...so I decided to rent Alone in the Dark in at my local Blockbuster...
I know what you're asking, What the fuck is wrong with you?!
 
I made a list of excuses why I rented it:

1. I was bored
2. I am a Masochist.
3. I have never seen an Uwe Boll movie
4. I am a Masochist.
5. I hadn't seen a video game movie in a long time.
6. I am a Masochist.
   

I've heard about it being bad because of TANG and Nostalgia Critic's review of Alone in the Dark ( The Review). However there was the curiosity motive in me that really wanted to experience the movie itself. And so I traveled in to the edge of insanity that is of Uwe Boll.
 
After watching the 96 minutes of that movie...well...it was the worst movie I have ever seen in my life...PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!
I'm just shocked...shocked that I have decided to endure watching this piece of shit movie. I honestly thought that Transformers 2 was the worst movie I have seen in a long time but Alone in the Dark beats it by a landslide.
 
Its one thing to watch an episode of TANG about Alone in the Dark but watching the actual movie is a completely different animal.
 
Let me put it this way; My expectations for that movie was literally nonexistent. That movie completely annihilated my nonexistent expectations! This movie is going to haunt me for a very VERY long time...

On the contrary to the title, I actually love Blizzard Entertainment. I mean who doesn't?! They really do make some excellent games. But you want to know what makes playing these great games better? They're better if they are free! How is that possible??? I have a thing called connections...or a friend that said that I can just have them because their brother no longer plays them. So the two games I got are Diablo and Diablo II (minus the expansion). Whats funny is that the game's came in these huge boxes and I thought they came in those small jewel cases but I was wrong...totally wrong. 
 
The only history I have with Blizzard games is World of Warcraft and that game nearly took my soul away. I ALMOST lost it...almost! But thats not what I'm actually talking about. As you all know, Blizzard makes awesome games and the only real awesome game I played was WoW. So I decided to give these two games a whirl! At first I wasn't too impressed with the first Diablo for some odd reason. I tried the online component and that didn't really help things but I did beat it and was actually pretty satisfied with the story of the game so as a result I kinda had a bitter sweet about the first Diablo. So I sort of had a bad impression about the Diablo franchise but it was the second game that completely changed my mind! When I started Diablo II, I really thought it was just a recycled Diablo one until I started killing more enemies...and more enemies...and more...then I leveled up. Then I was able to kill more...and more! However it was my first rare drop that pretty much sold me to the game. I was legitimately excited to get a rare item. And so my journey of the crazy world of Diablo II has begun...
 
So the first thing that I wanted to point out was how old these graphics are! I mean, I knew that they were old skool games but jeez...I didn't know that they were that old. I was kinda surprised by Diablo II but hey, who am I to complain? Whats weird though is that the resolution is still in 640 x 480 which was another surprising thing to me as well. Oh well, as long as I kill my enemies in a bloody fashion what else do you need? Of course my choice of class was simple for me, the Barbarian! In any RPG, the only type I play is the Tank. There is nothing more thrilling than throwing myself in the fray and just being surrounded and having so much health that I won't die for minutes on end!  (Leeroy Jenkins anyone?) My favorite thing about Diablo II so far is the fact that they do a pretty good job on making you feel awesome! As you acquire more equipment and more skills and get your stats up even higher, I actually felt powerful for once in my life. While I'm only in the 2nd act, I still go back to the 1st Act area just so i can go into the bosses and kill them all by myself for sheer satisfaction! Also the one thing that drives me to play the game is the loot. There are so many items, weapon, armor, and God I love it!!! Its definitely a rush for me and I would be in my classes at college and I'm thinking about what kind of loot can I find after school.
 
So why do I curse Blizzard if I love a game they made? Its because they are so addicting! They make awesome games but they know what people like in a RPG and it delivers to me! And as a result I can't wait till Diablo III comes out. Nevertheless I enjoy Diablo II, its definitely the best game I've played on the PC since the Half-Life series. And now for random pictures for your enjoyment!
   

Thanks for reading!!!

When E3 came around there were plenty of games that were really cool but most of these are released in 2010. So when I heard that Borderlands and Modern Warfare 2 was coming out this year I'm actually really excited for them and normally I don't get so excited about First Person Shooters. However, these games seem much more distinct from what I have seen.

