A Quick Thought on Console Pricing

Over the past few weeks, the online video game circle has been outraged over the increase in prices of video game consoles due to tariffs/memory/storage issues. One article I saw on IGN even lamented how we’re now stuck with Xbox Series X and PS5. As a gamer for over thirty years, I’m okay with sticking with the current gen. Honestly the differences between the last two generations (and arguably the last three generations) has been pretty minimal. Sure, the load times are better, and there are graphical upgrades but we’re not talking eight bit to sixty four bit improvements. Yes,...

🔗 Knight Rider: Knight of the Repli-KITT

[YouTube Video] This was way better than I expected. It’s basically a well shot Knight Rider fan film interrupted by a few Commodore commercials. I love this type of marketing and it feels so right for a brand like Commodore.

Dolly (2026)

When I was a teenager, I loved the whole shock value of horror films. I went out of my way to get my hands on films that were almost impossible to find at the time. Movies like Cannibal Holocaust, I Spit on Your Grave, and Faces of Death. Although released in 2026, Dolly would fit in nicely with those films. Dolly exists not to tell a great story, but to shock you. To leave you cringing and running out to tell your friends about the brutal, fucked up film you watched. The film manages to capture the dirty, sticky vibe...

🔗 Weather Channel Retro

I've been a fan of Weatherstar 4000 and other various weather apps that re-create the old Weather Channel vibe. So, I was excited to see the Weather Channel get in on the fun with their own Weather Channel Retro complete with soft jazz. My only complaint, I could do without the announcer chiming in and I wish it would just stay up and running 24/7, but it ends after a few minutes and then I guess it refreshes.

Whenever I find myself looking for something to watch on TV, I stop and turn on one of those old MTV blocks on YouTube. It reminds me of how things were growing up. If I couldn't find something on, I'd usually flip to MTV until something came on interesting. [YouTube Video]

Tonight, I watched an accidental Randy Quaid as sheriff double feature: Hard Rain and The Wraith

Just Write

Last night, I felt the urge to write. But instead of writing, I spent a few hours moving my blog around, trying out themes and platforms, and thinking to myself, "Which version of me to do I want to present?" In all honesty, there are too many options nowadays and too many factors at play. I get lost in the debate about self-hosting and which platforms offer just enough customization that I like the way my blog looks, but not so much that I spend all my time tinkering. It's really silly, considering I used to do all my writing...

A Few Good Things - Vol. 19

Highlander: The Game Prototype LeaksOne of my most anticipated games of all-time was the Highlander game announced back in 2006. When that issue of Game Informer was released, I was over the moon since Highlander seemed like the perfect title to make its way into a video game format. Sadly… the game was cancelled quietly and lost to history, until now. The prototype of a near complete game has leaked and someone has done a walkthrough on YouTube. It really looks like it would have been a fun game to play. [YouTube Video] Daredevil: Born Again (Season 2)Daredevil is back...

A Few Good Things - Vol. 18

Jessie Punch and IndyCar’s YouTube ChannelI would describe myself as a casual IndyCar fan. I watch bits and pieces of most of the races, and occasionally a full race, but it’s not something I obsess over. However, this year, Indy Car has really stepped up in how it presents pre and post-race coverage on YouTube and it’s made a significant impact on how interested I am in the sport. The addition of Jessie Punch, daughter of famed NASCAR/racing reporter Dr. Jerry Punch is a breath of fresh year. She brings an understanding of how YouTube works to her presentations while presenting information in...

A Few Good Things - Vol. 17

Yoga GripsThe weakest part of my body has always been my wrists. I, unfortunately, inherited my mothers tiny writes, and while I’ve managed to strengthen them significantly over my lifetime, I still encounter issues when applying too much pressure to them. Needless to say, yoga can be a significant challenge. So much so, the last time I was actually in a yoga class, the instructor had to shift gears during the class after realizing how much of an issue I was having. I tend to resort to using my knuckles instead of my wrists when doing particular poses. I’ve really...

Have You Played Atari Today?

My first video game system was an Atari 2600. The only game I owned was Pac-Man, so my uncle loaned me Superman and E.T. I was very young, and I had no idea the reputation E.T. had, but even then I could tell Superman was the superior game. I loved swapping from Clark Kent in the phone booth to Superman. [YouTube Video] My Atari memories are rather limited. I remember playing those three games, along with an IndyCar-style racing game, but I don’t have the same fond memories of Atari as I do of Nintendo or even the arcade. The Atari was slightly before my time, and I came to...

2025 – A Year in Review

The first week of November, I began writing my 2025 Year in Review post. For a thousand words or so, I talked about disappointment, which was the word that came to mind for 2025. I talked about how I was disappointed with my job, my family, technology, pop-culture, and so on. If anything, 2025 seemed like a year where nothing improved. Everything I had high hopes for, from finding a new job to James Gunn’s Superman movie, were all massive disappointments to me. And don’t even get me started on the internet, internet mobs, and what not. I mean, a good portion of...

Deathstalker (2025) Review

Following the success of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Conan the Barbarian in 1982, a slew of low-to-mid budget sword and sorcery films flooded the market in hopes of piggybacking off the success of the Arnold classic. Films like Beastmaster, Dragonslayer, The Sword and Sorcerer, Krull, Hundra, and Barbarian Queen were all released around the time of Conan the Barbarian. None of them came close to the success of Conan, but they were cheap enough to make and quirky enough to attract an audience and be financially viable. One of the more popular titles was Deathstalker, a film produced by low-budget icon Roger Corman.  The Deathstalker series is probably best remembered for its iconic...

Battlefield Memories

A few weeks ago, I purchased Battlefield 6. It’s the first Battlefield game I’ve purchased since Battlefield 1 (although I have played the others), and I am enjoying my time with it thus far. I will say, I still prefer Battlefield 1, but it’s a very solid game that needs some tweaking. There are plenty of places to go online to read Battlefield 6 reviews and impressions, so that’s not what this post is about. Instead, I wanted to talk a little about my history with Battlefield. I wanted to play the original Battlefield and Battlefield Vietnam, but I didn’t have a PC that could run those games. Instead, my introduction to...

Primitive War

Primitive War It’s rare for me to be blown away by a movie these days. I feel like those “Oh, wow! How’d they do that?” feelings that movies once generated have all been lost due to an overreliance on CGI and safe filmmaking. Recently I was so impressed by a scene in the film Sorcerer (released in 1978), I had to look it up to see how they managed to pull off such a feat. There hasn’t been a film, probably since The Matrix, that I’ve bothered to look up how they accomplished a particular shot or scene. There just isn’t much to be...