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I'm now (Well, probably a day ago.) level 14 on Gamespot and the name yet again confuses me of its origins (Ring King, maybe boxing?) but that doesn't really matter. Also I got some new tagging emblem (Tagger Maker.) for, well, tagging a lot of stuff:P!

Also, if you've made and 'All Time Greatest Hero Bracket', how's that going? I voted for Banjo & Kazooie to win but by the second round, they were out. I voted for Mario to come second, and in the semi-finals (I think it's the semi-finals anyway.) 3 of the heroes I voted for are out (Banjo & Kazooie, Yoshi and Master Chief.) so only Mario remains. Happy gaming:D!

Crunk_Dog.

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This week, I've picked a song from the album I reviewed last week. I you havn'tread last weeks 'My Song Of The Week', I reviewed the Hilltop Hoods new album State Of The Art. Anyway, the song's called 'Parade Of The Dead' and although the name may sound gloomy, it actually isn't, although it is about fighting zombies:P! I have no idea why the Hilltop Hoods wrote a song about fighting zombies, but it's still a great song because of the great beats, catchy lyrics and the overall package is fantastic to listen to. The beats are different to anything Lil Jon would produce, but they're still great and have a uniquely Australian style to them. The Hilltop Hoods are a fantastic rap group, they're talented, unique and even though they've released a fair few albums now, their music is still new and it doesn't repeat on what they've done before. Anyway, I wasn't joking about the zombie thing, if you listen to the song and especially the chorus, you'll hear that they're actually going on about zombies. I mean, this is how the chorus goes: They built my city on top of a grave, now the dead roam the street like a rotting parade, they pour gas on me on top of the lake and then they set it on fire so nobody escape. Well, that's about half of the chorus anyway. I know it may sound odd but it's a fantastic song, and it's one of the best, if not the best song on their new album, State Of The Art and State Of The Art is a fantastic album too. Anyway, I highly recommend you listen to this song even if it's just to see if it is actually about zombies, which is is, or to hear the epic version of heads, shoulders, knees and toes (And yes, there's an epic version of heads, shoulders, knees and toes on it starting at 2 minutes and 38 seconds into the song (The whole song goes for 3 minutes and 35 seconds, so it's a relatively short song.).). Anyway, I'll rate it 8.9 out of ten. Happy gaming:D!

Crunk_Dog.

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I've decided to write this blog up about 10 movies you've just got to see. I won't write much about the movies, maybe a sentence or two, but the main point is just to show, in my opinion, 10 films you've got to see.

Alright first up is: The Chronicles Of Riddick (The third one, not the whole series although they're pretty good as well.) I recommend you see the first two (Pitch Black and Dark Fury (It's an anima (Or something like that.).).) before you see this extraordinary film just so you understand the storyline and who the characters are. All I'll write is that this is one of the greatest movies I've ever seen and I highly recommend it to pretty much everyone.

Second is Van Helsing. It's a great film, and it's the type of film you can watch over and over without tiring of it. It's pretty much about a guy who hunts monsters (As in Frankenstein and Dracula.) in an epic, yet subtle way.

Thirdly, Die Hard. If you haven't seen Die Hard (The first one.), you're missing out on a classic, but still incredible film. It's full of unnecessary explosions, pointless gun fights and a lot of C4, as you can see, it already sounds plain awesome.

The forth film you must see is Frost Nixon. I know it's a political drama, and nothing explodes, but, it's still a surprisingly good film. It may sound boring, but everything about it is done right and it's just one of those films that you find yourself enjoying, even if you don't usually watch those types of films.

Fifthly, The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift. It's full oftuned cars, drifting, and the Yakuza, what more could you want?

The sixth film is Brooklyn Rules. I don't really know what genre it fits into but it's an extraordinary film, with a stunning storyline. It's pretty much what you would think The Godfather (Great film.) would be like, except a bit more modern and way less confusing. I highly recommend this film, as in really, really highly.

