I used to worship Voltron as a kid and i used to have the sweet toys that added up to make the voltron guy. I almost died when I saw this because I laughed so hard i couldnt breath.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Strategy gaming dream come true
I am a HUGE fan of strategy games. I was at the store the day Warcraft I and II (not WOW) came out. I drooled when I found out that Command and Conquer was releasing a new sequal. But my favorite strategy/war game of all time was Starcraft. I absolutely love the inovation, fun, and overal play of the game. There isnt anything much more brilliant than the design of the alien Zergs and the keen sharpness of the Protoss.
Every few weeks someone comes out with supposed screen shots of a new game. After years of rumors and MUCH hiding on Blizards part, they have finally announced an official sequal to one of my favorite games of all time. And when I say annoucned, I dont mean then intend to or they are going to...I mean they have developed most of the game and put up an official website for it. With all the millions they have comming in from WOW, there is no way this game will not have the funds to rock everyones face off.
Now all Blizzard has to do is throw "Battle.net" in a trash can, shape up a new connection system, and let everyone lean back and have a good time.
From the looks of the site, there are TONS of new units and plenty of sweet new graphics (all 3d like Warcraft 3) but they havent added a bunch of new species with overcomplicated systems and weird attributes. I loved WC3, but the addition of the night elves AND the undead was too much. Not to mention they were tactical nightmares to learn, but once learned...dominated everything and everyone leaving new players in the dust (as usual for most online games...oops!). They are sticking to 3 (i think) species in the new game, but concentrating on making the game innovative and good.
Now I just have to go get a computer that will actually PLAY this beast of a game/resource monster. Check out the videos of the hi def play...SWEET!
Every few weeks someone comes out with supposed screen shots of a new game. After years of rumors and MUCH hiding on Blizards part, they have finally announced an official sequal to one of my favorite games of all time. And when I say annoucned, I dont mean then intend to or they are going to...I mean they have developed most of the game and put up an official website for it. With all the millions they have comming in from WOW, there is no way this game will not have the funds to rock everyones face off.
Now all Blizzard has to do is throw "Battle.net" in a trash can, shape up a new connection system, and let everyone lean back and have a good time.
From the looks of the site, there are TONS of new units and plenty of sweet new graphics (all 3d like Warcraft 3) but they havent added a bunch of new species with overcomplicated systems and weird attributes. I loved WC3, but the addition of the night elves AND the undead was too much. Not to mention they were tactical nightmares to learn, but once learned...dominated everything and everyone leaving new players in the dust (as usual for most online games...oops!). They are sticking to 3 (i think) species in the new game, but concentrating on making the game innovative and good.
Now I just have to go get a computer that will actually PLAY this beast of a game/resource monster. Check out the videos of the hi def play...SWEET!
Friday, May 11, 2007
Spiderman 3
SO for those of you who know me, you know that I have kind of wanted to see Spidey 3 for a while. While I did not have high expectations for the movie, there were a few things I was looking forward to.
1. Venom as a badguy
2. Sandman as a badguy
3. The black suit in general (not just Venom)
While destroying plot lines and utterly disappointing comic book readers across the nation by doing everything short of ultimately been posted on golden-rod paper with flashy lights and a neon border, the spider man series has, up to this point, remained a pretty decent series of movies. The first one, while cheesy was one of the first comic book movies so it is difficult to look back and actually judge it. I had a pleasurable viewing experience with it many years ago and havent really seen it since. Spiderman 2 was great. Doc Oc was played perfectly. One of the major boundaries for comic book movies is the line between actual/comic book reality. For instance, wolverines original suit in XMEN the comics was bright yellow...which had to be translated to black...this, with much thought, was pulled off rather seamlessly and made most people happy with its execution.
Most of the things in the movie were CG. I think I remember parts where CG animals were put into shots to make it look better, and simply made the entire movie robust and completely non-fluid. There was a lot of action, I will give it that. The movie jumps off to a quick start, and keeps the action at a steady pace most of the film, but there are HUGE sections of random romance and CHEESY dialog...not the necessary romance dialog you usually find in these kinds of films...these were shots of total cheeseball crap that made you just want to get up. For instance, the scene where Spiderman/Peter Parker get consumed by the suit and they are trying to shot how it changes his everyday attitude is totally ridiculous, contradicatory to the meaning of the suit itself, and serves no purpose other than pissing me off and earning a few cheap laughs from idiotic audience members.
Sand man was pulled off perfectly and was by far the coolest part of the whole movie. This movie is worth going to pay for just to see his scenes. I felt like his creation (how he became the sand man) was shoddily thrown together just so that they could pack in more crap. The reason for this is my major complaint...TOO MANY BADGUYS. There are easily enough bad guys in this single movie to make 3 movies in itself. Ultimately they took every idea that hit the cutting board before Toby McGuires contract ran out and shoved all of them into one film. They kill the whole Venon/Eddie Brock story by jamming it to the side, and the ambiant life/suit just seems to randomly fall from the sky in the intro sequence rather than its actual arrival story. What they should have done was choose one cool vilian and make one sweet movie out of it.