Modern Warfare 2

I like to call this year's E3 the year of the sequel. Now thats not a bad as long as the developers fix most of the complaints that were rather prominent in the game. So far from what I've seen MW2 looks much better than the first one (I'm finishing up my written review soon), but I felt like that the single-player wasn't long as I hoped and the Multiplayer wasn't as great as I really thought it was. Despite that I still really enjoyed the first one and from what I have seen in the gameplay footage both single-player and multiplayer footage, it really looks great. Also I always thought Soap McTavish was an awesome name for a character so seeing him comeback was great. Also the multiplayer looks like it has much more variety from the trailer I saw. Another plus for me was the way the HUD that looked much more sleeker. For me, the HUD is really important because I don't want it to be real crowded to where I can't focus on the game itself. Hopefully the multiplayer in the game will be much better than the first one. I don't know if its because I'm not good at it or whatever it is, but my time with the multiplayer always was pretty rough. Overall I always liked the direction that Infinity Ward took with the COD franchise and can't wait to get my hands on it.

Borderlands

I have had my Xbox 360 for over a year and yet there are games that I really missed an opportunity to play like Bioshock (Don't hurt me community!) and its not because I don't have the time to play it, its just that they go under my radar but I'm sure that all of you are thinking that I'm just putting up a bunch of bull crap. However when I heard of this game, courtesy of Jeff talking about it, I thought that it seemed interesting enough by blending in FPS and RPG together. Although I've always thought that sounded really difficult to execute because you would have to strike the right balance with them. If you have it RPG first priority then FPS then it really feels like that your shooting feels pointless because of the random dice roll of your stats and the gun. If you make it FPS first priority then it doesn't feel like an RPG and that you don't need to really use these upgrades as long as you know how to rack up headshots. The only game in my opinion that made this work well is Fallout 3; although it felt more like an RPG than FPS because of VATS, dialogue choices, etc. However the shooting in that game felt fair enough that shooting them still felt satisfying.

Borderlands definitely brought something much different than what I saw. It looks more of an RPG because of the characters definitely represent different types of classes that I have familiarize with such as the Beserker being the tank and all that jazz. However it looks more like an FPS with all the shooting. Speaking of guns, when I heard that there were more than a half-million guns my first reaction was like..."WHAT?!" "How is that even humanly possible?!". Then as l learned about how it was made possible my reaction was "Sweet!". One of my  hopes with this game is that it all the guns in the game feel different enough so that when I do get a new pistol, I can tell that it different from the one that I have right now. I'm also a sucker for games that have a great art style. The whole stylish look of the game looks absolutely fantastic, it feels very different from what I see in many games I've played. Also I hope the game's transition from going solo to with other people isn't as complicated like matchmaking. I just want to be able to join a game without being frustrated with the 100 menus I have to skim through just to get what I want. Also I noticed when I was watching other video game interviews with Randy Pitchford that he looks very excited. Every video I see with him in it he is always smiling but that kind of smile like he was very excited to show what he had. He seems to be very enthusiastic about the game and I really feel it as well.

So overall these are the two games that I'm truly excited about. Sure they're both FPS games, but every time I hear more about these two games, the more I really get excited about them. All I hope is that they both rock my socks off.

Well I've been playing PC games for quite a long time (3-4 years to be more exact), and so I've gathered a healthy amount of games which most of them are on steam. I must say that I really do enjoy playing on the PC but even though I've been playing for so long, there is still a few things that really agitate me very much about the PC gaming market that really turns me off to gaming on the PC in general. Obviously you should already know what I'm talking about...

The main beef that I have with PC gaming is the fact that in order play a handful of games these days is that you have to have the proper equipment. Now to be fair I'm not really looking for a super-ultra-mega gaming PC that runs Crysis at a very smooth rate, but I would still like a PC that can play a game at least somewhat smoothly. I'm more of a performance over quality all the time but even then I still feel as though I would need those high end parts in order to get most out of gaming. However its just ridiculous how expensive these parts are and lets face it, I'm not going to spend $300 just so I can be able to play a $50 or less game. It just insane to me! For all those curious about my PC all you really need to know that it can run most Valve games except I have to tweak Half-Life 2: Episode 2 to get it to run decently without choppy framerate.

