Ive wanted to do this for a long time, and with Modern Warfare 2 only a day away, it seamed like a good time to do it, so here it is, my opinion of CoD 4 contra CoD WaW. Lets start at the basics.

Graphics
Graphics-wise there isn't much of a difference, seeing how both games run on the same proprietary game engine witch was also used on the James Bond Quantum of Solace game. the only difference is that the engine in World at War was slightly altered to better fit the setting. While building the engine the development team attended a live-fire exercise at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms (say that fast 3 times) to add realism, as well as to have some fun.

Personally i think the setting in CoD 4 plays out allot better, with nicer lightning effects in maps, as well as more "WOW" moments due to constructions, weapons, buildings and so on. This isn't graphics related, its just how the lightning effects play out better in a modern setting than in WW2. At this point i prefer CoD 4.

Story
I'm not exactly sure what to say here, the story of WaW isn't nearly as engaging as in number 4. You don't really get much time with the different characters and therefor you wont really care when one of them dies. Lets for example take a look at the second American mission. at this point you don't know anything about the characters, and therefor, when one of them gets stabbed in the stomach with a katana you don't really care, seeing how you have no idea who the guy is. The only character you really get to know is the russian soldier in the fountain at the first russian champaign. Then later, when he goes all "Die for your Führer" on all the germans asses you kinda get this "this guy is an asshole" feeling.

In CoD4 on the other hand, you see some personality. Gaz is one of them you really get to know, especially seeing how the first thing you really notice him doing is taking out the pump shotgun and say "I like to keep this for close encounters". It...

as seen on brainiac, here it is: how to make peter logans exploding paste.

for those who havent seen brainiac, the xploding paste is a form of paint. when wet completely safe. after drying on the other hand, it is highly volitile, and the smallest movement will set it of.

the paste consists of 2 incridients, iodine crystals and amonium hydroxide. the crystalls can be bought at most pharmacies or drug stores. amonium hydroxide is harder to get, but even if you can get pure amonium hydroxide, chanses are you dont want it, because it only affects the strenght of the paste, and you dont want to take the wall of your house now would you? any household amonia water will do, it has to be clear, if its cloudy it wont work.

1. chrush up yhe crystals. it speeds up the reaction.
2. put two tablespoons of the crystals in a glass or pyex container that will hold atleast 500ml.
3. add 100ml amonia to the container. you should add abit more than this. with to little it wont work, to much wont make a differance.
4. stir the mixture for about 10 minutes. small boubbles of hydrogen will rise from the mixture. when the boubbles stop the reaction is over.
5. leave the mixture for about 5 minutes to make sure its completely done. the stuff at the bottom of the container is the paste.
6. pour it through a coffe filter to get rid of the fluid. this is all water by now.
7. the paste will dry in about an hour. store it in water in an airtight container if you want to save it for later.
8. smear the paste on something like a lightswitch. let it dry and wait for someone to use it. when they touch the switch the paste will go off. dont use to much of it.

enjoy.

its all over, 5 days of gaming. now nothing. well let me walk you through what happened after we left off the lats time.

when we first met our nerd *cough* me, i was selling stuff i could find for extra cash. i ended up getting the money i needed by selling a cold cathode neon light from my computer. then i blew it all on a paintball trip. it was totally worth it. but before the paintball, there was a trip to the local swimming hall.

the nerd swim.
every year the TG crew arrange a trip to a swimming hall. about 500 nerds go there in the one day the offer is up. there were diving boards that caused temporary loss of hearing on my left ear, and made the bottoms of my feet hurt. then there was an obstacle course where i hit my head so hard my hearing returned! i won a towel!

the paintball trip.
one of the highlights of the gathering. we took a taxi down to the paintball place and then we geared up, with nothing but mask's. no cup, no armor, just mask's and torn gloves. and we didnt use those coward paintballs that explode on impact, we used rubber bullets that would hit you 3 or 4 times before coming to rest. i was hiding behind a wall and poped out for a secound to shoot when a bullet hit my leg, bounced and hit my in the crotch, bounced and hit the wall, bounced and hit me in the stommach before finally bouncing away. that was fun... afterwards.

when we were back at the gathering the rest of the time went to gaming and relaxing in the chillout zone. after a 4 hour car trip and then a weak of sleeping i find myself writing this. now im gonna write about something else.
Gravizt out.

its now 05:40 am friday the something'th of april. ive been here for 2 days now, and im all outa cash. im now selling whatever i can find around my computer to sell. potato chips, energy drinks, half eaten easter eggs, whatever i find.i still need 150 more of theese annouying norwegian kroners. its about 25 bucks. im so tired at the moment from selling stuff that i cant write anymore. ive been selling stuff for 8 hours straight.

ill write more when im outa the coma.
Gravizt out.

I still cant believe that im actually here at the gathering. there is so many people and so much sound. ive only been here for a couple of hours and right now, while writing this, im simply saving the first impressions, while enjoying a burn (energy drink, that is).

i got here at 11 pm and from there i had a buddy of mine bring in my computer because it was raining outside. myself i waited outside until another friend of mine came there an hour later. at 12 aclock we wrnt to the end of the checkin line about 600 feet longer down the parking lot. from there it was 2 and a half boring hours of rain and slow moving. when we eventually got the checking counter we were soaking wet. i reached in my pocket to find the ticket, only to find a wet piece of paper. my buddy (dressed in a black garbage bag without arm holes) laughed at me and told me to go first because he wanted to see if i would be able to check in. i went through without any problems, and half a minute later my friend came through. how'd it go? i asked. i have to go to some special line. i laughed at him as he walked to the line looking like a black hot dog in the garbage bag. i proceeden into vikingskipet with the rest of my gear and started to rig up. an hour later my friend got there. he was piss'd.

after that we walked around abit and played some pin ball. stupid machine took all my quarters. then i desided to write this blog post.

more updates tommorow.
Gravizt out.

As one of the few who read this you most likely wont know that im going to The Gathering 2009. For those who dont know what this is it is the worlds second largest LAN party. Every easter sience 1992 a bunch of geeks (me included) travel from all over europe to a giant building called "vikingskipet" in hamar, norway. This year its around 5500 nerds flocking to "vikingskipet" at wednesday the 8th. of april 2009. They are going to stay there until sunday the 12th.

The doors open at 09:00 AM but personally i wont get there untill noon. I'll be arriving by car. With me im going to bring my computer, my office chair and a suitably sharp and pointy shelf that i made last saturday. Im so exited im about to piss my pants!

I have a feeling this is going to be one of the greates things ever. Most likely the first few hours im just going to walk around stearing at things with my bottom jaw scraping the pavement. After a qick medical check and 7,38 miles of bandages im gonna give you guys an update.

Expect daily updates until for a weak ahead.
Gravizt out.

Im sorry to say that we have no privacy at all anymore. Well we didnt have much privacy before with the Amercian goverment and all but now, now were really screwed. The reason being a japanese project. It has now been announced that the japanese have been succesfull in finding a way to reproduce simple images from the brain of test subjects. The machine that does this is a modified cat scan connected to a computer system. The ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories in Kyoto Japan have published a video showing off the technology. At the moment the technology can only reproduce low quality images of simple figures. But you have to remember, this is only the technology they have published information about.

What this means is that they by now most likely have satelites orbiting the earth scanning our minds. So if you havent gotten it by now, if your thinking of robbing a bank, the japanese will know before you do. They know what im going to write, they know. This means that if this blog gets taken down, it simply means that im giving you guys classified information that they dont want you to know. If it doesent, its because they dont want you to be suspicious. Japanese bastards.

More info on this will be posted later.
Gravizt out.