Wednesday, December 15, 2010
The year of 2010!
Ah what a year 2010 was! It was a whole 12 months of awesome! 365 days of amazing awesomness! 8760 hours of great times! 525 600 minutes of sweet sweet justice! 31 536 000 seconds of this grande year of greatness! An awesome 31 558 464 000 milliseconds of this somewhat satisfying year! Oh how sweet it was to see these things go by just like that! But that's just the thing: The year went by too fast. I don't know what's happening to me but it seems like time keeps going by faster and faster I feel like I'm losing control. I feel like I'm... changing... but I don't know how it's... strange I really don't know what's happening to me! At time I'm sitting in class being bored but then the next minute it's already the end of class, it doesn't seem possible. I seem to be growing stonger, the other day I lifted the couch in my living room with no struggle at all; what's happening to me? I think that I might have... superpowers. I have the feeling now that I can control time how else can you explain all the weird things going on this year? 2011 could not possibly come this fast any other way I swear that January 1 was just last week and it very well might have been. I think with some practice and a little concentration I can learn to control it and maybe even save the world. I'll need these powers to fight the evil forces at work in this school but I'm afraid I don't have much time! School will be over in a matter of months and I don't think I'll be strong enough by then. The 3 sisters are the devastating leaders of these forces and I really don't even know if I can take them on alone... they're just to powerful; I think I'm gonna need some help on this one. The sister's evil forces are moving in on me and the first sister herself is coming for me. I'm scared... my powers aren't strong enough... I don't know what to do... I'm a dead man.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Bring on the X-mas Cheer!!!!!!!!
To put it bluntly I mother F!%#ing love christmas!!!!!!!!! Not only is it the greatest holiday of the year but it's the best one too! Let's face it snow sucks so we might as well have something good about this season and that thing is Christmas! Presents also greatly add to the amazingness of Christmas and make lots of people look forward to it all year plus we get off of school for 2 weeks so that just makes it even better. I also LOVE christmas songs, well most of them, A lot of the Christmas songs get overplayed and just get plain ridiculous sometimes. I work at Sobeys and they play the same 5-10 christmas songs on repeat EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. Needless to say it get's pretty ridiculous. Now the final reason I absolutely love Christmas is these pictures of cute animals at christmas time. These pictures could even make a grinch smile in delight, enjoy folks cause I know I did!
Sunday, December 5, 2010
The Return of the Media Round-Up!
Ah... it has been a long, long time! I don't really know why I stopped posting for so long or why I just randomly decided to start doing it again but let's just try to ignore all that stuff and get to the point!
MUSIC
I've decided that I'm not going to really post reviews of music anymore because I don't like tearing apart certain music that I like so instead I will post whatever I'm listening to that week! Feel free to comment with whatever you've been listening to lately.
Allred - Covers Vol. III
Fireworks - All I Have to Offer Is My Own Confusion
He is We - My Forever
and here is the Christmas music I'll be jamming to for the rest of the season:
blink-182 - I Won't Be Home For Christmas
New Found Glory - Ex-Miss
Relient-K - Let it Snow Baby... Let it Reindeer (Album)
Allred - Holiday EP (Album)
Bright Eyes - A Christmas Album (Album obviously)
The Academy Is... - Winter Passing
Sufjan Stevens - Songs For Christmas (Albums)
The Bird and The Bee - Carol of the Bells
Brighten - Merry Christmas Baby
Death Cab For Cutie - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Copeland - Do You Hear What I Hear?
Bayside - Angels We Have Heard On High
GAMES
Pac-man Championship Edition DX
Rated: E
Price: $9.99
Ah Pac-man how I love you! You have brought joy to gamers since 1980 and have had some great games in that time but who would think that a pac-man game would be one of 2010's most fun games? Not me that's for sure. I have to say I didn't even know this game existed until about a month ago when I saw some gameplay on a website I just kind of ignored it thinking it as just going to be another pac-man game with nothing different from the other ones and I'll say it right now: I was wrong. Pac-man Championship Edition DX is the most fun I've had with a downloadable titles in a while! I mean I really can't stop playing this thing, there is just so many things you can do in it. Gone are the days of a measly 4 ghosts chasing our beloved yellow circle... thing, now you can get more than 50 on you at one time which adds to a lot of strategy if you want to wrack up those points! You get ghosts to follow you by going past them and waking them up and you choose when you want to get them all to turn blue which means you could wait til you had 100 ghosts on you if you wanted! That is if you could survive that long. There are a few different modes such as Score Attack, Time Attack and Free mode all which bring different ways to play this game. As you can probably already tell I can't recommend this game highly enough and it really is a breath of fresh air to pac-man fans and just fans of gaming in general. This game is an absolute gem and cannot be missed!
MOVIES
Love and Other Drugs
Rated: 14A
I went to see this movie on the weekend with my girlfriend expecting to see the standard, lame, ridiculously over the top lovey love stories that usually plague romantic comedies nowadays. I am glad to say that for the most part Love and Other Drugs did the rom-com genre particularly well. The plot is simple enough a guy starts selling Viagra, meets a girl well doing it, they start having casual sex and it obviously leads to something much more than that. I know what you're all thinking, "Mikey how does that sound different than any other romantic comedies?" Well to those people I have this to say, "SHUT THE HELL UP AND KEEP READING!" Now the reason it is particularly different is because there relationship starts completely based on sex and to me that seemed a lot more realistic than that love at first sigh crap that every other rom-com stuffs down our throats. Sure there are a lot of cliche lovey scenes such as one point where the guy is driving a car alongside a bus which his woman is inside of while he tries to yell at her from his car. While these scenes are kind of bleh and just stupid in my opinion I'm sure a lot of ladies out there will enjoy them because they obviously see all the other rom-coms with that shit in them. Special note should go out to Hank Azaria who plays a doctor in the movie as he steals he show whenever he's on screen which isn't surprising cause he's great in anything that he's in. Another note is that this movie has A LOT of nudity so gents you got a bunch of naked Anne Hathaway to enjoy (I know I enjoyed it greatly) and ladies you get to look at Jake Gyllenhal in all of his glory (Still sporting his Prince of Persia bust). While on the topic of nudity I have to say this movie should NOT be rated 14A in the least bit it is most definitely an R rated flick judging by all the boobs that you see in this thing. Maybe it's just me but how the hell does the rating system work in Canada? (Expendables is rated R yet this isn't?). As much as I despise the romantic comedy genre I can't help but say I enjoyed this; it's funny, mostly realistic, and actually pretty smart and it's because of these things that I highly recommend Love and Other Drugs if you like the genre or if you just want to see Anne Hathaway naked either way you'll enjoy yourself.
