Australia Post

I ordered a lovely collectors edition of Diablo 3, mainly because I have a shelf sitting above my computer desk that looks a little bare.
I collect many things, coins, limited items, expensive oddities and the latest being a bust of Geralt de Rivia and a statuette of Darth Malgus.
I plan to add to this collection of gaming, the next to be the Diablo 3 little thingie, then the new Assassin from Assassin’s Creed 3.

However! I ordered said CE from MightyApe. I normally order off Amazon or other cheaper variations, however I’d be only saving $1 or so, add in currency conversion + the 5% fee banks charge for said conversion.
So I buy it from an online Australian retailer. Add the $3 postage price, and there we go.

It being posted on the 14th of May, I expect it no later than maybe Monday the 21st. What I don’t expect however, is absolutely NO SCANS since the day it was posted. I mean seriously, if I ordered it off the USA, it’d be here, given the 1 day it takes to fly from PA all the way to Hawaii and then down to Newcastle and delivered to my door by say Friday or Thursday. All the while having scans in transit, at the depos and what not.

I ring them up, they also have no data as to where in Australia it is. This is terrible. No hate on MightyApe, they’re a great company, but please allow Express Postage, that way we can know where it is, and get it within a guaranteed 2 business days. For a game with as much hype as Diablo 3, it may be worth it. If you can play it, that is.

By the time I get it, the errors and downtime and what not (touch wood) may have blown over.

That’s all for now. Skyrim and Game of Thrones awaits my very valuable time.

Sherlock

While playing games, I also like watching TV.

I recently read somewhere, I wont quote where, because I don’t know where I read it. But take my work that I did read it.
Why does the UK copy everything the US does?

Now, the amount of comments was staggering. While I’m sure both parties have copied the other in some way or another. But either way I will list what I do know:
The Office UK. USA copied it with their own version.
Kath and Kim Australia. USA copied it (I think).
Skins UK. USA copied it, and it ran for 1 season, then flopped.
The Weakest Link UK. USA copied it.
Probably more.
Now Sherlock is being copied by the USA. Which mind you is probably a bad idea. Sherlock is purely British. The USA could not possibly copy an even decent version.
Series 2 of Sherlock just concluded, and there’s going to be a season 3 in 2013, or sooner. Both lead actors play movie roles which will probably justify them doing  Sherlock later.

And there you have it.

Now on to more pressing matters.
Sherlock series 1 – 10/10
Series 2 – 10/10
Probably the best “crime” shows I’ll ever watch. I’m seriously grumpy about cop, crime and detective shows. I’m sick of them. But this isn’t the only genre it falls into, there’s more, which I wont list.

It’s an excellent show, worth your time, and a spot on your shelf where you hopefully have Rome Season 1 and 2, as well as Game of Thrones next to it.

A Game of Thrones

Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Political and sexual intrigue abound. The primary families are the Stark, Lannister, and Baratheon families. Robert Baratheon, King of Westeros, asks his old friend Eddard Stark to serve as his chief advisor. Eddard, suspecting that his predecessor had been murdered, accepts so that he can investigate further. It turns out more than one family is plotting to take the throne. The Queen’s family, the Lannisters, may be hatching a plot to take control. Across the sea, the last surviving members of the previously deposed ruling family, the Targaryens, are also plotting a return to power. The conflict between these families and others, including the Greyjoys, the Tullys, the Arryns, and the Tyrells, leads to war. Meanwhile, in the north, an ancient evil awakens. Amidst war and the political confusion, a brotherhood of misfits, The Night’s Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and the horrors beyond.

Yet another awesome TV series by HBO.
Thanks to the USA and the UK I get to watch this one before 2012. I’m loving it so far, and I urge everyone to watch the show.

I’ve not read the books, but I feel reading the books will not ruin the show too much. Anyway, on to the review:

It’s got love, betrayal, greed blood and guts, and of course murder.
It’s a fantasy epic, in George R. R. Martin’s writing. I think it’s unlike any other world. The main conflict here is between two families, one royalty, the other aristocracy.  House of Stark, and House of Lannister. But there’s also other stories to be told.

Sean Bean stars as Eddard Stark, who is the main character in this, the story is mainly about him, but it still isn’t the whole story. Which is  good. I like stories within stories (Storyception). I think HBO put a bit of a gamble in this series, with lots of money, it will pay off.

There’s a lot of character to the art, with depth. A good job I think by creating the world ground-up. Costumes are fucking awesome, so is the landscape and armour. It’s all been done well, and which is why I like HBO.

Go ahead and watch it as the stories unfold. It’s pleased me just like Rome did. You wont be let-down. I will probably read the books after this series has ended.

I give it a 9/10 so far. The actors, younger and older are full of win.