The Life of Shepdawg25

Movie Review: Push

2009-08-19T04:55:00.000-07:00

Was extremely excited to see this movie and my buddy(gatorbait015 - on youtube) let me borrow it!

Pre-thoughts:

-Good cast (I really like the first two listed): Chris Evans (Fantastic Four/FF:RotSS - Human Torch), Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond and Never Back Down), Camilla Belle (10,000 BC and When a Stranger Calls) and Dakota Fanning (Coraline, Man on Fire, Hide and Seek and War of the Worlds).

-Had a feeling it would be a knock off of Heroes and I love Heroes, so I was really excited.

-Plot: Chris Evans and Dakota Fanning have special abilities and must find a girl in Hong Kong before a crooked government organization called Division does.

Thoughts:

-Dakota Fanning was pretty annoying in this movie. She is usually hit or miss for me and she just annoyed me.

-The powers are really neat:

NOTE: If you don't want to read about the powers and find out in the movie, skip forward!!

-Pusher: They can push lies, memories(that never even happened) and even emotions into the minds of their target. The target believes anything and everything the Pusher says.
-Watcher: Can self induce visions of the future. It's just like a prolonged deja vu.
-Stitch: Psychic healers/surgeons who can quickly reconstruct cells to their previous/healthy state.
-Bleeder: They create high-pitch sonic vibrations that rupture their targets blood vessels. They are more of an assassin type.
-Sniff: Can track the locations of people or objects over varying distances just from smell.
-Shifter: Can temporarily shift the way an object looks to the human eye. Example: a piece of paper cut to look like a dollar bill, they can transform into a $100 bill.
-Shadow: Used to block the visions of sniffs and to temporarily block the Watchers visions.
-Wiper: Can temporarily or permanently remove memory.

-I liked how they didn't complicate the powers like sometimes Heroes does, everything flows together well.

-A lot of people disliked or hated this movie, but I for one, really enjoyed it.

-Story line kept interesting, they were sure to throw in a couple twists to keep the story fun and active.

Overall:

This will be a movie I purchase on DVD when I can find it. I personally wouldn't pay more than $5 for it, but that is what I usually pay for DVDs now-a-days.

7/10

My Weekend Away

2009-08-18T10:51:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone!

Sorry, I've been completely silent lately. This past weekend my wife and I had a weekend away trip planned(before I knew I was going to lose my job) and we had a blast together.

Saturday: We drove to "The Beach" waterpark located next to Kings Island in Cincinnati, Ohio. We arrived at 10 am(when they opened) and were gone by 11:30am. I can't even express how disappointing that water park has become.

I remember the last time I went, I had a BLAST. Now, it seems just completely run down, dirty and full of a very rude staff(with the exception of one, maybe two).

So, after we left we decided to go to the Newport(Kentucky) Aquarium, since our check-in for our hotel wasn't until 3pm.

Wow, did we have fun! I really enjoy zoo's and aquariums, but I think that may be the best one I've been too yet! Very neat fish, sharks, octopuss, jellyfish..you name it! I highly recommend anyone to check that out if you live near the area or will be planning a trip around the area. It's just outside of Cincinnati, Ohio..it lies on the border of Ohio/Kentucky.

I even touched a shark! I'm scared as hell of those things, but I did it! Felt like sandpaper!

After we were done, we checked into our hotel room and relaxed/took showers before going to dinner. We watched Jurassic Park, since it was on HBO and I now remember why I love that movie so much.

After we were ready, we went to the famous Montogomery Inn("Ribs King"). They in fact were the best ribs I've ever had in my entire life and I can't wait to go back there again(they just opened one decently close to us!).

Sunday: Went to the Cincinnati Reds baseball game against the Washington Nationals. We lost, but we had a blast.

That was our weekend and we enjoyed every second of it. It was nice to have a "mini vacation" with my wife.

Thanks for reading!!

-Matt-

Zack and Miri Make A Porno Review

2009-08-14T05:00:00.003-07:00

Hey guys, sorry I haven't updated in quite awhile. I've been extremely busy with trying to find a job and some previously planned trips(i.e. Cedar Point), so I've been neglecting the blog and youtube, because I'm running low on time.

I watched this last night(not for the first time) before bed and remembered how much I loved it, so I am going to review it.

Pre-thoughts:

-Written and Directed by Kevin Smith = pure greatness in itself

-Good quality comedic cast: Seth Rogan(Pineapple Express/40-year Old Virgin/Superbad/Step Brothers(small part)/Knocked Up), Elizabeth Banks(40-year Old Virgin/Role Models), Craig Robinson(The Office) and Jason Mewes(Clerks 1&2/Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back/Dogma) to name a few.

-Plot: Two friends(who have been friends forever) can't afford their bills anymore and after there water and power is shut off, they decide to make a porno for a means to an end.

Thoughts:

-Seth Rogan once again proves why I love his comedic roles so much.

-Justin Long has one of the funniest comedic roles I've ever seen from anyone.

-In my top 10 funniest movies of all time

-The cast worked extremely well together and the dialouge was non-stop laughter.

Overall:

-You must see this movie if you haven't already!

8.5/10

Busy Weekend

2009-08-10T05:25:00.000-07:00

Sorry I've had no content up, but it was a busy weekend for me. I'm planning on doing some videos throughout the week, so stay tuned for videos/blogs!

Fast and the Furious(2009) Review

2009-08-07T08:56:00.000-07:00

My buddy bought this movie on blu-ray on release and finally let me borrow it! I've been dying to see it, so I finally got to watch it yesterday.

The movie picks up after the second film and everything is happening while the third film is going on, from what I understand. Hopefully that makes sense to everyone.

Pre-thoughts:

I heard a lot of good news about the movie initially. I loved the first two and thought Tokyo Drift(3) was OK at best. So, when I found out they were bringing back the original crew from the first movie, I was pumped. Some have said it was the best out of the series!

Thoughts:

-I loved Vin Diesel and Paul Walker together in the first movie. I think they are both good actors and I love how they are on each side of the playing field(ie. cop vs wanted).

-A lot of action and explosions = greatness

-They had some REALLY neat cars in the movie

-Story wasn't as good in my opinion as the first movie. On par with the second movie.

-Not as much racing as I would have liked

Overall:

-It is probably my second favorite in the series. I think the cast alone gives it the edge over the second movie.

-I highly recommend anyone seeing this movie if they can. I'd watch the first and second before seeing this one, so you know the character relationships.

8/10

Terrible News

2009-08-07T05:32:00.001-07:00

I was given notice at my primary job that I will be laid off in the next week. I will be busy finding another job in the mean time, but will try to keep up with youtube and my blog as much as possible.

-Matt-

Harry Potter: Half-Blood Prince Review

2009-08-06T07:34:00.000-07:00

Before reading this, please check out the previous post for an update on this blog!

So the first official movie review for this channel is Harry Potter: Half-Blood Prince aka Harry Potter 6.

As always, I took my sister(Kuhellsea) to see the movie because it is tradition that we see all HP movies in theatre.

Pre-thoughts:

We had read/heard mixed reviews about this movie through various websites/friends, ect. We were still extremely excited to see it and the trailer was enough to get me past the negativity it has received. Something I cannot comment on is the fact that some of the HP book READERS said that the movie strayed from the book a bit, so while I hope this isn't too true, I feel it probably is.

Thoughts:

-This movie was definitely in my top 3 favorite HP movies to be released. Number one favorite being Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I definitely enjoy the more darker side to the story now that Voldemort is fully released and back to ass kicking power.

-Malfoy had a much bigger role in the movie and I was finally glad to see Malfoy with a more prominent role(but I'm not telling what it is!).

-There was a much higher comedic value to the movie as well. Many more scenes had made me laugh or smile than the others, especially some scenes with Ron.

-As I said before, they put a bit more comedy in it, but they kept up with the darkness that is surrounding Hogwarts/Harry and his crew.

-The one thing I was annoyed with was the fact that they keep going back and forth with the love interests of Harry, Ron and Hermine. I understand that they are getting older and with age attractions grow and it is part of character development, but I wish they would reduce it.

-There was a huge ending and I am extremely excited to see the movie to follow.

Overall

As I said before, it is in my top 3 favorite HP movies of all time. It will be one I buy upon release and can't wait to watch again.

If you are a HP fan, I highly recommend seeing it in theatres if you can, but if not, definitely need to see it on DVD upon release!

8/10

Will Do My Best!

2009-08-06T07:17:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, so I will be uploading a new video tonight that I recorded last night(didn't upload it, because I can't spoil you guys with two videos in one day!

In this video I talk about what my plans are for my written blog here. I've decided that I am going to change the way I do things while I was in the shower thinking. Showers have to be one of the best brainstorming times for me, I'm not even sure why. Here are the changes to look forward to:

1) This blog will be solely for MOVIE REVIEWS and BLOGS.
- You are probably asking this; Why movie reviews and not record them? My answer is simply, because movie reviews are not as in depth as my gaming reviews. I am not going to show movie footage, because I don't want to ruin anything for you. So, without ruining much, I am going to talk about my thoughts on the movies and essentially just review them in text form only. I may still give my intial thoughts of movies I've seen on my movie/DVD videos, but rely on FULL movie reviews here.
2) I will not promise anything, but I am going to try to do ONE movie review a day on this blog. I will let the voters decide on twitter on which to do next. It will most likely be every OTHER day for a movie review, but it will be content, none-the-less.
3) I will try to blog daily as well, that way you can see what is going on in my life, because I have been asked what is a usual day for me. I will also give updates on what to expect, ect.

As always, go to my twitter, which is in the links to the right hand side and follow me to participate in content. It won't always be just for movies, but for actual videos too!

I have started an e-mail for youtubers only, which you can contact me at shepdawg25yt@yahoo.com.

I've already been sent an e-mail by a user and it is very cool to hear from you all.

Would anyone be interested in a ustream? Let me know!

-Matt-

Updates!

2009-06-03T09:07:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,

I want to first say to the few who continue to check this, thank you for nothing being the whiny asses who want to bitch because I've dropped youtube for awhile. I'm busy and I'm tired and I don't have the time.

The problem with the majority of my followers wanting game play footage with my reviews is.....it takes a lot longer for me to do and thus I have no time to make the videos, because people like to bitch about me just talking about the different aspects of the game. Give me a fuckin' break.

Anyways...........Sorry I had to get that out.

How has everyone been?

I've been working like crazy, I go on vacation next friday and will be gone a week(THANK YOU GOD!) and I have a Cincinnati Reds game with my dad this friday(family tradition between the two of us.)

I've been working some crazy hours, like 14+ hour days and it sucks, but it gets the bills paid.

I did manage to get some movies last weekend(Saturday to be exact) at Buybacks and they are:

1) Quarantine: I HATE handy cam movies, but I LOVED this one. Very well done movie.
2) Never Back Down: Very good movie about MMA(mixed martial arts) and high school bullies. Highly recommend.
3) Wall-E: Because it is awesome and my wife loves it.
4) Punisher: War Zone: I hope it's good. My buddy swears by it as a very good movie.

I forget the other one or two I got. Ah well..I got Netflix and tested it out; so far I've watched:

1) Still Waiting: Terrible sequel to the hilarious movie, Waiting. Do not waste your life away.
2) Fido(instant queue): I love zombie movies and this did not disappoint. It's not your average zombie movie, but a zombie comedy and I found it very entertaining.
3) Taken: HOLY FUCKING SHIT. WATCH THIS MOVIE. Enough said.
4) Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Started watching this, but the wife and I fell asleep; been kind of boring so far.
5) Swingers(instant queue): I want to say this might be Vince Vaughns first big role, but I could be wrong. Pretty good comedy, nothing spectacular.

Been watching Season 1 of Weeds(via instant queue) and it has been awesome so far. I'm on episode 6 and I recommend this dramedy to anyone.

Saturday my Step Sister graduated High School. Very proud of her. She graduated with high honors and is planning on being a pharmacist.

Was going to talk about Microsoft's E3, but I'm too tired now, this blog was longer than I originally wanted anyway.

Take care everyone!

More and More Updates

2009-05-05T08:05:00.000-07:00

I want to first start my blog by saying, congrats to Mav and Tiff on their wedding! It was gorgeous!

Just going to give an update on my weekend and such...

Friday: I took my wife out on a date night. We had Red Lobster, which may be the greatest seafood restaurant ever. I love it. We went shopping at the mall and I decided I would try and catch up with the times and change my style up a bit. So I got some clothes from American Eagle and got a lot of compliments, so it made me feel pretty good.

After the mall we went and saw X-Men Origins: Wolverine. I LOVED IT. I knew it would be good and I enjoyed the hell out of it. Learned a few minor details that I never actually knew and my wife loved the movie. It will be a blu-ray purchase for sure. By the way, the guy who played Sabertooth(Liev S???) was a shit load better than the guy in the original X-Men films.

Saturday: I watched The Day the Earth Stood Still before I went to celebrate Mother's Day with my step-mom early. I liked it, was a nice smooth drama. I'd recommend it for a rental, maybe a $5 purchase later on.

It was just a fun time hanging out with the family and eating some really good burgers. After we left, my buddy made some cornhole boards and we went there around 10pm and played until 12am. Cornhole and beer = a fun time.

Sunday: Went back to my dads, for my step-sisters 18th birthday. We had fun as usual with the family. Came home, watched the Amazing Race(which I am not a big fan of, but my wife loves it) and the Celebrity Apprentice(not to bad, but not my favorite at all).

Pretty nice and relaxing weekend. I enjoyed it!

-Matt-

How was everyone elses weekend?

Another Update

2009-04-28T06:13:00.000-07:00

Sunday: Got up at 9am and worked on our fence until about 5pm. It is done! Very nice to have that off my chest and knocked out.

While myself, my dad, Brittany's dad(Pat) and Pat's friend were all working on the fence, Brittany's step dad came over to install our keyless entry garage door opener and our door knocker(that was a house warming gift, with our last name etched into the metal), as well as help with the fence.

I think I've figured out what I am going to do with our basement/3rd bedroom. Since the basement is going to be a pain in the ass, I think I am going to use the small 3rd bedroom at my gaming/computer room. Basement will be storage purely, as of right now.

Monday: Worked and had a softball game. Pretty easy day. Other than I was super sore and sun burnt from Sunday, I just added to the pain from softball.

Today, I'll be working from 8am-8pm. Ugh.....

-Matt-

By the way, I played F.E.A.R. 2 a tad last night, enough to beat the first level and move decently through the second. Pretty fun and creepy so far!

Rough Day

2009-04-25T21:12:00.000-07:00

Friday was the day I went out with a ton of family and friends to officially celebrate my 21st birthday. I got extremely hammered drunk and have been struggling to survive all day, lol...it has been ROUGH.

Father-in-law came over to put up the 2x4's for the fence, so those are up, just need to put all the planks up and we are done!

