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Games, Music Videos, and Random B.S.

Well, it's the year 2011 and games are coming in boat loads. I think it's time for me to adress the games that interest me the most.

Marvel vs. Capcom 3. I love Capcom fighters, I love the Marvel characters, this is the perfect game for me. The character roster is rapidly giving me a larger and larger boner (Sorry for the image.). It was awesome enough that they put Dante and Deadpool in the game, but Albert Wesker was the icing on the cake. And icing is better than frosting dammit! There are a few characters that I'm still hoping for that haven't been confirmed or unconfirmed. Unfortunately, Vergil from DMC, the guys from Power Stone, Daredevil and the Punisher are all unconfirmed characters. Personally, I'd like to see Leon from Resident Evil and Carnage from Spider Man. Who do you want to see in this epic game?

Deus Ex: Human Revolution. I've yet to play a Deus Ex game, but it's always interesting when an old franchise is revived (e.g. Splatterhouse.). What I've seen of this game, I love. The game looks fantastic, the RPG and Stealth elements look awesome, the close range kills and sneak attacks (Such as using blades protruding from your elbows or punching through a wall and breaking a guy's neck.) look sweet. This is a game that I'm wanting to hear more about.

DmC. Like everyone else, I hated Dante's new look shown in the first trailer. However, unlike everyone else, I still have confidence in this game. Ninja Theory has made some great games, such as Heavenly Sword and Enslaved: Odyssey to the West. I think that it's WAAAAAAAAY to early to have an opinion about this game. Come the f*ck on people! They've released one trailer damn it! And here's a note about the story, it takes place before Devil May Cry 3. Everyone is complaining about something that they know absolutely nothing about. Capcom actually knew that Dante's new look would be met with an overwhelmingly negative reception and they pressed forward anyway! What are they planning? Who knows?

Final Fantasy Versus XIII. While I'm not a big Final Fantasy fan (The only one I own is VII.), but many are hoping for this game to redeem the series after the disasters known as XIII and XIV. I always like an action RPG regardless of developer or premise. The creators of the game have said that the main character, Noctis, wasn't gonna end up being a disturbed emo kid like some of the series' past protagonists, but I still think he looks really emo. I want to know how the sword summoning thing will work in gameplay and how the story will pan out. Apparently, Noctis controls the last nation in the world that has a powerful crystal due to every other one being destroyed in war. He also happens to be the head of a family that controls the city. Doesn't that sound like the Mafia? Actually, the idea of the family controlling the city came from the Yakuza. If you don't know who they are, you need to do some research because I'm not telling you. I don't know what the future will hold for this game, so we'll have to wait and see.

Killzone 3. I'm always up for a good shooter, and the way I see it, Killzone 3 is shaping up to be the best FPS of 2011. The game looks great in every way. The graphics, the campaign, the multiplayer, the weapons. it all looks awesome. Futuristic alien warfare FTW.

Brink. On second thought, this may end up being the best shooter of 2011. Brink brings new dimension to first person shooters with the S.M.A.R.T. system. You can move across any random terrain with little difficulty. The customization features are what interest me the most out of everything I've seen from this game. You can create and customize your character, select his build to be light, medium or heavy whether you want more mobility or more guns; you can customize your guns, you can choose you perks depending on what class you are and you will gradually unlock more outfits and attachments and perks as you progress. Wow. Oh, and the shooting looks cool too.

If you want to hear someone else's predictions for the new year, check this out.

Another thing I've been thinking about is music videos. They add a lot of flashiness to the songs and sometimes even help you understand what message they're trying to get across. I don't care whether or not you like the music, just pay attention to the video and the lyrics.

Disturbed - Indestructible: Clearly, the lyrics tell of the advantages of being both physiclly indestructible and being incorruptible, as in unable to be swayed by the criminal element and terrorists, the video shows warriors across history demonstrating their destructive power. We see ancient tribal warriors, a knight riding through a burning town, two samurai dueling, WWII GI's and modern US Rangers. Simply epic.

Gorrilaz - Feel Good Inc.: No one seems to know exactly what the lyrics are to this song. People can only guess at what they are and what they mean. It seems that society has crumbled and the people have been dumbed down. Those standing in the video seem to be the ones who are beginning to free their mind. The one outside is free. It sounds like the book 1984 or the movie The Matrix. Let's also take a minute just to admire the animation and artwork in the video.

Michael Jackson - Beat It and Atreyu - Falling Down: The reason I've paired these two together is because both videos seem to demonstrate gang violence, though Atreyu's video seems to show it to a greater extent. Beat it's lyrics are telling you to get out before a huge fight starts. I still don't understand Falling Down's lyrics. Can you explain them to me?

Disturbed - Stricken and Atreyu - Right Side of the Bed: You can tell I like Disturbed and Atreyu a lot. Both songs tell of the horrible pain of heartbreak and being used. There are some horrible people out there, men and women, who will use you for one reason or another and leave you in horrible pain, driving you insane. That was really dark, but it's true.

I also saw a couple of movies recently that were pretty good. Here's my opinions.

Predators. Robert Rodriguez does a good job of bringing the Predator franchise into the 21st century. The dialogue and action sequences are good enough to keep you entertained, and the new predators are awesome. The premise is also pretty cool. The predators hunting Earth's greatest warriors as game. There are some flaws though, the amount of F-bombs in the film is ridiculous. It doesn't bother me, but it will bother some viewers. The body count also builds up too quickly. Danny Trejo is in the movie for about ten minutes before he gets offed. And, seriously, Adrien Brody as the Schwartzenegger character? Are you kidding me? Overall, a good film if you like action and horror.

Mission Impossible 2. I watched this film a long time ago and I scarcely remembered any of it, so I decided to watch it again. Also, pretty good. I was wondering before I watched it why there were so many insane stunts in the film, then I saw who directed the movie. Who directed it? Take a guess, seriously just take a guess. John Woo. John Woo directed this movie. It's actually surprising because most of the movie is them explaining the plot and developing the characters. He's actually able to hold off the big action sequences until near the end of the movie. Let me tell you something. This film takes the mano y mano cliche to a whole new level. The two guys are on motorcycles. They drive towards each other and LEAP OFF OF THE MOTORCYCLES! And ten broken bones later THEY CONTINUE FIGHTING. That is just ridiculous.

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