Madden '13

So for my nephew's birthday(he turned 8), one of his uncles gave him Madden '13 for PS3. He's really into football right now. Though while he currently doesn't own a PS3 to begin with, he'll be using mine for it. He even got his own controller. So with me not being a sports fan, I either do something else while he plays, or I learn to play it so he has some company. Hmm...

The Dark Knight Returns (Part 1 & 2)

The newest additions to get my seal of approval are both parts of The Dark Knight Returns. This iteration of Batman has Bruce as an old man who had retired Batman(oh and Dick's Robin replacement is a girl). 10 years later, a threat to Gotham city brings back Batman. The events of part 1 continue on with part 2 as the Joker makes his return. No one will even compare to Mark Hamill's Joker, but this one wasn't bad. Andrea Romano knows how to get the right people for the job. Superman makes an appearance in part 2. Nothing to say there since I'm not a fan of his, but yeah. They are both worth watching.

Stuff Update

Took a while, but finally, I have received my Wizard's Edition. Definitely worth it. I won't be playing the game until I finish Okami HD. I don't want to add to my backlog of abandoned games. Also in the video game department I seem to have returned to my Pokémon phase. I am playing White 2 on the side when I have less time than I would for Okami HD. Being a handheld game though, it's easy to put down so it's not something like Okami HD vs Ni No Kuni, I can handle both...and all because I wanted the Keldeo giveaway.

I wasn't planning on it, but somehow I ended up watching Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D: Bonds Beyond Time. I liked it but I'll add my seal later. Edit: So the movie is about a bad guy from the future where his world is destroyed because of the "duel monsters" game that was invented. So the bad guy travels through 3 timelines to get the best monsters off the main good guys and plans to use them to destroy the creator of duel monsters for good. The 3 heroes team up and play a card game against the bad guy to save the world.

Out of two episodes aired, I've enjoyed watching The Following on FOX, but I think I'm going to stop watching it only because I don't want to be hooked to another show. I already watch too many things.

On that note, I was sad to find out that Cartoon Network pulled the plug on Green Lantern: The Animated Series. Having only recently joined the Green Lantern fandom(or Fanterns as they were dubbed), I am sad that my main source of all that is GL related being taken from me. They took it down in favor of Teen Titans GO and Beware The Batman. Why couldn't they just you know...have 2 hours of DC Nation(they also canceled Young Justice which I don't watch). I'm sure they could've squeezed in an extra hour of DC cartoons.

I think that covers things for now. 

Digital River

Digital River sucks as a company. They can't seem to do anything right. I've had stuff shipped from them twice and both times there's been delays(and cancellations for some other people). First time was when I ordered Marvel vs Capcom 3 from Capcom's store. Now I'm waiting to receive the Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch(Wizard's Edition) game. Luckily I can deal with it because I'm still working on Okami HD.

Knowing / The Three Stooges

 Over the past few days I watched both of these movies. First up is The Three Stooges. Will Sasso, Sean Hayes and Chris Diamontopolous playing Curly, Larry and Moe respectively. They nailed their roles perfectly. The film had the classic sound effects and opening/ending music from the original series. Not sure why the cast of Jersey Shore was involved with the film but for what happens, I'm glad they joined.

This one stars Nicholas Cage and is all about numbers. 50 years before Cage shows up there's a girl who starts writing down a bunch of numbers before placing the paper inside a time capsule to later be discovered by Cage's son in the film. When Cage starts putting the numbers together, he realizes that they are dates in which disasters are revealed with date and number of casualties involved. With 3 dates left to occur before disaster strikes, it's up to Cage to try and figure everything out. I enjoyed both films(which of course you knew that because they got my seal of approval.

Abduction

So for today's hangout(last night) we watched Abduction on Netflix. I personally wasn't interested in this because I was judging the fact that a Twilight actor was in it. I was surprised though. The movie is watchable. There are some pretty good fight scenes in there.

TV

Haven't updated lately. I've been distracted with Okami HD. During yesterday's play-through, I caught up to the point I left off in the Wii version of the game. I'm very much enjoying this game. Other than that not much to say. The shows I watch on TV are returning. Once Upon A Time, Castle and American Horror Story have returned. Next week Supernatural will return. Not sure when Arrow starts again. I know Revolution comes back in March. TMNT and Green Lantern: TAS should be back soon. Supah Ninjas comes back February. Wow I watch too much stuff.