I went out and spent my gift cards, I got a new SD card for my GPS that my wife bought me for my birthday. I got a new micro SD card for my brand new phone. Our upgrade was today, so I got the LG Voyager. I love it. My wife got the LG Dare. We both had upgrades, woot!

I forced myself into buying a game today(thanks giftcards!) and I hope I didn't overpay for this game. It better be as good as my buddy told me. I bought F.E.A.R. 2 for full price. I hope it rocks.

Anyways, I am going to bed, I need the sleep, lol.

-Matt-

Update!

2009-04-22T07:21:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone,

Sorry about my long absence, but I've been slammed working two jobs and doing house work non-stop. I'm going to try to update everything I can remember:

House: We got the hole in our ceiling and bathroom fixed! I have fixed the shower leak, *knock on wood* and all seems to be moving back into motion, where we can finally unpack everything else! I hope. We started building our fence last Saturday. We got all our posts up and cemented in, so now we just have the build the rest, unfortunately SHITTY weather is delaying the process, but hope to have it all completed by Sunday. Also installing my new basketball hoop I got for my birthday, I have the main pole in the ground cemented in, just need to build the hoop.

Video Games: I've been focusing on Resident Evil 5 when I have any chance to play video games. I finally beat it last night and it definitely wasn't my favorite I've ever played, it was fun. If I get a chance, I'll fully review it on youtube.

I did buy three games last weekend because they were decently priced at Gamestop:

1) Facebreaker(xbox 360): I love this game. It's a goofy boxing combo type game, but it is all so fast paced, that it stays continually fun. It's not a game you play for hours on end, but it's one you have fun with if you don't have a lot of time to invest into video games. Awesome deal for $15 brand new.

2) Ironman(ps3-I wanted xbox 360!): For some reason I wanted to play this when it released and I got my hand on it for $20 brand new. The flying has been kind of a pain in the ass to learn, but I am progressing along decently. Not worth the $20 in my opinion, but oh well.

3) Incredible Hulk(ps3-I wanted xbox 360!): Also was dying to try this as you can have a free roam as the big green guy! This one is fun! It reminds me of Spiderman games, where you can free roam and do missions. I love it and do see myself playing it to completion! Good deal for $20 brand new.

I've also beaten Star Wars: Force Unleashed(xbox 360) and had a blast with it. Beat Guitar Hero World Tour(xbox 360) for the guitar and I have to say, I didn't like the track list at all. Couple good ones, but most sucked or I didn't know them.

Movies: I've gotten a few recently, but don't remember what they are off the top of my head. I did see Watchmen in theatres when it came out and LOVED it. I know this is old news, but I never wrote about it and I just want to say, it is a must buy on release in my opinion. I can't wait!

Life: I turned 21 on Monday. Woot. Had a really nice birthday dinner and was feeling really good after I left, haha.

How is everyone else doing? I hope good!

-Matt-

I Suck

2009-03-16T08:23:00.000-07:00

Sorry, I have been absent for a couple months. Made a video friday, but was EXTREMELY busy this weekend. So, hopefully I can upload it after work.

That's the plan anyways. I hope everyone is doing well.

-Matt-

Lazy

2009-01-26T22:04:00.000-08:00

I'm sorry I've been absent for the past couple weeks. WoW has really gotten a hold of me and I can't seem to break it. I'm getting better though, that's a plus! I've read your blogs, just haven't commented, because when I do get time away from WoW, I'm generally on short time and I have enough time to check my e-mail and read your blogs!

I'm asking you all continue to bare with me! I'm trying hard to get back into youtube.

-Matt-

Level 80!

2009-01-23T08:57:00.000-08:00

Finally, I got it. Woot. I haven't played since the last couple minutes of hitting 80, so I can see myself calming down a bit and get my act together for youtube. I'm very sorry I've been so lazy lately. I'm working on it!

Just wanted to leave a quick update!

-Matt-

Sad.

2009-01-20T05:36:00.000-08:00

It's sad that I haven't done much with youtube or have been paying enough attention to my blog. I've been obsessed with WoW and I can't seem to break it. We have been dead at work, so I downloaded WoW with the two expansions and have been playing it while I don't have anything to do. I think once I hit 80, things will calm back down, but I'm only at level 77. I'm also pushing hard to get the 5k gold to get a epic flying mount. I've got two big goals and a lot of determination. Sorry, I am trying to pull myself away from WoW to upload that video.

I saw something about Hancock in Tiff's blog. Hancock was great for the first half of the movie, when they added the "twist" I think that's where it got a bit ridiculous and started to die down. Still was a fun movie and one I'll watch again as I really love Will Smith movies.

Fran - I'll work on getting you a WoW video together. Should be easy considering thats all I've been doing.

Good news, I'll be 21 in 3 months. I'm pretty excited about it. Wooooot.

-Matt-

It's Cold.

2009-01-16T06:45:00.000-08:00

Yeah, it's -11 degrees outside. It's so cold, that when you breath, it takes your breath away or when you sniff, your nose hairs feel like they are instantly freezing. I hate snow and I hate ICE. I left work early(like 11am early) on Wednesday because of the snow storm that was hitting and then roads were terrible Thursday, so I got that day off as well.

I've been just relaxing, catching up on sleep and playing video games. I'm almost level 74 in WoW on my mage and I've been playing Saint's Row 2. I'm really enjoying that game! I LOVED Saint's Row, so naturally I wasn't too worried about the sequel being bad. They took everything they did right with Saint's Row and added a bunch of new cool shit(customizing your gangs-cars/people, ect). More of a personal character creator this time around, I'm loving it.

I'm sore as hell from working out. I watched Boondock Saints last night before going to bed. I love that movie, such a great movie!

Anyways, I don't have much else to say. I'm currently getting the patches for WoW on my work computer(HAHA!). Hopefully it will run on this computer(it's got the memory and a decent video card) - knock on wood.

See you all later!

-Matt-

Recorded a video, just need to upload it.

2009-01-13T06:10:00.001-08:00

Yup, I did the a tour of the inside of my house and what I bought with giftcards from Christmas. Hopefully, I'll stop being lazy and upload it tonight.

I'm tired and out of energy, bleh.

Short weekend

2009-01-12T05:44:00.000-08:00

Does anyone else feel as if the weekend flew by, kind of like it didn't even come?

I've gotten mostly through all the seasons of the Office. I'm on disk 2(of 4) of Season 4(last season on DVD). I love this show, anyone who hasn't seen it has to check it out. It's so hilarious and Steve Carrell is not even the funny character. If anything, he is more annoying in the show than anything.

Brittany made me go see Bride Wars this weekend. Let me sum this movie up in two words: BORING/STUPID. If your a woman, you'll probably like it, especially Tiff because of the fact she will be getting married soon, but seriously..it sucked.

I am playing in a dodgeball league at our YMCA, I don't remember if I mentioned that. It was fun. Our team sucked, but I still had a blast and I did pretty good, considering I am so out of shape. It's not to release built up aggression on people and throw the ball as hard as I can at them.

I had to work on Saturday. Bleh. I got shocked a couple times on one of the beds and after I got it back together without electricuting myself to death, I said fuck it after the 4th hour I worked and said I'll be back later on this week.

Got to level 72 on my mage in WoW. Woot.

Haven't done any console gaming for some reason, I just can't get myself to play anything, I'm not sure why. I'm sure its just a small phase, but I'm ready for it to be over.

Anyways, I hope everyone had a good weekend.

-Matt-

Thank God It's Friday!

2009-01-09T08:39:00.001-08:00

I am still dragging from my 2 week break off work. I'm tired all the damn time because I never slept during my break.

So, I worked out at the gym yesterday. I did 14+ miles on the bike at the gym and suprisingly, my legs arn't that sore. I also lifted weights a bit and my arms are sore, haha.

Brittany wanted to do a dodgeball league at the YMCA(our gym) and that is on Friday nights, so tonight is our first game/match. I really don't know how to play dodgeball, I'm pretty sure I just throw the ball at people, try not to get hit and catch it if possible? Regardless, it will be a nice active activity.

Tomorrow I have to work at my second job, but it is at my wifes store and she is working tomorrow, so it won't be bad. I don't mind working on stuff when she is there because I get to talk to her. I haven't gotten to spend much time with her these past few days, because she has been working a shit ton. She has closing shifts, Monday-Wednesday and also had to work Wednesday morning(8:45am-10:15pm). That was a very long day for her and I feel bad for her, she deserves some relaxation. She also works 8:45am-4:45ish Thursday/Friday. I, on the other hand, just have worked 8-3ish through the week, except Tuesday, which I worked at my second job until 7:30pm. Otherwise, I've just been lazy because I have been so damn tired.

We watched a movie last night called December Boys starring Daniel Radcliff(I think that's his last name-dude from Harry Potter). It wasn't too bad, it was a watch once but never own movie.

Florida won the National Championship and I hate Florida with a passion. I got a text at midnight from one of my best friends gloating, because he is a Florida fan and hates Ohio State. Needless to say, I haven't been able to talk shit because the last time we played them, they demolished us in the National Championship 41-14 and now they just won another.

The only advantage I have over him is we have 7 national championships and they have 3 total. Keeps him shut up for awhile, but they are inching close!

Anyways, I most likely won't post in here until the weekend is over, unless something cool/neat/frustrating, ect happens for me to talk about.

I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!

-Matt-

Lazy Night

2009-01-08T06:18:00.000-08:00

So, last night after work I went home and layed down for a quick nap. I was planning on going to the gym to work out and then come home to watch Duke vs Davidson at 7pm. That didn't happen, I fell asleep at 4pm and woke up at 7:30pm. I did get to see some of the Duke game, so it wasn't too bad.

I played WoW for a little bit and I am at level 71 and I'm half way through it. Leveling to 80 is going to take me forever!

I watched the movie, In the Name of the King with Jason Stathem(SP?), he is the lead male character in the Transporter movies. Pretty good movie, I enjoyed it.

Well, that was my quick and short update.

-Matt-

Self Reflection

2009-01-07T06:52:00.000-08:00

I made a quick VLOG, that I want to upload tonight hopefully. Basically, just showed what I bought with my giftcards from Christmas.

So, Monday was a pretty easy day. Work was actually a little busy for once and the day flew by. My Ohio State Buckeyes played the Texas Longhorns. Buckeyes were predicted to get smashed, but only lost 24-21. I'm very proud of our team. Both of my teams went down(Sunday and Monday) but I've never been more proud.

I got yelled at Monday because I started screaming at the TV. I think the Buckeyes got screwed on a couple big calls, but hey..whatever. Anyways, the ref made a terrible call and I got up and threw my control into the couch. Brittany told me, "If you can't watch the game like a normal person, I'm turning it off." Does anyone else get like this? I've got a bad temper and I get pissed off over silly stuff, but I'm passionate about my hobbies. I remember screaming about every curse word you could imagine at the refs during that game, my wife replied with, "You tell it babe, I'm sure those referees can hear you through the TV." I love my wife more than she could ever imagine, but she likes to give a little nudge to fire me up more.

I think she is learning that I need to get all my frustration and screaming out before she says anything though, haha. I was playing CoD: WaW when I bought it and I remember cussing at the TV and she got upset with me, but kept saying stuff to me that irritated me more, for example: "What's the point of being pissed off at your game, it won't do anything." I have a serious anger issue toward video games or sports when I play/watch them. I think I've gotten better over the years, but I can get pretty bad. I don't break shit or harm anyone, I just scream and yell at the TV. Anyone else like this? I've got serious issues, haha.

Last night I worked a long day. Got to work at 9am, because when I left my house at 7:40am, I got to work really late because icy rain was hitting and there were wrecks like every 15 minutes. I sat still on the freeway for a good 45+ minutes. I usually get to work between 8am-8:15am when I leave at 7:40am, to get there at 9am, sucked.

So after my first job, I had to go to Bronze Tan Studios to fix shit for them and didn't get to leave until 7:30pm and got home at 8pm. LOOONG day. It's worth it, sometimes I think, the stress and issues this job brings me isn't worth it, until I look at how much I am making just while Brittany has a closing shift. This next check will be enough to cover the leak(I have to pay to have the sink removed so they can get to the pipe that is causing the issue, that's $125) and it will cover the amount I need to do the basement the way my step dad drew it up.

Even after a long day, I couldn't go to sleep. I went to bed at 2am, because I ended up watching, The Kingdom with Jaime Foxx and Jennifer Garner. Pretty good movie, pretty much about terrorism, I liked it a lot.

So, here I am now..dead tired writing in my blog. I'm going to try to upload that video and do my first video game review on who knows. Maybe Spiderman: Web of Shadows since I beat it already.

Take care everyone!

-Matt-

Ugh..Back to Work

2009-01-05T05:21:00.000-08:00

My alarm went off at 7:25am this morning and I thought to myself, FUCK..back to work. For the past two weeks I have been up all night between the times of 4am-6am until going to bed, then waking back up between the times of 11am-1pm. It's been great. Not worrying about getting up early and just doing whatever you want, aside from household chores and I did work at my second job once.

These past two weeks have been great though, I can't complain about it, aside from the LEAK THAT CAME BACK. I mean, come on, can't my wife and I get atleast ONE FUCKING BREAK? Welcome to owning a house, is all I've heard from just about everyone. Thanks for letting me know, haha.

Anyways, perhaps I should make this more of a positive post, yeah? Christmas came, which was a blessing. I love Christmas time, because of the celebration of Jesus' birth(if you arn't religious, you can disregard this), the GIVING season and just being with your family.

-I've seen my family a lot these past two weeks. My sister came to stay with the wife and I for two days. That was a lot of fun. We got her a really neat Joker t-shirt from Hot Topic.

-I saw my Dad/step-mom/step-sister on multiple occassions. We had a lot of fun! We celebrated Christmas on Christmas Eve. My dad made everyone his FAMOUS fruit salad. That shit is so damn good, I could eat it daily. We enjoyed our Christmas tradition, which is watching A Christmas Carol. My sister was even there on Christmas Eve. We exchanged our gifts, which were(going to list theirs because I've made a video about everything I've received):

Dad: Step Brothers(DVD), A Few Good Men(DVD) and a Duke Bluedevils T-Shirt.
Step-Mom: Pair of Ohio State Buckeyes sleep pants and a candle from Bath and Body Works.
Step-Sister: Scene It: Movie Edition(2nd Edition)

It sucks because we couldn't afford more this year. That's the only thing that sucked about Christmas, we couldn't afford what we usually do. We ate New Years dinner with them as well. It was gooooood. Pork/Sauerkrout(SP?) and I think Mashed Potatoes. I have a bad memory. I do remember, it being GOOOD. Before I go into the last thing I visited with them about..

I saw my Dolphins make it into the playoffs after going 1-15 the year before. I've never been so proud of my team. I've always worn my colors proud regardless of record and this year we won our division after going 11-5! A year to remember!

