The Duke's favorite web sites

Hardcopy has inspired me to do my own (short) list of top favorite websites i frequently visit. Being that the total number of websites i go to on a daily basis is under 10, sad isnt it, this could be an easy list to do, lets find out!



Channel Awesome (www.thatguywiththeglasses.com) I am a huge fan of Channel Awesome, more commonly known as the official website of Doug Walker, aka That Guy With the Glasses. Ever since his humbled days of being on youtube, i have followed the comedy from his on going Nostalgia Critic series. Walker is also my main inspiration for my own personal Vlog, which is known as the Vlog of Awesome. I have watched many of the videos and grown to love many of the contributors, and always dreamed of becoming one myself. Only when they think i would be a good one, will i accept, until then, i will continue doing my vlog.

Giant Bomb
(www.giantbomb.com). Video game websites are a dime a dozen to me, there are so many more out there that i do go on but this one keeps delivering on content that is second to none. The staff is funny during their video reviews, and they also know their stuff. What more do you want for in a video game site? This is easily one of my top picks if you want comedy and video games, hands down.

Geekologie (www.geekologie.com). My one stop place for all things technology and geekdom. Its incredible how much stuff they pack into this small site. Most of the articles could be over the head a bit but thats where learning about these things comes into play. This is the reason i know so much useless trivia, sites like this.

hardcopy's Favorite Websites in the 21st Century

I really love the Internet.  The information is tasty...

Hi, I'm hardcopy and it's my life goal to hug a trained bear.  This is Your World in Hard Copy.

So I'm going to post a short listing of my favorite websites I like to go on frequently.

Questionable Content
URL: www.questionablecontent.net

It's a web comic series that updates every week day pretty early in the morning.  The art is fantastic, and it's really just about a group of friends living in Boston with interesting quirks and lots of fun plots and shit that happens.  Yelling Bird is the best character ever.

Extraordinary Comics
URL: http://exocomics.com/

Made from a quirky female artist who lives down under, it's about Li's adorable life with her boyfriend Jordan and cat Shoelace.  It's a really cute series if you are up to it.  Updated every Wednesday in US time.

Team Four Star's Homepage
URL: www.teamfourstar.com

Creators of the DBZ Abridged series.  They have updated videos, episodes, and advertisements.  A very talented group and entertaining lot of people.  They also hang around conventions.  YOU JUST MIGHT SEE THEM.

Jonathan Ian's Mathers (webtoonist)
URL: www.illwillpress.com or http://www.youtube.com/user/jimathers

Creator of the popular web series Neurotically Yours, better known as "Foamy and Germaine" episodes, and also does his own blog/webcartoon/vlog about music in 4Y-Records.  He also posts a lot of cool art you can buy on Ill Will Press, but if you go to his YouTube account you get all the NY episodes along with a new mini series Minion's Quest. 

Addicting Games
URL: http://www.addictinggames.com/

Fun flash games for free and a large variety.

Pandora Radio
URL: www.pandora.com

A personalized radio that has many features for users, paying or free accounts, that is all about what you like to listen.  Limited to free account users, and it is also available for phones.



So this is all I'm offering for today.  Happy late Thanksgiving.  I'm thankful for our viewers and Oreo pie.  Biggest miracle in the world.

hardcopy's Thoughts on Metalocalypse Season 3 in the 21st Century

Hi, I'm hardcopy, and I sprained my ankle during three separate occasions.  One was three weeks after the last one.

The first time I have been exposed to Metalocalypse is during the final episodes of season 2.  I wish I was able to discover this earlier so I could have had more time to enjoy it, but I would like to say that I am a huge fan of the series regardless of not being there since the beginning.  The flash-like animation is awesome, the music is great and spawns amazing concerts, and the extras in the season box sets are pretty cool (I do prefer season 1's extras over season 2, but I still like watching both). 

When you look at the two seasons back to back you do notice great improvements, but the more drastic improvement is the music.  Between Dethalbum I and II the variety sky rockets and continues to do so now that we are currently in the middle of season 3.  Many fans prefer Dethalbum I because the songs held more memories to specific episodes like "Murmaider" and "Blood Ocean" but Dethalbum II started to become more of an album instead of a soundtrack to a series.  The music had Dethklok-like qualities but the varieties were expanding.  The drum work had noticeably changed and were spread into different varieties of grooves while guitar solos weren't so harmonically or melodically scaled based in the same minor key signature (at least that's what I got from it, and I'm not a huge expert on music theory).  Fans also commented on the lyrics changing into more death metal genre like lyrics instead of plastered with inside jokes and Dethklok antic humor like in Dethalbum I.  There are many other differences between season 1 and 2 besides music, but this is just one example I wanted to share.

So what does season 3 have to offer?  Like I said before, we are in the middle of the season.  Ten episodes have been released so far, and compared to the previous seasons, season 3 has been a huge jump for all of us.  But that's ok because it's great.  I gotta say when the first episode for season 3 came out, I nearly shit my pants; I was so excited.  But when the second batch of episodes came out, I was still enjoying them but it started to go downhill a little bit.  Before I get to that, here is my list of what makes Season 3 so great:

1. Longer episodes
2. More detailed story lines
3. Better animation
4. More variety in the music
5. Some character background/development
6. More Dethklok antics
7. More guest stars
8. A push for the main storyline with the Tribunal (council of impressive gentlemen)

The episodes were also more centered around Ofdenson, Dethklok's manager, who hasn't really shown his importance until the finale of season 2.  When the premier of season 3 aired, the beginning of the episode showed Ofdenson's first record label signing with the band until his supposed death when the Revengencers, Tribunal, and Klokateers have a full on battle against each other occurs after the CD release party.  He comes back towards the end of the episode, but when he is asked about what actually happened, he says that it isn't the time to explain and they have other things to worry about.  At the end of the last episode aired so far, clips were shown about what really happened but nothing was fully explained.  All we know is that Ofdenson knows too much.

One of my favorite episodes of season 3 so far is "Fatherklok" because for once we have a really good Skwisgaar centered episode along with a very good plot which before the episode made fans think about "who is his father anyway?"  The Christmas special was really good also, but if I say that, I would just have to keep going with all the episodes that were released during those few weeks.  The humor was awesome, hamburger time is placed in a nice cozy space in my heart, and Steve Vai in "TributeKlok" is awesome.

