Suicidal Cartons and Loot - Finally

So this loot crate I will be showing off today, is actually from March.. Hence the word finally being in the title. I mentioned the reason why I haven't got it in another post but just in case you didn't see that - basically - the post office lied to me. They said that someone at my house had signed for it despite someone being in all day and no one coming to the door. When we missed the delivery of the next crate, April's one, my sister was near the sorting office to collect it. She ended up with two parcels, one marked for being shipped back to the original address - tut tut. Lucky I got it it would seem.

So lets get into the loot crate, this will be Day 664 and 665 and even a cheeky bonus one because I am ever so kind to you! So the theme of this crate was spies and secret agent type things.

So this first picture, is of a shirt which came in the box. I am kind of happy and not happy about it at the same time because the shirt itself is pretty awesome, it is a sad James Bond. He is sad because his martini was stirred and not shaken - I don't know if this would actually make a difference to the taste. The reason I am not happy is because white shirts don't really suit me I have been told, so I probably won't wear it too often, or maybe it'll be a lazy shirt for days inside, sheltering from the pollution and stuff.

Adventure, Weekend, Loot

Hello there people of the internet. If feels like it has been a while - probably because it has. I know it seems silly, but I have to actually look back at my most recent post to see where I got up to because I honestly can't remember my life. That is one of the reasons I started the blog because I always found it hard to remember when I did things so having it all done in black and white with a nice picture to kick the memory back into gear - tis a wonderful thing. So where was I? Oh yes - Friday.

Day 661
So Friday I actually booked off work, me and Amy then had a little adventure to Chessington, World of Adventures. Despite this theme park being clearly aimed at a much younger audience, we really like it there. I like it because it has animals, and any where that has a mix of rides and animals will climb my list of things I like pretty quickly. The penguins had a new enclosure to swim around in, when we got there the display had literally just finished.  We got there around midday as we were thinking, being a week day, it wouldn't be too busy no matter what time we went and we were spot on! There were literally no queue times all day so you could just get on any ride you wanted, and when there was no queue, stay on.

I always remember this place being my favourite as it was one of the first I went to and love Vampire. Now I have gotten a bit older and enjoy the more thrilling rides, I must say Thorpe Park probably is my favourite.. I have a feeling Alton Towers would top it but being so far away, means I have only ever been there once. Would love to go again with queue times like Friday - that would be amazing.

A Little of This, A Little of That

Hello there internet, I feel rather out going today - two posts? Who'd of thunk it. It is nice to find myself inspired and thinking of different things to write, things I don't feel like I have seen elsewhere on the world wide web.

If you are reading this first, I will reference you to the other post which is found at the following link:
http://matttalkslife.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/the-story-behind-okami.html
It is the first, in what I hope to be a series of posts about the myths and legends behind the games we love and play today. I started with Okami as being from Japanese heritage, held a rich background story to dive into. Please let me know if there is a game that you would like me to look into, it doesn't even have to be one that has an obvious background - that is for me to find out and share with you.

So any way, it has been two days. Where have I been and what have I been up to?

I think this is as good a place as any to start..

Day 658
People who follow me on Twitter or on Instagram may have already seen this little delight which we had yesterday. It is a dessert from a restaurant called Creams - I say it is a dessert but literally all they sell is sweet things! Everything that you order is big and over the top and just amazing from what I can see, and there is also a great selection available with different toppings - some with these strange things called fruits? Pfft.

The Story Behind: Okami

So, as some of you may know, I have posted previously about some folklore which then went on to inspire a video game:
http://matttalkslife.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/year-walk-swedish-folklore.html

I really like this concept of being able to play myths and legends through video games, I will admit that usually the game will loosely fit the legend to create extra action elements to make it enjoyable but.. Today I wanted to look into the game Okami, not one that I have played personally but one I have watched and very much enjoy the art style of. The game itself is inspired by the Japanese Shinto religion.

Some art work from the game

So the, basic story of the game is as follows - thanks Wikipedia..

"The game is set in a Nippon (Japan) based on Japanese folklore, and begins with a flashback to events 100 years prior to the game's present; the narrator describes how Shiranui, a pure white wolf, and Nagi, a swordsman, together fought the eight-headed demon Orochi to save Kamiki Village and the maiden Nami, Nagi's beloved. Shiranui and Nagi are unable to defeat Orochi, so they seal the demon away.

Famous Paradox's and I'm on a Boat!

