Oh, Stereotype.
I know you’re offensive and predictable, but sometimes you’re just so delicious. Like this:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww]
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Easiest Joke
I would like to think I’m above making a quick and easy joke, but when I saw the new poster for the Gerard Butler / Hilary Swank movie, I realized that no, no I’m not above it at all.
Happy Birthday!
This site is now one year old! In the past year, the following has happened in my life (none of it really related to this blog, but it’s fun to share):
- Lost all my steam as a PUA and all my audience that stint generated
- Moved out of my mother’s house and rented a room in a house that’s literally less than a mile away from my mother’s house.
- Got a job as a substitute teacher at my old high school and got most of the students to think I’m “cool” (now if only I could get people in my own age group to think that about me…)
- Got a job as a film critic and eventually film editor for INsite
- Went on amazing trips and lived the life of a junketeer, staying in hotels and going on flights I could never afford so I could interview celebrities like Will Ferrell, Matt Damon, Will Smith, Richard Gere, Jennifer Garner, Kevin Smith, Billy Bob Thorton, and many others.
- Met my favorite actor of all-time, Dustin Hoffman, and got him to sign my DVD of my favorite movie of all-time, The Graduate
- Got a job at Georgia Public Broadcasting working as a writer and as web content developer for the TV show C-47.
- Spent five days in the Exumas and realizing that I love vacationing when everything is already paid for and the activities already planned and I’m in the company of lovely women from New York City and the Bahamas.
- Still about 220 pounds so even though I haven’t lost any weight, I haven’t gained any weight either.
- Still waiting for my real life to begin. I think it may happen very soon.
So that’s what kind of year it has been in the 365 days since I started blogging in earnest. Happy Birthday, blog.
Oh, and my brother turned 20 today. Good for him.
A Miserable Pile of Plastic
I love cool action figures. I love it when companies makes action figures of characters from my favorite videogames. I love Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and its protagonist, Alucard. I love NECA because I think they make some pretty great figures.
I do not love this Alucard action-figure. It is technically accurate to the artist designs from the games but I don’t recall Alucard so strongly resembling star of Swimfan and television’s Six Degrees, Erika Christensen. This may be because I haven’t played Symphony of the Night in some time. Also, in-game, Alucard looked more like this. Still, I couldn’t put that on my shelf in good conscience. Not will all my other toys. I’d be too ashamed.
Touched By a Commercial
I’m on way to see The Invasion tonight but I saw this today and now I feel sorry for the Nicole Kidman/Daniel Craig remake because it has to stand in the shadow of this behemoth:
This Is What It’s Like When Greats Collide
While Jonah Hill and Michael Cera were nothing but kind and funny when I interviewed them, clearly an interview like this can send anyone over the edge, especially when the interviewer looks suspiciously like another kind and funny gent who has directed two of the greatest comedies of the 21st century…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEBA7k70w7Q]
5 Reasons for 360 at The End of 2007
With the recent announcement that Microsoft would be dropping the XBOX360 by $50 on the premium console, this winter got even sweeter as the 360 has the best line up of games for the remainder of 2007, no question. Sure, the Wii does have Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Super Mario Galaxy, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, but I think you’ll agree after watching the following five videos, that the 360 is the system to have, especially when you consider the robust XBOX Live and 360 Marketplace. Sure, there’s always the red rings of death to worry about, but no console is perfect.
5. Assassin’s Creed
This game would be higher on the list if it hadn’t had a glitchy showing at this year’s E3 and trusted source Russ Fischer of CHUD.com (and other news outlets because the guy is awesome) said that the fabled crowd mechanics weren’t quite there yet. Nevertheless, a game set in 1191 during the Third Crusade with meticulous recreations of Jerusalem, Damascus, and Acre so that you can free-run the entire city while blending into crowds and figuring out how best to assassinate your target and escape…well that just deserves attention:
[And in case you’re wondering, the music used in the trailer is “Lonely Soul” by UNKLE]
4. Mass Effect
Okay, I have to admit that the inclusion of this game isn’t so much because of anything beyond the publisher, the reputation, and the genre. So imagine that Pixar only made animated films every three years instead of once a year and you’ll begin to see what Mass Effect, a sci-fi RPG following in the steps of one of the greatest RPGs of all-time, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, is a big deal.
3. Rock Band
This would probably be up one slot if I knew how well the online component played but this is clearly where Guitar Hero has grown (as for Guitar Hero III, I’m in no rush to buy it if I have Rock Band tiding me over). Rock Band does everything that the next Guitar Hero game should do in that it offers more online functionality, the ability to purchase full albums of music (they’ve already slated The Who’s Who’s Next as the first album you can buy) and full customization of your rocker and your band’s image. As for playing it with friends, well these people look like they’re having fun:
2. Bioshock
This is the game that’s giving first-person shooters a shot in the arm. While it lacks mutli-player functionality, the trade-off is a single-player experience like nothing you’ve ever played before. Too many games are staying in the same worlds of already established zones of war simulation (I know I can do without Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare no matter how good it looks) and sci-fi action (the final game on this list being the exception) to take me to a place that I would want to visit even if it wasn’t a videogame. While most of the game’s story remains submerged in mystery, the game’s gameplay has been brought to the forefront to show you that you’ve never really played a game like this before. The following is a way to get through the same room three different ways, all up to the discretion and habit of the player:
1. Halo 3
I don’t care about the story. I don’t even think it’s super-revolutionary in it’s approach to the first-person shooter. No, what puts this at the top of my list is I can’t wait to get online and play it with all my friends, build my ranking, build my Master Chief, keep scores, and just generally have as much fun as I hoped to have online with Halo 2 had the weapons not been unbalanced and my connection at Oberlin not sucked complete and utter balls. While the following trailer doesn’t really clue you into the game, I just think it’s a well-made piece of advertising.
Alec Baldwin Can Do Whatever He Wants
He can call his daughter whatever he wants, be as liberal as he wants, and can he even murder as many hobos as he wants; as long as Alec Baldwin remains this amazing, he’s got a free pass from me:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuEBc9YS1c8]
And if you’re not already a fan of 30 Rock, then you should be.
Review-nomy
Ten more reviews from the past month. Most of these have already hit theatres but a few haven’t and either way, you know you want to know what I know about what I think about these films.
Arctic Tale
The Bourne Ultimatum
Hairspray (2007)
Hot Rod
Rescue Dawn
Rush Hour 3
The Simpsons Movie
Stardust
Sunshine
Superbad
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I Like Traffic
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I Like Stuff
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I Like XBOX 360
