Oh and then one time Speed Racer was like "WHY DO YOU LIKE PLANTMAN HE LOOKS LIKE A MUMMER". I did not know what a mummer was, I thought it was a dirty word.

Oh man, I totally forgot about that. And yes, Plant Man still looks like a mummer to me.

It's okay. These dicks never say "Happy birthday" to me either. Except on Facebook.

The Voltron game is way more entertaining than I thought it would be, although I'd still recommend picking it up only when it's on sale.

I still have the Excel spreadsheet that I used to keep track of the IP addresses of those I had kicked off MChat.

Damn AOL kids...

I beat Dead Space this evening. Creepy-ass game from start to finish. It may have #####ed with my mind while playing.

That, and because it's owned by EA now, you can probably expect a Mass Effect 4.

There most likely will be; they've said that there will be more Mass Effect titles - but Shepard's story is effectively over.

The ending to Mass Effect 3 was complete ass. For comparison, [spoiler]think about The Architect from the Matrix series, only even more sloppily written[/spoiler], and you just invested 200+ hours into the series for it to all get flushed down the crapper in the last five minutes.

I've been playing it on Normal just fine. I just don't like to have to stop in the middle of a battle and use some medi-gel because my health only decided to fill up so much.

John Carter was #####ing awesome as all hell.

The health bars that only fill up to a certain level? That's new, and it's complete bull#####.

There's really only three things I don't like about it.

1) Micro-managing my health bar. It's a pain in the dick to deal with that ##### during combat.

2) The game no longer tells you what to do next with any side-missions, which is also a pain in the dick.

3) The switching of discs is ridiculous, especially if you bought the CE. I thought I was going to break Disc 2 and starting getting upset at the idea that I didn't buy a plan from Gamestop for this.

I've now played Mass Effect 3 for 16 hours.

I don't think my right wrist has hurt this badly since I first learned how to, um...

Shoot baskets.

That Destructoid article on Mass Effect 3 was full of #####. The DLC that's being included with all of those random products is really just ##### dealing with the "Galaxy at War" multiplayer - and it's all stuff you can unlock by playing the damn game.

So here's something fun: the "Mega Man" character is actually on the disc for the Xbox 360 version.

It was too short but much fun.

THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID.

26 more hours until Mass Effect 3 is mine. ALL MINE.

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is AMAZING. I'm addicted to this game.

The piece is from 1986. It doesn't look like it was ever used for one of the book covers, just "inspired by" or somesuch.

Edit: I should mention that this is not the original art. It's a litho, #295 out of 900.

This week, the university library that I work at had an auction of crap from their archives that doesn't really belong in there.

I really wanted this one sci-fi art piece, mainly because it's crazy looking and I could score it for cheap. Original valued at $950, I picked it up for $21.

Here's the art.



It's from some L. Ron Hubbard "Mission Earth" thing. I couldn't put my finger on why I felt like I really needed to pick it up, and then I remembered this:



The "Mission Earth" piece is from 1986. Meanwhile, the Mega Man 2 box art is from 1988/1989. I think I've found the inspiration for that crappy box art.

Or full of H.

They announced Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition the other day - may pick that up soon, along with Ultimate Editions of Fallout 3 and Oblivion.

Yeah, there's three Gundam DW games, they released a Fist of the North Star one last year, and there's going to be a One Piece DW coming out eventually.

And if that didn't blow your mind enough, there's also going to be Nobunaga's Ambition x Pokemon.

I've been playing Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3. Honestly, this might be the best Dynasty Warriors game yet. Either that, or my brain started using this thing called "strategy" to make the missions easier.

I saw nobody started up one of these, so I figured I would.

I got:


Essential Spider-Man Vol. 2
The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson
Scott Pilgrim Vol. 3-5 (I already owned 1, 2, and 6)
A Hot Wheels customizable Batmobile (from the Nolan films)
A beard trimmer
A new pair of Sketchers black shoes (for work)
A few dress shirts (also for work)
A pocket vuvuzela
Superman bobble-head
$50
Candy and whatnots

Must be nice having a data plan  :'(

Mega Man will be Archie's free comic to be given away on Free Comic Book Day 2012!

