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Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:08:15 -0700

Doctor Parnassus, Your Imaginarium Gives Me Ice Cream Seizures... And I Like It.
March 16, 2010

Apparently, this movie was the real last movie that ever featured the dearly departed Heath Ledger. I guess you could say that Dark Knight was the last movie that he finished, but this is the last one he was ever in. Rumor has it that they filmed all of the scenes that had dear Mr. Ledger in them while he was outside of this "imaginarium mirror" of which is the central focus for the entire movie. The traveling band of performers steals souls from anyone who goes into the mirror. Apparently, the mirror is the gateway into the doctors imagination, and once inside, they are transported into their own personalized fantasy in which they must make a moral decision (the right thing, or the wrong thing) in order to ensure the safety of their soul.

Mr. Ledger plays an untrustworthy, yet handsome, con man who is placed by fate in the path of our band of performers. The eerie irony throughout the movie lies in the reality of the poor actors death within and outside of this particular film. Without generating a spoiler alert, entropy and serendipity create a winding path of decision making that push and guide our friends through a series of events in order to save the soul of the beautiful daughter who is fated to "the devil" on her 16th birthday because of a bet made years ago.

The role of Mr. Ledger's character while inside the imagination of Dr. Parnassus is alternately played by Johnny Depp, Colin Ferrel, and Jude Law. Magnificently done might I add. As a person who feels that their facial recognition skills are above average, their presentation was nearly flawless in that it was a basic level mind-fuck looking at them switching back and forth. The sets and costumes were incredibly visually stimulating with bright colors, abstract ideas & concepts, but had some pretty cheesy computer graphics. However, the cheese was fitting to the level that the movie was presented. I felt that the personalized fantasies of the people who went in through the mirror were fairly plain, but presented well. Who honestly fantasizes about shoes like that? Seriously!

I'd recommend going to see this movie if you like any of the actors, if you enjoy creative presentations of a few stereotyped human desires would be, and if you have a taste for abstract imagination. I think kids would like it, but not too young. There's some sexy parts, but kids these days are more and more all about that.

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Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:21:39 -0800

So, I'm a bit behind, but the original Bioshock is a blast.
March 8, 2010

If you've had your finger anywhere near the pulse of video games lately, you may have heard that they just released a second Bioshock. Considering that I was only allowed to *watch* others play it on PC at the time, I'm pretty far behind. So I decided to start the experience from the beginning and loaded up the original Bioshock. I had only seen it being played by others on PC, so it was a new wave of love when I was put in control of it through the xbox.

Every good thing they said about it is true. For someone who habitually gets lost very easily in levels without clear maps, goal outlines, and story line reminders, I rarely found myself making loop after loop on a level trying to figure out where I was supposed to be going. The controls are easy to grasp and adapt to as if they were always the buttons you needed to get what you want, and I could rant and rave on and on about the story line, art, and visuals. Playing the role of a plane crash survivor entering a city created at the bottom of the ocean in the 1950's puts an already rustic and nostalgic sentiment behind your surroundings. The past when they expected colonies on the moon by the year 1996. The controversy behind harvesting adam from the little sisters may have been a bit warranted just because the graphics are pretty sensational/disturbing, but again... you're given a choice. The ideas around the plasmids, and how they give you different powers is awesome. Who wouldn't want powers like that?

Another thing that I really liked about it was how the story was fluid enough to keep progressing and easy enough to follow if you were too busy being swept up in the graphics to pay only 90% attention. The crazy audio diaries of the people who lived in the city are really well done, and really set the tone for the fact that everyone down there went crazy with paranoia, hallucinations, and cold war fever, even though they had their own little world. One thing that threw me off, and maybe it's just me, but it seemed to get easier towards the end. I was a little shocked at how easy the last boss was, and the end cut scene was too short for what I was expecting, but still enjoyable. The plot twist at the end was fairly predictable, but they pulled it off really well. And I liked how it sets you up as a big daddy towards the end which is right where you start in the second. Full circle.

It really got me excited to see what the second one has in it. I highly recommend this game if you enjoy rustic themed environments, taking down giants with electricity, fire, and bees, and if you don't have any strong morals against possibly stealing from little girls.

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Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:59:01 -0800

Snapping Your Fingers and Saying 'Let's Go!' Will Get You Anything
March 1, 2010

Not so much that they've been recently introduced to me, but more like I heard about them a while ago, didn't have enough incentive to actually watch a full episode without being under the influence of something encouraging lack of focus, but now sat down and watched all I could and loved it. If that's not a good enough run-on sentence to describe the urgency needed in order to influence you to watch Trailer Park Boys, than I don't know what is.

