tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521858014602746172011-11-27T18:09:00.551-06:00Tech, Game, and Entertainment Industry TalkDarcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.comBlogger1941100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-25057738396499625932011-11-09T20:56:00.004-06:002011-11-09T21:32:35.249-06:00

I've been on the market for a tablet for quite sometime now, but what I've encountered has either been overpriced (iPad), under-powered (Cruz T301), and in one bizarre case, overpowered (Asus eee Slate). That came to a screeching halt yesterday when I ran across a new product being offered by Lenovo, the IdeaPad.If you're not familiar with Lenovo suffuce to say, they're a Chinese hardware firm

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-47404589831545385312011-10-17T14:51:00.002-06:002011-10-17T15:34:04.018-06:00

In a word: AWESOME! Only one episode in, but it's safe to say I''ll be watching for the next couple episodes at the very least; there was some solid stuff going on last night that I want more of. The absence of Frank Darabont, whose work I largely enjoy, doesn't seem to have been problematic, in fact I would say the first episode was stronger than anything we saw in the entire first season. My

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-74436294590970858382011-08-14T13:10:00.000-06:002011-08-14T13:12:13.093-06:00

I've been debating about a tablet device ever since the first iPad was announced. After buying the Pocket PC and Palm devices the moment they we're released only to realize I had no use for them in my life, I try to hold off on buying tech toys because they seem cool. Consequently, I debated iPad vs netbook then held off too debate iPad vs Android vs Playbook vs all the other tablets coming out.

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-91563391621654135912011-07-07T11:25:00.002-06:002011-07-07T11:50:36.712-06:00

It's been a while since we've heard much about used games in the media, but every now and then I still find a tidbit online that alludes to it. Since I haven't written anything in a while I figured this was as good a thing as any to do. Before I get started, let me also just say I have no sympathy for people complaining about what used games stores (EBGames, GameStop, etc.) pay for old games;

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-79933550526540283332011-04-14T10:14:00.000-06:002011-04-14T10:15:16.164-06:00

Where would video games be without cutscene's? Not nearly as far as we are now that's for sure, they build tension, tell a story, give invaluable information for proceeding through the remainder of the game, and they're just plain entertaining. In short, the video game as we know it today would be nothing without the cutscene. Having said that however, cutscenes are a delicate scalpel that too

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-29620125748691763052011-04-04T13:13:00.007-06:002011-04-04T13:44:26.591-06:00

Watched a new trailer for the Green Lantern today and while it looks leaps and bounds better than the one released last year I still have reservations. Here it is:The movie looks cool and I think I may have gotten past Ryan Reynolds being chosen as Hal Jordan; I still think he's a tool, but I had reservations about Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man up until I saw the first movie and that worked out

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-29425367936701839052011-03-21T12:25:00.003-06:002011-03-21T12:37:04.954-06:00

Had a chance to see Battlefield: Los Angeles this weekend and I have to say I loved it. Admittedly this was a bit of a surprise to me, I was so highly anticipating this movie I never would have believed I could actually like it, but it was one of those rare cases where the hype lived up to itself.Not a lot of plot in the movie, it was a conceptualization of an alien invasion from a soldiers

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-9820415330297394302011-03-19T15:33:00.012-06:002011-03-19T22:38:53.335-06:00

Lately, I've been watching a lot of True Blood and with a fair amount of enjoyment. This surprises me because I'm seriously sick of human/vampire romance/lust plots. A part of the appeal is the location, the deep south of the good old USA. I've always enjoyed stories that take place in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, and Alabama area. It might be because of the cowboy boots, damn I wish I

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-5639018892219529682011-02-15T12:25:00.004-06:002011-02-15T12:55:08.135-06:00

My cell contract came due recently so I got on the market looking for a new phone; logically it only made sense that I investigate a smartphone, so that's what I did. I'm not an Apple person so the iPhone really had no interest for me, and this was before the Windows phones came on the market so I figured I'd go Android. Factor in the point that I knew I would be looking for a tablet soon and

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-37598645438695388452011-01-30T11:10:00.016-06:002011-02-15T21:13:16.610-06:00

Inspired by Top 5 with Lisa Foiles I think I'm going to do a top 5 from time to time and well Lisa Foiles is definitely in the running for number 1 of my top 5 hot female geek culture divas.By the way Laura Croft doesn't make my list, one she's the star and two well she was ruined forever thanks to Angelina Jolie. The other rule here is that video game girls from fight games aren't included.

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-13464535640231253872011-01-29T20:00:00.000-06:002011-01-29T20:04:40.802-06:00

I started this Boxee review quite a while back but got side tracked due to work and computer issues. Now that I got things under control and have had time to play with Boxee I figured I'd complete the review because my good buddy Rob was asking me about it.If one watches or reads any technical, business, or culture media one would likely have heard of the Boxee Box. Hell they had it in Men's

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-57381403235580412052011-01-27T09:49:00.002-06:002011-01-27T10:21:41.861-06:00

I gotta say, so far 2011 is stacking up to be a great year for video games from 2010! I was completely blown away by how much I enjoyed Mafia II, and now I'm rockin' Red Dead Redemption on a level I never expected. If you clicked the links on the games above you'll notice that while I linked the Mafia II website I chose to use the Red Dead Wiki for the other, and there's a reason for that,

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-30691694188036171622011-01-17T22:10:00.003-06:002011-01-17T22:11:53.219-06:00

I have to say this looks funny:The type of role you could see Jack Black doing, but your soooo glad he isn't going to be going way over the top with it.