7/10
MUSIC
I've decided that I'm not going to really post reviews of music anymore because I don't like tearing apart certain music that I like so instead I will post whatever I'm listening to that week! Feel free to comment with whatever you've been listening to lately.
Allred - Covers Vol. III
Fireworks - All I Have to Offer Is My Own Confusion
He is We - My Forever
and here is the Christmas music I'll be jamming to for the rest of the season:
blink-182 - I Won't Be Home For Christmas
New Found Glory - Ex-Miss
Relient-K - Let it Snow Baby... Let it Reindeer (Album)
Allred - Holiday EP (Album)
Bright Eyes - A Christmas Album (Album obviously)
The Academy Is... - Winter Passing
Sufjan Stevens - Songs For Christmas (Albums)
The Bird and The Bee - Carol of the Bells
Brighten - Merry Christmas Baby
Death Cab For Cutie - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Copeland - Do You Hear What I Hear?
Bayside - Angels We Have Heard On High
GAMES
Pac-man Championship Edition DX
Rated: E
Price: $9.99
Ah Pac-man how I love you! You have brought joy to gamers since 1980 and have had some great games in that time but who would think that a pac-man game would be one of 2010's most fun games? Not me that's for sure. I have to say I didn't even know this game existed until about a month ago when I saw some gameplay on a website I just kind of ignored it thinking it as just going to be another pac-man game with nothing different from the other ones and I'll say it right now: I was wrong. Pac-man Championship Edition DX is the most fun I've had with a downloadable titles in a while! I mean I really can't stop playing this thing, there is just so many things you can do in it. Gone are the days of a measly 4 ghosts chasing our beloved yellow circle... thing, now you can get more than 50 on you at one time which adds to a lot of strategy if you want to wrack up those points! You get ghosts to follow you by going past them and waking them up and you choose when you want to get them all to turn blue which means you could wait til you had 100 ghosts on you if you wanted! That is if you could survive that long. There are a few different modes such as Score Attack, Time Attack and Free mode all which bring different ways to play this game. As you can probably already tell I can't recommend this game highly enough and it really is a breath of fresh air to pac-man fans and just fans of gaming in general. This game is an absolute gem and cannot be missed!
9/10
MOVIES
Love and Other Drugs
Rated: 14A
I went to see this movie on the weekend with my girlfriend expecting to see the standard, lame, ridiculously over the top lovey love stories that usually plague romantic comedies nowadays. I am glad to say that for the most part Love and Other Drugs did the rom-com genre particularly well. The plot is simple enough a guy starts selling Viagra, meets a girl well doing it, they start having casual sex and it obviously leads to something much more than that. I know what you're all thinking, "Mikey how does that sound different than any other romantic comedies?" Well to those people I have this to say, "SHUT THE HELL UP AND KEEP READING!" Now the reason it is particularly different is because there relationship starts completely based on sex and to me that seemed a lot more realistic than that love at first sigh crap that every other rom-com stuffs down our throats. Sure there are a lot of cliche lovey scenes such as one point where the guy is driving a car alongside a bus which his woman is inside of while he tries to yell at her from his car. While these scenes are kind of bleh and just stupid in my opinion I'm sure a lot of ladies out there will enjoy them because they obviously see all the other rom-coms with that shit in them. Special note should go out to Hank Azaria who plays a doctor in the movie as he steals he show whenever he's on screen which isn't surprising cause he's great in anything that he's in. Another note is that this movie has A LOT of nudity so gents you got a bunch of naked Anne Hathaway to enjoy (I know I enjoyed it greatly) and ladies you get to look at Jake Gyllenhal in all of his glory (Still sporting his Prince of Persia bust). While on the topic of nudity I have to say this movie should NOT be rated 14A in the least bit it is most definitely an R rated flick judging by all the boobs that you see in this thing. Maybe it's just me but how the hell does the rating system work in Canada? (Expendables is rated R yet this isn't?). As much as I despise the romantic comedy genre I can't help but say I enjoyed this; it's funny, mostly realistic, and actually pretty smart and it's because of these things that I highly recommend Love and Other Drugs if you like the genre or if you just want to see Anne Hathaway naked either way you'll enjoy yourself.
7/10
Friday, December 3, 2010
My Favourite blog!
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/
This blog post is incredibly easy because I actually check this blog regularly for updates and I find it quite funny. The blog I'm talking about is Hyperbole and a Half a delightfully funny blog that never ceases to make me smile. I would say it is worth checking out because it is probably one of the funniest things I've ever read on the internet and most of the posts are just stories from this girls past. I really don't know how else to reccomend this blog. Just remember if you're looking for a good laugh go to this site and I guarantee you'll leave with a smile on your face. WARNING some coarse language so if you have a problem with that... STAY AWAY!
