Yesterday, December 19th, marked the tenth anniversary of The Fellowship of the Ring’s release in the United States. I know I’m a day late in writing on it, but I was celebrating by watching all three extended editions of the Lord of the Rings films, and obviously that was my entire day.
In very much related news, the trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has surfaced.
I have goosebumps! Rarely have I been so excited for a movie.
Anyway, cheers to what is probably the greatest movie trilogy of all time! Ten years of excellence!
2011 is closing in on its close, and as I continue to procrastinate my movie and video game reviews, I figured I’d put a little somethin’ somethin’ on here to build anticipation for the new year. My top five most anticipated films of 2012 (plus an honorable mention)! I will list the honorable mention first, and then the top five in chronological order of their impending release (in the US). Read more
Batman: Arkham City is the sequel to RockSteady’s critical darling, Batman: Arkham Asylum. The original was a breath of fresh air, a comic book-based video game that not only did justice to its source material, but was a genuinely fantastic video game through and through. In fact, I’ll go ahead and hail Arkham Asylum as my favorite game of 2009. As such, Arkham City certainly had a lot to live up to, and to deliver. But does Arkham City have what it takes to better its impressive predecessor? Read more
Well I had some trouble getting WWE’s Survivor Series this year, and due to problems with my cable provider I only ended up seeing the last three matches on the show. As such, I’d like to give my opinions on those three matches, but for the rest of the pay-per-view I’ll just be giving my opinion on the outcomes, not the matches themselves. Read more
Yeah, I still write stuff besides celebratory blogs based on video game anniversaries…
So I saw The Muppets (review soon), and to my most pleasant surprise one of the trailers included with the film was for The Secret World of Arrietty, the newest film from Studio Ghibli due for a February release in North America. It may not seem like it, but this is actually a pretty big deal for Studio Ghibli fans. Read more
Today marks the 21st anniversary of the original Japanese release of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. This, of course, also means its the 21st anniversary of Super Mario World’s Japanese release. And perhaps not so ironically, Donkey Kong Country was first released in the USA on this date in 1994 (it was released in America first), and Donkey Kong Country 2 was first released on this same day in Japan in 1995 (DKC2 was released in Japan first). Donkey Kong Country 3 missed out by a day (November 22nd, 1996 in America).
As far as I’m concerned, these, among the many other classics released on the SNES (such as The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Mario RPG, Earthbound, Chrono Trigger, Yoshi’s Island, Super Mario Kart, Super Metroid, and so many others) make it the greatest video game console of all-time!
Happy birthday you purple and gray fun machine, you!
To further celebrate, here’s a video I made a few months back celebrating the system’s 20th anniversary in North America. It works very well here as well.
Earlier this year, Nintendo released its newest handheld, the Nintendo 3DS. The handheld was heavily hyped, though after its release it’s been apparent it was released a little sooner than it should have been, as the vast majority of promised titles are yet to be seen. That’s not to say the 3DS has been entirely barren, the only problem is that the notable games released thus far have had one thing in common: They are all remakes. Star Fox 64, Street Fighter IV and Ocarina of Time are all great, but we’ve already known that for some time.
People began questioning whether or not the 3DS would have a compelling, original game. And now steps in Nintendo’s foremost mascot, Mario, with a brand new adventure. It wouldn’t be the first time Mario had to carry a system into the spotlight, but can Mario repeat his past success? (spoiler: yes he can). Read more