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-68238999137205260022011-01-12T14:04:00.003-06:002011-01-12T14:06:11.499-06:00

While it's been our personal hope to spread the wonder of the movie The Room here, words cannot do this justice, it can only be experienced:

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-53745165523558991662011-01-06T12:01:00.005-06:002011-01-06T12:50:28.144-06:00

During the recent Steam Holiday sale I spent more money than was wise, but ended up with a number of games, if I ever get around to playing them. While on this budget spending spree I decided to take a chance on Mafia II. While it's a bit late in the game for a review on it I thought I'd put out a few thoughts about it.First, I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it. I've never played any of the

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-11492829403710868212010-12-22T07:42:00.003-06:002010-12-22T07:49:06.059-06:00

I just had to share this one. If you don't know who Lobo is I linked it for you, and if you do then you need me to say nothing more. I can't say I loved everything with the Lobo name on it, as a matter of fact I'll go so far as to say some of it was complete crap, but when it was good it was good, and the very finest of his works also happens to be a Christmas special.I had originally seen this

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-40420302525279528692010-12-20T13:12:00.003-06:002010-12-20T13:55:52.099-06:00

This time of year just doesn't seem complete to me until I've partaken of some Christmas viewing. I'm not talking about the plethora of kids specials, I don't even recognize half the shows putting specials out, and even I don't pretend to have enjoyed the Star Wars Christmas Special, although I do remember watching it live when aired in 1978.Here are the top 5 shows I must watch for Christmas to

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-86004270069012811692010-12-13T09:50:00.004-06:002010-12-13T09:59:53.183-06:00

I ran across this list this morning and thought I'd share it. Can't say as I'm looking forward to all of them, but there is some seriously cool looking movies in this list:http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/digital/visual-effects/21-movies-we-cant-wait-to-see-in-2011?src=rss#fbIndex1I have to say The Thing appeals to me a lot simply because of the reported lack of CGI in it; I don't mind

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-88858958027471879612010-12-09T07:57:00.003-06:002010-12-09T08:00:01.629-06:00

If this isn't the funniest thing I see today, or possibly even this week, I may actually poop myself:I've got nothing else to add to this.

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-70323418879509027282010-12-01T12:05:00.002-06:002010-12-01T13:29:18.723-06:00

Coming in to the end of the first season, there were only 6 shows initially made, I have to say overall I'm happy with it, although it doesn't quite live up to what it's trying to be.Although the main themes and ideas of the comic are intact the story has moved from the first episode of being a reasonable facsimile to the last episode being nothing conceived of in the printed form. Whereas the

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-36861006001344307432010-11-17T19:03:00.000-06:002010-11-17T19:04:18.664-06:00

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/cowboys-and-aliens.html

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-49396132646087267692010-11-03T13:36:00.002-06:002010-11-03T13:52:36.600-06:00

This past Sunday was the premiere of The Walking Dead, the AMC television adaptation of one of my favorite comic book's. Was it good? In a word, very!I don't watch a lot of TV and to be honest it takes quite a bit of presentation to make me even consider watching something (I keep getting burnt by things like the Battlestar Galactica reboot), however I was thoroughly looking forward to this one

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-62892313774253091822010-10-27T15:14:00.005-06:002010-10-27T17:44:04.957-06:00

After Fable 2 I vowed I wasn't buying Fable 3. However, I've been looking a few of the trailers and I have to say I'm getting sucked in once again. Now Fable 2 wasn't the worst game I've ever played but it was no original Fable. What were my problems with Fable 2? Well since you asked: - Fable 2 was too easy after the half way point in the game you were pretty much a unstoppable juggernaut and if

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-86036723269264092422010-10-21T08:24:00.003-06:002010-10-21T08:26:16.649-06:00

It's been a week since the big patch was released and it looks like everyone has settled in and adjusted, I know I have. I admit to missing a few abilities, but by and large it looks like most of what was weeded out was not important; the few missing spells were ones I rarely, if ever, used, and, while I haven't noticed any difference with my Warlock, most classes are reporting major power

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-4740136836951268182010-10-13T08:37:00.002-06:002010-10-13T08:38:07.614-06:00

Blizzard released patch 4.0.1 yesterday, introducing major, sweeping, changes to the game; consider it a foreshadow of what's coming to Azeroth when Cataclysm comes out. I got the patch installed and ran a few instances and did a little questing last night (gotta do my dailies) to see how things are going and thought I'd share some thoughts. Not surprisingly I heard a lot of complaints about

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-52560227058795081022010-10-08T09:28:00.002-06:002010-10-08T09:42:21.374-06:00

I got my copy of Dead Rising 2 earlier this week and while I have not had an extensive amount of time to play through it I have given it something of a perusal. My opinion? I like it, but not as much as the first one.The big issue I have is the size of the game, this time you have a small town to run around and collect stuff from, as opposed to a large mall from the first one. If you're into a

