Yet Another E3

No predictions this time for E3 though I will say a few things about Microsoft's presser on the 1st (seeing that I own an Xbox 360). Do something useful with Kinect please. So far, I've only played the games on three separate occasions: I'm not too interested in re-arranging my lounge to have a gaming session. Additionally, the games are catered to the really casual crowd. I'm not sure how many but from my perspective, tons of features are blocked out in Asia. That's always been the case with Microsoft. At least with the PS3, very few things are region specific. The fun factor (outside of games) for the Xbox is severely restricted in Asia (Netflix, voice recognition...). Please fix this.

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The Dirty Gene

I wonder if there is something like a "Dirty Gene" or a DNA fragment that determines how dirty you'll be (as well as things around you). I'm flabbergasted by the state of toilets regardless of where they are located: cinema halls, restaurants, office buildings, clubs etc. It doesn't matter, somehow we (men in this case, can't say much about toilets for women) have the propensity to shit and piss all over the place when we need to answer nature's call. The most surprising of these places is office buildings (perhaps pubs and clubs I can understand). I have yet to go to an office building where the toilets are clean enough to be used as-is. I wonder if these same people (professionals in this case!) maintain their home toilets in the same way? Show some respect, please, for the people (elderly mostly in Singapore) who clean up after you in these places. I will completely understand your behavior if you prove to me that you piss all over the seat/floor in your house toilets as well.

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When Gaming Is Not Fun

Mortal Kombat 9: Such a frustrating game that there were several times when I just wanted to throw the controller away. Take for example Challenge Tower mission 251 (Shang Tsung vs. Baraka/Sindel/Shao Khan). Now, I'm decent at these kind of games but this is almost like a luck based challenge (btw, I've completed the whole Tower but I still haven't cleared this stage). I'm almost at the verge of giving up here. I'm not "hardcore" enough that I want to pursue this endlessly. I finished the final stage in about 5 attempts with Scorpion abusing his teleport. Same with the final fight against Shao Khan in the Story Mode (spamming Raiden's teleport and uppercut). These battles were so cheesy and useless that it spoiled my whole experience of the game. So the developers couldn't have made a more "intelligent AI"? In some fights against Shao Khan I spammed Liu Kang's flying kick where after a few ridiculous fights, the boss would simple stand in one corner and taunt you. You know you've done something wrong when the fights actually come down to this. Just to be clear, 251 is the stage I'm currently stuck at but there were several others before this where I was almost about to give up and then on one lucky encounter, the enemy decided it was Siesta time.

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Escalator Trap

Funny thing about using escalators in Singapore: since you have to stand on the left side, there are countless times when all "spots" will be taken up as you're scrambling to get on and you have to (repeat have to) walk-up on the right-side. I generally don't notice this but I took note of it once on the Dhoby Ghaut MRT (unusually long escalator ride). Not saying it's an inconvenience for me, just saying it's something funny I noticed.

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