Okami HD

While it wasn't a "resolution" of mine, I am attempting to actually finish whatever game I start. I tend to leave it abandoned after a while either because I got stuck somewhere, or I started playing something else on the side that got my full attention. I'm currently playing Okami HD and WWE '13. This is easy to balance since I finished the campaign mode in WWE '13 and I just play though a few matches for fun. I'm really loving Okami HD. It was meant to be in high definition. I also own Okami on PS2 and Wii. When I got the PS2 version off of eBay, I had also bought some other game and I ended up playing that instead and didn't even start Okami. It's pretty much brand new minus the shrink wrap I took off to look inside. Since I never played it I decided to get the Wii version when that came out. I played that but eventually got stuck at some point and never went back for a good while. On a random day I picked it up again and managed to get myself unstuck but still didn't try to finish the game. So now this time around I need to get past the point I reached in the Wii version and finish it through. I'm sure I won't get 100% on it, but as long as I get to the ending I'll consider it a mission accomplished. The good thing is that since it's been so long since I last played, the game feels 95% new to me. I do remember things here and there, but overall it's pretty much starting over.

The Hobbit

Just got back from watching The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. I enjoyed the film despite not following the LOTR series. I saw the first one but don't really remember it much. I think my favorite character in the film was Gandalf. He was pretty badass at times. The scenery and soundtrack was great too. I'm willing to watch the rest and go back to the LOTR series and finish those off too.

Looper - Premium Rush

Tonight was a Joseph Gordon-Levitt movie night for the hangout I had with my friends today(was Thursday). Rented both and enjoyed both. I wouldn't have been disappointed paying money at the theater to see either one. I personally felt everyone did good with their roles. With Looper, I really like the little kid playing Cid(Pierce Gagnon). He was great.

Premium Rush has Levitt playing the role of a bike messenger(delivery service) in NY.Gets into some issues because of contents he's suppose to deliver. Does the job because of the rush he gets off of it compared to some office job where he'd be stuck in a room for hours doing boring stuff.

Looper has Levitt as a guy working for the mafia that disposes of bodies when needed. Movie's set in Kansas 2044. The bodies come from the future through time travel from 2074. He's assigned a time and place to shoot on arrival. Gets his payday with each kill. Things get interesting when the next person he's suppose to kill is his future self.

I'd recommend both movies; and thus they earn my seal of approval. 

GetGlue

Not sure if I did it right but I have finally decided to request some of the stickers I've earned on GetGlue. Let's see how long it takes and what/how many they send.

Birth

Today one of my cousins gave birth to an un-named baby girl. I want to see her but probably won't until the weekend. Welcome to the family though! I'll update when I find out what her name is.

Edit: Forgot to add her name. She is forever to be known as Natalie = )

Finding Nemo

So I finally got to watching this movie in its entirety. I don't know why I took so long to do it, but I loved it. My favorite character was easily Ellen's Dory. I particularly loved her whale talk. I will own this on Blu-Ray in the future. That's for sure.

Enter 2013

So I'm going to try and revive this blog. I have no idea what I'm going to do with it, but I might as well do SOMETHING. I think I only made one post last year. Gotta try to keep it more active.

Quotes

Decided that I'm going to start putting down quotes that I like for no reason.

It costs nothing to say something kind. Even less to shut up altogether. - Nathan Fillion

Rumors are carried by haters, spread by fools and accepted by idiots. - Ezekiel Jackson (added 1/11/11)

2012 Begins

So it's officially 2012. Another 365 days to live life to its fullest(or not...depends on the person). Anyway, so this year I'm actually going to try and make/keep resolutions, but for the sake of not jinxing myself I'm not going to post what they are. Although I probably should so I actually remember what it was that I was hoping to do this year. I guess I can always edit this later if I feel like it. We'll see how it goes.

Puss In Boots

So I got to watch Puss In Boots today and I must say it was great. It's the type of movie I won't mind owning when it comes out on DVD. The movie tells the story of Puss in Boots(Antonio Banderas) in his days before meeting Shrek(there are no Shrek cameos in the film, and if there are, I didn't catch 'em). He sets out in an adventure with his friend Humpty Alexander Dumpty(Zach Galifianakis) to retrieve the Goose that lays golden eggs. Puss encounters a female counterpart, Kitty Softpaws(Salma Hayek). George Lopez' tv wife Constance Marie appears in the film as Puss' mother. Also shown in the film are Jack and Jill who have possession of the magic beans that Puss and Humpty need for their journey. In usual Dreamworks fashion there are jokes for the kids and jokes for the adults attending. I think my favorite line is when Puss says "maldito huevo." Music from Rodgrigo y Gabriela can be heard in the movie during a scene(which I thought was cool). Anywho, yeah I liked the movie and that's why it gets my seal of approval. Oh and you don't have to watch Shrek 2-4 in order to understand anything. Just thought I should say that in case it wasn't clear.

Twitter

Ryan Potter(of Nickelodeon's Supah Ninjas) has now been added to the list of Twitter Replies Hall of Fame.