The Canadian born television series has 7 full seasons, 3 movies, and a few seasonal special episodes. Later in the season, the show has some special guest stars of real actors such as Ellen Page, lead guitarist from the band Rush, and Sebastian Bach who liked the show enough to request a cameo. The cast itself is colorful enough to keep your attention if you're the type who like to watch a high speed car crash in slow motion. If you can believe it, the entire series and each movie is set in the resident location of Sunnydale Trailer park in Canada. A nice enough place for anyone who's just out of prison, trying to make a quick buck selling hash or stealing car stereos. Regardless of their misdoings, the gang finds themselves either narrowly escaping certain death, in an all out gun fight, or back in jail where there's good dope, 3 meals a day, and bad-t-mitt-en.

In my oppinion, this series was the true trail blazer for the mock-umentary style television show. Leave it to Canada, and I mean that in a good way. After watching all 7 series, 3 movies, and a hand-full of special episodes, I've developed a light Canadian accent, a taste for peperoni, and a strange conditioned response when I hear ice clinking in a glass. None of these characters are at any level in a position to be a role model for any viewer. Therefore, the highly impressionable be warned. You'll most likely start to feel optimistic about living in a trailer instead of a more expensive living situation, be motivated to eat cheeseburgers until your gut is distended mirroring a full term pregnant woman, and will be excited to spend more than a third of your living wage on "the liquor."

What I enjoyed the most about watching this solar eclipse of television, was the insane situations that these characters got themselves into, and how they got themselves right back out of it. Ricky's negotiation ability, coupled with the shere sexy of Jullian and his ever-present rum and coke in hand create the formula for a great, "WHOA! wtf" moment as they somehow elude the cops, and maintain their lavish style of living being pure dregs of the trailer park. Hands down love for Bubbles. I'm pretty sure that if he didn't have any lines in the entire series, he'd still be a great character. Bubbs is just the kind of character who keeps the other players in check (to a point) and brings balance to the park since all he wants is to rub cat food on his cheeks and have little sand paper tongues of his dear kitties lick it off.

By far my favorite movie would have to be Count Down To Liquor Day on account of its sheer mass and ridicu-losity. My personal experience is that if you haven't seen any of the series, and you have a choice of movies, watch The Big Dirty first. It's more of a stand-alone movie as opposed to everything else that they've done which ties together everything else. Also, Count Down To Liquor Day might be too much trailer park for you if it's your first go. I'll have to admit, to me it seemed like every flaw in each character was magnified and drunk in this movie. Awesome.

I highly recomend this show to anyone who enjoys watching creatively written trailer trash characters and how they survive in their questionably functioning reality. You'd like it if you like watching COPS, or the movie Joe Dirt.

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Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:32:31 -0800

Seven Words to Describe This Movie, "Anthony Hopkins As A Wolfman Is Hilarious"
February 19, 2010

At first, I had my doubts about Wolfman on account of the recent surge of zombie/vampire hype in the mainstream these days. Next it'll be mummies. It was either seeing this or Percy Jackson and Wolfman won the coin toss (literally). So, I went into it with the expectations of some good acting, some visually stimulating acient set designs, some kind of good contribution by Mr. DelToro and Hopkins, and maybe a good fight scene or two. These were in fact satisfied. And to my amazement, there was even more delightful surprises.

Everyone told me it was a serious movie to be taken seriously since there's serious actors in it. Pros to Hopk's and Del Toro fo' sho. But when you're watching Hanible rip out of his overcoat to be revealed as a grey haired, barrel chested wolf face, you can't help but giggle. "RHAAAA!!!!," he'd say all grey haired and barrel chested. "RHAAA!!!!!," he'd roar in his torn pantaloons and then jump attack on Benicio as wolfman. I got elbowed for giggling.

I will give it this, the gore and the action scenes were pretty decent. Mr. DelToro did a good job when he wasn't a furry, and the other actors were very well reserved and classy. If I were them, it'd be hard not to giggle at the wolf makeup. Also, I couldnt keep from making doggie-style jokes in my head, as well as other puppy related jokes at the most intense of scenes where no giggling was wanted. Too bad for others.

