It's official...
Guitar Hero II is the nuts!
For those who scour the forums, ya' know the story. For those who don't, it was possible to pull a fast one on Circuit City and, via a website purchase and in-store pickup combo, get the game in advance of the street date. Right after reading about the deal, I scored a copy late Friday night and have been jamming ever since.
Short story - the game takes all the great things from the PS2 version of the game, and hits it up with a heavy dose of steroids. The graphics, the sound, the gameplay are all just more polished. Add into that the DLC that is scheduled for the first week after launch, and should by all accounts be coming for a long time, and you got a hit with long legs to last.
Long story - there isn't one. Least not one that I'm going to write here. It'd take too long and be time away from the game. 
Posted by BalekFekete @ 10:31 pm EDT |
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7 Comments 2old2rock
Sometimes suspense is a good thing. The suspense of a great thriller movie, with an ending that hits you in the jaw like a brick thrown by Nolan Ryan – that’s a good thing. The suspense you have when you’re in the delivery room, still not knowing if you’ll have a new son or daughter – that’s a good thing. The suspense you have while you sit and wait for a new game to come in the mail, while it’s sitting on a truck making its way to your house – THAT SUCKS!
That new game is Guitar Hero II. As promised, and to the credit to the company, Red Octane has shipped out the pre-orders well in advance of the street date. Those local to the manufacturer are already receiving their copies and reveling in the ability to be the first to play the new game. How I hate them. I despise them like the Muslims despise the Danes. I despise them like the Red Sox despise the Yankees. I despise them like vanilla despises chocolate. Envy…what a powerful emotion.
So here I sit, looking at the UPS tracking information, hoping beyond hopes that in the course of the next few minutes there is a radical breakthrough in their driver’s abilities and truck capability and flight becomes possible. Hell, forget flight – I want teleportation! I want to reach through the space-time continuum and plant my copy on my coffee table this very instant. But such is not life, such is not reality. So I wait.
To those in the same boat, I offer up my sympathy. Know you have a brother out here in the ether patiently – oh who am I kidding – impatiently waiting for ‘ol Brown to show up at his doorstep. Until that point, I will leave you with another glimpse of the goodness that will come, and the thought that 2old2rock will be born in just a few days…
Posted by BalekFekete @ 9:27 am EDT |
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2 Comments The Pursuit of (un)Happyness
When reviewing movies here in the blog or out on the forums, I try to pay particular attention to keep them spoiler-free for those people who have not yet had a chance to take in any given flick. However, with this review/commenting, I'm not going to keep to that practice, so be forewarned…
Ok, now with that little public service announcement out of the way, The Pursuit of Happyness, starring Will Smith, was released on DVD yesterday. Having heard quite a lot of buzz around the movie during the Oscar season and such, it seemed like a solid addition to the DVD collection and a good movie for some husband/wife time last night. My wife picked up a copy while out shopping during the day, and after putting our youngest two to bed we settled down to the movie.
The movie is based off a real life story of Chris Garner, a down-on-his-luck salesman in a down-on-his-luck relationship with a blessed-from-God son. While trying mostly in vain to sell an overpriced, unnecessary medical device on the streets of San Francisco, he develops the desperate aspiration to become a stock broker. However, as well all know well in business, getting in is the hardest part. The ‘ol Catch-22 – Can’t hire you without experience, but without being hired, how does someone get experience. As the story goes, one of the brokerage houses has a regular internship where 20 people actively compete for 1 job. Pretty bad odds if you ask me, but Chris takes them and goes for the dream. Unfortunately, the mother of his son doesn’t get on board, and leaves him with his son to fend for themselves. Without giving any more away, it goes on and on this way…trial after trial after trial. I found myself genuinely feeling bad for this guy, and hoping that somehow it would stop and just let him have peace.
That was the first 98% of the movie. The last 2% of the movie is the payoff. Again, won’t go into the details, but it all ends well and this is the story that movies are made of, literally. With that said, the movie left me emotionally drained and thinking of my trials and failings, both past and current, and honestly didn’t give me a warm and fuzzy feeling about it. I was thinking “Why the hell am I / did I watch that?!?” This was what spawned the subject of this entry. I really did feel lousy while watching most of the movie.
Fortunately, the movie had a redeeming quality that overshadowed the negativity that it fostered in the viewer – for those of us with children, the relationship and unconditional love the father had for his son was palatable and contagious. I couldn’t help but walk upstairs and give each of my sleeping children a kiss on the forehead, thinking of how blessed I am to have them irregardless of whatever else I may have to deal with in this world. That was the payday. That was what made this movie so damn good.
So, long story short – see this movie if you have had hard times, or are going through hard times. Or more importantly, see this movie if you have children. It will give you a fresh look at the love they have for you, and you for them. And THAT is worth the price of admission.
Posted by BalekFekete @ 9:42 am EDT |
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2 Comments Captain Obvious Speaks
Men...listen up...
Posted by BalekFekete @ 10:12 am EDT |
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1 Comments Birth of a Timmy?
Oh God I hope not!
However, I finally gave in and signed my eldest up for an account on XBox Live as part of his gift set for maing his confirmation today. Fortunately, in setting up the account, I had the options to set up all kinds of family settings for his account, and was able to secure him from the rest of the network and only be visable and accessible to people on his friends list which, fortunately enough, I need to approve before any are added. I really need to tip my hat to Microsoft for making the system very friendly for a parent who is introducing their child to the net and online gaming.
Now, let the real training begin to teach him how to act online so that he doesn't, as the title suggested, turn into a Timmy.
Posted by BalekFekete @ 3:56 pm EDT |
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