Another thing that really bugs me about buying PC games is the "Specs" needed in order to play a certain game. Now when I do go to the PC games section and take interest in a certain game obviously one of the things I look for is the "Recommended" requirements that are needed to play the game. Now theoretically, if I have the "Recommended" requirements I should to be able to play a PC game with at least a solid framerate without it looking sort of crappy. But however its just not the case for and it can get really irritating when I have to change settings all the time in order to have some kind of smoothness. Its tedious, occasionally confusing, and its just too much work for me.

I really just don't know anymore...and it all just feels somewhat overwhelming to me. Are there any PC people that can at least enlighten me about PC Gaming and all the hardware stuff? Should I just go off and buy the parts to play a game?

Well I just want to start out by saying I hope you guys at the Giant Bomb forums and crew that you had a great 4th of July. Mine didn't go as planned and in fact, it turned into a natrual disaster movie so allow me to tell you an interesting tale. I woke up at 1 PM totally forgetting that it was 4th of July until my mother woke me up. I got all excited because this is the day that I got to see Public Enemies with my mom. The movie was all right, it had a good amount of action and Depp and Bale did a solid job on the acting. So as the movie ended and me and my mom were leaving the mall we became very hungry and decided to find a food joint and eat there.

It was then we saw the dark clouds that were gradually heading towards us and we didn't think of it much. As we headed down the road, the clouds got darker and darker. I knew a storm was coming...next thing you know it we started seeing lightning start popping out of nowhere and one was only about I'd say 50 feet away from us. Man I wish I had my camera then! At first I was sure that God was sending me a warning that my evil aunt was in town, but we never heard from her so I just thought it was just a plain ol' storm.  Then all of a sudden, "WHA-BAM!", it started downpouring very hard. Then the wind picked up and I started seeing trees branches being blown away. It got bad...real bad...like Twister the movie bad.

Now normally I don't panic in these kinds of situations but I did because me and mom started seeing all the buildings in our area with no power at all, even the traffic lights went down and navigating was a no easy task. It was kind of scary because we could barely see anything, but a few feet in front of us. However, my mother was starving and was so hungry that she still wanted to grab a bite to eat despite the fact that were in a giant storm, barely could see a few feet because of the rain pouring, and there was a solid chance that we could hit something if it came out of nowhere. But alas my mom was hungry and she wanted food and sure enough we stopped by a food joint that had shades that was good enough to keep us dry as she ordered our food. Then as she inserted her debit card into the machine that accepts cards, she drops it and cannot reach it. Used as an expendable I had no choice but to go outside and grab that stupid card. I ran, grabbed it, and dashed straight back to the other side of the car. Even my running was futile as I was completely soaked.

So after that crazy food quest through the fury of the storm we came home only to find that part of our tree landed on the lawn (thank God that it didn't land on the house of my car...). Well things got much better as we found out that our house had zero electricity (Wheres Cole McGrath when you need him?!). Nothing worked at all and were stuck in the dark, with a damaged tree. To make things worse, my black cat disappeared because he went outside before we left the house...
Nothing could really describe how frustrated we were, and the sad part was that there was no fireworks at all obviously. Luckily I shut down my lap top so it had plenty of power. In a way to enlighten the mood me and my mom decided to watch a movie on the lap top. The DVD drive didn't work as well as I hoped. All of a sudden my mom says "Well I guess you know what that means?". "No I don't know what you mean..." I said. "Its time we had the talk...about the Bird and the Bee." my mom said. So here I am in the dark, with no electricity, a lap top that didn't work, a broken tree, a missing cat, and my mom decided to talk about sex. And so my mother started to talk about sex until our electricity came back on...the power didn't come back on for 3 hours.




After that crazyness, the power started to kick back on and boy was I excited that it came back on! My 4th of July was probably one of the most craziest days ever. I mean seriously, what are the odds of all this happening to me on the 4th of July?! How?! Ah well at least I got out that mess. On the bright I found my black cat later that night! I was taking out the trash into my trash bin and next thing you know it, he came back. Although I swear he popped out just like a ninja, like Ryu Hyabusa! And the way that he was standing was really cool actually. Take a look for yourself! Overall this will definitely a 4th of July that I will never forget. So how was everyone else's 4th of July? Did anyone get into any crazy hijinks or did a random storm occur during you 4th of July? If so please share your story!