Scott Pilgrim tanking at the box office - Well, tanking might be too harsh of a word, but it's not doing too well. I checked it out late last Friday, and it exceeded my excitement and expectations of it. To me, it's the first movie I've seen that truly emulates a videogame style, and the references it made didn't seem at all forced or unnecessary, but part of the flow of the film.
Of course flashing lights and Michael Cera (who had a few more dimensions this time) are probably the main reasons why The Expendables killed everything this weekend. I do want to check it out, but to me Sylvester Stallone is just another name for "trying too hard."
Anamanaguchi is my new favorite band - The term "cookie cutter" is synonymous with "radio, BET, MTV, etc etc." It's been 6 years since I stopped listening to the radio for that reason, instead going with just about anything I could find that didn't have to do with "money, cash, hoes."
The internet helped.
My buddy turned me to an 8-bit chiptune band, ANAMANAGUCHI, that creates a hybrid of Rock made in part with a hacked NES. I'm not kidding. But the end result is by far something original and worth a listen. Where the early Capcom games turned symphonies into 8-bit soundtracks that fit the levels and personalities of the characters perfectly, ANAMANAGUCHI takes it to another level entirely. Head to the website - they're offering two new singles every two weeks for the Summer for free. And you can't complain about free shit, I mean...it's free.
BTW: According to Huey Freeman, BET stands for "Black Exploitation Television," or, "Butts Every Time." I completely agree.
Fox News is at it again: Play as Al-Qaeda in "Call of Duty: Black Ops" Multiplayer? Oh Noes!! - This shit right here.
This is just Fox News pushing their agenda to have all games banned 'till "Elmo's Tea Time" is left while inviting soccer moms and "journalists" who don't know any better into the fray to drum up uneducated support. While I can understand where she's coming from (R.I.P to her son), Ms. Meredith strives to complain about a game that she'll obviously never play, and will never be able to get pulled off of shelves.
Look, you can apply both freedom of speech and studios' desire to make gaming more socially acceptable here. It's unfortunate, but you say "video games," Mrs. Johnson Soccer Mom thinks "toy." You want to make a game based on the current conflict, you have the ability to do it. DICE, the creators of Black Ops' multiplayer aspect, alluded it to playing "Cops and Robbers." There always has to be a bad guy. When movies pull this shit, the world brings it up as a "gritty reality" that gives us a look into the world of war while doing that "edge-of-your-seat" thing, and moves on. When a game does it, it's solely because of the interactivity and "toy" mindset that society decides to criticize it.
I think that something like this was bound to happen. Does it hit close to home for a lot of people? Yes, and I'm sure many more will be lambasting this game down to its core. However, games stopped being "just toys" years ago. They've grown up from Sonic and Mario, and want to tackle the big productions and the big events that are current in today's society. Those that want to spark unnecessary arguments over content and political correctness need only do a couple things:
Don't play it.
Ignore it, and move the hell on.
There are far more important things in this world to worry about than a video game, a digitally interactive item, possibly doing damage to society as a whole. As for me, I'll be avoiding the game like the fucking plague. Military shooters give me hives. *goes back to playing Bayonetta*
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My hair is taking getting used to still but I'm diggin it! So thank you =]
& it's about time Stallone just gives up!
ps- Thank you for the comment on my set