Games games games

With the upcoming holiday seasons, publishers try and release the bulk of their new hotness in time for Santa Claus. Games like Gears of War and Sims 2: Pets not to mention systems like the PS3 and Wii are all picked to be staples of kids' (and adults') Christmas stockings.

But not me.

Yes, I've got a host of other stuff that I'm still plowing through (and replowing through). Call of Duty 2 is currently my game of choice. It came out about a year ago and I completed it around 9 months ago. However, I recently became reacquainited with its solid graphics and visceral destruction of the German army during WW2. I also enjoy the fact that you don't have a "health bar" like you do in so many other FPSs. Instead, if you get shot up, your soldier gets a bit "winded" and has to breath heavy. In a few seconds, this dissapates and he's back and ready to take more machine gun shells to the face. Sure, its unrealistic but it beats having to run around looking for a health kit or piece of armor.

I've also got Company of Heroes to try out. I've read its quite a killer RTS and look forward to taking on the Nazis from a top down perspective. I'm gonna get you Hitler - with a Colt 45 or M1 Abrams, you're mine!

Now back to your regularly scheduled program....

A nice evening

Last friday, we decided to hit up the Comedy Studio in Havahd Squa. This is a little known joint that's strategically placed on top of the not-so-little known Hong Kong. We arrived about 15 minutes early and the stocky dude at the front informed us that a private event had taken over for the night, and no laughs would be had. A suggestion was made (by one of us - we had already left the bouncy bouncer in our tracks) to visit Improv Boston in Inman Square, which we had done a few months prior. It's a highly humorous excursion but it was negged (again, by one of us). Therefore, we continued along, grabbed some kickass hot white chocolate, and hit up the future location of a closed Tower Records.

I always find that going out of business sales suck. Why? Because at the initial stages, you have shitty discounts like what we saw - 20%-40% off the whole store. Of course, it should have read "20% off everything except our crappy three month old magazine selection, which is 40% off." And even the 20% is worthless, because Tower Records rapes you on all their items in the first place. 20% off a $19 Jay-Z album still makes it $16 after tax. Half.com or even Amazon could probably chop that in half. Should I try going when we get to the 50% off range? No, thanks, I have batter things to do than sift through the remaining twenty Dukes of Hazzard and Gigli DVDs. Yet - this is my second visit to the store since they announced bankruptcy. Go figure.

Oh yeah, please please please check out The Departed. Fukcin great shiznit. At the very least, you can laugh at Marky Mark. (and his dialog isn't bad either).

Classic Filmage

Last night, the gf and I sat down to a plate of Lean Cuisine Skillet Sensations and Bird's Eye frozen veggies, while viewing the second half of Vice Versa. I hadn't seen the film in over 5 years and was more than pleased to see how well it held up, since it was released in 1988. As per the review on the packaging, Big came out around the same time and Mr. Hanks was clearly the bigger box office draw. However, this film created laughs from both Savage and Reinhold, as opposed to just a single character who was made into an adult.

There is a terrific scene where young Savage (as his dad and perpetually drinks martinis) and his mom walks into his dad's crib and sees young Fred with the glass of ill-repute. His reaction is a cheerful, "Shit, what are YOU doing here?". Mom was less than thrilled with both his response as well as his choice of nourishment. I love it!!

Very excited!!!

I'm a huge Scorscece fan. So much that I probably just torched the spelling of his name. (not to diverge, but it reminds me of a great early Sopranos scene. I think it was the second or third episode ever. Chrissy and Andriana see Scorscece outside a club and yell "Marty!...Kundun! I liked it!" I've never seen Kundun but neither has anyone else, so it must suck. Chrissy's heroine habit was behind the scenes at that point of the series, I guess.)

Back on track, "The Departed" opened last weekend and got some kickass reviews as well as a big box office take. Damon's an OK actor. DiCaprio has impressed me in The Aviator and Catch Me If You Can. Nicholson is always on point. Yeah, I think I'll see it.

I got a set of Sennheiser CX300 earbuds a few weeks ago from Amazon. Now, since I listen to alot of rap/R&B/techno, I need some solid bass response. My prior favorites were the Sony EX51SL buds, which are $20 at Amazon. Both sets sounds almost exactly the same, particularlyat the MP3 level of quality. So, be sure to take a gander on eBay for my set of Sennheisers. Also, I'll have my recently purchased Creative Muvo2 FM up there. With the release of the latest iPods, Apple cut the refurbished Minis to a benjamin. I had to jump on it.