While I was surfing the internet I found two great and funny articles about people resembling the appearances of gaming characters OR OTHER STUFF, just like the following picture.

Master Chief to the left, resembles the Samsung Silencio SC9540 Vacuum Cleaner to the right

For more of those crazy comparisons, check out these two links.

- Which real-life moustachioed man looks most like Mario?

- The most unlikely gaming lookalikes you'll ever see

Have fun

- Ali -

Hello everyone and welcome again to my monthly blog. I'm very happy for the positive feedback from the previous monthly blog and I hope I'd be up to your expectations this month too

I would like to apologize for not commenting on many posts due to my laptop malfunctioning which prevented me from surfing the internet at work. I'm going to buy a new laptop soon and I will hopfully be active again.

This month's picture is a very funny joke combining two important subjects, Halloween and swine flu

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iWatch:

Movies:
- Funny People
Score: 8
- Drag me to Hell
Score: 7
- Angels & Demons
Score: 7
- Reservoir Dogs
Score: 8
- king of Kongs
Score: 6.5
- Match Point
Score: 7.5
- Gosford Park
Score: 7.5

AND THE AWARDS GO TO

Reservoir Dogs

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Honorable Mention

Funny People

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iPlay:

Trophies:

Total trophies earned: 28

- all 14 from Critter Crunch
- 2 from MotorStorm Pacific Rift
- 7 from Batman Arkham Asylum
- 5 from Wipeout HD.

Side note: Wipeout HD has the hardest trophies of all PS3 games, the 5 I obtained are just the easy ones.

- Here is my latest PSN trophy card:

King of the Jungle (Gold Trophy): A hard and very enjoyable trophy to obtain. Requires completing the adventure mode with very hard levels at the end of it and completing 99 puzzles increasing in difficulty with the last 20 being very hard and very satisfying to complete.

Played (Total of 71 hours):

- Final Fantasy VI (GBA, 2 hour)
- Rock Band 2 (PS3, 3 hours)
- Guitar Hero Metallica (PS3, 12 hours)
- MotorStorm Pacific Rift (PS3, 27 hours)
- Batman Arkham Asylum (PS3, 4 hours)
- Critter Crunch (PSN, 19 hours)
- Wipeout HD (PS3, 4 hours)

Finished:

- Critter Crunch (PSN)
My Score: 8.5

AND THE AWARDs GO TO

Critter Crunch

Garlic: from Critter Crunch
A great item that will make Biggs burps and push the creatures back one line.

Biggs from Critter Crunch: This cuddly cute creature is without a doubt the hero of the month

Terra from Final Fantasy VI: for her bravery in defending the world

Joker from Batman Arkham Asylum:Although I didn't finish the game yet, the Joker can be selected as your villian of the month from the moment you begin playing the game

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iBuy:

Acquisitions:

A big collection this month too:

- Prototype (PS3)
- Call of Duty 4(PS3)
- Wolfenstein (PS3)
- Disgaea 3 (PS3)
- Wipeout HD Fury (PS3)
- Trine (PSN)
- Critter Crunch (PSN)
- iPhone 3GS

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iAward:

A funny variations of Biggs resembling various gaming characters
Click for a larger version

How was Halloween?

Samus Aran
Author: =transfuse

Scientist from Critter Crunch

This month was actually full of surprises and here is a list of them:

- PSN cards finally arriving in my country.
- Super Street Fighter IV
- Final Fantasy VIII to the PS3
- Bayonetta getting a full 40 from Famitsu

NOT having a Xbox360
Because of that I can't play one of the best expansions for GTA IV

DSi XL: I was surprised with this annoucement and happy because I didn't rush into buying a DSi.

Cliffs Of Dover: One of my favorite songs from Guitar Hero III

My first fishing trip
Of course this isn't the picture of our boat, just a random one from the internet. I finally got the chance to go into a real fishing trip in the boat of a teacher at school. It was very scary the first time but I got used to it later on. Sadly I don't have any pictures for that trip but I will try to take some if I go again.

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iDid:

October's summary:

It is almost identical to the previous pie charts except that the hobbies section has increased tremendously because of the many fishing trips I had this month. A special note for you Thomas_Crown: I promise that you will see a totally different chart next month

Have a great November guys

Cheers

- Ali -

I have read these three great articles about

Super Mario Bros.
Final Fantasy IX
Half Life

and I would like to share them with you. Those who played the games will probably enjoy reading the articles.

Take care

- Ali -

Sorry for the very late September monthly blog but here I'm with a lot of things to talk about.