So, naturally..I went to my Dads yesterday to root them on in their first playoff game! We were very excited and pumped. In my heart, I knew my Dolphins most likely wouldn't see past game 1 of the playoffs, but I would be proud regardless. We were beat, wait, let me rephrase it, destroyed by the Baltimore Ravens, 27-9. Ah well, I'm more proud of my team than you could ever know, I just wish Chad Pennington didn't suck donkey balls(he threw 4 INT's that cost us the game), but regardless, he did get us to the playoffs.

The best highlight of yesterday? My step-moms FAMOUS lazagna. THAT SHIT IS GOOD. I've been asking forever for it and she came through and DOMINATED.

I'm thankful daily that I've regained the relationship I once had with my dad. I've missed him.

The greatest thing that I could ask for during my two week break was the fact I got to spend a lot more time with my wife. I love being with her and she brings out the best in me. It's never a dull moment with her and we always find ways to make things fun! I'd be nothing without her.

Boss is yelling to get back to work. I wanted to write more!

-Matt-

Obcessive?

2009-01-01T11:29:00.000-08:00

I just beat Spiderman: Web of Shadows this morning. I played that game on and off a lot for the past 2-3 days. I LOVE this game and I highly recommend it to anyone.

I have to back through the game for a second time because you can choose to be a bad Spidey or a good one. I went good the first time around. Got to be evil now. That will be on the back burner though as I have a shit load of games to play while juggling WoW into the picture.

Sorry blogs have been dry, this holiday break has been awesome and I normally do blogs at work(been off for close to two weeks). Enjoying it!

Happy New Years!

-Matt-

Merry Christmas

2008-12-24T14:09:00.000-08:00

I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a very good holidays. Stay tuned for videos, possibly this weekend!

Weekend From Hell

2008-12-22T07:08:00.000-08:00

Friday: Got off work and waited for Time Warner to come and install my internet. He came an hour early(he called to ask if he could, I got off work early and said hell yeah) and he ended up getting my internet set-up rather quickly. I was happy. Couple friends stopped over to check out the place, but I was pretty busy the whole night.

I had to buy a new piece of shit computer desk, because the old one I have(which I love) is way to big for the basement and I am just going to tear it down and get rid of it. I put that shitty ass desk together(it was $30 from Wal-Mart after all) and set up my computer, router, ect. I had to buy an extention cord and I went to Kroger to get one. After I came back, I realized I got the wrong one and had to buy a new one. On my second trip back, Brittany came with me and decided to rent Fred Claus for $1. After my friends left, I hooked up my internet to my 360 late at night. Seems to be working perfectly, *knock on wood* and I went to bed after downloading some free boring arcade game.

Fred Claus was a funny movie. I highly enjoyed it and will be looking forward to it coming to Buybacks. Vince Vaughn remains to be one of my favorite comedic actors and I enjoy his work. I love his trademark very fast rambling that doesn't make any sense what-so-ever. I'd recommend the movie, especially during Christmas time.

Saturday: We wake up and have the in-laws over to install our new garage door opener. Before he installs it, he noticed fast leaking from our ceiling(I know-fucking horseshit). Of course, no one goes emergency repairs on Weekends, so we have been living WITHOUT water this entire weekend. Luckly, her dad lives 30 seconds from our house and we have been showering there for now. I've had to switch the water on long enough for the toilets to refill for another flush, it's terrible.

To top it off, her mom brings over three kids to my house while I already have 10 people in the house including me and they are annoying little fuckers who keeps breaking and touching everything. I seriously thought I was going to go crazy. The mom came to pick her demon children up and made a comment about having kids to me. I said "After dealing with your kids, I'll wait 10 years." I hope she got the FUCKING POINT.

Direct TV was supposed to show up between 8am-12pm. So, naturally I got up at 7:50am, to prepare for him. The fucker calls at 10am saying that he has one job ahead of me and should be there by 12pm-12:15pm at the latest, I said that's fine. He doesn't show up until 1 PM! Then he takes over 2 hours to hook it up. I was like FUUUUCK. He finally got finished and left. I do love my Direct TV, I'm not going to lie.

Friday night I was having issues with setting up the internet on my ps3. Now, I've always had issues with setting the damn thing up to the internet, so naturally it gave me issues again. I got it up and running finally, but it probably will continue to have problems.

I did test out Playstation Home however and found it to be pretty nice. It will be a lot nicer once it leaves the beta stage.

Sunday: I had to go to a Christmas party I absolutely didn't want to go to. After that ended, we came home to finish installing the garage door with her step-dad. Seems to be working OK as of right now. After he left, Brittany and I watched the Bucket List. Was pretty good, I enjoyed it. Sad, but good. I am Legend came on and I watched it for a bit until going to sleep.

I've spent so much money on small shit it's added up, let me show you totals:

Kroger(grocery) - $160
Lowes - $385 ($125 of that was gift cards though)
Wal-Mart - $80

This sucks. Being a home owner is overrated.

-Matt-

Starting to Fall Into Place

2008-12-19T06:46:00.001-08:00

Got our lower half of the house blinds up. That's good, because I set up my DVD rack/ps3 and xbox 360. Sadly, I won't be able to play any video games on it, because they go on a shelf that there is no room for upstairs.

Basically, it will go in the basement once I get it framed, install some outlets and do the drywall work. Oh yeah, carpet would be nice too.

Internet is getting installed tonight, but I can't find a cable jack in the room I want the computer, argh. Who knows what the hell I'm going to have to do.

Anyways, I'm off to read Sixty's blog about Mirror's Edge.

-Matt-

Moved.

2008-12-18T07:12:00.001-08:00

So, we finally moved EVERYTHING, well almost everything, I've got the clothes on hangers(pretty much it) at the apartment still. I'm sore as hell and it hurts to move, but the bright side, we are moved in!

So exciting! We put our Christmas decorations up late last night, because we missed having them up(we usually put everything up Thanksgiving night).

Anyways, no internet until tomorrow night and no cable until Saturday morning. Very excited!

Stay tuned!

-Matt-

Finally

2008-12-16T18:19:00.001-08:00

Officially closing 100% tomorrow at 9am. Will be moving all night and getting situated throughout the week/weekend. Will be without internet until Friday night(except while I am at my job) and without cable until Saturday morning. Pretty excited.

Probably won't have any gaming consoles hooked up except the Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360, as it will take time to finish the basement for my small gaming area. Stay tuned for updates.

-Matt-

OMG

2008-12-15T11:45:00.001-08:00

Didn't close today. I am going to kill someone. Living out of fucking boxes SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm so pissed off.

FUCK.

2008-12-13T08:57:00.000-08:00

Fucking shit lender made a promise to my realtor and my wife and I that we would close Friday(12/12). Of course, we didn't because she couldn't get shit done in time. FUCKING BITCH.

I close Monday at 4pm. Will be without internet cable until Wednesday once I move in. I got my internet/cable turned back on in the apartment until Monday.

I've never wanted to smack a bitch in the face so bad before.

Now instead of having a WEEKEND to get set-up, I've got to ask people to help on fucking Monday night and set shit up myself because Brittany works two straight closing shifts afterwards(tuesday/wednesday).

BITCH.

Moving

2008-12-11T11:14:00.000-08:00

Tonight is going to be packing from the time I get home until I fall asleep. I've got tomorrow off work, but I won't be doing anything but packing and moving all day. I'm pretty excited, just trying to get ready for moving a lot of shit! Ugh..

So, I was bored at work and was looking on imdb. I saw Underworld: Rise of the Lycans coming out at the end of January. I got excited, because I loved Underworld 1 and 2. Unfortunately, Kate Beckinsdale is not in the third one, so I say never mind. I'll check it out when it goes $3.99 at Buybacks. Besides that, I'll be packing up the xbox360 tonight. I'd game it up but I am pretty sure my internet/cable is being shut off at midnight, because I asked them to shut it off.

Wish us luck!

-Matt-

Another console packed..

2008-12-10T09:05:00.000-08:00

So, I bought the Dark Knight on blu-ray yesterday and watched it as soon as I got off work. I forgot how badass that movie truly is. Sucks so bad Heath is gone.

Anyways, after I watched the Dark Knight, I officially closed up box 3 of my DVD's and packed up the Playstation 3. The only system that remains right now is my xbox 360, which will be most likely packed up tomorrow night or early Friday(I took off work, because we should be closing assuming everything goes well, *knock on wood*).

Internet will be transfered over to my new home and set up Saturday between 12pm-4pm. They(Time Warner) are charging me 10 fucking bucks because I am moving. Fuck them. I wish I had another internet service provider. Fuckers.

I've decided to get a different cable company though...Direct TV. I want my NFL Sunday package. I never get to watch my Miami Dolphins play living in Ohio. Woohoo! That will also be set-up between 12pm-4pm on Saturday.

Anyways, that's all I've got to update about. Talk to you all later!

-Matt-

It's time..

2008-12-09T05:34:00.000-08:00

I've packed away all my DVD's. I'll be packing away all my games either tonight or tomorrow night. Who knows when they will come out of their boxes, because I need to get my basement finished before I can put any of my gaming stuff out. Sucks!

If the basement isn't finished by the 24th of December, then I am just going to put the 360 and ps3 out upstairs, so I can play my new games I'll get.

I am going to set up my internet and cable asap, but who knows when it will actually be installed. I'll be dead without my internet, but that's another thing, I'm not sure where the computer will go. I want to put it downstairs, but I won't be able to hook it up to the internet right away. Ack! We'll see what happens.

I'll keep you all updated.

-Matt-

Keeping me busy

2008-12-08T07:43:00.001-08:00

So, I've been playing a couple games to keep me busy until Christmas comes.

F.E.A.R. - I've really enjoyed this game, but I was stuck at a part a very long time ago and never could get past it. Some how, some way..I figured it out and I've started to progress through the story. Creepy ass game, but I enjoy it. I like sitting at the edge of my seat wondering if anymore ninja creepy things will be hopping down from the ceiling ready to chop me up. It's awesome.

Stranglehold - Ok, I bought this game a long time ago VERY cheap at Best Buy brand new. Couple of my best friends told me it was awesome. So, I finally opened it up and started playing. One word to describe me for leaving it sealed for so long: IDIOT. It's pretty cool! Fast paced action, slow motion style kills and a bunch of neat stuff. I'm not a fan of the shooters where you can slow down time, ect..but this game hits it all just right for me.

Puts a neat twist on the action and it presents a challenge. I'm glad I've started to play it and hopefully I'll finish it before Christmas, I should. I checked how many chapters there were, there are only 7, I've gotten 2 completed already.

Thanks to everyone who has left comments regarding my decision for a baby. We're still unsure, but I think we will wait at least a year.

Anyways, I'm out!

-Matt-

Hurry up Christmas!

2008-12-05T06:17:00.000-08:00

I'm starting to get really bored of Call of Duty: World at War. I've played it way too much, because it's all I really have.

Gears of War 2, while a great game, I'm not really into the multiplayer that much. I have fun playing with Sixty and Tebo, but it definitely isn't a multiplayer that I love to play, more for friends than anything. I'll explain during my multiplayer review of Gears 2.

Anyways, people who haven't responded, check out my last blog and leave your opinion!

-Matt-

Where is everyone?

2008-12-04T06:19:00.001-08:00

I haven't seen anyone post a blog in awhile or comment on anything. Hope everyone is doing ok!

So, Brittany really wants to have a baby. I wouldn't mind having a baby, but I want to enjoy the beginning years of my marriage before we have a baby. Atleast 1-2 years, to go on vacations together, once we both hit 21, go to bars and drink and have fun. I want to be able to buy video games and movies for awhile.

That all may sound selfish, but I'm not ready to turn those things in. Of course, I know you can get a babysitter, but I always get sudden urges to just leave and go somewhere. We get bored and we can just leave and do whatever we please.

This is definitely not a bash on anyone who has a baby young, I just don't think I am ready for it yet. Like I said before, I can't wait to be a daddy, but I want to enjoy my marriage with my wife, just the two of us for awhile.

I'd love some opinions on it. Especially from Mavrek/Tiff vs everyone else. That would give great perspectives.

Am I being too selfish or do you think I'm wise in waiting to enjoy the things I want to enjoy? Let me know!

-Matt-

1k Subs!

2008-12-03T06:25:00.000-08:00

Pretty damn cool. I never thought in a million years I'd hit 1,000. It's neat, but I'm not a numbers person. So, thank you for your support everyone!

Secondly, I mentioned I bought Step Brothers in my VLOG3, I love that movie. It's so funny. I'm really hoping I get Wanted on blu-ray and Chronicles of Naria: Prince Caspian(doesn't have to be blu-ray though).

I talked a very small amount about Sega Superstars Tennis. It's not a bad game. I would never personally have bought or rented it, but the fact it's free is pretty cool. I'm a fan of tennis games, I LOVED Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64. Pretty neat to have a different game, but it's still not great. I've only played a couple matches on singles, but that's about as far as I see myself going. It will be something I play when I don't have a lot of time to play anything else.

Anyways, this is a short blog. I'll talk to you all later!

-Matt-

Blog 3 Already

2008-12-02T05:33:00.000-08:00

Damn, I've been typing up blogs like crazy this month. Anyways, wanted to give updates on my xbox 360.

After work, I took my xbox 360 into Best Buy to get it replaced. After 25 minutes (yeah, I know..I even worked there), they had to test and of course it wouldn't freeze like before, but I told him to try one last thing, I told him try Boom Boom Rocket. Immediately after selecting it from the disk, it said "Unplayable Disc Error." Was enough to get my system switched out.

So, I take it home and hook it up. Everything seems to be going very well, *knock on wood*. It even played Sega Superstars Tennis without issue. It's not a great game, but entertaining to say the least. I see myself putting some decent time into it for a quick fun game.

I've yet to try the Arcade Compilation disc, because when I was on(which wasn't much yesterday), I was playing Call of Duty online. I think I'm rank 34 now. It's been fun, but after playing it online for as long as I have, I do have one issue with it, that I never mentioned in my video review. The maps suck! I hate the majority of the maps in CoD:WaW opposed to CoD4. Plus, the maps seem a bit bigger and it gets to be a pain in the ass at times to find people. It's extremely helpful to have the recon plane now, so you can see where everyone is on the damn map.

Anyways, I'm pretty excited for Christmas. I've got to pick up a gift for my cousin today(Wanted) and I am buying Step Brothers for myself. I love that movie, so FUNNY! I want Wanted so badly and Chronicles of Naria: Prince Caspian, but I asked my step sister for Wanted and Chronicles of Naria from my sister. I will be buying The Dark Knight on blu-ray on 12/9 for my wife and I.

