Today marks the release of one of the most anticipated games in history: Grand Theft Auto 4. If you’re even remotely into video games, you’ve at least played one of the games in the GTA series. It’s innovative (and enjoyable) "open world" gameplay has pretty much changed video games forever, and that’s a good thing. I’d say that Grand Theft Auto is to "gamers" today as to what Super Mario Brothers was to gamers of yesteryear, except with more hookers, shootings, car jackings, drug use, and general fun loving mischief. However, most of that stuff is done in a very tongue-in-cheek manner, which some of folks seem to miss.
Of course with Grand Theft Auto’s popularity, the R-rated content within the game is going to be subjected to a fair amount of scrutiny whether justified or not. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas made headlines for its infamous "Hot Coffee" scenario, and the series has been blamed for several instances of violence. In this day and age this is pretty much to be expected between so-called activists and the sensationalist media. However, recently I came across an article of a reporter bashing GTA4 before it even hits the streets. Let’s take a look at this article and see what all the hoopla is about, and perhaps even examine some future controversy that I see this game producing down the line in a very sarcastic manner.
Back in 2000, I saw the film Final Destination in theaters. The film had dealt with a teen that had a premonition of his friends dying in a plane crash, and he was able to convince them not to board. Of course, the plane actually goes down in the film, and from this point his friends seem to start to get killed off one by one in horrific "accidents". Final Destination spawned two more sequels and has proven to be a successful franchise. However, a little known film entitled Sole Survivor follows a strikingly similar plot even though it pre-dates Final Destination by 17 years. Here’s my review of Sole Survivor from its release through Code Red DVD.
I’ve been a casual fan of Mixed Martial Arts for a good while, and a fan of Professional Wrestling for as long as I can remember. Although my interest in both has significantly dwindled over the past couple of years, I still like to check on various wrestling rumor sites every once in awhile. For a few years, amateur-turned-pro wrestler Kurt Angle was arguably the best pro wrestler on the planet both in the ring and on the microphone. From 1999 - 2006, Kurt Angle had wrestled for World Wrestling Entertainment nearly non-stop, and it seemed that there was no end to his great performances. However, in August of 2006 Kurt Angle would jump ship from WWE to the much smaller Total Nonstop Action promotion, and it seems that at this point, Kurt Angle lost his fucking mind. Let’s take a look at this amazing performer, and his recent incidents of him going off the deep end:
Well as you can see, I have a new header and footer for MiscGarbage.com. This is all thanks to my pal Robbie Watson from the The Rants and Raves. He did a fantastic job of encompassing what this site is all about, and the face lift he gave it is a definite upgrade from the usual Wordpress theme. I want to give him a huge thank you for taking the time and energy to lend me a hand, as he did a great job. I can’t thank him enough! Go visit his site:
Recently there has been some buzz over the new "horror" film, Prom Night which I’m guessing is hitting theaters soon. This film is intended to be a remake of the classic 1980’s slasher of the same name starring Jamie Lee Curtis, yet appears to only bear resemblance to the original in name only. I happened stumble across the trailer to this PG-13 film (I just love modern day PG-13 horror films, let me tell you) and what I saw quite frankly confused me. Was this a feel-good teen drama about prom, or was it another not-so-scary horror film with a girl cowering in fear from a mysterious villain?
Quite frankly, I didn’t know what this film was aiming for. However, little did I know that this streak of confusion was to continue as I explored the other ways that Sony Pictures was trying to market this shit-fest. Here is by far some of the worst promotion for a "horror" movie that I’ve ever seen. Let’s start with the trailer:
It was recently brought to my attention that my recent review of the film Mulberry Street was quoted on the official site of the film! I just wanted to make a quick note of this, as I am thankful that they took notice of my blog. Visit their official site and take a look, and if you haven’t, go pick up the DVD! Below is a screenshot of the quote:
Update 4/11/08:Just thought I’d let my readers know that there has been a recall on certain Sam Adams bottles with the number "N35" on the bottom of them. Apparently these bottle may have glass fragments in them. The very bottle you see in this review has that lettering on it and I drank it from start to finish (yikes). Nothing has happened to me thus far, but I wanted to make sure to bring this to everyone’s attention. Don’t look for any further reviews of Sam Adam’s beer on this site, as I’ll be avoiding all of their beer for some time. Be careful everyone!
Last weekend, a good friend of mine had informed me that he was going to pick up a case of Samuel Adams White Ale. He had mentioned that he had tried this beer on tap and was quite impressed with the result. However upon drinking the same beer from the bottle, he had had found that it wasn’t nearly as good as he originally thought. In fact, he offered to give me a six pack of the beer in question and had asked me to review it on my blog. Never a man to turn down a six pack of beer, I accepted this gracious offer and thus here is my review of Sam Adams White Ale:
