Attached are three videos demonstrating some recent work of this year, as I have updated this website few and far between.

First video demonstrates my dissertation product, augmented virtuality by object recongition and tracking - to doodle! The second video demonstrate F.I.S.H, a game developed by a small team of which I held the position team lead and programmer.

I would say that I am a 'hardcore' gamer, however you would define that word. So it feels a little strange having never truly experienced the Final Fantasy series for more than a sample here and there. And so it begins.

This weekend I have started Final Fantasy 1, for the Game Boy Advance, on my new DS. After I have finished with the first, I plan to continue on throughout the series. Something which will no doubt take me months, possible even years to complete (at least the later titles anyhow).

Other than the Final Fantasy series I plan to get to grips with a few older games which I have not yet had the fortune to play, such as Starcraft and System Shock, both of which I already know is criminal not to have experienced.

Stay tuned for more on my attempt to play more games than is humanly sensible.

I have been asked to provide a list of 'what I want' for my upcoming 21st birthday. The choices are simple, mainly resolving around games and some other day dream selections. If you have been sent this list, I do not expect the stupidly expensive gifts (although...), any of the below will put a smile on my mouth. :)

So to start low:

-= Price: ~ £1-20 (Easy! :D)

Cake - Any cake is good, all cake is good, however Chocolate cake is especially good. You can leave this until you live with me but I want a Chocolate cake every week, at least, with double Chocolate like link.



Playstation One Games - Okay they may be old as hell, but I still want them very much so as it has a few classics that will be very rare and hard to get at any good quality in a few years time. That word again, quality. Since they come in plastic boxes, the dam box must be pristine as it will lose all collections purpose otherwise, and dear god no platinum/silver (which most will be!). The games wanted are specifically: Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, Chrono Cross (rare), Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3. Ebay will probably be the best (and only) bet, so be bloody careful if going for these. They should not be rare at all (other than Chrono Cross). Also, everything needs to be UK/PAL, which it should be unless otherwise stated (i.e. not NTSC!)

-= Price: ~ £15-35 (Pick me)

Playstation Two Games - I have few Gamecube and Xbox games to get for my collection; basically games which I want to have as they are known to be great. On the other hand for the PS2 I have many many (!) games which I have missed, and never had the chance to play. Most of which should shame me for not having played such as the Final Fantasy and later Metal Gear Solid series. I have also always wanted to play Shadow of the Colossus especially. These will all come in handy for collection, and for when I get around to getting a PS3. They come very cheap due to the large demand, but will be re-released to platinum (silver!) a lot, so avoid at all costs. New games will be rare since they are old, so just go for VERY good quality, non-platinum and manuals/original boxes/clean CD's. As always take advantage of click me here!. Also, everything needs to be UK/PAL, which it should be unless otherwise stated (i.e. not NTSC!). As usual the list can be found at link.



Xbox Games - Very few games left for the Xbox, most of which are simply games which need to go in the collection as I already knew them as being great. Most of which I need to get around to finishing, but all of which I have previously had a chance to try out. As always take advantage of click me here!. As usual the list can be found at link.

Gamecube Games - The last of the last generation consoles which has only 12 games which I hope to add the collection. Since Nintendo are tight bastards you will likely have to pay to the higher end of the £15-35 price tag as they rarely lower game prices, although a few bargains may be found. As always shop around, keep NEW/very bloody good condition, no platinum/classic. Collection quality for collections sake. As always take advantage of click me here!. Also, everything needs to be UK/PAL, which it should be unless otherwise stated (i.e. not NTSC!). As usual the list can be found at link.

-= Price: ~ £35-50 (Pricey)

Xbox 360 Games - You can find a list of the wanted games over at the following link. However you will find that most (if not all) of them are not out yet, as I have done quite well keeping up with my Xbox 360 collection (oh yeah!). As usual the list can be found at link.

Nintendo Wii Games - So my Wii is currently broken (thanks Cake) but I hope to get this fixed shortly, eventually, some day... and when I do the games listed will be the ones that I wish to add to my collection! As always, link. Also, everything needs to be UK/PAL, which it should be unless otherwise stated (i.e. not NTSC!). As usual the list can be found at link. :)



Sony PS3 Games - Okay so no-one is going to understand this, as I don't have a PS3, but I still like to collect the games for when I do, and for general collection! There should be a few games which are out at the moment, but the PS3 is pretty bloody useless for games so the selection is few. As usual the list can be found at link.