I was really looking forward to seeing the next string of episodes that were announced to air during the fall.  Unfortunately only one episode out those five recently aired held up to the bar the other episode's raised, but still not as good as the last five.  "DethZazz" was really neat because you got to see more of Rockso's life, and the plot in the latest episode with Ofdenson being a bad ass was just...not unfair but like a tease.  It's like the animators put strings their secret uber plot notebook and dangled it in front of my face, but you know what, that's what catches you.

The animation has improved.  Instead of having the same stances that most of the band members are engined with, their movements are more fluid and different and the definition looks more enhanced because of the lighting and details that went into the character's expressions.  The music has also managed to become more diverse, and this is way more noticeable than in the previous season.  Nathan also screams, the drums go into half time and don't stick with just one groove throughout the entire song, you have some more guitar riffs, and the bass has more variation.  Overall I do like the visual and audio enhances.

As for some things I'm not impressed with the latest string of episodes in season 3 are, again, the plot devices, how every character has their own song (I just think it's a little weird), how there seems to be more Toki centered storylines, and the gags aren't quite as good as the other episodes that launched the season premiering.  But every good show has a dry spell, and theirs doesn't seem that bad.  I am looking forward to more episodes and figure out what the hell happened in the last episode.   

South Korean Film "Old Boy" as told by hardcopy

Hi I'm hardcopy, and I almost hit a deer once driving to church.

This movie was really something to see.  Before I even get to the praise I will be drowning this wonderful piece of art with, I would like to come out of my International Movie closet and mention that I am recently getting into foreign films.  Old Boy was probably the best foreign movie I have seen yet.  Like American Psycho it gives you an in depth look on how really screwed up the human mind can be.  Normally I have a tough time watching movies that are subbed, but for some reason Netflix only gave me an option of seeing this dubbed, which was not as painful as I thought it was going to be, but still it didn't take away from how horrifying the true meaning of this movie really is.  Al

 Old Boy is actually the second of a trilogy of South Korean films.  The first movie of the "series" was Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and was followed by Sympathy for Lady Vengeance.  I, myself, have never watched these other two before, but I look forward to in the future.  The manga also came before the film, but from what I have heard it's not really based exactly to the T.  Still even from the people I know who have read it saw the movie as a great masterpiece.

The messages from the film that I have got are 1) you can choose your life to be in bliss and completely shut out the truth to live in a lie or 2) know the truth but live your life as a monster, and 3)how the main character is constantly trapped in a prison physically, mentally, emotionally, created by someone else, and ultimately by his own hand.  The message of revenge is also strongly commented more than once in the movie (along with a few quotations from The Counte of Monte Cristo), but it's more obvious than the underlying messages.  And many have interpreted this movie to teach something different, which is great because this is a type of film that leaves you curious to see how everyone thinks about it.

The main character in this movie is Dae-Su.  Throughout the film he also narrates his story.  In the first scene of the movie, Dae-Su is in a police station. It is never explained exactly why he's taken in, but he is extremely drunk and has moments when he can't control himself.  He tells one of the officers that he was out buying a present for his daughter because it's her birthday.  He shows the angel wings, that have back straps on them, and puts them on for them to see.  Constantly he is told to sit down and try to control himself, but he keeps talking to the officers and bothering other people in the station.  He ends up staying there until his friend pays his bail so Dae-Su can go home.  He talks to his wife and daughter at a phone booth, and after his friend talks to his wife, he turns around to see that Dae-Su went missing. 

He is dragged to a prison.  He explains his life there.  He is fed dumplings everyday for 15 years, writes down his memoirs, watches TV, gets drugged every night, and hallucinates.  After every year that goes by, Dae-Su carves a line of ink in the outside of his hand so he can remember how long he is in there for.  He explains that it is hard to tell time and how long you have been in there for when there is no clock or window.  While he is in prison after a few years, a news report comes on the television stating that his wife and daughter are killed, and because Dae-Su's body hasn't been found, he is the main suspect. 

When fifteen years are up, he is put under a hypnosis and wakes up in a suit inside a large suitcase outside on the top of a building.  He sees a man ready to jump to kill himself, and Dae-Su pulls him up and tells him about his life in prison.  Dae-Su says that he is determined to find his captor to get revenge on his family's death.  He goes to a  restaurant and meets a chef who works there named Mi-do.  During his meal and very odd order (a live octopus), a cell phone the suicidal man gave him starts to ring.  When he answers, he hears a random voice and hangs up.  After he eats the octopus, he passes out, and Mi-do brings him to her house. 

For the rest of the movie, Dae-Su is trying to discover who his captor is along with Mi-do's help.

Full Plot (Spoilers)

During the movie you notice how very strange the majority of the film is.  There are scenes of random mishaps, but the film actually gives you all the right information to figure out the mystery along with the characters but you don't notice until the plot picks up to the end.  Dae-Su, and this is key, continues to narrate.  You find out why at the very end. One particular strange aspect of the film is Dae-Su's and Mi-do's relationship.  Sometimes she pisses him off, sometimes he leaves, then she ends up helping him anyway, and they eventually have sex.  Because of Mi-do's whining, it's heavily implied that it was her first time. 

So after a bunch of events, Dae-Su meets up with an old friend, the same one who bailed him out in the beginning of the movie, and he was able to trace information back to the business that put him in the prison for so long.  In the tape he retrieves, Dae-Su listens to a conversation between his captor and a spokesperson.  The conversation goes kinda like this:

Spokesperson: "How long do you want him in for?"
Captor: "Fifteen years."
S: "Uh..."
C: "Is that a problem?"
S: "Not...really...but why so long?"
C: "He talks too much."

Dae-Su finds the captor, a businessman by the name Woo-jin.  He gives him until a certain date to find out why he has put him away, and they both agree to settle it that day in Woo-jin's penthouse.  Woo-jin's scenes appear frequently with him speaking to someone about Mi-do and Dae-Su.  He also still finds ways to stay in contact with Dae-Su and know his every move by tracking him.  Dae-Su ends up going back to his own high school after getting a tip about a girl who died by jumping off a bridge.  From what he knows at that point is that she has supposedly slept around with other men and couldn't live with her life.  After going back into his memory, he remembers the girl, Soo-ah, Woo-jin's sister.  In his flashback Dae-Su is running around throughout the school grounds; he is actually following Soo-ah and Woo-jin who he finds at the school after hours.  They sneak into a library and end up having sex.  Dae-Su catches a few minutes of the foreplay and leaves when he notices Soo-ah look over towards his direction in the window.

