If you HAVE read the comic:

-you may enjoy it
-you may hate it

both are valid opinions since you have the FULL back story and watched the movie.

If you HAVEN'T read the comic:

-you'll probably be confused
-you might hate it

To this, I say go READ the original comic, thus filling in a WHOLE lot of plot and back story really needed to take in the entire movie and thoroughly enjoy it.

If you refuse to read the comic because the movie was bad:

-go die in a fire

If you refuse to read the comic because you don't have enough time:

-MAKE time. the comic is worth your time, I promise you.

If you haven't guessed already, I loved the crap out of it. Of course, I also read the comic before I saw it, thus enhancing my enjoyment.

Adieu.

1.My brother is Clockwork. Yes indeed, my brother is he. He's actually bigger in the picture than I am. I'm in the small window below his gigantic nose and eyes. He's pretty cool.



2.I'm scared that acting will get in the way of gaming. I don't think it's a huge concern and I do want to act for the rest of my life, most likely, but I'm scared that with all the shows I'll be going out for and all the extra work I'll be doing, it scares me that I might not have time for games at some point.

3.I'm a semi-completionist. Let me explain. I've suffered through some crappy games in my time (Bulletwitch for example....shudder) and even though I may not find any joy in playing the game, I need to at least beat it. And if there are collectibles in a game, I'll try to grab as many as I can in my first run through.

4. My first real system that my family owned was a Game Boy. I played the crap out of that thing. And I'm not talking about the Game Boy Pocket or anything like that, I'm talking about the Game Boy brick that took 4 Double A batteries and sucked power like no tomorrow. I would sit in my living room next to my giant window so I could actually see the screen and just sit and play. Sometimes me and my brother would sit in that room and just game. Not playing anything co-op, but just playing in our own separate worlds. It was loads of fun.

5. I couldn't play Warcraft II or III or Starcraft without cheats. It's a terrible confession. But my style of gameplay is to turtle like crazy and pump out as many units as possible. I couldn't do it fast enough against the computer, so I had to cheat. I think I had more fun cheating that I did when I played those games normally.

6. I love giant robots. It's a very odd turn on (not in the sexual way) of mine, but I love them. I drool over any game that I can play as a giant robot or a transformer of some kind. I think what first made me love them so bad was watching Robotech on old Cartoon Network. Varitech fighters were amazing to me and the fact that they could transform between forms made it even more awesome. I watched the crap out of Gundam Wing and I'm now currently watching Gundam Seed Destiny and loving every minute of it. I've also made it my life goal to obtain a copy of Robot Alchemic Drive. Google it. Watch gameplay. Love it, damn you, love it!

7. Earth Defense Force 2017 is a perfect game and I wouldn't change anything about it. 'Nuff said. I do believe that Colette and anyone else who plays the CRAP out of that game would agree with me.

8. I've pretty much looked the same way for the last 4 years. It's not fair, but it's fantastic. I have a high metabolism so I generally eat what I want and I strangely haven't aged physically since 18. It's friggin creepy. I've been 145 lbs, 5' 10", lanky but muscular built. I wouldn't have it any other way. I still don't care if I get carded at bars. I'm 22, what do I have to worry about?

9. If my brother didn't have a passion for games, I don't think my passion for them would be as strong. Yea, yea, brotherly love crap, but it's true. When me and my brother talk about games, it reaches a whole new level of meaning. We've always fought over who's playing what first, but in the end, just being there enjoying the game together makes it awesome.

10. I'm a very unique individual but caring about people is my main focus. Some people think it's strange when I want to know what's wrong or want to give them a hug for no particular reason. I can see where they're coming from, but they're way off. I care about every person that I meet. They have a life and a drive to live that nobody else can take from them. If a person is feeling like shit, I want to make them feel better. Whether or not they want that help is entirely up to them.

first,
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20081217/New.York.Taxes/

That story is about the New York govenor wanting to put a tax on downloadable music, such as iTunes. He's calling it the "iPod tax." How original.

So, if this actually goes through, how many more pirates did he just create by being a naive bimbo?

Second,
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20081217/ODD.Hitler.Cake/

Really? You would name your child Adolf Hitler? Oh, forget the past, let's move on with our lives. There's a black president that wants change, so we must change and grow with him. Well guess what lady: FUCK OFF. You're just as dumb as the kid who's pleading the video game case, if not worse. You're a masochistic, hedonistic, pretentious little c*nt that believes in naming your child after a man who, from 1939 to 1945, was personally responsible for issuing orders that killed over 12.6 million people. REALLY?!? You hide your sick ways so well.

Also, having multicultural kids at your son's birthday party doesn't change the fact that your using them for what you want them to be: a cover. A tool to justify your sick perverted ways. You sicken me.

Also, I'm worse at World at War than i am at CoD 4. Why is that?

College is crazy. There's a crap ton of work to be done, homework to finish, people to meet, parties to go to, food to eat, and plenty of breststesses to stare at. But all of that is for naught if you don't have a direction.

I finally have my direction. As of November, 19, 2008, I am officially a student of Theatre at Illinois State University. It's taken me 4 years to finally figure out what I'm good at, and that has come to fruition.

I'll tell you right now, there's very few better feelings in the world than this. Other than, possibly, graduation.

To all of you who don't think you'll ever figure out what you want to do with your life: Stop freaking out. It's out there, whether you know it or not. And when you find it, go for it. Let nothing get in your way.

"A man chooses, a slave obeys." As of this moment, I am a MAN. I was also a man shortly after my bar mitzvah, but IT DOESN'T MATTER. I am definitely one NOW.

Cheers.

LETS DO THIS.

I haven't blogged in a while, but there's a good reason for it. I've had nothing to play as of recently. I've pretty much been waiting for the later part of October for the release of Fallout 3 and Fable 2 to consume the entirety of my life.

I've recently played Star Wars: Force Unleashed and mostly liked all 5-7 hours of gameplay. There were a lot of small bugs and clipping issues that didn't bother me, but could've definitely used some polish (not the hot dog looking thing). The story was cool considering you do set up the 4th movie hypothetically. I'll probably play it a couple more times to grab some more holocrons, but I'm not gonna play through it again to get the extra achievements.

I played Rock Band 2 with a couple friends and didn't play nearly enough of it to fully grasp how much more epic it is compared to the first one. Also, no fail mode is nice, but if the person that is going to fail can't hit a note to save her life, you've pretty much ruined the song already and it's no longer fun to listen to it.

BTW, retroforceGO! is great. Giant bombcast is great. Haven't listened to Podcastle or Podtoid for a long time, and I apologize for that. Maybe I'm just a consumer whore for podcasts.

Out.