Rise of the Tomb Raider

Is more or less the same from the previous game 

Game no: 439
Genre: Action
Platform: PS$ 
Release Date: 2015

What is about?
Lara seeks to find what his father failed too

What I liked?
More of the same tomb raider gameplay but since this time she is not surviving against the elements and the people it seems like another action game. 
Combat is fast paced and the enemy AI is really challenging even in easy mode 
The story is okay. Nothing too special but it is enjoyable 
Using the bow and arrow
The DLC is fun but I wasn't interested in the story 

What I didn't liked?
The map is not as open world and you use the save points to travel from one place to another. The problem for me is that there is no incentive to go exploring away from the main story path 
Upgrading takes a while 
The last puzzle was very confusing

Status: Finish the main game and the DLC 

Fun Factor: If you love the first game you will like this one as well 

My Best Friend's Wedding

 I watched this with my best friend 

What is it about?
A best friend realized that she is in love with her best friend a couple days before his wedding

The Good
There are good chemistry between the characters 
A lot of catchy songs
The ending is bittersweet 

The Bad
The 90s. That is just a bad time in technology all together 

The Ugly
No resolve for the main girl 

After Credits: No

Verdict: It a rom com

Greyhound

War is scary 

What is it about?
A destroyer class ship in charge of protecting the cargo has to fight of 4 submarines

The Good 
The story is non stop action 
You really feel scared for the crew of the ship 

The Bad
Ship action is a bit slow
The side story wasn't concluded in the end 

The Ugly
Nothing much 

After Credits: No 

Verdict: It was an ok movie

The Story of Marvel Studios The History of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Volume 2

Volume two is much better

What is it about?
A detailed history of the MCU starting from Dr strange until beyond 

What is in this book?
Everything you want to do about how MCU movies are made
Inside never before reveal secrets and how stressful is it making a movie that we love 
Exclusive pictures and behind the scene look 

What I liked?
Reading about every small detail of the MCU 
The exclusivity of this book and the attention it has from the printing and the hard cover binder 
250 pages of awesome stuff
The last foreword by RDJ 

What I didn't like?
This book is heavy. I need to prop a table just to read it  
Some of the two page picture are cut in the middle. It is hard to see who was at the middle 

Weekly Review (Week 47)

November 19 😊🥰

Today I cooked some chicken rice. I did it less than a hour so that was good. Went for friday prayers and in the evening I finally beaten Forza Horizon. In the evening H1 made some bread pudding. My mom in law also called asking to come over so I had to cook extra food for her. Overall it was a good Friday. Oh and the kids are starting with the MCU

November 20 😊🥰

Today the girls watch 5 marvel movies the whole day. My day is spend playing some forza and tomb raider. I bought some kfc for lunch which I made some fried rice for dinner. Nothing special happen just a normal weekend 

November 21 😊🥰

Today we all just ate leftovers which was good since I didn't feel like cooking. At night I just put in the oven some tater tots and fish. The day is spend watching tv, playing and I took a nice long nap in the afternoon because I didn't feel quiet right. At night wife was bored so we decided to go to McDonalds for some ice cream. After that H1 said this whole family needs to go on a 6 months diet. 

November 22 😊🥰

Today is the start of the diet plan. So I made some grilled salmon with some potatoes. Other that that I just watched some shows and played some games. Just another normal day. It has been a lot of normal days. I am okay with that. Oh at night my mom in law came and I had to cook dinner for them.

November 23 😊🥰

Today I made some fish head curry. The day was spend fixing a clothes rack from IKEA and then in the evening my wife wanted to shopping outside. We had an early dinner outside as well. My best friend is doing a course right now and they need to concentrate because the exam is this friday. I wish them all the best. 

November 24 😊🥰

Today I decided to make some tandoori chicken since my dad in law is coming this evening. He came in the evening and had dinner with us.  H1 made some bread pudding. After that he took a nap and then we ended talking a lot. He left late and then we went to bed 

November 25 😊🥰

Today I decided to make something new. I made some beef ragu. First time making it and it was a hit. In the evening we went to the tailors to get our clothes made for the wedding. We had some tea and then went home and have some dinner. 

Lovebirds

 Something it takes a traumatic event to bring two people together 

 

What is it about?
A couple who think they have reach the end of their relationship want to call it quits

The Good
This movie is really entertaining 
It's funny without trying to be too funny

The Bad
Only part of the mystery was solve in the end 

The Ugly 
I would watch an amazing race celebrity edition 

After Credits: No 

Verdict: A nice romantic comedy 

Uno game 59th

 We played a game on a weekday and this time H2 won. We played until the final round 

Me: 25
H1: 20
H2: 14

SCOOB!

