Eurovision hope

Unfortunately i happen to be a eurovision freak, i don't know what it is i just love watching it. Random acts of stupidty, strange costumes, normally outrageous dancing and the German act which normally includes some form of leather bondage costume or obscene singing.

I think our chances are good this year, yes the last few years have been pretty terrible i will say, mabey horrific. But we have an ace in the hole now, a man to change our fortunes in this war.....Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Yes the musical wizard, has personally picked our young hopeful, promoted her all over the world and even tried to change the minds of the eastern territories to stop the bias voting.

Will this really happen though. I mean i cant remmember a year where Cyprus didnt give Greece top marks. The same goes for Russia, Ukraine and Serbia. But after many events of the past year we can definately see some new votes coming in.

We know for a fact that Georgia is definately not going to give Russia and its followers anything due to the fighting that has been happening. Most of the powerful EU (France,Germany,Sweden) may vote for us because of our lead in the global financial crisis.

We can pretty much say that Eurovision is going to stay a pollitical fight for surrounding allies, however i think this year will be slightly different due to the fact that our singer is fantastic. What do you guys think?

Gaming

I notice that everytime i try to sit down and write blogs i struggle to find something to talk about. It could be just laziness (probable). But as of today i think i might start doing something on it. It may be too late to do so. So i figure that to get myself into it i would talk about things that i enjoy. It starts with gaming.

Now many people will say that gaming is a waste of time, an immature hobby or a way to just make time fly by. I disagree with anyone who says computer games are brainwashing or for unintellectual beings.

I want to start with talking about my grandparents. They always said to me that computer games were a waste of talent and that there are better things to do with my time, which sometimes there are.

Grandparents, Parents and people about 15-20 years older than myself and fellow students may think this because of a number of reasons.

Retro gaming was a phenomena years ago and older people only ever got a simple taste of what the future could hold. For example games like Pong. A simple black and white 2D game with the most basic of concepts. Hit a ball with your brick looking thing past the other brick looking thing like tennis and you win YAY!

Games back then did not have the complex and depth they do today. Games now have deep and sometimes emotional story lines that hold you in tension all the way through playing. The game is no longer a "game" it is a story, a work of fiction, a movie if you like. And you are the characters, the fictional makeup that the game needs to function. You no longer play games, you are the game.

Most games today, especially on the nex-gen consoles like the PS3 and Xbox360, rely on your choices when you are playing. Different things will happen on the choices you make. OOO will i go that way and take him from behind or could i go in all guns blazing. This tiny example of choice will spur numerous different reactions from other AI (Artificial intellegence) in the scenarios you play in.

AI is also another key factor in the greatness of gaming today. AI in gaming means enemies or opposition in the games think for themselves. They have the same options you do as a gamer. They also have choice. Which makes gaming a more spectacular phenomena then ever before.

I want your opinion on gaming and what you guys think about it. I know some of you are very much into them others mabey not. But reply with your ideas.

Swine Flu: Pandemic or a Mild Symptom

Looking at Swine Flu over the last few days has made me think about whether or not it is really as bad as the WHO say it is. A few people all over the world are becoming infected with this strain of flu, and it does seem to be spreading at a fairly fast rate. But is it really going to be threatning to the health of the world?

Confirmed cases of Swine Flu have risen to 16 in the UK now and it seems to be under control. All the individuals in question have indeed had contacts with people who have either vistited Mexico or Mexicans themselves so we can understand why they have caught it.

I get a little hazy as to why everyone is going mad about this Swine Flu though. I mean, the amount of people who have died, got it and transmitted it is the tinyest fraction of the human population possible.

Secondly, the symptoms are supposed to be fairly similar to normal, bog standard flu. How do we know that some cases are actually just flu?

I think that one of the main problems I have with it is that Mexico have lowered the amount of suspected deaths from 176 to 101. It says to me that the unnacounted deaths were probably from other diseases or illnesses. Can we really be sure that this a mass killer, or is it going completely blown out of proportion, I leave you to decide.

All I know is theres no way in hell im going to Mexico.