12.01.2009
11.13.2009
Change? Change?! CHANGE?!
My dearest Blogger,
I regret to inform you that in your new editor you forgot to include a FREAKING SPELL CHECK. I feel great rage at this and demand that this problem be changed before I go and make a fool of myself for not knowing how to spell simple, yet important, words. I would give you examples, but alas, I do not know how to spell them. This is a horrid misconception of the abilities of many of your bloggers. We need a spell check. There is no way that I can write this in word and paste it on my blog. Such a thought is pure madness! "You could always use google to check your spelling." You say, "A spell check isn't that important!" You say. You have it all WRONG blogger! What have you been feeding your feeble mind! Do you even really care how your bloggers feel? Or how much regret and embaressment they feel from spelling a word wrong? I don't even think I spelled embaressment right! One second. Let me google-check that. NO! NO I DID NOT! This is an outrage...I...I...I almost feel like leaving you, Blogger. Yes. Leaving. Walking right out the front door and never coming back. This will most certainly show you how much anger you have installed in my heart. Goodbye forever, Blogger.
Yours Always,
Chris.
P.S. This was all a joke. I'm not actually leaving. I just noticed that there wasn't a spell check and It made me giggle.
I regret to inform you that in your new editor you forgot to include a FREAKING SPELL CHECK. I feel great rage at this and demand that this problem be changed before I go and make a fool of myself for not knowing how to spell simple, yet important, words. I would give you examples, but alas, I do not know how to spell them. This is a horrid misconception of the abilities of many of your bloggers. We need a spell check. There is no way that I can write this in word and paste it on my blog. Such a thought is pure madness! "You could always use google to check your spelling." You say, "A spell check isn't that important!" You say. You have it all WRONG blogger! What have you been feeding your feeble mind! Do you even really care how your bloggers feel? Or how much regret and embaressment they feel from spelling a word wrong? I don't even think I spelled embaressment right! One second. Let me google-check that. NO! NO I DID NOT! This is an outrage...I...I...I almost feel like leaving you, Blogger. Yes. Leaving. Walking right out the front door and never coming back. This will most certainly show you how much anger you have installed in my heart. Goodbye forever, Blogger.
Yours Always,
Chris.
P.S. This was all a joke. I'm not actually leaving. I just noticed that there wasn't a spell check and It made me giggle.
11.12.2009
This is the stuff dreams are made of.
Like I have said, I am a Geek. El Geeko Supreme-O. But, one thing I like more than video games themselves are the trailers that come before them. Sometimes they're better than the games, other times they don't even scratch the surface. I've chosen my five favorite video game trailers for you. All of these are fairly new, as they seem to get cooler as the technology gets better. In no particular order, here they are.
HALO: ODST
The Halo series is a pinnical in the science fiction and video game worlds. From it's first appearance as an unknown Xbox game, to the two mediocre sequels, this series has gained fanboys and haters alike. What started as an expansion pack for the third game turned into a full-fledged solo game has sparked life back into the series.
In the games, Humanity is combating an alliance of alien races known as "The Covenant". The war, which has raged for years, has always been a tennis match, and Humanity has managed to hide the location of Earth from the alien races. But they have found us. ODST stands for Orbital Drop Shock Trooper. These suicidal marines drop from miles above the surface of a planet, straight into the heat of the battle. HALO: ODST follows the story of a small group of these soldiers who get seperated in the city of New Mombasia, Africa during the invasion.
This trailer makes the top of my list for one reason, and one reason only. It is live action. For a long time Halo fanboys thought there was going to be a movie. For some reason or another the movie went into production hell...but this trailer gave us all a glimpse of what that movie would be like. There are a lot of examples of what things would look like. From the banshees (A flying alien vehicle) to the Brutes, an enemy that looks like a cross between a bear, a man, and a gorrilla, to the ODST themselves, everything is literally perfect in form. It gave me shivers.
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2
This is the game I was having fanboy seziures over. Call of Duty is a series that, until the fourth game, was predominantly a World War Two series. When the first Modern Warfare came out, it blew minds and changed the way the world looked at the games. This sequel may just be one of the most highly anticipated games of all time. This trailer was something that suddenly made me realize just how series this game was going to get. The first thing I noticed was that it looks like someone is INVADING AMERICA. Okay, my mouth is gaping and I am nearly weeping with excitment. This game looks so intense. Not only that, but as much as I hate Eminem, his music made this trailer so much cooler. I just can't wait to get my hands on this game. I can't wait!
