End of the year is pricey.

I may not be getting new games for a while.
As well as having to get presents for my family, I have to pay rent, buy food, put a deposit on the new place, and  be social. Mathsoc hoodies and Xmas meal are important things to pay for.

Being a student and a gamer is freaking tough. My advice is wait for games to get cheaper, unless the game is FREAKING AWESOME. Golden sun, I'm looking at you.

News is interesting only when it concerns me.

Oh my. This has been a big week for news. Two stories are hitting hard. One from around here, and another over in that big America place. 

So let's start with America, since it's Video Game related. The supreme court of America has been called upon to decide whether or not the sale of violent video games should be more closely regulated to prevent minors getting them. This calls upon many things. Are video games protected by the first amendment, are minors able to decide for themselves, and do violent video games have as big an influence as people say? The term "minor" here refers to people under 18. Which is a bit unfair. I'm sure children over 14 can start making decisions, and know the difference between games and reality. And the moderation of games should be done by parents. Not the government. While it may only be in America now, that sort of thing may cause people to look more carefully at games here.

Meanwhile, over here in the UK, our complete and utter wankers Brilliant leaders have had the best idea of raising university costs, and cutting student loans at the same time. Brilliant! By having more money coming in from the students, and giving them less money to cope, our financial crisis will be solved in no time! Who cares if it puts everyone who gets a degree in debt for the rest of their lives! What does it matter if the unemployment rate goes up because people who couldn't afford a degree now can't get jobs? Which will then  cause a drop in trade meaning more debt?

Short term plans right?

A return from the golden age.

Long ago, back in the N64 era, when Rare still worked with Nintendo, there existed one of the greatest multiplayer games of all time. This game awas also probably the greatest film tie in ever. Goldeneye was a brilliant game. And it's been remade for the Wii by activision.

And through the transition, It's good to see it's still a brilliant game. Using Daniel Craig as Bond rather than Pierce Brosnan isn't overly a bad thing, and you tend not to notice what with all the killing. The game seems to take a bigger view on the stealth aspect. Many missions are easier if you don't get caught in a gun fight, and the option of sneaking around ambushing each minion in turn is usually the safer and more interesting way. You can either sneak  up behind them and knock them out, or use your trusty silenced P99 (no, not the PP7) to shoot them in the head. Along with your P99, you can carry two other weapons with you. Usually something for long range or heavy fire fights, should you get caught. Which is likely to happen, and is sometimes unavoidable.

All the old missions have been recreated. The opening dam level, has been brought back, including the part where you ambush a poor bloke on the toilet. And the tank level, where you ride around, blowing everything up. Oh so enjoyable. Full cutscenes are included, with Voices from Daniel Craig and Judi Dench.

The controls work brilliantly. And you have many options. I go  for the nunchuck approach, but you can also use, the classic controller, the Wii zapper and even the trusty old Gamecube Controller. With the nuchcuck approach, aiming is simple. Use Z to look down your sights, C to crouch, B to shoot and use A for context sensitive actions. Or a quick sprint if you need to get to cover. You also get a smart phone. Apart from using it to stay in touch with MI6, it can also hack into local devices, take photos and even has a facial recognition app!

Multiplayer is still as fun as it was. Up to 4 people can play locally, or 8 online. Play as a standard shoot em up, or with some of the modifiers such as, paintball, rubber grenades, melee only, Man with the golden gun or you only live twice. And with classic characters such as Jaws, Oddjob and Scaramanga, you won't get bored.

He's a doctor. And a Ninja.

Halloween was fun. You dress up, and then you go get drunk. And, at university there's a high concentration of nerds. Meaning brilliant costumes. I went as this guy.

Dr McNinja is a brilliant webcomic you should all read. The best part was that at least eight people got the reference. And there was also this guy.

The ninja in the middle. Not the Lion Prostitute. He was Dr McNinjas Father.
Much win for him I say.

Definitely not a small moon.

If there's one thing I enjoy doing in aber, It's drinking. Not because of the nightlife, but because of what I can drink. There are two pubs I really like. The mill, which does tantalisingly tasty shots, and the cambrian, which does brain damaging cocktails. It's one such cocktail that's the subject of my writing.

In those two glasses, is a deathstar. (because, you know, there were two of them) 

For eight of your fine britsh pounds, you get two pints of sobriety destroying elixir. Each containing (from what I can recall): 

• Vodka
• Grenadine
• Red Bols
• Blue Bols
• Lemon VS
• Orange VS
• Cider
• Lager

And you know what? It's delicious. 

Best. Crossover. Ever.

Yeah, I've been pretty busy and not blogging as much as I'd want to. Blame Assignments and super fun Maths times.

But, this piece of news really excites me. It was announced a while ago, So I'm a little late on this.



Yes, Professor Layton and Phoenix Wright come together for a 3DS game. Both franchise are brilliant, and I hope this makes it to the UK.

Paul Arnold's Precious little life

Or how I have nothing else to type about, so I'll update you about my life.

Lectures have started here in Aberystwyth University. I now spend about 15 hours a week in a lecture room learning about mathematics. Assigments are being given out as well. Meaning I've just spent many hours trying to understand Distributions and Estimations enough to not look like a moron when I hand in my papers. Not that I care that much. It's more of a guideline, as it no longer contributes to my degree. But hey, Practice is important right?

I have resigned myself to not having internet in my house. Relying on the internet at the University. Is is significantly more free than getting internet at home. I download any files I need to do assignments at home. Along with anything on iPlayer that catches my eye. 

My beloved nights out with the maths society has been cut down to only one night out every two weeks it seems. So to compensate, I'll be going to rock soc more often. I'm actually planning to put together a set list to play at Rock soc, but getting one hour of music together that keeps on delivering might be tricky for me. Shame about Maths Soc though. There were some fresher that needed some learning. After leaving after my second pub, everyone was dissapoint.