Modern Warfare 3 Release Date Leaked!

As of today (16.05.2011), I Clare McKenna am now a Christian. There is a god out there and s/he just made my Monday morning that little bit easier. 

Today as i checked my twitter feed the best piece of gaming news I've heard in a little while, reared its little head up. 

IGN have now confirmed the released the official release date for the next CoD game, Modern Warfare 3 as 08.11.11 as this leaked picture of the promotional photo shows. 

After seeing this photo I think I died a little knowing that it would be released two days before The new Elder Scrolls game, Skyrim is also released .Which means I wont actually get to play Skyrim for a few weeks.because Craig will still be addicted to Multi player . (JOY!). 

But still the good news which I'm focussing on is the fact the release date has been confirmed.

HTC HD7,

 Hi I'm Clare McKenna...

And Windows 7 was my idea! 

I wish...

I've had my new shiny phone for two weeks now I think? so i think it's time to review..

My last phone was the LG GW300, the blackberry look-a-like, I've never owned a smart phone before so i was pretty stoked about this one. HTC HD7. It's a 4.3" touchscreen smartphone with windows phone 7 operating system. And its a pretty exciting phone to own. The phone is from the new range of windows phones being released by HTC. Of this Range you have; The Trophy released on Vodafone, aiming more at a mobile gamer, same processor and OS but a slightly smaller screen (3.8")  weigh's slightly less and an improved battery life. The Mozart on Orange, based around music, even smaller than the other two (3.7" screen) a better Camera, 8MP, compared with the HD7 and Trophy's 5MP. The HD7 comes across as the all rounder out of the three, Slightly larger screen than the other two for gaming and pictures and videos,  SRS and dolby Digital enhancements for music. a 16GB Internal Memory and a 720p HD Video recorder

The 1GHz Snapdragon Processor that is in all three of these phones is AMAZING and with new most recent software updates (v7.0.7392) , applications load up and close quicker than you can blink. 

Integrated Windows Live and Facebook meant I never had the fuss with switching all my contacts from my old phone into the new one. everyone's in one place.

My only two complaints about this phone is the lack of ringtones and Video quality once the video is taken off the small screen..

Firstly the issue with the ringtone is the same one the iPhone had when it first came out, you cant use an MP3 track that you have put on the phones memory as your ringtone, its just not possible, well unless your willing to "jailbreak" your phone. and make your warranty and insurance null and void. Have fun coughing up £500 to replace your phone if you break it!  

Secondly the video quality after I had taken the videos recorded on the phone on to my laptop. the quality of the videos were very jumpy, and blurred. not really what i was expecting, especially as the phone is called the "HD"7 . 

But Overall the phone its self and its OS is a treat.

Escalation, it's finally here...

So, yeah the second DLC pack from Treyarch and the Call of Duty franchise is finally here, Escalation, similar to the First Strike map pack, available on Xbox Live first, Costing 1200 Microsoft points. you get 4 new multi-player maps, (Zoo, Convoy, Hotel and Stockpile) and one new zombie map called Call Of The Dead (Which I haven't played yet, but will post when I have!) where you can play as Sarah Michelle Gellar, Danny Trejo, Robert Englund and Michael Rooker... impressed? Don't be.


 I must say at first the multi-player maps are not that great and the price personally a bit steep. I bought them today, (the 6th May) three days after the release and what-do-you-know, the first thing i come across? CAMPERS! seriously WTF?! why spend 1200 MSP (£12 to you PSN'ers) if your just going to stay in one spot, that's not really the point of the game, and to be honest? a waste of money.


First map is Convoy, a medium size map. It comes across as war torn suburban area, lots of destroyed vehicles, ruined buildings, and very samey?(is that even a word) FPS surroundings. A Large motorway style bridge takes the centre of the map with two adjacent catwalks, perfect for you snipers out there. Personally I feel this map is out of place in the Black Ops series and belongs in a Modern Warfare DLC, perhaps it's just the whole Diner, ruined bridge and petrol station. i just feel like I've seen it all before...


Second is Hotel, pretty much describes itself. Set in a, well, how do I say this with out pointing out the obvious? HOTEL. two opposing buildings, similar to the old Nuketown map however in it's own way entirely different. This map is the highlight of the map pack for myself. One side there is a casino the other a bar, with a second floor sniper perches, but don't think about taking the stairs if you plan on sniping, there 3 available lifts on this map. the main area of the map is the giant swimming pool that takes centre stage for those close encounters, an assault rifle or LMG is a must! Commando with Reflex sights and suppressor is my preference.


