Friday night was filled with all kinds of awesome, anyone who follows me on Twitter would of course know that I found the new Star Trek movie to be all kinds of awesome, especially Karl Urban's portrayal of McCoy which I felt was spot on.
Plans are in the works to see it again on Monday.
What bothers me, however, is that there are reports that the film hasn't beat out Wolverine for the highest weekend opening, I'd like to call, in the immortal words of James T. Kirk, bullshit because today is Sunday and, as far as I am concerned, the weekend is not over and I don't care what anyone says. Until the Sunday numbers are included you can't say that Star Trek didn't kick Wolverine's ass.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
Anime! Ah-aaaaaaah!
Yeah, decided to make this an anime post considering the fact that we are already five weeks into the Spring 2009 season, woo!
Of note of the Winter 2009 season is the fact that I have finished watching Rideback and was just a tad disappointed with how they ended the series, it's not that I don't like how it ended I just feel that it could have been done slightly better. Overall, I found the series to be great.
Anyway, on to the Spring 2009 shows I'm watching!
- K-ON! -
At last! KyoAni gets to do their High School girls band anime! And I'm kinda liking it. It's a slice of life anime, much like other KyoAni series Luck Star and Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, that focuses on the Light Music club, it's members, Akiyama Mio, Hirasawa Yui, Kotobuki Tsumugi, and Tainaka Ritsu, and their adventures in trying to be a band. I was pretty much hooked by the first episode and plan on watching the series until its conclusion. Moe, moe! Kyun!
- Higashi no Eden -
Eden of the East I just kinda stumbled on, I blade Sankaku Complex for my interest in it. They had an article about how one of the main characters, Takizawa Akia, made his initial appearance amnesiatic, a pistol in hand, and completely naked with a white scribble as the censoring. Now, context is everything for me and I was wondering what the hell the context was so I sought out the first episode. So far I find it to be quite intriguing and at three episodes in I'm going to keep watching.
- Queen's Blade -
Now, I'm not going to lie about my reasons for watching this. No, Hirano Aya isn't one of them. Honestly, I'm very much here for the oppai, glorious oppai. Yeah, shallow I know but it's pretty much the truth. However, there is some semblance of a plot, somwhere under all the scantily clad women, so there may be more of a reason to stick around. However, I might not be able to because It would seem that Media Factory feels the need to be a bunch of pricks and do IP trolling in torrents, which is honestly of dubious legality right now, and happened to nail me for downloading. A C&D letter to my ISP and my internet was out for a day and I now have a DMCA violation strike against me, two more anre my internet goes bye-bye. I want to continue watching, only managed to get to episode two, but it seems that the power that be don't want me to. Bastards.
Of note of the Winter 2009 season is the fact that I have finished watching Rideback and was just a tad disappointed with how they ended the series, it's not that I don't like how it ended I just feel that it could have been done slightly better. Overall, I found the series to be great.
Anyway, on to the Spring 2009 shows I'm watching!
- K-ON! -
At last! KyoAni gets to do their High School girls band anime! And I'm kinda liking it. It's a slice of life anime, much like other KyoAni series Luck Star and Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, that focuses on the Light Music club, it's members, Akiyama Mio, Hirasawa Yui, Kotobuki Tsumugi, and Tainaka Ritsu, and their adventures in trying to be a band. I was pretty much hooked by the first episode and plan on watching the series until its conclusion. Moe, moe! Kyun!
- Higashi no Eden -
Eden of the East I just kinda stumbled on, I blade Sankaku Complex for my interest in it. They had an article about how one of the main characters, Takizawa Akia, made his initial appearance amnesiatic, a pistol in hand, and completely naked with a white scribble as the censoring. Now, context is everything for me and I was wondering what the hell the context was so I sought out the first episode. So far I find it to be quite intriguing and at three episodes in I'm going to keep watching.
- Queen's Blade -
Now, I'm not going to lie about my reasons for watching this. No, Hirano Aya isn't one of them. Honestly, I'm very much here for the oppai, glorious oppai. Yeah, shallow I know but it's pretty much the truth. However, there is some semblance of a plot, somwhere under all the scantily clad women, so there may be more of a reason to stick around. However, I might not be able to because It would seem that Media Factory feels the need to be a bunch of pricks and do IP trolling in torrents, which is honestly of dubious legality right now, and happened to nail me for downloading. A C&D letter to my ISP and my internet was out for a day and I now have a DMCA violation strike against me, two more anre my internet goes bye-bye. I want to continue watching, only managed to get to episode two, but it seems that the power that be don't want me to. Bastards.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
"It's..." "Susan" "...Suuuuuusan! Oh, I think I scared myself a little"
Went to Monsters Vs. Aliens with my girlfriend and enjoyed it greatly. It was funny in a way Dreamworks animated films haven't been for a little while for me. I thought that the characterization was pretty great with everyone, no voice really seemed out of place. My favorite character was Dr. Cockroach, and not just because he was voiced by the great Hugh Laurie, and I was most surprised that I didn't figure out Keifer Sutherland was General W. R. Monger.
Overall, I enjoyed the film and would suggest it to others. Just not the 3D version... I'm not going to recommend any 3D movies simply because they give me headaches, but if you like it then more power to you.
Overall, I enjoyed the film and would suggest it to others. Just not the 3D version... I'm not going to recommend any 3D movies simply because they give me headaches, but if you like it then more power to you.
A Bit of Weakness...
So, I've been bad. Got a bit of money today that I was expecting, helps make things go when you're hunting employment, and it was of decent size, enough that I was willing to let myself spend a little on myself since I haven't been doing much of that lately.
