Poke My Mon!

I know I’ve been flooding this blog with updates regarding the new Pokémon Black and White ad nauseum and it seems like it’s the only upcoming game I care about, but there’re actually several titles coming out soon that have got me all excited (B/W is definitely top of the list, though). Hit the jump link to see what’re some upcoming fare that’ve got the gamer in me salivating!

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Apologies for the lack of updates everyone! I’ve been hard at work (and play) in school everyday preparing lesson plans and slides and worrying myself silly about classroom management and handling the kids etc. But, no worries! Over the week I have compiled several things of differing levels of random awesomeness that I will slowly be posting up over the coming week.

To kick-start everything off, here’s an absolutely cute (and actually kinda scary, considering the weird sound it makes) pug saying “BATMAN!”

Now, those of you who know me well would know that I’ve always wanted a dog and my dog of choice is the pug (or its fatter cousin, the bulldog), which is so ugly but oh-so-cute, and the moment I saw this video, I knew this was The One. And then, I saw this…

…and just about died with canine-induced glee. I. WANT. ONE!

So, it’s official! At WWDC 10, Apple head honcho Steve Jobs announced the release of the iPhone 4 at the end of this month. It looks pretty much exactly the same as it did when it leaked a few weeks ago and sporting the same features (which are really exciting).

5 megapixel camera (not to mention both front and back cameras), insane new display screen (called the Retina Display, because it displays more pixels than the human retina can process or something), HD video recording, some iPhone-to-iPhone video chatting thing called FaceTime and, of course, the new iPhone OS4 (now renamed iOS4), which has just about every feature I’ve wanted corrected in iPhone OS 3 (portrait mode lock, multi-tasking, folders for icons etc.)

And just like what I mentioned in my above-linked post, it looks by far the best out of all the iPhones to me, probably cause it’s cased in a different material that is more fingerprint-proof, a big plus for me.

Unlike what I expected (a release date in Singapore a couple of months later), it’ll actually arrive in Singapore in July! Meaning that by the time my contract’s first year ends in August and I can upgrade my phone plan (albeit at a slightly higher price), it’ll be out!

ps. And my favourite non-iPhone announcement so far? That, unlike in previous generations, iOS4 will be a free download for iPod Touches as well! Last time, iTouch users had to pay a few USD to get the upgrade which iPhone users get for free. Glad to see they finally remember that iTouch users are also their customers.

There’s been a lot of drama over the past few days over an alleged leak of an iPhone 4G prototype that was left in a bar by a (soon-to-be-ex?) employee of Apple and that has been making its rounds on the internet. Gizmodo posted the supposed full story of how the phone got lost (even including details and photos of the dude who lost the phone) and has also done a list of the new features they could see.

While I still don’t know enough (haven’t had time to read up on all the drama) to state any opinion on whether this is really the new phone from Apple (although indications seem to point to an affirmative), on whether it was all just a major free (orchestrated) publicity stunt by Apple, or on whether it was ethical for Gizmodo to publish the dude’s full details and kick him when he’s (and if he’s really) down, I am terribly excited about the actual product.

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I want, I want! Well, maybe not the second one because it’s totally gaudy and Elton-ish from afar and probably gives a headache up close. I’d totally wear the Snorlax ones, though.

I’m not sure if they’re actually real (I seem to remember seeing lots of fandoms’ versions of Nike sneakers including Star Wars) but if they are, I’d totally want them for my birthday *HINTHINT*. Well not hint, just want. BFFs for life forevs, anyone?

For every student out there who has had to suffer through a stats course.

And, as a caption for it I saw on Tumblr says, “Beware the non-standard deviation!”

A few weeks ago, I decided that, instead of debating between getting an iPhone and a Blackberry, I’d get both (well, sorta).

Since I’d be able to get the BB Bold 9700 for really cheap, I decided to get an iPod Touch (32gb). After all, it has almost all the functionality of the iPhone but it’s way cheaper and has more storage space (even if I had gotten the iPhone, I could only have afforded the 16gb one, which wouldn’t have solved the problem of my current Nano running out of space).

This way, I not only have the best of both worlds, but I wouldn’t be putting all my eggs in one basket and then getting screwed when the battery runs low or something. The only thing is that the iTouch has no camera and hence no fun camera apps.

But anyway, I decided to get my hands on one after my fortnight from hell (with the two full essays and one crazy mod term test) as a sort of celebration. Unfortunately, while my papers went okay, the test was a huge mess I’m doomed to fail so the iPod became more of a comfort, self-consoling buy instead.

Whatever the case, I now have my iPod and am actually typing this on it (and trying to get used to the touchscreen so please pardon any typos). Have also spent a decent bomb on paid apps (on top of a whole slew of free ones) so it’s pretty much souped up (and I’m pretty much subsisting on bread and water for the rest of the month).

Now I just need a nice anti-fingerprint matt screen protector (the one I got with the purchase kinda sucks but it’s free so no complaints) and I’m all set. Woo!

Remember a few weeks back when I posted a picture of some uber awesome looking pokéballs? I found more, this time in all the different variants some more:

So awesome! If anyone can get some of these for me (or even name me every single one of them in one shot), I’ll treat you to some KFC egg tarts!

This is yet another Pokémon post but totally by coincidence. I found those posts last night when I was going to sleep and this one I just saw this morning on another site (which isn’t even about Pokémon, per se).

As you might know, Threadless (the online t-shirt company) occasionally accepts submissions of designs from the public to print on to their shirts. And you know what? I think I found my favourite one ever.

Look! It’s Charles Darwin. But look closer! Notice something? I would expound more on it but I think the text explanation that came with the shirt’s entry on the site is too much Awesome on its own so here it is:

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Ask Men, which is an awesome men’s lifestyle online magazine that all dudes should check out, did a preview of their 10 most anticipated games of 2010. The list is peppered with huge titles like Final Fantasy XIII, BioShock 2, Gran Turismo 5 and God of War III but, fantastic as these few are surely going to be, I think that they left out a game that’s sure to be great.

My most anticipated game of 2010 would be (take a look at the tags above and if you don’t get it right in two tries I’ll never talk to you again)…

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