This blog post is incredibly easy because I actually check this blog regularly for updates and I find it quite funny. The blog I'm talking about is Hyperbole and a Half a delightfully funny blog that never ceases to make me smile. I would say it is worth checking out because it is probably one of the funniest things I've ever read on the internet and most of the posts are just stories from this girls past. I really don't know how else to reccomend this blog. Just remember if you're looking for a good laugh go to this site and I guarantee you'll leave with a smile on your face. WARNING some coarse language so if you have a problem with that... STAY AWAY!
Thursday, November 25, 2010
My (Joke) Crush
I would have to say Arnold Schwarzenegger would be my biggest crush and if anyone can't see why you must be crazy. He starred in some of the best action movies ever made and brought a lot of unintended comedy to all the roles he played. His one-liners are unforgettable as well as his huge muscles which are honestly the most ridiculously big muscles I've ever seen but that's all part of the legend, right? Arnold is the definition of a man he is the definition of badass and most of all he is the definition of a terrible actor who got famous because of how awesome he was. He may have gone downhill in the recent years since he became the governor or California but he's still one of the greats in my eyes. Arnold will forever hold a special place in my heart and my movie collection. Now in the words of the Govenator himself "Hasta la vista, baby"
Friday, November 19, 2010
This could be anywhere in the world
This town has its claws
Buried in my neck
This town - it takes lives
Without mercy
Without hate
The streets are in distress
The sun suffocates behind darkened skies
The Grass is growing
On top of my feet
I'm sinking
Wont be long
Before I'm too deep to run
The line up seems endless
Underneath the salvation signs
We are the dead ones
We are the lost cause
We are the bend before the break
Our steps seal our fate
Because this city, this city is haunted
By ghosts from broken homes
Because this city, this city is haunted
And there's no hope
Left for these souls
Every step I take
I leave a small piece of myself behind
Soon there will be nothing left
The cracks in the pavement
Match the cracks in their weathered skin
The sky's a brick wall
The grounds a juggernaut
Each day they get a bit closer
Between them, I am caught
I stare in amazement I can't believe
this is where I live
Every breath I take
I feel my lungs seal
This breeze feels more like shards of glass
I'm more scars than skin
Because this city, this city is haunted
By ghosts
From broken homes
Because this city, this city is haunted
And there's no hope
Left for these soul
Our steps seal fate
Our steps seal fate
This is our celebration
Come join the lost souls
This is our celebration
Come join the lost souls
This city this city is haunted
Oh, walk with us, oh
Drown, walk with us
Because this city, this city is haunted
By ghosts from broken homes
Because this city, this city is haunted
And there's no hope
Left for these souls
I know this really didn't answer the question in my own words per say but I thought of this song immediately when I read the question so that's gotta count for something right? I also think this song well describes where I'd really want to go which is anywhere except where I am right now cause this place is just plain old boring and I'd wanna be someplace that would be a new, exciting experience for me. Actually I would choose to go the the center of the earth with a few of my friends. Below you will see a picture of what that would look like instead of boring you all to tears by explaining it all.
Lyrics by Alexisonfire
Buried in my neck
This town - it takes lives
Without mercy
Without hate
The streets are in distress
The sun suffocates behind darkened skies
The Grass is growing
On top of my feet
I'm sinking
Wont be long
Before I'm too deep to run
The line up seems endless
Underneath the salvation signs
We are the dead ones
We are the lost cause
We are the bend before the break
Our steps seal our fate
Because this city, this city is haunted
By ghosts from broken homes
Because this city, this city is haunted
And there's no hope
Left for these souls
Every step I take
I leave a small piece of myself behind
Soon there will be nothing left
The cracks in the pavement
Match the cracks in their weathered skin
The sky's a brick wall
The grounds a juggernaut
Each day they get a bit closer
Between them, I am caught
I stare in amazement I can't believe
this is where I live
Every breath I take
I feel my lungs seal
This breeze feels more like shards of glass
I'm more scars than skin
Because this city, this city is haunted
By ghosts
From broken homes
Because this city, this city is haunted
And there's no hope
Left for these soul
Our steps seal fate
Our steps seal fate
This is our celebration
Come join the lost souls
This is our celebration
Come join the lost souls
This city this city is haunted
Oh, walk with us, oh
Drown, walk with us
Because this city, this city is haunted
By ghosts from broken homes
Because this city, this city is haunted
And there's no hope
Left for these souls
I know this really didn't answer the question in my own words per say but I thought of this song immediately when I read the question so that's gotta count for something right? I also think this song well describes where I'd really want to go which is anywhere except where I am right now cause this place is just plain old boring and I'd wanna be someplace that would be a new, exciting experience for me. Actually I would choose to go the the center of the earth with a few of my friends. Below you will see a picture of what that would look like instead of boring you all to tears by explaining it all.
Lyrics by Alexisonfire
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
What REALLY pisses me off........................................... >:{)>
I would love to post about this right now but I really have no freakin clue what pisses me off. I could sit here thinking about it the entire class and not come up with anything! It just seems like too large of a question to answer that easily so I plan to answer it just not at the moment. but below I'll atleast post a few pictures of things that do piss me off. Ya know what I couldnt find any of that either so I'm just gonna post the most random things until I actually think of a good thing that makes me angry to write about which could probably be a while but ya know what doing this has actually pissed me off a little so i guess I can put that on a list! Posting about huge questions with millions of answers really just pisses me off! I really can't find anything and i hate it this is possibly the most annoying thing I've ever had to post! I would also bring up that being in a non semestered school really pisses me off! I hate having such a huge workload all piled up at the end of every year its just ridiculous that in this day and age we're still doing this! It's uneffective and students marks suffer because of it... especially mine! GAH!
