10 'Best Things' of 2009

This I think has been a really good year which and these arn't only the best things but the things I am proud of and really happy with. (These are not in order of best to OK).

1). Getting my GCSE Exam result and how good they were as I really didn't think that they were going to be good at all.

2). Finishing High School and Starting College as not staying in 6th form I now know was a really good idea to get away and start in a new place.

3). Youth Weekend away with my church youth club going to the beach everyday and on the last going early swimming, very cold but lovely and refreshing.

4).Just hanging out with my friends in the summer. It was good just because I didn't do much this summer and just going out with friends was really good and didn't really do before.

5). Getting Guitar Hero for my birthday and playing it on my brothers Xbox 360, Best game I have ever got.

6). Wow on the Water Front during the summer - wasn't really good while I was there but thinking back at it, it was brilliant.

7).Going to my old church BBQ - just seeing old friends and going to around what seemed to

the secret garden and topping it of having really really nice weather.

8)Having my High School Prom and wearing a tuxedo which I couldn't breath in, having really good food at the Hilton and having a good time just in all.

9). Applying for jobs, haven't got any but it was just a really good experience to do it.

10). Having a lot more freedom this year, going into town a lot on my own and going into Cardiff Bay just new experiences.

Have a really happy new year and hope you have an even more better year in 2010.

Christmas Presie Review

Christmas was good but the best thing was what I lovingly got an Xbox 360 Elite as my main present but surprisingly getting Band Hero Bundle as well from my brother, WOW. Although as always, since my oldest brother was 5 and now for about 24 years, Christmas tradition continues as one thing has to brake every year and this time it was the drums in the Band Hero Bundle. Getting it fixed the next day, it was time to rock, for 10 minutes on Band Hero.

The reason I wanted Band Hero is because of the drums, not because I wanted Band Hero and as I got the Bundle I now have two of the new Guitars and a World Tour Guitar. I thought that the game wouldn't be to bad but I was very wrong. On all of the other Guitar Hero's you really get into a lot of songs and if you are lucky you will now a few. With Band Hero the songs you know are the only songs you would play because all the ther songs are lame, boring and are just not worth playing, But then they have quite a few songs you will know. So now I will be playing Guitar Hero World Tour and Guitar Hero 5 with the drums and possibly getting Guitar Hero Smash Hits.

The Coner Rating is:

Band Hero Game: 6/10

Guitar Hero Drums: 9/10 Apart from that I can't keep the beat with the base drum.

Is There Some Reason.

Now on TV the up and coming Call Of Duty Modern War Fare 2 is going on sale on Tuesday (just some information, Game in Queens Street Cardiff is opening at 12.00.01 on Tuesday, so wish I could see the line). Now to be fair to all Consoles, not including Nintendo Consoles (Narrowing it down to 2 Companies Microsoft and Sony), the advert for COD Modern War Fare 2, at the end is advertised for Xbox. Now I know I partly own an Xbox which I love and should be liking the advert, but at the same time I don't own a PS3 but love that as I am a big Sony fan, also I think it is a bit rude that they are not showing that COD Modern War Fare 2 or even another Multi platform console game is on other consoles.

I have a theory why they could be doing this:

Many people know that it is coming to their desired console and therefore the company doesn't need to advertise the game.

The company is really Money safe and can't be bothered to make an advert about the game with their console one it.

The big Company name that doesn't show Multi Platform games on there console are Sony. The only time they show an advert including any of their consoles is when they have a new exclusive game coming out and not all the time they create an advert. I am not trying to slag off Sony but this is more advice which I am not telling Sony. They really could be losing a lot of money from not advertising enough and not selling as many consoles and games as they wish. If they are doing big advertisements in America and making money from games and consoles over there I don't know, but they could be making even more money over in other countries including United Kingdom.

Techinally Gaming Definition.

This evening, my older brother who isn't or not the biggest gaming fan commented on the PS3 when an Xbox advert was on. He first noted how Microsoft made the Xbox look much smaller than the Xbox Elite (which it is not). After that I then notified him that the PS3 Slim the same size as the Xbox. Then making the funniest comment on the original PS3 I have ever heard.

This is the Quote of the Day from my Brother:

"It doesn't surprise me that the slim is the same size as the Xbox as thePS3 is massive. It's like one whopping great big Fridge which should be inyour kitchen. If someone didn't know What it was they would say 'Shouldn't that be in your kitchen.'"

Guitar Hero World Tour. Wait, thats not new.

Me and the blogger Junkie Emerald Coast (Emyr) went into town on the release date of 11th of September for Guitar Hero 5. I was really undecided whether to get it but as he phoned me I thought, why not. So it all went well, I brought the Xbox GH5 and he brought the PS3 GH5 and I went back to his house and we played it there. After about half an hour. I really wanted to look at it. Opening it, I had a huge shock when I see that buying the Guitar Bundle for GH5 that they only sold me the old guitar from Guitar Hero World Tour.

The following day, I had went back into town to get the new one. I will give you one guess to where I brought GH5 and the idiots behind the desk would sell you a old Guitar,

GAME. I know even though I buy a lot of my games from GAME, they can be really Crap sometimes. That's only the start of the whole story.

Returning the game, it didn't go very well. My mum insisted that she came into GAME with me because they wouldn't listen to a kid. Going into GAME I said they that sold me the old Guitarfor Guitar Hero World Tour. They asked for the receipt which I had and they went back to trade it. Coming back with the same Guitar which I took in and they said that they don't have any of the new Guitars for the Xbox. The whole reason I brought the game with the Guitar is because I wanted the new guitar in GH5 which they didn't give me.

