Great Time with my Sister!

So, my sister stayed over for the weekend. We had a blast! We played a shit ton of Rockband(got a little gameplay footage for a video). We gamed it up definitely though. Played some God of War 2 while she played:

WORLD OF WARCRAFT! That's right! I've officially converted my sister into a WoWer! She plays on Undermine with me. I play Undermine with my uncle and her. I play Horde there when I'm not on Alliance(Cho'gall).

We also played some Gears of War. We both went to Hot Topic and got Call of Duty 4 shirts, they are definitely badass. Taco Bell, China Bell and Dairy Queen were all in our diet. Oh yeah, a lot of Mountain Dew too. I know..I need to get back into my diet.

Anyways, we got her a Nvidia GeForce 6600 that had a bonus of 512mb of ram in it. It's not the best, but it was the very best PCI video card we carried. Anyways, she has a much better video card and more memory.

In all, I overly enjoyed my weekend with my sister and can't wait for her to come out and stay again. We didn't work on videos much, but we will aim on it next time!

-Matt

Decisions....

So, I find myself in a bind. I've just been offered to work 8-5(M-F) at $15/hr. I'm currently working two jobs, no weekends off and a couple nights off. I'm so burnt out on working two jobs, it sucks. I'll eventually take over the company business, if I decide to go full-time at my other job(not Best Buy).

I want to do it, but there is something holding me back at Best Buy. Could it be talking about video games all day? Could it be the people I've come to enjoy being around at work? I'll definitely miss my discount! Decisions....decision....

Anyways, I've made my QnA/Update video last night. Over 20 minutes long, so I should probably chop that in half. Or should I just keep it 20 minutes long? Think people will keep up with a 20 minute video?

Well, I believe my sister will be staying with me over the weekend(yay!-I miss her), so you will probably see videos of us two.

Anyways, take care everyone!

Engage Games Network

Hey guys,

I've got some exciting news. I've been contacted by the Owner of Engage Games Network to do primarily Sony news/reviews. The website is: http://ps.engagegn.com/

It's neat, because my passion and hobby have taken me long way with youtube. I've met many good friends and I'm getting random exposure from youtube.

Jared contacted me because he has viewed my videos in the past and has liked what I've done when it comes to video games. So, I've become part of the Engage staff and will be working with their site. I'd love it if you would check out that website. I've made only one post so far(Sony Gaming Phone) and I'm currently working on a complete written review of Uncharted: Drakes Fortune.

What will change? Nothing! It's is merely a side "job" for me and I will continue to update my blog and make videos. I'll continue to ustream(when I get time) and nothing will change. It's just an opportunity for me to continue one of my many passions.

Onwards to what I did this weekend:

Friday: I worked both jobs as usual and I did the Relay for Life walk for the American Cancer Society. I've always been a HUGE fan of charitys or anything to help people. I don't make this publicly known, because I feel if everyone knows I do these things often or they know I give money out to charitys, I feel people just do it for the "hero" persona. I just do it, because I know people out there are much worse than I could ever be and every little thing helps.

Saturday: Spent my ENTIRE day suit shopping for my wedding/cruise. I got two suits for $350, a lighter suit for the ceremony and a dark suit with pinstripes(PIMP!, just kidding =) ) for the Captain's Dinner. I'm pretty excited.

Sunday: Worked until 2:30p and a buddy came over. We went to Buybacks(I got 6 movies!) and just hung out. After awhile Brittany and I had to get some hangers from Wal-Mart and we got 2 more movies from their $5 bin. Totaling 8 new DVD's! Woot!

I decided, I'll do a DVD update and such every 2 weeks now, instead of every week. I still need to upload my Why Buy A Wii video. Anyways, take care everyone! I won't be able to ustream this week, because I close tonight and my fiancee is with me tomorrow. Friday is my only night off and it's our 3 year anniversary.

-Matt-

Sleeper Game of the Year?

So, I've gotten a new game on our 75% off rack and I'm obcessed with it. I don't know why. It's really enjoyable to play. The game is Viking: Battle for Asgard. I'd imagine I'm pretty damn close to completing the game.

This game is definitely going to be in my Sleeper of the Year award running. I'd highly recommend it, despite the mediocre game reviews it received. I'll make a video and give an indepth review.

