Grand Theft Auto IV. w0ot! (with trepidation)

First off let me start by saying I really enjoy the entire Grand Theft Auto series. With the exception of the first 2 GTA's which were just bleh, GTA III, Vice City, and San Andreas are three of the best video games I've ever played. As a matter of fact I enjoy most of the games that Rockstar (the game's publisher) puts out. The games themselves are geared more towards adult gamers and aren't brightly colored kiddie stuff that Nintendo has made their millions on.

So I'm being left in a quandary. The newest installment of the series is set to be released on April 29th. The problem? Playstation 3 and X-Box 360 are the platforms the game are going to be released on, and I don't have either of those. The other problem? The game is next generation so when it is finally released on PC I can guarantee that my trusty old dell won't have the specs to run it.

I'm not a big fan of console gaming. I know that I am missing out on some of the best games out there by not owning a console but I am loyal. I have a problem wiring my brain to work with the myriad of various buttons on an X-Box 360's or PS3's controller. I really want to play GTA-IV though. I don't have the dollars to run out and get either one of the two systems the game will first be released on nor do I have the capital to buy the necessary parts to upgrade my gaming rig for when (or even if) it is released to PC (probably sometime this fall.)

Ah well, I'm sure I'll figure something out by then. This fall is a long ways off so hopefully my financial situation will have changed by the time GTA IV is released to PC. All I really need (I hope) is a new graphics card. If not, well, I got a buddy who keeps telling me he has a room in his house full of spare computer parts collecting dust. I might just have to take him up on his offer!

-Twiz

Hasbro tries again. G*I* Joe the movie.

After the huge success that was Transformers, which is in my top 5 favorite movies of all time, someone in Hollywood got the bright idea to make a movie about the other super popular toy from the 80's made by Hasbro. I'm speaking of course about a live action G*I* Joe movie.

I had all the action figures, planes, tanks, motorcycles, you name it I had it when it came to G*I* Joe. I think it was because the action figures were only $2.97 at the time, and since my mom was cheap I got those. She prefers the term frugal because it paints her in a better light but whatever. I'm an only child, spoil me dammit! Transformer's by comparison were $9.97 and up so you can see where she why. I got the other vehicles for birthdays and Christmas.

Um, now that I am done ranting about my childhood, back to the movie. I am not as optimistic about this Hasbro movie as I was the Transformer's one. I just don't think it will be as enjoyable. I hope I'm proven wrong however.

Stephen Sommers is directing. I absolutely loved The Mummy. The sequel was just meh. I laughed so hard when Duane "The Rock" Johnson came out near the end I think I pee'd myself a little. Van Helsing had potential but it was garbage also, except for Kate Beckinsale. I could watch her fold laundry and get turned on.

At any rate I'll probably go check it out, just for nostalgia sake.

Hurray Beer!!!!

On my other news (that sometimes matters) I caught this little snippit.

States weigh lowering drinking age

Holy shit! What a great idea! Now teens won't have to hang out near a liquor store or mini mart and beg some poor slob to get them some hooch. The reasoning? If someone that's 18 can go to Iraq and get killed or come back home with a raging case of post traumatic stress disorder, then that person should be able to buy alcohol. The argument does make sense, to me at least. Where I am from, drinking is a way of life. There just isn't shit else to do here in West Virginia but get drunk. Getting a DUI (or DWI depending upon what your local government calls it) is like a right of passage here. For the record, I've never been picked up for a DUI so I guess technically I'm not a true West Virginian.

Why not lower the drinking age? Just think of all the 18 to 21 year olds that will be booked for DUI. That's money going into the state and local governments because if caught there are substantial fines, classes you have to take, and all manner of other nice ways for the MAN to stick it in and break it off. Granted if you are driving around in a couple tons of vehicle and are impaired, and if you get caught, well, that's tough. You're getting what you deserve.

Ok, two blogs in one night. I am spent. Just remember that I said it first:

BEER IS SKILL!!

-Twiz

Bless me father, for I am a hypocrite

I check yahoo for all the news that doesn't matter, namely the following little video courtesy of ABC news. It's around three minutes long.

I tried to post the video here but yahoo's html is all jacked up, so here's the linkage:

CLICK HERE FOR THE VIDEO

If you are to lazy to watch through it (I know I would be) then a brief synopsis. You can confess your sins over the interweb!!!! ZOMG what a great idea! Kinda like blogging if you ask me. Actually, more like a way for someone to get their jollies by reading about the messed up things people perpetrate on their fellow man. The Catholic church has banned online confessions of course, claiming the only way to get absolved of your naughty deeds is by (duh) going to church...and throwing a couple bucks in ye olde collection plate doesn't hurt of course!

They've even opened up what I can only envision as a drive-thru confessional at a mall in Colorado Springs. Relieve your mind of how you've been stealing pens from work or committing infidelities on your significant other on one side of the mall, go pick up a tasty pretzel or cinnamon bun on the other side! Arcades are on the come back. Give little Timmy three or four dollars worth of quarters and then run down to The Catholic Center! Can I get an AMEN from the congregation?!

