Agent 007 is Back

After winning some money in poker and still in the beting mood, the boys and I decided to gamble on wathcing Casino Royale. Well it's safe to say we all came out winners. Finaly a 007 flick that doesnt rely on a Bond Missle to blow the audience away. Bond has found his roots again, with shear charisma and intelect getting him through yet another life and death situation, it was refreshing to see a Bond film not caked with CGI and invisible cars. James Bond has been (dare I say it) humanized, he was actually relatable, with professional street runner involved to lead the most exciting opening chase scene a movie can start with, Casino Royale was nail bitting to the end.

With all praise aside I must say, the story could have been a bit more clear, sometimes writteres and directors get so caught up in multiple plot fusion that it often gets lost in traslation, and I think thats definatly what happened here. 5 of us went to watch the movie and we all had different guess's as to what happened during the film, either we all missed something, or there was a loop hole written into the script and no one caught it during the editing procces. Aslo there was a character in the film who will be unnamed, I dont want to ruin the film for anyone who hasnt gone to see it yet, but the character was introduced one way and was the total opposite by the end of the movie, it would have been better if the character stayed the way they were introduced. You'll know who I'm talking about when you go to see the movie.

All in all the movie was great, if you're like me and not a fan of the Bond movies I assure you, you have nothing to worry about, it's my favourite Bond film to date.

Keep it fresh people, like the new Bond film.

Up Up and not so far away?

The curse continues as Superman Returns: The Game, plummets to the ground with a sad sad score of 4.1

Well what the hell do you expect when Superman’s biggest threat is a fucking giant Robot. Well what it comes down to is bad mechanics, lousy controls and graphics that would insult commodore 64. Long Live Batman Begins: The Game.

Keep playing players.

Bet ya just can't pick one!

Well today’s topic was inspired by a conversation I had in my head, that’s where I have most of my interesting conversations. When asked who my favorite comic book character is, I tend to have a really hard time answering. There are so many factors involved in making such a huge decision. I like so many, so what differs one from the other, personality, good, evil, black, white, these are all things to be considered.

Superman for example stands for everything noble. He’s a Universe hero, he not only save people in metropolis, he saves everyone in the world, it takes him 3.2 seconds to fly around the earth on a good day. Now a guy like Batman who also fights for everything good is more focused on Gotham City. It’s rare you see him acting out of his little nest he likes to call home. He vowed to clean up Gotham, not the world. I love old battsy, his origin, his constant struggle, the fact that he’s human. It’s that one little detail that separates Batman from most of the hero’s and villains that fill our pages. He’s unaltered, just a human with lots of brains and resources to make all his gadgets and gismos possible.

For just about my whole life I have wanted to be Wolverine, who hasn’t. He has healing powers which make him virtually impossible to kill, bones made of Addamantium, and this God damn claws are just about the coolest accessory a hero can possess. Most times he’s a vigilante, plays by his own rules, kills if he sees it necessary and doesn’t think twice about it. You can count on one hand how many times Logan has cried or regretted anything he has ever done. He’s a hard ass, but deep, deep down inside he loves. The X-Men have taught us that being different isn’t so bad after all, and they also taught us how to accept those who are different and not to be prejudice. Wolverine was defiantly apart of that lesson.

Magneto is one of my all time fav’ villains, he’s smart, fights for what he believes in and the guy is a war vet. The Joker is also on the top of that list because he makes reading batman entertaining. Lex Luthor’s portrayal in “Lex Luthor the Man of Steel” opened my eyes to a side of Lex I never even knew was there. He’s the only American president I actually like.

So you see, many questions branch off the original question; “who’s your favorite comic book character”. I’ve mentioned, aliens, humans, mutants, scientifically altered individuals to which I can all relate too. I am or would like to share some of the traits as all of the above characters. Being asked to pick just one is like being asked what my favorite condiment in a sandwich is. Take that one condiment away from the sandwich and it’s not as good, unless your Lisa thinking about cheese right now.

If I absolutely had to choose just one, it would have to be Superman (surprise surprise) I think a small part of us wants to save the world anyway we can, we want to be remembered, and we want to be loved. Superman almost mirrors the second coming of Christ. I don’t think I’ll live to see the day Christ walks the earth again, so I’ll take Superman thank you.

So I’m left with the burning question. Who’s your favorite character and why?

Please post comments, I’d love to here who your favorite character is, even if it’s not a comic character.

For the mother land!!!

well ps3 has launched and all i can say is WTF! Other then "Resistance Fall of Man" the games are shit. camera angles are horrible, game mechanics are insulting compared to the ps1 and some of the graphics have no buisness being showcased on a next gen system. boourns i say to the developers of these huge let downs. Everyone knows what the ps3 is capable of, but one one is doing it, i think its pretty sad that we have to wait a full year before some next gen games are released. its the bloody x box 360 all over again. i think at this point in gaming life id rather buy 2 nintendo wii's and save 100 bucks.

keep on playing players...just not any ps3 games.

Fantastical Fantasy XII

Other than yelling out " Finaly an FF title thats better then 7" what else is there to say about FF12. Well, alot. We needed refrshing, captivating, and exciting and we definatly got it. If your like me and disliked FF10 because it just plain sucked and didnt live up to the recent FF titles, and you have been waiting for an rpg (never mind ff title) worth 80 hours of your precious time, then your boat has arrived. FF12 is by far the best looking game on the ps2 to date, and probably will go down as the best looking game due to the ps3 arriving.

After reading alot of reviews on FF12 I noticed that the only negative comments about the game is the newly introduced license system. The reviewers have been complaining that it's confusing. I think maybe if your 7 years old and have never played a video game before it might come off as alittle technical, but if you can add, or tie your own shoes or even pour milk in a cereal bowl without spilling all over the place, i think you will have no problem adjusting to the new license system. Honestly Kayla was playing the game with no problems. ( for those of you who dont know Kayla, she's my 10 year old sister)

if you have a surround sound system I encourage you to use it while playing the game. what an experience! I love the MMO feel to the game, I think it was a bold but brilliant move, and judging by player feed back it was the right move. It's time for developers to step up and make every game count, because with the price of consoles and accessories, gamers are going to pinch their penny's. And when they are willing to give up thier hard earned dollars you better believe it's going to be on a game that they feel is going to be revolutionary. Gears of war is a great exaple of just that revolution I'm talking about. 3rd person shooter will never be the same again, and with good reason, its time to move on. and the developers that refuse to move forward and instead make the same old game because of nastalgia, we will remember them as such. FF12 could easily be called a next gen game even though it's running on 11 year old hardware. I just hope this is the start of something good, if developers follow suite gamers will be much better off.

Keep playing, players.
TJ