The Last Day of the Year

Talk about going out with a BANG!

1. We beat Guitar Hero II on Medium today. My friend kicked ASS in Freebird! We also unlocked Trogdor! ROCK ON!

2. Hours of World of Warcraft time! I have a week to try and hit level 47.

3. Ending the last day of the year at a Cake concert. Never seen them before, but their music at times is the soundtrack to my life. Should be a great concert!

Happy New Year Everyone!

I learned something today...

I just realized that "billionaire" sounds a lot like "billing error".

Take it for what it is worth.

Can I change my answer?

Scarlet Johansson is my freebie.

My wife loves Tom Welling of Smallville. The agreement was that if an opportunity arises where she could have "relations" with Tom Welling. I would be completely okay with it.

In return, I get the same deal with Scarlet Johansson.

After reading that she is now joining the "I'm actress and I can sing" bandwagon... I'm thinking of changing my answer.

Vorash bursts into dance

Out in the Cold

I waited in line for 2 hours on Friday to get a pre-order on a Nintendo Wii. It was strange standing outside for a console I won't have for a month. That act was usually reserved for only concert tickets.

Despite the cold, I'm happy that I walked away with a my name jotted down as the 27th person to carry a Wii out our Gamestop's door.

I have to go work-out to get in better shape for my long play session with The Legend of Zelda.

By the numbers

Pokemon Sapphire: 60 hours 31 minutes

Pokemon Ruby: 44 hours 5 minutes

Pokemon Colosseum: 73 hours 26 minutes

Pokemon FireRed: 2 hours 3 minutes

Total Current Generation Pokemon Time: 7 days 12 hours 5 minutes

This is not even counting the hours given to Pokemon Blue, Yellow and Gold for the classic Gameboy/Gameboy Color systems. So as to not exaggerate too much, I'm giving 30 hours to each of those games for a total of 90 hours.

Estimated Grand Total: 11 days 6 hours and 5 minutes.

ZOMG!! I have played a lot of these frakkin' games.

After 10 years, I think it is fair to say that Pokemon is no longer a fad.

Mutant Brains!

I love a good zombie story. I have a bunch of unfinished zombie stories laying in the depths of computer folders. The zombie-world set-up is a horrific way to test the worth of mankind. The battle between instinct vs. human nature.

There are also "the campy zombie story". The more shotguns, chainsaws and lawnmowers you place in the world... The better. An endless supply of bodies to hack up make for a gory good time.

Marvel Zombies is the latter. This isn't an in-depth story about survival. It is about super-heroes turned super-zombies eating all they can. The story (in my humble opinion) isn't very interesting. On the other hand, it is a great book to see our beloved heroes getting ripped apart by our beloved heroes. It must have been fun creating the book. Everyone involved had to have noticed that they were allowed to completely tarnish the cash cows of Marvel. People don't often get to see the head of Captain America come completely off. There was a time when this wouldn't have been possible.

The other important part to mention is all the classic comic book covers completely re-done in a zombie theme. These are great to look at and almost worth the price of admission alone.

While I have my major gripes about the story (honestly... what could they had done? They went the fun route and for that I understand.), the hardcover book was worth every penny. If not for what it is, but for what it represents to the comic world. A project that must have been an enjoyment for everyone involved.

Bring on the Archie Zombie Apocalypse!

I'm impressionable.

Last week, I watched the PBS documentary of Andy Warhol. I enjoyed it and realized that I loved his screen-print art style. It is actually similar to what I enjoy doing with threshold in GIMP. So here is my little tribute.

Waiting with cats and a camera phone.

I was sitting on the stairs waiting for my ride. "They" waited with me.

EA & ESPN get greedier, offering Madden pay-per-view preview

I saw this on Joystiq

EA & ESPN get greedier, offering Madden pay-per-view preview: EA and ESPN are inviting you to plunk down $20 and watch a pay-per-view preview of Madden NFL 07 beginning on August 4, 18 days before the games official release. Anyone who's actually planning to pay the price of admission please do us a favor ... smack yourself! 'Nuff said.

While my first reaction is one of amazement (I should clarify... I'm in awe of EA's cocky-ness), I have started to wonder if EA and ESPN have a gathered demographic information which informed the companies that, "HEY! People will buy stuff that is about our stuff!" Somehow they predicted that they would get a good return on the money it took to produce this hour show... and I do know people who own a console system and ONLY buy Madden games. This has to be their market.

Anyways, I wonder why they didn't take this idea to the next level. Have two of the best Madden Players play a long game against each other, but get ESPN to actually commentate during it. Even have the Sports Center people create a half-time show for it. I don't really pay much attention to football (nor the video games), but I probably couldn't help but be curious about watch a simulation game get the same treatment as the real deal. That would probably be worth $20.

As it is now... $20 + 60 minutes of hype = pretty trashy marketing ploy in my book.

It had to start somewhere.

Hello.

It feels weird to break free. This new blog reminds me of moving into my first apartment. I spent so much time enjoying the thought of being on my own and now that the time is actually here... it is a bit overwhelming. I moved in and realized the place is a bit bare. I'll have to find some furniture to liven the place up.

Things always have a start... and this little entry is mine.