Cont: So, I escaped to the Vancouver Intl. Airprot, where I enjoyed a pop machine eating my change and snacking on what I could only assume was stale Tim Horton's Muffins...I tried to exchange them, but the lady only smiled at me and siad, in broken english " You enjoy!" With that kind of enthusiaism, how could I ask for a refund? I popped out the laptop and started writing some more on the second book in the trilogy series I am currently trying to get published, and looked up to noti...

" The rumors about FREDDY VS. JASON VS. ASH are true. Today's Hollywood Reporter confirms that New Line Cinema has entered discussions with director Sam Raimi, the fellow who helmed the three EVIL DEAD pictures and who owns the copyright to Ash, the sarcastic hero of the DEAD trilogy. If a deal can be reached, Ash will go up against the two horror slasher icons in the sequel to last summer's FREDDY VS. JASON. In that case, it's expected that Bruce Campbell will strike a deal to play Ash for t...

I tend to have a lot of people talk to me about their life. I suppose they find me easy going or a good listener, the point being that these things don't really matter. What matters is that they are expressing what they feel without feeling that they have to hide their true feelings because what they have to say will lead to retribution. Personally, I don't mind. I would rather that people talk about it then bottle it all up then kill every Wal-Mart clerk at their local superstore. Yester...

For awhile, I loved playing games like Sim City. There was soemthing about watching a little city grow and getcute little extra stuff for getting somewhere. Now, we are talking about the Sim City for the SNES. So, when the Sims came out, I was intrigued. It took me quite a long time to get to it on my list of videogames. Actually, more like through the pile of them that have become like sand: They are everywhere! I am a total consumer whore when it comes to games, having owned every system...

The current trend in almost any type of big business is to let go the employees and hire them back as contracting personal. Here in B.C., a bigger threat looms in our midst. The Liberal government wants to balance the budget, and they plan on doing it on the backs of the workers that are employed by them. Last year, thousands of jobs, many of them specialized, were cut from the workforce and offered for bid to private companies instead. The rational behind this is that if the government m...

I was wandering around the Gamefaqs.com archives and fell upon what has to be one of the bains of my existence: 7th saga for the Snes. This game was so incredibly hard that people to this day apparently curse it. Since I am at work, I decided to take a trip to the world of SNES emulators and download a ROM. First off, it is amazing how much systems have come graphically. Remember the days when programmers concentrated on the actual story and neat stuff in video games instead of delving ...

So, I jsut got back from a lovely vacation. I was out of town for a week and attended a wedding of a couple that I have been friends with for about a year or so. The location of this city...well, town, was in the middle of B.C., about a hours' flight from Vancouver. My anticipation to getting the hell out of my current city for a break had been reaching a climax. Work seemed to be getting lame and mindless, dealing with a good portion of the elderly of my city. Why some 90 year old needs t...

It occured to me that every game that is put out is a sensational hit. I realize that people are paid to tote the party line for developers of console and computer games, but really..how do these people sleep at night? The abjectives that are used to discribe the crap that gets put out amazes me sometimes. I scrap better things off the soles of my shoes. So, when a friend introduced me to GameRankings.com, I was scepticle. I mean, another review site. What made it a little different w...

I caught onto Fox's The Family Guy after it had already been booted from the Fox television lineup. Fox made a big hit when it brought a little-known animated series to the forfront when it introduced The Simpsons. Before then, it was sitting on the Tracy Ullman show and suffering. In line came King of the Hill, Futurama, The Critic, and Family Guy. I am sure there were others, but they would be blips on the radar. What Fox seemed to not realize was that the creator of The Family Guy, Seth...

First, the disclaimer: I have never been a huge fan of the Predator series. The first was decent, but the second on was lame. Danny Glover should stick to comedy and Lethal Weapon. As for the Alien series, loved it. That is why this review might be hard to write. Upon going into the theater with my friends and the local EBgames posse, I had some tripedation. Ten years ago, a videogame came out for the SNES called Alien Vs. Predator, apparently a pre-cursor to the up-coming movie. Like ...

Generally, I think I am a good shopper. I tend to do my part as a consumer without wasting my budget. I am a single male in his early 20's, so I pretty much have little to no true fiscal responcibility. But, there is a darker beast that lurks in my house that I can't seem to kick now that I started doing it. Bidding on Ebay. It started simply, of course. A couple of computer games that haven't been made for about six years. Then, I started looking up Magic cards, I swear to re-live good...

Well, I am back from my two week vacation, rested and raring to go. A little while ago, a friend of mine asked me if I ever took a look at a web comic called Boy Meets Boy. Generally, I like the more 'potty' orientated humor, and the idea of sitting around on my computer reading webcomics was akin to reading novels in PDF format: wasn't going to happen. But, I was bored at work one day and took a look. For those of you that aren't aware of the webcomic world, it has apparently existed f...

After a few months of purchasing my GC, there came a deal that offered a limited bonus disc with a collection of LoZ games. The powers to be at Nintendo offered a limited edition collection disc of The Legend of Zelda. In included the two classic games for the NES, and the two offered for the Nintendo 64. I was a little bitter at the fact that it came free with the GameCube, and that it was not available for retail. I went in search, but, alas, no one wants to give it up. I found one used...

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" Empire had a better ending. I mean, Luke gets his hand cut off, finds out Vaders his father, Han gets frozen, taken away by Boba Fett. It ends on such a down note. I mean, that is what life is, a series of down notes. All Jedi had was a bunch of muppets." Ahh, Kevin Smith. Aside from unintentionally starting a war about which is the better movie, I decided to start this article with that quote. Why? Because that quote really sums up Kevin Smith and his talent. When I first started wo...