I'm pretty excited to give Brittany her gifts. We put a limit on what we could spend on each other since we got a house. I'm not good at containing myself on buying gifts for her, so our limit was $150 each. I've easily spent $250 and wanted to get another smaller gift or two. I know you probably don't care, but I need stuff to talk about so here is what I got her so far:

-$150 worth of clothing from Victoria Secret's
-Scene It: Box Office Smash(xbox 360) - she loved the Lights, Camera, Action I bought her last year, so I decided to go with the second one also
-Oil Scent Warmer from Bath and Body works
-2 things of scented oil (her favorite scents-that only come out on Christmas-vanilla bean noel and candy apple)
-Wall Flower replacements (same scents as above)

Last year I think I spent $500 on her, so it sucks getting a lot less for her, but she made clear a limit and I've already gone over $100, haha. I'm pretty sure she went over the limit for me too. I gave her a list of the top 5 games I wanted this year. She has 4 items wrapped and they all look like video games (one looks like World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King).

I'm not as big on receiving gifts as I used to be. I mean it's always fun to get games/movies, ect for Christmas, because I can't spend money on those things anymore, but I enjoy far more giving than I do receiving. I'd list what I got for other people, but I know family reads my blog and I don't want them seeing what I got. I'm pretty confident my wife doesn't look at my blog though.

We've already received our christmas presents from my Dad and Step-Mom. We got a couch/love seat and recliner for our new home. I LOVE the set. They are comfy and look nice, I'm sure you'll see them in my video for our new house. I've wanted a recliner of my own since day 1 of moving out and I finally got it! THANK YOU GOD!

Anyways, I've typed enough for you all to read. Talk to you all later!

-Matt-

Xbox 360 Problems

2008-12-01T10:35:00.000-08:00

I think I figured out what is wrong with both 360's.

My old one: The Unplayable Disc Error was described as the following on wikipedia:

The "Unplayable Disc" error has also been heavily reported. The error appears to be limited to the Hitachi CD/DVD ROM drives that replaced the earlier Toshiba drives. The error message is preceded by a loud series of grinding noises and the system returning to the dashboard. From that point forward, any disc that is put in the unit will result in the "Unplayable Disc" error (although if the user was to eject and close the disc tray in quick succession the disc may sometimes play). In the majority of cases, this error is caused by the adhesive that holds a small magnetic washer heating up and allowing the washer to affix itself to the metal top of the drive. After this occurs, the system can no longer spin the disk as necessary. Numerous fixes are available on the internet, but all involve opening the console box. Opening the console will result in the unit's warranty being voided. Microsoft will fix the error for a fee (of $99.00 USD as of November 11, 2008.)Included in the repair fee is one additional year of warranty coverage.

My new one which isn't reading the free discs and is freezing:

On November 19th 2008, Microsoft released the "New Xbox Experience". This update provided streaming Netflix capability and avatars, however some users allege that the update has caused their consoles to not properly read optical media. It is unknown whether a patch is forthcoming as Microsoft has yet to comment on the alleged problems.

FUCK YOU MICROSOFT.

December..Already?

2008-12-01T07:13:00.000-08:00

Damn, where did time go? I thought we were just having Christmas in 2007. Already almost Christmas this year? DAMN! I was told a lot when I was younger, "the older you get, the faster time flies." It sucks, I don't want time to past this fast.

So, my fucking piece of shit xbox keeps freezing. Yeah, the NEW ONE. You know, the one I've had for like TWO DAYS. I'm taking it back to Best Buy to get another today. I'm starting to wonder though, could it be my hard drive is dying or causing issues? Anyone got any ideas? I hate Microsoft regardless. Full of a bunch of douches.

Almost all of our Christmas shopping is done. I think we've got like 3 people left to shop for. Pretty happy, it sucks spending so much money, but I love giving out gifts. Still waiting to hear word on when our official closing date is for our house.

-Matt-

A bit early but....

2008-11-26T18:58:00.000-08:00

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Uhhh...

2008-11-25T08:57:00.000-08:00

I hate making titles. Anyways, I thought it was funny during Sixty's video that Du Hast by Rammstein was playing. I've been in a Rammstein phase lately. I've always enjoyed and loved Rammstein's music, but that's all I've listened to this past couple weeks.

I only have three of their albums:

1) Sehnsucht
2) Mutter
3) Reise, Reise

Ironically, the only two I don't own are their oldest(Herzeleid) and their newest(Rosenrot). Definitely need to get my hands on those, may check Best Buy tonight and see if they have them.

All of my gaming stuff is packed up pretty much. The only things remaining that I can play on are my Xbox 360 and my Playstation 3. I've left all my games out for obvious reasons, so I promise I'll review Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles for you Sixty, just won't be for a couple weeks or so.

Anyways, I'm going to eat lunch and go back to work.

-Matt-

New Video

2008-11-24T19:12:00.001-08:00

Put a new one up. I gave a deep in depth look at the New Xbox Experience(NXE). Enjoy!

New Video

Productive Weekend

2008-11-24T06:42:00.000-08:00

I had a pretty damn good weekend. I got a couple videos accomplished or ideas planned out(thanks to my friends!). I got packing done and I worked on my CoD rank online.

I'm currently Rank 22 and just got a new bad ass gun, I'm loving it. I had a wonderful response to the Christmas Wishlist video I made. I think I've got somewhere from 5-7 video responses, many comments and 10-20 private messages talking about Christmas Wishlists, this is why I love youtube! Connecting with many people is what its all about.

It's not about money or fame for me, I enjoy meeting people!

So, I believe the next video I am going to do will be my impressions and thoughts on the NXE.

Want to hear something else that's cool? I heard from Mavrek yesterday, haven't talked to him in ages. It's awesome, because when I took my hiatus from youtube, the one thing I missed most was friends. It feels good to connect with friends again.

Anyways, my sister (Kuhellsea) finally beat Gears of War 2 last night. After countless text messages and frustration calls, she did it all. I only really gave very minimal advice and a nice pep talk to keep her calm. So, everyone who sees/knows her on youtube, should shoot her a message, because she was dying to get it completed.

Well, I've got to get to work. See you all later!

-Matt-

Upcoming Videos

2008-11-21T05:17:00.000-08:00

Keep an eye out, I plan to make at least two more videos in the next week.

1) Review on Call of Duty: World at War Multiplayer (played it for the first time last night - for a couple hours)
2) NXE Review

I've waited to do the NXE review because I needed to get more involved with it and use it for a couple days rather than give my first impressions right away.

I remember telling Sixty and Tebo from youtube, I "fucking hate" the update. It's grown on me a little, but I still have issues with it that I will talk about in my video.

I may post a video with my wish list from Christmas, because I'd be interested in some video responses or comments of everyone else's wish lists. I probably won't even get a fraction of the games, because:

1) I've got a lot I want (sucks not being able to buy games much anymore)
2) We need a lot of new furniture and such for our new house

Can't remember if I've talked about this in my previous video, but...

I've picked up a second job. We don't necessarily need the money(will help if something major ever happens), but I basically took it to do when Brittany has closing shifts and I am bored at home. Instead of sitting on my ass, I'm going to get paid instead.

I'm an independant contractor for my wife's tanning company she works for. I have two stores I am constantly maintaining. I do things such as:

-Switch out bulbs in tanning beds
-Repair tanning beds if broken
-Repair lighting(ceiling)/toilets/washers/dryers

I am basically a repair man for them. I fix everything on my own time, so it's not a work this and this day, it's whenever I can. So, I primarily work while my wife is closing her store. I've only had two days that emergencys happened, but I wasn't there repairing long.

Been fun so far and I think the payout is going to be AMAZING. Which means, as long as we don't need the money for something else, I've pretty much decided that the fund will go towards my video game/movie collection. Since, it is money I'VE earned on the side. I'm pretty excited.

Anyways, I've noticed some new people left comments! Thank you! Keep checking back!

-Matt-

Yet another game added to my list:

2008-11-18T06:14:00.000-08:00

So, last night I beat Call of Duty: World at War. Let me say one thing to start this off: I still hate World War II games. Alright, I'll carry on.

We live in an age with higher technology and more destructive weapons. I don't want OLD shit. I've ranted enough about that, so I'll carry on with a smaller review(before I record my video review).

As far as the story, it was pretty boring to be honest. I didn't feel involved with the characters and all I was doing was point and shooting. I understand it's a shooter, but come on...could it be anymore boring? At least in Call of Duty 4, I felt a bit more "into" the game, because it dealt with our current war times.

You're separated into two different campaigns essentially:

1) America vs Japanese - Probably my least favorite to be honest.
2) Soviet Union vs Germany - Still pretty dull, but at least I had more fun with this one.

I did like the "dramatic" ending to the second campaign, but there has been a lot better. I'm not sure if it's the difficulty level I was playing on (always start on the middle ground - just to get through the story) but shooters don't seem to challenge much of anything anymore. Especially this game.

It's weird because I never wanted Gears of War 2 to end, but I couldn't wait to just beat this (I never wanted Call of Duty 4 to end).

The one cool thing was after you beat the game, you get Nazi Zombie mode. Didn't get to drive too deep into it, but I'll definitely check it out more and talk about it.

That's a quick look at the game.

-Matt-

And I decided on.................

2008-11-14T06:24:00.000-08:00

Call of Duty: World at War. It's a pretty good game, it's basically Call of Duty 4 with a World War II skin. I'm glad Treyarch kept Infinity Ward's gameplay. Want to know what I am sick of though?

I'm fucking tired of World War II shit. Seriously! What the fuck is your obsession with World War II, Treyarch? Give me a fucking break. The only reason I am remotely enjoying the new Call of Duty, is because you didn't fuck it up with your gameplay style from CoD3(which blew balls). If you are going to do a old war, then pick something else, FUCK.

I wonder how many games there are that center around World War II? I know Treyarch has made 3 alone. Don't get me wrong, I have more respect for our war veterans, but come the fuck on.

Got that off my chest. It's been fun otherwise. It does suck going from higher technology type of weaponry from CoD4, to the old ass guns of WWII. It has been challenging(which I love) and I hope it's longer than GoW2.

I want to bitch a bit about GoW2. You'll see this in my video review I'm sure, but I do want to note some things I disliked about it. Don't get me wrong, I FUCKING loved Gears 2, but all games have flaws.

1) Short game - Didn't you learn from Gears 1 that people wanted a longer game? I played off and on starting Saturday and beat the game Wednesday. I definitely could have beat it in 24 hours(which I did with Gears 1). MAKE LONGER GAMES! That goes out to all game developers(some are long though-MGS4 for example)

2) Ending - What the fuck. This will contain no spoilers. People who have beat the game(example:Sixty) will know what I am talking about. Where was the epic boss battle to end the fucking game? Are you shitting me? Remember the show down with RAAM? Where the fuck was the showdown in Gears 2? Come on, before I beat a game, I want to beat a badass motherfucker before I win.

Those honestly are my only two complaints as of right now with the game. I've still got to try out Horde and the multiplayer. Hopefully, I can pull myself away from Call of Duty and check them out to get a review up.

Sixty, you said your xbox live ran out? I got like 2 48 hour trials, I'll give them both to you, if you want them. Just message me on youtube.

There ya go, my nice little rant for my faithful few.

-Matt-

Gears of War 2: Added to the list of beaten games

2008-11-13T06:10:00.000-08:00

Yup, I finally beat Gears of War 2 last night. Two words to describe this game: FUCKING AMAZING. I loved it, I thought it blew away Gears 1 in the following ways:

1) Stat Tracker - Loved this, let's you know how you are accomplishing goals/achievements
2) Story - Story line was 20x better in my opinion and as Sixty said, there was one very emotional scene in the game. You could tell it wasn't rushed and they wanted a better story.
3) Added new bad ass guns - Flamethrowers, mortars, you name it. I loved it.
4) Cooler/better monsters - Quite a bit more challenging monsters and more bad ass looking monsters. Some massive fuckers in this game, was awesome.

I've still yet to play the multiplayer, but I will definitely give it a try out tonight. Afterwards, I'll most likely be making a full review for youtube.

I've got some extra cash for one other game. Which should I pick? Fallout 3, Call of Duty: World at War or Resistance 2? It would be a given for me considering Call of Duty is released and I LOVED CoD4, but CoD:WaW was made by treyarch and they have sucked ass their past 2 games. CoD 2 and 4 were 20x better than 1 and 3. I wish Infinity Ward made all the damn Call of Duties.

Let me know your opinions!

-Matt-

What's up!?

2008-11-10T07:02:00.000-08:00

First of all, before I talk about anything, I need to bring attention to TWO things:

1) Fran (chroniclesofbayley) wrote 2 blogs and put up videos of her individual game collections. I watched/read it all Fran, very nice job! I've missed ya for sure!

2) Sixty has some nice tracks on his myspace: www.myspace.com/sixtycelph. Very good job Sixty, I really like them.

Ok, back to what my usual is. We have accepted a counter offer on a house and we should be able to move in December 22nd, as long as all goes well. Sucks we have to move right at Christmas(have to be out of apartment by December 31st. Yikes.

Secondly, I've bought movies and a new game(I'm sure you can guess it-Sixty and Fran already know by seeing me play it on xbox live.

So the game first, Gears of War 2. Holy fuck!!!! I am back to being obsessed with gaming again. I love this game, even more bloody, good story so far and some neat new additions. I've only played the single player, because well, I want to beat the game(I'll do multiplayer later).

Holding an injured locust(for a shield) while you fire your pistol is awesome. I loved the new trackers they implimented too. For example: there is one about killing locusts with different ways. Pretty much using every new gun you can find. I think there is 15 different ways to kill them. I'm like 10/15(every time you get a new kind of kill, it tracks it). I think it then leads to the achievement(letting you know how close or far you are).

Pretty much exact same style as gameplay though. New monsters and old annoying ones(I hate reavers).

I started out on the middle difficulty, then I'm going to beat it on Hardcore. I can't wait to beat it, it rocks. After I beat Gears of War 2, I will be purchasing Call of Duty. I'm pretty excited for it. I want Resistance 2 badly, but I'd rather have CoD.

As for a DVD update, I got the following two Saturdays ago:

1) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Worst of the 4 by far. I wanted it solely to complete my collection and it was only $5.99.
2) Die Hard - Never seen it, loved it!
3) Die Hard 2: Die Harder - Never seen it, have yet to watch it.
4) Die Hard with a Vengenance - Never seen it, have yet to watch it.
5) Mad Money(for Brittany) - Stupid movie
6) Few Good Men - "You Can't Handle the Truth!" LOVED this movie, Nicholson/Cruise kicked ass. Demi Moore did very well too.
7) Road House - I actually liked this movie, old classic for sure. "Does the Hobby Horse have a Wooden Dick?"
8) Shoot'em Up - Very odd but enjoyable movie. Bloody and a lot of violence. Worth a watch, got it for $3.99.

Don't think I mentioned them before, but I did buy Ironman and Incredible Hulk both on blu-ray on their release days.

For those who wanted to see our Fox News thing for my paranormal team: http://www.foxtoledo.com/dpp/news/wupw_A_haunting_Eclipse

If you click the video tab, you'll see their 3 1/2 minute video. I made an appearance! =D

Thinking I'll make a full review of Gears of War 2. We'll see. Stay tuned.