Dae-Su remembers telling his friend about what he saw and made him promise not to spread the rumor.  The rumor gets out anyway.  Back to the normal storyline, on the date that Dae-Su meets Woo-jin, he keeps Mi-do safe in his prison and won't come to get her until his score is settled.  Woo-jin gets dressed in his suit while Dae-Su explains to him that because Woo-jin got his sister got pregnant, he killed her that day at the bridge.  His proof was a picture of his sister at a bridge with the date of her death in print at the bottom.  No one else was there when the picture was taken so he must have killed her.

Woo-jin tells Dae-Su that this whole thing happened because of the rumor.  She wasn't actually pregnant and the rumor made her mind make herself appear pregnant; her period stopped and her stomach started to swell.  Woo-jin tells him that his sister jumped off the bridge and killed herself, not him murdering her.  After Dae-Su asks about his imprisonment, Woo-jin tells him that the question isn't, "why have you kept be locked up in the prison?", it's "why fifteen years?"  He gives him a present, and when Dae-Su opens it up, he sees a photo album.  The cover picture is of him, his wife, and his daughter when they were still alive.  It was an old family photo from before Dae-Su was put away.  When the pages turn, you see his daughter grow up.  She gets older, becomes a teenager, graduates school, and ends up becoming a young woman.  Her features start to resemble someone Dae-Su knows, and eventually he gets to pages of pictures taken during Dae-Su's pursuit on Woo-jin with him and Mi-do standing together in streets or in her apartment.  Dae-Su ends up realizing that Mi-do is his own daughter.  In another scene, Mi-do is sitting on Dae-Su's old bed with the birthday present, the angel wings, that Dae-Su bought for her fifteen years ago, on her back. 

Dae-Su begs and ends up cutting off his tongue in order to show Woo-jin that he is completely sorry for the rumor spread.  He also cuts off his tongue so Woo-jin doesn't force Mi-do to open an identical present she found in the prison room.  Woo-jin ends up leaving Dae-Su by himself and calls his friend to make sure that Mi-do's box stays closed. He has a flashback to what actually happened at the bridge years ago while he's in the elevator.  He then shoots himself when he reaches the ground floor.

There is more to the movie than what is written here, and there is also the very end, which I haven't explained, that determines why Dae-Su is narrating his whole story over again to someone. Eventually he creates a prison for himself to live in, but this time he will be able to live there peacefully with the help of that same person, who you have seen before in the film. 

Old Boy is definitely something you have to see if you are interested in seeing such deep movies that dive into the human mind and grabs hold of the darkest regions.  I would also recommend getting a hold of the two other movies in the series if you can. 

Conventions and cosplay: An older fan's prospective

I haven't been to many conventions over my short con career, but i have been to enough to see the ins and outs of them. Some can be very fun while others can be bad. I have yet to be to a convention i really didn't have a good time at.

In 2008, i attended my very first anime convention, AnimeNEXT in New Jersey. I have never been to one or know what to expect from the convention other than it was the first time ever i have done a costume for one. I have been going to Renaissance faires for a good part of my life, never dressed up for them either. The sight of people dressed up, taking photos and conversing about the convention center gave me a new understanding to the cosplay world. I was a rookie cosplayer, having only a Solid Snake cosplay from Metal Gear Solid 2, which doubled as my Super Smash Bros. Brawl cosplay so i could join up with friends for our massive SSBB group.

Since then, i have been hooked. Its been a blast meeting people from all over the north east as well as from other parts of the east coast. The cosplay scene around here are some of the best i have seen.

This brings to mind the concept of "e-famous cosplayers". I have never considered myself "e-famous" or even remotely famous by any means, i am known for my cosplays and i am always willing to give advice to those who seek it on curtain things regarding a series or costume someone in one of my preferred series. To me, the "e-famous" cosplayer could be one of two things, 1. stuck up or 2. grateful. Lucky for me, i have not met any really stuck up cosplayers. The ones i have met have been really appresative and also very willing to help, which is what i always try to be. I know they do exist, but for the time being i have yet to encounter any.

Which brings me to my guide to convention goers:

The Underage
These types are everywhere. You look around a convention center at any con and you see them running around and being loud. Not saying all underagers are like this, but a good majority of them are. We the older crowd have affectionatly named underage kids, "red badges" at a recent convention, which made our game of "spot the trap" less fun but did give us another game in the process. As you see, the exceptions to the rule are like the girl shown in this photo of me from AAC'10. She was a very shy, quiet reserved type, who told me she was kinda scared about doing photoshoots with groups because of her shyness. One thing i had to assure her was that nothing was gonna happen to her in them and we are all good people. Which brings me to our next type seen at conventions.

The Creepers
You see them everywhere, from online forums to websites. Creepers make everything ten times worst. With me getting up in age, i try not to be creepy to those around me. Many people i meet at cons are under the age of 18 too, and i dont want to go down on the internet as a creepy old man. Being 26, i like to consider myself a older brother figure to them. I never went to a con to meet girls or try to hook up. I go to have fun, but the creepers ruin all the fun, much like this one guy on the train at Halloween time i saw(different scenario, same effect).

The Super Serious
These ultra serious people are critical to every little detail, and would often criticizing a persons cosplay for the littlest thing. I can be overly critical of other Snake cosplayers being that i have done them in the past and i know what goes into making one. These are people who look on, not even in costumes their selves and judge. The ones who told me i wasnt Snake unless i had a box, or the ones who said online i was not Big Boss but Naked Snake (while technically they are correct, i am also correct because he will become Big Boss, i just dislike the name Naked Snake).

I know there are plenty more types, but i think that should do it for now.

Movie Review : Due Date

This goes without saying, that i believe that one of the most gifted actors of our current generation has to be none other than Robert Downey Jr. There really isn't any actor in my mind who can do what he does movie after movie and still keeps me wanting more. This obsession of Downy Jr can come from the first movie of his that really caught my eye, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

Brief synopsis (from IMDB.com):

High-strung father-to-be Peter Highman is forced to hitch a ride with aspiring actor Ethan Tremblay on a road trip in order to make it to his child's birth on time.

Now, Ill try to keep this as spoiler free as i can, for those of us who have not seen it yet.

