barely fatal

Visited the GamesCom in Cologne today. Saw Portal 2 (sweet!), sucked at Medal Of Honor multiplayer, avoided 2-hours+ waiting lines, ate a bratwurst. It was fun, but the silly 18+ only booths, long lines and partly pretty empty-feeling halls made it all a bit emotionless.

Forgot to mention something in yesterday’s post. In the A-Team movie, when they go to the Frankfurt main station, they actually show a sequence of the main station in Cologne. Big laugh in Germany. Also, they show a car with an “FF” license plate, which in fact stands for Frankfurt – but a different Frankfurt (we got two). They also show real “F” plates, too, though. It reminded me of the Germans in the first Die Hard movie, those were brilliant. Well they tried. It’s the A-Team. It’s part of the charme.

Apparently – allegedly – I look like an Irish terrorist from the 70s in my original vintage leather jacket and my weekend five-o-clock shadow. Hey, I love that jacket more than cheese cake – and that means a lot – in fact I inherited it and it was in fact made and bought in the real 70s. I don’t care it’s falling apart and has a pen trapped inside that I can’t get out anymore. And I don’t look a bit Irish in the first place, do I. More like a way too short nordic. That’s total discrimination anyways, those jackets were fashionable all over Europe. And they will be back, you just wait!

Have you seen this Normandy SR2 made out of Lego? Fan-made, brilliant.

There are other great models on that site, like a Nebulon B frigate (or two), or a Galaxy Class.

I’d still love to build the original Ultimate series Star Destroyer with more than 3.1k pieces … but where to put it (and let’s be honest here, it’s not really cheap). Of course the Falcon with 5.2k pieces wouldn’t be too bad either.

Oh and no, you cannot be too old to love this as a respectable geek.

Warm, semi-liquid chocolate cake is phenomenal.

“When you’re a fool in life and all hope is lost, friends will be friends”

Being a single is not the worst thing on earth.

It is actually possible to live a fulfilled life without ever owning an iPhone.

When you as much as brush my skin with a semi-sharp object like a fingernail, it looks as if I had barely survived a fight with a giant panda no more than five minutes later.

Controlling any 1st person shooter with a gamepad is unnatural.

Bringing a knife to a gunfight can still have its advantages, for example when they miss you and run out of bullets.

I like my hands more than I like my feet.

Mace Windu had it coming.