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-82758811023888943182010-09-29T12:38:00.002-06:002010-09-29T12:51:51.496-06:00

A while back I wrote a bit about Mad magazine still being in print and how surprised I was. I carried on to talk about I was happy with the present state of the magazine and while that is technically still true I have to admit that I may be changing my mind.Don't get me wrong, everything I originally said is still true, but I find reading a few more issues of the current magazine that they get a

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-17562305366132218262010-09-23T11:20:00.002-06:002010-09-23T11:54:14.294-06:00

The long awaited big day has come and gone, Netflix is now available in Canada and I'm thrilled. It's not the unqualified adventure that is seen in the US, but I can live with the differences:1. No physical rentals: Canadians will not be able to have DVD's mailed to them for viewing. This is a strictly digital service and that's just fine with me, who wants to deal with mail and discs anyway?

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-28940974770858976972010-09-16T23:04:00.002-06:002010-09-17T08:23:09.208-06:00

A few things to note, you’ll want to collect some money along the way to make sure you have enough for everything. Also, make sure to eat as needed and save when you can. This walkthrough will give you 10 of the 12 achievements in the game and is made with a level one starter character in mind. Remember to kill as many zombies as you can and you should be at level 5 by the time you face Jed.

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-72171276617977205982010-09-15T12:32:00.002-06:002010-09-15T13:09:20.555-06:00

'A Bigger Taste...' is an achievement in Patient Zero, the name being a play off another achievement, 'A Taste of Things to Come'. I had to play through the game a couple times to complete this one and thought I'd share. A Taste of Things to Come is easy to get, just build any combo weapon, I got mine from the Spiked Baseball Bat, but A Bigger Taste requires building all the available combo

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-3669032612937535142010-09-13T12:49:00.002-06:002010-09-13T13:18:34.385-06:00

In anticipation for Dead Rising 2, a long awaited sequel to one of the best games I've ever played, I downloaded and gave Dead Rising: Patient Zero a play through this weekend.. Conclusion? Not too shabby!In what would be a great move for future games Capcom releases a small teaser that was more than just a demo, Patient Zero is instead a small game of it's own, meant to tie the events of Dead

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-62271602559389381172010-08-17T13:52:00.002-06:002010-08-17T13:55:31.742-06:00

I actually had an honest to god lol when I saw this one, starting at the 20 second mark and ending at about 25:Atari 2600 Vanguard adI have vivid memories of playing this game, it was one of my favorites on the 2600, but apparently the terms "cool" and "lame" have undergone some manner of total inversion since 1983, thats the only explanation I can come up with for that commercial.

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-18931010899550139382010-08-17T09:10:00.002-06:002010-08-17T13:52:12.661-06:00

You can take this as Rob's must play game of 2010, Winter Edition:PS3 Games - E3 2011 - Star Wars: The Force Unleashed III can not begin to describe how much I loved playing the first Force Unleashed, it was my #1 game of 2007 and 2008 and I still play it from time to time.This is promising to be even better. Unlike Bioshock 2 they seem to be actually carrying the story forward and enhancing the

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-83713720765645337122010-08-15T08:57:00.004-06:002010-08-15T10:13:00.417-06:00

If your a bit of a nerd who likes comics and you remembers the old Nintendo glory days with some nostalgia your going to like and possibly love this movie. In short, if the topics of this blog interest you then you will likely truly enjoy the Scott Pilgrim movie. I unlike most of my fellow WoW playing, comic reading, Nintendo worshiping brothers and sisters really wasn't overly excited about

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-4593466311450104362010-08-13T11:33:00.006-06:002010-08-13T12:00:15.754-06:00

Well not quite, but close enough for reality. What we're looking at here is Irrational Games releasing not only the title but a trailer for a new game slated for 2012 release; formally known as Project Icarus, this new game will be titled Bioshock: Infinities. Checkout the cool trailer:In a nutshell, here's what we know and is either hinted at or told in the trailer: It's very early in the

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-79869906401991837292010-08-03T13:32:00.003-06:002010-08-03T13:44:25.066-06:00

While this is still a ways away I can't help but get a little caught up int he excitement of it. Marvel has been doing a spectacular job with their movies lately and the up coming ones are looking to be on the same vein (Captain America and Thor).We recently found out that Joss Whedon is going to be directing the movie and I think I'm happy with that. I'm not a total fanboy, but I have enjoyed

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-41532924638642174862010-07-26T13:35:00.003-06:002010-07-26T13:48:07.116-06:00

I've known for a few months now that AMC was creating an ongoing TV show for The Walking Dead but as I have never watched anything made by AMC, although I do enjoy their movie programming, and they had only signed for 6 episodes I didn't hold much hope for it in general. In the recently wrapped up Sand Diego Comic Convention there was a trailer put out for the show, and I'm starting to look

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-9415420298530702622010-07-16T08:53:00.004-06:002010-07-16T09:06:50.890-06:00

As time goes on I'm actually looking forward to this game less and less; they changed the main character, a new development company who has only worked on sports games doing the coding, Capcom feeling the first game was "too Japanese", and, most of all, what appears to be a major shift to mutiplayer and co-op game play. In short, they seem to be doing everything they can to change everything

