Resistance 2 is the up and coming sequel to the blockbuster hit Resistance: Fall of Man. The story follows the psychotic and heroic Nathan Hale as he fights off the Chimera… and in co-op mode he gets the help of his no-name friend, who he doesn’t even know his own name he’s so random. There are no co-op games out for the consoles, which is really strange, and there are absolutely no co-op games out for the FPS genre, which is ridiculous. One of the many reasons for why Resistance as a franchise is the best of the console FPS genre is because of the offline co-op mode, and the co-op mode is taken seriously. With these co-op games, the story that you play through is the same as the single player storyline, but sometimes it is actually purposely made with variation and is amped up in difficulty.

Take a hike Grand Master Chief or whatever your name is with your wannabe Quake guy helmet.
Here’s a picture of what Halo wishes it could be:

I think that Cloverfield would have to take a timeout if faced with this:

On a side note…Per Booyor’s advice I got Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, and as of today beat the game. It is very impressive, but is too short, as well as too limited as far as multi-player goes, a long with the potential it could have had had lucas arts used some common sense.
It’s all coming in November.

FEAR 2: STCOY(Scare the Crap Outta You) is the sequel to the much acclaimed, and nightmare inspiring FEAR. The original game was the first game besides Penumbra to really make me hesitant about going down darkly lit staircases…even with an automatic rifle in hand. The storyline is based around a supernatural entity disguised as “Alma”, a young bizarro looking red-riding hood that appears in your soldier’s dreams and likes to freak you out with regularity.

This is Alma:

All I remember about this game, and I won’t name names, but a specific person played the original FEAR game and chucked the controller up in the air and ran away from the TV screen saying, “OMG I’m done, I’m done.” during a part where your soldier has a close encounter Will Smith style(Independence Day) with a spirit.

As Per IGN.com:
“The second heart-stopping shooter by Monolith (after F.E.A.R.) continues the spine-tingling supernatural suspense story of an escalating paranormal crisis that threatens to destroy a major American city. At the center of the calamity is the mysterious Alma, whose rage against those who wronged her triggered a chain of events that has spiraled completely out of control. Now that she has been loosed upon the world, the consequences will be unimaginable.”

I remember joking with my brother as well as discussing this thought with some other friends, and asking, “If this game were real, what kind of a person would be not only willing, but actually enjoy fighting all these demons and spirits, how in the world would you deal with it?”

There’s only one man who can do it…and it’s psycho-Casey Jones. That’s right, the psycho version of the hockey stick toting tough guy from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is the only guy who can sustain a high level of intensity in fighting these freak shows off and actually doing it with enjoyment.

Here’s the man psycho-Casey Jones:

The new game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is on its way bringing some pretty serious new technology to the next-gen consoles, as well as PSP and PS2. It looks to be a great storyline with tremendous potential to provide the fullness of the Star Wars experience through rich character development and WICKED SICK LIGHTSABER MOVEZORZ!#@$?!% lol jk

All kidding aside, the storyline of The Force Unleashed does look good, but here’s my problem, thus the title “Force Restrained”:

- LucasArts got its start on the PC. In fact, it used to be so much toward the PC that barely any games came out on consoles beyond the “Super Star Wars Turbo” or whatever that SNES game was. LucasArts really let down a lot of PC users by not making a version of this game for the PC. They came out with a comment that most computer’s in the average household could not handle the graphics found in The Force Unleashed. I can understand that, but then a suggestion was put out to have the ability to water down the graphics a little bit. If sheer power to support graphics are the issue, why is it on the PS2 and PSP, considering there are now PS2 emulators out for the computer in which you can download and play PS2 games for free. LucasArts received somewhere in the thousands of responses from really ticked off fans that took it a lot more serious than anything I’ve ever seen.
- Next-Gen Consoles….but only Wii gets multi-player. I’m very glad that LucasArts is making games for the consoles, that’s awesome. I’m a proud PS3 and Nintendo Wii owner, and I love both systems. LucasArts has totally slapped the next-gen console player in the face by restricting the multi-player option to “duel mode”…. WHAT THE!?!? This game is available on all systems, and all systems have the capability to play this game to its full potential. Why in the world would you restrict a potential epic classic in the ways of multi-player? The multi-player concept has been included since Jedi Knight as well as other games around that era, and a ton of fans viewed it as an absolutely essential element to this game for those who want to go beyond the Single-Player experience. There is a game coming out, and it’s called MAG(Massive Action Game) on PS3, and it supports over 200 players at the same time while not using as advanced graphics as Force Unleashed.
- Lightsaber movement restricted to basic moves, even on Wii. This is why the Wii needed to come out with Wii Sports Resort’s fencing feature, because they had to show LucasArts how to properly create a dueling style game utilizing the capabilities of the Wii remote.
- With all of these cutbacks, this game is looking more and more like a suped-up version of the Episode III video game.

