There are thousands of protesters in New York City entering the third week in their protest. If you don't know, or had no idea this was going on, its alright I live two hour away by bus and had little of an idea until a few days ago. This has to be the hardest spun story in U.S. media I've ever seen. These Occupy Wall st ( WIKI ) protests are barely mentioned on nightly newscasts because they'r...
There are few things from my childhood, that not only hold up, but at least try to change in a way that makes sense for the time that it's in. After last Tuesday's release of the newest Mortal Kombat, I realized that franchise oddly fits. Although the nickname for this newest entry is MK9, I tend to split up the entries into two major trilogies. It's makes sense story wise, almost! First there...
Recently I decided to re watch the DC comics animated series from the nineties. Started with Batman , currently on the Superman series and will watch what I have of the Justice League when that's done. I think by watching the Batman and Superman series' so close together I started noticing a bunch of little differences between the two shows, mostly having to do with the "spirit" of the characte...
I don't have much experience with massively multiplayer games like World of Warcraft . I just started playing that a few months ago, and it's going pretty alright. What really got me intrigued in the genre is DC Universe Online . So I'll most likely end up comparing those two particular games a lot. I've only had the DCUO game for about a week, and so far I like it. I haven't had any moments wh...
It's getting to be "that time of year" again. The Grammy's are a few weeks away, followed by the Oscar's two weeks after that. Those two events are supposed to be a celebration of the year's top chosen by the industries they represent. Neither of which I have any plans to watch. Now, I'm not saying these types of shows shouldn't exist, people can do what they want. And they do commend what they...
Earlier this month, on election day, the Supreme Court heard opening oral arguments in the EMA vs. Schwarzenegger case. The EMA is the Electronic Merchants Association, and the case the governor of California is bringing to the Supreme Court in Washington DC, is a law that would ban "deviant violent video games" to minors. The law itself has been declared potentially unconstitutional by all of...
These videos have either a Halloween theme or have aspects that would be from a horror movie, except they aren’t at all, and really have nothing to do with either the holiday or the movie genre. So with that being said, there won’t be any Marilyn Manson, even if this was a top spookiest videos and he was there, would I really be trying? So, in not really any of a particular order: 5. N’sync Dri...
Trends come and go in the music world, a lot tend to fade out just as quickly as they came ( Kriss Kross and the majority of those late eighties early nineties hair metal bands for example) or go on seemingly forever, the Beatles being an exemplary case of longevity. Anyone who listens to the radio today may notice two examples of current trends, those being Lady GaGa and Nickelback. The former...
I'd like to say I have many interests, I watch the Jets on Sunday during football season, I like reading Batman comics, I enjoyed watching Robin Hood: Men in Tights the other day on Netflix , I'm kind of excited about the new Borderlands game of the year edition video game. What I love however, is music. From before I can remember, or so I've been told, I've always been into that branch of art....
I was thinking the other day, there are a crazy amount of options if you wanted to listen to music. I mean how exactly do you listen to whatever your're into, like the iPod or other portable .mp3 player device. They're great for on the go listening while in the car or exercising it's also probably the most popular way in this era. But I was thinking about all the ways I've used, besides my iPod...
I have a uniquely interesting perspective about this subject. I take an interest in my local music scene. I’m not close enough to be labeled some weird male version of a groupie, but I’m not so far removed from it all to not know who people are, or where certain streets are when they’re put into songs. I know that in my area, Kingston, NY, there’s a decent selection of good music to get into. O...
Something I've noticed, and quite frankly is very disappointing, is the lack of people who like various types of music. I don't mean everyone should like everything, not every guitar solo or beat and bass line is created equally. What I think is people should be more musically diverse. Such as a person who enjoys metal can like all the heavy guitar chords and crazy fast drumming that comes alon...
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