Yeah, 2000 ms points... I get "Don't Stop Believing" for Rock Band, since I'm a sucker for Journey, and then I use the rest for Operation Anchorage and The Pitt for Fallout 3. Should have just gotten 500 for "Don't Stop Believing" and called it good... used what little was left for another Beautiful Katamari stage (getting them slowly so I can get 1250/1250 eventually.)
I'll probably voice my opinions on Operation Anchorage and The Pitt soon.
Yeah, 2000 ms points... I get "Don't Stop Believing" for Rock Band, since I'm a sucker for Journey, and then I use the rest for Operation Anchorage and The Pitt for Fallout 3. Should have just gotten 500 for "Don't Stop Believing" and called it good... used what little was left for another Beautiful Katamari stage (getting them slowly so I can get 1250/1250 eventually.)
I'll probably voice my opinions on Operation Anchorage and The Pitt soon.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
So, it seems to be all the rage lately to show off TrueAcheivement stats and such, I think I'll hop on the bandwagon.
It's no wonder that most of my high ratio achievements come from Universe At War, the game really isn't played all that much and TA has few tracked gamers for any of the achievements. I ended up getting some of the achievements with help from some good folks from x360a. Even after the release of the 360 version of the game, I got the PC version cheap, the online was pretty much dead. A couple of weeks ago I rented the 360 version so I could boost the online achievements just to get them done with. I had planned on doing My Virtual Life but Live kept dropping one of them whenever I'd leave the systems alone. Ah well, that one's for another day. Anyway, I think I may do this once a month to every couple of weeks or so. Any major shake ups in the top ten and I'll post on that too.
| Best Games: | TA | GS | |||
| Universe at War | 1,779 | 550 | |||
| The Simpsons™ Game | 1,604 | 870 | |||
| Fallout 3 | 1,559 | 1000 | |||
| Spidey: Web of Shadows | 1,557 | 1000 | |||
| Condemned | 1,462 | 970 | |||
| Call of Duty 2 | 1,449 | 1000 | |||
| Halo 3 | 1,429 | 1130 | |||
| The Force Unleashed | 1,409 | 980 | |||
| BioShock | 1,381 | (1000) | |||
| Mercenaries 2 | 1,301 | (845) |
| Highest TA Ratios: | Ratio: |
| The Sacred Cow | 5.69 |
| Opposites Attract | 4.28 |
| My Wish is your Command | 4.12 |
| Dark Matter FTW | 4.07 |
| Forged Alliance | 4.03 |
| Masari Global Influence | 3.98 |
| Under Novus Control | 3.98 |
| Technological Terror | 3.94 |
| Mutation Madness | 3.94 |
| Blinded by the Light | 3.94 |
It's no wonder that most of my high ratio achievements come from Universe At War, the game really isn't played all that much and TA has few tracked gamers for any of the achievements. I ended up getting some of the achievements with help from some good folks from x360a. Even after the release of the 360 version of the game, I got the PC version cheap, the online was pretty much dead. A couple of weeks ago I rented the 360 version so I could boost the online achievements just to get them done with. I had planned on doing My Virtual Life but Live kept dropping one of them whenever I'd leave the systems alone. Ah well, that one's for another day. Anyway, I think I may do this once a month to every couple of weeks or so. Any major shake ups in the top ten and I'll post on that too.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Gaming.
I was a little bad and spent some money I shouldn't have. I downloaded Scrabble for Hasbro Family Game Night, intending to stop there, then snagged Peggle, it's addicting, and then snagged Dig Dug for the awesome price of 200 ms points. Wish there were some more games at that price.
Anyway, I love Scrabble. I was playing the demo like crazy despite the fact it timed out. I can just pick it up, play, and score a few hundred points a game easily. What's nice is that I now have 120/200 for just Scrabble and 120/1400 for Hasbro Family Game Night, a little under 10% for that one.
Peggle, honestly, is just addictive. I'm on the second to last master in the adventure mode and enjoying it. The strategy in it is great despite the randomness. I'm working on being able to clear each board completely, only have two or three mastered right now. I've got 50/200 in Peggle right now, definately not as hard to get points in as some of the other Pop Cap titles.
As for Dig Dug, just like with Anime I know my roots when it comes to gaming and appreciate many of the older games. Pac-Man took many a quarter from me when I was younger and Dig Dug got a few of them too. It's fun working through the levels and getting the various pickup achievements, simple but fun, and I even got the 2 Enemies achievement without trying. Dig, where I have to dig through the entire level, is going to be much harder. Currently standing at 70/200.
Anyway, I love Scrabble. I was playing the demo like crazy despite the fact it timed out. I can just pick it up, play, and score a few hundred points a game easily. What's nice is that I now have 120/200 for just Scrabble and 120/1400 for Hasbro Family Game Night, a little under 10% for that one.
Peggle, honestly, is just addictive. I'm on the second to last master in the adventure mode and enjoying it. The strategy in it is great despite the randomness. I'm working on being able to clear each board completely, only have two or three mastered right now. I've got 50/200 in Peggle right now, definately not as hard to get points in as some of the other Pop Cap titles.
As for Dig Dug, just like with Anime I know my roots when it comes to gaming and appreciate many of the older games. Pac-Man took many a quarter from me when I was younger and Dig Dug got a few of them too. It's fun working through the levels and getting the various pickup achievements, simple but fun, and I even got the 2 Enemies achievement without trying. Dig, where I have to dig through the entire level, is going to be much harder. Currently standing at 70/200.
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