Let's start with The Avengers. It rocked me socks off boy-o. I'm not even sure what else to say about it...saw it 3 times in one weekend, love it to death, super excited for the sequel, and it got me to try shawarma (really awesome too). Oh, the soundtrack is okay. The new Shinedown track is a definite stand-out.
Now, how about a little mini-review of Underworld: Awakening? It's pure filler. Just a set-up for the sequel(s). Everything was a bit mediocre as well. I really wish they would've gone in a different direction and used better villains. Eh, maybe next time.
Right now I'm watching The Usual Suspects on Blu-ray. I purchased the book version for cheap on amazon.com. Movie looks damn good, but there are no special features except some trailers (boo). Haha, Agent Coulson is playing a doctor near the beginning of the film, dude looks young as hell.
Guess I should get some rest....might read for a bit first. Goodnight.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Kingdoms of Amalur
Ah yes, I've been lost in the Kingdoms of Amalur as of late. I haven't completed the game yet, so this won't be a true review, I'll get around to that later. However, I thought I'd share some of my musings on the game...
The story is your average RPG scenario, Amnesiac Protagonist whose origin is linked to the crisis/villain/etc. It works a little bit better here because your character has been brought back from the dead, but it's still cliche. There are a couple hundred side quests (and let's face it, the best stories always come from the side quests). I have over 20 of them active right now. There are also Tasks which equate to simple fetch quests and of course, we have Faction quests. The Factions are interesting and slightly varied from, say, the Elder Scrolls series. I've practically forgot the Main quest at this point, focusing solely on all the Side and Faction quests. Ooops :)
Combat is fun and engaging, stealth mode is actually fairly decent, and spell-casting is similar to most action-RPGs of this day and age...but, I have a complaint. The. Blocking. Sucks. Balls. Yes, using a shield is only about halfway effective in my opinion, you're much better off dodging. For some strange reason the character never wants to block when I press the button...even if I'm standing still and doing absolutely nothing else. Seriously.
Voice acting could use a bit of work. Oh sure, there are some stand-outs so far, like Agarth the Fateweaver, but I keep hearing the same 5 or 6 males and 5 or 6 females and it's a bit annoying and bland. The music is alright and will pop into my head at the most random times when I'm not playing haha.
The class system is handled in a unique way, but is still a bit confining. You can be a swordsman, a rogue (thief/assassin), a mage or a combination. The combinations come in duals and a "jack-of-all-trades" that combines all three. I'm going with a melee/assassin build and pretty much ignoring spell-casting. Now, if you find that to be limiting just wait until you see the list of races you can choose from...Generic human 1, Generic human 2, Generic Elf 1, Generic Elf 2. Yeah. It's a bit disappointing. When I booted up the demo and was only given those four to choose from, I thought "There'll be more in the full game, I mean, Skyrim has like 10 fucking races including lizard and kitty people." Can you imagine my disappointment when I discovered those four races were it? Sure, there's a ton of customization you can do (blonde mohawk and reddish-brown curvy moustache anyone?) but, I was hoping to play as something a bit more unique.
I'm still having a lot of fun with this game and can't wait to explore the first DLC expansion (plus there's another one coming out next week!) and I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys action-RPGs and/or having big open worlds to explore and dick around in.
Oh yeah, on to real life subjects...I've got a new phone, there's an engagement party coming up very soon, and it's already too damn hot outside. Friggin Texas April. I'll try not to go so long between posts after this, wish me luck haha.
The story is your average RPG scenario, Amnesiac Protagonist whose origin is linked to the crisis/villain/etc. It works a little bit better here because your character has been brought back from the dead, but it's still cliche. There are a couple hundred side quests (and let's face it, the best stories always come from the side quests). I have over 20 of them active right now. There are also Tasks which equate to simple fetch quests and of course, we have Faction quests. The Factions are interesting and slightly varied from, say, the Elder Scrolls series. I've practically forgot the Main quest at this point, focusing solely on all the Side and Faction quests. Ooops :)
Combat is fun and engaging, stealth mode is actually fairly decent, and spell-casting is similar to most action-RPGs of this day and age...but, I have a complaint. The. Blocking. Sucks. Balls. Yes, using a shield is only about halfway effective in my opinion, you're much better off dodging. For some strange reason the character never wants to block when I press the button...even if I'm standing still and doing absolutely nothing else. Seriously.
Voice acting could use a bit of work. Oh sure, there are some stand-outs so far, like Agarth the Fateweaver, but I keep hearing the same 5 or 6 males and 5 or 6 females and it's a bit annoying and bland. The music is alright and will pop into my head at the most random times when I'm not playing haha.
The class system is handled in a unique way, but is still a bit confining. You can be a swordsman, a rogue (thief/assassin), a mage or a combination. The combinations come in duals and a "jack-of-all-trades" that combines all three. I'm going with a melee/assassin build and pretty much ignoring spell-casting. Now, if you find that to be limiting just wait until you see the list of races you can choose from...Generic human 1, Generic human 2, Generic Elf 1, Generic Elf 2. Yeah. It's a bit disappointing. When I booted up the demo and was only given those four to choose from, I thought "There'll be more in the full game, I mean, Skyrim has like 10 fucking races including lizard and kitty people." Can you imagine my disappointment when I discovered those four races were it? Sure, there's a ton of customization you can do (blonde mohawk and reddish-brown curvy moustache anyone?) but, I was hoping to play as something a bit more unique.
I'm still having a lot of fun with this game and can't wait to explore the first DLC expansion (plus there's another one coming out next week!) and I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys action-RPGs and/or having big open worlds to explore and dick around in.