I recomend watching this movie if you'd prefer not to watch a chick flick, or anythign rated PG-13, and if you could go for a pretty low key horror movie that makes up for the less-than entertaining wolf with some high-class gore. I will say this also, if anyone were to play a man-wolf, these two fellows did it up right.

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Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:41:25 -0800

Holodeck and Mr. Holmes
February 10, 2010

Thanks to Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, the newest Holmes movie that came out around Christmas time. I'm a pretty big sucker for Mr. Downey Jr. since his appearance in Iron Man, so it was deffinately on my list to watch. Again, the theme of steam-punk is pretty popular these days, and who can resist a combination sexy man squad classic detective. What I was glad to see, was bits and peices taken from the original Holmes episodes from way back when. Luckily for my family and I, they were airing the original episodes before the movie came out, and we were able to see some of them as a reference. One scene specifically, where Holmes produced a calculated response in house flies by playing a certain combination of notes on a violin was straight from original episodes.

It was produced well enough, and there was lovely humor spliced between some delicious hand-to-hand combat scenes and explosions that kept me excited through the whole ordeal. It leaves it open for more to do with Moriarty, as well as being full of creative insight that I just eat up. Aside from the stellar cast and acting, the cinematography was well coordinated, and well, I enjoyed the explosions a bunch. It gets you thinking about all the things in historical records that reflected black magic instead of a simple scientific explanation. I was surprisingly pleased with how they redid Mr. Holmes for a new audience. Although, I'm going on the record saying that Brent Spiner played the best Holmes as Data in Star Trek The Next Generation.

I'd recomend seeing this movie if you're out on the town with a group of friends and you want to see something entertaining, mysterious, and if you're open to a new renditioning of the amazing Sherlock Holmes for the new century.

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Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:21:41 -0800

I'm watchin your world through the windows of mine, and damn, it looks cold out there.
January 31, 2010

I'm going to take a little break from the movie reviews for an update on the back-end production going on at Bubble Gum Junkie.

If you haven't already accidentally stumbled across it in your visits, there's a fully functional archive page for the comic, for blog entries (starting Sept. 2009), and the archive of all the stupid Valentines Day cards from the past few years.

I got to fool around with Google Voice the other day, and you can now leave me a voicemal from this site. Just check out the contact page and the little interface is right on the page. Can't miss it.

Additionally, I'm working on sexy desktops to download. I'm planning to put them in the extras section which is currently empty. This makes me sad. So, to correct this grave injustice, I'm making it a top priority. I'll most likely have things wrapped up mid February.

And speaking of February, the Valentines Day cards this year are for sale super cheap. Don't feel bad to make a special request. I've already had one order that wanted all of the "Pew Pew Pew" cards. There's a special promotion until February 5th. Any order placed before then gets a full set of the cards with an additional two card designs that aren't shown. Super special secret awesome cards just for you guys (those who loves me).

Tons of time has been on my hands as of late, and as a result, I've been painting and drawing like crazy. I'd like to get a portfolio site up for my junk, so look for a link to my stuff coming sooner rather than later. I'm also happy to report that the Greg Cresci Comics are back up. After the Turks hacked his site, we feared the death of the comic. Fortunately, they weren't very good hackers. I'm going to be drawing his comics for a while. Whenever I feel like it, or whenever he wants.

And on that note, I'm feeling excited to show the next comic, therefore... I shall update it earlier than Monday (which seems to be my habit thus far). Enjoy, and buy my cards.

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Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:38:29 -0800

Was anyone else surprised to see that they weren't blue when they left the theater? No? Just me? Okay, sucks to be you.
January 26, 2010

Dear James Cameron, I am writing to you in regards to your latest cinematic production. At first, I thought it was a completely different movie. I hear it cost a whole lot of money to produce, but I think that most of that money was worth it. I bet a lot of it went into hiring Mrs. Weaver and the delicious Mr. Worthington. The rest was on blue paint, right? I think that you could have spent less money on cigarettes and Pandora creature food in order to convince Mr. Worthington to do a nude scene. If you're the one spending all that money, than big corporations won't have it to spend on their Crappy Executive Oafs (CEOs), right?

Anyways, I thought your film was very pretty, and even though it was nearly 3 hours long, I was incredibly surprised to be completely focused the entire time! My attention span was stretched and quenched at the same time. Which was nice considering it usually last about 15 minutes. Additionally, might I add a great big 'ol "FUCK YEAH!" for seeing it in IMAX combined with 3D. What an experience, but I don't have to tell you that.

