AndrewShouts.com: A weblog of rants and general commentary by Andrew Manderson » Entertainment

Hilarity Ensues

Andrew — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:13:32 +0000

First, we need some context, which is funny:

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For for this to be hilarious, just add Usher.

I can’t stop laughing!

My Kind Of Christmas Carol

Andrew — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:44:32 +0000

Keep in my mind that unlike Australians, we won’t be sipping white wine in the sun. However it’s easy to overlook this, given the meaning of the song.

Happy and safe holidays, everyone.

She Isn’t One To Mess With…

Andrew — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:27:01 +0000

Watch my girlfriend kill this poor soul with one of her typical volleyball spikes.

…Fear her.

Too Busy – So I Leave You With This

Andrew — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:18:44 +0000

An Open Letter To Université De Moncton

Andrew — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:32:42 +0000

À qui de droit,

Garde, ça fait 5 ans et demi. Chu su mon “victory lap” de mes études en génie. Please, juste donne moi mon bacc.

Jfais right on dans toutes mes cours jus’qu’à steur. Jget la matière, trust me. C’est une friggen de joke. J’ai déjà donnée mon rapport de Projet de fin d’études. la j’ai inque des bird course de reste (well, p’tête pas hydraulique, but jfais alright là étout). Chu juste tanné. Riiight tanné. Please, ayez un peu’d pitché pour un gars d’la place pis donne-lui son diplôme. Lets just get it over with. I swear j’dirais à personne.

For the love of Christ. Chu fucking tanné, la. Please juste vas dans la backroom pis fais cque t’as à faire pour printer ca out, pis change une couple de choses dans ton database pis thats it. Tu va rendre la whole vie à un autre homo sapien sapien friggin’ glorious. Donneras-tu 20$ à checkzun qui souffre pour 5.5 ans à l’hôpital? Welle juste quadruple la paye de ton I.T. guy pour faire c’q'y a de bezin pour que’j puisse spreader mes wings comme un awesome oiseau libre, pis ça sera la même chose.

Juste envoye-moi un p’tit email pis on a worker out les détails. Smooth pis toute. Fuck, j’te ferai même mes famous BBQ Chicken Nachos – pis I swear que ca serait all worth it pour toi une fois que tu goûte ça. Amazing, oui; but même pas comme une crotte as much que ça serais pour que tu me donnes inque mon bacc.

J’te beg, please, juste donne-moi mon godamn baccalauréat’d marde. Chu juste tanné.

Marci là,

Andrew

P.S.: J’te jure que c’est les best nachos que t’aurais ever mangé de ta vie. Trust me.

This Is The Game I Have Been Waiting For

Andrew — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:47:48 +0000

I’ve played 5 hours of Dragon Age: Origins, and it is the best gaming experience I’ve had since Final Fantasy 7. I plan on purchasing a copy of my own as soon as possible.

The story is gripping; every action I have in casual conversation has a direct consequence to how the game will be played afterward. You actually care about when you win a fight, because you feel the story is important. Not to mention that there are 6 different stories in the game altogether.

The Globe and Mail’s game reviewer puts it well:

And don’t worry that all of your time spent reading and listening will result in nothing more than knowledge of some obscure monsters and made up history. There’s some emotional and philosophical meat attached to this dragon’s bones. Casual discussion topics range from women’s equality and racism to slavery and same-sex relationships. Indeed, there are plenty of interesting ideas to chew on here.

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In fact, even if you want to do the right (or wrong) thing you may find it difficult to recognize it when it comes along. While trying to convince a stubborn dwarf that he should help defend a village from invading ghouls I tried to intimidate him a bit to get him to see reason. He attacked my party. My guys defended themselves, and before I knew it had slain the dwarf and his friends. It felt wrong, and I wished I would have tried some other avenue of persuasion, but it was too late. Still, it’s scenes like this that might make the world of Dragon Age Bioware’s most realistic yet.

This Made My Day

Andrew — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:57:12 +0000

The Brits Have the Best T.V.

Andrew — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:38:59 +0000

Here’s one of many similar scenes from the show Outnumbered:

My New Favorite Podcast: Radiolab

Andrew — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:58:28 +0000

Wow, who would have thought you could revolutionize the way you listen to radio? These guys are good.

I Want To Try This!

Andrew — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:12:47 +0000