When entering the theater to see Batman the Dark Knight I wondered if the late Heath Ledger could play a better Joker than Jack Nicholson (Batman 1989). What Ledger brought to the table was an amazing performance that will make you ask the person next to you "he's acting right?"

The movie starts out 3 years after the prior film Batman Begins, and crime is worse than ever in Gotham city. Batman is still seen as a vigilante to some and a hero to others, while he's just trying to live one day at a time. The plot is a lot darker in DK were in Batman Begins it was "o this guy is bad, let's fight him and win". This time Batman is faced with an enemy which he does not understand which has motives he can't begin to wrap his mind around. Deception, murder, double-crossing, and mental illness are all themes that appear in the DK that really change the feel that Batman movies are not for kids any more.

The banks in which the mob's store there dirty money are being robbed one by one and Batman isn't helping by cracking down on there drugs deals. A mysterious man then approaches the mob with a proposition that he can kill the batman for half of all the mob money they have left. After a quick magic trick they see things the joker's way. The Joker is terrifying this time around with scars going a good seven inches from his lips that form a permanent smile. The joker gives many different answers to how he got the scars, which adds to the reality that he's so insane he can't remember how he got them.

What follows is a 2 ½ hours of Batman essentially discovering his "dark side" as certain events unfold. At one point Batman do the very deeds that he has fought so long to prevent. Christian Bale is perfect for the role of Batman, yet his performance is identical to Batman Begins. The action sequences are very fresh and enjoyable to watch.

All in all Batman the Dark Knight is a fantastic movie that even people who aren't into comics are sure to love, and DC fans boys will fall in love with Batman all over again.

So yeah just checked out this little site called Giantbomb.com. I'm by no means leaving GS but i'd like to try a new site for a while,Gs has way to many slow downs. But i will be bring back video blogs later next weeks and writing editorials(as best as i can=P).

Link to my GB profile(feel free to add me): http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/pill92/

E3 has come and gone in blink of the eye yet there were a few big announcements for Microsoft. Final Fantasy 13 coming to Xbox 360, the new Microsoft interface featuring avat.. Cough mii's cough, NetFlix which is huge for current users and Tons of new footage for all its killer apps. Personaly I was just happy to see game play for Fallout 3, Gears of War 2 and Resident Evil 5. After watching a few RE5 videos I was think this is just RE4 but in Africa but I was totally wrong. With the introduction of co-op it makes sense why in the early trailers Chris Redfield (protagonist) was fighting literally hordes of enemies with only a pistol, sense he'll be fighting along side a partner.

One game that made a big impression on people with its multiplayer announcement was Fable 2, which quite frankly I don't give two s%!^s about. They're implementing a new multiplayer feature were you can view you friends playing fable 2 as small balls that move around the world…..are you kidding me. Do the developers really think while I'm trying to enjoy the graphics and the scenery I want colored balls flying around? O and if they show that dog one more time I'm going to throw lassie a ball right over a cliff.

My favorite game from the show has to be Fallout 3 sense it really showed the first in game footage and had a phenomenal trailer also shown. I felt the V.A.T system was an automatic kill, yet if you're stats aren't aligned perfectly it some times fails. I was also a little disappointed to hear that there would only be a few hundred unique personalities instead of the roughly thousand ones that were in Oblivion. Never the less Rpg/3rd/fps/set in a post-apocalyptic version of Washington D.C, what more could you want?

Gears of War 2 looks great, graphically it looks similar with a few exceptions like bullet streams and just crisper details on buildings and characters. Hordes of enemies on screen looks to be a challenge and the announcement of Horde mode sounds….interesting. I think it'll be more of a novelty then a mode people will play once or twice then turn back to the new 5vs5 multiplayer.

Well that was pretty much Microsoft's E3 , short but sweet for many fans. I watched the other two conferences for Journalist reasons, and I have to say they were pretty boring. Nintendo had a few motion censored games like resort games and wii Music. Sony showed mostly footage fro games that we've now about for months. I really expected more from the other companies. The B^#ch slap of the event had to be FF13 coming to the Xbox 360, which Sony will be hurting from. MS keeps giving us reason not to buy a PS3 for one reason

1) Exclusive Downloadable content !

On another note if any one needs a reviewer for a website they run/operate i'd be happy to help.

-Jason

E3 has just started and the line up of games they've shown us has been great. Gears of war 2, resident evil 5 and fallout 3 have shown brand new live game play which makes gamers and my self giddy with joy. The news of RE5 co-op play will bring people together, the hordes of locust will be a challenge and Washington D.C will chill you to you're core.

I was very impressed with the new prince of Persia Trailer which hints at partner specific combo attacks, which is fresh for the series. I also liked how the trailer fades in at the start from art to the trailer and fades out from game play to art.

On a personal note I recently arrived home from my 2 week trip from England and Scotland. I think we had the best weather ever there, it was sunny every day and rained on the last day I was there. I really enjoyed staying in the heart of London and seeing the sites ( Big Ben, the London eye, Parliament). I dint really enjoy the food all that much but I still had a good time and would love to visit the countries again.

hey guys whts up? im on vacation in england and am going to be traleing to scottland. Please dont delete me on xbl, and i cant realy say much becouase internet inst free here i need to buy time cards which cost a lot of money. Keep gaming ppl be home soon

Commando
Complete all acts on Insane Difficulty

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Completed Act 4 on Insane
Complete Act 4 on Insane Difficulty

30

Completed Act 3 on Insane
Complete Act 3 on Insane Difficulty

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Honor-Bound
Recover two-thirds of the COG tags (on any difficulty)

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Completed Act 2 on Insane
Complete Act 2 on Insane Difficulty

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Completed Act 1 on Insane
Complete Act 1 on Insane Difficulty

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Let Sleeping Rockstars Lie
You killed a Rockstar in multiplayer.

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So in the last three days I beat Gow on insane, which surprised me. Usually if there are four difficulty settings on a game I play the third and have never beaten a game on "ultra" hard. I unlocked 150pts; I'm so close to 10k I can almost taste it.

I also have started watching Doctor Who when ever it's on; I love the whacky characters and the overall cheesiness of the show.

-Jason