The nominations for the 85th Annual Academy Awards were announced today. Here is the full list: Best Picture Amour Argo Beasts of the Southern Wilde Django Unchained Les Miserables Life of Pi Lincoln Silver Linings Playbook Zero Dark Thirty Best Director Michael Haneke, Amour Ang Lee, Life of Pi David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook Steven Spielberg, Lincoln Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Sout...
Let us reminisce in our awesome childhood.
and he fucking loves them beating the Celtics.
Like, for instance, Tiger Woods.
The nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards were announced (early) this morning. Here are all of the nominees. Best Picture Black Swan The Fighter Inception The Kids Are All Right The King's Speech 127 Hours The Social Network True Grit Toy Story 3 Winter's Bone Best Diretor Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan David O. Russell, The Fighter Tom Hooper, The King's Speech David Fincher, The Social Networ...
No, this isn't about me having sex and Akon somehow being a part of it (that's a story for another time). It's about the song by the comedy group The Lonely Island who have been part of the SNL cast for a few years. If you haven't seen the video yet, I suggest you do so immediately. I'll even provide it for you.
You would think Wal-Mart, the largest organization in the world, would know what is and what is not kosher for one of the main religions.
Prepare to trip the fuck out.
After lots of (not much) searching, I have rediscovered a screenshot of the original Giant Bomb site, taken withing the first week of the release of the full site. It's hard to believe it's been two years and how much the site has changed since then. Keep up the amazing work, Giant Bomb and Whiskey Media! You can find the original, larger version here .
Realizing that I haven't had a blog post in over 3 months (!!), I decided that I needed to start up again. Trying to think about what to write about, I figured that I might as well post two pictures that literally made my laugh out loud when I saw them earlier today in the other forum I visit frequently, and this is coming from a guy that usually disdains image macros and memes. They also both...
.....on Giant Bomb.....by a beta.....inside another game. Take that, World of Warcraft !
How many of you love bacon? How many of you want your children to grow up loving bacon, too? Well, now's your chance with J&D's Bacon Baby Infant Formula! Have your children grow up big and strong with the power of bacon!
Start your little girls off on the right track in life.!
Some of you may have heard about this a few months back. But for those that haven't, ladies and gentlemen, meet the KFC Double Down : Set for nationwide release on April 12th, this heart clogger is a bacon sandwich with two fried chicken breasts as the bread. For those that are wondering, this bad boy will cost you 540 calories, 32g of fat and 1380mg of sodium. For your heathier side, the grill...
I seem to have been going about it the wrong way. I assume that the "subscription" is marriage?
Because I would really like to finally blend in with my redneck brethren here in Northwest Florida.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-march-18-2010/conservative-libertarian
http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,705900/Crysis-2-The-first-screenshots/News/
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ucsd18-2010feb18,0,5698009.story UC San Diego condemns student party mocking Black History Month Officials are probing the off-campus 'Compton Cookout' and its Facebook invitation to see if they violated the university's code of conduct and whether sponsors should be disciplined. UC San Diego leaders and civil rights activists have condemned a student par...
In case you haven't seen them yet... Best Picture Avatar The Blind Side District 9 An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire A Serious Man Up Up in the Air Best Director Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker James Cameron, Avatar Lee Daniels, Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire Jason Reitman, Up in the Air Quentin Tarantino, Inglour...
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I didn't get to play as many games as I would like to in 2009, so I am still using January as time to play those games that I missed with my new GameFly account(I still don't know why I didn't start this account a long time ago). I just finished and sent back(well, I turned it back in before I could technically finish it) Batman: Arkham Asylum and will now venture into the Uncharted series(firs...
So, I have finally achieved what I thought I would probably never do, get an S Rank here on Giant Bomb. It won't show up until probably Sunday, but earlier this afternoon I got my last few achievements for Assassin's Creed II . I usually don't have the urge to try to get all 1000 points. I don't have enough time in the day and even without this adventure I still don't have enough to even being...