Forgot to Mention

2008-10-08T09:39:00.000-07:00

My paranormal team was featured by Fox News: Toledo for the Halloween segment on September 26th. Very cool, I was interviewed and followed around.

Can't wait to see the turn-out.

Got an investigation this Saturday in Elwood, Indiana.

-Matt-

Where the HELL have you been?

2008-10-07T05:45:00.000-07:00

Busy!

We lost the house we put an offer on because there was $7500 worth of roof damage and HUD would not repair it or take any money off to repair it. So, the plan as of right now is...to continue house shopping(found another we really liked, and made an offer!) and let the offer we have no expire and re-offer(a much lower amount) on the house with roof damage.

House buying is very irritating and energy draining. I hate it. The reason I really want the first house, is because it is close to 3,000 square feet and has 5 bedrooms and 3.5 baths. It's big enough for the family we plan on having and I wouldn't see us having to move for a very,very long time. The house is extremely cheap too, because of the massive work it is, it's a great buy, because I have the dedication to fix it up. I pray, it all works out in the end.

As for games/movies, I haven't gotten anything in awhile except Ironman(blu-ray) and Forgetting Sarah Marshall. I LOVE Ironman(watched it 3 times already since I bought it) and Forgetting Sarah Marshall is just hilarious.

I've been getting back into rap music lately. Not so much current rap, as I think it sucks now, but older rap(1998-2004/5ish).

What else is there..hrm..oh yeah..youtube. I'm getting tired of it and I'm getting bored of it. I think it is mainly because I can't afford video games anymore and that was the basis of my channel. I'm not sure what to do.

I was thinking of creating a sports channel youtube. I doubt many would find that fun, but sports are a big part of my life. Who knows..

Anyways, I'll try to update this more often..

-Matt-

Update

2008-09-19T06:04:00.000-07:00

So, of course, my life cannot go without something going wrong. I got a call from Brittany's dad yesterday. He went to check out the house and found out that our wind storm, screwed up a lot of the roof and someone had also broke in by knocking the glass out of the door in the back. Two things that happened after I put my offer in. So, they can either pay for those repairs, or I'm pulling out.

Secondly, I watched Freedom Writers with Brittany last night. I was really impressed. I bought it because I wanted it and because of Sixty's review. It's a very, very touching movie and I really enjoyed it. I recommend it to anyone.

Gotta run.

-Matt-

House

2008-09-17T10:15:00.000-07:00

Our bid on the house was accepted! Very excited and happy today! Going to sign paper work today and I think we close on the 12th of October. After that, A LOT of work is going to be done. I'll definitely post pictures of now and the progress. WOOOOT!

-Matt-

High Winds!

2008-09-15T08:54:00.001-07:00

So, yesterday..I think I came the closest I ever will in Ohio to dealing with winds similar to a hurricane. Hurricane Ike's remnants, bashed against Ohio yesterday causing 1.5 million people to be without power and doing a lot of damage. It was rough.

Luckily, I have power and so does my work(DAMNIT!), haha.

Saturday: My Buckeyes got embarrised by USC. Kinda knew it was going to happen though, but it sucks badly. Got hammered after the game and played Rock Band with my wife/uncle and his girlfriend.

Sunday: Made an offer on a house. Hopefully, we get it. It's perfect for both of our wants. It does need 15k-20k worth of work, but it will be extremely beautiful if we can get it and once work is all done.

Today I ordered Heroes: Season 1 because Brittany needed to finish it and Heroes: Season 2 arrived today. I'll wait for her to catch up, but I'm anxious to watch it.

Anyways, I'm going to go eat lunch. Take care everyone!

-Matt-

Bored

2008-09-11T06:42:00.000-07:00

Here I sit at work, bored. We are slow right now and I'm stuck sitting on my ass, you can only do so much on the internet before your bored to death. Anyways...

Yesterday: Worked, stopped into Best Buy to say hey to all my friends and got Baby Mama for the wifey. After that I went home, showered and watched Heroes all night. I only have 3 episodes left of season 1!

I bought Heroes: Season 2 off Amazon yesterday for $27-28 shipped, it was on sale(37% off). So excited!

That's about all the news I have! Take care!

-Matt-

Short Blog

2008-09-10T06:44:00.000-07:00

Doing these blogs are fun, even if they are short. Quick update of what happened since last blog:

-I watched 6 more episodes of Heroes. Holy shit, I love this series!

-The total estimate of my car in damage is: $2,504.75, ought to give you a rough idea of how much damage was done to the passenger front corner of my car.

-Going to get Brittany one more gift for her b-day on the 20th, "Baby Mama" on DVD today. She loved this movie and even though I got her a dog that cost a shit load, what's $16? I spoil her, but she deserves it, she has always been there for me and I love her with all my heart.

-Going to watch more Heroes tonight after work!

That's about it.

-Matt-

P.S. Has anyone talked to Fran lately? I messaged her and haven't heard back, I hope all is well with her.

Good News

2008-09-09T06:20:00.000-07:00

Thank God, shortly after posting my blog yesterday I received a call from her(the lady who backed into me) insurance agent. They are accepting full liability, so I drove my car to my repair shop this morning and dropped it off.

I also have a rental car paid for since I have nothing to drive, they gave me a PT Cruiser. Surprisingly, it's a pretty nice car. It's not as fast at my Grand AM GT, but it's a very nice and smooth car.

One last thing, I've been watching Heroes(watched 6 or 7 episodes last night of the first season) and WOW, I'm obcessed with watching this show. I don't see how people could wait for the next episode. It's such a good show, I can't wait to watch more after work.

Other than that, I've been offered to do videos on a game reviewing website. It's to get your name out their, so I think I may take up that offer. The cool thing is I can continue to upload to youtube, so that website will be solely for exposure. It's currently open to invitation only, but should be available to the public in the future.

Anyways, I'm off to do some work(just got here).

-Matt-

Shitty Weekend

2008-09-08T05:45:00.000-07:00

Friday: Worked and then got some mexican food from one of my favorite places to eat, Fiesta Mariachi. After that, we were watching Fool's Gold, but Brittany fell asleep, so I told her to go ahead and get in bed and we can finish it later. After she went to sleep, I watched School for Scoundrels. I found it to be very funny. I enjoyed it.

Saturday: Horrible day. My realtor asked us to pick up some papers from his office(WHICH WE DIDN'T EVEN NEED) and on my way out of the apartment, some dumbass backs into my car as I'm driving. She has the audacity(SP?) to say, "You didn't see me?". Obviously not, you dumbshit, or I would have stopped, besides I'm in the right of way and I shouldn't be looking for idiots backing out, that's your job. GAH! So, due to the fact that it was in a apartment complex, the police wouldn't come out, because it was, "on private property", so I have a feeling no one will get faulted and I'll be fucked over. It's over $2000 of damage, I'd say.

*Sports alert* To top that off, the Buckeyes looked like the biggest piece of shit against a very shitty team and barely came out with a victory. We only play the #1 ranked team next Saturday. GREAT. Oh well, I support my team.

After that, my buddy came over and watched the ECU vs. West Virginia upset. Then we went to pick up pizza and went to my other bud's house to watch the Florida vs. Miami(FL) game. I hate Florida, but my friend is a big Flordia fan. After that, we watched the UFC fight. Chuck Liddell got his ass kicked, it sucked.

So, no investigation as I had a investigator cancel at the last moment, leaving me with a brand new investigator, I couldn't train and do everything else by myself, plus my car is fucked.

Sunday: Went to Roosters with my friends to watch the Miami Dolphins game. They played well, but lost. Pretty much lost on a bullshit play by Brett Farve. Farve = douche. Came home and relaxed for a bit. Went to my dads to say hey and borrowed Heroes Season 1, I've always wanted to see this show, so I'm excited to watch it.

That's my weekend in a nutshell. Take care.

_Matt_

Movie Review: Felon

2008-09-05T05:36:00.000-07:00

Felon starring Val Kilmer and Stephen Dorff was a fantastic movie. It's about a guy(Dorff) who is about to get married and has a son, when suddenly one night a burgler breaks into their home and he accidently kills him. Dorff's character is charged with involuntary manslaughter and is charged with 3 years in prison.

The movie centers around prison life(groups(they are broken down as:whites/blacks/hispanics), corruption in police, and how to cope with being stuck in prison while you miss your family).

It was a very good performance from Dorff(who was the bad guy in Blade) and Kilmer(who I'm not normally a fan of at all). I recommend this movie to anyone interested in a drama/action movie. Very bloody and brutal.

I'd give this movie 4/5 stars.

-Matt-

DVD Update!

2008-09-03T05:11:00.001-07:00

Finally got some new DVD's from my favorite store: BUYBACKS! This blog will be short as I'll pretty much post what I bought. Here goes:

1) Kicking and Screaming starring Will Ferrel; now this isn't my favorite movie at all, but I couldn't pass it up for $3.99. It's just one of those goofy ass movies that makes me laugh when I put it in.

2) Freedom Writers starring Hillary Swank and Patrick Dempsey; I have never seen this movie, but Brittany really wanted to see it in theatres at release and I thought it looked very interesting, so I went ahead an snatched it up for $4.99.

3) Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift starring Lucas Black; I really liked the first two and never got a chance to see this one. I'm assuming it's the worst out of the three, but I gave it a shot for $3.99.

4) A Scanner Darkly starring Keenau Reaves, Robert Downey Jr., Winona Ryder and more; A good friend of mine swears by this movies on how good it is, he claims it's one of his favorites, so I finally broke down and bought it to give it a shot for $4.99.

5) Carlito's Way starring Al Pacino and Sean Penn; I've always wanted to see this but it was always so damn expensive, I love Al Pacino films and I love gangster films, so this has to be good. I can't wait to watch it, got it for $4.99.

6) School for Scoundrels starring Billy Bob Thorton and Jon Heder; I remember seeing this films trailer and thinking it looked hilarious but never got a chance to see it. I'm sure it will probably be a dud just like Mr. Woodcock, but I gave it a shot for $4.99.

7) The Reaping starring Hillary Swank; I've always looked at this movie and put it down(primarily because it was always above my range on spending on one movie) and it just looked like it would be a flop. I've heard many good things about it and I'm hoping its gory. So for $3.99, I hope it's good.

and last but not least:

8) Fool's Gold starring Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson; I bought this because Brittany had begged me to get it for her. She loved it and I really enjoyed it. It's a good movie for anyone.

So, I usually come home with movies I've already seen but this time. 6/8 of the movies I've not seen yet. If anyone would like a blog review of any movie I own, just let me know.

-Matt-

Fun Weekend!

2008-09-02T05:59:00.000-07:00

Friday: My wife and I put an offer on a house. I'm really pulling for it, but someone had made a offer 2 days before we did, but I'm staying positive for Brittany. It's a 4 level split, tiny backyard(I plan on moving by the time I have kids and they've grown up enough-only plan to live there for 7 years, going to try and get pregnant in 4 1/2 to 5 years) but it does have a deck, while will be nice. Not many things need done to the house, a lot of yard work(but that's easy enough) and some carpet laying and drywall in the basement when we save up the money. There is one room though that has hot pink carpet and bright yellow walls, I will be changing that when I can. Not my style in the least.

Saturday: I went to the Season Opener of the Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Youngstown State game. We won 43-0, it was awesome. Our star running back went down with a injury, hopefully he can return for the game Saturday. After that, went to play poker at my dads house. I ended up 5th out of 15 or 16? I kind of lost focus when Brittany accidently dropped beanie and he was hurt pretty bad, seems to be doing really well now.

Sunday: Went camping at Mohican. I went canoeing(SP?) for the first time ever. It was fun, except for the dumbasses who blocked up the damn river and you can't get through or the drunk idiots who try to attempt to canoe. Otherwise, it was fun, I was sore as hell though. I played a shit ton of cornhole(I love that game, so damn fun) and ate a badass dinner. It was a good day.

Monday: Went and looked at a couple more houses and just stopped by family. Didn't do too much, just relaxed.

That was my weekend in a nutshell and now I'm at work! Boo!

I'm planning on a ustream next week, but I can't make promises. See you all later!

-Matt-

Investigation

2008-08-28T08:22:00.000-07:00

I've just set up a paranormal investigation outside of Cincinnati. I'm pretty excited about it!

Reported activity: Doors opening/closing on their own. Voices, pots and pans moving. Apparations, shadow people and the sound of children playing. She thinks something that has been following her for years.

So, on Saturday 9/6, I'll be finding out what's going on.

Really that's all there is to say.

-Matt-

I'm Lazy

2008-08-27T09:11:00.000-07:00

It's true, I've been to lazy to write in this thing, hopefully this snaps me out of my mood.

Anyways, you've all seen the puppy. I love that puppy, such a energetic joy in our home. Oh, guess what?! I think we may have found our first home. We meet with our loan officer tomorrow and then perhaps offer on the house. We're very excited, it's a 4 level split and was just one of those, "that's the one" moments after walking through. If we get it, expect a tour! Super excited!

Anyways, I haven't played WoW much in awhile. I think I might have burnt myself out again. Only the 5th time. I've been playing Madden a bit. I know not many of my viewers/subs are sports fans, but I love Madden. I've got every single madden that's released.

I get asked, why do you buy Madden every year when nothing changes? That's false, they always add something different to Madden and make it more unique. Besides, having updated rosters and the big players coming to your favorite team make it awesome. I'm currently 6-0 in my franchise with none other than the MIAMI DOLPHINS! Woot!

Also, got some awesome news: I was given free tickets to the Ohio State Buckeyes opening football game. The people who know me best, know that I am borderline obcessive with the Buckeyes. Comes with being an Ohioan I guess?

I've actually wrote a bit, I had my "Randomness" video come out and I have my "Top 5 Favorite Superhero Movies" video uploaded, just has to get approved through the partnership thing to run ads.

I've received news Mavrek and Tiff(his fiancee) are having their baby Piper on Friday. So freakin' excited for them. I told Tiff already, I require baby photos! Good luck!

Back to work I go, take care everyone. By the way, no ustream tonight, I've got a lot to do to prepare for my loan officer.

-Matt-

Ustream

2008-08-12T06:32:00.001-07:00

Be there tonight! 5:30 EST! www.ustream.tv/shepdawg25

The Dark Knight.......

2008-07-18T19:35:00.000-07:00

WAS AMAZING!!!!!

Movie review was made...will be uploaded tonight!

What I've been doing lately..

2008-07-18T09:22:00.000-07:00

Sleeping. It's all I feel like doing anymore. I didn't care enough about E3, so I didn't end up doing a video on it because there is a million other people who made a video about it and honestly, I wasn't overly impressed with anyone's conference. FF13 no longer a ps3 exclusive? I was suprised by that..other than that..good job Microsoft for recreating a nintendo mii for the console. Thanks, we needed that? Anyways..

