My life in photos edition 1

A recent passion of mine has been photography, so today I thought I'd share some of my recent photos with you. Enjoy

Gears Of War: The game franchise I could always depend on

Since first finding its way into our disc trays in 2006 the Gears of War gaming franchise has just gone from strength to strength from the early exploits of Marcus Fenix all the way up to Baird's story in 2013.

But what makes these games so great? The first point of call has to be the storyline. How the story progresses is so well done across the three games and the prequel of Judgement you really feel a link to the struggle these characters and the whole of humanity has gone through after the events of emergence day. Another amazing aspect of the story are the landscapes in which it unfolds, the variation amongst them all is just incredible and breath taking, you ever battle inside a giant worm, now if that does say great gameplay I don't know what does!!! 

The second thing you have to address with these games is there gameplay and the simplicity of it. With simple covering options, weapon selection and grenade throwing controls, any individual can just sit down grab the controller and get stuck in. Coming back to the weaponry, the backbone to any COGs arsenal is his/her chainsaw lancer. What an amazing weapon! If a couple of shots to a grubs chest just doesn't do it for you, saw him in half instead, a genius idea a round of applause for Epic games for that one.

Another reason for these games being so great are the thorns in humanity's side. You've got the Locusts and the Lambent from GOW3. The Locusts come in all shapes and sizes and different strength levels, my personal favourite is the Butcher who literally just strolls round the battlefield with a massive meat cleaver saying "hunger" in a low toned horrifying voice it gives me the shakes just talking about tham. The Lambent come in two forms you have the imulsion infected locusts, who can actually shot you and explode weird plant things out of their bodies after taking damage and then the plants shot you. Or you have the imulsion infected humans which are like your standard zombies, lots of screaming, lots of running straight at you and obviously lots of them. Very irritating.

I guess the final amazing aspect of this game franchise to discuss in this article is its online capabilities. With most third person shooters nowadays you'll always be given your standard team death match which holds true for Gears. However its the other online gaming modes I found the most interesting. My first example is horde, horde allows a team of players to face wave after wave of enemies increasing with difficulty as they go which is an amazing amount of fun. However Gears of war 3 changed hordes layout to allow players to build base defences to aid them through harder waves, a clever addition I thought. The final mode I'm going to discuss in this article is beast mode. The one all Gears fans had been waiting for, within Gears 3 players had the chance to play the new horde format in reverse and play as the locusts. As each player racks up more kills they unlock stronger more aggressive locust characters to play as.

This article has been my view of why of the Gears of War franchise is just so good please leave any of your own thoughts and comments below.

Thanks for reading and keep killing those grubs!

           

Why did I put off Twitter for so long?

I finally allowed the little blue Twitter bird to nest itself within my devices early this June but I keep asking myself why did I put it off for so long. Twitter is great and so so so addictive. I love the closeness of it as a social media platform, celebrities from all fields can interact with their fans with just a few characters in a few seconds. 

Compared with other social media sites such as Facebook and Myspace that i'm not digging at here i'm just voicing an opinion. Twitter has a more personal touch, in some cases it's actually like your the little Twitter bird by the individuals side, especially in the celebrity case where you would be exposed to a second tier of they life which you wouldn't see on a Facebook or Myspace profile, this could come into a recent restaurant experience of theirs, backstage at a concert or time at home.

The ability to promote through Twitter is also an amazing feature and not just for a business or a brand but for individuals as well. I'm currently taking the first steps into the marketing and PR industry and by using Twitter I have one been able to engage in conversations with marketing companies directly and show off some marketing knowledge. Furthermore I have been able to advertise this blog through Twitter which will allow any marketing and PR companies to browse through my work and comment with their thoughts. 

Additionally I love how Twitter keeps me up to date with all my favourites brands, bringing the hot gossip of any sales or events they may be having that I wouldn't want to miss. 

The only thing I need to work out now is how to really increase my number followers. But for the time being I'm quite content with my blue feathered friend.