I hate when this happens.

By Bruce August 2, 2008 3 Comments

It seems as if any time I really get IN TO a game, something comes along that fucks it all up.

 Take Diablo 2 for example. I have beaten the game on regular and Nightmare difficulty. I'm going through it on Hell now and either the game's random nature has just drawn me a bad hand, or this game is fucking evil.

 Allow me to explain. I use a Mage character who's main spell of choice is "Blizzard". I leveled up "Blizzard" to about level 16 and also have "Ice Mastery" to increase it's effects. When I had that spell being spammed constantly, not even Diablo could really do anything about it.

 The reason why it's such an amazing spell, is that "Blizzard" has the ability to both slow enemies movement speed greatly, and also do a fuck ton of damage. In my previous two play throughs, I laid waste to pretty much anything using that spell. BUT ON HELL MODE, every single fucking monster has an "Immune to Cold" buff, so I can't even use it. This has backed me in to a rather lackluster corner as I now have to rely on spells that I haven't leveled up enough such as "Chain Lightning" and "Meteor" to kill these enemies. But since I cannot freeze them, the often fast moving, traveling in packs of thirty PRICKS, gang up on me and kill me in seconds. It's a sad realization but I think I am done with Diablo 2.


 

In other news, I plan to see "The Dark Knight" today in theaters. To be perfectly honest, don't be surprised if I don't think this is the greatest movie I've ever experienced in my life when it's all said and done. The sole reason I am going to see this movie is for Heath Ledger and that is it. I don't care about the origin of "Two Face", I don't care how much spandex Christian Bale squeezes himself in to this time around......I just want to see the late actor who I had admired heavily for "Brokeback Mountain" go out on a good note.

 Had Heath not been in this movie, I never would have even wanted to see it. There are several reasons for this. 

1. I haven't liked any Batman movie I've seen. (Remember the one with George Clooney? UGH!)

2. I also hate Christopher Nolan.

 O.k., that might require some eleboration on my part. See, I remember being in my psychology class watching "Memento". And the entire time, all I could think about was how much of a piece of shit it was. Kudos to whoever edited the movie, because they did their job, but seriously people....."Memento" is trash.

Being forced to watch that movie in class and then TALK about it was (To use a Angry Game Nerd Analogy) like being violently gang raped by a group of cybernetic turkeys with 19 inch strap-ons for two hours. I mean, the plot was convoluted as all hell, the main actor was about as straight as Ellen DeGeneres, and that real irritating prick who played Ralph on "The Sopranos" was in it. It had a horrible premise, horrible acting, yet it's regarded as a cult classic........Fuck You Christopher Nolan!

 Now let's add in that both "Insomnia" and "The Prestige" were BORING as all hell, and  the fact that I wasn't too crazy about "Batman Begins" when I saw it on the FX channel, and you can see why Heath Ledger was the sole defining factor in me going to see this movie. I must say however, I have heard people state that if you did NOT like "Batman Begins", this movie makes a lot of changes to compensate for the earlier movie's flaws. I can promise you all that I will be doing a video blog to comment on both my Diablo 2 frustrations, and "The Dark Knight".


 Here are some quick blog bullets to keep you guys "Informed".

- Logitech Dual Action Gamepads are awesome.

- I 4*d Baba O'Riley on Hard.

- I wish my hair was back to it's natural color....(With the mix of brown and black I look like a Reese's cup)

- My Morissey shirt could not be any more bad ass.

- Paper Planes by M.I.A. is climbing up the charts thanks to "Pineapple Express". (Number 7th most downloaded song on Itunes as of this weeK)

- Has anyone noticed that all the movies by the "Superbad" guys look like shit when they're being trailered? I guess it's because too much of the jokes are "crude".

- I was going to make a top ten underrated actors blog but Giantbomb was being slightly screwy, so here's the list if anyone is curious. ( ) indicates note worthy performances.

10. Clifton Collins Jr. (Capote)
9. Ryan Phillippe (Cruel Intentions, Crash)
8. Jim Carrey (The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
7. Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting, Moulin Rouge!)
6. Haley Joel Osment (Sixth Sense, Artificial Intelligence: A.I.)
5. John Turturro (Big Lebowski,  Quiz Show, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink)
4. Steve Buscemi (Big Lebowski, The Sopranos, Fargo)
3. Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine, There Will Be Blood)
2. Casey Affleck (Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Gone Baby Gone)
1. Ryan Gosling (Lars and the Real Girl, Half Nelson)

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