I don’t know what happened to leadership and development in the higher ups of LucasArts, but whatever happened needs to change. This game had a ton of potential to be a phenomenal game that allowed you to do more things and have more options, not only just with the multi-player aspect.

The title is to the point for a reason. I believe that this election is being fought heavily across the internet, and it is important for people to know the facts about what their candidate says specifically about the issues. Booyor posted two videos concerning the Rick Warren forum in which both candidates spoke on their views and beliefs when it comes to faith.

For some reason my Firefox will not post an embedded youtube link and show it up as a video, no idea why but here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FCNKwHRCQMwatch?v=4FCNKwHRCQM

Here’s another link in which he showcases his great love for the ’80′s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65I0HNvTDH4

Yes, he really did just do that.

Congratulations to Team USA Basketball both men’s and women’s. The men’s “Redeem Team” accomplished their mission of bringing back home the gold medal in what turned out to be an epic showdown against Spain. This had to be one of the rare times when two NBA teammates faced each other on opposite ends of the court(Kobe Bryant vs. Pau Gasol). Dwyane Wade showed up huge for Team USA, and as the game started to cave in for Team USA, Coach K told Kobe, “Let the black mamba loose”. At this point, Kobe was involved in helping Team USA solidify the victory.

The following is an article on Team USA vs. Spain:

“Kobe Bryant had 13 points and two assists in the fourth quarter as Team USA survived a gritty, determined performance by Spain to win the gold medal game, 118-107. Bryant began his onslaught with 8:13 left in the game and Team USA clinging to a 91-89 lead; in the next 2:11 he scored five points and assisted on a Deron Williams three pointer and a Dwight Howard dunk. Later, Bryant drained two three pointers, including a four point play. Bryant finished with 20 points, a game-high six assists and two blocked shots in 27 minutes. Dwayne Wade scored a game-high 27 points on 9-12 field goal shooting and added a game-high four steals, providing a vital boost off of the bench, especially in the first half when he scored 21 points while Bryant and LeBron James were saddled with foul trouble. James contributed 14 points, six rebounds, three assists and three steals. Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul scored 13 points each. Rudy Fernandez led Spain with 22 points, while Pau Gasol had 21 points and six rebounds. Juan Carlos Navarro scored 18 points and led Spain with four assists.”

After watching this whole 3-year Olympic process evolve, I have come to the conclusion that Coach K is the man, and I would take him over Phil Jackson anyday.

1. A control feature that doesn’t feel wild and make your guy spaz and start looking at either the sky or the ground while you’re running.
2. Some variety other than clone bugs so it doesn’t feel like I’m Arnold Schwarzennegger from the movie Predator vs. the Mimic movies.
3. A voice block feature in-game. I.E. I was playing a hard fought and serious game of Headquarters, where my teammates and I were protecting the base in Call of Duty 4, and as I’m walking slowly hugging the wall, out of nowhere I hear Gloria Estefan singing “1, 2, 3, 4 come on baby sing it to me, 5, 6, 7 times” louder than anything I’ve ever heard in a long time. That would suck to play Conduit and hear Madonna or something else start playing over the server.
4. Multiple multi-player modes online that are easy to connect to unlike Mario Strikers, where just when you think you’re connected, you get an error message and the system locks up.