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
One More Day In My Childhood
Fizzgig from The Dark Crystal |
Let us go way back to my tender youth much before I liked many of the things I do today, and much before I hit puberty to, oh let's say the age of 8. I really don't know what I would do at that age nowadays I would probably notice how much worse cartoons have gotten over the years and just watch good ol' 90's cartoons that were actually amusing. I would probably be stunned by how good some kids movies have gotten but I'd also watch some older movies especially the Dark Crystal just because it is creepy as hell and I'm pretty sure scared every person that saw it as a child.
One of my favourite games as a kid |
I would also probably play some video games that I grew up playing and really made a lot of my childhood such as Crash Bandicoot, Spyro and Sonic Adventure. Sure these games may not have the best graphics now but they are still more fun then most kids games made in the present. I've really noticed that too that a lot of stuff has really decreased in quality from when I was a kid an example is while I grew up watching Tales of the Cryptkeeper and the good Pokemon (you know with only 150 pokemon) while today they grow up on Hannah Montana and the new terrible pokemon (over 500 pokemon = STUPID). Most of all though I just wish I could have the simple life I did back then I wouldn't have to worry about money at all, hell I thought $5 was a fortune back then. I also wouldn't have to worry about work, or high school, or a future I could just be a worriless kid. That'd pretty much everything I would do if I had one more day as a child but I know it'll never happen so thanks a lot for making this a assignment and making me realize how much my current life pales in comparison to my childhood.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Media Round-Up
MUSIC
Motionless In White - Creatures
I really don't know what to say about this band, not because of their musical talents but because of their look. When I saw what this band looked like it honestly made me not want to listen to them and also like them a little less. So if any of you are planning to listen to these guys try to avert looking at any photos of them. That being said I am sitting at my computer right now listening to this album for about the tenth time this past few days and I have to say I really enjoy it. I mean sure the band used the word f*** pretty excessively and it feels rather unnecessary at certain parts of songs but I can hardly hold that against them seeing as how there's bands that do it much, much worse. The album starts out pretty solid with the first track having some impressive breakdowns and quite a few f-bombs but really the last 5 tracks of this album are the standouts. Their clean vocalist really does shine a lot more on tracks like Puppets and Scissorhands than on earlier tracks like Immaculate Misconception and Abigail. Also I do need to mention a speaking part in the 3rd track that just utterly makes me want to shoot myself. Overall I was thoroughly impressed by this album and I'll probably be playing it for a while. Oh and did I forget to mention the keys? The keys in this album are phenomenal and really make it more listenable and just add some layers to the band. I would recommend this to anyone who is a fan of the genre for those who aren't you probably won't find anything new to like here. 7.5/10
Standout Tracks: Puppets (The First Snow), Scissorhands (The Last Snow), .Com Pt. II
The Word Alive - Deceiver
About 10 seconds into this album I already knew that I was going to love this album. It's just something about this album that makes me want to keep listening. I was never a particularly big fan of The Word Alive in the past and I had never really gotten into anything they had ever done but I thought I might as well give this album a shot; and I'm so glad I did. As mentioned in the review above the keys were phenomenal and The Word Alive takes that to the next level their keys in a breakdown in 2012 is possibly one of the best breakdowns I have heard all year! If anyone thinks they've got a better one please post that song in the comments because I would sure love to hear it. the one bad thing I can say about this album is its length. I want it to be so much longer because I really enjoyed it that much! Now I know some people probably aren't into the metal/post-hardcore genre but this album is absolutely amazing. The lyrics are great along with all the instrumentals, I mean sure the clean vocalists voice sounds a little strained at times but really it isn't that prominent. Deceiver is possibly one of my favourite hardcore albums of the year but there's still a lot to choose from and I'll probably make a list at the end of the year. I can do nothing but recommend this to everyone who listens to music even remotely close to this genre. Go check this band and album out right now! Your life will be better having done so. 9/10
Standout Tracks: 2012, Consider It Mutual, Like Father Like Son
GAMES
Dead Rising 2
Rated M
I've been playing this game a lot for the past week or two... I'm already on my third play through of it and I still really don't know how to rate this game. On one hand the gameplay, for the most part, is extremely fun and can entertain me for hours on end but on the the other hand the story is down right awful and the game can be extremely frustrating at times. Now don't get me wrong I've never played the first Dead Rising seeing as how I don't really play all too much on the 360 but from what I've heard it was also pretty damn frustrating. Now I really don't see why the chose to keep the 72 hour time limit in this game, I for one think it is completely stupid. I shouldn't have a time limit when I'm playing a game, especially an open world game where there is way too much to do in said time. I'm sure some will argue that this just adds some needed difficulty but no it just makes something that would be extremely fun completely tedious at points. While they did leave that in they changed some things for the better as well. Instead of taking pictures to level yourself up you now get leveled up faster by mixing weapons into awesome combinations that would make McGuyver blush. Also from what I've heard the survivor AI has been improved greatly which is also a good change for this game. Really what this boils down to is the core gameplay and how much fun it is and I'm a pleased to say its the most fun I've had killing zombies in pretty much any game. Many of the weapon combinations you make will probably offer a cheap laugh or two seeing as how ridiculous it is to combine a pipe and fireworks to make a rocket launcher and blow zombies into bits. The story is of course complete and utter bull****! But really what do you expect? it's a capcom game and no matter who you are you have to agree capcom does stories equivalent of a Michael Bay film. Dead Rising 2 is a great tie if you like killing zombies and you should definitely think about picking this one up. Especially if you have a friend with the game seeing as how there's added co-op play. Tape it or die! 8.5/10
MOVIES
Jackass 3-D
Rated 18A