It took me for friggin-ever to actually get to see it since every showing was sold out for weeks. I had to get to the theater around 8 am in order to get a ticket. You sure do know how to market a movie, dear sir. There's so much hype about it, it's insane! That combined with the merchandising, video game, fast food endorsements, and even a month after its initial release, it's STILL raking in the dough.

In summation, I wanted to say that I enjoyed your movie Fern Gully very much, and if I had more money to spend, I would love to watch it again and again. I highly recommend it to anyone, and just... wow... great movie for all the right reasons.

Sincerely,
Dani

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Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:00:10 -0800

VD is back at Bubble Gum Junkie! In the form of printed cards!
January 16, 2010

I didn't get much chance to work on cards last year, and I'm proud to annouce the return of cynical humor to this coming hallmark holiday.

In addition to 6 new, delicious designs, I'm also offering to print and ship these original peices of "art" for the very reasonable price of $8.00 (shipping included). This offer is limited time only, and will include one print of each card (6 total) printed on folded card stock, and a personal note from yours truley. Now you can distribute these gems to friends or foes, and reap the rewards of sarcasim instead of peices of chocolate and sentimental flowers.

Additionally, keep an eye out for some sexy desktops in the extras section coming soon, and fully enjoy the archive of every comic that ever aired on this site! Hooray! an actual archive section! Enjoy!

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Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:29:41 -0800

The Reign of 9 in 2009
January 11, 2010

The thing to do, would have been to watch the animated movie "9" on it's release date in September since there were so many 9's in date. Alas, I had to sustain myself until recently to finally watch it. Not to be confused with the movie "Nine." When I first saw the trailer, I was intrigued and excited to see another phenomenal animation. From first glance, not sure what the plot was, but since I've got an intrigue into steam-punk style, it wasn't hard to justify wanting to see it anyways.

It's main selling point aside from the animation style and ominous post apocalyptic tone, was the list of voice acting that they pulled together for this feat. Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Martin Landau, Jennifer Connelly, and Crispen Glover were brought in for this project, in my opinion, to make sure that people who normally would not go to a movie about rag-dolls would be interested in it solely on the fact that the actors are good enough to not waste their time on something that wasn't entertaining. Again, in my opinion, the actors could have picked something more significant to spend time on.

Sitting through it, I was excited at first, which then turned into an ongoing blank stare through the climbing plot events, turning then into one cocked head as the plot was yet to be revealed. One thing I'll say, the imagination that was put into this movie was epic. Incredible creations from scraps hint towards a bastard breed of monsters from the Matrix and use of skeletal remains from the mind of Tim Burton (who has his finger prints all over it). The rest of the film was spent wondering what the hell was going on, and why. There are several hints that direct you towards the overall conclusion that the human race basically killed itself, and these small steam-punk cratures are the last of the human race who are fighting "The Machine" that initially took away life on Earth. What isn't clear, is how things work out after things get worked out. My initial experience was spending the majority of the time being confused and frustrated as to why I cared if one of them got "taken" by the machine, and whether or not it was even a bad thing. There were some cinematic "wow" moments at the creatures who were hunting the little people. Worse part was the ending. I was left feeling like nothing got accomplished, there were no relationships that I cared about developing or being sacrificed, and the future of the planet still looked bleak.

Considering it was rated PG-13 for violence and scary images, I'd agree it wouldn't be for the faint of heart or small children. I would recommend this movie if you have an hour or so to waste, you'd get the most out if it as long as you focus on the imagery and the detailed environment instead of what is trying to be resolved. Best friend of this movie would be a stoner mentality and a glass or two of liqueur to get you to the point where you don't care so much about conflict resolution.

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Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:31:28 -0800

Being Poor Never Looked So Good! I'm on the Poor-Economy Diet!
December 21, 2009

I've heard studies that say over half the nations income is spent on quick fix diet solutions and weight loss plans. In my honest opinion, I don't know what everyone's so upset about. Perhaps it's my metabolism, but it sure isn't an active healthy calorie intake that keeps my muffin tops to a low.

I'm also not quite sure why everyone is griping about this poor economy. Well, that's not so true, but sure, unless you have a mortgage and 3 kids with one household income, I guess you're going to make it out okay. Anyways, I found another silver lining. People cutting down on their spending of things they don't really need, people getting laid off (more of an incentive to not spend), and the greatest expense that most people have aside from loans and bills is ... ::drum roll:: ... food.