PS3 games I’m looking forward to:
1. Resistance 2
2. FF13
3. FEAR: Project Origin
4. Resident Evil 5
5. Facebreaker Infinity
6. Playstation Home

Wii games I’m looking forward to:
1. The Conduit
2. Mario Death
3. Mario Kart vs. Rock N’ Roll Racing
4. Bright Lights Freakout Revolution
5. LEGO: Sociopath edition

XBox 360 games I’m looking foward to:
1. No more Halo.
2. Gears of War 2

Catastrophic disappointment of the year:
1. Force Unleashed being stripped down to an uber version of the Episode III video game instead of the next great Star Wars classic in both single-player and multi-player since the original Jedi Knight.
I can understand the reasons behind not putting it on computer, but putting it on PS2 and PSP is strange, especially if your reasons for not releasing it on the PC are graphically-based.
This means that all LucasArts fans(including myself) have to look forward to more LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Indiana Jones for a long time. Man…it’s like they each had a massive lobotomy done and woke up one day saying, “You know what, we had games like X-Wing, Rebel Assault, and Jedi Knight, but you know what, our fans are spoiled with all the good games we’re putting out, so lets take it down a notch shall we?”

On the Sports front, Team USA plays Turkey on Thursday at 8 AM EST, yes that’s right 8 AM as in MORNING(Arizona residents, this translates as “friggin’ early”), and Team USA is just coming from a 60 something point victory over Team Canada this past Friday.

I was browsing some basketball shoe sites and started laughing at how ridiculously expensive some of those NBA Star created shoes are, ranging from 90-170 bucks. But then I came across something that I would be willing to pay that range for..especially if they tied themselves and talked to me…

If you notice them as being familiar, check them out on a hoverboard.

The truth about these shoes is that Kobe Bryant is taking the design of those shoes and making them his own…I will laugh if I see these shoes in purple and gold.

After playing one of the most fun video games known to man with one of my good friends, I returned home, turned on the TV, and the most vile thing I’ve ever seen came up on the screen immediately…..Meryl Streep in a “Helga” type outfit lip-syncing the words to the famously annoying melody of “Mamma Mia”. This theme has got to rank as one of the top most annoyingly disturbing melodies right up there with the “five hundred twenty five billion six hundred mili-SE-CONDS!!” theme from another creatively horrific flick known as “Rent!” Any film that has a plot where the bride-to-be tries to find out who her father is out of 3 of her mother’s past man-friends, and instead of going to each one individually and analyzing the evidence, you just invite them all to the wedding and throw caution to the wind with it, spells trouble for the viewer. Not only does it say to the viewer, “Man, this doesn’t look good…” but it also says, “Man, what was I thinking wasting my 4 bucks a gallon gas on coming to see this film?” Out of any of the actors in this film, the only one that I can honestly say that I trust to put on a good show is Stellan Skarsgård(Exorcist fame). His co-clowns of fathers in this movie include Pierce Brosnon(REMINGTON STEELE FAME OMG), and Colin Firth(also seen in..wouldn’t you know…THE MISTAKEN HUSBAND wow you can’t make this stuff up).

Predictably though, film critics will adore this film and deem it worthy of several Hollywood Film awards and proclaim it as the best thing that’s come out since…well…RENT!

What I find funny about Hollywood, and this isn’t just from my perspective, but I was talking with my pastor about Hollywood when he pointed out something very strange to me, “Only in Hollywood would you find the biggest egocentric people who set up all these award shows in which the actors vote for whoever amongst them as to who is/will be the most awesome of all.” This is certainly the case, because also Hollywood is the only place you would find a guy named Tom Cruise talk about how he’s operating on a certain level of whatever, and he’s working on getting to a certain level of awesome to heal people with his hands and do other unnaturally superstitious things like that.

Geez Mary Louise…..what would actors like John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Humphrey Bogart, Errol Flynn and even James Cagney have said about what Hollywood has turned into. Back in those times you saw actors acting out of a self-obligation to serve in the armed forces, not to look like heroes or to look good for the camera, but to help ensure the freedoms of a nation. What in the CRAP would Pierce Brosnon do if asked to serve in the armed forces…maybe he would wink his eye and raise his eyebrows at the same time like he did in trying to pass off as being James Bond. (Btw as far as Bonds go, Sean Connery all the way).

Save the money folks, go see Kung-Fu Panda(SCA-DOOSH), Mummy 3, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and most important of all….Dark Knight(RIP Heath Ledger).

To those of you who after reading this post are still considering even glancing at a commercial for “Mamma Mia!”, I’ve only got one thing to say to you….

Picard knows his stuff, there ya go, don’t let him down.

For those of you Dragon Ball Z fans, you know just how ripped and unnaturally muscular those characters are. I found an actual person who looks just like those characters from Dragon Ball, and he also makes just as many grunting sounds as they do.

Exhibit 1: Real Life Man Jay Cutler.

Exhibit 2: The Character “Brolly” from Dragon Ball Z.

Sony Entertainment is in the final processes of fine-tuning their “Playstation Home” online service in which all PS3 owners who have online capability can go online and join an enormous community with millions of other PS3 users. I can’t really describe all of the things you can do in this world that Sony’s creating, but what I will say is that out of any of the next-gen consoles(XBox 360′s Live and Nintendo Wii’s Mii service), this has to be the most outstanding community service I have ever seen from the standpoint of world detail, to chat service, to media entertainment, to being able to join games with other people and hosting clan headquarters. If Playstation Home becomes what Sony sets out for it to be, this will be the thing online console gamers have been looking for a very long time.

watch?v=kyquAXKeEI0

Game developers BioWare and LucasArts are teaming up to create a, in their words, “new entertainment product” which in normal speak means “video game”. Both developers have stated that they will be using some of the ground-breaking technology that was used in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed to bring about a new online multi-player game that is said to be based on the Knights of the Old Republic setting.

A previous attempt at an MMORPG in the Star Wars world started off massively successful, coming up in a close 2nd only to World of Warcraft in 2004, but then dropped off because of a lack of support for the game.

What does this mean for the world of gamers? This means that now those who are devoting their lives to WoW will now have another life in this new Star Wars MMORPG, meaning that they will not have any excuse to leave their computers, or to even go to work/school. This essentially completes the universal sci-fi fan’s biggest dream of an online world totally devoted to killing dwarf-orc beasts and nerfherders.

All kidding aside I am looking forward to this game to come out, and am hoping that BioWare keeps LucasArts in check.

Old link but the site is still there with the announcement: http://www.lucasartsbioware.com/

^ Those sunglasses on the Conduit guy remind me of the kid who’s always getting left behind and made fun of in the marching band for playing baritone or something like that.

The NBA Finals are now over, after being pushed to a game 6 in which the Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers in Boston.

“Beat” is an understatement in this situation though, considering the final score came to be 131-92. The Boston Celtics have come a long way since a year ago, when Paul Pierce was questioning his presence and continuity with the team, as well as if Danny Ainge spent his company time playing Gears of War and Halo all day instead of keeping tabs on scouting reports, cap space, future draft considerations, and the latest gossip on how Phil Jackson and Jeanie Buss are using the dog whisperer to train their dogs. Well, Danny Ainge came out and pulled off not one, but two blockbuster deals for two future Hall of Fame candidates in Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett. Among other additions, the teams newly found leaders coerced two 3-point specialists in James Posey and Eddie House(Former Sun) to join their team.

The Celtics at the end of the day had a stacked team of players that seem only likely to be on the same team if one were to do so in NBA 2k8. Though they are a talented bunch, I do have some issues with a lot of sports guys in the media world and the hype they’re giving this team.

