Well look who it is (football, BFBC2 and other little bits)

Well it's been a while hasn't it. Unfotunately (...?) I've been procrastinating less and less these days so this blog has suffered a bit. Anyway, don't fear, I'm back, with more pointless babble that noone will read!

So I just finished watching Bayern Munich play Manchester United. I'm usually apathetic towards Manchester United but have found myself increasingly annoyed at their largely ignorant and arrogant fanbase, and was pretty satisfied when they were, essentially, battered in the Champions League Final last year. The English media loves to hype up Lord Fergie but as far as I can remember United haven't played good attacking football since they were destroyed by Bayern home and away in the 2001 Champions League, and for me that is more important than winning shiny eggcups. The game tonight was brilliant, as Bayern played really good football and probably should have scored a couple more than the 2 they did manage. And with Robben and Schweinsteiger to come back for Bayern and Rooney possibly knacked for a little while, I think they have a decent chance at the Theatre of Bullshit. I mean Dreams, sorry. Although I thought that way about Roma a few years ago, and look what happened there. Tomorrow sees Arsenal play Barcelona at the Emirates. I'm not expecting a positive outcome for Arsenal although I do feel if they play well enough they can definitely match Barca. But they will have to play very very well. And it still might not be good enough.

In other news a few weeks ago now I got Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and it is a really good game. The multiplayer is a lot of fun, a lot better than Modern Warfare 2 as there is always something to do; repairing tanks, destroying tanks, calling in mortar strikes, healing teammates or, if you really want to, shooting people in the face. It's a nice break from COD in which all that matters is the number of times you are shot in the face minus the number of times you shoot other people in the face (otherwise known as kill/death ratio) and the presence of killstreaks makes every death an extremely frustrating experience. Battlefield is a lot more fun with a slower pace, longer matches, bigger maps and fantastic variation. As for the campaign, it seems pretty good so far but I have only played 3 levels and will return to it once I'm bored with the multiplayer. It's not as James Bond-y as MW2 either, and I'm not sure if this is good or bad, because I love sharks with laser beams on their heads. I'm not sure if that joke made sense either, but I do love sharks with laser beams on their heads.