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GameFAQs Review – Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (Xbox)

Since its debut in the early nineties, Mortal Kombat had become something of a long-running franchise that built its empire on the bloodied skulls and dismembered torsos of controversy, spawning a new string of violent video games. It’s probably because of this violence that it became a household name, enough to get a movie, a cartoon, a live-action television show, and even some action figures and card games. But then, it happened; Mortal Kombat got repetitive, the novelty of performing ridiculous finishing moves went stale, and people moved on. Years later, the crew behind MK remade the series into a deeper 3D fighting game (well, deeper than the older games) and people noticed.

And now, with the new consoles taking over the reigns, Midway decided to release the last MK game for the PS2/X-Box generation of consoles. It can easily be considered the 3D equivalent of Mortal Kombat Trilogy, which was the last 2D game before the shift to 3D. How does this game fare in comparison to that release? Let’s find out.

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Goodbye, Smokeranger. We Hardly Knew Ye.

Smokeranger’s Domain was the second Geocities/Yahoo account I made and yet it was the most used. The domain never got as much treatment as the WS and for a good while the account was dormant.

Why shut down the account? So that Calvin’s buddies can take a hint.

I rarely check Smokeranger’s mail but decided to do so anyway. I end up with mail from guys I hardly know concerning a marching band I’ve never heard of. Apparently a lot of people believe Smokeranger is this Calvin fellow, but I can assure that’s not the case.

I don’t know Calvin. I don’t know these people.

So rather than let people know that I’m not Calvin (because people are too stupid to let that sink in), I decided to cut my loss and kill the account.

So what becomes of the Domain? Plans are being done to integrate it as a subsite for the Webstation (I already added a quick link in case it comes to fruition). Hopefully, content won’t be too bad.

So to Calvin’s friends, Smokeranger won’t be subject to your poor judgment. And to Calvin, you can have the account in 90 days for all I care. I no longer have claim to the account, but I’ll be damned if I let you keep the site.

Enough already. I’m off to bed.

Later.

(2011 Update: Turns out Geocities is no more… site would have gone either way.)

Nimoy’s In. Shatner’s Out. Who Gives A Shat(ner)?

A recent posting on Trekweb has revealed from the mouth of William Shatner that Leonard Nimoy might be in the next Trek movie, but not the Shat. Fanboys are protesting because Shatner might not be in it and they’ll boycott the movie unless Shatner’s in it.

To all the fanboys who want them to bring back Shatner and are having a pissy fit over it, here is some sage advice once given by your hero:

GET A LIFE, will you people?!! I mean, for crying out loud, it’s just a freakin’ movie! I mean, look at you, look at the way you’re dressed! You’ve turned an enjoyable little job, that I did as a lark for a few years, into a COLOSSAL WASTE OF TIME! HEY, YOU GUYS ARE… THE LAMEST BUNCH… I’VE NEVER SEEN…

Some people will never know better.

RAW (July 9th, 2007) – R.. uh, Ruh, Ruh…Aww.

Some quick thoughts:

– No John Cena on the show; he was talking about steroids with Larry King. However, they managed to sneak in a taped interview. Boo.

– However, we could not get rid of Black Lesnar. The video promo he has just exposes his inability to cut decent promos or even look remotely intense.

– I love the commercial breaks where they cater to WWE events in Canada: “Hey, folks! This month’s Canadian Tour of WWE Live events have been postponed to a later date and the live appearance by Deuce and Domino at a shopping mall has been cancelled, but HEY! CHeck out the Great American Bash on PPV!” Idiots.

– Triple H is coming back. Who cares?

Actually, you know what? The show didn’t do much for me. I was paying more attention to my Doom game than I was the RAW show. Oh well.

RAW (July 2nd, 2007) – Average RAW This Week? Now Dat’s Cool.

After a depressing and tragic week that I hope you can all put behind us (I know I can), we return to our regularly scheduled Monday Night RAW program… and boy was it average. Doesn’t sound like high praise, but compared to what the show’s been shitting out lately, average is high praise enough. Some quick highlights from the show:

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DTM BLOG Classics #31 – Some Random Rantings

Got a couple quick things I gotta get off my chest.

