Return of the Stream!

You may have noticed over the last few days that I have not been streaming, well there are a number of reasons for that.

First, and most importantly, the guys over at Speed Demos Archive were doing a charity marathon for Doctors Without Borders that I've been pretty much glued to.  They raised over $250,000 and put on a wonderful display of Speed Running goodness with some particularly memorable moments that I'm sure will go up on YouTube in the near future, so go check out those highlights if you missed the marathon.

The other reason for me not streaming or recording anything is that I've been sick with a pretty bad cold, but I'm recovered now so I'll be back in business this evening!

I'll be streaming from 8pm GMT so tune in for more Final Fantasy 3!

www.twitch.tv/taurinensis

The Cure to a blocked nose!

Through my travels around the internet, I have discovered a method to curing nasal congestion in minutes!

Now I know this isn't video games, but having a blocked nose can have a really bad effect on ones performance, so I think this advice will come in handy.  That and everyone seems to be getting a cold in Japan right now, so I'm sure anyone suffering will enjoy this advice.

OK, it's really easy!

1. Breath out, hold your breath and hold your nose
2. Walk around a bit, until the whole holding of breath thing becomes unbearable
3.  Block your mouth off and breath gently through your nose

and BAM! clear nose for a few minutes.  Sure, the effect doesn't last that long, but long enough to get something done before you have to do it again, I mean I managed to beat Batman Begins on SNES before I had to re-do it.

It has something to do with Carbon Dioxide being a vasodilator or something, I don't have a fucking clue, I'm not a fucking scientist.

Bullshit #10: The Universal Studio Gift Bag

Well I've gone an caught a cold again, so here is a short post on some bullshit I noticed during my visit to Universal Studios Japan.

So, anyone who has been to a theme park knows that scattered around the park are various gift shops and such, so you can buy overpriced stuff to give to people when you get back home.  Now, most places that you can go to give you a bag with a handle, but not USJ!  USJ gives you the piece of shit bag which you have to awkwardly clutch throughout your entire stay in the park.

You may be thinking that this can all be avoided if you just buy the gifts at the end of the day, but this doesn't fucking work either since every fucking bright spark does that, and it's impossible to navigate the shops through the sea of people.

So fuck these bags, sort this shit out USJ.

Now thats some bullshit #4: The common cold

Well I was going to post about something awesome yesterday, but now it's gonna get delayed and I'm going to make this post instead.  I dunno where I got it from, but I am now currently suffering from a cold, and I fucking hate having a cold.

Colds are complete dogshit they make your throat hurt and stop you from breathing naturally through your nose.  But the worst part is that it's such a crap illness to have.  It's not quite serious enough to take you out properly, but it affects you JUST enough that you can't be bothered to do anything.

The absolute worst shit though is the inability to sleep while under the effects of a cold.  I spent all of last night sleeping in a fucking armchair because if I went horizontal my head felt like it was full of cement.

Also this shit came out of fucking nowhere!  I popped The Dark Knight DVD into my PS3 last night feeling completely fine, by the time it finished I was bunged up and my throat felt like someone had dropped a load of razors down it.

So in short, fucking having a cold, it's fucking bullshit