Best Motion Picture - Drama Avatar The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Precious Up in the Air Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy (500) Days of Summer The Hangover It's Complicated Julie & Julia Nine Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart George Clooney, Up in the Air Colin Firth, A Single Man Morgan Freeman, Invictus Tobey Maguire, Brothers Best...
Especially when combined with automatically updating Twitter feeds.
I dare you to not to crack a smile. I dare you.
In case you don't know, Hurricane Idea is coming directly towards where I live(Pensacoia, FL). It's expected landfall time? In the middle of the night between tomorrow and Tuesday. Everyone who hasn't lived under a rock knows what is going on at that time. You guessed it, Modern Warfare 2's midnight release. Hopefully the hurricane stalls, slows down or weakens significantly so that I at least...
Up until this week I didn't even give it a second though. I laughed at the notion of doing so. No way was I going to do it. As this week started, the thought came back. I just brushed it back to the nether regions of my mind. As the days came and went, it slowly gained steam but I denied its existence. But, I couldn't keep holding it back. And today, I finally caved in. I pre-ordered the Modern...
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4463828 Polomalu ruled out with knee injury PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh Steelers All-Pro safety Troy Polamalu sprained the medial collateral ligament in his left knee late in the first half of their 13-10 overtime victory against Tennessee on Thursday night. Coach Mike Tomlin said the injury usually sidelines a player from 3 to 6 weeks. "They are reading...
Need I say more?
Here is their latest gem that caught my eye. I wonder if he's living with Tupac on an island somewhere?
Y Helo Thar!
You bet your ass I am ready for some football! Both NFL and college. GO NEW ORLEANS SAINTS!!! GO MIAMI HURRICANES!!! FOOTBAAAAALLLLL!!!!!!!!!! IT'S TIME!
While I always want to play new video games as soon as I can, I am never too bummed out when they are delayed. This is especially the case this year. Would I like to play games such as BioShock 2 , Dark Void , Splinter Cell: Conviction , and Starcraft II this Fall? Of course I would, but the delay of these games hasn't left a dark void (beat that wordplay, Jeff!) of quality games still slated t...
To help celebrate the one year anniversary of Giant Bomb, I thought that I might tell the tale of my greatest experience on the site, which spans two weeks, 3 different rooms of my house and many consecutive hours of Jeff and Vinny's voices in my head, including in my dreams and even when I'm not watching the videos. As you all know, Jeff and Vinny have been working of this feature called Endur...
Well, I have turned the big 21 today! It doesn't affect me as much as other people here in the United States because I don't care much for alcohol(other than a few select drinks, I don't like the taste or the smell), but it's still a milestone nontheless(next stop: 25 when I can rent a car!). As far as what my plans are for today, I am going to a water park called Big Kahuna's in Destin for the...
Well, he's not exactly new. We've had him for about a month, but I could find my camera until now. His name is Max. He's about 5 months old now. Here he is in his favorite hideout: and here he is with one of our other cats, who we got last December. His name is Simon. Max isn't small(actually, he's big for his age), it's just that Simon is big. Last time we weighed him, he was ~20 lbs and it's...
This Week Last Week Title Weeks Released Weekend Gross Total Gross Theater Average # of Theaters 1 1 The Hangover 2 $33.4M $105.4M $10K 3,355 2 2 Up 3 $30.5M $187.2M $7.9K 3,886 3 New Taking of Pelham 123 1 $25M $25M $8.1K 3,074 4 4 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian 4 $9.6M $143.4M $2.9K 3,365 5 3 Land of the Lost 2 $9.2M $35M $2.6K 3,534 6 New Imagine That 1 $5.7M $5.7M $1.9K 3,00...
The Summer movie season officially kicked off last weekend and the numbers showed it. X-Men Origins: Wolverine , the latest installment in the X-Men franchise starring Hugh Jackman reprising his role as clawed-mutant Wolverine, debuted #1 at the box office with an estimated haul of $87.0 million. This marks the largest weekend opening so far this year. Matthew McConaughey's lastest romantic com...