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-40309083024763428352010-06-29T11:50:00.002-06:002010-06-29T11:57:46.390-06:00

As per my previous interest in this movie from a previous blog I got a chance to sit down and watch it this last weekend. How was it you ask? Well this was my basic reaction:Wow, just...... oh my god........ I mean, wow........ did I actually pay money to watch that? Is it possible for a movie to be that bad, or did I just chemically react to cheap movie theater seating upholstery?I don't like

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-50258363289282246832010-06-16T11:44:00.003-06:002010-06-16T11:50:43.456-06:00

I've been busy lately getting ready for a move, packing my office has been as much work as I expected, and maybe even a little more. The plus side though is I'm getting a chance to watch some movies I just haven't gotten around to.A few months ago I downloaded a Special Edition of Conan the Barbarian, a mediocre show at best, but it does have a few appealing moments that keep me coming back.Over

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-59127486775604893252010-06-03T10:21:00.003-06:002010-06-03T10:32:22.610-06:00

I had cancelled my WoW account a while back but found myself missing my virtual home so started playing again last week. I started a couple new toons because my wife started a guild and needed a few more members and wanted to game with me.I'm in no rush to level and get to end game content mostly because I find people turn into douche bags at end game and start booting people out of groups

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-73476003158391722062010-06-02T12:01:00.003-06:002010-06-02T12:11:53.277-06:00

A new season of Deadliest Warrior is on, new warriors, new weapons, and a slightly new format. The big problem I had with the show was the bickering between the "experts' in the respective fields; sure you're confident, but I'm not interested in thinly veiled aggression. It was to the point that the show was moving past the pseudo-documentary stage and into the reality TV drama that pisses me

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-61716156323028935502010-05-25T13:25:00.003-06:002010-05-25T13:41:06.080-06:00

Lately I've noticed a trend by video game developers bitching about used game sales, the latest of which can be found here. There are other examples out there too, much more condemning at times, this was just the most convenient to post.Now to be fair I do understand a production companies problem with second hand games, they're not getting any compensation for resale, but what the hell do you

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-42636623935759067092010-05-17T12:27:00.003-06:002010-05-17T12:46:35.777-06:00

I recently revived an interest in a very old friend, MAD Magazine. I almost literally grew up with this publication, the first copies I read were in the late 70's when my father was still buying them and I read it almost religiously until the very early 90's when I felt the art and writing were straying from what I considered prime material.A couple weeks back I was in a comic book store and

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-31620953857820355952010-05-06T12:53:00.003-06:002010-05-06T12:55:31.292-06:00

Ever wanted to rock some Star Wars sound effects, or maybe capture some of the most exciting dialog to ever hit a movie theater's speakers? of course you have, and now you can.Check it out, the Star Wars Mixing Board. Might be just what you need for your next ringtone.

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-37074245695580909502010-04-29T19:25:00.002-06:002010-04-29T19:28:10.455-06:00

While I share my blog-mate's aversion to all things Megan Fox, I still have to say there looks like some cool shit going on here:Keep in mind that Megan Fox will ruin a lot of what should have been good here, and I'm not much of a John Malkovich fan, but I mean crossbows shooting sticks of dynamite? That's pretty freakin' awesome.

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-5868542240394903412010-04-27T13:13:00.003-06:002010-04-27T13:43:47.258-06:00

A few months back I wrote a little bit about my commitment to start participating in more online gaming events, thereby expanding my horizons as not only a gamer but as a human being. 3 months later I think it's safe to say I'm happy with the size of human being I am.First of, lets talk about Warcraft. I had planned to level a priest doing nothing but PvP, however, I neglected to notice how

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-29578294847811999382010-04-26T09:59:00.004-06:002010-04-26T10:31:47.237-06:00

This weekend I broke my blue ray ownership virginity and bought Iron Man. I totally forgot how awesome that movie was but sadly the same can't be said for all comic books turned movies. As a comic book nerd you would think I would love any movie based on a comic but you know I found that I don't like most of them. I'm to lazy to get into why I didn't like them as there's a lot of reasons some of

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-6344950858644543582010-04-22T11:02:00.002-06:002010-04-22T11:24:54.766-06:00

Is it Google or Facebook? According to this article I would have to say it's Facebook to be honest. I mean sure, Google is becoming a pervasive all encompassing entity in the cyber-world, but at the end of the day they actually serve a purpose and are giving me tools to enhance my work/leisure life.Facebook on the other hand seems to exist for the sole purpose of making sure as many people as

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-85576506583548930392010-04-17T10:05:00.003-06:002010-04-17T12:13:36.031-06:00

If you grew in the late 80s and think action movie a few names jump forward right away, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dolph Lundgren, ... . If you think of early 90s action movies you might think of Bruce Willis, Jet Li, Will Smith ... . If you think of who represents "action men" in the entertainment world today you could think of Jason Statham, Randy Couture and with the new

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-87839245467597485382010-04-13T16:42:00.003-06:002010-04-13T16:46:02.120-06:00