Now that there's such a great incentive to cut back on spending, you buy food from cheaper places, and you buy food that will last longer. Another incentive is to make that food last as long as it can, by not over eating and eating portion controlled amounts. This means, instead of going out to get a sub, chips, and a soda for work, you bring in peanut butter and nutella sandwich, with a refillable water bottle, and carrots. Another alternative would be the all-mighty Ramen noodles. If everyone was on a college-students diet, we'd all lose weight.

Need to save money on gas? Sure, you could invest in one of those fancy new hybrid cars, a smart car, or public transportation, but you can also use a bike. Heaven forbid we use the method we evolved with in order to travel from tree to tree in order to find food and shelter. Oh yeah! Feet. Feet also let you exercise and burn calories. That's right, using all the calories and nutrition from the Ramen noodles before it turns into an inner tube to cushion your abs.

Ten pounds lighter, and I'm still operating on a sustainable budget! All it takes is an Aldis and an affiliation for Styrofoam. That's what Ramen is made out of right?

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Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:06:26 -0800

What Do You Want Me To Do? Conjure You Some Kind of Award!?
December 14, 2009

I've been watching a lot of the television show "Legend of the Seeker" on Netflix lately. The basic premise is an ancient time period standard hero quest with basic Dungeons and Dragon type magic, mages, and wizards. It bridges the gap between the good old Kevin Sorbo's "Hercules" and something that the kiddies could relate with Harry Potter.

If you're into pretty cheesy writing based on fantasy, you'd enjoy "Legend of the Seeker." A few really good things that it has going for it inculde their ability to not skimp on quality special effects. CG demons from the underworld, crazy magic spells, and fantastic dramatic entrances from bad guys and good guys make you say, "wow" on a fairly regular basis. The videography is really well thought out, and executed pretty good. The sets and landscapes easily resemble scenes from "Lord of the Rings," and the acting is pretty good for the quality writing that could be expected from a mid-evil fantasy tv show.

If you're not wowing at the visuals, you're wowing at the amazing curves that the characters have. Most of the time, I really don't care who has the box of Ordin. I just want to play with Craig Horners hair... and shoulders... and chest... and ... well you get the point. The seeker shakes my peach tree. But it's not just him. His co-star the confessor is easy on the eyes too. Kind of like Kate from "LOST" meets Liv Tyler. There's even an entire race of evil dominatrix Mord Sith who carry around (what looks to be) soul sucking dildos that they beat people up with.

After watching the first season of 22 episodes in a row, I'm pretty confident that I'm mildly hooked on the series enough to anticipate the second season and what happens to the characters that I like to oggle so much. It's definitely eye catching. I recommend you watch it if you've liked Hercules and Xena, or sweaty shirtless men swinging swords with hot broads in revealing dresses that strut their stuff in all the right ways. Oh yeah, and if you like magic.

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Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:17:45 -0800

Bubble Gum Clones and Dopple-Gangers
December 9, 2009

In one of my ventures through Google, I came across a something that peaked my paranoia. Not really, but I'm generally a paranoid individual. Anyways, turns out there's a film being produced by Neo Films Ltd. called Bubble Gum Junkies. Featuring the British actor Zak Rowlands, and it's beginning film date of July 2009, I don't know much else about it.

One thing that I can tell you, is that this lovely comic is in no way affiliated with them. As far as I'm concerned, the international copyright laws are not broken, and if anything, I'm cool with a little more search results coming to me from a miss-spelling.

Looks like the short film took 7 days to make, it's British, and ... something about a messed up dude who likes some girl. Then a punching bag. It also features female actor Dominique Moloney. Considering I don't know much else about it aside from how associated we aren't, I guess that's that.

On another unrelated note, I added a new favorite comic list. It's a pretty cute little pencil sketch comic. Check it out. ExoComics.com

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Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:25:39 -0800

The hardest choice to make, is deciding what world you want to be a part of...
November 24, 2009

Keeping in theme with my fascination (bordering obsession) with time travel and all things regarding the space-time continuum, I've recently enjoyed the movie Fetching Cody.

It came upon my Netflix suggestions and I said, "Hey, what the heck. I just watched the 1979 H. G. Wells story Time After Time. I could use something a little ridiculous." So into my instant que it went. I'm just going to say it, but I think it's actually a good movie.

At first, it was fairly shocking and vile because of the lifestyle that the characters were set in. You pity them for the choices they make, but you envy them because they seem to be ass-over-tea kettle for each other. After the set up on how crappy this couple's life is, it takes a turn for the worse and brings us to the rescue mission that our main character sets forth on in order to save his love.

