Fri
Jul
17

Birdman Propehcies-A journalist’s view on Capcom 2009 so far..


Capcom has always been considered a powerhouse publisher and developer in the video game industry as far back as the NES era with Megaman and more beyond that. Last year Capcom did several amazing things by serving it’s fans with several updated titles like Megaman 9 and Super Street Fighter 2 HD Remix as well as classics like Bionic Commando: Re-armed and Joint Strike 1942.

This year is set up to be no different as we pass the halfway point of 2009. Capcom has lined up several winning franchises into success this year such as Street Fighter and Resident Evil, both of which are continuing on strong. However there have been some speed bumps along the way; games like Bionic Commando’s updated game which sold worse than expected.

Capcom’s year started off tremendously well with Street Fighter 4 this past February on the home consoles. The sales for that game within the first 2 weeks were very impressive with over 2 million units shipped out across the world. However, with the game’s release, there were some small issues like a championship patch coming a while after the game’s launch and the nickel & diming DLC of the costumes for the characters. However, Street Fighter 4 cemented a solid start for Capcom, and with its PC release this month it shall continue to do well. Although looking at the PC release of SF4, I am asking myself “why?” I’m not sure how much of a fighting crowd exists on the PC. I wonder if the time could have been spent developing more characters for the console versions like say T. Hawk or Deejay or maybe some of the characters from Street Fighter Alpha. This was a good start for the year and would be followed by yet another franchise sequel.

Resident Evil 5, the long awaited sequel in the franchise also performed very well for the company. The game was met with mixed reviews with some outlets giving a glowing review and some offering a lukewarm review at best, often compared with the acclaimed Resident Evil 4 and even Gears of Wars 2. The game was most often criticized for its control and assist AI. A controversy that was often associated with this game was the racism but that clearly did not hurt sales (currently at 5 million +) of the title. Resident Evil would also get an announcement at E3 about the continuation of the on the rails shooter spin off Dark Side Chronicles as well. The Resident Evil series again proved to be a winner with Capcom. It was argued that the DLC for the game was a cash grab because the content was so small in terms of megabytes and was allegedly only unlocking code.

Capcom retorted and said, “This is the part where I get to say “BS” RE5 is well worth every penny of $60. A huge game, with tons of replay value, loads of unlockables, new weapons, co-op, mercenaries mode, etc. If any game warrants its price point, it’s RE5.”

“Prior to the announcement of the versus mode, no one complained they weren’t getting their money’s worth with the initial release because it packs TONS of value because it is an amazing game. So if people were already satisfied with what the package had, when we offer MORE, why is it people feel they’ve been somehow cheated? If you don’t find value in our secondary offerings, the choice is simple, don’t purchase it. If you do find it valuable (and we hope you do) please do buy it and enjoy it.”

Capcom’s troubles started however with another earlier Zombie title, Dead Rising: Chop ‘Til You Drop for the Nintendo Wii. Dead Rising was originally a 360 exclusive but when the game was ported to the Wii, the game had limitation dues to the Wii’s hardware. Wii’s Dead rising had more of a focus on firearms and less with melee and even had less zombies on screen resulting in what some argue made the game easier despite an aggressive AI. The game also suffered from having some key features taken out such as photo taking and even the ability to jump. The game was met with very mixed reviews and was in fact the first game from Capcom I gave a negative review to. The series will receive new life in the form of Dead Rising 2 which is expected to hit later this year near the Holidays.

The next big launch of the year was expected to be the franchise re-imagination of Bionic Commando. The game would serve as a sequel to 2008’s BC: Rearmed however the game’s tone was changed radically from light adventure to heavy handed and dark. The game did not sell as well as expected and pretty much died on the way to stores shelves with an estimated only 30,000 units sold as of end of May. This game should have ridden the success of its predecessor Bionic Commando: Re-Armed and yet it didn’t. The game’s failure at retail was a shock and the second time a Capcom game this year had really failed to perform.

The last two big titles in my opinion this year are what Capcom does best … the fighting game. The digital release of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 was a big announcement for those that follow the fighting game scene and a chance for a new generation of kids to experience a greater, if unbalanced, fighter. The game’s release was pushed from a June release to the now confirmed July 29th X-Box live release. The game was based on the Dreamcast version of the game which has been used in the competitive fighting game scene for years. However the game did not get the same HD treatment as SF2HDR but that seems to sit well with many fight fans. The PSN did get the exclusive local only demo but X-Box live gets the actual game earlier. Some have felt the game will play better on the PS3 due to the controller’s layout and directional pad as opposed to the X-Box controller. There is little doubt that this title will perform tremendously well this year on the downloadable services. The game has been delayed till August 15th on the PSN so that XBL will hold exclusivity for 2 weeks during its summer of arcade.