1) Pro Wrestler - Gregory "Hurricane" Helms *7/12/11, 1/10/12*
2) WWE Legend - Stone Cold Steve Austin *5/25/11*
3) Batman - THE Batman(Kevin Conroy) *6/21/11, 7/8/11*
4) Supah Ninjas - Ryan Potter *10/29/11, 1/12/12*
5) Supah Ninjas - Carlos Knight *10/30/11, 11/2/11, 5/4/12*
6) Supah Ninjas - Gracie Dzienny *10/31/11, 11/16/11, 1/1/12, 1/10/12, 2/6/12*

Will add more if I get replies.

Memorable Game/Show Items

9/25 edit: Pirates of the Carribean added
9/26 edit: Added picture for POTC
10/8 edit: Added Ni No Kuni/visual aid
12/24 edit: Digimon added

So it's come to my attention that while playing video games or watching shows you've noticed that sometimes items stand out. This blog is just for my own amusement to show what I want from each of the shows/games I'll list below. I'll probably add more pictures later on. So here goes(in no particular order):

Professor Layton
What it is: Puzzle game series with story involved.
What I want:

A figurine like this wouldn't be bad. Or maybe a plushie or something.

Ace Attorney
What it is: Court room based game played as a defense lawyer.
What I want:

Magatama used in the game.

Dragonball Z
What it is: Anime...not sure how to describe the series yet.
What I want:

The 7 Dragonballs

Death Note
What it is: Anime involving a notebook that causes death.
What I want:

A replica of that notebook.

Kingdom Hearts
What it is: Disney/Square Enix crossover game involving Disney/Final Fantasy and original characters
What I want:

Sora's Keyblade

Yu-Gi-Oh!
What it is: Anime involving duel monster cards and mystical items.
What I want: Bakura's Millennium Ring

Obtained: January 2009

Pokémon
What it is: Anime/Game in which monsters are caught to assist you in becoming a Pokémon master.
What I want: A Pokéball

Obtained: Sometime in 1998. Once a keychain with Pokémon inside. Not sure what became of those. Still have the Pokéballs though.

Sonic The Hedgehog
What it is: Game which has Sonic saving the world from Dr. Robotnik
What I want:

7 Chaos Emeralds

Super Mario
What it is: Game about a plumber that always has to rescue the princess
What I want:

Invicibility Star(not sure in what form)

Pirates of the Caribbean
What it is: Series of Disney movies
What I want: Davy Jones' key/chest, medallion.

Obtained: Sometime during Dead Man's Chest's 2006 theatrical release

Ni No Kuni
What it is: RPG game from Level-5 and Studio Ghibli
What I want:

Magical Tome that comes with the DS game. This will be the hardest item to get because the US isn't getting a release on the DS. The PS3 version(which IS coming to the US) will include an in-game version. The book is based on the one the protagonist in the game uses. It features artwork and puzzle answers that you have to reference in order to progress through the game.

Digimon
What it is: Anime about kids that can travel to a digital world
What I want:

A Digivice. Used to transport to the digital world and help Digimon evolve into other ones.

So there you have it. As of today I officially decided that I want to try and get a hold of each of those things be they replicas, mini versions, etc. If I manage to get the item I want I'll add a picture showing I've acquired them.

Death Note

I've never been much of an anime fan. It's not that I don't like it, I just haven't gone out of my way to try and watch what doesn't air on regular TV. Netflix has some anime stuff and I came across Death Note. I had already heard of it but never actually seen any of it. Decided to give it a shot to see if I'd like it. The first episode made me think "hmm this looks interesting". I was hooked by the 2nd episode. The show is about a high school student named Light Yagami. On his way home from school he finds a notebook with Death Note written on the front. Curious as to what it is, he looks inside to see instructions on how to read it.

1. The human whose name is written in this note shall die.
2. This note will not take effect unless the writer has the person’s face in their mind when writing his/her name. Therefore, people sharing the same name will not be affected.
3. If the cause of death is written within the next 40 seconds of writing the person’s name, it will happen.
4. If the cause of death is not specified, the person will simply die of a heart attack.
5. After writing the cause of death, details of the death should be written in the next 6 minutes and 40 seconds.

At first Light is skeptical, but as they say curiosity killed the cat...or is this case Light's test subject. He writes down two names before realizing that the notebook is in fact real. Having used the notebook, the shinigami(a god of death) Ryuk appears before him. Ryuk will not leave his side unless either Light dies, or the notebook is destroyed. The two people that Light kills do/or did bad things. Upon their deaths, Light decides that he will become a god and punish the evil.

After several deaths of criminals, the police begin to question the cause of death. Light takes the name of "Kira" and sparks the interest of "L". L is a super detective who has solved any case he's ever committed to. He works in secrecy and contacts others by means of his assistant Watari. L makes an open challenge to Kira saying that Kira will be caught and brought to justice while Kira decides he will kill L as soon as he discovers his true identity.

There's probably more I could say but I'd likely begin to spoil things. There's 37 episodes to this series and was even made into 3 live action movies(one being a spin-off of sorts). I'll have to look into those 'cause I'm curious to see them now that I know what goes on in the world of Death Note.