The Witcher - Best of 2007

Was looking around for a nice rpg to play a while back, and Marts recommended The Witcher. Wow! Addictive shitz. Playing the game, 2 hours will pass by in a blink and will definitely not be enough gametime. But, I have decided to stop it for now, put it aside and go back to Tales of Symphonia on the Wii. After I finish that only will I restart The Witcher.

So 10 hours into the game and my current achievements (some not really proud of) in The Witcher includes:
1) Having a Mentor trust me with the life of his Apprentice during battle, only to let me get him killed within the first trip. :p
2) Choosing to let a female witch go up against a well-known mercenary and a mysterious sorcerer alone while I group up with a band of other Witchers and ganged up on a praying mantis
3) Saving a waitress from a bunch of thugs only to find out from her grandma that I knocked her up
4) Saving a dwarf from a group of haters, later letting him con me of my gold while "teaching" me how to play poker
Lol!

But all sarcasm aside, this game RoXs! Decided to do a detailed review and storyline sypnosis of the game later. And now, to finish Tales of Symphonia.

Seagate FreeAgent Go 320Gb

Recently my anime collection has really taken a toll on my hard disk. Using up the majority percentage leaving me with only +-1 gigabyte left. So a few days back I thought that it was about time I got myself a spare hard disk to store my animes temporarily. Then finding out that last Saturday was a holiday, I thought it was a great opportunity to go get one. So did a little Google to do some read up on some information Friday night, and went to Digital Mall the next day. Came back with a Seagate FreeAgent Go 320Gb Usb only. Encountered some minor misinformation which should be cleared up. First off, when I Googled around, all reviews of the Seagate FreeAgent portable hard disk had firewire a.k.a 1394. But when I shopped around, there were no Firewire versions, only usb adapters.
Cosmetically, the drive looks quite a stunner. When plugged in, dots of lights radiant from holes which is not easily seen by the eye.


I don’t have the knowhow to do a full performance test. And do not have any benchmark software I can use currently. But in summary, it took me 19 seconds to transfer a single 500mb .mkv media file from my internal hard disk to the Seagate FreeAgent Pro. Is that suppose to be good? Lol. I honestly have no benchmark-freaking-clue. Although a 320Gb, the usable space was only 298Gb. I doubt the auto back-up software and drivers took up 20Gb, and I’m not bothered enough by it to replug my FreeAgent after I have stored it away neatly. Now if only they put all the files neatly into a Seagate folder or something. I’m a neat-freak. I like my files properly and thoroughly folder-ized.

Ignore the 227Gb remaining in the screenshot please, I backed up some files and hid it. :p

One thing to take note is that the cable provided is too short. Initially I wanted to connect the FreeAgent to a usb port located in the lower front of my computer casing (below the 3.5” floppy drive) and leave the hard disk on top of the casing. But it was too short, and I didn’t want to leave my hard disk on the floor. Pfft!


End of the day, I believe it was a good buy. Seagate FreeAgent Go 320Gb @ Rm259 at Digital Mall PJ. Other minor specs include 7200rpm, Usb adapter, and erm… nice packaging? Lol!
Only question now is, how reliable is it? We’ll see as I plug it in, add files, un-plug it on a daily basis.

The Last Remnant My Arse!

Sigh... Gone are the days when games were suppose to be fun. Apparently someone forgot to remind SquareEnix about the reasons why games come with difficulty settings. Just when I thought I found a nice game to dwell myself into. It is TOO DAMN FREAKING HARD! Definitely not suitable for your casual gamer like me. Who comes home from work, just want to relax and slay some monsters. Level up a little. etc. etc. And doing all this without refering to faqs or walkthroughs. Come on, I want to play games, not do homework! I'm dropping this before I get a heart attack. I know I already have high blood pressure from the constant "Game Over" screen.