• 1Jul 09

  June 09

  I wasn't really planning on making this blog, but I'm bored and I figured "Ah, what the hell?". And here we are. I guess this is a basic update on the last month of my life. Not a whole hell of a lot happened this past month, save the weather pissing me off to no end

  Video Games:

  Left 4 Dead

  Music:

  N/A

  Film:

  Tropic Thunder
  Pineapple Express
  South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
  Team America: World Police

  Events:

  As you can no doubt tell, this past month was mostly a film month. I'm big on comedies, and I first got Tropic Thunder and Pineapple Express. Tropic Thunder is fantastic, namely for the role of Les Grossman, played by Tom Cruise. If you don't know, it was the most hilarious role in the entire film, where Tom played the foul-mouthed, power-hungry exec Les Grossman. Many a lulz, let me assure you. And of course, Pineapple Express being the best "stoner movie" since Half Baked. As of today, I got the South Park movie and Team America, and I must profess my fondness of the genius that is Trey Parker and Matt Stone. They truly are comedic masterminds in their own right, and such praise for them shant be limited to South Park. Team America is just plain awesome, and the song "America, **** Yeah" is one of the best comedy songs out there.

  I haven't found myself too interested in video games lately. It's been a lot of World at War online (Nazi Zombies has gotten old), and more recently, Halo 3 online. I'm not quite as good in Halo 3 as I used to be. But I've improved dramatically in WaW. A shame I don't have many XBL friends who play it, or it'd be more fun (hint, hint, wink, wink).

  I guess I should also say a few things regarding the week of celebrity death. First, Ed McMahon. I don't really care about that one (no offense). Then, Farrah Fawcett. That sucks purely because Farrah was damn hot back in the day. Beautiful women like that shouldn't die such a painful death. Then, Michael Jackson's death. This one affects me the most, not because I'm upset over his death (what a shock, an opioid addict dying? ) but because of the general public's reactions. The very same people who were all gung-ho in calling him a child molester, and a freak, are now the ones who say "RIP MJ" or "He was the best we'll miss him". People are so fickle, and it's little things like that that irritate me. Oh, and lastly, Billy Mays' death. That was a shocker to me, considering it happened a few days after his appearance on Conan O'Brien's talkshow (which as it happens is the only episode I've watched of said show). I liked Billy Mays, he made me laugh with his showmanship and salesman antics. RIP, Billy, RIP.

  And...that would be all. Now if you'll excuse me, I have an entire website to ignore. It's GS btw...

  • Posted Jul 1, 2009 3:36 pm PT
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• 31May 09

  May 09

  I didn't really do much gaming this month, except for some of that oh-so-epic Nazi Zombie stuff in Call of Duty: World at War (and more recently, Final Fantasy IX). Lots of online with strangers (many of which aren't team players, something critical to lasting into the higher levels) and with my good friend on the PS3. We managed to reach Level 16 twice, being our highest level achieved yet. I've since passed that with a group of online people, reaching Level 22 (my current best). Turns out it's a lot smarter to go for the random box and try for a Ray Gun than to hunker down upstairs with a Trench Gun. Who knew? >_>

  Video Games:

  N/A

  Music:

  "The Essential Electric Light Orchestra" – Electric Light Orchestra

  "Greatest Hits: 1974-1978" – Steve Miller Band

  "Greatest Hits" – ZZ Top

  Film:

  "Role Models" – DVD

  Events:

  Like I said in my opening paragraph, I've been doing nearly all of my gaming on World at War's game mode, Nazi Zombies (affectionately called "Nacht der untoten", which is probably German for "Nazi Zombies"). It is probably one of the best things to have come out in the last year, just this little game mode in and of itself. There's nothing more exciting than a swarm of Zombies charging you full speed with arms flailing while you fire madly with whatever weapon you're so lucky to have ammunition for. Ray Gun is basically required if you want to get up into the teen levels (even with 2 of them it's ridiculously difficult).

  I've really been more into music than anything this month. I got the ELO greatest hits CD in the beginning of this month, and I was obsessed with them for a good couple of weeks, not including the week or two before I got the CD which is where my interest in them first arose. Recently I got a couple of other greatest hits discs (ZZ Top and Steve Miller Band), both because of their epicness (naturally). Steve Miller Band had some great hits back in the day, and no doubt you all know at least one of them. "Fly Like an Eagle", "The Joker", and "Rock'n Me" should ring a bell.

  I've also taken a great(er) interest in South Park's older seasons, namely its 2nd season. I think my favorite episodes are "Clubhouses" (purely for Fat Abbot) and "Not Without My Anus". Thank God for free online streaming

  I've been doing some introspective thinking about video games in my life. I've been in something of a gaming crisis for about the last 2 years now. It's been a lot of ups and downs, most notably is my inability to get into RPGs. Normally, no big deal. But for me, being the RPG junkie that I am, it's a catastrophe! It seems as though this new generation of video games isn't able to live up to my RPG expectations. I'm really, really, really hoping that Final Fantasy XIII will change that. Until then, I plan on going bat**** crazy on Nazi Zombies and maybe play FFIX with different characters. Eiko, Freya, and Vivi sounds good. That reminds me that FFIX is a game that has also occupied my thoughts on video games. It's one of my favorite games ever, and I often wonder whether or not I like it more than FFVII, which, as many of you know, I consider my favorite game of all time. When I think about it, I always can rely on FFIX for a good gaming fix. I must have finished it enough times to know each and every part of it, sometimes down to the lines the characters say. After my next play-through, I will determine it's placement (officially) on my Top 10 Video Games list. We'll see…

  And lastly, I got the DVD for the film "Role Models". I can honestly say it is one of my favorite movies of all time. It's a great comedy and I fully recommend that you watch it. If you have seen it already, then…watch it again!

  • Posted May 31, 2009 8:27 am PT
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• 1May 09

  April 09

  Time to catch up on another month, though I'll tell you right now this past month was a real downer compared to March. I only bought one game, and made little to no other major purchases. My social life has been the main reason for this; this past month I've been more busy with friends than usual. Hell, I'm going to a wedding reception tomorrow, and I only found out the other day! Things like that have been keeping me at bay for the most part. Anyway, I'll just get to it:

  Video Games:

  - Call of Duty: World at War (360)

  Music:

  - N/A

  Events:

  As I said previously, my April was one of more time with friends instead of computer. I think it was because the weather has gotten so much better this past month. A few days the temps were reaching into the lower 80's (Farenheit), which is astounding given my location, up in the boonies of Michigan. Anyway, I've been more preoccupied with PS3 gaming than 360, again due to my social life (my good pal has a PS3 which we play often). Tons of CoD: WaW on both consoles, and me and my friend go nuts in the Nazi Zombie level in it. I'm not one to brag, but we do kick a lot of ass for only 2 players (our best is currently level 13, though we usually make it into the 9-12 range before dying). On my own, I can get to 6 at best I've discovered 2 weapons in WaW that I just love: Flamethrower and Trench Gun.

  I guess most of my solo gaming has been WaW. I've done the story already, and now I'm working on Hardened. So far, so good, though I'm not exactly speeding through. I do maybe 1 or 2 levels a day, if that But I'm on some level on Okinawa (Shuri Castle?) now, I expect to complete the game in the next few days.

  GS-wise, I'm less active than usual, but I'm making some headway towards 20k posts. Expect a grand post party next month on OT. I'm also still beating Zeromus1337 in our posting battle

  • Posted May 1, 2009 3:07 pm PT
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