The Stars: Robert Downey Jr and Zach Galifianakis


- The chemistry between these two actors shines, with every moment they are together. Galifianakis is truely funny, and a great follow up to The Hangover, which is a great thing for those who are fans of that movie. I believe that more smartly written roles are just what he needs to really get over the bad movies of the past (ahem..Up in the Air..yes i know his role was short, but its typecasting at its finest). Downey Jr delivers another stellar performance as a father away from his pregnant wife who just wants to get there in time for the birth. Keeping that sharp wit of his from Iron Man, with the spastic moments he did in Kiss Kiss.., was enough to keep me entertained.
The Stars: ****

The Acting:


- As i said before, the wit and charm of both actors kept this movie entertaining for me. Both actors have a huge screen presents and its good to see them come alive to their own on screen. Both showing frustration throughout the film, but very believable, its a plus to be sucked into the film and forget that it is a movie your watching, and have it seem like a real life situation. As my girlfriend stated, a curtain scene should have been the end but after all, it is a movie and it couldn't have been any better if they did go the route it could have taken. There are scenes that go on a little longer than they should but that is the downside to all movies that have to put some exposition into it.
The Acting: *** 1/2

Overall
- Due Date delivers fun and wit that only smart comedies can deliver. It was not one of those "oh lets put the current fads into the movie, everyone will laugh at them!" type of movies, but was one of the comedies that actually took its time and did not put much trends into it, also this meant it was not dated with jokes that would only make sense to those who are living in our time, like a Weekend Update sketch on SNL. I only hope Hollywood gives us more of these and less Vampires Suck.

I give this movie 3.5 out of 4 and gets my:

Over Done Cosplays in the 21st Century

Cosplay is awesome.  I think it's a fun hobby, and although you have to have some money to do this stuff, it serves a good purpose.  Plus you learn how to make things for yourself.  And if you don't, then you are one lazy ass crack.

I could think of tons of great cosplayers, but they don't have to be shoop famous or have the exact detailed costumes.  Great cosplayers are people who pay attention to detail and put in their best effort.  With that said there are a few who try their best and still fail, but sometimes if you give them a while, they get better.  Not only do people geek out over amazing cosplays but they geek out over fun details, neat innovation, and even over cosplays of people they haven't seen cosplayed before. 

Over the years the level of cosplays have grown enormously in the US.  Not only do we have video game or anime cosplays, we have cosplays of cartoons, movies, characters from novels, comic books, web comics, and in pop culture itself. 

People have also become more harsh on cosplayers.  There are plenty of criticizers about cosplay and if one hem is off by at least a few inches, explodes happen somewhere off the shoreline and a hate war commences shortly after.  Lots of drama happen at conventions, too.  But hey, no matter where you are in a social gathering, shit like this goes down all the time.  It's just human nature.

But while I can keep going on about what cosplay brings to the table for certain groups of people, I would rather consider the following topic: the most annoyingly overdone cosplays.  No offense to people who are in this group, but I like to see variety especially when I go to a bigger convention.  But when I'm at a small convention, it gets me a little annoyed that a particular anime would be getting more hits than that YouTube video of that really annoying guy with that high pitched voice (what's it, Freddy or something?  Guy's like 15; he has no control over himself and therefore shouldn't be famous).  I do have a few friends who will say that they have been cosplaying from this particular list, but I'm just saying that it's annoying to see these done over and over again. 

Axis Powers Hetalia

So what I basically got from this anime is...countries who are...people...and some war...then...I don't know, they have a chibi party or something.  When I first heard about this concept, I was thinking, "that's kinda cool; it's sort of like an abstract or whatever," but after seeing Germany after Germany cosplayers who run around skipping along side of America cosplayers, I get damn confused.  What's so particularly annoying about this particular series is that the cosplay that spawned from this turned me off to the anime entirely.  And that's a damn shame, too, because I don't really enjoy hating something without watching it first, but even looking through the artwork for it seemed too wholesome for me.  I mean really, a blond Nazi guy.  We've seen this before in Hellsing, but at least Hellsing was violent and grotesque.  When I see an adorable animation of a Nazi, I wanna laugh in Hitler's face.  And that guy is a real twisted mother.

Black Butler

This cosplay ruined it.  How many times am I going to have to see girls have an excuse to dress this nice because a boy in the series wore this?  I have no idea what makes it so appealing to cosplayers when they have a chance to be a boy dressed as a girl, but it works.  Bridget from Guilty Gear, Beppo from Gankutsuou (that series kicked major ass by the way), and Hope from FFXIII (I don't care, he's still a boy being a little girl to me), this theme happens a lot.  There was only one time when I saw a really awesome cosplay of this.  Then I realized when I looked online and found a picture of this same exact dress, the two dresses looked too much like each other.  That concerned me since the cosplayer got an award, too.  Then by the next year I saw the same thing but in red and black instead of pink and black.  WTF.  There are bad versions of this, there are shitty vampire what's his name, and there are also terrible Ciels everywhere.  Because of the nature and design of this anime, anyone can put together half assed costumes, a gray wig on, and claim they are Ciel.  And because it technically passes and I see so much of this, I just try to avoid these cosplayers everywhere.  It's really damn hard, too.

Vocaloid

Vocaloid cosplay is pretty cute, but it's really the fan art cosplays make me want to slash tires.  Holy shit, there are SO MANY ARTWORK VERSIONS!  And the worst thing is, they are just ARTWORK.  Nothing else.  One guy who has amazing talent posts one copy of his picture of a bunch of Vocaloid characters in different outfits, and everyone has to post them in their FB "Must Cosplay" albums.  Miku is done way too much, but at least they are kinda cute.  Sometimes people would even cosplay as an alternate outfit.  But what the hell.  People get a group together and follow one of the fan arts?  That's just being desperate.  I'm also going to go on a limb and say that if they are not recognized by at least fifty people, it turns into a moody shit fest like being locked in a room with five menopausal mothers. 

Disney Princesses

I blame Kingdom Hearts for this.  And that's saying a lot from me because I like the series and I really don't mind seeing Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts cosplay all the time.  What really bothers me are the princesses.  It must take so much money to construct some of these dresses, and if I wanted to see a bunch of these chicks, I would just drag my ass to Disney World.  You can call me a Disney nerd, but most of the cosplays that are Disney princess related aren't even of the original princesses.  Lilo is not a princess.  She's just an adorable Hawaiian girl with an awesome alien friend who shots anything he wants to.  There are also, like the Vocaloid cosplays, many versions made for these Disney princess cosplays.  I saw a picture of a group of slutty versions of the princesses.  How nice and classy.  It refreshes my childhood in a way that no one else can.