If you couldn't tell I'm not a big fan of religion. Let me be more specific, organized religion makes me nervous as hell. I have no reasoning behind this, perhaps I'm not comfortable with being a sheep. The whole idea of confession is horse shit to me for the simple reasoning that human nature is to screw over whoever you can whenever you can to get ahead in life. HOWEVER! If you go and sit down, tell a priest you did X, Y, and Z, and that you just feel horrible about it all you have to do is say a couple hail Mary's or whatever and it's all good! I get that JC (that's Jesus Christ to those of you who aren't hip) supposedly died for all man's sins. That's the sins that there ever was, ever is, and ever will be. Heavy stuff, eh you atheist pukes?

I can call them atheist pukes because I'm an agnostic. Because I like to sound smart, an agnostic is a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience.

They, being the church's, are at least giving it a try and moving into the 21st century. You gotta give em that. I'm not applauding their efforts by any means, don't get me wrong, but as I stated earlier organized religions make me nervous. I've been to church once in my life, so I am by no means an expert. I believe in spirituality not sitting in a large, strange smelling room for two or more hours waiting for my ass to go completely flat because the pews aren't padded. I do not feel the desire to show other's in my community that I am a "good church goin" type of person. Like me for who I am or shove off. Trust me though, you'd probably want to shove off if you spent any large amounts of time with me :)

It seems that it's easier to not believe in this brave new world than it is too believe. I'm living proof of that.

-Twiz

Bleh

Nothing interesting to say, just felt obligated to put something here.

-Twiz

The Hulk.......again.

That's right! And it doesn't appear to be a sequel! I never got into the Hulk comic books, although I did read my fair share of X-Men, Spiderman, and The Punisher comics back in the mid eighties to mid nineties . Comics just got too cost prohibitive & as much as I enjoyed them I couldn't see paying three or four bucks for something that once cost me fifty to seventy-five cents. Yeah that's old man syndrome comparing the cost of something now to twenty years ago but deal with it, I'm getting old. Ok, back on track.

I was excited for the original Hulk movie, because it was Marvel. To say it disappointed me badly is an understatement. The weird cut scenes, Eric Bana's tepid performance, Nick Nolte not even acting because he is that fucking insane. It was a lackluster summer blockbuster to say the least. Eventually those shits in Hollywood are going to figure out that special effects do not a movie make. Well they don't care about that M, they care about money.

So anyhow, I go to yahoo and see "The Incredible Hulk" has a new trailer. So I check it out expecting Eric, Sam, Jennifer, and everyone else trying to salvage a franchise that doesn't need salvaged.

whoa

Edward Norton is the perfect choice for Bruce Banner. He's tall and lanky, and (sorry Ed) kind of geeky looking. After watching the trailer I must say my hopes are actually high for this. Granted it has Liv Tyler in it, as she is a mediocre actress at best. The casting of Tim Roth as the Hulk's nemesis Abomination. I know the CGI fight scenes don't actually have Norton and Roth in them but Roth can come off as a serious bastard when needs be, look at the performances he gave in Rob Roy and Hoodlum. Yea they were both crappy movies but he was nominated for an Oscar for Rob Roy. Yes I realize that the Academy Awards is just Hollywood sucking their own dick but he was still good.

Well that's my rant on the Hulk movie. I swerved off course a few times but I'm known to do that from time to time.

HERE'S TEH TRAILER! (for the 3 people that read this!)

My teachers would just tell me I was fat...

I heard about this on the radio on the way home from work and I just had to investigate it further. Here's the article courtesy of the LA Times

School employee gets 6 months for stealing autistic girl's lunch money

Granted this happened in Los Angeles, which is a fucked up place to try to live anyways, but stealing an autistic kids lunch money? Sick! This is so reprehensible! I have no love for any public school system as they are a breeding ground for low expectations and apathy (at least here in the great state of West Virginia) but how does someone like this get hired anyway? Not only are our children slipping through the cracks so are the educators.

I did find one area of all this somewhat amusing, however. The fact that the police had too set up a sting to catch this bitch stealing the lunch money! I read about the sting and kept picturing bad mustaches, coffee, donuts, binoculars, and walkie talkies. "Stand by people, we have movement near the lunchbox.....everyone stay calm and wait for the go signal then take her down hard and fast!"

In conclusion I'd like to give a shout out to my 6th grade English teacher Mrs. Moroose. Wherever you are, go fuck yourself. Thanks for making a year of my life miserable!

-Twiz

First Blog

I've always fancied myself of somewhat of a journalist. I even minored in journalism when I attended college. Naturally me being me I dropped out of college and never finished. Big surprise there eh?

Anyways, this blog will probably contain my various momentous achievements in World of Warcraft and other events in, quote unquote, history that I find interesting or even mildly amusing. I had though about documenting various aspects of my personal life on here but that involves other people, and quite honestly, what goes on in their life is none of your business even though it involves me. Do not doubt that it would be interesting reading material, but some things are better left unsaid. Kind of like discretion is the better part of valor. I won't lie, I'd really like to just lay some things out there here for you few readers of this blog to enjoy and comment about but it just wouldn't be appropriate.

So, as this is the first post of my new blog I say welcome! Enjoy the boring life of twizzot!