The last title that is expected to be huge is Tatsunoko vs. Capcom and that will be released exclusively for the Nintendo Wii. This is actually a game that came out in Japan exclusively in arcades and on the Wii in December, 2008. The game has characters from various anime such as G Force and Karas and the usual Capcom line up from Ryu to Morgan of Darkstalkers. Licensing issues were resolved and the game is to be localized and available in winter, 2009. The game’s choice to be ported to Wii is a curious one as the system does not have a North American fight stick but ones from Asia can be imported and used. It’s also strange because it’s a game that does not have a large North American following due to unfamiliar characters. The game’s success on the Wii will determine if we will see a sequel on other systems like the PS3 or the X-Box 360.

Capcom has said, “The game is optimized for the Wii system, especially the graphics features. So if we were to port it to PS3 or Xbox 360 we would have to make the game from scratch, and in that case we might as well just make a sequel of the series on those consoles rather than porting it.”

However several characters will be Wii exclusive and Capcom has gone on to say, ”looking into adding new features to the game, including possible additions of several new characters from both Capcom and Tatsunoko and is exploring the option of online gameplay.”

What will happen with this Wii exclusive is uncertain, if supported properly this could be a good addition to the competitive gaming scene and gain wide acceptance rather than being a niche game. Right now, it has several factors in its way, unfamiliarity amongst North Americans and no arcade stick widely distributed in North America for the Wii being the big ones.

Capcom has had a lot going for it this year and minus a few stumbles along the way it’s done well. How the year ends up will depend on games like Resident Evil: Dark Side Chronicles, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom and Dead Rising 2.

Tue
Jul
14

I can feel it coming over me!


Written by Mike - Post Edited by Tommy Vallier

I can feel it coming over me

I feel it all around me

I’ve been waiting for this moment all my life it’s my  destiny

There’s a fire deep inside of me

it’s waiting to come out now

no matter what, no matter how, I know I’ll make it through somehow

Exile-The Next Door (Indestructible)
Theme to SF4 



Hey guys!

BirdmanTWIG, former g1 of the year 2007 returning for what will become a weekly blog entry of my thoughts as a journalist as well as an upcoming hopeful competitive player in the fighting game genre with games like Street Fighter 4 and Super Smash Brothers Brawl. This week I’m looking at the the competitive scene with SF4.

Over the last months, I’ve been working at an E-Sports arena in Hamilton,Ontario called The Pownz Game Centre and it’s opened up a new and exciting world to me - the realm of competitive gaming. 

As a journalist, I’ve been able to report on it to a limited degree but I’ve been limited to date with little knowledge of the scene. However, as time passed and I got into the games like SF4 and beyond, I saw and experienced something new. Street Fighter was always one of those games that I played as a hobby against my friends and mostly just to see new endings for the characters. As part of my job I started attending more and more tournaments and seeing what was happening between the player and the stick and what it meant to be better, train harder and eventually win.
I began working with my co-workers and playing for fun and eventually competing in the fun ladder nights and being PWN’d and I don’t just mean I was beaten. It was so bad that I was utterly destroyed, left my dignity at the door and may have well of been beating up my grandmother bad. I was absolutely humiliated. I’m not one who likes to be beat and I love a good challenge at the same time. 

I started watching some of the EVO videos and seeing how good other people were and figured I’d be good if I could take on a few tough competitors… Boy was I wrong…dead wrong. I was also talking with the people I was competing against which helped to fuel my interest so I knew that it took YEARS of training to get this good. It’s a given that it takes a long time to get good at anything but seeing a true digital athlete was something I hadn’t seen before. EVO and the tournaments like it have been around for years and there’s a huge community around them too. More than that, companies like SF2HD Remix is proof the companies are listening to that community.

There is also a real excitement with the people that get into the competition scene and seemingly A LOT with Street Fighter players I’ve had the honor of being with. The last tournament I attended was a 46-man bracket and I finished 33rd - thank God for byes. LOL. Still, when the games got started it was like being in an NHL arena during playoff seasons - especially when the finals hit. The last match I had the pleasure of watching and commenting on at ufragtv.com was a match between a Toronto veteran and a new kid who played with a controller instead of a stick and it was intense. It was so quiet at times that all you could hear was people hitting the controllers and the baited breath between rounds. Finally the match ended and the NEW kid was the champion…a kid with a controller with NO tournament experience.

