JamEnslaver

I make video game reviews for RetrowareTV and NooBTooB, and I work as a tester at Sega. So you could say I like games :)

Check out my blog at http://www.jamesivorytower.blogspot.com

Name:

James Valner

Gear:

Fujifilm FinePix S8000fd (with a broken function wheel, so it's stuck on full manual mode) and my phone's 1.3Mpx camera

About Me:

I make video game reviews for RetrowareTV and NooBTooB, and I work as a tester at Sega. So you could say I like games :)

Check out my blog at http://www.jamesivorytower.blogspot.com
One road over from where I live, this is the other half of my running route every day. The red brick of the houses looked amazing in the afternoon sun today.
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I knew there were classic NES games in Animal Crossing, but I didn't expect to find this. Now I need to dig up a decent PC to play it on.
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I had some great Chinese food at this little place in Camden market today, shopping for a birthday present for Owen_In_Boots. Sitting inside you can see the curve of the railway arch it's tucked into.
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Sometimes, if I've slept very well, my hair will literally go crazy
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The Chun Li figurine I got with Street Fighter IV. She is the character I'm most comfortable using since I know most of her moves, but I'm still not very good. If only the game actually tried to teach you how to play.
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I love popcorn, but I don't have a microwave any more. So I carry this box in my bag to work, in case of emergencies.
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My Left 4 Dead posters, a Christmas present from Locke. I'm a huge fan of Valve's games and loved the movie poster design for the loading screens, so it made my day when I found out I could have them for real.
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Another street near mine, this is Mornington Avenue in the sunrise. I love the houses here, they look like little Gothic castles.
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Flavour combinations that exist: Cheese & Pickle: Yes, Cheese & Onion: Yes, Pickle & Onion: Until today, I didn't think so. Ironically, they taste of cheese
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At the request of Owen_In_Boots, another photo of Maddie and Megan, this time in sleep mode.
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I think I'm starting to get the hang of taking pictures of myself. This is the army surplus jacket I bought in York years ago. It's fun to wear sometimes, although it's very heavy.
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The late morning sunlight coming through the tree behind my house. The leaves are turning and it's getting colder, but the days can still be bright.
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Today I finished the book I was reading, 'A Game of Thrones' by George R.R. Martin. It was really good, I need to pick up the sequels some time.
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With today's free update to Dawn of War 2, and the announcement of the upcoming expansion pack, I thought I'd show off the awesome Tech Priest my friend Phil gave me as a present a while back. I named him Nihilus Khan, after a character from an old Dark Heresy campaign, and he has watched over the machine spirit of my computer for almost three years now.
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My new hot water bottle came today. I don't really need it now since I figured out the heating in my place, but it's nice to know I have it. It's really fluffy and soft.
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These signs suddenly appeared on the streets where I live, and it seems someone decided to alter this one. I love how ridiculously badly they did it, not even bothering to try to fit the existing word into the joke :D
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Somehow only one of my two games arrived from Amazon today. Not sure how that worked out, but I'm still glad I have Brutal Legend.
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Sitting at my desk, recording the weekly video games podcast that I do, the NooBTooB Modcast. You can see all my consoles in this picture, and yes, I have a dual-screen computer :)
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He finally made it to me through the jungle. I can't wait to play Uncharted 2 (aside from posing the box in stupid pictures, of course :D)
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The last model shot (for now), these are the Scutter and Starbug figurines I got from getting the special editions of certain seasons of Red Dwarf.
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It always amuses me that my American friends don't know what a boiled egg is. Thus, here is a picture of the one I had for lunch yesterday. It was delicious.
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'The Traveler' by Eric Joyner, a great artist who specialises in paining robots and doughnuts. I'm very proud of this one since it's a signed limited edition print given to me for a birthday by my parents.
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A quick picture of Heathrow Airport from my gate, waiting to fly to Oklahoma to see Owen_In_Boots
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Owen_In_Boots and me on her birthday!
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At Owen_In_Boot's Gram's house for her birthday dinner. This candle that she's holding plays happy birthday :D
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Watching Monday Night RAW at oldschoolgoth's house.
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We visited Tulsa zoo today and saw, amongst other things, the lions
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The pile of goodies waiting for me when I arrived in Tulsa. I loooove Nerds!
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We met up with some of Owen_In_Boot's friends to visit Psycho Path on the night before Halloween. It was pretty awesome, although we had to wait in line for hours.
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Halloween was awesome!
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