The seventh is Far Cry. The movie doesn't really follow the plot of the game but that's probably a good thing considering that the game's storyline had more holes than a salad strainer. Everything explodes for no real reason andthen everyone gets guns (To me that'sa formula for success.).

The eighth one is one I mentioned earlier, The Godfather. It's one of those films that even I consider a classic, and although it's complicated, it's still worth watching.

The ninth one is Role Models. What can I say about Role Models besides that it's the funniest film I've ever seen, actually, that sums it up pretty nicely.

The tenth and final one for the moment is Ocean's Eleven. Ocean's Eleven is incredibly upbeat considering it's about robbing a casino, and it's also a fantastic film.

Feel free to comment on these films or write your own '10 Films You've Got To See'. In my opinion, The Chronicles Of Riddick and Brooklyn Rules are the best films on this list. They're both truely exceptional movies and I highly recommend you see both of them, no matter what kind of movies you're in to (Unless they're romantic-comedies. don't even get me started on romantic-comedies.). Happy gaming:D!

Crunk_Dog.

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I just bought Left 4 Dead for the PC, and I thought it would be a great game, and it probably is, but there was just one problem. With Left 4 Dead for the PC, it requires you to create a Steam account. From what I've heard, Steam isn't the most reliable thing, nor is it something I want or need. Anyway, when you install Left 4 Dead, it straight away asks for you to go onto the Internet, and then create a Steam account. Quite a while later it's still 'Steam this' and 'Steam that', it gets to the point where it's ridiculous! Finally, when you've come close to reach the end of all this Steam nonsense, you get to install the game. But no! You can't install it to your computer, you have to install it to a Steam account! So pretty much you've installed the game to the Internet, you have to play the game off the Internet, and that renders the disc pretty much useless! In the end, I've uninstalled Left 4 Dead and Steam (Also, can you deactivate a Steam account? Any help would be greatly appreciated:D!), and I'll return the game sometime soon. I know it's meant to be a fantastic game, but all of this fuss just to install it, it's down right ridiculous! Who knows what actually playing the game would be like, chances are it would be a bombardment of things from Steam. In the end of the day, who thought installing a game to the Internet was a good idea, what's wrong with installing it to your computer? Not that long ago you didn't even have to install games, you could just play them straight off the disc (Sam & Max: Hit The Road.)! I think I'll just wait for Assassin's Creed 2, or just buy ARMA 2 for the PC or Fuel for the PC. Happy gaming:D!

Crunk_Dog.

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For this week's 'My Song Of The Week' I've chosen to do things a bit differently. Since I'm up to my 10th 'My Song Of The Week', I've chosen to pick an album, instead of a song (Next week it'll be back to a song though.). Surprisingly, the album isn't from Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz:shock:, but it's still by a rap group. Also, the album isn't a crunk album:shock:, it's something a little bit different. Anyway, the album is by a group of three rappers from Australia, and is their latest album, and it's also their best album to date (In my opinion.). If you haven't guessed already the group is the Hilltop Hoods and the album is State Of The Art.

The album only has 12 songs(Well, it was going to have 13, the 13th being 'Rent Week' with the Funkoars but then it was taken off, I'm not sure why. But now, it's available on the iTunes Store but I'm not sure if it's out on the CD yet.) but each song is well made, and besides having good beats, the songs have got meaning behind their lyrics. The track list for State Of The Art is as follows: 1. The Return, 2. Super Official, 3. Chase That Feeling, 4. She's So Ugly, 5. Still Standing, 6. Classic Example Feat. Pharoahe Monch, 7. Chris Farley, 8. The Light You Burned Feat. Trials, 9. Parade Of The Dead, 10. Last Confession, 11. Hillatoppa and 12. Fifty In Five.

The Hilltop Hoods are famous for such songs as Clown Prince (From their album The Hard Road.), What A Great Night (From their album The Hard Road.), The Hard Road (From their album The Hard Road.), Chase That Feeling (From this album, State Of The Art.), Still Standing (From this album, State Of The Art.), Dumb Enough (From their album The Calling and probably their most famous song, The Nosebleed Section (From their album The Calling.). Anyway, the Hilltop Hoods consist of Suffa(Matt Lambert.), Pressure (Daniel Smith.) and DJ Debris (Barry Francis.), and they're all very talented artists, and this album proves it.