So, I wanted to see the Dark Knight on the midnight showing, but forgot I promsied my sister I'd take her to the Cleveland, Ohio Warped Tour. 2 1/2 hr drive one way. ONE WAY. So with an hour from my place to my moms one way. I drove a total of 7 hours total. Plus I had to listen to music I didn't enjoy, being kicked in the head by crowd surfers, and one hell of a sunburn. Really HURTS. Like, I don't want to be in my skin hurts. That was my first and last Warped Tour PERIOD.

Anyways, Tuesday night I plan on a USTREAM, I'll post a video with the time. It may end up being Wednesday night, which would work better for you all? It would be after 5pm both days. Let me know.

I'm going back to work. -_-

-Matt-

New Video!

2008-07-15T09:38:00.001-07:00

Got a new video up last night of my reviews on: Wanted, Hancock and Hellboy II: The Golden Army.

Last night was my last day being an employee of Best Buy. Was a fun night. I also removed myself from Engage Playstation because they wanted much more than I could offer. Planning a wedding, working 8-5(M-F) and trying to find time to be with my fiancee..I couldn't give enough of myself to their website to write for. So, I am no longer associated with them.

I've been contacted by another company who wants to give me my own website and host my videos for me(which means no more youtube). I am going to decline, as I'll feel like a sellout. Already feel like a sellout because I'm a youtube partner(which I've yet to get paid for, so I'm confused on this process. I'll remain a youtube partner, but I doubt I'll worry about posting ads on my videos.

Lastly, I'm going to make an video with my opinions on the E3 conferences. I'd like for all my blog writers/video makers to give me their impressions as well(Sixty/Fran/Mavrek/Diablo/Brody). If I forgot anyone who reads this, sorry.

Take care guys!

My weekend...

2008-07-14T06:10:00.000-07:00

So, most of my weekend went like this:

Friday: After work, a good friend brought his computer over to my apartment and we WoW'd it up the entire night. While playing, we are also drinking a lot of Crown Royal and Coke. Needless to say, we were both pretty hammered by night's end.

Saturday: Played WoW from 9am to 3am. Breaks were taken off and on. Brittany was gone pretty much the entire day finished up the last essentials for the wedding.

Sunday: Brittany had her bridal shower and was gone for the majority of the day, so guess what I did?! You're right! I played WoW, pretty much the entire day. I did however go see Hellboy II: The Golden Army with a buddy. You'll be getting a review of that uploaded tonight or tomorrow night.

I've been lacking on videos because I've been obsessed with WoW! I hit level 70(max level) on my Mage last night. Very happy about that. Got my flying mount, which rocks.

Got the paladin to level 62. I had a great weekend because I spent a lot of it gaming with my friend, my uncle/future aunt, and most importantly my sister.

Also found out, I forgot about telling my sister I would take her to the Warped Tour(I think that's what it's called) on Thursday. Can't wait for that fun time. =/

Anyways, stay tuned...Sixty get a new mic fast!

-Matt-

Onward!

2008-07-09T09:44:00.000-07:00

Last night I hit level 67 on my mage in World of Warcraft. Only THREE more levels till I hit the cap again. Pretty excited, I'll have all of tonight and all of Friday night to play. Saturday, I'll most likely get some time to play because Brittany is going to do alterations or something to her wedding dress.

Sunday, I'm going to see Hellboy: Golden Army with a buddy of mine. So, I'll probably do another 3 movie review video. I was going to work on the Wanted and Hancock movie review video last night, but I made plans to see Hellboy, so I'll just make it all at once.

My goal by Sunday night is to be ATLEAST level 69. Hopefully, I can obtain that goal. The only thing that would stop me is if I level my shaman(who is currently at level 59).

More questions for a Q n A would be nice. This is going to be a short blog, as I don't have much to talk about!

-Matt-

It's been awhile..

2008-07-07T09:01:00.000-07:00

Since I've made a blog post! I hope everyone had a Happy 4th of July! Let's get a rundown of my past week:

Monday: Put in my two weeks notice to Best Buy. Last day of employment is July 14, 2008. Ironically, that is exactly my 1 year mark with them.
Tuesday: Saw Hancock. I'll make a video review of it. I also saw Wanted on 6/27(forgot to share that). I'll do a review of both in one video.
Wednesday: Played WoW my entire day off both jobs.
Thursday: Worked and then played WoW most of the night.
Friday: Worked on 4th of July, then went to Brittany's grandmas for some ribs and family time. I had fun!
Saturday: Went shopping for stuff for our wedding. Also bought two new CD's: the new Disturbed album(really fuckin good!) and the new Weezer album(been enjoyable).
Sunday: Went swimming and hung out with Brittany all day.

So, I know no one cares about WoW, but I'm going to briefly talk about it. My mage is about to hit level 66 and I just hit level 59 on my shaman last night. For some reason, I've had this obsession with my shaman and have been leveling him like crazy. Hope to hit level 60 either tonight or tomorrow night.

Not much else to really talk about..so after this week, expect a ustream! I'll be done with Best Buy and my nights will be free! Take care everyone!

-Matt-

Great Time with my Sister!

2008-06-30T09:24:00.001-07:00

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....

2008-06-27T08:52:00.000-07:00

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

2008-06-23T10:08:00.000-07:00

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?

2008-06-20T08:47:00.000-07:00

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

2008-06-16T09:10:00.001-07:00

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?!?!

2008-06-11T08:51:00.000-07:00

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

2008-06-09T06:38:00.001-07:00

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..

2008-06-06T08:15:00.000-07:00

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.

2008-06-04T07:43:00.000-07:00

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

2008-06-02T08:56:00.000-07:00

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-

Free Xbox360 Site, eh?

2008-05-29T21:37:00.000-07:00

I've decided, I'm going to talk about all these free sites. I'm sure you've heard/seen videos about them. Well, I'm going to basically prove it wrong in a video, since people make these annoying videos about, "FREE XBOX 360!".

I've made an account(risk free-from what I could tell). My test is this, it says to get a free xbox 360, I need 12 referrals. I'm assuming that means 12 people create an account on their site? Anyways, follow this link: http://www.360Elite4free.com/index.php?ref=5080442 and create an account.

Make a fake name/email/address..whatever. I think it will be fun to make a "journey" video through this bullshit. If you get the free time, let's test this out.

*Disclaimer: If you don't know what the sites I'm talking about are, don't worry about it at all. This is just a silly experiment of mine.

Anyways, working on the GTA4 review, hopefully it will be uploaded soon!

-Matt-

Quick Post

2008-05-28T07:26:00.000-07:00

Hey guys,

I got back rather late yesterday after dropping my dog off, so there was no ustream. I will do a ustream next Tuesday(5/3) as long as I don't have anything pop up on me.

So Mavrek, that challenge is rough. I've made literally 5 videos on it and deleted them all, I want my video is impact and I just don't feel like I'm going to be able to produce one like that, so I'm going to continue to work on it.

From Sunday to Tuesday, I purchased 13 DVD's brining my grand total to 400 exactly. I bought 3 from Best Buy on Sunday, 6 from Buybacks on Monday and a pack of 4 at Best Buy on Tuesday. I've already watched 2 of them and they both were, eh.

The next video to be uploaded will most likely be the Indiana Jones review/Wii Fit unboxing. Following that will most likely be the DVD update for the week and then "Why Buy a Wii." Hopefully, I'll get the challenge video done, because as soon as it's done, I'll upload it.

I enjoy watching people show off what they bought, but does everyone else who reads this? Are my weekly DVD updates boring? Do you not care? Should I make one every two weeks? Should I only write down what I get in my blog? Just don't want to scare people off with DVD updates all the time, I try to push cool new videos out. I haven't done a game review in awhile, but I haven't honestly done much gaming in the past month. Just been so tired/sick all the time.

I am very glad to see Fran got a video up, she got some kick ass stuff! I'm just glad she was ok, as I lost contact with her, lol.

So, I call upon my faithful for more video ideas. I know it was suggested to do my top 5 favorite things of which I own, which will take me a while to gather that list.

Take care everyone!

-Matt-

Blog on Sunday, WHA?!

2008-05-25T12:07:00.000-07:00

Quick note guys..

I'm going to a paranormal investigation tonight, which means I'll be getting home around 7am or 8 am. That also means, I'll be freaking tired! I normally wake up at a random time in the middle of the day, but who knows when. I guess what I'm trying to say is, don't bank on a ustream once again. Tuesday, I'm taking my dog to some place that is like over an hour away after work to give him away, so I'll be getting home late.

Anyways, I uploaded all the shit I bought last week, the ad hasn't been approved on it yet, stay tuned. I'm currently working on the "challenge" video brought forth by Mavrek.

On a side note, I saw Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls. I'll review that in a video later. I've also done an unboxing of Wii Fit, that I'll add with the review I think. Lots of videos along the way, keep checking back.

I also bought 3 movies today. You'll have to wait and see which ones I bought for the DVD update video that will be uploaded Saturday night.

Anyways, I'm off to Waverly, Ohio. Take care!

-Matt-

Movie List

2008-05-21T09:02:00.000-07:00

So, I've decided I'm going to go ahead and post my entire DVD collection on here. I tried to do what Sixty did, I just don't have the time nor do I have the patience to type in all 386 DVD's or whatever I'm at. So, I'll just post it on this blog and then update as I get them. I've purchased 9 DVD's in the past 2 days, but you'll know which ones I get once I post my DVD update for this week on Saturday night. You'll be able to figure atleast two out because I've talked about them and they are part of the list I'll post.

Sorry I did no ustream this week. By the way, Fran I haven't heard from you in forever, I hope all is ok with you!

Before I post the list, I'll be getting Brittany, Wii Fit. She seems pretty excited! =)

DVD LIST:

1) 101 Dalmations
2) 28 Days Later
3) 28 Weeks Later
4) 2 Fast 2 Furious
5) 300
6) 30 Days of Night (Blu-Ray)
7) 3:10 to Yuma
8) 40 Year Old Virgin
9) 8 Mile
10) Accepted
11) Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
12) Aladdin
13-15) Alien Triliogy (Alien, Aliens, Alien3)
16) All The Right Moves
17) Alpha Dog
18) American Gangster
19) American Pie
20) American Pie 2
21) American Wedding
22) Amityville Horror(original)
23) Amityville Horror(re-make)
24) Anchorman
25) Anger Management
26) Any Given Sunday
27) Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
28) Austin Powers: Goldmember
29) AVP
30) AVP 2
31) Badder Santa
32) Bad Boys II
33) Bad News Bears
34) Barbershop
35) Barbershop 2
36) Baseketball
37) Batman Begins
38) Beautiful Mind
39) Beerfest
40) Ben 10: Season 1
41) Ben 10: Season 2
42) Ben 10: Season 3
43) Benchwarmers
44) Big Daddy
45) Billy Madison
46) Big Chill
180) Big Mommas House
47) Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
48) Black Hawk Down
49) Blacksheep
50) Blade
51) Blade II
52) Blade: Trinity
53) Blades of Glory
54) Blood Diamond
55) Blow
56) Blue Chips
57) Boondock Saints
58) Borat
59) Bourne Identity
60) Bourne Supremacy
61) Bourne Ultimatum
62) Boyscout
63) Boy Meets World: Season 1
64) Boy Meets World: Season 2
65) Boy Meets World: Season 3
66) Braveheart
67) Brave One
68) Breakfast Club
69) Break-up
70) Cable Guy
71) Cast Away
72) Chaos
73) Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe
74) Chronicles of Riddick
75) Christmas Story
76) Christmas with the Kranks
77) C.H.U.D.
78) Clerks
79) Clerks II
80) Click
81) Cloverfield
82) Coach Carter
83) Collateral
84) Covenant
85) Crank
86) Creepshow
87) Daredevil
88) Darkness Falls
89) Dawn of the Dead(original)
90) Dawn of the Dead(re-make)
91) Day After Tomorrow
92) Day of the Dead
93) Death Proof
94) Departed
95) Devil's Rejects
96) Devil's Advocate
385) Diary of the Dead
97) Disturbia
98) Dodgeball
99) Dogma
100) Domino
101) Don't be a Menace in South Central
102) Doom
103) Double Jeopardy
104) Dude Where's My Car
105) Dukes of Hazzard
106) Elf
107) Employee of the Month
108) Enter the Dragon
109) Eragon
110) Eurotrip
111) Evolution
112) Exorcism of Emily Rose
113) Falling Down
114) Family Guy: Volume 1
115) Family Guy: Volume 2
116-117) Fantastic Four Pack(Fantastic Four/Fantastic Four: Rise of Silver Surfer)
118) Fast Times at Ridgemont High
119) Fast and the Furious
120) Fear Dot Com
121) Ferris Bueller's Day Off
122) Field of Dreams
123) Final Destination
124) Final Destination 2
125) Final Destination 3
126) Flicka
127) Flightplan
128) Fog
129) Four Brothers
130) Freddy Got Fingered
131) Freddy vs. Jason
132) Friday
133) Friday Night Lights
134) Fright Night
135) Full Metal Jacket
136) Ghost
137-138) Ghostbusters 1 and 2
139) Ghost Hunters: Season 1
140) Ghost Hunters: Season 2: Part 1
141) Ghost Hunters: Season 2: Part 2
142) Ghost Hunters: Season 3: Part 1
143) Ghost Rider
144) Girl Next Door
145) Gladiator
146) Glory Road
147) Godfather
148) Godfather: Part II
149) Gone in 60 Seconds
201) Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
150) Goodfellas
151) Good Luck Chuck
152) Good Shepherd
153) Goonies
154) Grandma's Boy
155) Gridiron Gang
156) Grudge
157) Grudge 2
158) Guardian
159) Happy Gilmore
160) Harold and Kumar: Go to White Castle
161) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
162) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secret's
163) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Askaban
164) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
165) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
166) Hellboy
167) History of Buckeye Football
168) Hitch
169) History of Violence
170) Hitman
171) Hostel
172) Hot Fuzz
173) House of 1000 Corpses
174) How the Grinch Stole Christmas
175) I am Legend
176-178) Indiana Jones Trilogy: Last Crusade/Raiders of the Lost Dark/Temple of Doom
179)Invincible
181) I Robot
182) Island
183) Jack
184) Jackass the Movie
185) Jackass the Movie 2
186) Jackass Box Set
187) Jarhead
188) Jaws
189) Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
190) Jeepers Creepers
191) Jeepers Creepers 2
192) Joe Dirt
193) Juno
194-196) Jurassic Park Adventure Pack(Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park: Lost Worlds, Jurassic Park 3)
197) Just Friends
198) Kill Bill Vol. 1
199) Kill Bill Vol. 2
200) King Kong
202) Knight's Tale
203) Knocked Up
204) Ladder 49
205) Land of the Dead
206) Lethal Weapon 2
207) Lethal Weapon 3
208) Liar Liar
209) Little Mermaid
210) Live Free or Die Hard
211) Longest Yard(Original)
212) Longest Yard(Re-make)
213-215) Lord of the Rings Trilogy(LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring, LOTR: The Two Towers, and LOTR: The Return of the King)
216) Lost Boys
217) Major League
218) Major League II
219) Malibu's Most Wanted
220) Man on Fire
221) Mask
222) Matrix
223) Meet the Fockers
224) Men In Black
225) Monster Squad
226) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
227) The Mothman Prophecies
228) Mr. Brooks
229) Mr. Deeds
230) Mr. & Mrs. Smith
231) Mr. Woodcock
232-234) The Mummy Trilogy(The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, and Scorpion King)
235) Napoleon Dynamite
236) National Treasure
386) National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets
237) Night at the Roxbury
238) Nightmare on Elm Street
239) Night of the Living Dead(Re-make)
240) No Country for Old Men
241) Not Another Teen Movie
242) Notebook
243) Ocean's Eleven
244) Ocean's Twelve
245) Office Space
246) Old School
247) One Fine Day
248) One Hour Photo
249) Orange County
250) Panic Room
251) Pay it Forward
252) Pearl Harbor
253) Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
254) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
255) Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At Worlds End
256) Planet Terror
257) Pocahontas
258) Poltergeist
259) Pootie Tang
260) Poseidon
261) Postman
262) Predator
263) Prince of Egypt
264) Pulp Fiction
265) Punisher
266) Radio
267) Ready to Rumble
268) Recruit
269) Red Eye
270) Replacements
271) Rent
272) Reservoir Dogs
273) Resident Evil
274) Resident Evil 2: Apocalypse
275) Resident Evil 3: Extinction
276) Ring
277) Ring Two
278) Ringer
279) Road Trip
280) Rocky
281) Rocky II
282) Rocky III
283) Rudy
284) Rundown
285-287) Rush Hour 3 Pack(Rush Hour, Rush Hour 2, and Rush Hour 3)
288) Sandlot
289) Santa Clause
290) Santa Clause 2
291) Saving Silverman
292) Saw
293) Saw II
294) Saw III
295) Saw IV
296) Scary Movie 2
297) Scary Movie 3
298) Scarface
299) School of Rock
300) Secret Window
301) Seven
302) Shaun of the Dead
303) Shawshank Redemption
304) Signs
305) Silent Hill
306) Simpsons Movie
307) Sin City
308) Sleepers
309) Sling Blade
310) Smokin' Aces
311) Spaceballs
312) Spider-Man
313) Spider-Man 2
314) Spider-Man 3
315) Sportscenter: Year In Review 2006
316) Starship Troopers
317) Starsky and Hutch
318) Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace
319) Star Wars: Episode II: The Attack of the Clones
320) Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
321-323) Stars Wars: Original Trilogy Pack: Episode IV: A New Hope, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
324) Stealth
325) Step Up
326) Strange Brew
327) Superbad
328) Superman Returns
329) Super Troopers
330) S.W.A.T.
331) Sweeney Todd
332) Swordfish
333) Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
334) Team America: World Police
335) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze
336) Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny
337) Terminator
338) Terminator 2: Judgment Day
339) Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
340) Texas Chainsaw Massacre(Re-make)
341) Thirteen Ghosts
342) Tree Amigos
343) Titanic
345) TMNT
346) Tombstone
347) Tommy Boy
348) Top Gun
349) Toy Story
350) Training Day
351) Transformers
352) Transporter
353) Transporter 2
354) True Lies
355) True Romance
356) Truman Show
357) Twister
358) Unbreakable
359) Underworld
360) Underworld: Evolution
361) Uncle Buck
362) Van Helsing
363) Van Wilder
364) Viva La Bam: Complete 1st Season
365) Viva La Bam: Complete Seasons 2 and 3
366) Waiting
367) Walk the Line
368) Walking Tall
369) War
370) War of the Worlds
371) Waterboy
372) Wayne's World
373) Wedding Crashers
374) We are Marshall
375) We Own the Night
376) What about Bob?
377) Wildboyz: Complete First Season
378) Wrong Turn
379) X-Men
380) X-Men 2
381) X-Men 3: The Last Stand
382) XXX
383) XXX: State of the Union
384) You, Me and Dupree