Third up, Stockpile. Back to the more Cold War settings, not really original, (come on Treyarch, develop something new!) and I dont really have much to write on this map. It's set in a weapons factory. Only interesting point of this map is the main control room, an ideal place for those campers, can lock themselves in by using two switches. take a rocket launcher to this map. it penetrates through those lockable doors. HA TAKE THAT CAMPERS! :D


Lastly, Zoo.. Like hotel, it's obvious the where its set. An Abandoned Zoo. Lots of secret paths and hidden stairs,if you've got the time to take to actually explore the map you should. Keep an eye out at every second possible. Enemies will constantly be flanking you, and you wont even notice your doing it. Make sure you get up to the monorail that runs throughout the map. Sweet sniper points run all the way through the track, and you have the advantage of height to see where enemies are despite the amount of animal enclosure that are roofed..but all in alll the map is decent. 


Overall my Opinion of the DLC, is over priced and rather bland and nothing extraordinary. Had I not been such a big fan of the CoD franchise, I probably wouldn't have bought these maps! 

BLINK 182... and Twin Atlantic

Hi Strangers!

Remember me? no? didn't think so!!

Just a quick update on how life's going!

Craig and me are still together. 

Elidh's now 4 and a half months old!

And we now have a house together!
How time flies.

One of the best experiences of my life happened a week ago. 

i got to see a band that were like my idols when i was growing up!

BLINK 182!

So here's the story...

After getting the tickets in May, we were relying on Craig's Brother Scott to have a car by August. He didn't. The week before the gig i was in panic mode. i had no idea how we were going to get through. Mega bus simply didn't run a bus service late enough and I WAS NOT leaving early! so My lovely big cousin managed to come through and pick us up.

So we got to Glasgow. Spent the whole journey playing "THE GAME" (mini punch beetle bop and banana slap). Fair to say Craig won. who knew there would be so many Mini's in Glasgow. We wandered round the town centre for ages. I can't wait to go shopping there! we got food. and headed back to the bus station. 

                  "THE BUS SERVICE YOU REQUIRE IS NOT RUNNING TODAY"

"WHATTTTT???!!!" no way. believe it. So we basically ran to the underground station. I was knackered by the time we got on the train. The train was HEAVING, absolutely packed. jumping off the train the chants started "HERE WE, HERE WE, HERE WE F**KING GO!"

We thought we were doing excellent after getting to the SECC before the doors opened at 18:30. the cue to get in went right through the building and around most of it too! so this is what 25,00 people looked like!

After waiting about an hour, we got in to the arena. Twin Atlantic were the support act,they came on and we stood back a bit, I was waiting for Blink before I went near a pit!

Twin Atlantic's set list wit

1. Human After All 
2. Lightspeed 
3. Your Turning Into John Wayne 
4. Carribean War Syndrome 
5. What Is Light? Where Is Laughter? 
6. A Guidance From Colour 
7. Audience and Audio 

They were amazing! I have some live video's on my FaceBook page

The curtain was pulled up and the stage was being set for the main act!

BLINK 182!!!

The lights went down and some Irish folk music went on. "WTF?!" i know! a few minutes later, the curtain came down and Blink burst in to dumpweed, the crowd went mental! quite a few pits and generally just got squished! i think i had to get out after violence mainly because some guy kept elbowing e in the face and trying to get past me! all a bit of a blur from there so i'l share my pics and give you a set list again

1. Dumpweed 
2. Feeling This 
3. The Rock Show 
4. What's My Age Again? 
5. Violence 
6. I Miss You 
7. Stay Together For The Kids 
8. Down 
9. Always 
10. Stockholm Syndrome 
11. First Date 
12. Man Overboard 
13. Don't Leave Me 
14. Not Now 
15. All The Small Things 
16. Reckless Abandon 
17. Josie 
18. Anthem Part Two 
19. Encore:
19. Drum Solo (ABSOLUTELY IMENSE!)
20. Carousel 
21. Dammit 

It was EPIC! 

IF YOU EVER GET THE CHANCE TO SEE BLINK 182 ...GO!

PItures link................ CLICK HERE

no need for introductions, i've read about girls like you...♫

 Hey there!! :)

This is my first blog!

I'm not really to sure what to write

  I'm sure very few people will even bother to read this

 but mega thanks to you if you do

take the time to read!

First of all, I'll let you know a bit about me;

I'm Clare McKenna

Thats me at the top...

I'm 19, Living a little city called Dundee in Scotland.

Just now I live with my mom, my fiance Craig and our baby Elidh (who's 11 days old today and fast asleep in my arms as i'm typing :) ) and my dog rusty and gold fish, barney and goofy.

Lifes pretty good at the moment, I'm loving being a mom :)

I love fashion, make up and music !

I'm forever taking pictures of myself, but I wish I was prettier

so I could live my dream and be a model

but just now I'm happy with the way I look.

I'm hoping to go to  university September 2011 to study nursing.

I play guitar whenever I can, but I'm not that good at it.

I love to sing, although I suffer from terrible stage fright .

I used to play viola, cello, and recorder but I gave up.

If you ever see me walking down the street I'll have my ipod plugged in and be in my own world, thats how I like it ♥

Anyway i think thats enough about myself :)

xoxo