Anyway, moving on to the album. The first song ,The Return, is fantastic, the beats combined with the lyrics (They're mainly about their comeback to the Australian Rap scene, because they've been out working on this album for a while.) make for a fantastic song. Super Official is a fantastic song, but it's not my favorite on this album. Chase That Feeling is probably the most popular song from this album, and it's also one of the Hilltop Hood's most successful. She's So Ugly is a pretty good song, and it's a fair bit more 'in your face' than the rest of the songs but it's still a good song. Still Standing is one of the best songs on this album, it's got a great rhythm and great beats and is definitely a highlight of this album. Classic Example is also one of the best songs on this album, in fact, it's one of the groups best songs, and with the addition of Pharoahe Monch, it's really an exceptional song. Chris Farley is also one of the albums highlights, and the lyrics pretty much go on about people the Hilltop Hoods look up too. The Light You Burned has rock music elements to it, but that's mainly because of the addition of a guitar, and as far as I can tell, the only time the Trials are on it is in the chorus. Parade Of The Dead is my favorite track from this album at the moment, the beats are brilliant and the lyrics are 'interesting'. They pretty much go on about, well, fighting zombies (Now that's something I've never heard on a rap song before:P!) and it's also the only song I've heard that has a really epic version of Heads, Sholders, Knees&Toes on it (Whilst this is going there's this really good instrument (I think it's an instrument.) in the background, and that 'instrument' is also also heard about a minute into the song for about 10 seconds.). Anyway, Last Confession is also a good song, and is a lot more laid back than some of the other songs like 'She's So Ugly', and the highlight of that song is the chorus (It's been done really well and you can hear the effort that's gone into it.). The 11th song is Hillatoppa, which is a good song, but it's not as good as 'Parade Of The Dead' or 'Classic Example'. The last song, Fifty In Five, is more of a serious song, but it's not that good but other people may like it.

Overall, it's a fantastic album and you can hear that a lot of work has gone into it. The Hilltop Hoods have done a fantastic job and that's why I'm rating this album 8.7/10. Happy gaming:D!

Crunk_Dog.

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I just got an emblem for submitting my 'All Time Greatest Heroes Bracket':D! I'm not doing so well though:P! I put Banjo & Kazooie as the greatest gaming heroes of all time, I didn't really expect them to win, but it was worth a shot. But when Banjo & Kazooie were put against Donkey Kong, it was all over. Donkey Kong's good as well (Donkey Kong 64 on the Nintendo 64 is agreat game.) but Banjo-Kazooie (Banjo & Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie are fantastic games as well for the Nintendo 64, it's great how they're on Xbox Live now.) in my opinion are the best gaming heroes, I mean, who else has fought a witch named Grunty and to go to the next level, have to collect puzzle pieces called Jiggys? If you haven't played Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie and you've got an Xbox 360, if there's a demo available, I highly recommend downloading it (I don't know if it will be as good as when they're on the Nintendo 64, but that's the only next-gen console to have them (I don't think any other consoles have them.). Happy gaming:D!

Crunk_Dog.

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As you probably already know by 'My Song Of The Week', you'll know that rap music is pretty much my favorite type of music. Now I know not everybody likes it, but personally I think it's great (Like I know a lot of people like metal music, but it's not the type of music I really like, or want to listen to. But others do which is fine.). It's got great beats most of the time (Lil Jon's music has the best beats:D!), most of it's catchy and just the overall quality of it is fantastic. The artist's behind rap music usually tell stories of their life experiences (Ice Cube.) or just make fantastic music for clubs or just for listening to (Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz.). Most rap artists are at least good (Soulja Boy aside, actually, you can't call Soulja Boy a rapper, well, not yet at least. He needs to write some music with meaning! It doesn't have to be deep, poetic stuff, but at least stay on one topic:P!), and contrary to what most people believe, barely any of it is about violence. I know most people think most rappers are gangsters or whatever, but your probably mistaking them for their music genre, 'Gangsta Rap'. Anyway, feel free to write your opinion about rap music. Happy gaming:D!