Oh yeah, on to real life subjects...I've got a new phone, there's an engagement party coming up very soon, and it's already too damn hot outside. Friggin Texas April. I'll try not to go so long between posts after this, wish me luck haha.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Funeral Blues
Another weekend is over.
I know it's cliched, but they go by way too damn fast. I had a lot of wedding prep stuff to do with the fiance and that made it go by a bit faster. Oh, speaking of my fiance, here's our wedding website
http://leannaandjoe.ourwedding.com/view/8227523150120561/8632250/?cm_mmc=Affiliate-_-TheKnot-_-HPSearch-_-HPSearch#.T0sTnFpZZeM.facebook
I hope that link works, if not, I've +1'd it on google+ and like'd it on Facebook so yeah. There ya go.
I'm listening to the new Mark Lanegan album, Funeral Blues, and it's pretty much everything I was hoping it would be. I picked up the Bangarang EP from Skrillex this weekend and really love it, totally recommend it. Also got the new Underworld soundtrack and bought 300 on Blu-ray...but I haven't had a chance to check either of those out yet.
Not much else going on right at the moment...oh wait, I forgot to talk about the wedding stuff we did. On Saturday we met with our photographer. He was very amiable and reminded me of how I felt when I first started hearing stories about Lee's family :P His pictures also looked very nice and he's got quite a bit of experience, so I'm confident that he'll do the job well. Sunday evening we met with a DJ...I refuse to call him "our DJ" or "the DJ" because there's no way I would've picked this dude if I was paying for it. Is he incredibly cheap? Yes. Does he have a lick of experience? Notsomuch. Oh sure, he's played music for like, three weddings and will probably do a couple more before mine rolls around...but he didn't seem very professional either. We had to meet him at a restaurant as opposed to the photographer, who met us at the house. This DJ didn't really give us very many details about his work/setup and had absolutely no music or video to show us. I have a feeling the music at our reception is gonna be a little disappointing. There was a DJ group at an open-house we went to a couple weeks back and they were badass. Expensive? Yes, but totally worth the money. Oh well.
Halfway through the new Lanegan and I'm still digging it. I should probably drag myself to bed haha.
I know it's cliched, but they go by way too damn fast. I had a lot of wedding prep stuff to do with the fiance and that made it go by a bit faster. Oh, speaking of my fiance, here's our wedding website
http://leannaandjoe.ourwedding.com/view/8227523150120561/8632250/?cm_mmc=Affiliate-_-TheKnot-_-HPSearch-_-HPSearch#.T0sTnFpZZeM.facebook
I hope that link works, if not, I've +1'd it on google+ and like'd it on Facebook so yeah. There ya go.
I'm listening to the new Mark Lanegan album, Funeral Blues, and it's pretty much everything I was hoping it would be. I picked up the Bangarang EP from Skrillex this weekend and really love it, totally recommend it. Also got the new Underworld soundtrack and bought 300 on Blu-ray...but I haven't had a chance to check either of those out yet.
Not much else going on right at the moment...oh wait, I forgot to talk about the wedding stuff we did. On Saturday we met with our photographer. He was very amiable and reminded me of how I felt when I first started hearing stories about Lee's family :P His pictures also looked very nice and he's got quite a bit of experience, so I'm confident that he'll do the job well. Sunday evening we met with a DJ...I refuse to call him "our DJ" or "the DJ" because there's no way I would've picked this dude if I was paying for it. Is he incredibly cheap? Yes. Does he have a lick of experience? Notsomuch. Oh sure, he's played music for like, three weddings and will probably do a couple more before mine rolls around...but he didn't seem very professional either. We had to meet him at a restaurant as opposed to the photographer, who met us at the house. This DJ didn't really give us very many details about his work/setup and had absolutely no music or video to show us. I have a feeling the music at our reception is gonna be a little disappointing. There was a DJ group at an open-house we went to a couple weeks back and they were badass. Expensive? Yes, but totally worth the money. Oh well.
Halfway through the new Lanegan and I'm still digging it. I should probably drag myself to bed haha.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Welcome!
So, it's that time again.
I haven't had a blog in years. Used to run one over on myspace, but I quit using that site ages ago. The time feels right to start a new one (not to mention the fact that I just purchased this new laptop today). I'm a little rusty, so go easy on me at first, as I'll be making a lot of errors and whatnot.
My goal in writing this blog? Sharing my thoughts on all the things I enjoy (and some I hate) and giving far away friends more detailed updates on my boring little life haha. Also, ex.pect irregular updates...really doubt I'll get around to writing something every single night or even on a particular night each week.
This blog is linked to my bare Google+ account and will also be shared on my Facebook profile, so feel free to stop by those pages and say hi as well. I'll also be dropping links to some of my favorite web pages for your viewing pleasure.
Be back soon with something more substantial. I promise.
I haven't had a blog in years. Used to run one over on myspace, but I quit using that site ages ago. The time feels right to start a new one (not to mention the fact that I just purchased this new laptop today). I'm a little rusty, so go easy on me at first, as I'll be making a lot of errors and whatnot.
My goal in writing this blog? Sharing my thoughts on all the things I enjoy (and some I hate) and giving far away friends more detailed updates on my boring little life haha. Also, ex.pect irregular updates...really doubt I'll get around to writing something every single night or even on a particular night each week.
This blog is linked to my bare Google+ account and will also be shared on my Facebook profile, so feel free to stop by those pages and say hi as well. I'll also be dropping links to some of my favorite web pages for your viewing pleasure.
Be back soon with something more substantial. I promise.
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