Heel Turn

The release was a pain in the ass, but I got it working, and I've been playing Half-Life 2 for the past three hours. My thoughts? FUCKING. AMAZING. This game is the very reason I advocate PC gaming over console. The graphics are jaw-droppingly advanced (literally), and the gameplay feels like you're in the center of a well-directed action movie. This game is the future occurring right now; Half-Life 2 will set the standard for the hybridization of movies and video games. The gameplay is perfect, the sound is terrific, and the enemy AI is intelligent as hell (during the scripted scenes, anyway). The ambiance is what really sets this game apart, though, as Valve has crafted a beautifully textured and nuanced world. While you need to play it to get an idea what I'm talking about, this game is top to bottom the best PC game ever, a surefire lock for game of the year, and an instant classic. GET THIS GAME.* Caveat: This game requires some serious computer to run at the highest settings. I've got a P4 3.2, a gig of Corsair XMS RAM, and a Radeon X800 Pro, and I still get a little slowdown at 1024x768 with all the settings set to high and 4x anti-aliasing on. Almost makes me wish I'd picked up a X800 XT. Almost. Only invest in this game if you're running a cutting edge machine, or close to it.

I will school you all with King. That is all.

I liked it a lot. It was a really underrated movie, IMHO, and the scene with Christian Bale and the puppy was worth the price of admission. Gun-kata was a really cool concept, but all the same, I'd like to see how the movie would have been made had the Matrix never existed. It obviously took a lot from that movie, and that's a shame, since I think it had a unique enough vision to support itself without all the Matrix-y stuff. Great movie to rent if you've never seen it, though.

Even though there's no chance of it happening, I want to see Brock come in through the audience in street clothes, rush the ring during a boring Bradshaw promo, and F-5 the fuck out of Bradshaw. I'd mark out like crazy. In actuality, though, I suspect he'll hire a private coach, and just keep training for next year. He seemed to realize that this wouldn't be a quick thing to accomplish, and also seemed to be willing to make the committment to try again next year.

That's what I figured but the part about the Zombies evolving from brainless, slow moving creatures threw me off. ←

So umm.. do you think it's legit, or not? I'll love this no matter what happens, I'm a huge fan of zombie movies. ←

Ho. Lee. Shit. $925 USD or not, I might have to seriously consider snagging this...although I probably won't, given that there's no English language options. I've been a raging Godzilla fan since I was four years old, and I've seen nearly all the movies multiple times. I'd especially want this for the Heisei Godzilla series, which totally rocked and gave the 90s a definitive Godzilla, but again, no English subtitles really cripples this for me.

I'm against this idea. While they've done everything they can with Freddy and Jason, Ash is a character with plenty of life left in him, and could easily support another Evil Dead movie. That said, I wouldn't want to see it unless Raimi was aboard as director, and given his newly acquired iconic status in Hollywood, I'd call that pretty unlikely. And they'd better make it soon if they do, Bruce Campbell isn't getting any younger. Oh, and Ronny Yu is still an asshole for what he did to Kane Hodder.

1. Mystery Science Theater 3000 2. The Shield 3. The X-Files 4. The Twilight Zone 5. Batman: The Animated Series 6. Seinfeld 7. SportsNight 8. The Sopranos 9. Buffy the Vampire Slayer 10. The Prisoner

That looks just like this waffle iron I have. If the Playstation 3 will make me delicious waffles while I play it, I might just have to give up PC gaming in favor of console.

Beasties, Chemical Brothers, Coldplay, AC/DC, and the fucking Pixies? Jesus christ. Why can't we get any shows this good where I live?

I finally decided that Rhyme the Rhyme Well is the best song off of TTFB. "Oh, you didn't know? I got the flow. I can sing, rap, dance in just one show." Also, how much ass does the Just Blaze remix of Ch-Check It Out kick? It blows the original version out of the water.

Quoted for emphasis. Keith Moon is god.