Crunk_Dog.

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No prizes for guessing who was the artist behind 'My Song Of The Week' this week:P! Yes, it's Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz again, and yet again, they're not the only ones on the song, Bohagon is on the song as well. The song comes from one of their best albums, Crunk Juice, and is the second song on the album. If you guessed 'Get Crunk', you'd be right. Get Crunk is a fantastic song, it has some of Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz best beats yet, and it's obvious that a lot of time and effort has gone into making it. Yet again, Lil Jon's lyrics lack meaning, which is fine, because the quality of the song as a whole is fantastic, and the beats crossed with the impeccable timing of Lil Jon's lyrics, make for a song that rightly deserves to be 'My Song Of The Week'. The song pretty much goes on about 'Crunk' and how everyone should keep it crunk, which kind of lacks meaning but like I wrote in previous blogs, Lil Jon focuses more on beats than lyrics. Bohagon's appearance in the song is a great addition, and it improves the overall quality of the song, and if you haven't heard it, I highly recommend you do. As a whole, the song works brilliantly, and it's a great addition to a fantastic album (Crunk Juice.). On the topic of 'Crunk Juice' the album, it's a great album where all the songs are well made and there's really no bad songs on it, including the intro. Anyway, I highly recommend the song and I know I haven't written as much as I normally do, but when or if you hear the song, you'll know how great it is. I'll rate it 8.8/10. Happy gaming:D!

Crunk_Dog.

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For my song of the week this week, I've yet again gone with a rap song, and yes, it's a crunk song. I doubt that you'd be suprised when I write that it's yet again, by Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz. As usual, Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz aren't the only ones on this track, Khujo Goodie from the Goodie Mob and Bohagon are on it as well. If you haven't guessed what track it is, it's Uhh Ohhh from one of Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz earlier albums (2000.), We Still Crunk!! The album itself, isn't exactly smooth and flowing stuff made in a multi-million dollar recording studio where everything has to be perfected to such a point, that it isn't real music anymore andthe people are just in search of perfection. The album is well made, they (Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz.) worry more about the sound of the music, rather than every note having to be perfected. It's kind of like a classic car (We Still Crunk!!)being compared to a modern day Mercedes-Benz (Some pop artist (If you can call them that.). The classic car (Let's just say it's a 1964 Chevrolet Impala.) isn't perfect, it may not have go-kart handling, carbon ceramic brakediscs or the best handling in the world but it's got attitude and personality, which is what makes the car better than a Mercedes-Benz or an Audi. Whereas the Mercedes may have every little detail perfected by scientists in some German laboratory to try to make the perfect car, but amongst all of this, the personality of the car has gone and it's just another machine, and therefore a 64 Impala is a better car (Yet again, not technically, but as a car, it just is.). If you can see my point, then you'll understand why 'We Still Crunk!!' is a good album, it may not be their best album, but it's still a great album. It has one of their biggest hits on it (I'll just write that it's track 11.) and it also has 'Uhh Ohh', this week's 'My Song Of The Week'. Anyway, the song. It's a great song made by some great artists, the beats are fantastic as usual and the lyrics, although not necessarilymeaningful, do fit in with the song very well and the overall package of the song, is brilliant:D. The song doesn't really go on about any particular subject, it's just designed to be a really good song, and that was a success:D! I can't really write much more about it besides fortifying the fact that it's one of their best songs and I highly recommend it to all fans of Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz and crunk music in general. I'll rate it 8.5/10. Happy gaming:D!

Crunk_Dog.

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I've just got to level 12:D! I'm now a 'Rad Racer', I've got no idea where that name comes from but anyway. Happy gaming:D!

Crunk_Dog.