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Movie Recommendation #10

Another movie recommendation for ya guys.

Movie: The Deer Hunter, 1978

The Deer Hunter takes you into the personal lifes and psychological effects of three best friends who served in the Vietnam War.

Three best friends who live in a small town in Pennsylvania named Michael, (Robert De Niro) Nick, (Christopher Walken) and Steve (John Savage) are ordinary guys who work as steel workers and go deer hunting together every once in awhile. Things change when all three of them are drafted by the army and are sent to fight in the Vietnam War. The toll of the war has a dramatic impact on all three of them as they fight to survive the horror and destruction of the Vietnam War.

Winner of 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture, and Best Supporting Actor, (Christopher Walken) The Deer Hunter is another Vietnam War movie looks into the deep effects on how war can affect a person and his personal life when he comes back home. Ranked #53 on AFI's 100 Greatest Movies, The Deer Hunter is excellent story about courage and friendship.

The Deer Hunter, 1978

New GameSpot Rating System.

In case some of you guys haven't heard, GameSpot is coming out with a new rating system to rate games. From now on it will be either whole, or half numbers.

Examples: 10, 9.5, 9, 8.5, 8, 7.5, 7, 6.5, and so on.

The new rating system will start around in late June, for more information visit the GameSpot news page.

Movie Recommendation #9

Here's another movie recommendation for ya guys.

Movie: Apocalypse Now, 1979

Apocalypse Now is stunning look into the torture and insanity the American soldiers faced when they fought in the Vietnam War.

An American soldier in the Vietnam War named Captain Benjamin Willard, (Martin Sheen) has been out of action and has been in Saigon for awhile, and is waiting for a mission of any kind, just to see the action again on the battlefield. Suddenly, Captain Willard is brought back in, only discover he has a new assignment which is take out a high ranking American colonel. The colonel is a man named Colonel Walter Kurtz, (Marlon Brando) a decorated veteran that has gone completey insane. Colonel Kurtz runs his own military and Vietnamese citizens and even American soldiers follow his every order and worship him like a god. Captain Willard must stop the madness once and for all and take out Colonel Kurtz.

Apocalypse Now won 2 Academy Awards for Best Sound, and Best Cenematography, it was also nominated for Best Picture. Apocalypse Now is also ranked #30 on AFI's 100 Grestest Movies. Filled with great action and drama, Apocalypse Now is a war film you can't miss.

Apocalypse Now, 1979

Could Manhunt 2 might be the turning point for Nintendo?

If you haven't seen the news page on GameSpot, the controversal game Manhunt 2 just received its ESRB rating and its going to be rated Adults Only. This game is coming out for PS2, PSP, and Wii, but still an Adults Only game on a Nintendo console, could this finally be the breaking point Nintendo has been waiting for? The Wii has its share of mature games already,but the reason companies like Take-Two are looking at the Wii is because it will give gamers new opportunities to kill, and Manhunt 2 just might give the Wii a boost in popularity amongst older and mature gamers.

That's what I think might happen to Nintendo when Manhunt 2 comes out, but it depends on how well the game scores amongst critics. What do you think will happen?

Movie Recommendation Blog #8

Here's another movie recommendation for ya guys.

Movie: Die Hard, 1988

A New York cop named John McClane (Bruce Willis)has arrived in Los Angelas for a Christmas party at his wife's business. Just when John settles down for the night as the party begins to end, a group of terrorists seize control of the building. The terrorists led by a man named Hans Gruber,(Alan Rickman) who hopes to succesfully steal over 600 million dollars from the company building. The terrorists take everyone in the building hostage, but John is able to escape from them. Armed with only a handgun, John McClane must wage a one man army against the terrorists and take back control of the building before it's too late.

Hailed as one of the greatest action films ever made, Die Hard will keep you in suspense and eager to see what will happen next. Be sure to see the latest Die Hard film called Live Free or Die Hard coming out this July.

EDIT: New video policy was a big misunderstanding.

Alright well don't expect to see any new videos by me on GameSpot because GameSpot has a new policy that members who signed up for free only get to upload 10 videos the max, if you're a plus or have full membership then you can upload as many as you want.

Seeing how GameSpot has made their site a bit more annoying, you can find my new videos on Youtube. My username on Youtube is zwz06.

EDIT: Ok well apparntly there was a misunderstanding and a glitch that started this whole thing. I uploaded a video 3 days ago, and when it was done uploading a message appeared saying only plus and total access members could upload as many videos as they want, yet today I find out the video I uploaded 3 days ago is now up and running. Sorry for the confusion guys.

Has Microsoft ripped us all off?

That's the question I'm asking you guys, is Microsoft ripping us all off? My Xbox 360 was working perfectly when I first bought it and then I stopped playing it for about a month, so I decided to turn it back on and play it again only to find out that it can't even play the games because it freezes itself every time. I knew it had to be fixed so I checked the warrenty on it only to find out it's only 90 days. 90 days?! Good God, Microsoft must expect their Xbox 360s to break that fast, so now I have to go in and it reapaired for $150 instead of having fixed for free. To those wanting a next-generation console don't buy an Xbox 360, they break easily, and they have a crappy warrenty on them, go buy a Nintendo Wii and hell go buy a PlayStation 3 and see if it's much better than this piece of sh*t Microsoft calls a game console.

I got a Nintendo Wii!

Alright well the reason I wasn't on a lot today on GameSpot is because I got a Nintendo Wii for my birthday yesterday.  It is so awsome, the Wii came with the game Wii Sports which is pretty fun but it's a little easy.  Today I went out and bought Sonic and the Secret Rings and wow it is freakin' sweet, although the plot is kind of lame but the gameplay is incredible.  Tomorrow I'm going out again and this time I'm getting Super Paper Mario.  Have a great summer everyone! :)

Birthday Today.

Well today's my birthday today, I don't what's going to happen today but it's not going to be anything special. Me and my family are just going to go out for dinner and come back and celebrate and that's about it really. But I hope it goes well today, and have a great weekend and a great summer everyone! :)