 The beginning of the greatest cartoon dog 

What is it about?
The origins on how Scooby met Shaggy 

The Good
The story is fun and easy to understand 
I love scooby voice 

The Bad
Why they need to put a superhero in the movie and not focus on the main 5 characters doing what they do best. It is not a traditional soocby-doo show 

The Ugly 
Nothing much 

After Credits: No 

Verdict: It is a okay cartoon 

Inscryption Act 1

This game is great but only the first act 

Game no: 438
Genre: Board
Platform: PC  
Release Date: 2021

What is it about?
It is a mystery game that starts of with a card game 

What I liked?
The card game mechanic is awesome. The gameplay is complicated in the beginning but you learn from your mistake 
Everytime you die you start again and you become the card. So the rogue like mechanic is fun 
The map has multiple branches and some gives you high reward but also has a riskier payout 
There is also an escape room inside the game where you can get up and solve how to escape the game 

What I didn't liked?
Once the game ends it ends. There is no more card game. The second Act is actually a pokemon type RPG and the thrid Act is roguelike 
The RPG mechanic is a drag  for. It has the card game elements but it is not the same since it a different type of deck 

Status: Finish the first act and watch the rest on youtube

Fun Factor: I wish they made this game but it is just card game version

Forza Horizon 5

 We are back and now it Mexico 

Game no: 437
Genre: Racing
Platform: PC  
Release Date: 2021

What is it about?
The Horizon Festival is back this time the whole of Mexico 

What I liked?
Play how you want to play this game. Unlike Horizon 4, you can do any activity you want. 
The map is 1.5 times bigger than the UK and there are a lot of things to do. The racers ranges from road, street, dirt, cross country
There are a lot of other activities to do such as drift, speed traps, speed zones and trailblazers which are my favorite. 

535 cars with different specs. I know I don't drive them all. There is a cool card game collection where you collect all the cars.
The eliminator is back and it is awesome as ever 

Auto driving function makes grinding of skill points much easier 
Super wheelspins

What I didn't liked?

Bugs and glitches makes the game frustration from time to time. I think since its still new it going to take a while for them to fix the bugs

Accolades, the new way of leveling up. It makes leveling up meaningless. 

Glitches
This game has a lot of glitches from the starting of the launch. My favorite exploits before they patch it was 
- Grinding of super wheelspins using the Willy's Jeep

- Grinding for skill points using the blueprint feature

- Buying all the cars with in the car collection

Status: Played close to 120 hours and got all cars, stories, and racers. Now I play it once a day for the eliminator until the next DLC 

Fun Factor: One of the best games I've played this year. Will be in the top 10  

Bad Education

A true story on how smart you think you are. There will always be a slip up 

What is it about?
Based on a true story on how the school administrator stole from the tax payers 

The Good 
This is a good story on how greed gets the better of you 

The Bad
The didn't go deep inside the scandal. It was more a character story 

The Ugly
Nothing much 

After Credit: No 

Verdict: A nice true story 

Weekly Review (Week 46)

November 12 😊😅

Wife has a therapist appointment today at the hospital. For lunch we bought McDonald’s on the way. My brother is coming today so I decided to buy some food instead of cooking. He arrived close to 540 with his two kids. A 6 year old boy and a 2 year old girl. I can say they are a handful. H1 and H2 and me had to play defence and move every small item around so that they won’t touch anything dangerous. It was a handful. I manage to let my brother play the ps5 but with the small kids it was a challenge. 

November 13 😊🥰

Today my brother is going home. It took them a  while to get ready. The kids don’t want to leave. Before he went back I bought some breakfast for them. After they left which was sad since the air conditioning was not working. My mom in law call asking if they can have lunch. So I had to rush and buy food for them. They came and have lunch and left. Today is also the day I got money back on my first investment. Which is awesome 

November 14 😢😞

I woke up late due to my best friend wasn’t feeling good. Woke up did some exercise and then cooked some fried rice. Since I had lack of sleep I slept again later only to be woken up by H1 saying that I need to pick up my mom. Got ready and went to the airport. Mom came back and then got a call that my mom in law wants to come again for dinner. So we bought dinner for them. They fried some jackfruit for us. In the evening my best friend was sad and it looks like they can’t be with us anymore. I’m sad as well. 