Abe's making it sound super-mysterious, but he's really just going to a town where no one knows him, and sit in a coin-operated kiddie car all day.

Biggie Smalls vs. Thomas the Tank Engine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJpP7ZId-mc

I'm doing both, as I'm a consumer whore.

Happy 30th, Abe.

Who knew ten years ago that ten years later you would be ten years older.

Luckily we have an expert in math to help us out with that tricky equation.

Happy birthday Abe!

I downloaded Beyond Good & Evil HD today. Holy crap this game is cool!

That was incredible. But it looks like Ruby-Spears threw 95% of their budget into that little promo.

There's a big Sega sale on PSN and XBLA this week. If you have a 360, get Outrun Live Arcade for 400 points before it disappears off XBLA in December FOREVER.

50 Cent: Blood on the Sand. Not nearly as bad as you'd expect, but it's a Gears of War clone that isn't particularly difficult.

Heeeelarious.

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HOLY ##########! Archie Comics has made whatever supplies leftover from Comic-Con available on their online store! I just picked up two copies for $6 a pop. ##### paying eBay's $50-100 prices!

*pins Xero*
*mutes Xero*

As a reminder, Outrun Arcade for the Xbox 360 will be taken off XBL sometime in December (most likely the end). Get it while you still can.

So does anyone know where I can buy the New York Comic-Con exclusive issue 6 variant?

Real Steel. Very meh.

I just read issue 6...this series is pretty damn entertaining. Highly impressed.

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Issue #10 shows Mega Man keeping a strong pimp hand with Crash Man.

Mikero supports #OccupyLA?

http://eyeone.tumblr.com/post/11322352435/cache-x-eyeone-x-occupy-l-a-in-echo-park-more

I'm not. Years ago when we switched over to the new phone system, I tried explaining to my bosses at the library that if the power goes out, we don't have any phone service. But hey, what do I know?

I got bored today at work (it was a slow day), so I made this X-wing out of binder and paper clips.

I beat Gears of War 3 last night. Excellent ending to a great trilogy.

I picked up Tony Hawk: Shread for myself and DJ Hero 2 for my girlfriend, as there was a sale the other day over at Big Lots. Scored both games for $16 each - I've wanted to try the latest Tony Hawk games, but there was no way in hell I was going to pay full price for something everyone said was mediocre at best.

I saw The Wiz. I really enjoyed it.

The only way that I'm going to get Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is used. I'm already pissed about them canceling Mega Man Legends 3, and the fact that they've said that the only reason why they're doing this is so they have a release in Q4 2011, instead of doing DLC. Capcom can go suck my dick.

IDW's Duke Nukem mini-series is fun.

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Last night I decided to read one of my graphic novels that I've yet to read, a 1950s/1960s manga called Black Blizzard. Two convicts escape a train derailment in the middle of a snowstorm...fairly decent. I could see a B-movie be made out of it.

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Flashpoint #5 and Justice League #1 are out today!

Apparently DC has already sold out of Justice League #1's initial first printing of 200,000 copies.

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So here's my thoughts on the "New 52" as I posted on my LJ:

As of late I've been reading the new DC Comics titles, as everything got "rebooted".

But it didn't.

DC didn't want people using the word "reboot" to describe everything post-Flashpoint, because they said that it wasn't going to be a straight-up reboot.

Clark Kent is still Superman, Bruce Wayne is still Batman, and we have a bunch of guys running around as the Green Lantern.

I'm having a hard time figuring out how this new universe is supposed to work, not only because of some titles taking whole reset button seriously (like Justice League and Action Comics), but the whole idea of being able to introduce new readers to these characters.

Take for instance, Green Lantern Corps which is a title that involves two of the four human Green Lanterns - Jon Stewart and Guy Gardner. In issue #1, they've already got their rings and they're going into action to beat...something. Where was the introduction? How did they get their rings? If you're new to the comics scene, you won't have any idea who these guys are (okay, so they say that Stewart was originally an architect) or how they got their powers. It just automatically assumes that you've been reading various Green Lantern titles for years. Same with Green Lantern, which introduces us to Sinestro first, and then talks about his previous crimes. Oh really? What were they? And why is Hal Jordan without a ring? Much less, why should we give a damn about this Hal Jordan character?

