Damn. That's a lot of broken stuff.

I've never played any of the Saint's Row games, but I think that might change with Saints Row: The Third. I dunno. A lot of sequels this year at E3. Maybe this will be a fun one.

The Best of Video Game Music

Just as the name implies, Metal Gear Saga combines the themes of the four main series Metal Gear games into one fantastic medley. This music plays over the final battle between Snake and Liquid Ocelot and it is freaking awesome!


One of my favorite games of last year also had one of my favorite tunes in it. If you haven't given Deadly Premonition a try, then go and play it. It's only twenty bucks. You won't be disappointed.


Now this is some boss fight music. Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia may not be my favorite game of the series, but this is my favorite bit of music.

Super 8

If there's any movie this year that I think could serve as the great escape that Inception was last year, it's Super 8.

I don't see many movies that I like. That might be surprising if you know me in real life. If you've ever watched a movie like Versus with me, I can gush about sound effects or just how freaking cool it is. But, conversely, I can hate on a movie like Priest for being utterly generic and so dull that you couldn't cut butter with it.

This year has had a few good movies, but not really any that I would call great. Sucker Punch was a hell of a lot of fun, but it didn't really live up to its premise in the plot department. X Men: First Class and Thor are some of the better superhero movies I've seen in ever and Captain America is still coming down the pipe, so, yeah. As fun as all those movies were, they didn't wow me as much as Super 8.

I really had to nag my friend to go see this movie, too. She wanted to watch Pirates again, and then we compromised by deciding to see Bridesmaids. Eventually, she decided to just see Super 8 and she liked it. She should just accept that I only like to see good movies and wouldn't drag her to see a bad one.

Anyway, going back to my whole "I can gush about sound effects" thing, a good amount of Super 8 is about a group of misfit kids making a movie(hence the title) for a film festival.
The scenes of the kids shooting the movie are so goddamn funny, I would've been happy if it were only about that. Seriously. Some of the scenes would have been at home in an episode of Darkplace.
I think I'm one of the few people who actually finds making movies funny since I've made movies. A few of which turned out about as good as The Case did. I think that may be why I was the only person laughing uproariously in some of the filming scenes.

Anyway, a monstrous...monster escapes from an Air Force train as the kids are filming out near the railroad tracks, as all kids were allowed to do back in the 70's. Afterwards, people begin disappearing and the kids try to hide from the soldiers who come looking for the creature.

I don't want to spoil anything, but know that it's a really good show and if you're like me, in that you like anything with a monster in it, then you should go see Super 8.

And, for the love of Eneru, stay for the credits.

Toriko, Episode 8: That Which is Passed Down! Activate, Gourmet Cells!

I've really only been into manga for the past five years or so. And for a time, I only read series' that had started before I got into it, like One Piece, Naruto and Bleach. But then came Toriko. A manga by Mitsutoshi Shimabakuro which follows a "Gourmet Hunter" named...Toriko.

A good chunk of the series revolves around the capture and preparation of delicious food. So think of it like a version of Yu Gi Oh! where the card game have been replaced with sandwiches.

Seriously though, I really didn't like this series at first. But it started to grow on me as I went on. At first, Toriko is a rather unbeatable hero, as most Shonen protagonists start out. He is much more seasoned than characters like Monkey D. Luffy or Ichigo Kurosaki and knows his way around in the Age of Gourmet. But, as drama dictates, must face stronger opponents, and, as powerful as Toriko appears, he's not up to par with some other characters.

The real heart of the series is a young chef named Komatsu. He's accompanied Toriko on nearly all the missions he's been shown on. He's not a superhuman, but his cooking skills do come in handy if you're preparing something extremely volatile. Also, he seems to have an instinctual ability to find rare ingredients.

As I mentioned earlier, a good chunk of the series revolves around catching rare and delicious foods because, in the world of Toriko certain foods can increase your abilities and make already powerful people even stronger.

An anime adaptation of Toriko has gone into production from Toei animation famous for animating One Piece and the Dragon Ball series. I have mixed feelings on the series mainly because of Toei's decision to massively tone down the level of violence and the introduction of the character Tina.
The face that haunts my dreams. Anyway, a more recent episode has at least given us a good fight. Toriko vs. GT Robot.