I love the concept of a paradox, a statement or idea that in itself, contradicts itself. The fact that it does this, then means you cannot for definite say whether or not the statement is true leaving it completely open for discussion. Such ideas have been further implemented into films, some of which I will discuss below. Little did I know, there are more than one type of paradox.. Prepare for a headache because they'll make you think - hard.

Something which I never knew was that the idea of a paradox can be applied to many things, I always just assumed this was a concept of time. I think there are probably the most common examples as they can be applied into things such as films or books without necessarily needing so much of an explanation, so this is where I shall start.

Time
I will start with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. At the time, when it first came out and I was a bit younger, I didn't really understand the whole idea of what was going on.. Especially the quote of Harry saying "I'd already done it!" Only until I learned what a paradox was, did I get it. This is an example of what is called a Bootstrap paradox, in which the information appears to have no logical beginning.

A Little Taste of Summer

Right now, we're watching Britain's Got Talent. I must say, I really do love having the ability to record TV, for me it is quite a new concept because I have never had Sky, Virgin or BT TV what we have at the moment. Whilst I never missed out on any programmes thanks to catch up TV, being able to fast forward through the adverts is much nicer.. Makes something that is an hour and a half long, only an hour. Gets your through more TV! Watching this, you can't help but laugh at some of the acts and when I think about it.. It makes me feel quite bad because some of them may genuinely think they were in with a chance, moral conflicts eh?

Little spoiler here.. The dance group that got the gold buzzer on the show today - were very good. I can't help but think that despite they get all the way through to the live shows, it is a bit of hinderance. You get to follow the other people through the rounds and then into the live shows, so they are in your mind. You don't necessarily remember them so to say, despite them being very good acts. Just a thought.

The world of the internet is a very strange place, as I am getting more involved with Blogging - and by that I mean more serious. When I started this I was very 'into it' and then honestly, my passion sort of dwindled. Since November last year, something rekindled it and ask you can see since then, my posts have more substance and feeling and I feel like it has paid off. My views peaked, my enjoyment peaked and still is. It is always a really nice feeling when you step away from it for a couple of days,

Not a Game of Thrones

Why oh why does Sky have to be the only way to see Game of Thrones? I hate knowing the new season has started and at the moment - I can't see it. I do find it odd yet honourable, that despite four episodes being leaked, HBO doesn't care as long as people are enjoying it. I think that is really big of them because I wouldn't be surprised if they lost a lot of money in add revenue because not as many people will be watching.. Which means the companies who paid to have adverts on during the show get less traffic.. Therefore they get angry and ask for money back.. Pfft, I don't know how advertising works - that was probably a load of tosh!

On the subject of games.. GTAV is available to the PC master race, I don't like calling them that but they call themselves that so.. On the band wagon I guess. I seem to surprise a lot of people when I say I have never enjoyed playing any GTA game.. I just don't like it, I don't see the real enjoyment in going around on random killing sprees and all of the story missions are to do with crime - none of which interests me. I do know that the game is about 60GB which is crazy! I don't know if that is the same size on the Xbox or PS4 because now you have to install them.. That is easily like 10% of a base model device on sale at the moment. I guess it is the only problem at the moment, whilst the games are getting bigger and better, so is the storage required and until we can figure out a way to make the information tiny - or storage cheap to commercialise, it's a bit of a trade off to say the least.

Mortal Kombat X is now out as well and it has been quoted as the goriest one yet - and from

One, Two, Three-Four-Five, Once I Caught A Blog Alive

I know, I know, I have been neglecting you. I guess I can lay it down to the fact I have been quite busy over the past five days which really does mean I have been quiet in my internet responsibilities.. But at the same time, it means this post is going to be hella huge! And for those of you that enjoy that, you're very welcome. I am going to try and split this down into the days, the only thing is.. I can't remember as far back as Thursday for some reason. Friday on wards is an oh so warm memory which I can tap into with ease - that on the other hand fell through the gaps. Due to this, Sunday will be sharing two pictures as I also have two pictures I would quite like to share!

Lets get to it!
And once you're done, why not scroll back up this page and have a look around my other social medias, all conveniently located on the right hand side of this page *crowd oohs and aahs* I know, I know.

Day 646
So, this one here starts with Friday. Now, I have mentioned before that we have had some beef with Cineworld in the sense of a lot of films we have wanted to watch recently have been released on limited screening. Due to this, our closest cinema doesn't actually show them, I don't how they decide which does if it is based on size etc. but the next closest showing the majority was about 20 miles away! As much as I love me a film, we couldn't condone that much petrol to go and see something.. Such as this!