September was a big month for me because of the following:

- The holiday has finished and I'm back to school but lucky me students were given one more week to stay at home because of all the fuss about the swine flu so it was a nice week for us teachers.
- Recently two cases of swine flu were discovered in a nearby school.
- Ramahdan "month of fasting for muslims" has finished and I'm glad that I finished reading the Holy Quran for the first time in my life during Ramahdan.
- I watched two new Arabic serieses.
- The most important thing was my birthday on the 14th of September and celebrating that I would like to give this lovely CAKE , only few will understand this JOKE. Have fun reading my blog

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Before I start I would like to say that I'm very happy about the new improvements in the monthly blog union, the new icons, the new cards. They all look great and the more things are added the more I enjoy writing those blogs although they take a lot of time.

I didn't find my card so far so I will upload it onece they are ready.

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iWatch:

Movies:
- Barton Fink
Score: 6
- Ed Wood
Score: 7
- State of Play
Score: 7.5
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Score: 8
- District 9
Score: 8.5
- The Big Lebowski
Score: 8.5

AND THE AWARDS GO TO

The Big Lebowski & District 9

I really couldn't seperate those movies from each other as both were so great and earned a score of 8.5 from me.

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Honorable Mention

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Om el Banat (Mother of the Girls), a great Kuwaiti series

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iPlay:

Trophies:
This month I was aiming at a Platinum MotorStorm Pacific Rift and i spent hours playing this game. But seriously, it has the hardest trophies I tried to earn so far, specially the online portion of the game is insanely difficult. Here is the total of trophies I managed to collect in this game so far.

Total of 33 NEW trophies:

All are from MotorStorm Pacific Rift

- Here is my latest PSN trophy card which shows that I reached level 7

Champion (Gold Trophy): The hardest trophy I've ever earned so far. I can simply compare it to other games' platinums seriously.

Played:

- Final Fantasy VI (GBA, 1 hour)
- Rock Band 2 (PS3, 7 hours)
- Guitar Hero Metallica (PS3, 6 hours)
- MotorStorm Pacific Rift (PS3, 30 hours)

Finished:

- MotorStorm Pacific Rift (PS3)
My Score: 8.5

AND THE AWARDs GO TO

MotorStorm: Pacific Rift

Boost: from MotorStorm
The boost is not an item really but without it you simply cannot win.

Ali: I'm the hero of the month for acing one of the hardest racers

Female Driver: My female driver in MotorStorm surely survived some nasty accidents

Any vehicle that does this to you: Big Rigs and Monster trucks are your ugliest enemies in MotorStorm

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iBuy:

Acquisitions:

I bought a lot of things this month and I got a great gift too:

- Little BIG Planet animated theme (PS3)
- Batman Arkham Asylum (Birthday Gift, PS3)
- Bionic Commando Rearmed (PSN)
- Burn Zombie Burn! (PSN)
- Soldner-X (PSN)
- Rock Band import key. Got Rock Band from a friend and imported all the songs to my Rock Band 2 for 5$ (PS3)
- Virtua Fighter 5 (PS3)
- Mirror's Edge (PS3)
- Battlefield Bad Company (PS3)
- Call of Duty 3 (PS3)
- Mario & Luigi 3 (NDS)

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iRead:

Finally this lost section is back again

Finished:

The Holy Quran (Muslim's Holy Book), 17 hours

Reading:

Blogging your Way to a Six Figure Income, 9 hours

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iAward:

A great drawing of the Joker
Author ~MikeDeodatoJr

If you attend school or college or even have work, What is the effect of swine flu over your school, college or work?

Random Babe from DeviantART
Author: =chatgr

Lemmy
from Guitar Hero Metallica . Just chose him because I like his song "Ace of Spades"

Uncharted 2: I began to check out GameRadars scores recently which I find quite authentic and different than other sites which makes it distinctive. Anyways, the surprise is Uncharted 2 getting a perfect 10 from them.

Okamiden on NDS
I know most of you will disagree on this but to me, a beautiful game as Okami, I really didn't want it on a handheld. But who knows, maybe the developer will prove me wrong

Wii price cut: You might think that this news suits surprise of the month but it wasn't a surprise for me because it was expected. But indeed it was a big news and a clever move from Nintendo to maintain their position in the market specially after seeing the aggressive competition from Sony and Microsoft

eerie: Read it in Final Fantasy VI, it means strange BUT in my slang language it means "My wiener"

The Flyin' King: One of my favorite pieces of music from Earthworm Jim

"When things fall, they fall ... Life's a game of chance. You play your cards, and fate plays her...", Setzer from Final Fantasy VI

Lost Paradise (A water park in my country, Bahrain)
It is my first visit to a water park and the best thing happened to me during September

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iDid:

September's summary:

I enjoyed September more than the previous months because I did a lot of things and I will try to maintain the same pace next months and even try to make'em better.