It was said at the tournament by some of the crowd, the future is here and in my mind it really is. Seeing this kid win this tournament from some of the best Ontario has to offer got me thinking… I want to be part of this world. I want to endure the training, and feel that heat of competition. I want to be able to stand toe to toe with some of the best the sport has to offer. Watching that crowd erupt for that him - some cheers, some genuine jeers - but seeing him stand triumphant against all odds and win… I want that.

The competitive scene is something I’ve only observed for a little while I’m ready to be part of it. I know that this will not be an overnight victory and it’ll be a long road filled with lots of ups and downs but isn’t that the true measure of what makes it worth while? It’s the journey to be the best and be along with the like minded and have them encourage, challenge you to your limits. I totally get I make this sound so much larger then what it is but to us gamers, this is excitement and to some this is a way of life.
It’s being part of a community and being a competitor… and it’s an exciting world to be in. I love every time we sit down and fight it out. It’s actually much like when I used to be in martial arts and it’s inspiring me to go back to that world to feel that thrill and rush.
So I’ve begun training myself with some of the people at work on our Wednesday night Street Fighter 4 matches and so far so good. I decided if I wanted to play like the pros I had to be equipped like the pros and so I got a Mad Catz SF4 Tournament stick and had to unlearn YEARS of pad knowledge. It’s been harder then I thought but once I got into a pattern, it really helped bring up my game and now I can throw a fireballs and upper cuts with no problem. I’ve become aware of technical things like hit boxes and frames when it comes to attacks and have learned that this is a lot deeper than I had originally thought. Part of any sport is knowing the history and the technical aspects of it as talent will only get you so far and knowing that it takes dedication to become a contender and eventually a champion.

There have been a lot of losses and a few hard earned wins but it’s worth the defeats because I learn something new every time I fight. The knowledge gained from a loss is immeasurable when I think about it and go back to have my coaches analyze me… Yes, I even have coaches. Right now, I’m what’s called a Flowchart Ken in my mind. Sure, that’s a bit of a joke but I’m starting to grasp concepts like spacing and wake up’s and anti airs. I still lose… but now I can feel my game improving every day and with every match.
Eventually when all is said done, we’ll see if all my training pays off but even if it doesn’t, I can take a page from Ryu’s book and continue fighting till I find what I am looking for in the heart of battle.

Mon
Apr
6

How to blog using Twitter


Mon
Mar
30

A video report from this past weekend @ Pownz Game Centre


Fri
Feb
6

Some thoughts I’d like to share. Copied from my Facebook


IF I had tagged you in this note, it means in a way you have inspired my life and the way that I am now and while we may not be friends or even speak regularly. I want you to know that I thank you for your contributions to my life no matter how small and know I will always treasure what can only be measured after a life well lived.

However in that spirit to those I haven’t tagged, you are very special to me as well and I am glad that for all of you that call me friends and those that are in my life, just glad your along the way and hope we’ll meet each other at the goal.

Just had one of those moments where you come incredibly inspired and I wanted to sit down and let things write themselves out and see what happens.

My life at the college is coming to an end soon and as such it’s time to go out there and make my way into the world again at 27 years old and this time really take responsibility for all that I can create and it something about that I find very exciting.

I feel like I’ve truly been given a second chance to really good out there into the world again and really make a difference in not just my life but in the lives of others and it feels amazing and unlike anything I’ve really known.

Looking at the world itself and my relationship with it has been rough but one that I am grateful for and especially for all the interactions over the last few years with it. The best way to describe it would be falling in love with the place all over again. I mean, this is our place and this is our life and when I put those words in context, I realized a very powerful thing if that makes any sense, I am apart of something, the greater whole….the contextual family of everything.

Not meant to sound weird but i look at some of you and what you given me by simply by being in my life for a brief time as a classmate, a friend or even just someone who happens to be there at the right time. Some of you really allowed me to challenge myself to go further with my school, my work ethic and who I was to become but also allow me to see the flaws within myself and allow myself the chance to grow from those.
All of you have helped me find myself and become comfortable with that and now I want to give back to you as you have given to me.