I would like to state more, but these four groups are ones that I am having the most problems with.  They could die out like the Naruto and Bleach cosplays, but then that means that some other annoying theme will come along.  It's a cycle like how a lion tries to eat an elephant out of hunger, but the elephant impales their asses with its huge tusks of win then continue on their way to never find water and die.  But hey, like I said, it's a cycle.

Port 2: the 21st Century Team

Your World in Hard Copy is now expanding.  HOLY SHIT.  I'm very excited about this project, and we'll see if it goes off the ground (which might take some time). 


I would like to introduce you to our team.  We are Port 2, and our mission is to kick ass and take names in blog. 


Duke


Bio: "Movie and video game enthusiast. spends most of my time in front of a computer editing video or writing nonsense on numerous forums, plays both bass and guitar. ((that's something to work with haha))"


Favorite Games: metal gear solid series, resident evil, super mario bros. 3, phoenix wright series, silent hill


Music: Thursday, Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai, Moving Mountians, Russian Circles


Hobbies: Cosplaying, airsoft, working out, going out, travelling, eating


Duke's Vlog: http://www.youtube.com/user/duke009


*Duke has been working on his vlog, Vlog of Awesome.  He has over 100 videos including his movie review series, "Three Word Movie Reviews".


kha0tick


Bio: "I'm Nick. I'm a huge nerd and proud of it. I'm quite knowledgeable about games, comics, movies, and zombies. I know absurd amounts of things about zombies."


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Awesome Games in the 21st Century

Today I only have three to share.  And I'm going to start with God of War: Ghost of Sparta. 

This was released Nov 2 in America on the PSP, which makes for the second God of War series on this system.  Whoever owns a PSP knows how badass the system is.  You have all these awesome games like Crisis Core, Monster Hunter, and the first GOW game for the PSP, Chains of Olympus.  While many fans do not believe that Chains of Olympus was in the main timeline, it is said to be somewhere in the story of the first God of War. 

This game is supposedly taking place in between the first game and Betrayal, which is a sidescroller downloadable for mobile phones.  All I know is that if this keeps up, we might end up having a mixed up Zelda timeline, and that would make me nervous.

If any of you have played the first PSP GOW, you understand how the graphics don't look as bad as you think when you play it since it's portable.  In fact I would say the graphics are on par with the first game just in a smaller screen and not as detailed but enough so you don't notice the difference after an hour or so in.  The controls are the same; you just hack and slash through.  In this game Kratos has a different set of magic and skills that are used with the same engine as GOW III for the most part.  I have heard about a few new moves, but I'm waiting to get my hands on this thing to find out for myself.

I did look up the storyline.  Keep in mind that this isn't actually after the first game entirely, but it mainly flashbacks at least for the first part.  The  threat in this game is a marked warrior, an oracle foretold, to bring down Olympus. So as soon as Ares and Zeus find out who it is, a struggle goes on and the game shifts to after the first game when Kratos is proclaimed the God of War.

As soon as I was looking over all this information, a really vital question popped up in my head.  Why does Olympus have to be shit on in every game?  Olympus is a huge part of Greek mythology, and it's the source of all power, but really, how many times have you read a myth where Olympus was going to be taken down by mortals every single time?  I guess the writers think that it hits a close to home feeling that as soon as Olympus will be attacked, shit is going down.  Now I have nothing against this storyline.  Well maybe just the repetition.  However I myself haven't played it yet, but when I do hopefully it will kick so much ass it wouldn't bother me.

I feel that there should be other targets.  In the first one the whole thing was about finding that damn box and getting through that impossible room where harpies, fire, standing too long in one area, and skeleton warriors and archers kill you.  Seriously I thought I have died about ten times before getting through there by chance.  Why can't this game just have someone trying to sack a city?  Or overthrowing a god?  Causing some sort of drama?  I have no clue. 

Next, Alice Madness Returns.  And holy crap was I spinning in circles after hearing about this.  It's due to be released next year for all the major gaming consoles.  Madness Returns picks up after American McGee, the first Alice game.  It was a highly respectable game, but alas not many people have played.  I think it wasn't until the later years after it's original release date that the popularity of this twisted game came to be popular and everyone wanted their hands on a copy.  Unfortunately not many copies were sold so it is somewhat rare to find one in good shape.  It was played on the PC as a third person platformer and early form of hack and slash.  To some people who are not familiar with playing many platformers or even third person shooters on a PC, the controls were hard and difficult.  Alice was probably the fastest thing on earth with how freakin fast she was moving.  Her side steps were about 20 mph and she jumped like gravity is her bitch.

I remember when I was 10 looking through the PC Gamer magazine and finding the promo for this game.  This was the picture, and I just remember staring at it for so long thinking how fucked up and scary this was.  But when I started to look into the story when I was older, I started getting intrigued.  It wasn't until I was about 18 when I found a copy (and friggin finally too I was barking up every free tree for this CD) and shit were the controls nasty.  But after giving it a while and realizing that you could throw the knife instead of just stab, I relaxed and finished it to the end.  The storyline was nothing like I have ever played before, and with the concept of using Alice before all this Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass craze went about the world, I found it be extremely original and creative. 

In American McGee's Alice, Alice's house burns down with her family inside, and she goes through a mental breakdown that isn't fully explained until you progress in the game.  She goes to a mental hospital and enters a dream which brings her back to Wonderland where everything is morbid and nothing like she remembers.  Instead of having tea parties with confused men who wear hats, she has to slaughter her way through the Queen's army, which actually doesn't just consist of card soldiers.  The graphics were good for its time and the voice acting was absolutely over the top spot on.  The Chesire Cat has a great voice actor and is Alice's only connection from what is actually going on in her dream and how it relates to why Wonderland is in ruin.  Ultimately you must face the Red Queen, but before then there are tons of bosses and different levels to explore.  You get different toys, which are used as weapons, and you'll be finding yourself meeting new strange characters and stabbing ones you know and cherish to death.

The first game ends with something that gives you a better explanation about what exactly happened and what the hell you just played, but to truly understand everything, you have to dive deep and really think about certain dialogs and adventures that connects with Alice herself.  Sometimes playing it through again helps. 