Total Count: 386

I added 385,386 in later, so if you were like you miscounted! I promise, I didn't.

-Matt

Boring Weekend

2008-05-19T09:03:00.000-07:00

Aside from our paranormal meeting, I didn't really do jack shit this weekend. I didn't even get to do any gaming, which sucks.

Friday: Worked all day
Saturday: Worked from 9a-1p. Went home and took a nap, picked Brittany up from work and dropped her off. Went to my meeting and then took her to the mall. I did get something from the mall, so I guess it wasn't too bad. I got the remake of Night of the Living Dead for $9.99 and a free movie with it: Mothman Prophecies(SP?). Basically 2 movies for 10 bucks. I can't complain, I think I'll go to Wal-Mart today to check out their $5 bin.
Sunday: Worked from 6a-2:30p. Slept from 3p-8p. Brittany came home and we talked about wedding stuff.

I think it's pretty much official, it looks like we are getting married in Florida and then going on a 7 day cruise for a honey moon. I'm targeting around July and she wants to get married August, 8th. Because it will be 8/8/08. I'm at the point where I don't give a damn, I just want to get married and move on! I want a house, I'm tired of this apartment bullshit.

Going to be an expensive week for me. Wii-Fit for Brittany, Diary of the Dead/National Treasure 2 on DVD. I am even considering buying the new 3 Doors Down CD and the Flobots CD. I love the song handlebars and if you never heard it, check it out on youtube. I know Sixty checked it out and seemed to enjoy the music.

Not much else for me to say, I'm kind of debating on whether to do a ustream or not. I really need to get some gaming done and tonight/tomorrow night will be the only times I can accomplish that. Anyways, stay tuned if I decide to do one.

Take care!

-Matt-

What Happens in Vegas

2008-05-16T08:43:00.000-07:00

Brittany and I went to see "What Happens in Vegas" starring Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher. We went to see it despite hearing horrible things about the movie because shes been wanting to see it since it was shown in a commerical during Big Brother 9.

It was good enough that you should rent it when it comes out on DVD. I wouldn't recommend seeing it in theatres. It's one of those movies that most of the funny parts are in the commerical. Cameron Diaz has lost her "sexy" appeal to me and Ashton Kutcher is just not as funny anymore. Yes, it has it's funny moments, but some things dragged on a bit too long.

The cast were a pretty good cast. Other than the two mentioned above, it also had Queen Latifah, Dennis Miller and Rob Corddry(also in Harold and Kumar 2-very funny guy). I would buy the movie if I ever saw it on sale for $5. I don't think I'd pay over 5 for it. The story was the typical romance story. They get married in Vegas after she gets dumped and he loses his job(they were obviously trashed) and he hits the jackpot for $3 million. The judge freezes the funds and sentences them to 6 months "hard marriage"(have to try to work it out). They start actually falling for each other, after trying to trick each other into not proving they are working on their marriage(if that sentence makes any sense).

Anyways, rent it on DVD when it comes out. So I've watched all the Indiana Jones movies recently since I bought the triliogy. Holy shit, I forgot how bad ass those movies are. Makes me even more excited to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls. Woot woot!

Well, I don't have much else to say. I may not be having a ustream next week. Stay tuned!

-Matt-

500!

2008-05-14T09:58:00.000-07:00

I really am not worried about the amount of subs I get, but I still think it's neat that I've surpassed the 500 mark.

So, I had a comment earlier in my last video. "All you do is sit there and talk. I'll unsubsribe if you don't do something different." It was something very similar. Does everyone who read this feel the same? I wish I could do gameplay, but I can't figure out how people transfer their video from the camcorder tapes to the computer. Ah well, I'll figure it out eventually.

I seriously hope my videos arn't getting boring. Anyways..

I watched the Brave One with Brittany yesterday. It's an ok movie. I'd recommend everyone rent it. It's very predictable and as I stated in the past, I'm not a Jodie Foster fan, but it's worth a watch once. It's just your usual grude/revenge movie. Nothing much else to say about it really.

So, I don't have much else to say. Wednesdays suck!

-Matt

Doctor's Appointment = Promising

2008-05-12T19:56:00.001-07:00

So, I didn't work today, I'm sure you could tell since you didn't get your usual noon update. I went to my doctor's appointment and he said nothing alarming came to his attention and that I should just check up with my family physician often. So yay!

I did go to Buybacks today(woot, woot). I bought 4 movies! They were more expensive, since I spent $31 on 4 movies. I bought:

1) Fright Night - I love this vampire movie. Absolutely ranks in my top favorite vampire movies. I can't believe I found it and I got it for $6.99.
2) Ocean's Twelve - I got this $3.99. The ONLY reason I bought it was to further my trilogy. I'll be buying Ocean's Thirteen once Buybacks gets one in, so I figured I'd might as well get twelve, so it will be complete. Twelve did suck though.
3) Brave One - I bought this more my fiancee. She saw some of it and got really into it. I'm not a huge fan of Jodie Foster, but I've heard many good things about this movie.
4) Deathproof - I've wanted to see this because I'm a huge fan of Quentin Taurantino(SP?). I was let down with Planet Terror and I've got to sadly say, I wasn't overly impressed with Deathproof either. It was good enough to watch, but I'm not quite sure I'd recommend anyone buying it.

Notable DVD's I want really damn bad, but they never have:

1) Lion King - For my Fiancee
2) Beauty and the Beast - For my Fiancee
3) Pan's Labyrinth - Looks really interesting(I'm jelious you got it Mavrek and for that price!)
4) Beowulf - Because I loved the movie- ALOT

Anyways, I'm going to end this blog. Ustream tomorrow at 3:45pm(I may be like 2 mins late!), hope to see you all there!

-Matt-

Subject Titles = Bleh

2008-05-09T09:06:00.000-07:00

So yeah, this will probably be a short blog, because I really don't have a lot to say. I have tomorrow off work, but of course, I've got to go to some stupid wedding. I'm sorry, but I really don't enjoy weddings. They arn't fun at all to me. I really don't care for this one, because I don't know who the hell they are. Brittany wants me to go because it's her family, but I don't know who the hell is getting married.

Do you know how awkward it is when you don't know who the bride/groom is? I'll know a very small and select number of people there, but I still dislike weddings. They are so damn boring. So, on a day I have off from work, I have to go to a wedding that is 2 hrs+ away and the ceremony doesn't even start until 4:30, which means the reception runs late and I don't want to be getting home at 9 or 10pm when I have work at 6:00am. What a waste of my day. I know it sounds selfish, but if I knew the people who were getting married, I'd be like, "Hell yeah, let's go".

Ok, got that rant off my chest. I got my tax refund check today, woot. $600, but all goes to a wedding. I wish I could buy something sweet or actually have some nice spending money for awhile, but won't be doing that.

So, I've had a lot of requests to do a video with my sister(who I've talked about many times) about a game. I may very well be doing my GTA4 review with her. She just bought it last night along with Uncharted. So, I may do that Sunday(when I go see my mom for Mother's Day and upload it Sunday Night/Monday Morning).

Exciting News!: I just found out Diary of the Dead releases on DVD- May 20, 2008. So, I'll be buying two new releases that day(yes!).

To close this, I was wondering...I get home tonight from work around 11pm. Now, if I were to do a ustream around midnight, would anyone show up? Let me know, I may just very well do that.

-Matt

Second post of the Day!

2008-05-07T09:37:00.000-07:00

So, I felt like writing a bit more in this damn blog(make sure you check out my previous post). I want to focus this on gaming/movies solely.

So, I've complied a list(somewhat) of what games I want by the end of this year.

-Wii Fit(Wii)
-Metal Gear Solid 4(ps3)
-Little Big Planet(ps3)
-Gears of War 2(xbox 360)
-Ninja Gaiden 2(xbox 360)
-Killzone 2(ps3)
-Motorstorm 2(ps3)
-Resistance 2(ps3)
-Silent Hill 5(?)
-Star Wars: The Force Unleashed(xbox 360)
-World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
-Saints Row 2(xbox 360)
-Tom Clancy's End War(xbox 360)
-Ghostbusters(xbox 360)
-Alone in the Dark 5(?)

Wow, that's an ass ton of games. Those were in no specific order by the way, just as I read them/wrote them down. I've already got quite a few new games this year, so 2008 looks like it will be very promising. I can sit back and remember a time when good games came out every once in awhile or atleast promising games. Now, it seems like gaming is at it's peak as far as the game release lists. Just so many good games, it's crazy. It's also draining on my wallet, to bad the stimulus check is coming on a year that I am getting married, or I'd have the majority of them covered. There is always Christmas that will bring in a bunch of games.

I wish I could drive myself to get involved in WoW more. I just don't have the energy to devote to it, I'd have a lot of level 70's by now, but I just don't want to finish out my characters. I've got a ton that can get to 70 easily, I just don't have the motivation. Hopefully, I'll get my drive back again.

Now for the 2008 DVD's I want on release day. I've realized waiting for the DVD's to release and going to buybacks to get them used is cheaper, but these are ones I want on release day.

-National Treasure 2(May 20th)

That's the only confirmed one I noticed so far. I'm sure theres more, but I can't find a good DVD release list. Anyways, I need to go back to work.

-Matt-

Damn Spiders!

2008-05-07T07:33:00.000-07:00

Alright, so the reason I had to hop off my ustream yesterday rather quickly, was because my Aunt was put in the hospital. The reason: A brown recluse spider bit her in the ankle/foot of her left leg. Now, if you don't know much about those spiders, check them out, nasty little things. So her foot looks so nasty and I hope she recovers well.

Anyways, just wanted to clarify that. So, after that, my uncle drove to Buybacks(its off an exit on the way back) and I bought a couple movies for my fiancee. We want to start collecting Disney movies, because we are fans of those movies and they are actually worth the most out of DVD's themselves. So I got two movies for $29(yeah I know-I usually get like 5 or 6 movies for that amount). Anyways, they were Pocahontas(she loves it-I really don't care for it) and Aladdin(I really enjoy this one and she likes it too).

Then I stopped at Gamestop after hearing about a Megaman Collection game released on the xbox/gamecube. Since I love Megaman and actually don't own any in cartiridge(I know-BAD SHEPDAWG!), I found it! For $12.99 I got the Megaman Collection for the gamecube. 10 games in 1. Megaman 1-8 and two bonus unlockable arcade megaman games never released in the US(that's what it said on the back).

By the way, I think I may have possible paranormal activity in my apartment, I have things going missing and stupid things, nothing of value(return labels, water bill, dog leash). The return labels wound up in the drawer that they should be in and neither Brittany or I put it in there. I set-up a camcorder last night, just to check it out. It could just be us both being forgetful, but the chances are not very high for that, but I won't count anything out. I'll keep you posted on if I find anything.

Next ustream won't be until possibly next Tuesday. Monday I have a doctor's appointment for my Hiatal Hernia, so I'm pretty worried about that. Tuesday, would be the best day, but I'm not sure if I have anything going on that day or not.

Take care everyone!