I really don't even know how to open this review. Honestly finding words to describe this movie are pretty difficult to do. I went to the theatre on Saturday with a few of my friends expecting a good time watching these idiots do stupid stunts and that's exactly what I got. Jackass is back people and now it's in 3-D! I find it amazing that these guys, many of them probably nearing their 40's manage to keep doing these stunts without severely hurting themselves. This is the Jackass at its finest the stunts are great and they really just take everything to the next level. The 3-D in this movie is pretty great cause you get to really see all this gross stuff fly out at you during the movies it just adds a whole new layer to the movie. This also contains some of the grossest things they've ever shown in the series including the poo cocktail supreme which involves bungee cords, a porta potty and a lot of dog crap; I'm sure you can put the pieces together there. Sure there are some things that aren't too funny or go on way too long but that's what most of Jackass is just complete hit or miss but luckily most of the stuff is absolutely hilarious. I also need to mention a especially hilarious introduction from some old cartoon characters from a particular series which I won't mention cause I don't wanna ruin it for anyone. Overall Jackass 3-D was a hilarious movie that should make even the most uptight people feel immature from laughing at these stupid stunts. 8/10
Motionless In White - Creatures
I really don't know what to say about this band, not because of their musical talents but because of their look. When I saw what this band looked like it honestly made me not want to listen to them and also like them a little less. So if any of you are planning to listen to these guys try to avert looking at any photos of them. That being said I am sitting at my computer right now listening to this album for about the tenth time this past few days and I have to say I really enjoy it. I mean sure the band used the word f*** pretty excessively and it feels rather unnecessary at certain parts of songs but I can hardly hold that against them seeing as how there's bands that do it much, much worse. The album starts out pretty solid with the first track having some impressive breakdowns and quite a few f-bombs but really the last 5 tracks of this album are the standouts. Their clean vocalist really does shine a lot more on tracks like Puppets and Scissorhands than on earlier tracks like Immaculate Misconception and Abigail. Also I do need to mention a speaking part in the 3rd track that just utterly makes me want to shoot myself. Overall I was thoroughly impressed by this album and I'll probably be playing it for a while. Oh and did I forget to mention the keys? The keys in this album are phenomenal and really make it more listenable and just add some layers to the band. I would recommend this to anyone who is a fan of the genre for those who aren't you probably won't find anything new to like here. 7.5/10
Standout Tracks: Puppets (The First Snow), Scissorhands (The Last Snow), .Com Pt. II
The Word Alive - Deceiver
About 10 seconds into this album I already knew that I was going to love this album. It's just something about this album that makes me want to keep listening. I was never a particularly big fan of The Word Alive in the past and I had never really gotten into anything they had ever done but I thought I might as well give this album a shot; and I'm so glad I did. As mentioned in the review above the keys were phenomenal and The Word Alive takes that to the next level their keys in a breakdown in 2012 is possibly one of the best breakdowns I have heard all year! If anyone thinks they've got a better one please post that song in the comments because I would sure love to hear it. the one bad thing I can say about this album is its length. I want it to be so much longer because I really enjoyed it that much! Now I know some people probably aren't into the metal/post-hardcore genre but this album is absolutely amazing. The lyrics are great along with all the instrumentals, I mean sure the clean vocalists voice sounds a little strained at times but really it isn't that prominent. Deceiver is possibly one of my favourite hardcore albums of the year but there's still a lot to choose from and I'll probably make a list at the end of the year. I can do nothing but recommend this to everyone who listens to music even remotely close to this genre. Go check this band and album out right now! Your life will be better having done so. 9/10
Standout Tracks: 2012, Consider It Mutual, Like Father Like Son
GAMES
Dead Rising 2
Rated M
I've been playing this game a lot for the past week or two... I'm already on my third play through of it and I still really don't know how to rate this game. On one hand the gameplay, for the most part, is extremely fun and can entertain me for hours on end but on the the other hand the story is down right awful and the game can be extremely frustrating at times. Now don't get me wrong I've never played the first Dead Rising seeing as how I don't really play all too much on the 360 but from what I've heard it was also pretty damn frustrating. Now I really don't see why the chose to keep the 72 hour time limit in this game, I for one think it is completely stupid. I shouldn't have a time limit when I'm playing a game, especially an open world game where there is way too much to do in said time. I'm sure some will argue that this just adds some needed difficulty but no it just makes something that would be extremely fun completely tedious at points. While they did leave that in they changed some things for the better as well. Instead of taking pictures to level yourself up you now get leveled up faster by mixing weapons into awesome combinations that would make McGuyver blush. Also from what I've heard the survivor AI has been improved greatly which is also a good change for this game. Really what this boils down to is the core gameplay and how much fun it is and I'm a pleased to say its the most fun I've had killing zombies in pretty much any game. Many of the weapon combinations you make will probably offer a cheap laugh or two seeing as how ridiculous it is to combine a pipe and fireworks to make a rocket launcher and blow zombies into bits. The story is of course complete and utter bull****! But really what do you expect? it's a capcom game and no matter who you are you have to agree capcom does stories equivalent of a Michael Bay film. Dead Rising 2 is a great tie if you like killing zombies and you should definitely think about picking this one up. Especially if you have a friend with the game seeing as how there's added co-op play. Tape it or die! 8.5/10
Jackass 3-D
Rated 18A
I really don't even know how to open this review. Honestly finding words to describe this movie are pretty difficult to do. I went to the theatre on Saturday with a few of my friends expecting a good time watching these idiots do stupid stunts and that's exactly what I got. Jackass is back people and now it's in 3-D! I find it amazing that these guys, many of them probably nearing their 40's manage to keep doing these stunts without severely hurting themselves. This is the Jackass at its finest the stunts are great and they really just take everything to the next level. The 3-D in this movie is pretty great cause you get to really see all this gross stuff fly out at you during the movies it just adds a whole new layer to the movie. This also contains some of the grossest things they've ever shown in the series including the poo cocktail supreme which involves bungee cords, a porta potty and a lot of dog crap; I'm sure you can put the pieces together there. Sure there are some things that aren't too funny or go on way too long but that's what most of Jackass is just complete hit or miss but luckily most of the stuff is absolutely hilarious. I also need to mention a especially hilarious introduction from some old cartoon characters from a particular series which I won't mention cause I don't wanna ruin it for anyone. Overall Jackass 3-D was a hilarious movie that should make even the most uptight people feel immature from laughing at these stupid stunts. 8/10
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Post Secret thing...