A Mixed Bag

Day 643

I will start this with a little adventure we had on the Easter weekend. We decided to go for a walk through a park which we have been told was pretty close by, and we were quite happy with the overall outcome. It turns out, it joined straight onto a path which as far as I know spanned the entire river Medway. It was quite strange as at the same time, we didn't know half of the places we came across ever existed, because we've never really had a reason to venture to these places.. You can sort of tell it was for people with a love of boats of the money to afford one - as they were everywhere. As were the ducks, also a couple of swans. We even saw one nesting which was a very unique experience because I know they can be quite aggressive if you annoy them but this one clearly didn't care that we were there. It seemed to know people would want to look because it had popped itself right next to a clearing in the brush next to the path so you could give it a good stare. We took something which we called a 'swelfie' - just a selfie with a swan in it.

I have always been confused by houseboats. Do they have somewhere they have to park? I don't even think park is the right word for that but.. I think I got some answers along this river as we saw some, and it looks like people have bought little sections of the river edge which they have decked and fenced off, and they were very trusting leaving things like bikes and BBQ's.. The picture below was from one of these little areas and in the ever so slight breeze was lovely to see and hear all at once. This is also compliments of Amy's Instagram feed.

Happy Easter Weekend

Happy Easter Weekend people of the internet, I am very lucky to be included in that umbrella of people who have a nice extended weekend, so of course that means I am off of work tomorrow also! I like Easter, mainly because I really like eating the chocolate eggs, I know they are literally no different to any other time of year - just to me they taste so much better. The only way I can explain that is it's a psychological thing, not that I know what I am on about. A taste placebo if I may.

I am thinking about possibly changing the layout of the blog, because as much as I like the dynamic views I have set up at the moment, I would very much like to start using jump breaks. These basically add in a little "read more" option for each post, so I could break it up after a certain amount of lines for each post.. This would make a much more attractive front page and make it less intimidating than a wall of text and pictures.. It lets you take a little snapshot and decide if that is something you want to carry on reading. Unfortunately, this is not supported by dynamic views which is a little annoying because Blogger is basically limiting itself with what can be done. I will have to have a play around and see if I can find a layout I am happy with, I can always make a backup of the current one so I can revert but - who knows?

This post is going to be quite disjoined, I can feel it happening already, I just have random stuff I want to blurt out when I think about it but obviously these pictures will tie in as nice little breaks and hopefully tie together my thoughts.. Onto the first one for the day!

April Fools

I thought I would take a little break from doing the ol' Norse stuff and do what I did last year - have a look at what some organisations and people did for April Fools day. I always find it interesting when companies do this because if they do it right, they could probably get a lot of wanted attention. Then again, one that I have seen today.. They didn't really do that.

I will start with the one that didn't do it - Microsoft. The Australian branch Tweeted something new called a Surface Watch and what they ended up needing to do was take it down - because people actually thought it was real and with the recent publicity surrounding the Apple Watch - it would make perfect sense for Microsoft to release a competitor.

Now you may ask why I am saying it wasn't a good idea as an April Fools? Well, for one, not releasing a competitor may make them look like they have no idea or interest to compete. The main reason was the Tweet that came with it, which basically said, phones are outdated. Which wouldn't be weird if they hadn't just chucked millions of pounds into developing the new Nokia phones.. It was taken down pretty hastily from all the sources I have seen on the internet, I wonder who got a slap on the wrist for that..

Norse Mythology - Part 2

So yesterday I covered the creation story according to Norse Mythology, now I will explore some other areas.. Hopefully nowhere near as strenuous because as I mentioned yesterday, I was planning to do this all in one post. Vast under estimation on my part but I guess for those of you who are interested, content for the win! I will make this a bit of a mix though, just for the people who tune in for the usual stuff, the me stuff.

The Worlds

So I mentioned how Ymir’s body was taken apart to create the world, and this didn’t just narrow down to Midgard which is the realm of man. This is the main one that is focused on from what I can see because it is us – we live here. The World as specified by Norse Mythology is actually comprised of nine different sections. I am not too sure which bits were made from what part of Ymir but I can only assume that it was different organs etc. as they were very liberal with the descriptions such as the brain and skull being used. He would’ve been a great advocate for organ donation.

So I will start from the top and work my way down.. It goes like this..

1.       Asgard, home of the Aesir

2.       Vanaheim, home of the Vanir

3.       Alfheim, home of the Light Elves