The Geek Repore

Have you ever been bored around me? And then, have I ever said to you “Guess what,” and then I patiently waited until you said “What”? And then, did I spout to you one of the, recently released to the public, factiods about of the overwhelmingly popular, yet somehow still derogatory, Geek Culture? In an attempt to consolidate those efforts I present, The Geek Repore.

80’s Childhood: Lets just say, my undying love for that cartoon era is keeping me hopeful that this will rock… http://www.movieline.com/2009/07/movieilne-presents-the-never-before-seen-concept-art-for-warner-bros-thundercats.php Also holding out high hopes for GI Joe. But after getting Bayed in the ass… well you know what they saw “Fool me once… Ya fooled ya can’t get fooled again”

Conventions: E3 kicked ass. Why does Comic Con 09 seem to suck. I am very disappointed at the low level of cool news coming out of it. Iron Man 2 is going to rock? Yeah we knew that. Scarlett Johansen is hot in leather? Could have guessed but now we know for sure. I guess I didn’t know Sam Rockwell has a major part. Megan Fox is her own pimp, see Jonah Hex (That’s a cowboy comic book turned movie). They’re making Batman 3? No shit. Hey the Hobbit is coming, welcome to 5 years ago. It was nice to see some of Tim Burton being very Tim Burtony and his Alice in Wonderland. He’s giving the whole thing a decent story arc, he says, which I’m actually pretty happy about. Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter has not yet impressed me but we were shown very little and I have faith in him. Kevin smith doing a movie called “A Couple of Dicks” giggle giggle giggle. Sam Rami doing Warcraft movie… yeah I’ll see it. Zombieland looks like a must see. More True Blood seasons on the way is always welcome news. And apparently, James Cameron’s “Avatar” is the shizznit, that’s what they say.

TV: I watched 9 hours of Dexter Season 1 yesturday, finishing what I started for 3 hours Saturday. If you have not seen this show, you have to. If you don’t know about this show, it’s a Showtime tent pole series, it’s about a serial killer, and it’s seriously awesome. Showtime currently has the first 3 seasons on demand, call your cable company and see if you can’t get it bundled with HBO for like 10 bucks a month. It is worth the investment.

MMOs: Anyone who knows me, knows I’m seriously into MMOs, when I can find the time. I’ll be talking a lot about them so let’s just start with a primer. Pre-order Aion (9/22) and play beta weekends. Prettiest, game, ever. Also pre-order Champions Online (9/1) so you can get a special travel power. I may still only play this on the console, but I’ll at least mess around with the insane character creator at launch. Get into Fallen Earth (9/9) beta, it’s not hard. Post apocalyptic MMO with twitch based shooting, low tech graphics, AWESOME skill and development system. Not a AAA title but maybe a time killer on your laptop. And finally Age of Conan has extended their re-evaluation offer. If you were already a subscriber in the past, you get 14 days free no commitment. They are confident the game will bring you back and rightfully so. Every major and even medium problem has been resolved and there are TONs of more stuff to do especially at the end game. The game was always very graphically impressive and the adult Conan world is appealing. This game has finally become the game it was supposed to be. If you haven’t bought it, buy it. If you bought it, come back and get your 14 days. I’m passed my 14 days and I can safely say, I’m back for a while.

If you have any questions about anything, just let me know and I’ll get back to you, or even address it in the next blog.