This Boston Celtic “powerhouse” set an NBA record of their own…They are the first team to ever play the most post-season games at 26 games. The Celtics opened up in the 1st round of the playoffs barely surviving the onslaught of the Atlanta Hawks(barely made playoffs) as Ray Allen pulled a Casper disappearing act in the anti-clutch, forcing the series to 7. Next up on the radar is the Cavaliers led by LeBron James, which again, like before….the Celtics have to go 7 games to beat a Cavalier team that was 8 games above .500. Now…onto the Eastern Conference Finals against the media deemed “Mighty Mighty” Pistons(Sounds a lot like a movie starring Denzel Washington..) Now keep in mind that the Celtics up to this point had yet to win a road playoff game against the previous two teams. The Pistons series went 6 games, as the Celtics pulled out two wins against the Pistons on their home court.
As funny as all of the above sounds, I’m not making any of this stuff up, though I wish I could make up a plot line like this and send it in to the NBA Commissioner David Stern to come up with a new storyline for next season, and then focus every single possible NBA commercial on that team’s most famous star(Carmina Burana themed KG commercials).

The Celtics vs. Lakers NBA Finals was an interesting one that had several 20+ point leads decimated to nail-biting heroics that either saved the game or didn’t by both sides. The Celtics were able to pull out a defense of triple and quadruple teams on Kobe Bryant, forcing another Laker to step up…which did not happen at any point in this series except game 5 with Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol playing up to the standards they did which got them to the Finals.
Before I get to the Lakers, I want to make something perfectly clear. There are a lot of people, especially in the media that are saying that this Boston Celtic team is the absolute best team the NBA has ever seen. Here’s the deal….Larry Bird’s Celtics of the ’80′s were from top to bottom, far superior to the entire 2008 team, in every way, shape, and form known to man. Not only were they better players, but they were also great people and competitors, not wanting to celebrate too soon, and always wanting to stay humble in congratulating the enemy, even with as much competitive hate as they had toward Magic Johnson, still would go up to each player and congratulate them. Now I won’t go into what I saw from the 2008 Celtics team with 6 minutes left in the game, but all I will say is that stuff would not fly under Red Auerbach’s watch.
Needless to say, it seems that a lot of these media types seem to forget two 3-peat teams during the ’90′s, against a much tougher eastern conference let alone a much tougher league, and it was led by a guy named Michael Jordan, and they seemed to put down the hammer pretty well.

The Lakers had a strong run at the title with a 57-25 record, especially with being able to pull off a hijack of a deal getting All-Star PF Pau Gasol from the Memphis Grizzlies in wake of an unforseen injury to up and rising Center Andrew Bynum. After the Gasol trade, the Lakers went 27-9 to finish out with the top seed in the Western Conference. According to Phil Jackson, there will be some players let go from the Lakers this offseason, and it’s pretty obvious to anyone who watched the series who those guys are going to be. Laker legend Jerry West(guy in the NBA logo) has concerns with the frontcourt possibilities of Andrew Bynum joining Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom, though he believes if those three are used at the same time around the post, that will be the best and most powerful frontcourt in all of pro-basketball….and in the words of NBATV’s Rick Kamla they will then be the “3-headed monster”.
A lot of NBA analysts made the point clear at the beginning of the Western Conference playoffs that teams need to attack the Lakers this postseason, because next season they will add what is thought to be the next Shaq to their already great team, making them the favorite by a 7-2 margin to win the title next year.

Keys to the Boston victory: a. Getting away with illegal screens as KG constantly shoved players out of the way. b. PJ Brown illegally holding Pau Gasol in the post. c. Constant hacks on any Laker that drove it into the paint. d. Great three point shooting. e. Paul Pierce shooting lights out

Keys to the Lakers loss: a. Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom having a case of amnesia in forgetting how to play physical ball. b. Kobe Bryant having an awful NBA Finals shooting performance with exception to game 3, largely due to triple and quadruple teams. c. Sasha Vujacic disappearing for the entire series with exception to game 3′s 20 point performance. d. Vladimir Rodmanovic jacking up rainbow 3-point shots that had no chance of making it in the hoop anyway, as well as vital mental mistakes down the stretch. e. Derek Fisher still hasn’t gotten over the 2004 NBA Finals loss according to him.

Kobe Bryant will have to put his wishes for a title on hold until he gets an unstoppable force in the middle that can draw the same kind of attention as he does. So unless Andrew Bynum becomes what they think he will, Lakers will not win another NBA title.

