• 9Dec 07

  I Shine Amongst Chaos

  Yea it's been almost a year since I've written a blog on here. 'Bout 8 months little more exactly. Still been hitting the site a lot and checking things out, readin' reviews checking the news, etc. Just haven't had blogging energy I suppose. Quick recap = I've been gaming, and writing. I actually did start writing that novel I was talking about here many long months ago, and realized writing **** is really alot tougher than I thought it'd be But, buddies have come around to help me out and correct my horrible grammar and completely lame character names so things are turning out decently. If I'll finish it or not, and whether its crap or not, is probably in the hands of the almighty at this point. But we'll see I'll donate a few bucks to homeless kids or something and light a candle or twelve at a christmas mass.

  

  Anyhow, noticing the "Jeff got fired over Kane & Lynch" internet phenomenon, I figured it's the perfect time for me to start writing useless information on here again. Don't really know why, but I enjoy drama when it's not directly affecting me. That aside, it really did dissapoint me that Jeff got canned, same as it did when Rich Gallop poofed from On The Spot, him and Jeff were a pretty badass team. Kinda like Ren and Stimpy but not so....twitchy. They made me laugh my ass off more times than I can count, was simply a hell of a lot of fun to watch On The Spot and all the other crazy vid features they did together. It sucks, in the end though, with anything that lasts as long as Gamespot has people move on. Firings or upgrading paygrades or a simple need for something new, just the way things go. Either way I know Jeff is gonna move on to a great job, and I'm sure the guys left at Gamespot are gonna be able to pull something out of their collective rumps to maintain the quality of the site, On The Spot, and any other features taking a hit with the loss of Jeff. Furthermore, 30 years from now Jeff is gonna be able to tell small kids the great story of when he got fired from his job at Gamespot and the entire internet took a pissy fit, ran picket lines, inspired hackers, called in bomb threats to eidos, and damn near lit buildings on fire. I'd say that makes it all worth it, but I'm a pompous bastard so I dont know how far that'l go. As far as me personally, I'll back Jeff wherever he finds himself next, and I'll back the guys left working at Gamespot whether they remain here or go elsewhere. I trust the staff and their reviews here, and besides if I'm really unsure on the quality of a game, my tactic is and will remain - let a friend buy it first, then steal it for a few hours.

  

  Anyway, back to my gaming front, the reason we're all here. In a nutshell, I've spent way to much goddam money this year and played a hell of a lot of games. I guess just going back to the summer, I've played Motorstorm, Company of Heroes:Opposing Fronts, Stranglehold, Overlord, Metroid 3, Warhawk, The Darkness, Bioshock, Puzzle Quest, Guitar Hero 3, hell of a lot of Madden 08 online, Halo 3, RE4 Wii, just to name some of it. Most recently I just finished Assassin's Creed, one of the best game I've played in a really long time. Playing through Mass Effect now on insanity, another badass game. Got Rock Band sittin' here completely unopened, havent had time and I wanna clear the last couple songs in expert GH3 before I get to it. Super Mario Galaxy remains unbeaten but I'll get around to it. My PS3 is basically a glorfied Blu-Ray player, own more blu-ray movies then I do PS3 games unfortunately. I've played a bit on the PC and Wii but my 360 definately gets the most play time as of late. Ah yea, I got 360 Red Rings of Death. Same one I bought on launch day finally died on me while playing GH3, had to send it back. Sucked, but I got over it quick. My computer had massive failure also this past month. Liquid Colling system somehow leaked and fried...well...alot. $1600 worth of alot. I cried in my sleep a bit.

  I guess to close this really quick recap of my past 8 months, I'll honor Jeff Gerstmann in the only way I know how, cartoons. This one goes out to you, Jeff.

  Mighty Mouse! Starring Jeff Gerstmann as Mighty Mouse; Cnet exec's as the ugly bad dudes.

  • Posted Dec 9, 2007 11:46 pm PT
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• 26Mar 07

  End of an Empire

  

  The final episode of Rome aired last night Even though the second season wasn't nearly as excellent as the first, It's still sad to see it go so soon...but they gave it a decent end. After season 1, I was hooked on the show. The scene where Vorenus jumps into the arena to save Pullo is one of the coolest fight scenes you'll ever see. This last season did disappoint me a bit though. It moved really really fast, went from one crazy event to another before you could figure out what happened with the crazy event from last weeks episode. Seemed rushed I guess, but it still had some great moments(Brutus walking alone into an enemy army was pretty badass). On another sad cancellation note, one of my other favorite late weekend HBO shows is also calling it quits this summer, with "two, 2 hour films" Deadwood will also be finished. No more Seth Bullock kicking the crap out of people. Sucks, but I have hope that something new will come along sooner or later.

  Aside from that, I downloaded Worms off XBL arcade the other day. Brings back memories of the old PC version, running 4 player games where we all had to use the same damn computer and fought over two chairs, good times. I also finally got myself a new headset for the 360. Think it's been almost 4 months since the eh....accident...with my old one, so it's about time. With a little luck, history won't repeat itself and this headset will live a bit longer than the last one. For now, there's a curious george cartoon on tv and it's strangely drawing my attention......

  • Posted Mar 26, 2007 8:27 am PT
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• 18Mar 07

  Mass Randomness

  Been in sort of a daze all week. Don't really know why, as far as I can tell im healthy, I have an unusual overflow of cash, and for the moment a hell of a lot of time on my hands. I figure its a bit of a downer since I went from working many hours a day over several long weeks to just sitting on my ass watching movies. My friends tell me I need to find something esle to do when I'm not working other than...well, watching movies and playing video games. I think their all idiots....what the hell am I supposed to do, take a dance class? Pssht. I like movies and video games, and dammit, they like me to.

  And in that spirit, I went out and bought a bunch of dvd's. I watched Casino Royale, Stranger Than Fiction, Borat, The Departed, and Silent Hill. All of em were decent, The Departed was definately the best of them. A friend of mine has been bugging me to see borat for a long time now....it was funny as hell.....all the way up until the fat nude guy sitting on the face butt-cheek grabbing scene. If you were to gather together every gross, disgusting scene any comedian in the world has ever done to get a laugh, and then combined them all together into one long disgusting movie, it would not be anywhere near as utterly horrific as that scene in borat. Honestly, screw the "im burning" girl in Silent Hill, all they needed to do was add in a nude fat guy sitting on some other nude guys face for a couple seconds and they wouldve scared the liviing hell out of every single soul in the theater. I may never get that picture out of my head....

  And on the subject of naked people, I did see an absolutely amazing movie the other day.

  

  If you haven't seen the 300 yet, get your sorry self out to the theater and check this movie out. I loved every single second of it. And it's got one seriously vicious soundtrack, too 

  Changing the subject, on the gaming end I feel like I need a new first-person shooter. I'm playing a lot of supreme commander lately and it's a lot of fun, I've also been fiddling with GRAW2 but it doesn't really feel new.....I still play Rainbow Six:Vegas on live and I still love it, I just need something fresh and new to jump into. We'll see, I've been looking around to see whats coming out in the genre but it seems like the best of them are set for late '07 or just "TBA". Sucks.

  • Posted Mar 18, 2007 1:16 am PT
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