November 15 😞🙂

Today I am cooking whatever that’s left in the fridge. So I made some chicken, boiled egg and veggies. The dah was spend playing a lot of Forza. I finish the office and it was amazing. Me and my best friend are not talking to each other and I think this is going to be a while. Just sad 

November 16 😊🥰

Today I finally made pesto after the kids request it again and again. The day was spend playing games and nothing special. My friend is talking to me again. I feel happy and yet worried that that’s is going to combust again. I bought a new game call inscryption. It is awesome

November 17 😊🥰

Today is raining so I decided to make some Thai food. I made some Tom yum and green chicken curry. The day was spend playing games. The usual I guess. It’s just more of the same. 

November 18 😊🥰

Since we had a a lot of leftovers. I decided to reheat that instead. Daughter had a friend over so I need to cook some pesto for them. Today and tomorrow is the parent teacher conference for the girls. So that was fun. So played more Forza. 

The Holiday

A feel good movie about things can happen no matter how short the time is it 

What is it about?
The woman want a change in life decide to go on a two week holiday

The Good
The story is easy and it will make you feel good even with it bumps 
The US and UK are so different in terms of holiday
There are bits of comedy 
How to be a trailer editor 

The Bad
 Jack Black is not full on jack but he is good enough. Too bad he doesn't have that much screen time
The ending was too short. I want to know what happens next 

The Ugly
Nothing much 

After Credits: No

Verdict: Love this movie 

The Departed

 Lies, Betrayal and Double crosses 

What is it about?
A cop went undercover to be a criminal and a criminal is a double agent working as a cop 

The Good 
The story is long but every scene is interesting 
Each of the main characters story are so compelling that you really want each other to get what they deserve
The resolve is good 

The Bad
Really there are no cheques and balance in the police department. Like there are only two people in the whole squad work in the undercover unit. 

The Ugly 
Nothing much 

After Credits: No 

Verdict: A great movie. .Watch it once 

Borat

This movie is offensive in so many ways

What is it about?
A satire take on an American playing a Kazakhstan coming to America 

The Good
Nothing at all

The Bad
There are some funny bits but it is not funny at all. It is just offensive 
He gives a bad name to Kazaks 

The Ugly
Everything else. It so bad

After Credits: The fake national theme of Kazakhstan 

Verdict: Do not watch 

 

Uno game 58th

Played a slow and long game and this time H2 won. Good game by the way 

Me: 25
H1: 20
H2: 13

Uno game 57th

Well this time I won but because H2 was complaining that she didn't win so I decided to give the point to H2. So there score now is 

Me: 25
H1: 20
H2: 12 

Uno game 56th

 The next game was quite fast and I won 

Me: 25
H1: 20
H2: 11

Weekly Review (Week 45)

November 5 😊🥰

Today is vacation day. So this time I got to use the gym and lift some weights. I think I want to get weights probably next year. The kids are playing in the pool. After that we all went for lunch at the mall and ate some nice local food. After we send the kids home we went and watch the Eternals. It is the first time I went to a cinema in the whole year. The movie was not bad but it was extra long. We had food from the food truck park and went to bed. At night I had to go back home and check on Callie.

November 6 😊🥰

It is time to go home after 3 days of vacation. We pack out bags and left the place. Good memories. Coming home to a pile of dirty laundry. I brought pizza for lunch and for dinner we ordered in. I finally got time to play Forza 5. It took me 2 hours to figure out how to make it run properly on my pc and another hour to figure out how to play it with my best friend I made a choice for the future of my life and sign it on it. So lets hope it works. 

November 7 😊🥰

Back home on a Sunday. So there nothing much to do but just relaxed and play some Forza. For lunch I made some fried rice and bought some fried chicken after I did some groceries. For dinner the girls want sushi so I went to the mall where it was jam packed to get some sushi. It was a good weekend. At night I had to take the cleaner to clean the house tomorrow 

November 8 😊🥰

Today the cleaner is here and my wife is going to work. So early in the morning after I did my morning routine. I cooked a simple but delicious meal according to the girls. Today was a busy day for me. I had to bring both Patches and Baby to the clinic. baby has an ear infection and Patches has a skin rash. For lunch I got some sandwiches and I had too cook extra for dinner. More Forza for me   

November 9 😊🥰

Today I decide to make some curry chicken and some veggies with rice. Very simple meal. Other than that did some groceries and send the wife to work. Played a lot of Forza. I discovered a way to grind for xp points without driving so I left the computer on auto pilot until the next morning 

November 10 😊🥰

Today i decided to cook some beef stew since it was raining heavily and I thought it would be a good pairing with it. Other than that I played a lot of Forza and just hang out. 