Now to my final and ultimate complaint. VENOM SUCKED. The black suit was cool on spidey and they pulled the look off fine, but when the suit gets to Eddie Brock the crap hit the fan. WHile everything in the movie was CG, the one person that should have been ENTIRELY cg was NOT. When I think of venom this is what I think of...when the suit is busy taking over peoples bodies and being by itself it is amazing and has all kinds of cool special affects...I thought for sure an AWESOME spidey/venom fight was on the way...
What does the viewer get instead? Instead we are delivered a man in a cheap outfit that has some CG teeth. Venom is supposed to have dripping saliva, huge muscles....think ALIEN...instead it looks like just another person in a different colored spidey suit. His head is not even the right shape...it looks like a normal persons head...See the pic above linked to see what im talking about. I was completely and utterly disappointed with the execution of this baddie. They have prety much ruined one of the best bad guys of all time. What few scenes he did have were ruined by the clutter of him only being involed with a 4 person battle between sandman, green goblin, venom, and spidey (TOO MUCH GOING ON, TOO MANY VILLIANS!).
I repeat. Sandman was sweet and totally worth seeing, but the rest of this movie was just a big CG orgasm mess that I dont want to be responsible for cleaning up. Thank got this series is over.
1. Venom as a badguy
2. Sandman as a badguy
3. The black suit in general (not just Venom)
While destroying plot lines and utterly disappointing comic book readers across the nation by doing everything short of ultimately been posted on golden-rod paper with flashy lights and a neon border, the spider man series has, up to this point, remained a pretty decent series of movies. The first one, while cheesy was one of the first comic book movies so it is difficult to look back and actually judge it. I had a pleasurable viewing experience with it many years ago and havent really seen it since. Spiderman 2 was great. Doc Oc was played perfectly. One of the major boundaries for comic book movies is the line between actual/comic book reality. For instance, wolverines original suit in XMEN the comics was bright yellow...which had to be translated to black...this, with much thought, was pulled off rather seamlessly and made most people happy with its execution.
Most of the things in the movie were CG. I think I remember parts where CG animals were put into shots to make it look better, and simply made the entire movie robust and completely non-fluid. There was a lot of action, I will give it that. The movie jumps off to a quick start, and keeps the action at a steady pace most of the film, but there are HUGE sections of random romance and CHEESY dialog...not the necessary romance dialog you usually find in these kinds of films...these were shots of total cheeseball crap that made you just want to get up. For instance, the scene where Spiderman/Peter Parker get consumed by the suit and they are trying to shot how it changes his everyday attitude is totally ridiculous, contradicatory to the meaning of the suit itself, and serves no purpose other than pissing me off and earning a few cheap laughs from idiotic audience members.
Sand man was pulled off perfectly and was by far the coolest part of the whole movie. This movie is worth going to pay for just to see his scenes. I felt like his creation (how he became the sand man) was shoddily thrown together just so that they could pack in more crap. The reason for this is my major complaint...TOO MANY BADGUYS. There are easily enough bad guys in this single movie to make 3 movies in itself. Ultimately they took every idea that hit the cutting board before Toby McGuires contract ran out and shoved all of them into one film. They kill the whole Venon/Eddie Brock story by jamming it to the side, and the ambiant life/suit just seems to randomly fall from the sky in the intro sequence rather than its actual arrival story. What they should have done was choose one cool vilian and make one sweet movie out of it.
Now to my final and ultimate complaint. VENOM SUCKED. The black suit was cool on spidey and they pulled the look off fine, but when the suit gets to Eddie Brock the crap hit the fan. WHile everything in the movie was CG, the one person that should have been ENTIRELY cg was NOT. When I think of venom this is what I think of...when the suit is busy taking over peoples bodies and being by itself it is amazing and has all kinds of cool special affects...I thought for sure an AWESOME spidey/venom fight was on the way...
What does the viewer get instead? Instead we are delivered a man in a cheap outfit that has some CG teeth. Venom is supposed to have dripping saliva, huge muscles....think ALIEN...instead it looks like just another person in a different colored spidey suit. His head is not even the right shape...it looks like a normal persons head...See the pic above linked to see what im talking about. I was completely and utterly disappointed with the execution of this baddie. They have prety much ruined one of the best bad guys of all time. What few scenes he did have were ruined by the clutter of him only being involed with a 4 person battle between sandman, green goblin, venom, and spidey (TOO MUCH GOING ON, TOO MANY VILLIANS!).
I repeat. Sandman was sweet and totally worth seeing, but the rest of this movie was just a big CG orgasm mess that I dont want to be responsible for cleaning up. Thank got this series is over.