So far there are three trailers for the new game, and one of them is bullshit so I'm not going to bother to post it.  The first one is simple and kinda haunting.  It has some cool effects and sets you up for more of a chilling adventure than the last game.  The second is personally my favorite because it shows Alice more in her new character design.  I'd like to point out here that she looks pretty much the same except for little difference in her outfit and overall structure.  However because the graphic jump from 2000 until now is extremely different, it is a necessary change. 

This is probably the game I'm most excited for.  I didn't really expect this to come out so quickly especially after the rumors were confirmed about a movie adaption to the first game that will be out in a few years possibly.  When I saw the trailers, it was like a huge rush.  Not many screenshots have been released yet so keep your eyes peeled towards the end of the year or during the first quarter of 2011.  A Wiki has been made, but not so much info has been posted as of yet.

Lastly Back to the Future by Telltale Games.

Not a lot is known about how the gameplay is.  All that I understand is that it's supposed to take place between a plot hole in the movies so it will be like playing through a plot you haven't heard of before.  Telltale also made such games like Monkey Island's latest installment that launched in five episodes.  So most likely I would imagine this to have a similar engine like the Monkey Island series, which was point and click and established in controller land as an advanced point and click series. 

I have nothing against those games, and in fact Monkey Island is one of my favorite series.  I'm also a huge fan of the Back to the Future movies (except the third one) and I am really looking forward to hearing Christopher Llyod doing some voice acting in here.  Marty McFly isn't going to be voiced by Michael J Fox but by AJ Locasio, who pretty much sounds exactly like him.  Here's an interview with AJ on Cinemassacre. 

http://www.cinemassacre.com/2010/11/05/aj-locascio-interview/

In the meantime I'm going to be really excited for this five episode installment.  You can preorder on the Tell Tale website.

Your Friends in the 21st Century

All your freakin friends are pissing the world off.  I don't mean your awesome friends who make you cookies and love to help you on home projects while telling jokes; those people are badass.  But I mean your weak willed jackhole friends who are on your C list.  Now B list isn't that terrible, but C list is pretty bad.  So you tell me, are they really worth keeping?  How about we go through a list to see if any of these friends leech off of you.

Faking an Interest

While a promise is important, some of your friends don't mind spewing out mindless ones that they do not intend to keep.  One common friend is someone who suggests first then promises to see you in the future.  They would say, "Dude, we gotta hang out sometime!" then when you finally get a day available in your schedule, they drop off the face of the earth so they can go to a party or some place else.  Some of you probably don't care much for this person, but some of us actually really try, and when we really try to make that space in our hearts and time, they just blow us off to do something else.

Then there are the people who would promise that they would say hi, call you, get you present, or hang with you on your birthday.  And that's total bullshit because they just end up forgetting when it is or responding to an invitation. 

All these people are either just like this in general or obviously fake an interest and try to see you as a friend on a more personal level.  So forget these people because they just don't care about what you do, who your other friends are, and even when your own birthday is.

Gossipers

 I'm not talking about that book and TV series many people are fans of.  I don't even know what it's about except for probably girls and gossip.  I'm talking about the ones who have no business knowing yours or other people's businesses but don't mind spreading this type of news out to the world.  And from what I can tell, the type of gossip told from these people vary so don't even dare telling them a secret whether it is big or small.  You're just going to get screwed. 

Gossip can be fun to some people, but whether it is your mother on the phone talking to her other friends or just sharing something that was somewhat interesting, everyone knows that some secrets eventually get told around the corner and the person you least want to hear about it knows.  Just look at this picture Norman Rockwell painted.  It tells the truth. 

My theory is to just try to steer away from these types of conversations with your gossip friends.  Now most of the time these friends are actually ok; you see them every once in a while and there isn't any type of hate in between you two, but if it gets to the point where they discuss something about someone you particularly like or just about yourself, it is best to try to get out of that realm altogether.  Talk about celebrity gossip.  At least you don't personally know these people even if you follow them on Twitter (which is USELESS).

Haters

I find this picture true on a loose level.  Almost every person who is somewhat liked in a particular community is viewed to be liked "too much" by some jealous attention grumbling dildo, and of course you have to be on the end of some back and forth drama.

I can guarantee that this has happened to almost everyone at one point of their lives whether it was from childhood to adulthood.  Haters can be either somewhat visible or not at all.  Sometimes the hate only lasts for a little while depending on a bad day or some turn of events that gives that person the wrong impression of you, which I can understand because first impressions are important but give people a 50/50 chance of being liked.  Those accidents are easily forgivable. 

Haters who are somewhat visible are more common with girls than guys especially when they get older.  Girls have a tendency to be jealous over things that are more personal while some boys usually get jealous over a bunch of little things that pile up, but some guys actually talk through their problems besides trying to ruin your reputation. 

Girls are probably the worst type of hater.  They get jealous over something that is most likely stupid like a guy or some sort of misunderstanding, and then you have a huge wave of hate coming towards you depending if they like to gossip or fabricate stories.  The worst part about this is that they still pretend to be your friend for a ridiculous reason.  It could be just to keep you closer or they have a type of connection to you which they cannot fully understand.  And nothing is more insulting than someone who hates you telling you lies and still trying to be your friend.  And if you are in high school and still doing this, just save yourself the trouble and delete these people from FB and tell them that because they are younger than 20 their "problems" don't matter.  Even if you are not the bigger person, at least try to detach yourself from haters as soon as possible because once you are in too deep, it can be harder than it looks to try to get away.

Freeloaders

This could hit a few people too close to home, but don't worry; it's normal to find these people.  Freeloaders come in all different shapes and sizes, and sometimes they don't even have to be your friends but they could be your family, your roommates, your classmate, your co-workers, your significant other, and sometimes your customers.  If a customer comes up to you trying to trick you into giving them free stuff, not only are they free loading but they are technically committing a crime.  So you could even call the police if you are feeling lucky and have the end to a satisfying work day (this is one of my biggest dreams).

In seriousness freeloaders are annoying and out to bleed you dry.  When you establish a personal connection with someone like this, it's even worse to try to get them to help themselves.  A lot of these people have potential so whether your choice is to cut them off completely or try to ease them into not living this lifestyle anymore, there is always hope.  Try your best and it can be a huge difference.  If it's someone who you have to work with, try to have a conversation with that person that can easily lead into why they take your stuff.  It could just be a streak of coincidence or it could be that they just want to free load off you for forever. 

