hotel626

i'm proud to say im more financial capable now.

for the month of march, kevin has been paying for most of the meals we have. but today! i managed to pay the lunch we have. whoopie!

went to the marina barrage with my family yesterday. it was a joke. my dad booked the tour for it. so yeps. its good to know singapore is so far-sighted. by dunno which year, its very soon. like 1 or 2 years' time, 2/3 of singapore's land will be water catchment area!!!

so it was my third time at barrage, so i chiong to the green roof, well, super eager to fly the kite. my dad thought i was damn noob, so as usual, he wanted to show off. alright, he got the kite up, but then instead of directing the kite. the kite directed him. it was so funny. we were from one end of the barrage, and my dad was like being pulled by the kite unknowingly, the next thing we knew, we were on the other side of the barrage. haha. several occassions, the kite dropped and it knocked onto people's heads. it was damn funny lar. our kite is really one of a kind. disastrous kite.

we watched the shinjuku incident later on. well, my parent will not miss any jackie chan's movie. i think its really a thing for their generation. but i would say the movie is something fresh, dark and well nice overall.

so fast forward to today, went to PS with kevin. he's really an ass. but it was good time spent. i'm glad that we haven't had any fights for weeks already. though there were still some inevitable small squabbles. but yeah. time well-spent today.
went to DAISO and decided to buy this face massager. heard from abs and iris that its good for face slimming but they didn't say so on the packaging. but heck, just bought the 2 bucks product.

kevin sent me to my grandma's place. that place spells heavy and sumptuous dinner. weight gaining time. damnnn... but anws, the hightlight here was when my cousin showed us this website www.hotel626.com
it is one of the scariest shit ever. its so real. well, i hadn't played it cos the internet connection was damn slow at my grandma's place so i was tapping on other's WLAN. and guess what, it produced by DORITOS. yes, you are correct. the chips. the tortilla chips. yeah. basically its a horror game.

alright here is what it is about:



HOTEL626, an advergame created to promote Doritos snacks, is an amazingly innovative, beautifully-produced nightmare of a game. After "checking in" (giving the website your name, email and creating a password), you are immediately whisked away into the opening movie: your awakening, in the middle of the night, in your room at this hellish hotel. Strange noises echo in the distance. Your breath quickens, your heart pounds, and some animal instinct screams that you need to get out. You throw on your shirt, dash into the hallway, and then the real game begins.

The journey through the hotel is comprised of ten levels, each of which involves its own creepy, unique task or puzzle. Some are extremely simple: locating the correct door, for example. Others involve more complex undertakings, such as figuring out a code or snapping a picture of a ghost's face. None, to be honest, are objectively very difficult or intellectually taxing. What you're really playing against is your own adrenaline, and the knowledge that if you mess up/take too long you're bound to meet a rather unfortunate end. And that, really, can be far tougher to overcome than any MENSA riddle. Luckily, if you do fail and die, the hotel is magnanimous to offer you the chance to either try it again or move on to the next level.

One impressive measure of the game's creativity is the lengths that it goes to create a sense of immersion in the scenario. At the beginning, while registering, you are given the option to allow access to your computer's webcam and microphone; if you do so, both those elements will be used in later levels. Also, near the end of the game, players in the United States can enter their phone numbers and receive a kah-reepy call from a "friend." Finally, as the name of the game implies, the Hotel is only "open" (accessible) from 6 PM to 6 AM, the better to set the spooky stage. However, for those of us who are impatient (me) or too chicken to play the game in the dark (also me), you can easily cheat by changing the time on your computer.

Of all the unanswered questions posed by this enigmatic hotel, perhaps the greatest mystery of all is how any of this relates in the slightest to Doritos (least relevant piece of viral advertising ever?). Still...I don't really care. Hotel 626 is superb, with wonderful visuals and audio, and manages to approximate the fear of such a situation (so far as I can imagine) better than any other online game I've come across. Heck, if it'll encourage them to make more of these, I'll go out and buy a bag of fake-cheddar-cheese-flavored corn chips right now!

If you're brave enough, your room is ready...



alright last week of school before the study break and then the exams. well, the semester is coming to an end!