I was driving home with Dave tonight and I realized that I really want to give back to the community and the world as a whole again as a volunteer and especially in these difficult times when people need hope. I want to accomplish something special like influencing a life or being there for someone and just giving back.
With that in mind, I think this year I intend to involve the TWIG crew into some humanitarian efforts and charities and really give back and Do it for no cause greater then helping our fellow man.

I believe that doing good will help the world and perhaps even “Save” it if that is the right word. I want to go out there and just be in the “conversation” and really do something really special. it might be something special like reading to people at an old folks home or it could be volunteering at an Animal shelter.
I am even considering taking up a government connection to go out there and help native communities and seeing what we can do to turn those trends around recently like drugs & suicides.

I’ve gotten alot of feedback from people that really have gotten inspired by us and by what we have accomplished in our time at Niagara College and I want to build upon that and in turn help build them into making their dreams come true and being apart of the process that helps create the leaders of tomorrow.  We have reached 3 million people to date and with that in mind, it’s been fun and all but I realized I might have missed an opportunity and its time to dream a little bigger and reach out our hand and see who grasps it in a moment of friendship and trust.

Sincerely not sure where I wanted to go with all this but really just wanted to share this and see what happens with it.
I wanted to write this partially to inspire and partly to get this out of my heart and into the world.
I wanted to share my dream and my vision with you and share a piece of myself with you.

This can also be seen as a pipe dream and unrealistic and overly optimistic but I see possibilities and the chances to create something new and powerful and something that can be a new force to be reckoned with.

I realized something when I went to see Barack Obama and the trip to DC to witness history, I believe in change and I believe in working together and so I ask you this,

Do you believe in change and will you work with me to see something truly great come about, whatever it maybe?

I believe these things in my heart

1: Help others
2: Love others
3: Forgiveness can be a wonderful feeling and always has it’s place in your heart
4: Fear not the future and what may happen but be excited for the unknown and the chances it creates
5: Living my life with love and peace and letting go of the anger, fear and disappointment and welcoming instead love,passion and enthusiasm

That’s all I have and I’d be delighted to hear your thoughts and your vision and finding my place within it.

I leave you with these  in closing

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

&

“He who has a why can endure any how.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche.

“One must want nothing to be different-not forward, not backward, not in all eternity. Not only bear what is necessary, but to love it.”
Neitzche

and lastly

Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.

Sat
Jan
10

First blog of 2009 and first of many new ones…a reflection of years past.


It has been quite sometime hasn’t it?

I really kinda realized that the pace of life seems to catch up with me more often then not and I ignored this blog and for that..I suck.

However tonight, the mood just kinda hit me and I wanted to share some thoughts and see what flows out.

This past Christmas I happened to stumble across an old yearbook and it opened to the page of the first girl I ever had a serious crush on or even had serious feelings for. Yes, I realize it’s old like 15 years too late but it open up some interesting thoughts and how much it impacted a life and then what happened over the christmas break.

For the sake of privacy, I’ll call her by her first name and that’s all.

Her name was Amanda and I think on some level she is someone I first really fell in love with and it’s amazing how much that experience has reflected in me even to this very day.  I looked her year book picture and it brought back such a flood of memories and emotions I thought had long departed but I guess weren’t and it was like being 12 or 14 years old again.

I first really took notice of her in the 8th grade and it was such a thing to be that young and yet kind of be emotionally aware I suppose, well as much as I could be in those days. Still I’ve never been as caught as I was then by looking in someone’s eyes and just having that wow, moment you know? It was very much one of those moments you never forget. Still I think of it as one of those moments that defined me because I think then I really started to take a look in the inside of myself and pay attention to what I was feeling. There was something in being that young that had an innocence and purity of feeling that i know has been lost on the ignorance of youth. It was wonderful and one of those things that I hold on tightly because I think having that feeling is important to maintaining a happiness and an optimism. I believe the love that I have had and have right now makes me a more effective leader and I hope that love will somehow let me change the world.

It was alot of back and forth and sadly nothing ever really came from it and yet somehow I think I ended up hurting her and she never spoke to me again after Grade 8 graduation.I’ve spent years thinking about it and reflecting on it and even summoning the courage to do something about it and then finally I let slide by the way side till this christmas when fate would present me an oppourtunity…

So after discovering the yearbook, I had an inspiration to write a letter and send it off and see what would happen. Mostly I wanted to write it as an apology for whatever I did and not ask for anything but to express just how much I am sorry but also for what her impact was on my life. The gist of it was that I was really thankful for her brief involvement in my life and I think I owe alot of how I developed thanks to her just because it was the emotional core of my being.It was from those experience I learned how to love the world and love all those within it no matter who they are and where I go from here….People come and go through out the years and for each of them I am thankful and for each of them I am so glad they touched my life.