Deadbeat

Probably the saddest of them all, deadbeats make the other people mentioned in this blog look like gods.  To me a deadbeat is a person who is a dangerous combo between a freeloader and someone who fakes an interest in your life so they can just keep being a leech.  Deadbeats drain someone socially, time wise, financially, spiritually, and physically depending on how much time someone spends with them.  These people typically want rides from you all the time, can't find a job for a lame excuse, can't prioritize their life, and usually don't try to give something back to you if he owes you or not.  These people you just can't ignore if they are really attached to you.  You need to lay down the law and fast before they stumble into your wedding just to go to the free bar and embarrass yourself. 

Whiners

It is natural to feel really bad for someone who is going through a rough time such as a bad break up, someone close to him dying, or another unfortunate event or accident.  But if they just keep complaining about stupid bullshit and make themselves a black hole that is sucking the energy out of you, you need help fast. 

These people are usually like this and that's the way it is.  Someone has to complain about something that isn't going just fine in their life.  They complain about how much sleep they aren't getting, which is their own damn fault, and whenever they want to do something with you, they either don't go or worse, drop out in the middle of your scheduled event.  And when you bring them somewhere, they usually just sulk in some corner completely baffled about why their life sucks so much.

A lot of these are freakin liars, too.  They find some way to get out of something they don't want to do and complain about it like their day is the worst on the planet.  They also have a reason of not doing whatever you have planned and it's usually their own fault or so insignificant to a normal person it wouldn't matter.

Then you have the kind who pretend to be truly depressed so they can get your attention or someone elses.  These usually happen to people when they go through a break up that isn't even that bad.  Normally if you give a person space for a little while they climb back up and get better.  But some people just don't want to make it sunny anymore and give this excuse to why they suck at work.  It's not necessary, and you definitely don't have to deal with it. 

Self Righteous People

Never bring these people to any event of any kind.  Self righteous in this context doesn't mean people who preach way too much, although that can be another subject altogether in your list of crappy friends.  This is about people who think they know everything there is and that their opinion matters best because they took like two classes about it in college.  In fact most of these people are most common in college.  In a way I find it completely ironic.  Shouldn't college make you realize how much information there is in the world and how little you actually know of it?  No, instead today's college generation (which is probably the worst in my opinion) do not believe in listening to each other's opinion and if no one conforms to a norm's most popular idea, they should be shot on sight.

A lot of Republicans have problems with this if you live out on the East Coast and vice versa in the West because of whatever the popular political party is.  Instead of sharing and comparing ideas on an adult level with you, your friend tries to cancel out anything they find at least a smidgen funny about your idea and backs it up with information that is either reliable or something they read in a textbook so it must be true.  Many people ironically also think that they are open minded, which most "radical" college students believe, but they cannot be open minded if they won't listen to you, right?  Exactly. 

You can also find these people to say anything they want about a subject they don't even know a lot of.  For example if I'm talking about the WWE business with someone, that person would probably say, "Oh I know a lot of stuff about that because the news had something about Chris Benoit and how he killed himself.  You're wrong, the wrestling business is not careful of their hired athletes," I get pissed off due to obvious reasons.  Really pissed off.  And I'm sure that has happened to some of you before.  (And if you don't understand it, I suggest looking it up.)

Health Nuts and Green Nazis

I think I saved the best for last just because I believe that this group of people are on the rise and has been since a few years ago.  How could we let this happen?  Because it's out of our control. 

I hate eating something and a friend of mine has to comment on what I'm eating and why it's bad for me.  Or if I accidentally throw out a water bottle out, they wouldn't say, "Dude you threw that water bottle.  Don't you want to recycle it?" they would say, "You know that plastic bottle is going to be in a landfill for thousands of years," then it makes me want to throw me up from all this unnecessary guilt.  Just tell me I threw it out by mistake!  It doesn't have be a huge project. 

Seriously the level of thought of this group of people makes not only me mad but thousands of people upset.  And I'm not just going to stop at the friends.  This is why I don't try to make friends with soccer moms because they are guilty of the same thing.  They have a terrible habit of trying to hook their kids up to a healthy food tube and always have to talk about how they saved the earth today before they go out to a bar and guzzle beer that will make them fat in the future.  Now I don't smoke or drink or any of that stuff, but extreme hardliner straightedge people shouldn't make a huge sermon about how my friend wants a drink of beer to celebrate getting a new job.  That's just complete crap.

Hopefully you found a pattern here because I really hate to spell it out, but to tell the truth, they are just trying to make you cave in your free will to do what you want, hence the term Nazi.  And yes I know the picture has a Communist symbol, but they are all the same to be in terms of being extremists.

That's all I can think of, but if you could agree, I did hit a lot of the major groups here.  So try to break yourself away from these people, but also remember that some of these guys aren't really too bad.  I mean yeah you could have someone who is a whining bitch be a good person in the inside, but if there was some way you could just try to make them break these habits, then they won't be in your C list in the first place.  And if any of you have at least one friend in each category, I truly feel sorry for you.

Wrestling in the 21st Century (November Blog)

Wrestling in the 21st Century

November Issue

Topics this Month:

1. The Nexus onto Glory
2. The RAW General Manager
3. Matt Morgan's Return to Singles Competition
4. 3D's Retirement
5. Pinfall Talk 

Hey, guys.  Hardcopy here with the November issue of Wrestling in the 21st Century.  This is the first time I'm trying this out on Blogger after it moving it from a forum based group, and we'll see how it goes. 

Remember that this was written originally on November 3 so the Turning Point PPV for TNA wasn't aired yet if you are reading this after Nov 9.  

THE NEXUS ONTO GLORY

Unless you have been living under a rock or just haven't been watching WWE, Cena was forced to join the Nexus after losing his match at a PPV a few months ago.  Now Survivor Series is coming up soon, Barret is going against Orton once again.  He won the match against Orton at Bragging Rights but didn't gain the championship over a DQ by Cena. 

While people can argue if the storyline is getting slightly bitter on RAW, I would have to disagree.  Although I do love how the Undertaker and Kane storyline is progressing, I do get more excited watching RAW instead.  I really do like the idea of the Nexus; it's like watching the Spirit Squad back in the day except instead of having men run around as male cheerleaders, these rookies are also revolutionizing the business and the storyline with something different.

