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[Inspiration] 7 fan-made videos that is made of pure WIN

Sometimes I just do not understand what is in the head of the Hollywood writers or directors, especially when they want to deal with adaptation of videos games to the silver screen. They either screw it up, or fuck it up real bad. Literally. What puzzles me is they often have a big hoo-hah and marketing campaign to promote the movie and blew it out of propotion most of the time, in terms of distorting the fans, be it hard core or casual fan that the movie rocked big time (even though it sucks). Call this a ranting thread from a fan but I would like to show you more than useless rant, a clear comparison between fan-made videos that stayed true to the game essense to those feces that Hollywood churned out in the past years. And with all the ventures of online videos these days, it is really hard for the big movie studios to ignore all these fan-uploaded videos. Why? Because you will be surprised even for a $500 and a little bit of passion, a lot can be done, and outdone the big guys.

I would give my deepest respect to the creators of the video that took their time, effort and passion to make all this gem. It’s priceless. If you love video games, manga or anime. Please watch it. Though there are countless fan-made videos that has been created all this years and can be see on video sites like Youtube, I had chose some of the best and fine example in comparison to 4 failed example from the big guys. Enjoy reading!

Videos that are made from fan and are pure WIN.
Time Crisis

Starring Andy Whitfield, this awesome video from freddiew is a tribute to the game from Namco, Time Crisis.

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[Travel] Part 3 of 6, Laos – The Forgotten Land

A morning from Laos, overlooking the Mekong river.

Though it is only the third day of the trip, we didn’t waste any much time but to visit as many places pin-pointed on the map. We woke up around 5 in the morning and left the guesthouse approximately around 6 in the morning (local time).

In this series, which is the third day of our trip, we traveled to :

• Buddha Park (Vat Xieng Khuan)
• Talat Sao (Morning market)
• The black stupa
• National Lao museum
• A 12-hour bus trip to Luang Prabang *gulp*

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[Photography] Weekend at Marina Bay Sands’ entrance

Apparently, there is this big celebration over Singapore Youth Olympics Games 2010 at Marina Parade.

Did a timelapse test from 6PM – 8PM. Learnt few mistakes from this outing though. First thing first, never kick on your tripod :s

But it’s an interesting result that I gotten from this trip. Would probably visit other place to do this more often. And oh yes, please watch in HD

[Travel] Part 2 of 6, Laos – The Forgotten Land

This is a continuation for the travel log to Laos, if you missed the first part, read it here.

To travel into this place during the month of April – May really needs a lot of courage, unless you are those kind that have no problem in sleeping beyond the temperature of 35 degrees at night. It wasn’t really fun. really. It seemed the heat only start to wore off around 5 AM in the morning where the air conditioner starts to be effective during that time.

A look from the second floor balcony of the guest house.

A late afternoon overseeing the Mekong river.

There were 4 main places that we went during the second day of trip namely:

• Patuxay
• Pha That Luang
• Papaya Spa
• Night market

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[Travel] Part 1 of 6, Laos – The Forgotten Land

It might not ring a bell to a lot of casual holiday makers if we tell them to pay a visit to Laos. As odd as it seems, it was an unforgettable experience (mostly good ones) that both of me and Canny had last May. I can really agree with Wikitravel’s article that Thailand are often associated with the Land of Smiles, while Laos, as a country situated right in the middle of the Asia continent with no direct access to the sea except the mighty Mekong river, it is easily known as the Land of the forgotten.

This will be a 6-part travel-log to two of the most developed city in Laos, namely Vientiane and Luang Prabang.Though at times you might find me exaggerating some of the facts, but you have to really try it out yourself one day. Although we have been informed that the best period to visit this place is during the year end, which is around the month of November to January, we chose May instead. What happened then? It was almost 40 degrees Celsius everyday in our trip! I swear my skins are all boiling/baked. It is really hard to justify the amount of heat we went through from the pictures of this travel-log. It’s something that you need to try at least once, if you curious. But all is good, as what I read from other blog/sites, Laos has a very chilly weather during November to January, which would be a good reason to pay a visit to this country again.

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