-Matt-

Sixty Time...

2008-05-05T08:56:00.000-07:00

So, yesterday after I got off work, I got to game it up with one of my best buds here on youtube, Sixty X Celph! Well actually, he gamed it up and I watched as he destroyed me in just about everything. Wow.

We played Mario Kart Wii first, after configuring our numbers, it finally let us play together. Sixty beat me in the first 4 or 5 VS races we did(he used the gamecube controller and I used the Wii Wheel). He said it was unfair, so I switched to the gamecube controller. After that, we played the battle game, which was fun, I actually won some matches, but I believe he beat me 10-9 for the win. So, it was obvious: Sixty kicks ass, I don't in Mario Kart Wii(and I'm sure in everything else we will play together in the future). So, we played the Coin Collecting battle mode, I won a couple battles, I think I may have won overall, but I could be wrong, I didn't care who won, it was a blast gaming it up with Sixty.

So after that, we played a couple more VS races, I actually won one, because of that beautiful blue shell of death. Anyways, I had to head back to work soon(Best Buy = bleh), we played some of my new game Marvel Ultimate Alliance in co-op mode. I downloaded the heroes/villians combo pack(thanks sixty for the recommendation of it) and we were off. He just lead where to go as I floated in the air and couldn't get down(Sixty knows what I'm talking about). So, after playing like 3 boss battles, I've concluded that I'm going to really enjoy this game, I can tell. It was a blast, especially with Sixty. The only downside to our gaming was my xbox 360 headset wasn't working properly, and we couldn't talk as much as I'd like. Regardless, I had a blast and I'm looking forward to gaming with him and everyone else in the future.

Now, I'm going to see Ironman with one of my friends tonight at 6:30. I can't wait, it's gotten so much hype and tore up the box office this past weekend. I'll definitely be reviewing it sometime soon. Anyways, I need to end this blog. Take care!

By the way, I've decided the people who read this are probably the youtubers I'm closer with, so I'm going to put out my AIM screenname for people to chat with me when I'm home. Ballinbigingc(I know it's childish, but I made it in the 7th grade or 6th grade I think, so yeah).

Remember, USTREAM tomorrow! I'm shooting for 3:15pm(I need a haircut-haha).

-Matt

3 More Games!

2008-05-02T08:59:00.000-07:00

Made a new video, but it will basically cover everything I write about in here with more added to it and additional information at the end. I got 3 used games from Gamestop(I know, I've talked about disliking Gamestop in the past, but they had a good deal(buy 2 used games get 1 used game free)). The only reason I stopped in Gamestop was because my fiancee had to get new jeans from American Eagle and I HATE shopping for clothes.

My fiancee buys all my new clothes, unless it's like a sports jersey or something that catches my eye. I always have had the same style, shorts/t-shirts for summer/spring, shorts and snap-ups/t-shirt and sweatshirts for the winter/fall. I mean I'll wear nice clothing when I take her out on a nice day or when I am going to something that you shouldn't wear casual clothing too. Anyways, who cares about my style(or lack there of). So, while she was looking, I gave her the a smile and said I was going to look around. She told me to stay away from Gamestop as I need to save(which I do).

Well, I went there anyway and I texted her the deal and she actually agreed it was a nice deal, so I got my three games. And they are:

1) Lost Planet (xbox 360) - Now, I've always heard pretty good things about this game, so I figured what the hell..I'll get it to play it.

2) Marvel Ultimate Alliance (xbox 360) - I've been wanting this game, just because I enjoy Marvel (especially Spiderman!), unfortunately Sixty told me Spidey wasn't very strong which sucks, but I'll make due, I'm sure I'll enjoy it regardless. I did see Wolverine, which I think is kick ass.

3) Vampire Rain (xbox 360) - Now I was going to buy this on release day, but it got chopped up my review sites (example: IGN gave it a 2.6) and people who did buy/rent it said it sucked ass, but after Sixty's review and watching Soupman play it on youtube, I figured what the hell. I'm pretty excited to play it, I understand having to be extremely stealthy, which I think will be a fun factor.

I'll be fully reviewing all three, but I have to make Grand Theft Auto IV my main priority for my next review. It's getting better and better the more I play, there is just a quick update. The driving is growing on me. Also, my buddy let me borrow Devil May Cry 4(ps3), so I may review that as well.

Sixty, I know this may be weird in my blog for a request, but I would actually enjoy a Luigi's Mansion review from you. Sadly, Gamestop didn't have that or Super Mario Sunshine(damnit! I can't find this damn game).

And to wrap this up, my next scheduled USTREAM is on 5/6/08 at approximately 3pm/3:15pm. See you there!

Wow, Impressed..

2008-04-30T09:38:00.000-07:00

Well, I should start by thanking everyone who talked me into Grand Theft Auto IV, it was well worth the money spent. I am actually having a blast with the game and I have yet to even check out the online features.

Now, I've only played about an hour and a half of the game, but in that hour in a half, I am very impressed and very happy so far with the game. I have found a couple flaws, but I'm overly happy so far.

Flaw numero uno: Driving. Now, I know it was made to be like "realisitc driving" but holy shit, it's a bitch to drive the damn cars. I think I crashed my car into walls more times in an hour and half of gameplay, than I did in all the GTA's combined. There is no more turning on a dime at high speeds(which is cool in a sense that it is realistic), but damn.

Flaw number 2: The movement "kind of" feels clunky. Maybe I just need to get used to it more, but I feel slower(even after tapping the X button for running), if you don't run, you walk slower than a elderly woman with a broken leg. Wow, that sounds bad, but that's the way it feels.

Anyway, aside from that..the missions are more challenging and I like it. The cars are nicer, the graphics are phenominal, and the gameplay is just FUN. I can't wait to try out the online, but for now, I think I need to learn how to drive better. That concludes my initial thoughts on the game.

So, I played the game a bit and friends came over. We went to BW3's for some chicken wings(was so good-I got hot BBQ) and then we went to Buybacks before the movie. Guess what I bought: NOTHING. They had nothing that interested me, WHAT THE HELL! I'm sure I'll find something later, but I really should be saving.

As far as Harold and Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay, I thought it was absolutely hilarious. It may even be better than the first, and I recommend it to anyone who liked the first or just wants a laugh in general. Neil Patrick Harris returns and is really funny. Overall, I was expecting to be let down, but I came out very happy, it will be a automatic buy on it's release day on DVD for me.

Anyways, I have nothing much else to say.

-Matt-

Blah, feeling sick!

2008-04-28T09:23:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, so tonight I won't be doing my ustream unless it rains. I have to take my soon to be brother-in-law to his baseball practice tonight, so they are calling for thunderstorms tonight, if it rains, I won't be taking him, because it will be canceled. I'll keep you posted as time passes, if possible. I also can't do it Tuesday, because I'm going out with friends to see Harold and Kumar: Escape from Guantanomo(SP?) Bay.

So, I was taken to the ER last night. I started feeling light headed, dizzy(like the room was spinning 50 mph, and I couldn't move. My eyes were turning completely red(I was told), but I checked myself out, because I insist that I'm fine. I'm sure it's normal, if your tired or something. I did promise to go to the family doctor about it to my family/fiancee, so yeah. Shit happens, eh?

So, let me give you ONE word for Mario Kart: AWESOME. I'm really impressed guys/gals. The steering is a bit loose, looser than what I'd like, but the gameplay and everything over takes that. I love the different cars/bikes you can drive, the characters are always entertaining, and nothing is more fun than hitting people with those damn shells!

It will have so much replay value, I can already tell. Friends want to play it, I can play people online. I can race or do my battles. It's so fun. I'll give a full review in a video to come on Tuesday(when I show you my next purchase!).

So, Big Brother 9 ended last night. The guy I was rooting for(from Columbus, Ohio-where I live), got second place. Ah well, he played a good game. Big Brother 10 starts in July(July 15th, I think).

I watched the movie, The Covenant. I was pleasantly surprised, I really enjoyed it. Very good movie, basically about decendants of witches, who have a silent covenant amongst regular humans. There were 5 decendants, but only 4 remain, the 5th was rumored to die long ago. Well, the 5th isn't dead, and he starts to create problems. Won't go into much detail, as I don't want to give it away.

I'm actually getting more excited about Grand Theft Auto 4, as time passes. I didn't give two shits about that game, until recently after being talked into buying it from friends/youtubers, it's funny. I hope it doesn't let me down, as I am expecting it to. It has been given a 10 rating on IGN, but I tend to not agree with gaming rating sites much anymore.

Last but not least, I want to give individual shoutouts, because I've met some really good people through youtube and each has effected my life in a positive way.

Sixty X Celph: I want to thank you for all the positive things you've left in comments and messages. The fact you went out of your way to message me about my last video, because youtube wouldn't let you post, was a very good thing to do, I appreciate it very much. I really enjoy your views and insights on things, as I have a lot of the same opinions you do.

Chronicles of Bayley(Fran): You always bring a lively/fun aura into the ustreams and your opinions are very well thought out, which I really enjoy. Your dedication to being at my ustreams means alot seeing as, when I do my ustreams you have work the next morning and you're up VERY late, just to be there, thank you very much.

Mavrek48: Just the fact, you went out of your way to link me a ebay auction for a movie I've been looking for meant a lot. You've been a great friend and I love your opinions on movies(you've hit the jackpot so far-every movie I've been interested in and saw because of your review, I've liked), keep up the good work and congrats on your baby, once again!

Diablo: I enjoy seeing you hop on to my ustreams all the time, your funny and your always a blast to chat with. You always bring a very interesting and smart view to our discussions, thanks for being part of the ustream!

Notafanboy, big0whopper and everyone else who comes thank you!

I consider you all great friends on mine and would love to meet you all one day. You've all been great support and I wouldn't be where I am without you all. Thank you.

By the way, Diablo has broke his arm(I believe thats what he did), so everyone pray/wish him a full healing/recovery. He may not be able to attend ustreams, as he can only type with one hand, so keep him in your thoughts.

Take care everyone!

-Matt-

More money gone = more DVD's

2008-04-25T09:13:00.000-07:00

Yup, you read it correctly, I bought more DVD's again from my favorite store, Buybacks! I bought 5 movies. Which I'll talk about in a bit.

So, yesterday I had a pretty good day aside from work. I worked from 7a to 3:30p. At 3, my nintendo rep at work came in and put in Mario Kart Wii. Woot! I played it on my shift(because I needed to do "product research" haha). I do like what I played of it, the controls arn't very tight, it's kind of loose steering, but I had fun. I think it's just Mario Kart in itself. I'll still be getting Mario Kart on Sunday as my last part of my Birthday gift from my fiancee. I'll be buying a seperate wheel($9.99 retail seperate), so I have an extra wheel to play with my fiancee.

After work, my uncle who is going to be my best man in my wedding (official DATE: September 27, 2008), came over and we played Rock Band from 5p to 7:30p, it was a blast, we had our own band going and everything. We alternated on the instruments, I think he is better on the drums, so that is what he did more. I do want to purchase a stool for the drum set, like Sixty does, doing what I do now hurts my legs and back to much(it's just not comfortable on the couch).

Then we went to Buybacks after picking up his girlfriend. They bought Grandma's Boy(which I already own-thought it was funny!) and they also got the Desent(SP?)-the horror movie with the cave creatures(I am not a big fan of it-it was a watch once kind of movie to me).

Anyways, I got the movie Seven(Brad Pitt/Morgan Freeman/Kevin Spacey)-if you've never seen that movie, go get it now! Got it for $4.99. I also got XXX(Vin Disel) and XXX: State of the Union(Ice Cube). Heard the second was good, so I had to get the first to see what it was all about. I actually enjoyed XXX, I was surprised. I got both of those for $3.99 each. I also got a Beautiful Mind(Russel Crowe) because everyone I've talked to about it, said it was superb, so I figured for $4.99, what the hell, eh? Then I was ready to check out, but was overcome with this sensation that I was missing a good priced gem. So, I went through every movie for the 4th time and found it..Full Metal Jacket for $5.99. I've been wanting that movie and for 6 bucks, it was a steal. If you haven't seen that movie, you should see it too. Kick ass movie.

One disapoint I have is, I had Sweeney Todd in my hands for $8.99. I put it back, I wish I didn't because I loved that movie, I try not to go over 4.99, sometimes I do for certain movies, so basically I was being a cheap skate and turned it down. DAMNIT! Oh well, I want to go back Saturday, hopefully I'll find it there again.

Anyways, that concludes my blog.

Upcoming purchase: GTA4 (I'm about 85% sure I'll get it after being talked into it).

-Matt-

I need ideas!

2008-04-23T08:43:00.000-07:00

Alright, so I got a new video up. http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8JaH31D2NI , I made a new video before that about xbox live, but after rewatching it last night, I need to remake the video, as I left a few things out of it. Basically, I talk about my experience with xbox live, what I have purchased from the arcade and how it has positively impacted my life(sounds weird, but you'll understand after watching).

Anyways, since I know my most dedicated viewers read this blog, I'd like to ask for some ideas on what I can do for new videos. What would YOU like to see? Any certain questions or something I haven't shown you? I need new material, I know I can always review new games and movies, but if you have any good ideas, that you arn't using for your videos, I'd be glad to hear it.

So, yeah..I bought Cloverfield yesterday. Haven't watched it yet. I watched Day of the Dead and it continues to be my least favorite, but I like it much more now that I watched it again.

Well, not much else to say, hope everyone is having a kick ass day/week. Take care!

-Matt-

My birthday kicked ass!

2008-04-20T20:31:00.000-07:00

So, let's do a recap of Saturday/Sunday(my birthday)..

Saturday: Went to Buybacks and bought: original Day of the Dead (Special Edition), Walking Tall, The Rundown, Ocean's 11, and Collateral. All for a total of $25. My fiancee bought Christmas with the Kranks and Panic Room.

So, I celebrated my b-day with her grandma/aunt and dad. I got $50 from her grandma/aunt and a $15 gift card to Chipotle(yay!). After that, we went to my friends and watched the UFC fight, was very fun! My friends Doug and Sam bought me a $20 gift card to Best Buy.

Sunday: I got a surprise small birthday cake from my fiancee(which was really cute, how she did it) and she got me Gran Turismo 5 for the ps3! It was a blast playing before I left. She also promised to get me Mario Kart Wii when it comes out next Sunday.

My dad/step-mom gave me $100, my grandma gave me $25, and my step-sister gave me $25 in a mastercard gift card thing.

My mom/step-dad/sister got me $50 gift card to best buy and a bunch of kick ass clothes.

So, as of right now. My current things to purchase are: Cloverfield/Jurassic Park(all 3 movie pack-we carry at work), Alien(all 3 movie pack-we carry at work) and Predator. The rest will go toward my wedding.

No GTA4, sorry.

Anyways: Next scheduled ustream is Monday(April 21st at 5:00pm EST). If for some reason I am not there, I was most likely held up at work. Hope to see you then!

-Matt-