My next video to be released is: Why Buy A Wii. I'll most likely be uploading it tonight. It is another 15 minute video. I hope those arn't getting too annoying. Most of my videos have been long as hell lately.

So yeah, August 1st is coming even closer. Going to be a married man soon. I'm excited, actually not scared at all like I felt I was. I feel like I've got the love of my life and I'll always be happy with her. She's a great person, I love her.

Alright, away from the lovey dovey moments. I think I've got enough questions for a Q n A. Thanks Fran for yours too! I'm glad to see your doing well and good luck with that job interview! I hope you get it!

Anyways, I've got lots of games to play and very little time. Stay tuned, hopefully I can muster some time for a USTREAM. It might be Tuesday. Not Monday for sure, because they are making me close! Wednesday I have off Best Buy(I usually close). Perhaps, I can possibly do one then?

Stay safe!

-Matt-

Incredible Hulk

Title says it all..I went to see the Incredible Hulk movie starring Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth and William Hurt. It was also neat to see, Lou Ferrigno play a quick cameo role. He was the original Hulk of the T.V. series.

One word will desribe this movie: AWESOME. Now, in my opinion, I enjoyed Ironman more, but the Hulk is JUST behind Ironman. The ending of the Hulk coincides with the VERY ending of Ironman. So excited about what's coming!

Sunday, I went swimming at our YMCA and I got burnt to a crisp. It hurts to move, it's so damn bad. I did buy, Viking: Battle for Asgard for the ps3 for $12.50 brand new. I was decently interested in the game, and I couldn't resist the price.

I've yet to find time to play MGS4, but I'm dying to play it. I've heard so many good things about it.

Won't be a ustream this week again. Tonight, my buddy wants me to go see "The Happening", so I'm going. I was super excited for this movie, until I've heard so many times it sucks. Bah!

Tuesday, I have to go shopping for suits for the wedding/cruise. Then my usual rest of the week.

Give me questions for my Q and A video, Mavrek!

-Matt-

Why arn't you doing USTREAMS?!?!

I've been getting hammered with PM's on youtube about doing a ustream and I've been wanting to do one. Yesterday after I got off work..I was hanging out with my fiancee until she went to work. I played a little bit of WoW(enough to hit lvl 61) and then I went swimming with a buddy.

Sorry, it's nice to hang out with friends when your so slammed with work all the time. I'm trying to make time with ustreams, but I had to get the Grand Theft Auto IV review done on Monday.

Let me put my work life vs gaming time into perspective. I haven't turned my xbox 360 on for a month or maybe a bit longer. I've been checking messages through xbox.com, but haven't played a xbox360 game since Sixty and I played Marvel Ultimate Alliance. I haven't played a playstation 3 game in 2 months or so. Been watching DVD's on it, that's about it. My Wii was only turned on recently so my fiancee could play Wii Fit. Which she has played ONCE. What a waste of $90. Oh well.

So, I did buy my fiancee a 3 year anniversary/wedding gift on Monday. I already gave it to her, because I love giving gifts to people. Anyways, it was a Sony Cybershot 7.2 megapixel, 3200 ISO with optical image stablization. The best part of all, it is Rose Pink. She needed a new camera and I know she loves pink. I also bought her a matching pink sony case for her camera, a 2 year accident damage service plan from Best Buy(highly recommend those to people) and a 1g pro stick duo. It all ended up being $250. She loves her camera and that makes me happy.

Anyways, not much to talk about. I want MGS4 tomorrow, but I don't have the money after buying her that. I may still get it, I've been waiting for Metal Gear Solid forever.

Take care!

-Matt-

Level 60

I logged into World of Warcraft for the first time in awhile to play. My buddy happened to log on and we did an instance(dungeon) and some questing together. I was level 57, trying to push to 60.

In 5 hours, I leveled 3 levels. I did obtain level 60 and I did get my epic mount. I am pretty excited. Why is this significant? Because, I hate leveling from 1-60. I've leveled so many damn characters through those levels, the quests and everything else burn me out badly.

I'm in the newer expansion area(Outlands) and I only leveled to 64 on my mage, before I quit. So, only two zones I'll be going through will be zones I've done. But I've only done those two zones once and it was quite awhile back.

I've literally had my fun renewed on WoW and I can't wait to hit level 70(hopefully before November), since that is when the new expansion comes out raising the level cap to 80.