So I wrote about 2 pages of letter and saved it on my hard drive and figured I would mail it off but would wait till after boxing day..but little did I know fate had an oppourtunity in mind for me.

I went into town with my grandfather for some boxing day bargin hunting and not long after my arrival did I run almost headline into her. I opened my mouth to say Hello and what not and ask for a moment of time….but was quickly brushed aside with a look of contempt. Suffice to say, it hurt but at the same time it was a relief…because I took the time to write out my honest feelings out and let 15 years of emotion be realized and be completed and assimilated into myself. One of the important things I learned this year was to the ability to forgive one’s self and know you can’t always please everyone.  I had to let go of the hurt and focus on the positive experience of it at the same time…think of the gift you were given and how I use it every day.

I realized on some level I had done what I had wanted and I had satisfied what my old self could not accomplish. Yeah I would have liked to have thanked her and apologized for everything but I think that wasn’t the point on some level.

I’m not sure how good it could have ended but I’m glad I wrote that letter and saw her one last time, it really felt like apart of me just let go of some incrediable angst and regret. Despite the reaction I still treasure the memories of my youth and I sincerely hope that she has a great life and I thank her for being apart of mine.

Sat
Nov
15

Fan boys of the past via Screwattack.com


Tue
Nov
11

A pretty cool Youtube video on Heroes


Mon
Oct
6

Double D - Alien 3: The most underrated movie ever! *spoiler alert*


Hey guys! This is not Mike. It is, in fact, David “Double D” Denis and I’m going to talk about the movie Alien 3 and yes, I think this film is extremely underrated, but I’ll get to that in a bit. For some reason, I’ve had this movie on my mind a lot lately, so I borrowed it from Mike and now I’m going to make my first ever blog post about this film, which I believe in many ways is an unappreciated masterpiece. The original Alien is actually my favourite of the series. I love how it captured everything it set out to do so perfectly. It was dark, isolated and scary. Easily, the most powerful sci-fi horror ever made with brilliant performances and a script that keeps its audience on the edge of their seats for the whole ride. I had to read the script for this movie for scriptwriting class and I was surprised that I was actually more frightened by the script than by the movie, which I hadn’t seen up until that point. Then I watched Aliens. I thought it was definitely exciting and really brought the action in a ways that first one couldn’t even dream of with loads of weapons, including “pointy sticks” and dozens of aliens attacking this time, the movie really took what was best about the original film and ran with it. These are two truly great films, generally respected by all as two of the best science fiction films of all time. Then we get to the third film and things get a little touchy. For fans of the first two movies growing up in the 70’s and 80’s, the third movie came off as a shock and disappointment. It’s not set on Earth, like some of the early promotions promised. Why not? Ripley spends the first two films trying to get back to Earth and now she finally has her chance. It would’ve been great to see the Aliens invade Earth or maybe explain what the heck that giant thing was sitting in the chair in the space ship in the first movie. Perhaps humanity and whatever race that thing was from could have a war and the aliens could get involved once again landing Ellen Ripley, Corporal Hicks, Newt and perhaps even Bishop in a whole heap of trouble. Sorry, no such luck. It happens on a completely unrelated planet with Hicks and Newt literally dying before the opening credits finish rolling. Then when Ripley’s ship lands, she’s thrown into a maximum security prison. There are no soldiers, no weapons and only one alien running around wreaking havoc. From a fan’s perspective, it didn’t expand the Alien at all. In a way Alien 3 feels like the right film in the wrong franchise. Then why do I consider it a masterpiece? Well, first off, to appreciate Alien 3 you have to take off your fan hat and put on your critic hat. Fincher, who has since disowned the film due to studio interference, didn’t want to make something that would simply please fans. He wanted to make a film that could impact audiences in a way that the first two movies didn’t. He wanted you to think about the death that you were seeing all around you, not just to witness it. I think that’s why this film is slowly gaining an appreciation from fans and critics. It’s not a smash-bang action film like the second movie or a suspense filled horror like the first one. Fincher wanted to bring the movie into a whole new and powerful direction that the series hadn’t seen before. In essence, it was a brooding dramatic opus, similar to, but obviously not as good as, The Shawshank Redemption. Fincher kills everyone but Ripley, except Bishop, who has two brief but important cameo appearances as the