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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxnawQZZBSM One of my go-to bands for St. Patty's Day.

I'll check that out once I've finished listening to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pubOj12gNxQ There isn't a way to use words to describe how much better Death Magnetic was than St. Anger.

Currently on: In Flames - Zombie Inc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKmYlnQv_dg

Still working through my library:

I'm a big fan of the soundtracks for both Sonic Adventure games. I even own Crush 40's (who did a lot of the music) album:

Saw these a few years ago at the K!XXV tour, and was pretty entertained:

For whatever reason I went through a phase of downloading a load of J-Rock a couple of years back, and now I'm just playing my entire library on shuffle.

Another cool song I haven't listened to recently... although that can be said for a fair bit of my music collection:

One of Bullet's earliest songs, and still one of my favourites, though it's a couple of years since I last listened to it

Ultimately, if it comes down to being blocked by the ISPs having a list of porno sites, the tasteful ones will be blocked while the dime-a-dozen bunch will must as there are just soo many of them. And as for opting-in, I am curious how that would be handled, as it should still allow people to remain anonymous to do it, and in that case, what's to stop a non-billpayer opting-in on their behalf anyway.

First time I've heard this version of Scorpion's Hurricane. I think I still prefer the orchestral version more, though this is still pretty cool http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAzQ7iYmE6M

I have recently installed Ubuntu 10.10 on my old PC to run all my media from. I have installed and run the latest version of Samba and set my Network workgroup to just be "Workgroup". I have setup folders on both machines to shared, and the Ubuntu PC (UbuntuJim) can find and copy files from the Vista laptop (Jim-LaptopM), but cannot edit anything. On the other hand, while the Vista Laptop can "see" the Ubuntu PC, whenever I attempt to connect I get the following error: I am a bit new at using Ubuntu and Linux, so it may be a simply error I've overlooked.

Certainly not if you want to continue the bloodlust

Dragonforce maybe? First thing that comes to mind in the area of power metal, and I always find them to be fun to listen to. Yes, there is some hate for them, but all popular things will get some negative reactions... aka haters gonna hate.

Currently up to "G" in the library. Found this on my old PC, from when I downloaded a load J-Rock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlqkwgllfAM Pretty good for what it is.

Just caught up with one of my friends for the first time since coming home from NZ, as I offered to help him tidy up his office. Wasn't particularly hard-work. Looks like I may now be going to the rock club in town tomorrow night as he's DJing and I offered to supply my hard drive to help.

New job for this evening is to organise my music as I may be lending my hard drive for a friend to use for DJing tomorrow. As I start this job, I am listening to: Fozzy - Under Blackened Skies

Hmm,,, under influential I think I could've added Red Alert, but as much as I love the C&C series because of it, it never really got it me into RTS or PC gaming. So, if I had another row, Rock Band 2, Red Alert and I imagine a third that I've missed will occur to me soon

Damn, I should've listed Rock Band 2 instead of Pokémon Stadium. Don't know how I missed that considering that really has been the ultimate party game for me, and considering how DLC I've got for it

And now that I hope I'm halfway through the current achievement grind, I am listening to: Brand New Sin - Once In a Lifetime

Cheers for that, I'll remember for the future. As for now, I just uploaded it to Facebook and linked from there.

Aquaman, he can talk to the fishes... wow. I'm sure the rest of the JLA keep him around simply as their sorry for him

Mines quite an eclectic group and in a random order, and goes to show I don't always play the "best" games, but I play ones with fun concepts: For some reason, i am not allowed to post images of this file type Anyways, explanations: Pokémon Red One of the very anime shows I watched was of course Pokémon (back before I knew what anime was), and when this game came out, like everyone else my age, Pokémon became the big thing. Red was the one I picked up, along with the guide after selling stuff of old stuff at a car boot sale, and then started playing it on the TV through the Super Game Boy adapter (I had a SNES, but my parents couldn't afford a Game Boy for me, as I had a Game Gear instead), and I sunk a fair few hours into this. This came from my love of anything that can transform (in this case, evolving pokémon) and was the first RPG I played. Sonic Adventure 1 (Dreamcast) Actually didn't own this myself originally, but my best friend had a Dreamcast and we ploughed through this in a weekend, and I just fell in love with it. I was already a Sega fanboy, but I was never great at the 2D games as a kid. Between all the different ways to play, the crossover stories (which is something else I really enjoy), and the fantastic music, I really enjoyed this (despite the pain-in-the-ass camera). I ended up buying my mates Dreamcast just so I could play this whenever I wanted. Kirby's Fun Pak (SNES) One of the few brand-new games I got with my 2nd SNES for Xmas one year, this was one of the first games I completed as a kid. Another game that features a character that can transform, Kirby's ability to swallow foes and take their forms and power was another idea I loved. Dragonball Z Budokai 3 (PS2) My favourite game of the classic anime of my childhood. Sunk plenty of hours into this one, and became about the only game I bothered to load up my PS2 to play for a good while. Could play as lots of characters, go through the story from Z through GT, and transform all the way up to SS4. Plenty of moves and strategies to use with each, plenty of replay value trying to unlock all the final capsules... what was there not to enjoy? Final Fantasy VIII This takes centre placement as it was the game that really got me in JRPGs. Top notch variety of enemies and settings to go through during the 4-Disc long journey. Awesome graphics, music, and a great story kept me hooked all the way from beginning to end. Plenty of me and my mate's family holidays were spoiled by us just wanting to sit and play more of this and not interact with other people or get outside Bloody Roar 2 (PS1) One of my favourite fighters ever. I'm not one for incredibly deep gameplay, and this was another game to feature the ability to transform. Plus lots of digital blood. So, what more does a young teenager need in a game beyond the ability to kill someone by tearing them to pieces with my giant tiger teeth? Some people get their gore from Mortal Kombat, but I'll take this any day. Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Gamecube) Let me emphasise Gamecube as my Link is left-handed goddammit! One of the best looking games on the Gamecube and the first LoZ game I finished. I'll admit that I never finished OoT as I got stuck in the Water Temple, and even when I did manage to get past that, I got stuck again and lost all desire to finish it, and then my Data disappeared. Something similar happened with Wind Waker. Still, this game kept me hooked from beginning to end and gave me what I still think is the best final boss of any game, that being the straight one-on-one fight with Ganon where I had to use all the tricks I'd learnt to take him down. Excellent back-and-forth gameplay... plus Link could transform Rollcage Stage 2 (PS1) No, nothing transforms here... though with the ability to drive on the roof and even with a flipped vehicle, who needs to transform? Great variety of gameplay from normal races, elimination races and then battle modes and challenges, this had loads of ways to keep me occupied. Plus the weapons were all useful and fun to use. Normally the music in games like this and Wipeout aren't my cup-of-tea, but in these games, they do work and they add to the atmosphere. Pokémon Stadium Definitely one of my favourite Party games, with all the mini-games, and then it was popular around the time that everyone was playing the GB games, so made for great competitions when lots of friends were around.

I'm rubbish when it comes to watching classic movies. I've watched less than a dozen, and I only watched them earlier this year: