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Do the right thing

kenshin03 — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 13:50:21 +0000

There’s no excuse! Donate to Relief Efforts:

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The Coldest Winter

kenshin03 — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:29:43 +0000

A few years back, a sigh of relief escaped me when I learned that Vincci was to quit her job and go study aboard. After all, people with exceptional qualities and experience could only be chained to a single place and a single lifestyle for so long.

That’s why her latest journal “the coldest winter” was such a blast to read. Every page was overflowing with her optimism, vivid energy and crazy spirit. The meticulous details she gives on her encounters (eg. breaking into the foundry) and her canning ability to capture the essence of the moment with words and emotions is as ingenious as it is entertaining. Furthermore, seeing an old friend coming to enjoy life at it’s fullest again is one of the most rewarding things ever.

It’s good to have you back, Gi.

《卓韻芝奇遇記──最冷的冬天》
ISBN： 978-988-8081-69-1
出版社：明窗出版社

cheap thrills

kenshin03 — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:29:27 +0000

Thanks to this cheap little plastic device that is a FM transmitter, the hours spent drifting through hills and climbing up snowy mountains became so much more enjoyable.

At a mere HKD$60 (with a car charger thrown on top), this little thing performed flawlessly. A real bargain.

Think I ought to include the tracks it helped to pump through also. What guilty pleasures these were!

Uncharted 2: who dares wins

kenshin03 — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:22:25 +0000

Uncharted 2 has been universally rated as the game of the year, and indeed, I have to agree after playing it twice (almost). In terms of gameplay, it surpasses even MGS4 as the most enjoyable and engaging single player experience ever. What sets it apart from other run-of-the-mill shooters is its intense attention to every minute detail. The production is so top-notch that there really isn’t anything to criticize.

It’s little things like the twitter integration (above) that shows the uniqueness of the Naughty Dogs team. Imagine the struggle the dev team has to go through to keep this feature in the final build. In a certain software company that claims itself “young”, “the center of the internet” and “speaks to its users”, such an ordeal that adds nothing to revenue would never have gone off the drawing board.

Wouldn’t it be great to get to work on a masterpiece like this, at least once in a lifetime?