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2015 Top 10 Games For Me


Posted on 01/10/2016 at 10:41 AM | Filed Under Blogs

Nice list! My copy of Witcher 3 is always glaring at me as if to say "When are you gonna play me?" 

Soon. Gotta finish Mad Max first, among other things.

2016: The Year In Which I Re-establish Contact


Posted on 01/10/2016 at 10:36 AM | Filed Under Blogs

PS4, Xbox One and PC. I'm playing it on PS4.

Pixlbit Questionaire #14


Posted on 12/30/2015 at 12:18 AM | Filed Under Blogs

The NES and a 12" television for my room can't be beat but the SNES is close. So is Donkey Kong Country.

2015 Proggy Goodness


Posted on 12/11/2015 at 04:32 PM | Filed Under Blogs

Nice picks. I have some catching up to do this year, music/prog rock wise.

Pixlbit Questionaire #11


Posted on 12/11/2015 at 04:29 PM | Filed Under Blogs

The Gameboy Advance SP. Despite its size, an amazing handheld gaming device. I don't have it right now, however. Probably traded it for credit at a local game store.

2013, The Year I Bought a PS Vita


Posted on 12/11/2015 at 04:26 PM | Filed Under Blogs

Did you ever see Jordorowsky's Dune, Knight? One of my favorite documentaries of the past 5 years.

Sunday Question: "What is Your Favorite Video Game Movie??"


Posted on 10/19/2015 at 02:43 PM | Filed Under Blogs

The RE films have its fans but they're far worse. Gans was a RE fan as well and he reportedly found them to be disappointing.

Pixlbit Questionaire #3


Posted on 10/19/2015 at 02:41 PM | Filed Under Blogs

Super Mario Bros. 3 is the final grand statement of the console and every console has a game like this, a title that feels like a proper sendoff to the console and states "this is what this machine and its software was capable of". I've probably played it more times than any of the other SMB NES-era games (and any other NES game) for the obvious reason: it's simply a masterpiece.

The Legend of Zelda as well because it was the first time I truly felt I was inhabiting a game world that was huge and full of secrets. Also still fun to play after all these years.

Contra was one of the best action games, either solo or co-op and I still play it at least once every year.

Dr. Mario was easy to get into, harder to handle the longer you got into it and full of charm. 

Sunday Question: "What is Your Favorite Video Game Movie??"


Posted on 10/19/2015 at 02:27 PM | Filed Under Blogs

This isn't going to be a popular answer but I really like the first Silent Hills movie. Due to his adaptation of Crying Freeman and (especially) Brotherhood of the Wolf, I became a huge fan of Christophe Gans. He was a huge fan of the SH series (especially the first two games) and the film feels like a balanced tribute and respectful reworking of the first game's plot. It isn't as scary as you'd think or want but its very atmospheric, beautifully shot and has plenty of disturbing moments. 

1997 in Film


Posted on 08/21/2015 at 03:07 PM | Filed Under Blogs

My most recent podcast episode covered some of what I watched in 1997 (it was notable for the first time that I bluffed my way into an R-rated film: Con Air). Face/Off was a huge film for me; I saw it 3 times (also bluffed my way in). 

Other favorites that I saw at the cinema that year:
Men In Black (still holds up)
The Fifth Element (same though its corny, very French humor & Chris Tucker gets in the way)
Dante's Peak (the better of the two volcano films)
Jackie Chan's First Strike
Star Wars SE trilogy (had such a good time at these)
The Saint (ugh)
Anaconda (double ugh)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (had its moments)
Air Force One ("Get off my plane!")
Conspiracy Theory (still holds up; great Mel Gibson performance)
The Game (because David Fincher and Michael Douglas rock)
L.A. Confidential (best film of that year)
The Peacemaker (competently done but not memorable)
Kiss The Girls (remember when Ashley Judd was a huge box office draw and rightfully so?)
I Know What You Did Last Summer (self-appointed King of Jump Scares; good use of Type O Negative's cover of "Summer Breeze")
Starship Troopers (a lot of fun and the satire wasn't noticable until future viewings. Until then, it was about big-ass bugs, gore and nude Dina Meyer)
Alien: Resurrection (One day I'll see this again to know how I feel but holy shit, what a letdown)
Scream 2 (as good a sequel as one could make to Scream; David Arquette's entrance to the tune of a Hans Zimmer music cue from Broken Arrow IS SOME FUNNY SHIT)
Amistad (overlong and a bit obvious but plenty of riveting, heartbreaking sequences)
Titanic (a good movie. Overrated but solid. Also, nude Kate WInselt)
Tomorrow Never Dies (the start of the downward slope for Brosnan-era Bond films)

 

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