BIOSHOCK
Not only is this game one of the most disturbing, beautiful, and greatest games of the last few years, but it had a cool trailer too. The game takes place in the underwater city of Rapture. A scientist built this place so that he could perform experiments on humans without having to deal with the laws of any country. Filled with people who have destroyed themselves so much that they can't bear what they've become, evil little girls, giant scuba divers (Called "Big Daddies"), and sociopaths with unbelievable power, your plane crash victim who accidentally stumbles on this terrible place is in for a big suprise. This game is terrifying and hectic, and this trailer really gets that feel. The entire city is in disrepair and falling apart. Water is seeping in everywhere, and the little girls that the city depended on for life are now running rampant with their giant, powerful guardians.
TEAM FORTRESS 2
I do not remember the first Team Fortress, nor have I ever played it...but team Fortress 2 is a classic. With hillarious characters, even funnier one-liners, and a sort of "The Increidibles" meets a violent, chaotic gunfight kind of feel, it is definitally an amazing multiplayer experience. Now, Valve, the series creators, made an entire series of these commercials, introducing each of the characters in the series. I picked my personal favorite, but to get the real feel you should watch them all. Enjoy.
ASSASSIANS CREED 2
Assassians Creed is a blend of science fiction, historical drama, and some pretty tight action. The story follows the evergoing battle between assassians and the Knights Templar. In the future, an assassian is kidnapped, and the Templar's search his genes for the memories of his ancestors, attempting to find the location of a sacred artifact that could end the war between them forever. In the past, his ancestors seek revenge and do their job. Listen, it sounds confusing, but this game is honestly one of the greatest stories and games to date. Just dashing around historical cities in complete B.A. Ninja fashion is enough to sell the series for me. Trust me, this trailer says it all. What you see him doing in the trailer, you actually do in game. I am so psyched to get my hands on this one.
Well, that's all I have. I could throw tons upon tons of these at you, but I limited myself to five so as to not destroy your brains with awesome. This is Chris--Out.
HALO: ODST
The Halo series is a pinnical in the science fiction and video game worlds. From it's first appearance as an unknown Xbox game, to the two mediocre sequels, this series has gained fanboys and haters alike. What started as an expansion pack for the third game turned into a full-fledged solo game has sparked life back into the series.
In the games, Humanity is combating an alliance of alien races known as "The Covenant". The war, which has raged for years, has always been a tennis match, and Humanity has managed to hide the location of Earth from the alien races. But they have found us. ODST stands for Orbital Drop Shock Trooper. These suicidal marines drop from miles above the surface of a planet, straight into the heat of the battle. HALO: ODST follows the story of a small group of these soldiers who get seperated in the city of New Mombasia, Africa during the invasion.
This trailer makes the top of my list for one reason, and one reason only. It is live action. For a long time Halo fanboys thought there was going to be a movie. For some reason or another the movie went into production hell...but this trailer gave us all a glimpse of what that movie would be like. There are a lot of examples of what things would look like. From the banshees (A flying alien vehicle) to the Brutes, an enemy that looks like a cross between a bear, a man, and a gorrilla, to the ODST themselves, everything is literally perfect in form. It gave me shivers.
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2
This is the game I was having fanboy seziures over. Call of Duty is a series that, until the fourth game, was predominantly a World War Two series. When the first Modern Warfare came out, it blew minds and changed the way the world looked at the games. This sequel may just be one of the most highly anticipated games of all time. This trailer was something that suddenly made me realize just how series this game was going to get. The first thing I noticed was that it looks like someone is INVADING AMERICA. Okay, my mouth is gaping and I am nearly weeping with excitment. This game looks so intense. Not only that, but as much as I hate Eminem, his music made this trailer so much cooler. I just can't wait to get my hands on this game. I can't wait!
BIOSHOCK
Not only is this game one of the most disturbing, beautiful, and greatest games of the last few years, but it had a cool trailer too. The game takes place in the underwater city of Rapture. A scientist built this place so that he could perform experiments on humans without having to deal with the laws of any country. Filled with people who have destroyed themselves so much that they can't bear what they've become, evil little girls, giant scuba divers (Called "Big Daddies"), and sociopaths with unbelievable power, your plane crash victim who accidentally stumbles on this terrible place is in for a big suprise. This game is terrifying and hectic, and this trailer really gets that feel. The entire city is in disrepair and falling apart. Water is seeping in everywhere, and the little girls that the city depended on for life are now running rampant with their giant, powerful guardians.
TEAM FORTRESS 2
I do not remember the first Team Fortress, nor have I ever played it...but team Fortress 2 is a classic. With hillarious characters, even funnier one-liners, and a sort of "The Increidibles" meets a violent, chaotic gunfight kind of feel, it is definitally an amazing multiplayer experience. Now, Valve, the series creators, made an entire series of these commercials, introducing each of the characters in the series. I picked my personal favorite, but to get the real feel you should watch them all. Enjoy.
