Author: dtm666

I ramble about things.

RAW (June 11th, 2007) – This Draft Blows… Just Like Vince’s Limo.

So last Sunday night, I saw the series finale of the Sopranos. Wasn’t so much a show that fit the bill of series finales (loud, climatic). In fact, it felt pretty much like any other episode and it works. The ending is perhaps the best ending ever conceived (despite people thinking otherwise) because it’s different. It doesn’t give you an ending per se and perhaps that’s a good thing.

Apparently Vince saw the finale and felt the people needed a worthy ending. So they filmed his “death” involving an exploding limo. God, do we have to play this death card again? What if they decide to bring back Mr. McMahon again? Man, who cares really? In three months time, they’ll bring him back and say he suffered some minor burns and lost his best two-piece suit. And if they decide that’s what they’ll do, they don’t even have to cook up a graphic. I got one for them right up there.

What a stupid ending. What a piece of fucking god-damn shit.

*drinks rolling rock*

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First Impressions – THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2006 (PS2)

A full-review might be forth coming, but I just wanted to get my thoughts up quickly.

KOF2006 isn’t a traditional team-based fighting game in the series, but rather the follow-up to the Maximum Impact game (the 3D version of KOF) that was released prior. I never played the first one, but thought to give this one a try.

For the most part, the game plays fairly good, the difficulty is pretty balanced (except for the bosses, but they’re somewhat beatable unlike most of SNK’s bosses), there’s a plethora of fighters to use and unlock, and then there are the Time Attacks, Survivals, and Mission Modes that you can partake in. While the graphics aren’t the greatest, they are still fairly good and the animation is quick. The sound in this game is also pretty decent too.

This is one of those games where you get more than your money’s worth. You have a lot of options and gameplay modes to tinker around with that it’d take a few weeks to go through it all (or at least half the time if you’re really good). KOF2006 might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but for fans of the series and fighting games in general, this is a worthy addition to your collection. Recommended.

RAW (June 4th, 2007) – I Like My Pointless Raw

Didn’t catch the One Night Stand show… from most peoples’ reaction and the results of that show, it’s probably a good thing, but let’s forget that and talk some RAW.

Yesterday was an utterly pointless show. I mean, it wasn’t a really “bad” show or anything. It was just pointless. I don’t get the idea behind it.  Let’s see some highlights:

– Cade and Murdoch beat the Hardys with a swerve tactic to win the tag belts. It wasn’t a great match by any stretch, but why wasn’t this on a PPV when it could have meant more?

– Next week is going to be a draft. That show is going to be three hours long, so you know it must be something that it’ll really shake things up… not really. The last time we had a draft; Kurt Angle left for TNA while RVD was busted for smoking pot.

– Randy Orton continues his killing spree of giving “legends” concussions. Well… it’s a step up from his RESTHOLD thing he likes to do often.

That’s about it. You noticed I didn’t mention John Worthless. Well, I did say highlights, didn’t I?

Later.

Getting Up To Speed

So I got back my PC (now with a gig of RAM, thanks guys) last Monday. Took longer than I would have cared for, but at least it runs a little smoother now.

I’m probably going to do something particular uncharacteristic of me and unusual of this blog; I have a couple thoughts on some political landscapes. Unfortunately, this is mostly happenings in Quebec and whatnot. Yeah, I usually avoid the political talk when I can, but this is kinda irking me (and to be fair, it’s not really political – just that the subjects mostly link to the politics).

So it seems that the latest Quebec budget has caused some dissention among the National Assembly members. The Liberal minority government and the Parti Quebecois are currently negotiating amendments to the budget (the Action Democratique – the main opposing party – has already voted against the budget) in order to make it passable. If the budget is fully rejected, another election could be looming in July. That means more taxpayers money thrown into the Wasteful Spending department. It seems that the Libbies should just swallow their pride and make the damn changes needed to let the budget pass. It’s bad enough I have to go to an election once this year; I don’t feel like contributing to the bullshit voting again for quite some time, much less three-four months later.

Recent reports are revealed illegal money spent by Option Canada during the 1995 referendum. Apparently, one official has already been fired as a result. It’s really unfortunate that people need to resort to illegal spending to get their way. It’s a sad state of affairs, but on the bright side, the right side won… hey, that rhymes.

Boris, a tiger that had spent the majority of his life in a Quebec zoo, was moved to an Albertan zoo and is mostly bored unless someone speaks French. Not sure what this has to do with politics, but the idea of a francophone tiger is funny.

That’s about it. I’m going to end this “big return” now before I get too carried away. Nothing big.

I probably have a few “announcements” and “declarations” to make this weekend. But that’s this weekend. For now… I’m off to the showers and then to work.

Later.

RAW (May 21st, 2007) – RAW-tastic? Yeah, right.

Seems to me that I’m doing these RAW bites on a regular basis, so I’ve decided to make it a regular topic called RAW Bytes. I’ll hunt down the older entries and add them to the list. Anyway, let’s get to the show.

Why am I watching a music video on a wrestling show? Outside of showing the Most Worthless Women On Television, what contribution is made to the show in general? What is the point of this stupid music video anyway? Why should I give a shit about some rapper, even if he is a recognizable name?

I mean, what’s with this obsession of getting rappers into wrestling? Most often, they contribute nothing but low ratings and forgettable music. Also, their videos suck balls most of the time. So what?

Outside of that, it’s not a truly offensive show from what I’ve seen. The Cena/Khali segment is fairly dull but too short to be truly hideous. The Lashley matches are short and sweet too. It’s a fairly average show with no outstandingly good stuff, but it’s miles better than last week’s pile of crap RAW show.

Good enough for me.

Classic Bite Commentary #64 – May 21st, 2007

Welcome to the Bite. Planned on this being a quick one, but I’ve apparently got lots to say (expanded blog posts and original content, along with some announcements that are made here first). Enough of the introductory crap, let’s get on with some talk.

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PPV Predictions – WWE Judgment Day 2007

Never has a WWE B-Show PPV felt more depressing and more worthless than this year’s edition of Judgment Day. I know I tend to crap on their previous efforts in recent years, but at least they have some semblance of redeeming value. This show… it just touches me the wrong way… okay, that didn’t come out right. Let’s just get to the predictions and ranting before I lose my mind.

Note: Quickly updated to include results

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PPV Predictions: WWE Backlash 2007

This would be the third Backlash in a row that I’m doing predictions for. Doesn’t really mean much, but let’s get that bit out of the way. This year, Backlash features superstars from RAW, Smackdown, and that other show. In a strange occurance, all matches are title matches. Not sure that means anything, but whatever.

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