– So there’s a random poster at Trekweb who started a poll asking who would boycott the upcoming Star Trek movie if it doesn’t include Shatner. The poster is a deluded fool to think that Shatner will make the movie good and that Shatner needs to be here. I don’t think Shatner needs to be in Trek. His time has passed, he did his bit, and now he’s getting a career revival as Denny Crane. And as for Trek, it’s done fine without Shatner. People like to say that Shatner is Trek, but last time I checked, Shatner only lasted seventy-nine episodes, a short animated series, and seven movies. Most modern (or formerly modern, I suppose) incarnations of Trek have lasted longer. So yeah, Trek is doing fine and will continue to do fine without Shatner.

– For those who missed it, the first Power Rangers convention was held this past week-end. From what I’ve heard, it was a pretty good time had by all, as some old faces from the MMPR days showed as well as the recent new blood. I’m almost sorry I couldn’t make it, but then, I’m not much of a convention-type person.

– I’m digging the current Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness miniseries currently going on. For those who don’t know, this series is a crossover between Marvel Zombies (zombified versions of classic Marvel heroes) and the idiot Ash from the Evil Dead/Army of Darkness flicks. This is a great, somewhat hilarious mini that’s worth the read if you’re into AoD or Zombies.

So that’s it on my part…

Wait… am I forgetting something?

Oh right. That.

I’ll have my thoughts on the matter posted in a Bite commentary in a couple days.

Random Thoughts On Dragon Warrior

Pulled this one out of mothballs recently and popped it in my NES, which has a tendency of working when it feels like it. Man, this brings back so many memories. The Middle-English dialogue, the simplistic quest to save the damsel and slay the dragon, the one-on-one random encounters, and the dreaded STAIRS command.

The original Dragon Warrior (now Dragon Quest) was one of the first RPGs on the NES and it managed to be a fairly satisfying game even to a 12-year-old kid at the time who couldn’t be bothered with them long, complicated game. The menu system was fairly simple to navigate and the battle system is even simpler. There’s no worries about getting poisoned or determining which elemental power does more damage; you either attack, cast a spell, use an item, or run away. That’s all you do and that’s all you really need.

Yeah, leveling-up is a bitch because each battle nets so little experience points and the need to go back to the castle to save your game is a nuissance, but on the other hand, it’s not a bad game. It’s a test of patience, but in a good way. If you can find a copy of this game, go ahead and give it a try.

DTM BLOG Classic #30 – Vince’s “death” brings out the stupid in people

So apparently, some non-wrestling sites picked up on the Vince McMahon whacking and the amount of user comments for this story is almost mind-boggling. Not so much the frequency, but the message contained therein. People complaining about how they were offended by such a hoax and believe WWE has gone too far. This is something that has been mentioned several times on my part, but let’s get this out there just one more time.

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JDF Gets Into MMA

Former Power Ranger actor Jason Frank has taken up fighting in a cage. Actually, he’s had a couple fights already and has won them both, so he has a chance… then again, that’s what we all say when there’s a new fighter out to prove himself.

Click here to read random article about JDF.

Good luck, dude. You’ll need it since you have no Dragonzord to help you now. HA! HA! HA!

Er… forget it.

Later.

RAW (June 17th, 2007) – Down The Middle

Last night’s RAW showing wasn’t all that bad. The exploding limo business has been done to death already and we don’t need to see it anymore.

Some quick points:

– So you have the (fake) private investigator interrogating various superstars. Decent filler, but not much more.

– The Divas tag-team match was actually watchable. Mind you, it’s nowhere near as good or even average, but it was watchably bad as opposed to “RUN THE FUCK AWAY” bad. Shows that there’s actually some improvement in the wrestling from the women’s side of the fence. Hope this talent doesn’t get pissed on.

– Oh goody, it’s a main-event featuring three of my favorite (sarcasm) wrestlers. In actuality, the match wasn’t so bad, but it certainly didn’t keep my interest for too long.

– The Stephanie promo at the end of the show? Totally useless. Outside of the announcement of yet another three-hour RAW next week, there’s nothing interesting about her promo. Only notable thing was that this deep (fake) display of emotion was pissed on by the audience, showing how effective the exploding limo really is.

All in all, not a bad show, but not a good one either. Eh, it works.

Later.