ASSASSIANS CREED 2
Assassians Creed is a blend of science fiction, historical drama, and some pretty tight action. The story follows the evergoing battle between assassians and the Knights Templar. In the future, an assassian is kidnapped, and the Templar's search his genes for the memories of his ancestors, attempting to find the location of a sacred artifact that could end the war between them forever. In the past, his ancestors seek revenge and do their job. Listen, it sounds confusing, but this game is honestly one of the greatest stories and games to date. Just dashing around historical cities in complete B.A. Ninja fashion is enough to sell the series for me. Trust me, this trailer says it all. What you see him doing in the trailer, you actually do in game. I am so psyched to get my hands on this one.
Well, that's all I have. I could throw tons upon tons of these at you, but I limited myself to five so as to not destroy your brains with awesome. This is Chris--Out.
11.09.2009
So, I'm a geek. This, time and time again, has proven it self apparent in many of the things I do on a daily basis. Recently, I've been counting down the minutes and days until the sequel to one of my favorite video games of all time hits the shelves. "What is it called?" you ask? I shall enlighten you, my silly little locusta--Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Yeah, it's a mouthful, but the game is totally worth it.
Now, you should know that Call of Duty has been around for a pretty long time. The first three games were set in World War Two, and sold very well. Call of Duty 3 was handled by an outside company, and they pretty much botched things up {The moral being Outsourcing sucks--don't do it.}. However, the father company returned and created the fourth game, which deviated from the World War Two setting for something much mor familiar--Modern Warfare. The game wasn't actually 'Modern', and the war isn't a real one, but the game itself had a great story, and even better gameplay. I also have to bring up the fact that the game was absolutley photo-realistic, and it had a multiplayer that redifined multiplayer. (For me, anyways)
Then, for some insane reason, they let the fifth game go to that outside company again, only they did a pretty decent job and I was vastly impressed. Not with the game, so much as the arcade style game you get for beating the game: "NAZI ZOMBIES" (What doesn't sound great about that?)
Finally, however, the game has come full circle, and returned to the father company for another fist pumping, white knuckled frag-fest. It is November 9th. The game comes out on November 10th. I can hardly hold my fanboy bladder. This is Chris--Out.
Now, you should know that Call of Duty has been around for a pretty long time. The first three games were set in World War Two, and sold very well. Call of Duty 3 was handled by an outside company, and they pretty much botched things up {The moral being Outsourcing sucks--don't do it.}. However, the father company returned and created the fourth game, which deviated from the World War Two setting for something much mor familiar--Modern Warfare. The game wasn't actually 'Modern', and the war isn't a real one, but the game itself had a great story, and even better gameplay. I also have to bring up the fact that the game was absolutley photo-realistic, and it had a multiplayer that redifined multiplayer. (For me, anyways)
Then, for some insane reason, they let the fifth game go to that outside company again, only they did a pretty decent job and I was vastly impressed. Not with the game, so much as the arcade style game you get for beating the game: "NAZI ZOMBIES" (What doesn't sound great about that?)
Finally, however, the game has come full circle, and returned to the father company for another fist pumping, white knuckled frag-fest. It is November 9th. The game comes out on November 10th. I can hardly hold my fanboy bladder. This is Chris--Out.
10.15.2009
Making friends!
So, I figured that, now that I have a blog, I should go around and befriend other people who also have blogs. This seems like a pretty simple task. Aren't most bloggers just lonely computer geeks looking for friends anyways? No. No they are not. Many of them, as I have discovered, are very angry people.
I can handle rejection better than most. I have, being me, been rejected by my share of girls and friendships alike. There's just something about being rejected as a blog-friend that really hurts on the inside. I mean, really deep. In the soul well. There is no explaination, no reason for them to say no. They just click their little buttons and I'm on the path to being alone. Yes, a cyber-walk of shame.
So, I decided that instead of trying to make friends, I'll just start following people I think are interesting and let them try to figure out who I am. Maybe if they come visit my blog they'll actually let me be their friend for a while.
On another note, a bit of good news on my part.
I'm a huge fan of Role Playing Games. I'm really into a game called "Call of Cthulhu" right now. This is an RPG based off of Lovecraftian literature, and I find my self drawn in by it's atmosphere and awesomeness. I just now found out that Bethesda, the creators of two of my favorite games (Oblivion and Fallout 3), made a call of cthulhu video game. I cannot sheild my utter excitment from you. I nearly screamed like a schoolgirl when I pulled it up on Wikipedia. Oh, man, good stuff.
But that's all from me today. I have got to stop blogging at two in the morning...
