was indicating a message. I went onto the Message in and it's from Nintendo. Another update I think to myself. Wrong I am, the Wii Shop Channel now offers Demos of WiiWare games! The three games that have started this off are:
~BIT.TRIP BEAT
~Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, My life as a Darklord
~NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits
I will update my Blog later with reviews of the three demos. See ya later!

There's Water on Mars?

OMG! It's Sunday 15th November 2009! And everything is happening tonight. Doctor Who's 2nd of 4 specials this year, The Waters of Mars, is on BBC1 at 7pm tonight. It's going to be great!.
Also, both starting at 9pm is Top Gear's new 7 episode series on BBC2 and over on ITV1 is the new series of I'm a Celebrity. It's going to be a great night of television.
Also at 8pm is the X factor results show, here's hoping that Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum leave tonight. If they kill anymore songs I WILL have them assassinated!

Random Scribble No.4

And yet another filler with the main intent to inform everyone that the addy has changed again, this time for a while. Instead of whiteweasel92 it is now NickolieD, and should stay that way for a while.

Random Scribble No.3

Need something to post about so I thought I'd do some updates. On the 360 front I have £35. Not much but it's growing.
COD:Modern Warfare 2 is released this week =D
And last but not least, My opinion on DJ Hero is slowly changing. But I can't finalise until I actually play it. Favourite mix is probz the We Will Rock You/Robot Rock one.

Guitar + Unreal Engine

Today I have two things to say.
First I'd like to update my progress on the guitar, I am learning Wonderwall, and it's coming along well.
Now to all aspiring game developers, big news. The Unreal Engine is now FREE to download, yes FREE! go to www.UDK.com to learn more.