November 11 😊🥰

Today I decided to cook some spaghetti for the girls and for the adults we ate some dim sum. Today I was a lazy Thrusday. Just relaxing, talking to friends, playing games and reading a book. I finally finish volume 1 of the History of the MCU 

Uno game 55nd

It been like two weeks since we've played so today is as long as the game as we can. The first round goes to H1 

Me: 24
H1: 20
H2: 11

The Story of Marvel Studios The History of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Volume 1

This is an awesome book 

What is it about?
A detailed history of the MCU starting from before the first iron man until avengers age of ultron

What is in this book?
Everything you want to do about how MCU movies are made
Inside never before reveal secrets and how stressful is it making a movie that we love 
Exclusive pictures and behind the scene look 

What I liked?
Reading about every small detail of the MCU 
The exclusivity of this book and the attention it has from the printing and the hard cover binder 
250 pages of awesome stuff

What I didn't like?
This book is heavy. I need to prop a table just to read it  

Inferno

 This movie sucks 

What is it about?
Robert needs to stop the bad guy from releasing a virus 

The Good 
There are a couple of good action scenes 

The Bad 
The story is not that great. Since it starts with an amnesia 
The bad guy is dumb since they are trying to destroy the world but that means that they will die as well
Too many bad guys 

The Ugly
Not enough puzzle solving like the two previous movies
It didn't end anything in the trilogy. 

After Credits: No 

Verdict: You can skip this movie 

Angels and Demons

I think among all 3 this is my favorite

What is it about?
Someone planted a bomb in the Vatican and Robert needs to stop it before it blows 

The Good
The story is very simple to understand. 
It is going to point A to point B style adventure 
The twist was in the end 

The Bad
Nothing much. It was not the best movie but it really entertained 

The Ugly
Nothing much 

After Credits: No 

Verdict: It is very entertaining  

The Da Vinci Code

Do not watch the extended cut

What is it about?
The greatest mystery involving Da vinci and the religion

The Good 
The is purely a work of fiction but it is interesting to see 
The solving of the mystery part is fun. It like a modern day treasure hunt 

The Bad
The extended cut is so freaking long. There are a lot of parts like the torture scene and a lot of backstory through history that is not so great
The police sections are boring 

The Ugly 
This movie is for people who has time time to understand about the religion he is talking about. 

After Credits: No 

Verdict: It was okay. Nothing too special 

The Eternals

A new addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe 

What is it about?
A journey that began 7000 years ago when a group of immortal beings came to earth to protect then against an enemy called the deviants  

The Good 
The action even thought its not much it conveys the story well
Each character has a good amount of screen time
The first deaf character in the MCU 

The plot twist 

The Bad
The story is super long and there is a lot of backstory that just drags the pacing of the movie. But I think you need the backstory to understand the origin of them

The Ugly 
Nothing much

After Credits: Yes two and with two surprise reaction

Verdict: A great MCU moviee

Weekly Review (Week 44)

October 29 😊🥰

Today is vacation day. But before that we have some exciting news. Callie gave birth to 5 kittens. All are bi coloured but the sad news is one didn’t survive. So I had to bury him under the mango tree. We packed out stuff and around 430 we left. Making sure that Callie is in her cage already. We drove an hour to the resort which is shaped like a palm tree. Mom in law got free rooms and we got a two bedroom villa. At night we ate food brought by her. I bought my multicooker to reheat the food. At night we slept. 

October 30 🎂😊

Today first day at the hotel I went and did my normal exercises and then went to get breakfast. During lunch we all didn’t eat. I brought the girls to the beach for a photo shoot.  In the evening we went for a birthday party buffet dinner with everyone. It was Halloween theme and we ate a lot. H2 got a surprised birthday wish from the hotel staff. 

October 31 😊🥰

 

Today we work up at the hotel and I went to get breakfast for everyone. I also ate some breakfast while waiting for the rain to stop. We just relaxed at the hotel and played some uno with the girls. In the evening I went to get some dinner from a small shop where they only sell three items. The food was great. We got mcdonalds from a friend and the kids ate that late at night. My best friend was having a nervous breakdown so I tried to calm them down. It didn't work. Sigh...

November 1 😊🥰

Today it is time to go home. In the morning I carried all the stuff to the car and did a 6km walk around the area. At 11 it was time to go home. We arrived after lunch and brought our house sitter for lunch and ice cream. Got home and did laundry and then played some Forza. I won not once, twice but three times the eliminator. Even back to back. How awesome is that.