Last.fm
So I just got back into Last.fm (formally Audioscrobbler). Its a site that keeps track of what you listen to in ITunes or whatever player you use and gives you recommendations. Its very low maintenance and straight foward to use.
My Page is here. This will give you an idea of what I have listened to recently. I also added a "Recently played" list to the right side of my blog for (for the few readers who actually read the blog and not the feed).
Also, I updated my blog pic.
My Page is here. This will give you an idea of what I have listened to recently. I also added a "Recently played" list to the right side of my blog for (for the few readers who actually read the blog and not the feed).
Also, I updated my blog pic.
Monday, May 7, 2007
Finally Done
Okay! With a few things out of the way, finals ending, and graduation behind my back I have more time to post and keep you guys up to date.
Last Saturday I walked (graduated) Cum Laude from AASU with a degree in Mathematics and a minor in Computer Science. The things that hunched over my back were the following
1. Getting a job
2. Finding a place to live
3. Finding a temporary job till I start my other one (since teaching wont pay me until September)
1- I have been offered a job at Windsor Forest High School. I will be teaching mathematics (but they are unsure of what classes and what grades). It is a relief to not have to worry about this. This was the school I did my practicum observation at, so at least I have my head on my shoulders for what I am getting into. Some of the teachers there already know me from that, and the principals seem to be really inviting. I am excited and nervous about my next steps in life but hopefully they will work out fine.
2. I have officially signed a lease (I know, pictures or it didn't happen!...those will come once I move in) with two people that I will not disclose names of because its not important. They are a 26/27 year old couple that live in a good area of town and are renting a room to help with the rent. They both play guitar hero and grill out all the time. They are really down to earth and I think living with them is going to be sweet. I got a pretty decent price on the monthly rent. The important thing is that my gut says "yes" on it.
3. I was offered a job starting May 20th, 2007 at Office Depot in Savannah, GA. My old manager that used to work at Office Max is now the manager there. He is a super awesome manager and is giving me a lot of flexibility. I will be there a very short time and am expecting a decent amount of pay for what I will be doing, and he is graciously doing me a favor by giving me a short term job.
With all of the major stresses out of my life I can finally sit down, hang with some friends/girlfriend, read some books, and catch up on the much needed sleep I have missed lately. I still have two finals left (one today and one tomorrow), but the ones that I was really worried about have already posted grades and I passed them with the grades I had hoped for (B's or higher). w00t.
I cant thank my friends and family enough for the support over the past years they have given me including financial, mental, and emotional. I have developed into an adult and now I am ready to face the world with both guns drawn. Roland Deschain hasn't got crap on this.
Last Saturday I walked (graduated) Cum Laude from AASU with a degree in Mathematics and a minor in Computer Science. The things that hunched over my back were the following
1. Getting a job
2. Finding a place to live
3. Finding a temporary job till I start my other one (since teaching wont pay me until September)
1- I have been offered a job at Windsor Forest High School. I will be teaching mathematics (but they are unsure of what classes and what grades). It is a relief to not have to worry about this. This was the school I did my practicum observation at, so at least I have my head on my shoulders for what I am getting into. Some of the teachers there already know me from that, and the principals seem to be really inviting. I am excited and nervous about my next steps in life but hopefully they will work out fine.
2. I have officially signed a lease (I know, pictures or it didn't happen!...those will come once I move in) with two people that I will not disclose names of because its not important. They are a 26/27 year old couple that live in a good area of town and are renting a room to help with the rent. They both play guitar hero and grill out all the time. They are really down to earth and I think living with them is going to be sweet. I got a pretty decent price on the monthly rent. The important thing is that my gut says "yes" on it.
3. I was offered a job starting May 20th, 2007 at Office Depot in Savannah, GA. My old manager that used to work at Office Max is now the manager there. He is a super awesome manager and is giving me a lot of flexibility. I will be there a very short time and am expecting a decent amount of pay for what I will be doing, and he is graciously doing me a favor by giving me a short term job.
With all of the major stresses out of my life I can finally sit down, hang with some friends/girlfriend, read some books, and catch up on the much needed sleep I have missed lately. I still have two finals left (one today and one tomorrow), but the ones that I was really worried about have already posted grades and I passed them with the grades I had hoped for (B's or higher). w00t.
I cant thank my friends and family enough for the support over the past years they have given me including financial, mental, and emotional. I have developed into an adult and now I am ready to face the world with both guns drawn. Roland Deschain hasn't got crap on this.
Sunday, May 6, 2007
Chinese Democracy.
The endless wait is over.
It's been a long time since Guns N' Roses have released an album of new material. Everybody knows this, but it's a fact that bears repeating. If you purchased a kitten on the day that Use Your Illusion I & II arrived in stores, it's probably dead by now. As a consequence, there has been a great deal of pressure on Axl Rose to deliver a record that would validate a 15-year, $13 million wait. There is really only one way for Chinese Democracy to avoid utter and absolute failure: It needs to be the greatest rock album ever made.
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