Explaining that I went into town the previous day to buy it with Emyr and he brought his on the PS3 , the only excuse they gave was that they haven't sold the new Guitars with the Xbox which I new was a total lie as I seen EXCLUSIVE Xbox videos with people playing the new guitar. After almost shouting to the top of my voice with my mum also the same, another person who works there came up and asked what was the problem I told him and he said that he could give me the game only for GH5 and give me the rest of the money back which would result in me not having the new guitar which I did want so I kept on arguing about it and finally he the guy who came over half way through (the nicer one) said that they would check the other GAME store and check the stock room again if they have any more.

And Surprise, Surprise they came back with the new one which in 2 minutes. What I think is that the first guy didn't even look for it. Anyway, my ranting a raving is over and I can now give my review on the game.

Guitar Hero 5 gives the gamer a whole lot of new choices. To play with any amount of instruments at one time, even for drums if you have them. Also if you have an Xbox like me or a Nintendo Wii, you can use your Mii which isn't the best with GH5 as the Mii's are rubbish qualityanyway, don't work as good as the Xbox Avatars, and really they are amazing. things available to all console users are that all the songs in the game are all ready unlocked and ready and there to play straight away if you are not a real person who likes the Career Which could be better than what it is.

In the Career you have the basic thing, go through it playing all the songs in the Career while unlocking venues. although another addition to the Career they have put in is challenges to complete while playing the songs. Challenges like, get the highest note streak as you can, hit as many chords as you can etc, and and you get Gold, Platinum or Cristal Disc's depending on who well you do. This isn't the best as if you don't have all the band instruments, you feel rubbish that you haven't really ompleted the challenge. The set list isn't totally the best but the same as World Tour, it has to grow on me.

The graphics are pritty cool. Even though from what I have said about it, it seems that I don't really like it, but I think it is really cool.

The Coner rating I think it deserves a:

8/10

Search and Destroy

The amount of wild weird and strange things you find on the Internet are amazing. The other day my brother showed me how I could get my Gamer tag from the xBox 360 on the computer and search all my friends and everyone in the world.

The way things work are so amazing and there must be some real reason why someone would create this and the only reason I could come up with is that they are so competitive that they want to beat everyone in the world so that they are the best (most likely this isn't the answer, just something funny in my head)

So in result I have used my skills in HTML and added my Gamertag from the xBox 360 on the side bar so check it out.

P.S. I have come to the huge conclusion facing me for months but I have made my choice. (Read this carefully)
Statement: Connor Knapton Prefers the xBox 360 to the PS3, I still have love for the PS3 but just like the xBox better. What I am not saying is that the xBox 360 is better than the PS3, I am not sure on that.

Totally Wanted UPDATED

OK with nothing to do all the day and being asleep for more than half of it, I have been research on guitar Hero games to come out. The story starts at when I got Guitar Hero World Tour GUITAR BUNDLE for XBOX 360 for my Birthday and as I knew, in result of buying world tour I would also want the drums.

The last 2 Guitar Hero games which have come out (Metallica and also Smash Hits) they haven't sold the Band Bundle and looking at the next 2 Guitar Hero games coming out in September they will be selling the full Band Bundle. Unfortunately I have spent the money on my Game card which I got after trading in my DS and Games which I got £78 and as I thought they wouldn't bring out another Band Bundle I spent it Stupidly.

In result, I will need to save up for it all over again. After calculations I worked out that solid hard working for a month will bring me to a £1. Not really it should bring me to something like £10 or so pounds away when I get EMA, (that's if I do get it) £30 a week if I go to school and £40 at the end of the month. My plans are all set for it and I can't wait.

Guitar Hero 5 is out September 2009.

Whats Not Gaming.

I have been recently watching trailers of game consoles which have been shown at E3 in America. There are many new things which are coming to game consoles soon like:-

Project Natal on the Xbox 360

The wireless Wand for the PS3

Wii upgrade for the Wii fit

and more.

The one really annoying thing is why are some of the games consoles trying to attract families into playing. These game consoles I am taking about the XBOX 360. When they advertised the Project Natal for Xbox 360 they used families to advertise it. Also with my brother owning an Xbox which I also play on (as I only have a PSP which is good and PS2 which I don't play on), on there Market Place they have done a category named family games. WHY. I know for a fact that not many families at tall play the Xbox 360 together (with the exclusion of the Buzz Quiz games) and not many watch videos together. At this moment in time I am actually respecting the Nintendo Wii.

The Wii's target market are families creating more games for families to play and this is there aim. Although I do disagree with a sentence I read about the new game for the Wii 'Punch Out.' An old arcade game on the SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) in a gaming magazine insert which said "Had it been too easy though, the game would have certainly upset the HARDCORE Nintendo gamers;" As it is a family console, there is no Hardcore gamers anywhere. But I still have respect for Nintendo.

Back to the point, the Wii tells the truth other than the Xbox 360 and not leaving out the best games console the PS3. The only thing the PS3 does is advertise it with either only one person or or a group of friends which people do play with the PS3.

The Xbox 360 advertises families playing on the Xbox, also the Xbox being down stairs which I know not many people have, they are mostly in bedrooms and the question is, why not advertise them there. Also the Xbox having a movie store, and this is something which Microsoft always advertise with families watching movies which are brought on the market place. For a couple of more pounds you can own a hard copy of it without loosing it when you get the ring of fire.

In conclusion, what I am trying to get to, if you don't understand it under all my blogging rage is that Microsoft Xbox 360 should advertise what people use the Xbox for and what type of people actually use it.