I never intended to complete all of the Red Dead Redemption ambient challenges.  But recently I saw I was so close, it seemed a shame not to finish them. First off, I had to kill a bear with just a hunting knife. So, off I went . . . Again . . . and again [...]

this is a blog post. But you and I know the truth, so let’s just call it what it is: a blatant attempt to meet my quota for National Blog Posting Month. No more, no less. I tried to post earlier, but the server was down. Then I was stricken with sinus pain that made [...]

Bring down the house lights.  I want to talk about something near and dear to my heart. Today is the annual Great American Smokeout.  And don’t you love the picture they used for that linked article?  It’s like the woman with the cigarette stepped out of a film noir.  Yeah, that’ll really encourage more people [...]

Party relations between Democrats and Republicans are currently shakier than ever.  Between professional Democrats and Republicans, that is.  Normal people don’t give a shit.  These differences between the lawmaker, hand shakers of this country have to be resolved, or else nothing is ever going to get accomplished. I’d like to offer some very simple, bi-partisan [...]

It looks like AMC’s The Walking Dead got back on track this Sunday.  I was worried after last week.  That episode, entitled, Guts, seemed really bad when I first watched it.  I watched it a second time, and it wasn’t bad at all, really.  It just had some rough spots.  Namely, a couple of poorly [...]

If you don’t get the title of this post, by the way, then you are tragically un-hip. Or it’s the exact opposite.  I’m not sure how that works anymore. Well, once again, my hopes for a decent alien invasion have been flushed down the toilet by this weekend’s opening of Skyline.  Looks like it’s a [...]

I mentioned before that I keep watching movies that are so full of spoilers, I can hardly say anything about them without ruining the experience for others. Well, here’s the worst of the bunch. I mean, it’s most likely the best of the bunch. But I can’t tell you about it. Trust me, if I [...]

I finally watched the full version of Neil Blomkamp’s short film inspired by the Halo games.  I understand that he did a series of Halo shorts to promote the launch of Halo 3 years ago.  I’m not sure if this film is a pieced together version of those shorts, or, if it’s something else he [...]

I have to be honest.  I got nothin’ today.  It’s the end of a long week and I am completely spent. The best I can offer up is some movie news that I am very excited about.  Guillermo Del Toro’s adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness.  This will be the first big [...]

I eagerly dug into Call of Duty: Black Ops this week.  The game was released on Tuesday, and I wasted no time ripping off the packaging and throwing it into my magic game box. The verdict? This is one of the most batshit crazy games I have ever played. I don’t mean “crazy” as in [...]