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Saw: The Video Game; Oz; Retribution

While I'm waiting for the now pretty crappy Sunday night Animation Domination to start I decided to post a blog about some stuff. Oh and I say AD is kinda bad now becuase King of the Hill is gone so I only watch Simpsons and American Dad.

First thing is I rented the game Saw based off the never ending movie series. Seriousally their already writing a 7th and planning an 8th. It's never going to end.

So overall the game is sort of a let down, but it's not. I didn't expect much to begin with and it didn't deliver much, but overall is was OK. The comat system is really the only very very bad thing, prouble the worst combat system ever. Basically the plot is you playing Detective Tapp (the black guy from the 1st movie who got his throat slashed) and walk around an abandoned asylum saving these people that hurt you in some way, kinda like the 3rd film (or mabye the 5th I cant remember). Along the way you run into minions, crazy dudes who want to rip you open to get a key inside you to escape. The puzzles in the game are pretty fun and you have to think at some points, and use certain perspectives. That part I enjoyed. But the few glitches in the game also made it semi-hard such as not being able to use your health packs super easy. I beat the game in 3 days and I didn't even play it much on the 2nd day due to being stuck on a hard part, but the other two games I did play alot so I can say the length isn't half bad. Overall the game is just a attempt to try and make the movies look better, which it doesn't because the movies aren't great, despite me seeing them all and planning to see the 6th in two weeks. Deffiently don't buy the game but if you're bored and feel like spending $7 or whatever then rent it. 6/10.

So ten years ago a show called Oz about a prison appeared on HBO. I never saw it or knew about it until last year when I saw Christopher Meloni from SVU was in it. But for a few months it's aired on that 101 channel on Direct Tv. When the first episode aired I gave it a shot and wasn't to impressed but kept watching. By the fourth episode or so I saw it had potenital. By the end of the 1st season (only has 7 episodes per season except Season 4) it was great. Now 101 has aired all of Season 2 and the third episode of Season 3 is tonight. The show, while explicit, shows the truth about prison life (which I don't know firsthand) and the writing and acting is great. It shows all the groups such as the Aryain Brotherhood, and those others ones I can't remember and how they don't get along but are sometimes forced to. But the show is deffiently well written and I'm going to keep watching the rest of the seasons. I dont really know if anyone should check it out now since there's alot of characters and its about 17 episodes in, but if you can rent the dvds (I checked their on Netflix) or buy a episode or two off iTunes, see if you like it.

Last thing is the Shadows Fall album Retribution came out not to long ago. I have enjoyed the band for awhile but they've never shown their full potential. But this album is just 100% kick ***. Every song is great and there's a perfect mix of heavyness, softness, and the pure sweet sound of metalcore. If you listen to any song, listen to Embrace Annihilation. My Demise, War, and King of Nothing are the other best ones, but like I said the whole album is great. One of my favorite albums this year, 10/10

Posted by hsimpson44, 10/11/2009 4:42pm
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I'm Back From Prison

No I'm just joking, I just havent been on here for awhile so I felt I should prove I'm still alvie, and not in prison. Not really much to talk about, but I can tell you don't buy the new Saw game (based off the movie) I'll post a review soon once I beat it. And no it's not the worst game ever, but it sure as hell isn't worth $60. Hope everyone is doing well.
Posted by hsimpson44, 10/10/2009 11:42am
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Digital Copy Help/ FOX Hurts "King" / Supernatural's Sad Guest Star/ O

"Sad Supernatural Guest Star"

First thing I have to say is that my favorite show (next to Simpsons of course), Supernatural has pulled one of the ballsiest moves I've ever seen.

http://www.tv.com/story/17100.html?tag=side;most_commented_stories

Im not sure if the link works, but in case it didnt, they have got Paris Hilton, worst person in the world, to appear on a episode this coming season. Bad? Very Bad? Mabye not.

Trust me, I hate Paris as much as everyone, her acting, her attitude, that stupid ******* dog of hers, and even that new MTV special. But, getting her to appear on Supernatural might be a good thing. Now, sorry if I happen to affend any fans of hers, but I dont really think there are many on here. As horrible and stupid as she is, shes very famous. Supernatural only averages 3 million viewers, which isnt bad for The CW but still isnt good. I remember they got Tricia Helfer back in Season 2 and that helped the ratings alot, for that episode, but the episode wasnt the best so not many new viewers stayed. But mabye Hilton will bring in some new viewers who will stay, and that can bring a better possibility of a Seasoon 6. Not to mention the plotline for the episode isn't really that bad. Sam and Dean discover a demonic thing a ma jig is pocessing Paris Hilton (so yeah, shes playing an evil version of herself), and that seems funny. Plus, being a horror show, there's a possibility of her dying, which, along with Jared Padalecki and Elisha Cuthbert, made House of Wax watchable. So before Supernatural fans freak out, I think they should think of the long run. But I would still rather her just not be on the show, they should get some good famous person, like Seth Rogen! The episode is American Idol and airs Oct. 8. On a lighter note of the show, the episdoe that airs before it Oct. 1 has the 2nd best title of the show ever "The Douchebag of Oz" which is 2nd only to last Seasons "Chris Angel is a Douchebag" He really, really is.

