Flash Games FTW! :D

Flash games are always my favourite. Compared to other games, they are much easier to download, and they require little waiting or hassle. Most importantly, some of them are actually pretty fun and worth playing. Hence, whenever I am tired of my Nintendo DS, flash games are always the next in line as my source of entertainment.

As usual, I always like to go to sites like Armor games and Newgrounds to search for newly-released games. This week, I found a couple of awesome flash games that kept me well occupied!

1. Kingdom Rush
Ah, strategy games. I am not very good at strategy games (and hence my dislike for them) but this one caught my full attention. Produced by Ironhide Game Studio this year, this games bears resemblance to a typical Tower Defense game. However, it stands out on its own because of its creativity and graphics. In Kingdom Rush, you have to defend your realm against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends; armed with a mighty arsenal of warriors and mages of your own.

The controls are fairly simple; all you have to do is click on a plot of land and you can start building your tower. There are four different types of tower, each having its own set of advantages and upgrades. My favourite towers are definitely the Musketeer Tower, which can hit high area damage when equipped with the ability Shrapnel Shot, and the Arcane Wizard Tower, which can penetrate physical defenses and comes with a Death Ray special.

Adding to the fun are the many types of enemies you can fight against. Ranging from the simple, weak Goblin to the tough, powerful (but luckily slow) Yeti, the game provides no end to the types of enemies available. Kingdom Rush is also user-friendly such that it provides the description of each type of enemy and gives you tips on how to deal with them effectively. My personal favourite is the Spider Matriach, which can be ridiculously hard to defeat for novices due to its high magical resistance and its ability to spawn spiderlings. And I never liked spiders anyway.

In additions, here are many types of terrains available, ranging from a town to the frosty icelands. Each terrains has own challenges, hence the same strategy cannot be applied across all the stages.

However, one downside to this game is that it restricts where you place the towers. Plots of lands have already been allocated for you to place your towers, so it reduces the flexibility of your set-up. But other than that, it is overall a cool game to play.

2. Achievement Unlocked 2
Always dying to unlock all the achievements in a game? This is definitely the game for you! Achievement Unlocked 2 is the sequel to the original game and has definitely increased in difficulty level. You will be playing as an elephant, and your objective is to be able to touch all the squares in the playing field and of course, complete all the achievements to win the games. The graphics are fairly simple, but it is the challenge of completing all the objectives that leaves you wanting for more! There are in total 250 achievements, ranging from a simple (but dumb) Playtastic (unlocked by finding the Play button) and Rollout (rolling the mouse off the game) to Best of all, you can either play alone, or you can play together with your friends in a single game!

P.S. Dying is also an achievement! Cool story bro!

What are you waiting for? Get started now! :)

Drawing Using Com Is A Challenge!

Recently I started to draw using editing software.

It's very much different from freehand drawing, and the challenge is that you need to know and understand how to use each of the functions before you can get down to drawing.

And I used what I have self-taught to draw my favorite singer.

Presenting the HOTTEST, BADDEST female from Seoul! :D












Perhaps, if I even have the time, I might even draw all four members of 2NE1. Hmmmm....

COOOOL Body Facts That You May Not Know!

I was listening to a radio program the night before and learnt some new information about the human body. Piqued by my increasing interest, I went online to find out more. The following are the top 5 facts that I thought was the coolest and the most amazing:

1. 80% of the brain is water. So people keep describing the brain as the "grey matter" within your thick little skull. However, it actually is a squishy, pink and jelly-like organ due to its high blood and water content of the tissue. So in Mandarin, people tend to use the words "大脑进水" to describe someone who is crazy. And unfortunately, they are factually correct.

2. Monday is the day of the week when the risk of heart attack is the greatest! Another good reason to whine about Monday blues! A 10 year-study revealed that 20% more people die of heart of heart attack on Monday as compared to any other day of the week. Perhaps it's the stress of getting back to work after partying too much during the weekends.

3. Women with larger breasts "have higher diabetes" risk. To the well endowed ladies, you have been warned. Young women who have a fuller figure are at greater risk of getting Type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes only occurs when the body becomes non-responsive to the insulin produced by the pancreas, hence unable to bring the glucose level down. The fatty tissue in the breast, known as adipose tissue may have contributed to the percentage of fat in the abdominal area. And as we all know, obesity, especially fat storage in the abdominal area, has long been pegged as a key contributor to the ailment.

However, there isn't much to worry about yet! There are many other factors that contribute to diabetes, including an unhealthy lifestyle. So as long as you eat healthily and exercise regularly, you should be able to steer clear of many health risks! :D

4. A normal human produces enough saliva to fill up two swimming pools during his/her lifetime. Saliva plays an important part in the digesting system by keeping the mouth lubricating and breaking down the food via the enzymes present in saliva, and your mouth produces quite a bit of it on a daily basis. But two swimming pools worth of saliva...? Ewwww...

5. We are about 1cm taller in the day as compared to in the evening. Our cartilages between our bones get compressed by standing, sitting and other daily activities throughout the day, making us a little bit shorter by the end of the day. Darn, I bet I always took my height measurement at the wrong time of the day! I knew I was taller! :D