partially scrapped Bishop, who doesn’t want to be reworked because he’ll never be “top of the line again” and Bishop II, who appears at the end of the film, a familiar face trying to tempt Ripley to return the alien that’s inside her like Satan tempting Jesus in the desert. Alien 3 expands the motherhood themes of the first two movies by making Ripley herself the mother of a new alien queen. This adds a new level of suspense to the film. Also, the fact that it takes place in a prison with no weapons of any kind (the original script had the film take place in a monastery) with which to fight the alien definitely lends itself to the suspense and isolation of the film of the film. Alien 3 also dares to explore new themes barely touched on in the previous films. The prisoners themselves are barely redeemable, each one of them a horrible offender of some kind that have all embraced religion as a means of coping with their horrible sins. However, throwing Ripley into an all men’s work correctional facility is like throwing a turtle to an Alligator. Her biggest threat her is not the alien, who refuses to attack the host of its new mother, it’s the prisoners themselves. The main theme of Alien 3 however is loss and redemption. Ripley loses Hicks, Newt and Bishop at the beginning of the movie and then a lonely doctor named Clemens who Ripley falls in love with is one of the first to fall victim to the vicious alien. The next victim is the motley crew’s official leader, leaving only their religious mentor, Dillon to take over as the leader in the time of crisis. Weaver did an excellent job returning as a darker, more intense Ripley, a character who has lost everything she cares about and now must fight to stop a force that has haunted her for as far back as she can remember before another alien kills her. However, it’s really Charles. S. Dutton who steals the show here as Dillon. His speeches are stark and realistic. In fact he gives one of my favourite speeches in movie history when he says ”We’re all gonna to die.  Only question is how you check out. Do you want it on your feet or on your fucking knees, begging? I ain’t much for begging. Nobody ever gave me nothing. So I say fuck that thing. Let’s fight it!” Dutton is a superb actor and really steals the show here with a performance that I still think deserved a best supporting nod at the Oscars that year. Unfortunately this movie was overlooked in almost every way back in 1992 and still gets the shaft now in many ways. It wasn’t the summer blockbuster that people were expecting to see. It was more of a drama about loss and redemption. Ripley loses everything, but finds redemption at the end of the film when she kills herself to save humanity. The prisoners themselves find redemption by fighting and killing the alien. The film is presented with a somewhat overwritten, but surprisingly powerful script and incredible acting on all parts, led by future Fight Club director, David Fincher, especially in the Assembly Cut version. This version extends the film by 30 minutes, filling in gaps in the continuity, and spending more time getting the audience acquainted with the characters. Also, the alien comes out of an ox, not a dog, explaining its large size upon birth and Ripley falls into the lava before the alien pops out of her chest, unlike the original where she somehow survives a chest-burster before plunging to her death. It’s definitely the superior edition, although I don’t like what they did with Dillon’s speech, but that’s beside the point. Alien 3 eventually went through another year of editing after Fincher had already walked out and the studio continued to do damage to Fincher’s powerful vision. Ultimately a dark and nihilistic movie, with no love interest, no hope of escape and little chance of survival, it’s also a movie filled with hope and teaches its audience that although times seem bleak and it looks like there’s no one to help you. If you ban together and make sacrifices, you can always win. It’s a dark, yet powerful movie and a wonderful end to the Alien Trilogy (Resurrection was terrible and doesn’t count). So, if you haven’t seen this movie yet, watch the wonderful assembly cut or the theatrical version, they’re both good (although the assembly cut is better, obviously) and if you have seen it, watch it again. You may gain an appreciation for what has remained one of the most overlooked films of the past quarter century.

Sun
Sep
14

So far, so good


Hey Guys
Well Taking a break here while I wait for my conference calland decided to blog. It has been so hard to keep up with this blog and the one at Dailygame.net but well worth it.

Well what can I tell you?

I lost 20 pounds last month

Gained 5-10 of it back already

Worked out 3 times a week

Blew my knee out and now might need surgury…..

See a pattern here, I do and it kinda sucks but all it means is that I gotta get back into the routine and get back on the horse, No exscues and just gotta do it and that’s okay. I think I’ve seen something awesome just over the horizon.

Really hope to write more but gotta jet and pay attention to what I am doing

Trust me, will blog later but follow me @ facebook and @Twitter too!