If the title is a little too ambiguous, which I can totally understand, here's the full article.I gotta say I loved Dead Rising and been looking forward to the sequel, however the more I read about it the more I wonder how much of the original game is going to make it's way into this one. I'm not saying I want to simply replay the first one, but there were a lot of things going on that I enjoyed

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-60224023345952417212010-04-12T14:36:00.002-06:002010-04-12T14:45:38.856-06:00

With the movie coming out this week I recently had to make the choice on whether or not to read the comic or watch it first; I of course opted to read it first. In a word, decent.In more than 'a' word, I thought it was a really decent read. I won't spoil anything, either read the book or watch the movie on the 16th, but if you've read the comic already you might be wondering if you should

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-78531500635407342672010-04-09T18:37:00.000-06:002010-04-07T11:50:19.231-06:00

I want to start this off that stating that I'm not just writing this because my wife has a Gerard Butler fixation .... hang on maybe I am because due to that fixation I find myself watching 3 times as many movies with Gerard Butler than I'd like. To date I've had the misfortune of viewing:Law Abiding CitizenThe Ugly TruthP.S. I Love You300Beowulf & GrendelTimelineLara Croft: The Cradle of

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-14403034697308910532010-04-08T13:09:00.003-06:002010-04-08T13:37:21.810-06:00

So what the hell is the story with this site anyway? I mean on one hand I couldn't imagine living in a world without it, but, on the other hand, it has got to be the biggest pooling of outright douchebaggery bullshit that human civilization has ever perpetrated upon itself.Let me tell you the uses of IMDB: 1. You see a movie name and are curious about it, you can look it up and see who's in it

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-32725909687285478602010-04-01T11:43:00.004-06:002010-04-01T13:23:22.852-06:00

I was composing a blog entry about how Gerard Butler movies are tormenting my existence but I'm afraid that needs to take a back seat because I just noticed the god like power I wield with this blog.I while back I had a little literary fit over the fact that I couldn't get a Nexus One in Canada. Then less than two weeks later Google announces the Nexus One availability in Canada. I also ranted

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-59923736250012528882010-03-24T09:09:00.003-06:002010-03-24T09:34:16.199-06:00

So, what I wanted to do here was give you a review of this great new show I just found, Gorgeousness Tiny Chicken Machine Show, the only problem is, it's only new to me because I live in Canada and thus have never allowed exposure; try and watch the shows on Youtube and you get a nice little Geo-locked message, just like this one.Now this isn't really a problem with not being able to see the

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-11968883089478828132010-03-18T10:32:00.003-06:002010-03-18T11:13:08.615-06:00

I recently had the opportunity to peruse this book and was very impressed. Published late last year, November 24, 2009 to be exact, I didn't get a chance to check it out until now, and have to say I was impressed, it was at least as good as anything else I've read from Michael Crichton, an author who I have always held in high regard.If you're not familiar, Crichton is the author of, among

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-24881834017849208932010-03-14T11:19:00.010-06:002010-03-14T11:44:30.751-06:00

Living in Saskatchewan Canada it's easy to fall behind on tech news because as I mentioned in a previous rant we tend to be 2 to 4 years behind the cutting age. Therefore, I have been making a point of watching This Week in Google (TWIG)and This Week in Tech (TWIT) every week in an attempt to stay more current. This last week I've followed a chain of links starting from twit.tv to discover some

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-63794499967805920442010-03-11T10:59:00.003-06:002010-03-17T13:24:45.656-06:00

I've had my PsP for 7-8 months now and I have to say I have thoroughly underutilized it. The platform doesn't play shooters all that well, my main choice of game, and I haven't had the spare income to devote to testing a lot of titles on it so it's largely been delegated as an oversized MP3 player; my daily commute is roughly an hour each way, totaling two hours a day in the car so I listen to a

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-91687722626622395202010-03-09T13:18:00.000-06:002010-03-09T13:54:20.246-06:00

This was a little longer in coming than I had originally anticipated, but economic and time factors prevented me from getting my hands on a copy until this weekend. However, one 4 day weekend later I not only got my hands on it, but I got a complete, non-OCD playthrough of the game, and I have to say I'm very happy. In case you're wondering I saved all the little sisters and got he good ending,

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-34961586395573931212010-03-05T13:43:00.000-06:002010-03-05T14:33:05.554-06:00

Previously, I've complained about the draw backs of living in Saskatchewan, Canada in a Amazon Kindle rant. However, to reiterate (in a more rational voice) compared to the US, Canada is a small market and Saskatchewan is one of the smaller Canadian markets. Combine that with some stupid import/copy write laws and a French Language requirement us northern dwellers aren't the primary target for

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-77813067519691319402010-03-04T21:01:00.000-06:002010-03-04T21:14:21.380-06:00

OK, Twitter may not be as stupid as I thought, although to be fair I didn't know Felicia Day was was Tweeting. Perusing the Tweets she follows brought me to the Dark Horse Tweet, which in turn led me to this gem:Never been a big fan of the Hellboy stories, but I gotta say I'd probably read Hellgirl. They also have Astrogirl, but to be honest she kind of creeps me out.

