The Bullet List:

- My time with Far Cry 3 has come to an end without a platinum trophy. I only had two more co-op missions to complete, which are impossible to complete on two player split-screen and I do not have the patience to randomly play the two that I need in public co-op. Despite the bad multiplayer and co-op, I had a great time playing Far Cry 3; I awarded FC3 with my Runner-up GOTY. 9.0/10

- Started to play the third DLC of Fallout 3, which for me is Mothership Zeta. About an hour in, I hate it. It doesn't contain either of the two best components of Fallout: exploration and choice. It has a Call of Duty objective based shoot-em up structure, which isn't much fun in Fallout. We will see though, not counting it out yet.

- Restarted Sly 3 (my save file erased about 8 months back). I've caught up to where I left off and I can say that the game isn't better than Sly 1, but is better than 2 (IMO, of course). Going for the platinum.

- I've also been playing some GTA IV. While my problems with the game haven't changed over the years, it is still a great game with some crazy missions.

- Super Mario Galaxy has brought my dormant Wii to use, excellent game that revitalized Mario.

- Finished watching Sherlock season 1 (the BBC one). Wow, what a series! While I wish the seasons lasted longer and the episodes shorter, I am constantly impressed with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. Great chemistry, great writing, great acting, cool style, witty humor, amazing series. Check it out on Netflix, people. 9.8/10

- I've also finally finished Arrested Development season 2, one of the funniest shows I've seen. Great characters and plenty of laughs. 9.1/10

- Chinatown - A quality noir film with one of my favorite acting performances by Jack Nicholson. Very depressing ending though. 4/5

- Jeff, Who Lives at Home - A pleasant surprise that I found heart warming and fun. 4/5

- Ted - Maybe the funniest movie since 2008's Tropic Thunder. Plenty of raunchy humor to go around that's all in good fun. 4/5

- I Love You, Man - One of my favorite comedies, and one of my favorite movies in general. Just so many laughs that I treasure as inside jokes with friends. Slappa da bass mon! 5/5

- The Five Year Engagement - I tried to like this one, given the talent behind it, but I just couldn't get around how mediocre and poorly made it was. It lasted too long and was pretty unbelievable, not too funny either. 2/5

- Midnight in Paris - One of my all time favorites. 5/5

- O Brother, Where Art Thou? - The Coen Brothers at their finest. Haven't watched this one in forever, glad I gave I re-discovered it. Such a treat to watch. 4/5

- Chronicle - Just like Kick-Ass and The Dark Knight, this superhero film is very dark and powerful due to its realistic tone. While I hate hand footage films, this one is an exception. Maybe the most disturbing and true films I have actually seen. 4/5

- Went shopping yesterday and came across many great deals. First, I picked up some long overdue comics at the local comic store. Then, I took advantage of an awesome Blockbuster deal: buy one, get one free pre-owned PS3 games. I bought Spec Ops: The Line for just $20 and got Killzone 3 completely free! Target had a great $10 blu-ray sale that brought two movies to my collection: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (only need 3 & 4, for all 8 on blu-ray now) and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2 (loved Part 1). So yeah, a good day to spend a total of $50.

- Finished reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets last night (I'm re-reading the entire series). I am going to pause my Potter marathon in order to finally dive into book one of Game of Thrones.

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Long overdue update Now, on to the main blog: my predictions for the 85th Academy Awards scheduled to air on ABC in a couple of weeks. I haven't seen many of the nominated films this year, but I can't break tradition, it is my third annual after all. In 2011, I got four right and in 2012, I got eight right. Here are my predictions:

Best Picture: Argo

Actor in a Leading Role: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Actress in a Leading Role: Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

Actor in a Supporting Role: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Actress in a Supporting Role: Helen Hunt, The Sessions

Animated Feature: Wreck-It Ralph

Cinematography: Life of Pi

Costume Design: Les Miserables

Director: Ang Lee, Life of Pi

Documentary Feature: The Invisible War

Documentary Short: Kings Point

Film Editing: Zero Dark Thirty

Foreign Language Film: Amour

Makeup/Hair: Hitchcock

Music Score: Argo

Music Song: "Skyfall", Skyfall

Production Design: Life of Pi

Animated Short: Head over Heels

Live Action Short: Henry

Sound Editing: Skyfall

Sound Mixing: Les Miserables

Visual Effects: Life of Pi

Adapted Screenplay: Argo

Original Screenplay: Django Unchained

Tallying them up, Argo and Life of Pi get 4 each. While Zero Dark Thirty, Les Miserables, Django Unchained, and Skyfall get 2 each. Lincoln gets 1, but I could easily see it walking away with over 6 Oscars, including Best Picture. While I was disappointed with the nominations, I think the Academy will award the right films and offer plenty of entertainment. I'm excited to see all six James Bonds together for the first time and I think Seth Macfarlane will do a good job hosting. Should be fun, despite the lack of DiCaprio and Batman.

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Pitchers and catchers report to training camp this week! I'm a huge baseball fan, the Yankees and Reds are my teams. They always have been and they always will be. Hopefully one of them pulls off a pennant run this year. I'm expecting the Nationals, Braves, Reds, Angels, Tigers, and Orioles to all do incredibly well this year. The Grammys were on last night. I've always hated how mainstream they were, but this year proved to clean up well. Fun., Mumford & Sons, Gotye, and Frank Ocean won big this year. I respect the hell out of all of them and Mumford & Sons and Frank Ocean are both in my top five favorite artists. Both incredibly talented and true. Great performances by Frank Ocean, Justin Timberlake, Jack White, Mumford & Sons, Fun., and Miguel with Wiz Khalifa. It was awesome to see Prince too! Would have loved to see an older band perform, but the tributes were nice instead. Go music! Go baseball! Thanks for reading and please comment

- Dylan