"Digital Copy Help"

Speaking of Supernatural, just curious to any US residents who have the Season 3 dvd, how do i use my digital copy? It didnt come with a paper thing like Harold and Kumar did, and I dont see anything about it on the box, but the season should have it. I can just burn the show onto my computer but Im guessing the digital copy would have a smaller video size, so just asking. Im apparently just not very good with digital copies or something, the only dvd I've gotten with it was Harold and Kumar 2 and at the time the computer I had's dvd drive was messed up so I couldnt use it, so I stupidly thought if someone put it on their computer I could transfer it with a flashdrive, but of course due to copywright laws it can only go to one computer. Go figure. So I just burned both Harold and Kumar movies onto my new laptop in revenge! No one call the government on me! Its just for private use haha!

"Memories of Monk, Part 1?"

So over the next few blogs, I might mention more of Monk here and there, simply because I have warning that its ending, so unlike most shows which you dont find out until later, I can actually write a few things about it. So today I just happened to find this article, which basically suggests that Monk made USA (channel) what it is today. Since I've only really watched the channel for a few years (by the way, Monk and Psych are how I found the channel) I guess I cant say thats true because I dont know, but if it is, I really, really owe Monk, because USA is actually my favorite channel with Monk, Psych, Law and Order: SVU, Criminal Intent, and all their great movies. Not only that, their actually good to their shows, which most cable networks are, but that matters to, because their not just having them because they want ratings and money, FOX! Here's the article:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2009-08-06-monk_N.htm?csp=usat.me

"Dirge Within"

I also want to mention a new metal band I happened to find. A label website had a free download of the song "Force Fed Lies" by a band Dirge Within, from their upcoming debut album "Force Fed Lies." So basically their a band that isnt going to be well known, at least right away but the song was great, similar to brutal Lamb of God. Their debut album comes out Sept. 1 but I found the whole album leaked so I got it. I gotta say that aside from the title track, so far the 8/12 songs I've heard arent super heavy, more like metalcore with singing and slow parts, but Im really enjoying the album. Deffiently gonna try to buy it if I can find it when tis released.

"FOX Hurts the "King" (of the Hill)"

Another thing I want to say is, as you know, or will in two seconds, FOX cancelled King of the Hill so they can bring more Seth MacFarlene piece of crap comedy, but there has been six episodes produced that would have been part of Season 14, that FOX was going to air, to give the show a proper send off, even though thats not really a send off, but its more than most shows get. But now, FOX decided it rather have reruns of stupid **** so they wont be airing, them, instead they will air a 1 hour episode thingy on Sept. 13. The other four episodes will supposedly air in syndication, but I doubt it, but theres also a possibility that Adult Swim will air them. But the descriptions of the last two episodes FOX will air are here, and neither seem like a proper series finale. So I guess 12 years dont mean **** to FOX, I cant wait to see how they end The Simpsons, mabye they'll put together some great 10 minute clip show and air 4 new episodes in one night, cause their so loyal. Once again, **** you FOX.

Episode 254: The Boy Can't Help It

Bobby becomes quite the ladies' man when several girls in his class consider him a potential date for the Homecoming dance. When he realizes the girls are just playing with his emotions and are not really that interested, he asks his pal Connie to the dance.

Episode 255: The Honeymooners

Hank is shocked when his mother announces she is marrying a man she has only known for a few weeks. Soon after, the newlyweds celebrate by purchasing an RV and heading to Hank's. When Hank's mom and new stepfather have a heated argument, she takes off with the RV and Hank is left to rescue his mother once again.

"My Most Watched Movies (By Guessing)"

Since I dont really keep track of the number of times I've watched videos, I dont have a set amount, but I got a pretty good guess of my most watched movies, in no particular order.

The Butterfly Effect: Watched it almost every week for a few months back in 2006 when I got the DVD, and numerous times on FX cause tv sucks alot.

Shrek: Used to watch it alot when it first came out for some reason, havent watched it in years but Im sure its somewhere near the top.