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-85246478045132084632010-03-02T12:01:00.000-06:002010-03-02T12:21:27.642-06:00

If you haven't heard yet, and if you haven't it doesn't make much difference anymore, there was a problem with the older PS3's, the "chunky" models, in which they thought 2010 was supposed to be a leap year. When they were started up they tried to sync with their home servers, something that always happens, and were told they had the wrong date. Theyproceeded to handle the situation as best

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-8098912485384125222010-03-01T21:19:00.000-06:002010-03-01T22:01:36.704-06:00

My co-blogger, Rob, and I have been toying with the idea of doing a book discussion podcast/blog. We are both avid readers but the books we love seem to be neglected, usually because they were written years ago or never got a lot of exposure period. Our goal would be to attract some new readers to some old classics and give some more exposure to some new gems and well probably amuse people with

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-33489709018838268882010-02-26T09:53:00.000-06:002010-02-26T10:21:28.166-06:00

I would like to be serious today and acknowledge a loss and a terrible wound for a family. Andrew Koenig, son of Walter Koenig, best known as Pavel Checkov in the original Star Trek series, was found dead in Vancouver today. Walter Koenig had previously issued a plea to the public asking for help in finding his son, last seen in Vancouver. Andrew had allegedly sold his possessions and had

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-17346497411078594532010-02-23T15:47:00.000-06:002010-02-23T16:04:00.193-06:00

OK, i had previously meant to do a blog on WoW, talk about my hunters new pet, but that will have to wait because this might be the coolest thing ever (Yes even cooler than taming a plague hound).If you'll remember, my best buddy guy gave a review of a Tweet titled Shit my Dad Says. Now I, as I have gone to great lengths to point out in the past, have no love for social networking, especially

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-41046412263161424602010-02-12T08:37:00.000-06:002010-02-12T11:05:51.069-06:00

I have no love for social networking, Facebook is at best a voyeuristic tool for people with no lives and Twitter is complete twaddle; I said it, I meant it, I'm here to represent it. Now on the other hand I do love my dog, Charlie! I'm pretty sure the Pug is the ideal lifeform, and if it isn't I don't need to know what is. Which leaves me torn with how to describe the utter inanity of the

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-61788612126988935962010-02-08T15:56:00.000-06:002010-02-08T16:04:45.609-06:00

Let's be honest here, it's a thought that crosses your mind every time you man-handle one of those optical media discs that Sony took mainstream almost 15 years ago: Man these sure aren't as rugged as the cartridges!Now to be fair, the advent of optical media was a godsend for the gaming industry, you could pack in way more data, hello graphics power, the console was smaller, and the production

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-61264652521874808462010-02-04T10:49:00.000-06:002010-02-04T11:23:04.368-06:00

A couple weeks ago my buddy Mo came over for cigar and movie night. He picked the movies and for some reason decided we should watch two movies scoffed on the internet as two of the worst movies made: The Room and Postal. I elected to watch The Room first as Postal is a Uwe Boll movie a man with an internet petition to get him to stop making movies. If you haven't done it please go to, http://

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-29856866346289783432010-02-02T16:05:00.000-06:002010-02-02T16:09:30.223-06:00

Oh my god, I'm almost drooling over getting my hands on this baby. Official release date February 2, 2010 exactly 1 week from the time of writing this and the anticipation builds with a trailer: Video Games | BioShock 2 | Siren Alley TrailerXBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo WiiI ask of you, whats better than being a Big Daddy? Only one thing I can think of: a Big Daddy with a mini-gun

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-39894456158717277052010-01-28T12:07:00.000-06:002010-01-28T12:20:04.538-06:00

At the onset of the new year I made a few decisions about how I'll live life for the next 365 days, one of which being I was going to spend more time gaming online. Now it is true that the very act of playing Warcraft is an online experience but I much prefer the calmer PvE (Player vs Environment) servers where I can pit myself against technology instead of other people, I have also spent some

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-87902781354967417602010-01-23T12:28:00.000-06:002010-01-23T13:24:44.785-06:00

Last night I had the opportunity to see the movie Legion and thought I would give a review for it. Let me start by saying I liked the movie, it wasn't a mind altering cinematic experience or the best movie I've ever seen, but it was a good time. This won't be a spoiler review so go ahead and read it; to be fair, the plot isn't complex enough to spoil anyway.I took some time to read a couple

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-48979681406045785702010-01-21T14:42:00.000-06:002010-01-21T15:09:49.597-06:00

2009 wasn't what I would call a stellar year for gaming, most of the games I was looking forward to got pushed off until this year, early 2010, and the rest ended up kind of flopping.If you want to know the single game I spent the most time with last year I don't think there's any question that it would be World of Warcraft, however I don't think that's a surprise to anyone. Having said that, I

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-32768353423879528242010-01-14T11:20:00.001-06:002010-01-14T11:37:12.100-06:00

With Darcy gone this week, I figured I'd make a second post, this time on a real issue, not something often done here, but relevant nonetheless. Google, in a response to what they claim was an attack from inside China, has stopped censoring their searches in accordance with Chinese guidelines. How noble of them.First off I have to say that it disgusts me to think that in this day and age we

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-22097417692923496782010-01-13T12:10:00.000-06:002010-01-13T12:41:47.696-06:00

