Lifestyle: Watches

Lifestyle: Watches

Nowadays watches are bought by everyone. But for a different purpose: Fashion. People don’t buy them anymore because they just need the time. Watches are one of my favorite items. I do have only one though because I’m going to college and I just don’t have to money to buy a new time piece every few months.

Now when I bought mine I thought I would lose a lot of money but I was wrong. When you look around I’ll see that there are some nice watches available for an affordable price. I looked at these brands: Diesel, emporio Armani, fossil, festina, rodania. I really liked the Diesel watches because they’re fun to wear everyday but you can dress them up for more formal events. So I bought one. When I saw the price I was pleasantly surprised. It was only 100 euro which isn’t a lot for a nice watch. Also women like wearing watches but I find that a nice women’s watch is a bit more expensive but I saw some for about 200 euro.

In short: Watches are fun to wear and nowadays it’s really a piece of fashion which can be as expensive as you want it to be.

Fragrance review: The Dreamer by Versace

Fragrance review: The Dreamer by Versace

The Dreamer is a very complex fragrance and is well known in the fragrance community. It really suits its name. This one can be used in winter during the day or evening but also on a summer night if it’s not too hot. When you first spray this you won’t like this. The top notes are very harsh and they beat up your nose. They start up very spicy and sharp (a little too sharp) and you can’t smell any of the tobacco.  But if you can get past the first hour or so this scent will reveal its true image. The scent becomes more subtle and close to the skin, the tobacco leaves show up and makes it a bit unique. But what I get of it in the dry down is very wonderful. The harsh scent becomes a fabric softener type of feeling, which is light and very appropriate for summer nights. The longevity on this fragrance is very good. I get at least 8 hours from this one. The projection is moderate. The first 2-3 hours it projects like a beast but then it subtles down to a more close to the skin scent. I got many compliments on this scent when they smelt the dry down.

In short: this one is not for the average man but more for the fragrance lovers like myself. I recommend it to everyone but you have to get past the first 1-2 hours which can be very harsh. The longer the scent stays on the skin, the nicer it becomes.

Game review: League of Legends (LoL)

Game review: League of Legends (LoL)

Platform: PC
Genre: Moba style

This game is a gem! It’s F2P(Free to Play) with some micro transactions. The game is a moba style game which I will explain later. LoL is focused on PVP. You can play 3vs3, 5vs5 or a custom match which you create yourself. The purpose of the game is to destroy the base of the other team. You can choose between many champions to play the game. Each champion has his or her own specifications that are all useful in battle. When the game starts your champion is lvl1 and the goal is to level him up to 18. The beautiful thing about this game is that you can buy items to customize your champion. For example: Some items make you more powerful, some make you faster, etc… These items only last for one match. All champions have 4 skills which can be upgraded by leveling up.

The game itself is pretty easy to pick up and there are some nice tutorials out there that help you a lot. The graphics are cartoony which I like very much because it makes the game more unique. The gameplay is very smooth and very fun.

The LoL community is very big and most people are friendly and supportive but sometimes there are people who leave in the middle of a match and that is very frustrating.(Once I played a 5vs5 and there were 3 people AFK!!).

In short: This game is a must have for every pc gamer that wants to play a quality game for free. Players who pay for micro transactions have no advantage over the free players so everyone is equal. One negative thing is that you can’t buy skins (these can be used to dress your champion) with in-game money.

Movie review: Fast Five

Movie review: Fast Five

This movie is the latest in the “The fast and the furious” franchise. In this movie they use the actors that played in the first four releases which I thought was pretty nice. The beginning of the movie follows up the ending of the fourth when Dominique(Vin Diesel) escapes from jail.

Now when people say “The fast and the furious” they think “Drag racing”, “Tuning”, etc… But in this latest release it’s not at all about that. It’s not only about racing and see what car is the fastest, but there is an actual story. The storytelling reminds me a bit of “The Italian Job”. The story is simple: Trying to steal all of the money of a mafia boss that runs Brazil.

Although I like there’s a nice story I also miss the racing part. There aren’t many tuned cars anymore and the races are reduced to a minimum. The movie isn’t bad though and I must say that the actors did a nice job.

In short: The fast five is a nice movie which will not only attract the franchise fans but also many other people. What I hope though is that there will be a nice balance between racing, tuning and storytelling in the next one because this one lacked a bit of the first.

Games: Why pay for them?

Games: Why pay for them?

As people may know games are pretty expensive these days. When first released some games cost about 60 euro. Now when you are a pc gamer there are other options. F2P games (Free to play) are games that only require to download them and you can play for free. Some games require a registration. Now these days more and more games are F2P. Some of them where P2P(pay to play) in the past. Now these games are mostly not completely free because some do micro transactions which can be used to buy some items but that choice is up to you. I almost completely play F2P games on my pc and I take this is the future. It is also proven that F2P games make more money with their micro transactions than P2P games so it’s a win win situation.

Here are some good F2P games:

-          League of legends

-          Dungeons and dragons online

-          Lord of the rings online

-          Combat arms

-          Age of empires online

Fragrance review: Chanel Allure Homme Sport

Fragrance review: Chanel Allure Homme Sport

First I have to say that I love fragrances. I have a bunch of them and I'm still buying new ones regularly. I think fragrances make you more confident or bring up memories. But the main reason to wear fragrances is to smell nice. Now I like to wear something that others don't have so I smell unique and not like everyone else.

Now about this fragrance. This one isn't very unique but it's one that everyone should have. It can be worn everyday, every season, on every occasion. It starts of with a lemony smell, a bit syntethic. Not a bad syntethic though. Its projects very well and everyone will notice it. After about 1 hour it's starts to settle down a bit and it becomes a bit creamy. Not a thick vanilla creamy but really soft. This stays throughout the whole fragrance until it dries down to a watery smell which is very nice but it's also very close to the skin.
Allure homme Sport lasts about 8 hours on my skin and it project well for the first 3-4 hours.
The prices can be a drawback for this one as it is about 58 euro for the 50 ml but it's worth the money.
In short: A very nice fragrance that gets alot of compliments and can be worn everyday. But many people have this one so you wont be that unique guy that smells different.

Movie review: Friends with benefits

 Movie review: Friends with benefits

Previously I saw this one. At first I thought"Ow God this will be another chickflick like there are thousands". Well it was ... Kinda. Though this movie has a happy ending and there are a bunch of this movies coming out every year, it wasn't bad at all. Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis are starring in this one and I must say they werent to bad. Jamie (Mila Kunis) played a woman who is busy with her carreer (she reminded me of Eva Mendes in "The hitch" ). She recruited Dylan to work for a magazine in New York. Now they just want to have sex and no relationship because they're sick of committing to other people. This works out in the beginning but then they fall in love... Kinda.
I'm not gonna spoil the details before you guys see the movie so that is all you get.

The best thing about the movie is that there is some pretty good humor in it that I didn't expect at all from those 2 "actors" and I must say it was nice to watch eventhough I am a guy. In short: This movie is for the people who just want to have a casual film to watch when they have some time to kill. Nothing groundbreaking but still pretty good.