It's not so much the time machine that he uses, or the incredibly unrealistic way that it operates that I find so entertaining, but the kind of encounters that he chooses to get himself into. How wrong can you go with a hobo who has a time traveling la-z-boy covered in Christmas lights? The situations and reactions to his presence in said chair are realistic, witty, and less thought through than they should have been if expected to succeed in the mission.

In my opinion, it most resembles a bastard child of Requiem For A Dream and Back to the Future. It's sentimental, raw, and has perfectly placed moments of humor that break up drama. I highly recommend this movie for first dates, or as a chaser to 27 Dresses.

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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:11:45 -0800

I don't know what you just said because I was thinking of Left 4 Dead... TWO!!
November 17, 2009

Fitting with my growing fascination with the undead and anything related to shooting heads off, I had been stoked for the release of Left 4 Dead 2. It was my very first preorder, and my very first midnight release. I even wore my red track jacket to go pick it up in my pajamas.

I immediately took it back to my lair, pulled out my grandma/gamer chair into the middle of the room so I was smack in front of my little HD tv, loaded it in the disk tray, and began to wet myself with excitement. (just kidding, but very nearly) I'd seen the trailer, but it looked SO much better in HD combined with the realization that I was minutes away from being right there in it with new characters. Safe to say I was pretty giddy.

I absolutely love the new infected that they came out with. The concept sketches that I had seen prior gave me a peak, but watching them in motion really pulled it together. They really push the melee weapons. I recommend the axe. Brilliant. The new horde are also a fresh thing to interact with.

Favorite new special infected: The Jockey
It's kind of fun when they're on you and you're running around screaming, slamming into walls trying to see where you're going and where the fire isn't so you dont get burned.

Favorite new survivor character: Ellis
He reminds me of the scout from TF2, and i'm pretty sure the only girl I'll feel comfortable playing is Zoey. Not sure I can relate too much to the other guys, but Nick has some really good lines.

Favorite new item: Defibrilator
The concept is just awesome for the application in game. Close second would be the adrenalin shot because of personal sentiment related with Pulp Fiction.

Complaints? Not many, but it'd be nice to be able to hold a melee weapon and dual pistols. That's probably because I'm not an expert-level player, but hey, if my dad can beat Call of Duty... actually, not sure what that has to do with it. PS- my dad is awesome.

In conslussion, you'll like the sequal if you liked the original. The least you can do is have a go at the demo and oggle the things that you wish you could be beating up and running through. As a zed officianado, I highly recomend it for anyone who likes a survivor situation game. I dont even care if it's on PC or Xbox, but you should deffinitely play it.

On an unrelated note, props thrown to Wright Rickman for getting me the L4D 2 mini baseball bat for my birthday, plus the sweet horde shirt from Threadless. Zombie is probably the only thing that comes close to vampires in fashion these days.

Bubble Gum Junkie- Video Games, Heroes, Comics, and You! What a mix!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:42:13 -0800

Friday is for freelance
November 9, 2009

Hopefully Halloween was as enjoyable for everyone else as it was for myself and companions.

Who knew a zombie prom would be such a "lively" gathering! I'm just surprised that I came back in one piece and with all my nerf darts.

On another note from the back-end of this production, you may be seeing even more activity through this venture because it's creator now has Fridays free for freelance. Studies have shown that 4-day work weeks cut down on rush hour traffic, reduce employee stress, reduce energy uses during peak hours, improve the family life, and show an increase in work productivity. Hopefully I'll be able to take advantage of these clear benefits as well.

Hold tight readers, this economy can't kill us all. If you're one of the lucky ones who's young enough to not have too much invested that you can lose from tight times, it's like getting the chicken pox when you're 6 as opposed to 26. Blessed with the ability to be occupationally flexible, and incredibly low maintenance financially, we're sure to make it.

I'm starting to watch Dr Who over again, so there might be some references seen there. Worse case scenario I start speaking with a British accent, but you can't hear it anyway. Otherwise, Wright Rickman's guest series is about half way done, and there will be a conclusion to the portal gun arch after that.

I'm still adding little bits and pieces to the new site, so keep checking in on the random sections for neat things. New things added recently were my music cloud in the contact section, the moon T-shirt in the store, the full color cast page, the RSS feed, the comment box on the comic page, and some little back-end things that you wouldn't notice anyway.

Stay tuned.