• 2Aug 08

  The Dark Night- Heath Ledgers Swan Song

  I seen The Dark Night the other week. I don't want to talk about the movie. We all know it lives upto the hype and I haven't seen one bad review on it or heard one person speak negatively about it. I want to speak briefly on Heath Ledgers performance in this film. Now, I have seen many movies. With all the great actors from Clint Eastwood to Robert Redford. But, this has to be one of the best performances I have seen in awhile. His voice, actions, expressions,etc. are dead on. He is what you would expect the joker to be if he existed in real life. Which is a very scary proposition. It seems fit that his last performance is this great because he would of been hard pressed to top this one.

  

  • Posted Aug 2, 2008 2:23 pm GMT
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• 1Aug 08

  Beer Pong- No Change That To Pong Toss

  Now, we all know the Wii has been a smashing success, making use of a new motion sensing controller, challenging developers to create new games to use this new controller. Well, Nintendos controller has just stepped through the frat house door and stepped up to the table for a game of Beer Pong. What shocks me the most about this is that Nintendo is actually allowing this WiiWare game on their console. Not that I am concerned over the substance of this game, there games with worser themes out there. I think we all remember XXX. Is this game a step in a different direction for Nintendo? Nintendo focuses on Mario, Metroid and others for its gaming sucess. Simply put, their not the same as Sony and Microsoft. GTA IV didn't come out for the Wii. Nintendo does it a different way then its competitors and they are shining at it.

  Well, in November "Frat Party Games" will come out for the Wii only. The last few sentences in this article ( http://wiinintendo.net/2007/08/30/wii-beer-pong/ ) say that the original name of the game " Beer Pong" has been scrapped and replaced with the name " Pong Toss" due to fears of public backlash over the game.

  There has been some backlash, as expected and understood.

  Many have expressed their concerns over the game according to this ABC report on the game ( http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/story?id=5333140&page=1 ). Many say that this game will have an negative influence on the children who play it. Yes, people of all ages can pick up this game because of its Teen Rating. Now, many teenagers know about the game and many have probably played it at a party or a friends house. The feeling is that this game promotes drinking and will introduce many to that same idea. I can see where those people are coming from but, I can see the other side of the issue. Young minds can be very impressionable and this game can lead them to make bad judgements. But, I think most will take this game for what it is. A video game. Could a game drive a young teen to go to a frat party and try this game, yes it could. But, if underage teens are going to drink they are going to drink no matter what. It happens every day and will continue to happen whether this game comes out or not.

  Here is an image from the game:

  

  • Posted Aug 1, 2008 3:29 pm GMT
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• 24Jul 08

  Battlefield: Bad Company

  Love this game! Going to keep it as a rental for a bit. The single player is great and fun, they don't punish you for dying and blowing up walls and killing enemies is pure fun. The story is great as you go along collecting gold bars and gun collectibles.

  

  • Posted Jul 24, 2008 8:41 pm GMT
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