Oh how I despise you, MySpace.

The following concerns MySpace profiles that for some reason of another must blare music in my ears as soon as the page finished loading.

Let me put it this way: although everyone does it, nobody likes it when music starts playing as soon as the page loads. If I wanted to hear some sh*tty band you’re obsessing over, or some generic tune that describes your sorrow over some insignificant break up, I’ll press *play* on my own. But, chances are, that isn’t going to happen.

Comment below if you agree or you can shatter me emotionally with your hateful comments.

It’s your choice.

Doctors’ unions in Romania have criticised a decision to make a surgeon pay £100,000 in damages after he lost his temper and hacked off a patient’s penis during surgery.

Surgeon Naum Ciomu, who had been suffering from stress at the time, had been operating on patient Nelu Radonescu, 36, to correct a testicular malformation when he suddenly lost his temper.

Grabbing a scalpel, he sliced off the penis in front of shocked nursing staff, and then placed it on the operating table where he chopped it into small pieces before storming out of the operating theatre at Bucharest hospital.

[Via Metro.co.uk]

Tap Tap Coldplay Screenshot

After realizing how lack-luster my original review/submission is, I went back and redid it. So here you go (my response to “Looking For Writers”:

Tap Tap Coldplay is developed and made by Tapulous, who are most notably known for the iPhone app Tap Tap Revenge. The game as a whole is a fun experience, that is if you’re a fan of Coldplay. If not, I would just stick with Revenge. Because I’m not going to convince you too, but you are missing out.

The Music:

When the app was first released it contained a total of 11 songs. Since then, Tapulous has given an update to it adding “The Scientist” and “Violet Hill.” On top of: Lovers In Japan (Osaka Sun Mix), Lost!, In My Place, Fix You, Life In Technicolor, Clocks, Yellow, Shiver, Speed of Sound, Viva la Vida, and Viva la Vida (Thin White Duke Remix). For those who are mathematically challenged, that comes to a total of thirteen songs. All of which fit perfectly of this type of game. Although, of course, there are some songs I wish were in the library, but I digress.

The Game-play:

The goal of TTC is very similar to that of Guitar Hero and Rock Band. In which you are too tap along with the song to the corresponding “tappers” (their word, not mine). But, instead of the five frets, you work with three lines that run from top to bottom. To mix things up a little, occasionally you’ll be greeted with arrows instead of the white bars; which requires you to shake the iDevice with the corresponding direction. And as the difficulty increases, so does the speed and amount of “tappers” Revenge mode, which it is aptly named, is a 8x multiplier; reached when you get a streak (tapping with out missing a beat) of 50+. Revenge mode is activated when you shake your iDevice, which and cause some problems, but I’ll touch on that later.

The Style:

Even though the animations can seem a little lack-lust at first, with just simple background effects, colors and the occasional band member, but it’s when you get further into the game does it truly shine. The paced is ramped up, giving off a sense of excitement while playing. Not only that, it’s how well the Tapulous team extracts the quintessence from Coldplays’ songs and videos and recreates it perfectly into the game. Giving it a definite step above other Tapulous titles.

Faults:

Now, I’ve only noticed two minor faults while residing in Revenge mode, as I mentioned earlier in this review. In order to get to Revenge mode you have to shake your iDevice, and doing so can cause you to miss a beat, and would you lose any streak you’ve built up and any multiplier you may have. I don’t care who you are, that is not a good thing. The other problem is while in Revenge mode, all of the colors, animations and effects increase in brightness and to this the fact that the “tappers” you are required to tap are white, it can become a little cumbersome to see when you need to tap, and again, that is not a good thing. But, these are purely minor.

The Conclusion:

Whether or not you should buy this can only be based one thing: It’s whether or not you are a fan of Coldplay. If you aren’t I would seek elsewhere. But, if you are, you will defiantly enjoy where Tapulous has taken the Coldplay name and wouldn’t even regret for a second spending the $5 asking price.

Last weekend I went, with much excitement, to go and see Pixar’s new movie “Up”. Now we all know Pixar likes to add little Easter eggs in their films. It’s sort of an homage to their roots and previous movies. If not see [here]. So, as I was watching, towards the end of the movie when Carl was looking through old photographs of him and his wife doing whatever the hell they were doing. But, I noticed something, in each and every picture there was a reference to Carl’s flying house (see poster above). For instance: in the picture of the birthday scene, there is an present with balloons attached. In another photo, with the scene of Carl and his wife in theirs chairs you can see the balloons through the window in the background. This is just to mention a few. I’d show picture, but, I have doubts of the legality of it. So you’ll just have too go see for yourself.