I recently took it upon myself to upgrade my computer system at home. While I was running a reasonably powered machine, giving me few, if any, complaints on its day to day operation, however I was beginning to feel a nip of anxiety on the gaming front. Being that my then current system was close to 5 years old it was sporting a VGA graphics slot and a few PCI's, but no PCIe's, so essential for

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-59175691305843687802010-01-08T09:58:00.000-06:002010-01-08T10:33:41.736-06:00

Okay this is definitely not the usual movie, video game, and comic babble I normally post but I was watching my new favorite commerical for the Body Action System, side note Bas Rutten is my new hero, and it got me thinking about Kimbo Slice.I'm not the biggest MMA fan but I am a fan and I have to say I am a pretty big Kimbo Slice fan. This wasn't always true. Before, MMA became the entertainment

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-48377116188058517772010-01-06T16:33:00.000-06:002010-01-06T16:54:58.811-06:00

It seems that "Best of ..." lists are always big this time of year so I thought I'd go one better and tell you the best of the last 4 decades (ya, go me!):1970'sI actually don't have a wealth of knowledge on the 70's as there was very little of interest to do, however:Top Movie = Star Wars (no brainer there)Top TV Show = Battlestar Galactica (the one with Dirk Benedict; Starbuck is a dude, not a

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-19867477119361889152009-12-31T14:01:00.000-06:002009-12-31T14:03:06.440-06:00

... and why do I care about her baby.http://www.okmagazine.com/2009/12/kendras-baby-joy/for months I've seen headlines on magazines about this so am assuming the kid is the next great prophet or something.

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-14866666786001682452009-12-29T09:15:00.000-06:002009-12-29T09:18:02.184-06:00

Thats all I can say about it, this is the greatest weather site ever:The Greatest Weather Site EverWhy are you still reading this? Go and check the weather.

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-85258013840006164882009-11-18T09:52:00.000-06:002009-11-18T11:03:05.881-06:00

Ever since the Atari meet it's demise I've been for the most part a PC Gamer. I did drool at friend's consoles thru the Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Playstation, Game Cube, and XBox years but other than briefly owning a Dreamcast I primarily stuck to my PC for my gaming needs. This was the result of being a University Student with a young family and not having a lot of Cash Flow. As a Computer

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-63992250312116350142009-10-26T15:27:00.000-06:002009-10-26T15:45:19.507-06:00

I consider the music themed game, Rock Star, Guitar Hero, DJ Hero, etc..., to be a bastardization of all I consider to be good and true about video games. I fail to see the point in playing a game that doesn't let me kill something, and I thoroughly detest games that represent something that I could actually be doing in real life. Why would I play a football, soccer, or hockey game? I could

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-77266830353326612912009-10-20T15:19:00.001-06:002009-10-20T15:27:35.783-06:00

Anyone else remember them, those aliens on Sesame Street who were amazed and befuddled by stuff? I loved them bastards as a kid and miss getting a laugh out of them. Don't quite know why, but I started thinking about them today and ran across this clip; on a side note, it never fails to amaze me what a single Google search is capable of returning.This also would have appealed to my inner child

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-63872054236919247622009-10-19T12:26:00.000-06:002009-10-19T12:43:13.043-06:00

You may remember some months back I wrote about the demise of King of the Hill and lamented it's replacement with The Cleveland Show. The Cleveland show came on TV a few weeks back and, as the faithful animation addict I am, I've been watching it; I figured, what the hell, I always watch cartoons on Sunday night so I may as well check it out. 4 episodes later I think I have a good feeling of the

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-24851617613624468132009-10-16T15:46:00.000-06:002009-10-16T15:54:27.985-06:00

Sometimes when one puts his iTunes on shuffle you discover some awesome shit your forgot about. If you've never heard of Stephen Lynch and are open to some raunchy musical humor I suggest you look into the man. The following are some of my favorites.and one that fits this blog a bit more

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-76931088220944852992009-10-16T14:35:00.000-06:002009-10-16T14:47:08.290-06:00

All right I have no intention of ever buying or playing this game but my god this trailer brings back memories of my youth living young wild and free on a matress in my buddies pantry.It also bring back memories of a great David Spade movie, Lost & Found. Here's live performance from that golden time.

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-3018310976036344442009-10-09T14:59:00.000-06:002009-10-09T15:32:48.805-06:00

Well last night I went to one of the movies I was excited about, 9, and once again fell for the marketing technique of pushing the famous producers name over the relatively less famous directors when hyping the movie. I like Tim Burton's work, well all of it short of Edward Scissorhands so was pretty excited about seeing 9 but it turned out that it was produced my Tim Burton not directed. It was

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-70300567613912603562009-09-30T12:34:00.000-06:002009-09-30T13:04:30.218-06:00

It came as a bit of a surprise to find out that there was going to be some new DLC for L4D, Valve really didn't make a lot of noise about it, unlike when they did the Survival pack. After finally getting to play it I can see why there was so little fanfare.Was there anything wrong with it? No, not really, it was basically the same as all the existing campaigns, you run through a city in an