-= Price: ~ £50-100 (Yowch)

Nintendo DS - Whilst a DS will cost a stupid amount of money if used properly, I will likely (certainly) abuse the system and pirate everything. This may not be the honest thing to go but shit, nevermind. I would use it for mostly playing SNES, Genesis and old Lucas Arts games, with the odd DS and GBA adventure games. I could easily fill up a 4gb card jam packed of 100+ games. Something which will no doubt come in handy when I am away from the typical gaming conventions, i.e. a German holiday :D. It is worth nothing that a Nintendo DS would be far (!) better if it was one of the limited edition colours (which are not limited at all). To get one you would need to buy from specific stores, as UK seem to be shafted in this department. The Crimson Red colour looks especially fantastic, and sells brand new for the same price as normal ones on select stores (including the useful, but likely troublesome ebay).



Sony PSP - A handheld console which I have never really understood. The good games seem to be for Japanese gamers, which is little use to me as I failed my Japanese GCSE's miserably. On the up hand the console has just about gathered enough games to make it worthwhile, with God of War, Crisis Core, Metal Gear Solid and GTA to name the most noticeable. The only problem with a PSP is that I may just have to pay for all the games. :(

-= Price: ~ £100-500 (Silly big)

PC Monitors - Whilst I will be aiming for two, I would not turn my head at a single one :D. The monitor of choice would be a 20" Widescreen Samsung monitor, which has a thin border to help having two monitors side by side. The one I have had my eyes on for a good two years now is still being sold for a rather cheap now £150. They can be found on ebuyer at the following link.

PC Case - For my current PC I decided to go with a tiny shuttle, which was complete stupidity. Not only does it create enough heat to warm a room, but there is no room for adding or upgrading any of the parts first added. For the next custom built PC I would aim for a Lian Li Japanese case or a specific Antec case which can be found at either link or link.



Surround Sound - I am not sure how much this will actually cost, as I am not fully sure what level of quality is best to get. From what I can tell a good surround sound could be bought for around £100 without a home theatre (a DVD player to most). Although I am not sure on the actual specifics so it would be wise to ask someone who has experience in this field about them. 5.1 surround and HDMI inputs are always a big bonus, examples can be found at link.

PS3 - Sony have stated endless times that the PS3 will not be moving on to the PS4 for at least 10years, as was with the PS2. This means that avoiding buying one is not possible, and the addition of a blue-ray player would always come in useful for watching movies properly on the TV. Not many PS3 games are wanted currently, but Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy both come out soon, and cannot be missed. It should be noted that a PS3 would only be of any use if it was a 60gig, a _60_gig, which have not been made for over a year now. The 60gig support PS2 and PS1 games, whereas the 40gig do not, and the 80gig do not work in Europe. Getting a new 60gig will be rare, but possible, costing at least £400. On the other hand a second hand one is extremely risky as it could break a week later, so a warranty would be a very (!) good idea.

-= Price: ~ £1,000+ (Jesus)

Holiday - A trip to Tokyo Japan should be done in style, costing around £10,000 to book a high class hotel and destination. Quite possibly the best holiday in the world (or perhaps Kyoto), coming in at a small expense. Expedia provide a window into perfect at the following link.

Television - Everyone knows that Bravia Sony televisions are the best in the business, simply because they had the bouncy ball adverts! Combine that fact with the size of 70" and you have the largest greatest television possible. Comes in rather cheap at £25,000 too! Amazon (amazingly) stock it at link.



Home - Having a holiday home is always nice, being something you would not turn your nose down at. A good destination would be say, Hawaii, for a reasonable price of around half a million. You can buy such a condo for me at the following link.

Full PC - When not building a custom PC, full computers are typically a rip off and full of crap. To avoid this (whilst adding over the top crap) you can always get me a 24-karat-gold plated Voodoo desktop PC, found at the following link.


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Okay so it happened again... my host (yet another one) decided to go all kamakazi and delete all of my files on their server, this time during a power failure.

After a few weeks of trying to recreate everything once again I have now settled with the site and procceed to update the content as usual. Hopefully in the next few weeks I can get a reliable host which can uphold their promise not to purge my files.