Kimbo Slice

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 juggernaut it is today I remember watching the internet videos of his street fights thinking "shit these dudes are nuts" and was frankly a little disgusted by the spectacle.

I forgot about Kimbo Slice well to be honest I didn't even know that was the name of the dude fighting in those web videos. Then a few years ago I'm watch EliteXC to see the Gina "Conviction" Carano fight and who do I see, that crazy scary dude from those old underground fighting videos. He started talking and expected to hear the usual male fighter stupidity but he came across as a pretty decent guy. Since then I've watched is budding MMA career and can honestly say without a doubt I find myself always cheering for him.

Is Kimbo over-hyped? Fuck ya but is that his fault Fuck No. The guy was just taking the opportunities given to him and I suspect he knows EliteXC was over-hyping him but what could he do? It was his opportunity to become a legitmate pro fighter. Do I think he may be too old and to late in the game to pick up the skills he needs to excel? Probably but I'm still going to route for the guy and hope he can do it. Why do I like Kimbo Slice so much? He seems humble, works hard, and has a lot of heart enough said.

Anyway, I can't have the only picture here being that of a male fighter so here's a picture of Gina "Conviction" Carano.

The Best of the Last 4 Decades

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's

I 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 chick!)

Top Video Game = ya right, lets wait till the next decade why don't we?

1980's

Ah those formative years, which I spent much of wearing jeans too tight and too much hair gel:

Top Movie = This one was tough, I actually couldn't come up with a top, but it's either Empire Strikes Back or Raiders of the lost Ark (amazing how much of my life was based on Harrison Ford's acting)

Top TV Show = The A-Team (couldn't watch an episode to save my life today, but in '85 it was da bomb!) honorable mention to Tales of the Gold Monkey

Top Video Game = Super Mario Brothers (hate to admit it, but it's true, that game was a quantum leap in every aspect)

1990's

Ah yes, my 'Adult' years, a time of pre-marital children and impending failed marriages, what memories did I take from it?

Top Movie = Dumb and Dumber (BEST comedy ever!)

Top TV Show = Futurama (BEST TV show ever!)

Top Video Game = Warcraft: Through the Dark Portal (10 years before the RPG, we had the RTS! [Oh yeah, BEST video game ever!])

2000's

The digital decade who could forget it (no one yet I hope, it was less than 7 days ago)

Top Movie = Punisher War Zone (Finally a Punisher movie that worked)

Top TV Show = Futurama and Futurama reruns (That's right, it was that freakin' good [and everything else was that freakin' bad, except for Undergrads, Undergrads was OK.])

Top Video Game = Bioshock (This was a tough category too, honorable mentions go to Heroes of the Pacific and Dead Rising, but in the end Rapture stole my soul)

So there you have it, if you've only got a week to live and want to experience everything worth living for in the last 40 years you now have your guidelines to follow (tight jeans and hair gel are optional for the 80's but highly recommended).

Who is this Kendra ...

... 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.

The Greatest Weather Site Ever

Thats all I can say about it, this is the greatest weather site ever:

The Greatest Weather Site Ever

Why are you still reading this? Go and check the weather.

The Return of PC Games

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 Science Major I was able to rationalize the purchase of a PC but just couldn't afford a gaming console. However, in the last few years my Cash Flow has improved dramatically and I own a Wii and XBox 360 yet I still do 99% of my gaming on the PC. Why?

Anyone reading this blog can tell we play a lot of World of Warcraft (WoW) which is a PC/Mac only game but lately I've been getting a little tired of WoW and still find myself gaming on the PC. This is purely a result of console game price gouging. I am a big promoter and user of Valve's Steam service which is basically a online PC game store with some good online community features. On Steam I can buy most newly released games for 40 to 50 bucks and if I'm willing to wait a few months they usually offer amazing limited time offers where I can get relatively new games way cheaper. Switch over to the console world. Any newly released game has a 60 to 80 dollar price tag and 9 times out of 10 I get the game home to only be disappointed with it or the DVD gets scratched or lost. That is a lot of money to burn.

I'll admit a good gaming PC costs a lot more than a console but I'm going to have a good PC regardless so really bending over so the Console Game stores can screw me just seems self abusive.