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-68964209415824538392009-09-25T16:55:00.000-06:002009-09-25T16:58:20.772-06:00

God I wish I could take credit for this one, but I can't. I do however have to say most, not all, but most of these questions have crossed my mind at one point or another during my life time.Top-10-Unanswered-questionsGotta say, number 10 is the one that bothered me the most, even back in the days before I knew anything about networking computers or viruses I wondered how the hell they did that

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-43260365361208741012009-09-25T08:48:00.000-06:002009-09-25T09:18:30.861-06:00

I've been playing pretty religiously for the last 3 months now and I have to say I'm really set in this game, Blizzard has truly created an immersive world that draws the player in, This is in no small part due to the surrounding actions of the game, not just the hack and slash, although without that there's little point in playing the game, but the things you do in between the hacking and

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-43775555096098282932009-09-22T09:23:00.000-06:002009-09-22T09:26:09.896-06:00

Stumbled across this the other day. Thought it was cool enough to share.Dark Disney Princesses

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-17523294699536207862009-09-18T14:36:00.000-06:002009-09-18T14:59:52.750-06:00

A friend of mine runs a humorous blog where every once in a while he shares some Internet gold with the masses. One such nugget was a Tweet, or whatever you call a twitter site, called shitmydadsays. I now visit this page every day.Don't get me wrong I don't have a Twitter account anymore and I firmly believe very very very few people are interesting enough to pull off a worthwhile Twitter run.

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-61259966713146052802009-09-18T13:16:00.001-06:002009-09-18T15:30:26.809-06:00

I believe what we are seeing here is a case of Valve doing a little bit of backpedaling. After the uproar over the announced Left 4 Dead 2 they have decided to throw people a bone and will be releasing some new DLC for the first one. The whispers on the Internet seem to be indicating that we'll be receiving it starting September 23.Now don't get me wrong, I'm looking forward to Left 4 Dead 2,

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To date my hunter has had 4 pets, a Coyote Packleader, every prairie farm boys dream, a Crocolisk, a really decent tank/DPS hybrid in my opinion, and two gorillas, an Elder Mist and a Silverback who I just picked up last night.Me and Darcy were questing South of Booty Bay, doing all that humdrum every day stuff like slaughtering pirates and hunting giants when Darcy happened to discover a

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-66750243868153253342009-09-10T13:48:00.000-06:002009-09-10T14:37:30.480-06:00

The biggest problem with living next door to the United States is that us Canadians are exposed to all the American media. True over all this isn't so bad and at times it is damn entertaining. However, it also means we are tortured with commercials and media promoting things we can't get in The Great White North. This resulted in agony for millions of Canadians when the iPhone was released in

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-65947542756401389312009-09-10T09:31:00.000-06:002009-09-10T09:44:07.564-06:00

I'm pretty sure anyone with an internet connection as heard the famous Christian Bale rant which made me dislike the man more than I already did but for some reason made my loving wife think he was even hotter then before:Some Blither about the Bale RantToday I found this promotional media for a game that I'm pretty excited about, Borderlands, and think it's worthy of adding yet another internet

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-78949601625728168982009-08-28T13:01:00.000-06:002009-08-28T13:20:55.179-06:00

It looks like development on the much anticipated (at least by me) Dead Rising 2 is carrying on splendidly. To date it's the only game I've been looking forward to that hasn't pushed back it's release date until 2010, but that's most likely because it was originally slated for an early 2010 release anyway.Thought I'd share a few pics today, first the art that will grace the cover of the box:I

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-12936680706616528902009-08-27T15:54:00.000-06:002009-08-27T16:03:15.081-06:00

When I was growing up the only people who had anything to do with gaming or fantasy, especially D&D fantasy were short dumpy dudes with bad complexions. Apparently Blizzard has managed to mainstream things enough to get the likes of these ladies to only involved, but actually excited about it.and, probably may favorites, these:I gotta get me to BlizzCon sometime.

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01379339244260953074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-19781867671836093932009-08-26T15:10:00.000-06:002009-08-26T15:26:48.799-06:00

Bold statement in the title of this post but I have to say it's true. I like The Guild and find it humorous. However, you need to watch a few of The Guild episodes to get the characters and fully appreciate the humor. However, if you are looking for a Mel Brook's style of comedy The Legend of Neil will be of greater interest to you.The background is Neil gets sucked into The Legend of Zelda game

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-88001016345545828272009-08-26T14:43:00.001-06:002009-08-26T15:10:24.157-06:00

I finally worked my way through most of the Blackest Night comics that have been released so far.There were 3 issues of "Blackest Night: Tales of the Green Lantern Corps" with these they are doing short background stories of different Lanterns (Green, Red, Blue, ...). Then I read "Green Lantern" #44, "Green Lantern Corps" #39, and "Blackest Night" #1 and #2.All I can say is wow talk about shaking

Darcy 'D2'http://www.blogger.com/profile/18302098160172193900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852185801460274617.post-71076707235185259342009-08-25T13:57:00.000-06:002009-08-25T13:59:18.880-06:00

OK, this was pointed out to me by Darcy, but since he isn't moving on it I will.This may be the greatest music video I have ever seen and it's certainly sparked my interest in watching the show.

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