Stephen King's "IT": When I had a VHS copy of it (yes VHS) I watched it a good bit, and its been on TV a good amount of times. Plus I've watched it for years since its so old, I really need to get a DVD version.

Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle: Not only numerous times on Comedy Central and TBS, but the DVD alot in the past two years.

Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay: Just a mere week after the DVD release I had it memorized, still pretty much do by the way. Oh and Im watching it now on my laptop. Kumar: "**** you, donuts are awesome!" Harold: "Their delicious!" At that part right now.

The 40-Year-Old Virgin: Mostly on tv cause for some reason I still dont have the DVD but I have memorized the tv version and seen the dvd a good bit also. At the top of my favorite movies list.

South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut: Not to much on tv cause its hardly on and when it is its in the middle of the night, but I had the DVD are watched it every week, then bought it off iTunes so I gave the DVD away, then deleted it off my computer cause I needed room (old laptop, new ones just fine by the way) so now I dont have it at all and havent seen it in a good while, but I prouble still remember it.

Also watched The Simpsons Movie, Futurama: Bender's Big Score, The Amityville Horror (remake), and Red Dragon alot.

I'll post more sometime soon if theres anything interesting.

Posted by hsimpson44, 08/13/2009 1:23pm
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Mayehm Festival/ Funny People/ Prototype

Ok so alot's happened in the past week, I know I said I'd be on around Wednesday and I wasn't so I decided to type this at 10 at night tonight (Friday). Ill get to everyone else's blogs over the weekend cause I have nothing to do this weekend. But I can tell you about my past week, or the parts of it I havent blocked out!

Last Friday I went to Mayhem Festival. Bands that were there were Slayer, Trivium, Killswitch Engage, God Forbid, and All That Remains, that I liked. Bullet for My Valentine had to miss a few days, so Mushroomhead filled in, rather have seen Bullet but the others were great. Have to say Killswitch and Trivium put on the best shows, and Im not just saying it because their awesome my favorites that were there. Triviums set list wasnt the best, but only because they only got a 30 minute set, but they still rocked. Killswitch had a fairly long one, and of course played My Curse and their cover of Holy Diver. Overall its the best concert I've been to, would have been even better if some of the bad bands were replace with Disturbed and Lamb of God, but it was still great.

Monday night I went with some friends and saw Funny People. First I have to say that the movie is very long, 10 mins shy of 2 1/2 hours, and of course I had to pee most of it, but I stayed. And I stayed because, like his other movies, it rocked. Im not going to list any major spoilers or anything, just give a rough description and my opinion about it.

It was easily the most dramatic of all Seth Rogens comedy films. I knew it was more dramatic than the others, but the amount was more than I thought. But dont get me wrong, drama films are good, and it still had alot of comedy and funny jokes. Plots basically simple, Seth Rogens character Ira is an unknown comedian who lives with Jonah Hills character Leo and Mark, played by Jason Schwartzman. Adam Sandler's character George is a very successful comedian/actor and learns he is dying. He discovers Ira and hires him to write jokes. With the help of Ira his life gets better and he starts to like life more. He starts to make contact with his ex-grilfriend Laura, played by the awesome director of most Seth Rogen movies (Judd Apatow) wife Leslie Mann, but she is married and has a family. George learns that he most likely will not die, so he has to decide how to use his second chance. While that all sounds dramatic, like I said there's plenty of comedy through the whole movie, starting with the old Adam Sandler prank calls to the last scene. It also doesnt end super happy like alot of movie do, with is good to see sometimes because its different. I dont really Adam Sandler movies very much, but I enjoyed it. The reviews for it are also pretty high by the way. Overall so I dont give much away, its great, but really long, so pee before you see it.

I also bought the fairly new game Prototype for the 360, kinda on a spur of the moment because I usually dont buy very many games. But this game is great and I'm enjoying it. I'm close to the end, I only have a few missions left but Im gonna wait until my next blog to fully review it. But the game is great. Just to briefly review it, your character is a shapeshifting monster bad***. The game style is similar to Assassian's Creed, where you can run up walls, and have a blade, plus your character wears a hood. But as you'll see in my proper review, this games better.

So as I'm typing this I watched the season premire of the final season of Monk. First I have to say, I only started watching Monk exactually two years ago with the Season 6 premire, now its on 8. So for me the show is still fresh and new so I'm not ready for it to end, but it will end, since it only has 15 episodes left with no breaks. So in a short time I'll simply be left with a show I think ended to early (though I know it didnt because it is old) and I'll have the repeats I've seen so much in the past two years. But the premire was pretty good, I think the episodes around Seasons 4-6 were the best, and I actually didn't really like Season 7 last year but during the marathon of it today I really enjoyed them so now I like it. But so far Season 8's off to a good start, I tried guessing the criminal and got it wrong, so I guess that means they still have good plotlines. But now Im off to watching Pscyh which is starting its 4th season, and like Monk I started two years ago with the premire of Season 2, so I'm also not ready for it to end, but I'd say it'll have another season or two at least.