One picture really sums this whole thing up:

Here we go… the ultimate battle of all ages, you decide who wins each match-up:

Golden Girls
vs.
The Tick

Incredible Hulk

vs.
Cloverfield

Here we go, the NBA Finals. The biggest stage in all of sports, where camera’s flash so much that there’s bound to be thousands convulse because of the light flickering. Lakers vs. Celtics, Bill Russell vs. Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West vs. Bob Cousy, Kobe Bryant vs. Paul Pierce.

In the history of the NBA Finals, these two teams have met for 10 NBA Finals appearances, in which the Celtics are up 8-2. This year is David Stern’s dream match-up, not only do you have the Lakers which are just as well recognized in the sports world as the Yankees, but you have the STAR of the Lakers being hailed as the next Michael Jordan. That right there kills two birds with one stone when you’re going for fan appeal. The Celtics have three potential future hall of famers, and after reading a lot of forums and websites it seems that all fans everywhere are concentrating on the Kevin Garnett match-up against Kobe Bryant. This NBA Finals is looking to have TV ratings soar up to anywhere between 14-16 as opposed to last year’s NBA Finals match-up between the Spurs and Cavaliers, which ended up rating at 6.3.

The sports world is waiting in anticipation of what will happen Thursday night, which is game 1. Most people know that if Kobe Bryant were to win this ring, it would be his 4th. What is important about that is it would be his 1st ring without Shaq. If he wins this, to him and a majority of the ESPN analysts, it would thereby send a clear message to the world that he was right all along about demanding a trade for a seeming void of talent within the team, but most importantly it would send the message that “I don’t need Shaq around to win.” For Phil Jackson, this title also means a lot. It means that he breaks the tie that he currently holds with Red Auerbach for total championships they have with each having 9 titles. During Jackson’s tenure with Michael Jordan’s Bulls, Red Auerbach made the comment that Phil Jackson was overrated and couldn’t coach to save his life. So in light of that, this next ring would be Phil’s way of not only validating his abilities as a head coach, but also in validating that he is better than Red was as a coach.

I believe that the recent Lakers’ 3-peat team was special, not as special as the ’93 Suns team, but still special, and had that Lakers team stayed down to earth and kept working hard they would have won 7 or 8 titles, making sure that San Antonio, Detroit and Miami would not have won theirs over the past 8 years.

On the Celtics side they say they are fighting for Red Auerbach. They say they’re trying to preserve Celtic tradition, and trying to make Larry Bird and Kevin McHale proud in the process. This is the first time Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and even Ray Allen have made it this far in the post season. Just a year ago, Paul Pierce and Danny Ainge(Celtics’ GM) were both caught under severe pressure and fire by the media after yet another miserable season after having one of the worst records in the league. Danny Ainge’s response to all the criticism was a huge punch in the face saying to the media, “Alright I’ll pull some magic and whip out the best trade for three future hall of famers, and that’ll shut you guys up.”

Bottom line is both teams have come a long way since a year ago. Though not a fan of either team really, I believe that the Lakers’ hijacking of the Memphis Grizzlies to get Gasol is going to be the reason the Lakers win the title this year. All Kobe has needed to be successful was two things. A point guard who knows the triangle offense, and more importantly HOW to run it, and can make smart decisions and big shots when needed. The other component he needed was a versatile big man who can not only pass in the post to cutters and the wing, but also one who is an offensive juggernaut….and can hit free throws. When Shaq was around, his scoring radius was within 5 feet of the basket, and if he couldn’t slam the crap out of the hoop and totally abuse and throw people around, the odds were that he would miss the shot. Nothing against Shaq, but I remember him responding to the question, “Are you worried about your free throw percentage?” by saying that he could hit them when he needed to. He must have not felt he needed to when the Suns faced the Spurs this year because that could have really helped.

Good luck to both teams, I am predicting the Lakers win this series in 7 games.

Check out this resemblence: The two humans are the current guards for the Celtics, check out the resemblance between them and the aliens.

Suns center Shaquille O’Neal on Thursday talked with a Chicago radio show.