Anyways, I know a lot of my readers don't play WoW, but I had to be excited and talk about that. On another note, I did buy two games yesterday and a DVD.

We had a 75% off at risk games again at Best Buy and I picked two up.

First one was Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga for the PS3($12.50-brand new) and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer for the xbox 360($5-brand new). I bought the FF:RotSS because it was 5 bucks and I was trying to help clear off some of our games.

If it sucks, ah well..its 5 dollars. I'm sure it will suck, it was made after a movie.

Anyways, I'm going to aim to complete my GTA4 review with gameplay tonight or tomorrow. I'm going to try to get some video work done, so I may do a ustream tomorrow. I'll make a blog or video if I do a ustream.

Take care!

-Matt-

Uhhh..

Great subject title, eh? Anyways....I bought 5 more DVD's at Buybacks last night! Yay! I'll only let you know one of the movies, because I want to talk about it a bit.

1 of the 5 was The Mist. Now, I was talked into this movie by Mavrek, my buddy Aaron and a few other random people from Best Buy. I want to first say, I had no intention of buying or watching this movie. So, I paid $9.99 for it(past what I want to spend on a DVD, but I got over it).

The movie was suprisingly entertaining. I thought it was going to be a boring survival film from bugs. As most of you know, I'm not a fan of CGI atleast in Horror films. They pulled off CGI pretty well, because if the bugs/monsters weren't in CGI, they'd look retarded. The CGI allowed for great detail. I was pleasantly surprised to say the least.

Although I was entertained, I predicted the entire movie. I figured out the ending before it happened and I was very unhappy with the ending. I don't want to go into much detail without giving spoilers. I'll just say, the movie wasn't worth $9.99. It was worth $5 tops.

In closing, check it out if you can find it cheap. Otherwise, I'm not sure I'd bother with it.

Still have yet to decide which day I'll hold my ustream. I'll keep you posted.

-Matt-

Woo..Excited.

Sorry about not showing up to the ustream until 6pm. I was talking with a very good friend about some personal problems he is having. I did show up though and talked very briefly with Sixty and Diablo.

I have figured out how to record with my camcorder and upload it to my computer off the miniDV tapes. Very excited about this. My videos will be limitless. I can pretty much film whatever I want, whenever I want. I'm not just strapped to my desk anymore with my webcam.

Most of all, I am going to be able to do video game footage, which has been asked and asked by everyone. I still really enjoy just talking about the video games, but it is obvious...people want footage.

Anyways, within the past two days, I've purchased 3 video games and 1 DVD. You'll get to see what those are at the end of the week.

My challenge to you guys are: Come up with ATLEAST one question for my next Q and A video. I know you all have awesome questions, so I'll have to rely on you guys to help along.

Diablo has already sent me in a question and Sixty said he is working on some.

See you guys later!

-Matt-

Ramble, Ramble

What's up everyone? New video was uploaded(DVD Update- Week of May 25th). As Sixty wrote, I also have quite the list adding up for DVD's I'd like to purchase.

In my latest video, you'll notice I bought the Rambo complete collection set. As, I've never seen ANY rambo movies, I was told I needed to get it. So far, it was a very good $35 spent. First Blood and Rambo: First Blood Part II were pretty kick ass. I REALLY enjoyed them! I'm planning on watching Rambo III and the new Rambo tonight.

I made my Grand Theft Auto IV review last night. I also made my Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls review, which will be paired with my Wii Fit unboxing.

So, I haven't done any gaming in about a month now. I've just been so tired, that I sleep when I'm off work. It's getting ridiculous. I hate being tired all of the time. It plays a big part in why I don't ustream as much as I'd like. I hope you all understand this and don't think I'm blowing you off. If I get full-time at my construction repair job and part time at Best Buy. My weekends will open up and I'll primarily work 8-5 (Monday-Friday).

I've yet to buy anything this week, which I'm trying to not buy, but it's almost like an addiction with collecting DVD's/games. It's seriously becoming a problem, I think. Not to sound like I am bragging, but I do make very good money, it's just I tend to go in a spending craze.

Anyways, I'm going to target a ustream tomorrow. I'm off work at 12pm, so I will try to ustream by 4pm. Brittany doesn't work until 4, so I'm going to hang with her for a bit after I get off work.

Talk to you all soon!

-Matt-