Like I said, I'll get to everyone elses blogs this weekend, so I hope everyones doing well. Im just kinda sick right now, dont know whats wrong just had a headache all day and it wont go away, so Im just gonna watch Psych and go to sleep. Might see Orphan tomorrow but I dont know, prouble wont be very good.

Posted by hsimpson44, 08/07/2009 7:20pm
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Time For An Update/ Im Going to Mayhem Festival

I havent posted anything since the beginning of the month. I actually meant two a week ago or so and I typed some of this and other crap on the blog, then it messed up and I lost everything. So now I'm smart and Im typing this on Word Pad before so I wont loose it. At least all the blogs are back.

The thing about Mayhem is at the end by the way.

So as you prouble know I've had to replay all my 360 games since mine broke so now Im doing some re-reviews on games you've prouble already played.

Call of Duty: World at War: The 5th installment takes the game back into the past into WWII where you play as America and Russia. The gameplay is like all the others, which is different from some games. But I've been playing it on Veterain and it is hard as ****. It took me a good long time to beat it, just one part of a level I got stuck on for two days, then played it and beat it. But the difficulty of Veterain mode makes up for the length of the game, which is short played on a easier mode. If you dont play multiplayer or have Xbox Live, the games not really a buy since after playing through Veterian you get most of the non-live achievements but it is fun and worth at least a rent.

Grand Theft Auto: IV: Really I dont want to write much about it due to me playing it for 25 hours in three days to get an achievement. The plot is very long, not to mention everything else after that. With or without Xbox Live, its worth the money due to the funness and length.

Turok: Basically your average shooter that mixes dinosaurs and some weird people that are bad. Length of the game is fairly long, and difficulty like CoD is actually hard on high levels. I still dont think its really a buy unless you like the Turok series.

Clive Barker's Jericho: Another shooter game, where you are the leader of a team sent to investigate some supernatural thing a ma jig. Then you die and get to pocess your teammates. While the length is pretty good, the game itself is very easy. The hardest mode (Hard) isn't very challenging not to mention all you have to do for all the achievements (no live ones) is beat the game on hard, then kill a certain amount of enemies with certain guns/melee which is easy, I had them all on my old Xbox. Make things easier, you can get them all in one simple playthrough if you follow this guide: http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/clive-barkers-jericho/guide/ I'm playing through the game again for the 1000 gamerscore, I'm about 1/4 to where I was (about 3000 now, had about 12,000) Either way, just rent it and get it out of the way.

So I'll have more soon.

Next I'm gonna review a few movies that I've recentlly watched/downloaded off the internet/ got from a friend who downloaded off the internet.

First off isn't really a movie, its Prison Break - The Final Break and its really just two un-aired episodes (aired in the UK, but of course not the US) put together for a film. I'll keep this next part simple, it takes place after the series finale but before the last scene of the series finale, where it jumps ahead 4 years. The "film" revolves around Michael's girlfriend/wife who gets put in prison for killing Michael's mom. A hit is put out on her by the General, who's some **** from the final season. So of course, Michael has to stage a prison break. Which brings me to a point where I have to mention in 4 seasons, that show has 3 prison breaks, makes the prison system look kinda bad. But the film resolves the questions that p*ssed me off at the end of the series, so I'm glad for that. I'm deffiently gonna buy it when it comes out next week. Final Rating: B+

I rented Knowing, with that one guy from those National Treasure movies and didn't expect much from the commericals, but of course commericals are really false advertising. The movie rocks. Basically a man's son receives a strange letter from a time capsel that is a bunch of number, and they (at the time, predicted cause it was made 50 years ago) ever "major disaster" on Earth. But as it turns out, its more than that, with it predicting Earth's demise. The film takes a thriller/sci/fi turn mid-way when strange people start following his son, and its hard to say much about the plot without ruining it, but it has a really good ending that I dont get to say much. Im suprised in myself but I saw the end coming, and I just mean the major part of it, about the ****** taking **** to ******* ****** to save **** and start ********** a *** *****. There you go! Final Rating: A-