“In my experience, it takes two or three years to get a group of guys together that could possibly get it done,” O’Neal said. “When I was in Orlando, we had a group of guys who couldn’t get it there, and we added the piece in Horace Grant and it took us over the top. I think I was the piece that they (the Suns) were missing. Next year, we’ll have a full season, and things look pretty good.

“I think I can do enough to still get us there to win. . . . I will go out with a bang. My name will be remembered.”

He called Amaré Stoudemire the NBA’s most underrated player, said the decision to fine floppers is too late and revealed why he dubbed himself “The Big Cactus.”

“If you show anybody a cactus, they know what it is worldwide,” O’Neal said. “There are 100 different types of cactus. Nobody knows its origin. You don’t have to give it water, but it’s known worldwide. And if you grab one, you will get hurt.” –MWAHAHAHAHA

I guess that’s what I love about Shaq, he’s got so much over-confidence in himself that it’s almost believable that not only is he unstoppable, but that he can also shoot above 50% at the free throw line. As the Suns look for a new head coach, I hope and pray that they factor in the respectability factor between players and coaching staff. Someone with this large of an ego to say, “Call me the big cactus”, needs to have someone who can handle the large personalities such as this on the team. All I have to say is that a year ago, I really could not have predicted ANY of this…

– Shaq in desperate need of gravy while playing River City Ransom

Bust out the Genesis music, the rolled up sleeve blazer suit jackets, the Miami Vice large-o-sunglasses, and the red convertibles, because the NBA is going back to the 1980′s.

The Celtics defeated the Pistons 4 games to 2 to advance to meet the Lakers in the NBA Finals. This will be the first time that the Lakers and Celtics meet in the Finals in 20 years. It’s weird to think that the last time these two teams met was when Magic and Bird were the two superstars for their teams.

All I have to say about this is…..

EVERYONE NEEDS A LITTLE SASQUATCH

The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the San Antonio Sterns*eerr*..Spurs 4 games to 1 in the NBA Western Conference Finals, and will advance to the NBA Finals to face the winner of the Detroit Pistons vs. Boston Celtics series.

As an avid Phoenix Suns fan, something just felt good about watching the last remaining minute of the game, and watching the face of defeat fall upon Tim Duncan and Manu Gibobili *whoops* Ginobili. I find it odd that the Spurs can’t seem to win back to back championships, and added to that weirdness, they can only win titles on odd years(1999*, 2003, 2005, 2007). The reason for the asterisk on 1999 is because that was the year the NBA had a strike/lockdown, and only half the year was actually played.

A lot of people said that this year the Suns had a terrible match-up in the first round against the Spurs, and that the western conference finals should have been Suns vs. Lakers, and I would tend to agree with that. While players like Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker, and Tim Duncan are sticking around, most of that team is not guaranteed to be sticking around, especially because most of them are well over the age of 30, and having this series speak as evidence, the Spurs can’t keep up anymore while carrying dead weight.

Upon the Spurs losing to the Lakers, I realized that Manu Ginobili has a striking resemblence to either Andy Garcia, or the guy who played the art gallery clerk “Serge” in Beverly Hills Cop: http://www.detroitbadboys.com/images/manuBalki_01.jpg

In honor of this saturday’s Star Wars session in which I get to play the Chiss “Z’enon”, I thought it’d be cool to show how Criss Angel demonstrates how to prey on unsuspecting innocents and convince them that Jedi powers apply to real life too.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uAb4QmIFmlI

The character Batman is not dead, but Bruce Wayne will not be playing him any longer according to the recent author of the story “Batman RIP”.

It seems that since the “Death of Superman” saga, in which Superman dies in an epic battle with the character “Doomsday”, and is re-born through genetic fusion of several different entities he left off once once he died, that DC has been trying to have a “Death of Batman” saga to follow.

It is my honest opinion that this guy is crazy, but check this link out:

http://io9.com/360203/batman-rip-but-not-reborn

Harrison Ford talks about the rain forest and uses a personal demonstration of what it feels like to cut them down.

http://movies.ign.com/dor/objects/915323/harrison-ford/videos/harrison_wax_psa_052308.html