Yeah I don't know if this is exactly what I was supposed to do but it's the best I could come up with so yeah here ya go folks! Enjoy!
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Media Round-Up For the Week
So basically what I'm gonna do is at the end of every week I'm gonna review what I've been listening to, playing and watching I might throw some random stuff in here sometimes but you'll have to wait and see. PLUS I changed the layout of the blog! I'm gonna be uploading weekly little comics now so I hope everyone enjoys some more humour being put into this blog.
MUSIC
Valencia - Dancing With A Ghost
Standout Tracks: Shock & Awe, Bootstraps, Some Things Don't Wash Out
GAMES
Lara Croft & The Guardian of Light
Lara Croft has been through some rough patches the past few years. I really can't remember a Tomb Raider game I have immensely enjoyed since way back on the PlayStation; until now. Lara Croft & The Guardian of Light completely changes up the formula from the past games by switching to a over the head perspective. This may seem like an odd choice to some but believe me it works surprisingly well. The core game play remains the same, you do lots of jumping, shooting and solving puzzles. The big change though is the add of co-op play which is a very welcome change if you ask me. Playing this game with a friend was one of the most fun experiences I've had playing any game all year! All this being said there really isn't too much of a story you accidentally resurrect an ancient demigod who tries to destroy the world and you must stop him... that's about it. The campaign isn't particularly long either it probably took me around 5-6 hours to burn through it. Really though seeing as how this is a downloadable title what else can you ask for? That's as long as Modern Warfare 2's campaign and is a hell of a lot more fun too! I really can't do anything but recommend this game it is a must have whether you're a fan of the series or not and at $14.99 you can't go wrong. Lara Croft is back people! 8.5/10
MOVIES
Didn't do any this week but will be sure to get on reviewing some next week!
Recommendations for the week: Everything I reviewed
Next Week: MUSIC - Motionless In White, The Word Alive GAMES - Dead Rising 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I MOVIES - TBA
MUSIC
Valencia - Dancing With A Ghost
In short Valencia's new album is possibly the best album of the year. Not just in their genre of alternative rock either I'm talking about overall. The album starts out with a bang with its title track which will be stuck in your head for weeks on end with its infectious chorus. The next few tracks slow down the tempo a bit but the lyrics really speak out about lead singer Shane Henderson when he sings, "I came over feeling sorry, standing drunk there from the rain, yeah, you opened up the doorway feeling broken from the start. You let me in, and I began." Speaking of the lyrics they are absolutely outstanding on this album the lyrics have to be some of the best I have heard in a very long time which probably isn't saying much looking at the modern music scene. The track Friday Night mixes it up and takes a darker approach to the bands sound and it works great seeing as how it's one of the best tracks on the album. The rest of the album is nothing short of incredible but I won't go into too much detail because I want to keep these reviews relatively short. I can do nothing but recommend Dancing With A Ghost to anyone who's a fan of the genre and even those who aren't. Valencia's Dancing With A Ghost simply cannot be missed. 10/10
Standout Tracks: All of them
You, Me, and Everyone We Know - Some Things Don't Wash Out
You, Me, and Everyone We Know - Some Things Don't Wash Out
You, Me & Everyone We Know's new album is yet another strong release from the band with too many members to count; six. The first two tracks are amazing although slightly short which is disappointing. The lyrics in Shock & Awe really show what the band has gone through when they sing "This is a f*** you to Richard Reignes who told me I should lose some weight. Come to think of it Payne you too you screwed our fans so we screwed you," it really just seems like they went all out in letting those people know what they think of them. Their new version of Livin' th' Dream is just as good as the original and following tracks A Bigger Point of Pride and Bootstraps are about as catchy as herpes. The title track is great and has an infectious chorus that will be stuck in your head for longer than you car to know. James Brown is Dead is more of a jazzy/soul take on the genre and kind of falls flat although it does have its moments. The Next 20 Minutes is a nice little song that'll have you singing along with it every time it comes on. Also note that the entire song is completely carried by the lead singers amazing vocals as they are very dominant in this track. A Little Bit More is a catchy, repetetive song and Puzzle is an exceptional song with outstanding lyrics although it starts a lot stronger than it ends. Finally the last track Moon, Roll Me Away end the album with gang vocals and sounds great doing it seeming like the perfect track to close with. This album is absolutely amazing and should be considered by any fan of Pop Punk or of the band Say Anything (at times the sound extremely similar). Go out and buy this album or download it or whatever! Just get it! 9/10
Standout Tracks: Shock & Awe, Bootstraps, Some Things Don't Wash Out
GAMES
Lara Croft & The Guardian of Light
Lara Croft has been through some rough patches the past few years. I really can't remember a Tomb Raider game I have immensely enjoyed since way back on the PlayStation; until now. Lara Croft & The Guardian of Light completely changes up the formula from the past games by switching to a over the head perspective. This may seem like an odd choice to some but believe me it works surprisingly well. The core game play remains the same, you do lots of jumping, shooting and solving puzzles. The big change though is the add of co-op play which is a very welcome change if you ask me. Playing this game with a friend was one of the most fun experiences I've had playing any game all year! All this being said there really isn't too much of a story you accidentally resurrect an ancient demigod who tries to destroy the world and you must stop him... that's about it. The campaign isn't particularly long either it probably took me around 5-6 hours to burn through it. Really though seeing as how this is a downloadable title what else can you ask for? That's as long as Modern Warfare 2's campaign and is a hell of a lot more fun too! I really can't do anything but recommend this game it is a must have whether you're a fan of the series or not and at $14.99 you can't go wrong. Lara Croft is back people! 8.5/10
MOVIES
Didn't do any this week but will be sure to get on reviewing some next week!
