Resumes for fun and function

I've been working on more attractive resumes for myself and my wife. Here are the ones I've done for her and I'll post mine shortly. Hopefully shortly.

Drake vs. Indiana Jones

So I've been playing the Uncharted 3 game and realized that this will be the closest I get to a "true" Indiana Jones sequel. And it's actually written better. Video games have actually reached a place where they have surpassed film in writing an acting. Nolan North is both a great Jones and yet his own character that I as a player care about and want to win. The humor is genuine and the banter entertaining. I just realized this is why I don't professionally review games because I will go on and on about how good an amazing game is and how horribly abysmal another is. It's pretty much preaching to the choir. Which by the way, when you think about it, is not that bad. Of course most preaching is to the choir. It's normally the congregation that the preacher relates to anyways 90% of the time. Jesus preached largely to his own Jewish community because 1, they understood what he was talking about and 2, they were the ones who had lost their way.
Anyways back to Uncharted, I think they should never make a movie of it. But since it's pretty popular these days I'm afraid they will. Some things just shouldn't be movies. Alone in the Dark anyone? No, Tomb Raider, Street Fighter, Farcry, Dungeon Siege. To be fair these are mostly faulted by Uwe Boll being a horrible director but most video games do not translate into good movies since games are fun for the interactive aspect vs. movies that rely on acting and story telling. Maybe a Monkey Island animated movie would be entertaining. But was there any question on whether House of the Dead or Doom would be despicable film? But then there are movies that don't deserve to see the silver screen but money conquers all. The Room anyone?
What about popular movie franchises that becomes games? Well since most are released beside their movie counterpart they are horribly rushed and bank on the popularity of the movie property, they of course end badly. Good video game movies are few and far between. Until the people who produce these beloved properties fully understand why they are popular in the first place we will continue to see more films that fail to live up to their properties.

Doing something

I've decided I need to be productive and do something. I've really wanted to do something entertaining that maybe someone else would find entertaining or amusing in some aspect or another. I've kind've been in a creative rut for a while now. I've been talking with some friends and casually been hinting at doing a podcast of some sort or other. I've been a huge fan of podcasts in the last 4 years or so and look forward to downloading my favorites every week. My favorites have been Diggnation and Totally Rad Show. What can I say, Alex Albrecht does it for me. I think it would be fun to have a job entertaining others by your own insights and inflections. Now both of those are video podcasts so I'm tempted to do something like that but bandwidth and editing could be an issue. My favorite audio casts have changed over the years. I used to listen heavily to PC Gamer podcast, and the Hotspot. Lately though my must have's have been Geekbox and Comic Conspiracy sprinkled with a dash of Smodcast, Adam Corolla show, and Catholic Answers live. I find my self being disappointed when my Geekbox and Comic Conspiracy casts are done. I wonder if this is a niche market. Am I only going to be entertaining me? I want to be able to advertise my friends while at the same time just have fun discussing stuff that entertains me. I liked the concept of Diggnation a lot but now that's finished and I don't want to just copy what they did with like Reddit or something similar. I want to do something where all my friends can have an equal say or comment on. I've been thinking of doing stuff in segments. Like having a comic segment, a movie segment, tv segment, internet segment. But I think I need to stay more general like the Geekbox. I'll just have to give it some more thought and reflection. Can my fun be someone else's fun?

Trolling first post

Trolling my first Blog! Yah! Trying out Blogspot for the first time. A little about myself. I enjoy almost all avenues of multi-media. I'm an avid comic book reader and hopefully someday artist. If you enjoy comics I highly recommend the Comic Conspiracy Podcast. If for no other reason than Ryan Higgins sounds just like James Woods. I enjoy video games, when I can afford them, and enjoy all kinds of movies and TV shows. I'm currently into Fringe and Boardwalk Empire. 
My hopes is to turn this into a place to show some art and get some feedback. We'll see where the internet takes us.


Stay tuned and God bless