I can handle rejection better than most. I have, being me, been rejected by my share of girls and friendships alike. There's just something about being rejected as a blog-friend that really hurts on the inside. I mean, really deep. In the soul well. There is no explaination, no reason for them to say no. They just click their little buttons and I'm on the path to being alone. Yes, a cyber-walk of shame.
So, I decided that instead of trying to make friends, I'll just start following people I think are interesting and let them try to figure out who I am. Maybe if they come visit my blog they'll actually let me be their friend for a while.
On another note, a bit of good news on my part.
I'm a huge fan of Role Playing Games. I'm really into a game called "Call of Cthulhu" right now. This is an RPG based off of Lovecraftian literature, and I find my self drawn in by it's atmosphere and awesomeness. I just now found out that Bethesda, the creators of two of my favorite games (Oblivion and Fallout 3), made a call of cthulhu video game. I cannot sheild my utter excitment from you. I nearly screamed like a schoolgirl when I pulled it up on Wikipedia. Oh, man, good stuff.
But that's all from me today. I have got to stop blogging at two in the morning...
10.11.2009
Research Papers...
So, I've been working on a ten page research paper for my Mass Communications class. This paper is over the progression of American horror films. So, It isn't too hard for me, but I just finished up making all of my points and I still have about three pages to fill. So, now I'm sitting here twiddling my thumbs and asking myself "What now?" I could, of course, just fill the pages with nonsensical points and ramble until I hit that ten page mark--but this is college, and I want to make it a point to do my best on everything. So, I have one of two choices. I can either Start restating points, or I can start writing about The After Dark Horror Fest, and film festivals like it. That is probably my most likely choice, but I'm almost positive that isn't going to fill three pages.
Again, back to square one. So far I've been over the beginnings of horror in the radio, The Hitchcock era, The slasher film explosion, the fall of the horror film, and modern horror. There's still underground horror, monster films, and disaster films to explore...
Oh, Hey, I just solved my own problems.
Again, back to square one. So far I've been over the beginnings of horror in the radio, The Hitchcock era, The slasher film explosion, the fall of the horror film, and modern horror. There's still underground horror, monster films, and disaster films to explore...
Oh, Hey, I just solved my own problems.
10.10.2009
Starting the Blog
Well, this is it. I've finally started the blog that will serve as a spillover for all of my insane and terrible thoughts. This is, in fact, a journal of sorts...and though I am very opinionated, I know very well that many of the people out there are just as--if not more--opinionated as I. I'm not going to use this to complain of politics (I don't care), complain of the environment (I don't care), or complain of people (Except for Uwe Boll. Ruining two of my favorite mediums one film at a time). No, I will use this to complain about things that actually matter to me. Films, Music, Video games...stuff like that.
One thing you will hear me complain about a lot is HORROR FILMS. I love horror films, I have since I was a little lad, but I cannot understand what has happened to this fantastic medium. Horror films have never really been 'great', but there was a time when they were good. Back when Psycho was considered horrifying, and Jaws was vastly unsettling. There was a time once where horror films were still terrifying...not like the rape strewn, cheese-tastic, piece of crap films we have now. I miss those days...because I missed them. Sadly, I was born after a time, and look to it with downcast eyes and ask "Why. Why did I of all people have to miss those days."
I now, however, look to those days with hope, and I say to myself "I will avenge thee." I'm here now calling for a Renaissance of terror. We need a few good directors with a deep understanding of the horror genre to come together as one and start pumping out good horror films. Just one after another- "Boom, Boom, Boom--Horror!" I believe that we as a country can come together and demand more of the film industry. We can demand to be scared again. No more 3-D! No more men in masks! No more abundances of unnecessary sex and gore! Let's be scary again!
One thing you will hear me complain about a lot is HORROR FILMS. I love horror films, I have since I was a little lad, but I cannot understand what has happened to this fantastic medium. Horror films have never really been 'great', but there was a time when they were good. Back when Psycho was considered horrifying, and Jaws was vastly unsettling. There was a time once where horror films were still terrifying...not like the rape strewn, cheese-tastic, piece of crap films we have now. I miss those days...because I missed them. Sadly, I was born after a time, and look to it with downcast eyes and ask "Why. Why did I of all people have to miss those days."
I now, however, look to those days with hope, and I say to myself "I will avenge thee." I'm here now calling for a Renaissance of terror. We need a few good directors with a deep understanding of the horror genre to come together as one and start pumping out good horror films. Just one after another- "Boom, Boom, Boom--Horror!" I believe that we as a country can come together and demand more of the film industry. We can demand to be scared again. No more 3-D! No more men in masks! No more abundances of unnecessary sex and gore! Let's be scary again!
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