Recommendations for the week: Everything I reviewed
Next Week: MUSIC - Motionless In White, The Word Alive GAMES - Dead Rising 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I MOVIES - TBA
Friday, October 1, 2010
Cell phones in school: The end of civilization as we know it?
Is this the future? |
I think the article being discussed actually gets a lot of things right seeing as how cell phones probably will be a regular thing in schools which isn't necessarily a good thing. Cell phones in schools really will take away a lot of the learning experience involved in the school. The fact is that students really can't multitask as well as they think they can and I'm pretty sure no one who owns a cell phone can text and listen to a lesson at the same time. There are definitely times in class for texting but to be able to do it all throughout would be ridiculous and grades would probably drop steadily for those said students. I know to many I'll sound like a square ripping on the use of cell phones in class but I'll say now that it's not a completely bad thing. Cell phones are increbily useful for communicating with people but should definitely be saved for any time for independant work. Really the thought of them completely not being aloud in classes at all is ridiculous I mean you might as well make them aloud cause if you don't kids will just sneak text anyway. I've given my opinion so i think i should talk about the article a bit I mean it seemed fairly unbiased seeing as how they gave examples from each sides and they actually state that they think cell phones will be like calculators and become aloud in the future but honestly it is biased because it kind of has to be seeing as how its an opinion piece on cell phones at school so they clearly state their opinion. What do you all think should cell phones be aloud in schools? Do you agree with me or disagree? Please sound off in the comments!
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
The man known as Mikey Reiner
I am Mikey Reiner. That's pretty much all you need to know about me to be my friend. I'm an incredibly nice postive person who really never looks at anything negatively. I tooke writer's craft because it seemed like it would be fun and seems like a good way to improve my writing. I mostly write scripts for movies that me and my friends make but I occasionally write lyrics too. I am currently writing a movie script and having a great time doing so if anyone would want to be in this movie please let me know. I don't really know a lot of writers but I'm sure if I had time I could put a list together but we'll leave that for another time. After high school I plan to go to either college or university still don't know which but I'll probably want to go for something in the line of filmmaking. What makes me get out of bed in the morning? My own two feet hahaha but seriously I just try to look at everything positively and want to try my best at everything so I can end up doing good in life. This was a lot more serious than my last posts but whatever it's for school what else can I do right?
I'm Mikey Reiner and that's my name have a great day everybody!
Friday, September 17, 2010
The Legend Known as Wiarton Willie
A while ago while driving home from the movie theater me and a few of my buds started a conversation about the groundhog Wiarton Willie. It started off with one of my friends just going on and on about Willie and how much the Japanese wanted to get him and me and my friends were literally in tears after about 10 minutes of the story so I'm going to try and retell the story to the best of my ability. One day while sitting in the Fish & Chips place in Tobermorry the Japanese would start sending in their kamikaze planes and bombing the shit out of the small town. They would start to take hostages and kill civilians asking them "where is Wiarton Willie?" and the fact was; no one knew. The Japanese had discovered the groundhog in Wiarton was just a decoy to distract them so that's why they came to Tobermorry so they could get some answers. They explained why they were after Willie and it turned out he had stolen their top secret technology. What does the technology do you may ask? Well only The Japanese, Willie and Santa know that. Yeah that's right mother f'n SANTA! he helped Wiarton escape from Japan after he had stolen the technology which was convenient cause Wiarton didn't want to swim. this unfortunately was on December 6, 1941. Willie was dropped off at Pearl Harbor for the night but the next day things didn't go as planned. The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor just to try and get their technology back everyone was completely shock about the whole ideal. to escape Willie swam across the ocean and hid out in Europe for a while not to be seen for a many years. the Japanese were clueless.
Fast forward to the year 2012, the Mayans predicted the end of the world and they were right. On December 12, 2012 the Japanese launched nukes at Europe and America hoping to get Willie this caused a nuclear war unlike anything this world had ever seen. everything was wiped out billions dead... The Japanese of course had planned for it and secured themselves in fallout shelters beforehand so that they could hunt Willie down afterwards. They sent out millions of patrols searching for the rogue groundhog but they had no luck; but Willie was sick of hiding and with the help of his fellow groundhogs Balzac Billy and General Beauregard Lee he suited up and took the attack to the Japanese. They took out many forces before they finally had to retreat due to the terrifying death of Balzac Billy. Willie and the General couldn't move fast enough and were quickly being pursued by the Japanese; that's when Santa came in. Santa took out Japanese forces with his rocket launchers and mini guns mounted on his sleigh. After an epic battle he got Willie and the General on his sleigh and took off into the distance. The Japanese knew where they were gonna hold out. They were heading to the North Pole. Things are gonna step up a notch.