November 2 😊🥰

Today I decided to make two different types of spaghettis. One carbonara and one seafood olio. Both were hits but the kids prefer the carbonara one. The day was spend doing loads of laundry, watching the office, forza and reading my new marvel book and it is a very good read. It is just heavy that all

November 3 😊🥰

Today I didn't want to cook so I decided to just buy food and spend the rest of the day chilling. Wife became so annoyed at the house being dirty that she got super angry and tore everything apart. We were scared and just did everything and kept quiet. She had a late lunch so she is not having dinner. As for me I did the usual, office, flash, forza and marvel. And now we are packing for tomorrow's holiday. In the evening my best friend did something that really made me annoyed and sad but I wasn’t angry. 

November 4 😊🥰

Today we are going to the hotel for a staycation with our best couple friend. So we make sure all the cats are well fed. We left close to 12 to arrived at the hotel at 1. Our room is not yet ready so we went to have lunch at the mall food court. We got to our room and it was super big. 2 rooms and 2 baths. That night we celebrated the girls birthday with cake, sandwiches, ice cream cakes and a lot more other stuff. Me and my best friend are talking about my future investment and they decide to lend me a hand. 

Genesis

History 
Finally after a while I finish all the genesis games that it is my list. I never own a Genesis before but I've played it once around the 90s. I remember it was Sonic 2 and Mortal Kombat 2. It was some good memories. 

The Games
16 bit games are the same as normal 8 bit games. I think game of the 90s are more or less the same.  There are some games that stood the test of time but most of them didn't age well at all. 

The Good 
Sonic and anything Sonic adjacent it a good game to play in this machine. Other than that a couple of side scrollers. 

The Bad
Everything else. Most of the games really are just too hard to be played and it is not really fun.

The Ugly
Faux 3D graphics. They control bad and the gameplay just doesn't make sense 

Conclusion

The Genesis is probably great for its time but most of the games really are unplayable and the rest just trash. 16 bit is coming back but with modern gameplay which is awesome. But for now, this will remind in the far corners of history.

NES (30/787 games) 3.81% replayability
Master System (5/280 games) 1.79% replayability 
Gameboy (31/555 games) 5.59% replayability 
Genesis (28/776 games) 0.04% replayability
Neo Geo   (20/136 games) 14.71% replayability 
Game Gear  (10/257 games) 3.89% replayability 
SNES ( 784 games)

Knights of the Round

This game is not that bad 

Game no: 436
Genre: Action
Platform: SNES  
Release Date: 1991

What is it about?
The Knights of the round table needs to protect their kingdom 

What did I liked?
The action is face paced 
3 characters with different fighting styles. Arthur is the all rounder 
Leveling up which will cause you to gain better armor and powers. 
If you die you continue right on the spot 

What I didn't liked?
They only give you two lives which is really small
Some of the bad guys are cheap 

Status: Finish the game until end credits

Fun Factor: Best be played with a friend 

The Day After Tomorrow

This is what happen if we let global warming continue 

What is it about?
What happens if the ice caps melts 

The Good 
The effects are not bad for a 2004 movie 
The story is very improbable but its great to see the disaster porn  

The Bad
The characters are just blah. You can't root for them 

The Ugly 
Notice how always third world countries always are safe from natural disasters 

After Credits: No 

Verdict: Not a bad movie. Very entertaining 

Things that happen in October

Family • H1 got her first vaccine shot (Oct 1) • Sister in law finally came home (Oct 15) • Mom came to visit (Oct 16) • Callie gave birth to 4 kittens (Oct 29) • Went for a 4 day holiday at the beach (Oct 29)

Friends
• Best friend (Dex) gave me my birthday gift (Oct 21)

Me
• Got new joycons (Oct 10)
• Got Forza Horizon 5 Ultimate edition (Oct 21)

Others
• Lockdown has been lifted (Oct 11)


Series
• Leverage Redemption 1a (It’s weird when 2 of them are new but it’s the same Leverage that I love)
• What if… (This marvel animated series has a slow start but stick the landing)
• Manifest S3 (this show is becoming a bit more out of this world. It was okay)
• The office S4,5,6,7(This is really a funny show. S4 ending was awesome. S5 is really one of the best. It peaked. Season 7 says the goodbye of Micheal Scott. The series is going to change )
• Monsters at work (What happen after the end of the first monster inc movie)
• Star Wars Visions (anime take on Star Wars. Some are good some not so much)
• White lotus (Love the intro. What I thought to be a murder mystery just turns out to be people vacationing on an island)
• FBI Most Wanted (The story is more the same but the characters are why you stick for it)
• Superman & Lois (An amazing series take on Superman and family)