Star Trek, by that guy who made Lost which I've never bothered to watch. I'd also never bothered to watch Star Trek, Stargate, or Star Wars, but my point is that I watched the new one and like promised, I was able to follow it with no knowledge of the tv series or past movies. The plot is what you'd expect from a futuristic sci/fi movie with spaceships and time travel and all that stuff but I didn't find the movie, um what's the word, cheesy and un-predictable. I actually enjoyed it. Thats really all I can say. Its not the best movie I've seen this year, but I'll watch the sequel. B-

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters: Believe it or not, I never watched the show until a month or two ago, but the shows really funny. So I rented the movie and its very clear its hard to stretch an 11 min show into a 88 min movie, the 1st half is literally just them trying to find a missing piece to a workout machine, and the second half is them trying to destroy the machine which turns into a monster, and them discovering where they were from. Other than the jokes, which were funny, and the randomness of the show, the plot is pretty weak. The beginning with Mastodon is really funny though. C

Now, staying on the topics of movies, I have to post a review of a awesome actor, Seth Rogen.

Seth Rogen!

Something about that guy is just awesome. Every movie I have seen with him in it, kids movie or whatever all his other movies are, are great. He started in some tv show called Freaks and Geeks that I've never seen, but I'll watch it if I ever remember to find it. But he got famous with The 40-Year Old Virgin, one of my favorite movies, and my favorite with him. Then he was in Knocked Up, which is great for people who dont even like comedies, because its also romantic and gets kinda dramatic part way through. Then there was a supporting role in Superbad, which also has Jonah Hill like the previous two (only a cameo in 40-Year Old Virgin) which was also a great funny movie about kids just wanting to have ***. After this he did alot of voice acting in kids movies I havent seen like Kung Fu Panda, Horton Hears a Who! and Monsters vs Aliens. But the next movies I say him in Pineapple Express, was one I didn't have much faith in but it proved me all his R rated movies, are great. Then Zack and Miri Make a Porno came out and its really not as dirty as it sounds. I mean of course it's dirty, but all his are, and it wasn't a let down either. The latest "adult" movie he's been in is Observe and Report, which made the least amount of money. Havent got a chance to see it yet, but I might just torrent it since the DVD wait is annoying. So next for him, he's in another comedy movie Funny People, which looks great, and it has Jonah Hill. But it also has Adam Sandler, and while I dont dislike him, there's not many movies I like with him, but the previews for this seem promising so I'll have to see it. He also has the lead role in The Green Hornet, who's apparently some superhero. And by recent footage of him, he's loosing weight, which kinda sucks. While its good for him, he just wont be the same. He also teamed up with Evan Goldberg and wrote an episode of The Simpsons, which should air in this new season. There's also a comedy trailer for a movie call Jay and Seth vs. the Apocalypse, which looks funny but I dont think it'll be a real movie. But yet Wikipedia says 2010, so who knows? But I gotta say, his adult movies, are great. He's a very funny person and does a great job.

Movies with him you have to watch:

The 40-Year Old Virgin

Knocked Up

Superbad

Pineapple Express

Zack and Miri

Monsters vs Aliens, kid movie but a kick *** cast, him Stephen Colbert, Kiefer Sutherland, Paul Rudd and Hugh Laurie.

Observe and Report (Im guessing it'll rock)

Funny People (All the previews, and the special of Comedy Central have been funny, gonna see it soon, cant this weekend)

On a different note, I decided to make a Twitter! So you can follow me at twitter.com/satan. I wanted something different, so thats why its that.

Haha, just kidding thats a pointless website, as Im typing this to find if twitter.com/satan was real (which it is) I noticed a "trending topic" of Joe Jonas, and that just proves twitter is g*y. Thank you.

It appears as if September will be good for music, at least metal. There's Dethklok's "The Dethalbum II", Five Finger Death Punch's "War is the Answer", Bullet for My Valentine "Here Comes the Storm", 3 Inches of Blood's album (cant remember the title), and Megadeth's "Endgame." I think there's one or two more, but I'm not sure. And Slayer has a new one coming soon also, they posted a new song today "Hate Worldwide" which is just typical Slayer, found it on YouTube here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPSutpPzsPA

Ill try to post more stuff soon.

Some awesome songs:

Hatredcopter - Dethklok

Cut You Up With a Linoleum Knife - Mastodon

New Shadows Fall song King of Nothing

New Five Finger Death Punch Song(s) Bulletproof, Burn it Down, and Hard to See

Oh and did I mention yet Im going to Mayhem Festival this Friday. The bands I cant wait to see are, Killswitch Engage, Slayer, Bullet for My Valentine, Trivium, All That Remains, and God Forbid. But of course with my luck Bullet isn't there on the 31, or the two days after that so we get Mushroom Head instead, but at least all the others are there.

Posted by hsimpson44, 07/27/2009 10:46am
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