Can people see these?
Since for a majority of last year I lacked the monetary funds to purchase all the games I wanted, I am still playing catch up. I still have to play
Best Picture The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon Milk The Reader Slumdog Millionaire Best Director David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Stephen Daldry, The Reader Gus Van Sant, Milk Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon Best Actor Richard Jenkins, The Visitor Sean Penn, Milk Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler Brad Pitt, The Curio...
Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama
There are a lot of games that I am looking forward to this year. Now that I also have a PS3, there are even more games to choose from. I haven't decided on which games I anticipate more than others, so I'll just give an alphabetical list: Alpha Protocol Bionic Commando F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin Halo 3: ODST Halo Wars inFAMOUS Killzone 2 Mafia II Resident Evil 5 Starcraft II
They aren't really official college textbooks. They are for my Web Scripting class this Spring semester. Due to the class size(only 5 of us are signed up), it has become an independent study class, which means that there are not any set class times and we meet with the professor individually at any time to complete projects while we learn the material on our own. Our professor has allowed up to...
Yankees reach agreemant with Teixeira on 8-year, $180M deal The newest uber rich Yankee. The Yankees have reached an agreement in principle to sign Mark Teixeira, SI.com has learned, beating out the rival Red Sox for the free-agent slugger's services. Teixeira, who hit .308 with 33 home runs and 121 RBIs in 2008, will receive an eight-year, $180 million deal from the Yankees with a full no-trad...
Furcal agrees to terms with Braves Homecoming for Rafael Furcal ATLANTA -- The Braves are looking forward to the opportunity to once again place Rafael Furcal at the top of their lineup. At the same time, they're looking forward to having both Kelly Johnson and Yunel Escobar in that same lineup. A Major League source confirmed Tuesday morning that Furcal and the Braves have agreed to the terms...
Yankees Set to Sign Sabathia Baseball's new $160 million man. LAS VEGAS -- Free-agent pitcher CC Sabathia is about to sign with the Yankees, SI.com has confirmed. The deal being finalized now is expected to pay Sabathia about $160 million over seven years. The two sides are on the verge of an agreement after three days of face-to-face talks between the Yankees and superstar Sabathia, who led th...
For this Thanksgiving week, my family and I have been staying with my dad in Beaumont, Texas(He works for Small Business Association). Earlier today today, we took a trip through some of the towns devastated by the hurricanes earlier this year. The last city we drove through was Port Arthur, Texas. Now, I have been through some "rough" towns in my 20 years of existence, but this place tops them...
Between class and work today I walked across the street to the mall to get my hair cut and to pick up a new USB flash drive at the Best Buy. This is seriously at least thr 4th flash drive I have had this year and the second in just the past few weeks. The others either malfunctioned or I simply lost them. I can't remember having this much trouble holding on to a particular electronic device, or...
I was in line for about 3 hours. It was really fun. The people at the Gamestop set up some TVs where we got turns to play Halo 2 and watch some Red v. Blue episodes. All-in-all, it was a great time
And 7 of those hours were straight(with time in between for lunch, though). The game is absolutely amazing. I'll post a review once I finish the campaign and play some MP.
It's between Fallout 3 and Gears of War 2. I don't know if I can choose between the two. Obviously Fallout 3 will take up more of my time due to it being an open-ended action RPG. Gears of War 2 keeps getting me more and more hyped about it every time I see a new gameplay clip or trailer. I'm just glad that I have the only system that both of these amazing games are on.
Well, for a Floridian anyways. It's has gotten down to 38 F north of town and 40 F where I live. When I left for school this morning there was frost on the ground. I can't remember the last time it has gotten this cold this early here in Pensacola, FL. I don't know if it's just a random cold spell or that we are going to have a colder winter than usual. Either way, I like it. I always love wint...