While Wade Barret is probably one of the most impressive rookies out of Nexus, the way he established his character from the start of the organization was absolutely beautiful.  His mic work is fantastic, and his wrestling doesn't fall short of that either. 

Adding John Cena was a shock to most of us at first, but if you think about, he was basically required to have to act on making this storyline more juicy.  A few fans I have talked to explained that they predicted the Nexus will fall as soon as Summerslam will end, but they are just growing in numbers.  With the addition of Husky Harris and Michael McGillicutty, who were the best heels in NXT Season 2, they are basically up to the point of becoming unstoppable at least for another six months. 

Now that Gabriel and Slater are the Tag Team Champs and Darren Young is in his singles competition on Superstars (for the most part), people are questioning what's going to happen to bring the Nexus to an end.  Here are a few predictions that I have thought of without the use of a dirt sheet.

• Skip comes back and causes a change.
• Traver returns with or without Skip and causes a change or goes onto singles competition.
• David Otunga quits or takes over Nexus.
• Cena takes over Nexus (most unlikely possible).
• Orton is dragged into Nexus or breaks up Nexus.

One thing that I think will most likely happen is Nexus will be challenged somehow and will break up over the appearance of the RAW General Manager.

THE RAW GENERAL MANAGER

We have so far been experiencing no leads onto who the RAW General Manager is yet.  Before when this concept first started, we have been receiving e-mails from this person without any names but a bunch of clues, that were using different mottoes and one liners from other past superstars.  There is an agreement with the fans that we possibly won't find this out until Wrestlemania.  But a few of us can't wait until then.  These are a few ideas of who it could be. 

Some believe that The Rock is the new GM.  Personally I can understand why some fans would think this because he was "supposedly" going to be a guest host for 2010.  We still have a few more weeks until this year ends, but so far he hasn't been here, and if he were to guest host, it would make sense since he would be giving publicity to his new movie Faster.

Others think that Triple H has a shot, but the only reason I can really think of that could explain his absence from the WWE is his involvement with the Linda campaign in Connecticut.  But because that has ended or is at least coming to a complete close soon, he could return sooner than you think.  He was present at the Fan Appreciation Day event in Hartford, CT, but because it was a house show and wasn't aired, he is still not anywhere in the storyline.

Vince McMahon is out of the question unless he has a huge ass trick up his sleeve.  In the episode of RAW that was aired in Nov 1, he was shown just waking up from a coma, but then it segmented into Stephanie waking up from a dream.  So whether happened isn't explained yet.

To me there are only two possibilities.  Either Jim Ross is pulling the strings or Shawn Michaels.  Jim Ross seems to be a better pick because he has been gone longer than HBK, and if he did come back, he would know how to handle everything like a GM.  Plus he could have a pretty awesome segment with Michael Cole, whose ego just keeps getting bigger and bigger by each week.  HBK, sure, it is possible, but he has hung his boots up for about half a year already.  If he were to come back as the GM, then I wouldn't imagine him being back until next Wrestlemania so it's been at least a year of retirement.  I do think he will come back one day, but I'm not completely sure when.

MATT MORGAN'S RETURN TO SINGLES COMPETITION

Personally I am EXTREMELY excited over this.  Although it hasn't been a really long time since Matt was on his own before joining Fortune, it has been even longer that he has returned to being a babyface since his break up with Hernandez when they were having competition for their tag team titles.

In Oct 28 Kennedy was scheduled to have a match against Jarrett after having a concussion from his attack the week previous.  Morgan came out to express his feelings over it, and bottom line claimed that fighting someone with a concussion, let alone a match where he has to keep one arm tied, is too extreme.  He rebelled against Fortune and announced on Reaction that he was "better off doing singles competition".

To me this means two things: 1) Morgan is a face again, 2) Fortune is starting to tear down.  Don't get me wrong, I think Fortune is a great idea, but with the new regime in affect, the sides don't seem to be balanced well at all.  But with all the character change going on, there are some story lines occurring.  

3D'S RETIREMENT

  It is announced, and it's official,  3D is retiring after their match with the Motorcity Machine Machine Guns for the Tag Team titles at Turning Point.  What makes this match seem to be the most appealing to fans is how it came out more low key compared to the other rivalries and how there were no hard feelings between anyone so far.  This didn't spawn out of a storyline; just a simple "hey we want one last match" request. 

While it is true that this team has seen the face of the world and owned it with their skills, the Dudley's do have to continue on with their lives so in a way it's not really the end.  They still have their wrestling school to run along with their families and personal lives.  I wouldn't doubt that they would leave forever, but I'm just surprised that their last match isn't really getting a lot of publicity as compared to some retirement matches that a few other wrestlers had (such as Shawn Michaels for one). 

The Guns is their best option to go with.  Gen Me is not developed enough in TNA to handle a match like this, Beer Money is too tangled with Fortune to not make this match more simple and angle free as possible, and Ink Inc had just formed.  Despite Ink Inc's fairly new appearance, I did hear a few comments that it would be interesting to see 3D have a retirement match against someone they trained personally, but they also had a feud and storyline with Jessie before the huge ECW move into the business.  The Guns are fast, clockwork, and coordinated like 3D so they should promise for a magnificent performance.  No doubt this will be a heart touching and well appreciated match.

So there you go, the world is waiting for one of the best retirement matches in TNA history, the RAW GM is still going to appear eventually, we've got one of the best story lines happening on RAW thanks to Nexus, and Matt Morgan is welcomed back to singles competition.  Before I leave you all, here's some coffee Pinfall Talk for the completion of the month of October:

• Katarina Waters will be debuting shortly on TNA under her new ring name Kat La Noir.
• Smackdown has come to SyFi and NXT goes up for live streaming on wwe.com
• Goldust and Aksana were married on NXT, and he still has DiBiase's belt.
• Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre's tag team dissolved.
• Gabriel and Slater became Tag Team Champs after a basic forfeit match by Otunga and Cena.
• Taker has been buried alive at Bragging Rights by Nexus
• Paul Bearer returned
• Mickie James comes to TNA as the new knockout
• Madison Rayne and Tara lose rights to the Beautiful People
• Robbie E and Cookie, two wrestlers mimicking the Jersey Shore, were confronted by JWoww
• Jeff Hardy wins the TNA title after Bound for Glory and turned heel
• The New Regime is set in motion.