Nuclear winter has now set in the entire world is covered in snow and many survivors find themselves either freezing or starving to death. The only place unaffected is the North Pole; this is where Willie and the General are holding out with Santa. Willie and his team were quickly joined by Shubenacadie Sam and Punxsutawny Phil who are some fellow groundhogs, and just when they started to settle the invasion happened. The Japanese sent all the forces at their disposal into the north pole. Igloos were bombed to nothing, Santas workshop was soon just a crater in the snowy ground and thousands of elves were slaughtered by the Japanese's unstoppable ground forces; tanks, APC's, and millions of troops completely annihilated everything in their path. Santa's anti aircraft guns quickly put a stop to the bombing but by that tie it was too late the ground forces were advancing. Willie, Santa and team were all holding out in Santa's Ice Palace which is not unlike the Fortress of Solitude. Willie and his squad of elite groundhogs managed to hold off the troops and tanks but that's when the mechs came in. This technology had never even been seen before which means the Japanese were pulling out their big guns. It was an epic battle but Willie manged to win at the cost of his two good friends Sam and Phil who were gunned down in a hail of gunfire. Willie, Santa and the General were exhausted and felt defeated but they had to fight on. That's when they saw it; a sick freak of nature it looked like a mutated groundhog with no fur and that's when Willie realized. It was Balzac Billy. Willie knew he had to face his best friend alone so he went into the blizzard to face this beast. After a frantic fight of clawing and biting Willie emerged victorious holding the head of Billy in his hand. He used this as a warning to the Japanese which caused the to back off; their sick experiment has failed. So slowly but surely civilization rebuilt itself, global warming helped get rid of the nuclear winter and soon the Earth was back to normal. The Japanese of course did not get the luxury of living in this new Utopia that was created instead they were banished to live out eternity in Antarctica. From that day on Willie was worshiped as a god and a statue of him, the General and Santa were built in their honour and let's not forget about the brave groundhogs who lost their lives for this planet. Balzac Billy, Shubenacadie Sam and Punxsutawny Phil you will not be forgotten!
Fast forward to the year 2012, the Mayans predicted the end of the world and they were right. On December 12, 2012 the Japanese launched nukes at Europe and America hoping to get Willie this caused a nuclear war unlike anything this world had ever seen. everything was wiped out billions dead... The Japanese of course had planned for it and secured themselves in fallout shelters beforehand so that they could hunt Willie down afterwards. They sent out millions of patrols searching for the rogue groundhog but they had no luck; but Willie was sick of hiding and with the help of his fellow groundhogs Balzac Billy and General Beauregard Lee he suited up and took the attack to the Japanese. They took out many forces before they finally had to retreat due to the terrifying death of Balzac Billy. Willie and the General couldn't move fast enough and were quickly being pursued by the Japanese; that's when Santa came in. Santa took out Japanese forces with his rocket launchers and mini guns mounted on his sleigh. After an epic battle he got Willie and the General on his sleigh and took off into the distance. The Japanese knew where they were gonna hold out. They were heading to the North Pole. Things are gonna step up a notch.
Nuclear winter has now set in the entire world is covered in snow and many survivors find themselves either freezing or starving to death. The only place unaffected is the North Pole; this is where Willie and the General are holding out with Santa. Willie and his team were quickly joined by Shubenacadie Sam and Punxsutawny Phil who are some fellow groundhogs, and just when they started to settle the invasion happened. The Japanese sent all the forces at their disposal into the north pole. Igloos were bombed to nothing, Santas workshop was soon just a crater in the snowy ground and thousands of elves were slaughtered by the Japanese's unstoppable ground forces; tanks, APC's, and millions of troops completely annihilated everything in their path. Santa's anti aircraft guns quickly put a stop to the bombing but by that tie it was too late the ground forces were advancing. Willie, Santa and team were all holding out in Santa's Ice Palace which is not unlike the Fortress of Solitude. Willie and his squad of elite groundhogs managed to hold off the troops and tanks but that's when the mechs came in. This technology had never even been seen before which means the Japanese were pulling out their big guns. It was an epic battle but Willie manged to win at the cost of his two good friends Sam and Phil who were gunned down in a hail of gunfire. Willie, Santa and the General were exhausted and felt defeated but they had to fight on. That's when they saw it; a sick freak of nature it looked like a mutated groundhog with no fur and that's when Willie realized. It was Balzac Billy. Willie knew he had to face his best friend alone so he went into the blizzard to face this beast. After a frantic fight of clawing and biting Willie emerged victorious holding the head of Billy in his hand. He used this as a warning to the Japanese which caused the to back off; their sick experiment has failed. So slowly but surely civilization rebuilt itself, global warming helped get rid of the nuclear winter and soon the Earth was back to normal. The Japanese of course did not get the luxury of living in this new Utopia that was created instead they were banished to live out eternity in Antarctica. From that day on Willie was worshiped as a god and a statue of him, the General and Santa were built in their honour and let's not forget about the brave groundhogs who lost their lives for this planet. Balzac Billy, Shubenacadie Sam and Punxsutawny Phil you will not be forgotten!
COMING SOON WIARTON WILLIE PREQUEL:
find out what happened when he went back in time to get the technology and what it did to him.
FIRST POST!
Hello all the 1 - 5 people who will even read this! This is my first blog and I hope you know how completely idiotic and random every post is going to be. I will probably update every week or so with something new I came up with cause I usually think up something daily. I really don't even know what to write in this stupid introductory post because what else can i really write besides what I'm gonna do? NOTHING! So really I'm just gonna keep typing at random without stopping until I run out of shit to say but I really am just trying to waste time in class at the moment. Hey, at ;east I'm super honest and I suppose this is actually what we're supposed to do right now but who cares right? Okay now I'm just going on like some 80-year old man who sits beside you in the park and makes you feel really uncomfortable cause he tells you about how he killed 50 people in nam or something like that. It's just one of those situations where you're stuck and you really want to get out but you'd feel like a dick if you just got up and left the old man there and got up and left. Back on topic of the blog in case anyone is wondering about the name of my blog; It's just something one of my classmates mutters under his breath several times every class and just made me break out in hysterical laughter the first few times. But enough about all that I'll post again sometime this week with something actually a little funny... hopefully
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