Well, I didn't just vote. I voted on Monday, the first day of early voting. There was a long line going outside of the library into the parking lot. It was very nice seeing such a big turnout on just the first day. I was also interviewed by the local news and was on TV during their night spot. For all of you US citizens reading this, go out and vote, early or on November 4th. Either way, make y...
It's also been in the past few NCAA Football games. It's when you are totally annihilating your opponent the entire game. But then, somehow, when you are pitching a shutout, during the last few minutes of the game the opposing team, which through the whole game has done nothing but jack shit, suddenly transforms into 2001 Miami Hurricanes and goes Peyton Manning 2 minute drill on your ass and b...
As well as Half-Life 3 and Portal 2 Beta. Seriously, what is with Google's fetish with "Beta"? Is there anything not owned by Google that doesn't still have "Beta" after it, even after years of being on the market? I still heart Google, though. I mean, I have to. They are going to rule the world one of these days.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a25jieLVOgw
Sadly I have not yet experienced Spore . Once my next paycheck comes in, I will go out and buy it. I finally have a computer that can run new games. w00t!
NCAA football and NFL are back into full swing! My life has just gotten a whole lot better.
Don't you just love the Atlantic hurricane season? Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity
Gotta love it. Now if I had a third choice, I would have to go with Jill Wagner , the woman from the Mercury car commercials. She is ridiculously hot, but the kind of hot that you can easily see walking around in your mall, which makes her even hotter. Sorry that I went off track, but I just recently saw a Mercury car ad that she was in and I had to rant about how hot she is.
Earlier today my new laptop arrived. Now for the first time, I actually have a brand new computer just for me. Here are the specs: Dell Studio 17 Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 (2.5GHz/800MHz FSB/6MB cache) Windows Vista Ultimate Edition SP1 High Resolution, glossy widescreen 17.0 inch display (1920x1200) 256MB ATI RADEON HD 3650 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) 8X Slot Load...
I'm starting my drive over to New Orleans tomorrow morning, so I won't be able to play video games this weekend.
w00t! Too bad I only have 2 1/2 weeks until fall semester and work starts. Oh well, at least work will give me the money I need to buy all the awesome games that are releasing this fall. Gears of War 2 Limited Edition w/ Golden Lancer FTW!
'Dark Knight' No. 1 again, nears $400 million mark Los Angeles, California (AP) -- Even an army of undead could not dislodge Batman from his box-office perch. "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor," starring Brendan Fraser, opened with $42.5 million The Batman blockbuster The Dark Knight hauled in $43.8 million to rank as Hollywood's top movie for the third-straight weekend, fending off The Mu...
Achievements/Badges/Emblems Whatever you want to call them, they can be a cool way for users to get more involved with Giant Bomb is aspects other than the Wiki. Banner It would bring some more color and give the users a chance to show of their creativity/personality some more. Gamercards For each of a user's XBL, PSN, and/or Wii gamertags. There can be just a list of their gamertags, but, like...
We'll get through it one of these days.....
Well, it has finally passed. The first week of what we have anticipated all summer has come to a close. So much as happened that I had trouble keeping my head on straight. There is so much to talk about. Where do I begin? Wiki/Images Arguably the most anticipated feature of Giant Bomb, and boy did the user reaction back it up. Since the minute the proverbial doors opened, tens of thousands of w...
It's bad enough that I have to pay for a new one, but all my user reviews were on there and not backed up onto my external hard drive. Yeah, so I'm kind of angry at myself for leaving it in the school library. Oh well, time to get started on them again.....
Well, the day has finally arrived. The day most of the community has been feverishly anticipating for months: the launch of the Giant Bomb site. Well, we are still technically in Beta, but whatever. Fans imagined what it would be like, how all the mysterious features would work, and how the community will bond together through forums. Now that the first full day of Giant Bomb is coming to a clo...
Only time will tell.