I haven't picked up an issue of Green Arrow in years, but I did two weeks ago. If this is supposed to introduce new readers to the series, they left out two important things: 1) Who the hell is he? 2) Why is he so good with the bow and arrow?

Batman and Robin seems to be a pretty cool title. But when did Bruce Wayne have a kid? How does it fit in to this new timeline?

Meanwhile, the first issue of the new Justice League introduces us to a world that is just discovering all of these superhuman, aliens, robots, what-have-you. The first issue apparently takes place six months after the first discovery of all of these meta-humans. And frankly, it kicks ass. We've got Batman being shot at by the cops, only to be saved at the last minute by Green Lantern (possibly Hal Jordan, but it isn't made clear).

The main problem with this new "52" (52 being the number of series being released in September with this relaunch) is that it isn't the introduction/relaunch that we've all been reading about. Some titles are willing to hold new readers by the hand (Justice League, Deadman, Blue Beetle), others aren't taking time to let you know what they're about (Green Arrow, various Green Lantern titles). I can understand why wanted some of the old stories to still be canon (after all, what's the point in reading 70+ years of comics for all of it to go down the #####-can in September 2011?), but some of this stuff confounds me. Some of these titles don't seem to be a fresh start for these characters, and now suddenly I feel like I need to read Blackest Night, Brightest Day, and War of the Green Lanterns, just so I have an idea of what the hell they're talking about...which is the exact opposite of what DC advertised.

Which now makes me pretty sure that DC doesn't know what the hell it's doing with this reboot and is aimlessly throwing stuff at the wall and hoping it'll stick. Granted, I'm pretty impressed with the writing thus far, and only have one series that I'll probably never check out again.

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My update to this: So after talking to my professor, it turns out that the best-reviewed ones are the ones that are actually taking the reboot seriously. Meanwhile, people are complaining that Green Lantern #1 should actually just be Green Lantern #56, because Johns didn't feel like erasing all that he's written.

Which now makes me mad - this whole relaunch is a sham. If DC was serious about this, they would have wiped it clean across the board. I may be ditching a number of my subscriptions/holds in the coming months because of this.

I'm also not impressed with IDW's new Star Trek series (based on the 2009 movie) - they're redoing the original series pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before" with the new crew in September/October, with "Galileo 7" being the November (and possibly December) issue. I thought we'd be getting NEW, ORIGINAL stories out of this. If I wanted rewrites of old material, I'd watch the first three seasons of Star Trek: Voyager.

At least Mega Man doesn't suck. I've been very impressed with the series.

I'm just surprised at the length, is all.

THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID.

There's a ton of flooding in my area because of the nonstop rain. I'm okay because I live on one of the highest hills in the area, but some of my friends are screwed. The grocery store I used to work at is completely #####ed - there's now 6 feet of water inside of the store, meaning that just about everything is ruined. The Kmart in the same shopping center is in the same boat. The comic book store that I go to is most likely #####ed - I texted the owner asking if he and his wife were okay. They are, but he didn't mention the store.

It's crazy how much of the area that I know is completely underwater.

What kind of car is it?

My day wasn't too bad I guess. I bought "Browncoats: Redemption" for my girlfriend for her birthday. It's a fan-made film set in the Firefly/Serenity universe, with all proceeds going to various charities. I bought the Blu-ray copy for her, and the DVD for me.

Now, I had woke up this morning knowing that I was going to be hitting up my local comic book shop, but it hadn't really sunk in that it was going to be for the DC universe reboot. Around noon, I realized this, and suddenly the rest of my day became pretty unbearable. I couldn't wait for quitting time to roll around, but then I had class immediately after. A voice from Undergrad Speed popped in my head going "##### IT! Just skip class and go get your comics, who gives a #####?" Most people I know are surprised to hear that I DIDN'T skip my class - 3 years ago I would've skipped class for any damn reason under the sun.

I think I might be finally growing up.