You will notice the new "Others" section which has the rest of the activities that can't be listed under the rest of the sections. You will notice that the others section is quite big because I spent a lot of time fishing this month.

The anime/series section is bigger than usual not because I watched a lot of animes but because I watched two great Arabic serieses, 2 hours a day.

I hope you had a great September as well. Sorry if I haven't commented on any monthly blog but soon I will

Cheers

- Ali -

Hello every one, sadly the summer holiday is almost over for some and already over for others. I hope it was a pleasant one for all of you

My holiday is 2 weeks from over and I will be back to teaching . Anyways, for us Muslims, it is the 10th day from Ramadan, a month in which we have to fast from dawn till sunset. To all Muslims out there "Ramadan Mubarak". Celebratng this holy month I will post this nice image by author ~SAEED-ART

With no further delay, lets start my August 2009 blog.

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My monthly blog card.

iWatch:

DVDs:
- 17 Again
Score: 7
- Platoon
Score: 7
- Let the Right One In
Score: 7.5

TV:
- Goodfellas
Score: 8.5
- The Last Sin Eater
Score: 6.5
- Dumb & Dumber
Score: 6
- Police Academy
Score: 7
- Big Fish
Score: 8

Anime:
- Garden of Sinners (Part 1)
Score: 6

AND THE AWARDS GO TO

Goodfellas

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Honorable Mention

Big Fish

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iPlay:

Trophies:
This month's trophies were scattered over many games

Total of 18 NEW trophies:

- MotorStorm Pacific Rift: 5 trophies
- The Last Guy: 1 Trophy
- Shatter: 10 Trophies
- ZEN Pinball: 2 Trophies

- Here is my latest PSN trophy card

Played:

- Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES, 12 hours).
- Final Fantasy VI (GBA, 14 hours)
- Rock Band 2 (PS3, 25 hours)
- Earthworm Jim (GEN, 4 hours)
- Super Smash Brawl (Wii, 9 hours)
- Guitar Hero Metallica (PS3, 12 hours)
- Little BIG Planet (PS3, 2 hours)
- MotorStorm Pacific Rift (PS3, 5 hours)
- Portal (PC, 3 hours)

Finished:

- Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
My Score: 8

- Earthworm Jim (GEN)
My Score: 8

- Portal (PC)
My Score: 9

AND THE AWARDs GO TO

Portal

Portal-Gun: from Portal
One of the most innovative uses of guns

Jim: from Earthworm Jim "Groooooovy"

Chell: A true silent female heroine

????: from Portal. I don't want to spoil anything about this incredible game. Play it and see for yourselves

Batman Arkham Asylum: I was really surprised about how positive the reviews were, the game even had a new record of being the best superhero game.

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iBuy:

Acquisitions:

- Texas Flood Pack (Rock Band 2) (PS3)
- Star Wars The Force Unleashed (PS3)
- Killzone 2 (PS3)
- FAT Princess (PSN)
- The Last Guy (PSN)

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iAward:

Very funny joke

What is the next game you are planning to buy?

Princess What's her Name, from Earthworm Jim
Author: *mashi

Jim
From Videogame "Earthworm Jim"

Little BIG Planet: The annoucement of real WATER to be added, I even submited my name for beta testing

Super Mario Bros. 3
I hated how hard the 8th world was as much as how much I loved the game during the previous 7 worlds. The extreme difficulty was a real letdown to this great game

God of War Collection: Putting both Gow I & II in a single Blu-ray disc, adding 720p support and TROPHIES, I don't think that can be topped by anything else this month

Crotch: I encountered this word two times this month, once in a movie and the second in screwattack top ten ladies of gaming and it was very fuuny

Still Alive: The best song I've heard this month, from videogame "Portal"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI

"Son of a Sandworm": Said by Kefka, from "Final Fantasy VI"

Portal
Without a doubt Portal is the best thing happened to me this month

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iDid:

August's summary:

Excercising decreased a lot this month because I was very ill and now because Ramadan "Fasting month" started, I don't feel like excercising at all. Organizing has taken a lot this month because we're moving stuff from my room to re-arrange it. Gaming was a major thing too since it is a summer holiday
I'm watching a great Kuwaiti series on TV too.

Overall, my monthly activity hasn't changed from previous months a lot.

August's blog posts:

gamespot blog:
-Poll No.29 + Picture of the Day...

Videogame Nerds:
- Retrogaming still and will always shine!, by dark_Massenger
- VGN Countdown: Final Fantasy Logos, by me and dark_Massenger

Cheers

- Ali -