Sunday 29 January 2012

Game Of Thrones Season 2!

Game of Thrones is by far my favorite television show ever. Season one was the most intense dramatic opening to a series I have ever seen. After a year long wait they have finally released the season 2 trailer. Everyone I know that has seen this show says I should read the books. Which I plan to. I cannot wait for season two in April.

Friday 20 January 2012

Winter

I have never been a big fan of winter, up until this one. About 2-3 years ago I went to a ski resort called Blue Mountain. This is where I skiid for the first time. Usually, this place isn't seen as a beginner area. For hours I was falling every time I went down a hill. It was a lot of fun and a good experience. By the end of the day I was zipping down the hills no problem. Having the itch for months after I left. Even though I never ended up going the next two seasons. This season I managed to get some friends to drive up to Glen Eden (another ski hill). Two years later and I'm doing better than ever. We plan on driving up north to Moonstone, one of the best around.

Sunday 15 January 2012

My Life Long Dream

Ever since I was a kid I've always dreamed of going skydiving. Skydiving to me is one of the most interesting sports, if it's considered a sport. I hope to go this summer. BUT, that is not my dream. My life long dream is actually to do something similar, basejumping. Basejumping caught my attention a few years ago when I was browsing videos on youtube, I'll link them at the end. I never thought such a thing was
possible. Gliding down mountains at a 100 mph is amazing, or even just out of a helicopter (more realistic if you ask me). My plan right now is to check skydiving off my list this summer, and work my way from there.



This is the first video of base jumping I saw when it first caught my attention.











Thursday 12 January 2012

My New Pc Build

A few months ago I decided to start saving to build a brand new gaming pc. I've finally finished building it! I'll share with you my specifications.

Starting from the outside, weighing at a total of 31.3lbs is the                                        (all images are from imgur.com)
Antec Twelve Hundred V3 Black Steel ATX Full Tower Unbeatable Gaming Case

This case comes with 2x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.0 ports in the front. The cooling system consists of
3 x 120mm blue LED front fan with front speed control 2 x 120mm blue LED rear fan
1 x window side panel 120 mm fan slot
1 x middle 120 mm fan bracket
1 x 200mm top Big Boy 200&tradel blue LED fan
The cpu cutout makes it easy for cpu cooler installations. 
Washable air filters allows reduced dust build up.
Perforated front bezel for enhanced air intake.
ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 AM3 AMD 880G SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard 
CPU socket type: AM3
CPU Type:Phemom II / Athlon II / Sempron 100 series
FSB: 2600MHz Hyper Transport

Memory
Number of Memory Slots: 4x240pin
Max. Memory Supported: 16GB
Memory Standard: DDR3 2000 (O.C.) /1333/1066

Expansion Slots
PCI Express 2.0 x 16: 2 (blue@x16, gray @ x4 mode)
PCI Express x1: 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1
PCI Slots: 3

Onboard Video
ATI Radeon HD 4250 build-in 128MB DDR3 1333 SidePort Memory

Rear Panel Ports
1 x HDMI
4 x USB 2.0
2 x USB3.0
1 x IEEE 1394a
1 x eSATA 6GB/s
6 Audio ports

Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

Memory
Effective Memory Clock: 1000MHz (4.0 Gbps)
Memory size: 1GB
Memory Interface: 256-bit
Memory Type: GDDR5

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Six-Core desktop Processor
Operating Frequency: 3.2Ghz
Six-Core
4000MHz hyper transport
Socket AM3

CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX850 V2 850W 80 Plus BRONZE Certified Semi Modular Power supply

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory












Tuesday 10 January 2012

Top Five Favorite Video Games

Number One
Star Wars: The Old Republic

This game has been in my sight for a very long time, and it has finally arrived! My first character I rolled was a jedi consular. A fun class to play. In comparison to WoW, I would say this class is like a priest. I find it is very overpowered when it comes to questing. I have been able to solo every quest and eroic 2 so far at level 30. With the acception of one class quest, where I had to fight a jedi master  levels higher than myself. I am looking forward to the level 50 content. It is interesting to think about how the raid system is going to be, and how difficult.
(all images are from imgur.com)

Sunday 8 January 2012

Top Five Favorite Video Games

Number Two
WORLD OF WARCRAFT
This was a tough decision. My top two are both great games. I love world of warcraft. First I should begin with my personal background within the world of warcraft. I started playing at 2 to 3 years ago, primarily either a paladin or a mage. At first I was really into the pvp aspect of the game. I decided to reroll a warrior afterwards, dedicating him mainly to PvE. The warrior was one of the best tanks on the server at the time, and managed to clear endgame content not too long after release. There were times I would spend up to 20 hours straight in one sitting just gathering gold. I to this day still play, on and off. World of Warcraft will forever remain in my heart.
(all images are from imgur.com)




Saturday 7 January 2012

Top Five Favorite Video Games

Number Three
The Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time

This zelda game is yet another classic. I have spent countless hours playing, and beating this game over and over. I was never a huge fan of young Link. And the one thing that turned me off was that there wasn't too much interaction with other characters. Especially when you become older Link and everyone turns into zombies. My favorite thing about this game is definitely the temples. The amount of time it takes to figure everything out is a lot of fun to me.

I enjoyed the fire temple the most out of all these temples. Simply because of the final boss. I enjoyed using the hammer for the first time on that pretty face.

(all images are from imgur.com)