Old World Blues

Posted by Will Ooi | Posted in Gaming | Tags: , , | Posted on 26-07-2011-05-2008

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Escaping the madness and zooming back home
Mind and body intact
I venture across familiar terrains
Readying myself for those expected, incessant attacks

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The Dam still at stake and The Strip up for grabs
Livelihoods and futures at the mercy of bullets, bombs, slugs
Yet as accustomed as I should be to this existence; this normality
All I can think of – is bringing you your mugs

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Life, as told through Fallout Vault Boy images

Posted by Will Ooi | Posted in Gaming | Tags: , , | Posted on 15-09-2010-05-2008

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As a child growing up, I learnt many things

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To take care of oneself…

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as well as the blessing of pets

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To be inquisitive and questioning

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and to make many friends

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To stay fit and healthy

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and to open my mind

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To have passions and hobbies

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and to not be fussed with popularity

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To be as good as I could be

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without trying to be more than I am

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And now that I am older

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despite completing my studies

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there’s still plenty more to learn

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with just as many perils at hand

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And that honesty and truth is the key

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to a life full of enjoyment,

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reward,

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and special loved ones to hold dear

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Image Sources: Fallout Wiki/Fallout 2

Related: The Life of a Gamer

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Poem: I Heart Captain MacMillan

Posted by Will Ooi | Posted in Favourites, Gaming | Tags: , | Posted on 20-11-2007-05-2008

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*Originally posted here.

A serenade to Captain MacMillan from COD4 (a spoken word companion to weird Yoko Ono music):


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Those times you spoke were like a dream

Sean Connery and Trainspotting altogether it seemed

Dressed in our ghillie suits and crawling through marsh

You stayed calm under pressure, no matter how harsh

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You loved the wild dogs. Oh how you loved them.

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“Oi, Suzy” you muttered as you stealth-killed the guard

And entrusted to me a task: the hardest of hard

Variable humidity and wind speed you reminded me not to neglect

As well as taking into account the Coriolis effect

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When the chopper crashed and rendered you prone

You covered my back and got on the phone

Backup was coming but it was such a long wait

Camping I was, behind the bumper car gates

As I planted my claymores like a scared little wuss

There you were, shooting, an invincible bush

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I salute you Captain MacMillan: the best NPC ever.

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