Admittedly, I’ve never been impressed by the Tomb Raider series. The frustrating platforming, one dimensional protagonist, uninspired gameplay, and laughable story never really did it for me. However, after checking out this trailer, I can safely say the Tomb Raider … Continue reading New E3 2012 Tomb Raider Trailer
There are a handful of sports in the world I like to call “Pseudo-Sports.” These include games like ping pong, horseshoes, bowling, darts, and so forth. Basically, anybody can play these at any time, and the very best people in … Continue reading Bowled Over
Pop quiz hotshot: A boy is 17 years old and his sister is twice as old. When the boy is 23 years old, what will be the age of his sister? When rope is selling at 10 cents a foot, … Continue reading Wonder-Licking Good Time
Kobe Bryant just went 1-8 in the fourth quarter of game 4. The Thunder closed the game on a 25-9 run. Kobe Bryant was the reason the Lakers lost tonight, and I couldn’t be happier. There’s no hiding the fact … Continue reading Kobe the Ball Hog
Sadly, that noise you heard on Monday was everyone jumping off of the Coyotes bandwagon. Their 4-0 loss to the Kings put them down 2 games to nothing in the NHL Western Conference Finals. In their first two games, the … Continue reading Jumping off the Bandwagon
When I was a freshman in college, there wasn’t a more popular show than Family Guy in my dorm. Despite the fact that it had been off the air for a couple of years, the DVDs of that show were on almost every night in someone’s dorm room. The show used jokes that were funny, witty and just plain goofy at times. (Like when Peter was setting up a picnic outside with a red blanket and a bull came and pulverized him.)
The characters were likable as well. Lois was the well-meaning matriarch, Peter was the irresponsible yet loving husband, the kids were normal, Brian was a talking dog and Stewie was an evil baby. All of them fit together well in their own ways.
Yet…the show was canceled. Continue reading “Family Guy: Shut up”
Yesterday, I lost a good friend.
I’d been friends with her for 14 years, but really got to know her about 7 years ago. We went everywhere together. To Las Vegas, California, work, and to all the parties.
I’m talking, of course, about my car. My 1998 Lexus ES 300. Continue reading “Ode to Lexi”
I live and breathe Zelda. It’s no secret. I’m not ashamed. I write fan fictions. I spend hours theorizing over timeline possibilities. And I immerse myself in each and every title in the series as deeply as possible. You’re starting to get weirded out, but stay with me.
Last year, I wrote an article about suggestions I had for Skyward Sword. Much to my surprise, Nintendo incorporated very few of them. Somehow, the game still managed to be a great success, blending sharp motion gameplay with an intriguing story and a thing I like to call Zelda magic.
With the new Zelda game being worked on for the Wii U, I think it’s time for another round of ideas and speculation. Shigeru Miyamoto has said that Skyward Sword is the “last Zelda of its kind,” suggesting that series is in for an overhaul. Here are some changes I would like to see that would radically change the formula, take advantage of the tablet functionality, and yet stay true to the Zelda spirit. Continue reading “9 Changes I Want to See in the Wii U Zelda”
Did everyone have a good holiday?
What? You mean you didn’t get the great holiday of Earth Day off of work? Well, good thing that Arbor Day is coming up, we’ll get to take some time to celebrate that right? Oh, you don’t know what day that actually is (I didn’t either, it’s the last Friday in April).
When I say the word holiday, usually people think of Christmas, or Thanksgiving. But there are all sorts of weird holidays out there that most people don’t observe, or even know exist. I think that I’m going to use this space to educate America about our lesser known holidays. Who knows? You might just find that new holiday to love and embrace. Continue reading “Holidaze”
Congress shall make no law respecting a establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Ah, the First Amendment, one of the founding ideals of why we love this country so much. There are countries in this world still today where if you were to speak ill of the president/dictator/leader du jour, you’d be thrown in prison and locked away. In this country we enjoy such freedoms as allowing people to “occupy” areas in protest as long as they are peacefully assembled.
Unfortunately, some people don’t get what this really means. Continue reading “Freedom of Speech”
Gray Areas 