Last video I made before I quit playing a over a month ago, or so.
Song is the second half of “Pesticide – Swallow Your Own Shit!!!” By Disiplin.
Might post some more videos in the future, who knows.
Archive for the ‘Kimbo’ Category
CoD4 – Death Montage
Monday, September 28th, 2009
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The Wire, Season 2 – A New Case Begins
Sunday, October 5th, 2008‘Black, white. What’s the difference, Nat? Until we get that canal dredged, we’re all niggers. Pardon my french.’
- Frank Sobotka, 7×12, The Wire
Season 1 blew my mind. And naturally, I was worried dead that season 2 would not live up to my incredibly high expectations. I hoped and I wished, and had I been iven remotely religious, I would have prayed.
It was almost with shaking hands that I inserted the newly bought Season 2 DVD, only a day after having finished season 1.
To my surprise season 2 lived up to every expectation, and more!
Allow me to elaborate.
Important Note: If you have not not finished season 1, then do NOT read further, as this review will contain spoilers of the previous season.
With Avon Barskdale incarcerated along with D’Angelo and Wee-Bey, the Barksdale Detail has accomplished its purpose and is effectively shut down.
McNulty is demoted to the marine unit, Greggs is working a desk job, Daniels has been re-assigned to evidence division, Lester is partnered up with Bunk in homicide division, and the rest have returned to their respective divisions.
The focus now shifts to the Baltimore docks, where union leader and treasurer Frank Sobotka has resorted to smuggling drugs and stolen goods through the port for a mysterious criminal organization known only as “The Greeks”, as a means to fund his political contributions and campaigning to maintain the prosperity of the docks.
However, a feud between Sobotka and the vindictive Major Valcheck results in the latter pressuring the newly made Acting Commissioner into assembling a detail dedicated to investigate Sobotka and the affairs on the Docks.
Despite the arrests and deaths of some of their best men, the Barksdale Organization is bruised, yet not broken. Avon continues to run the organization from prison through his second-in-command Stringer, while scheming for an early release. Stringer administrates the organization, and has to contend with the loss of their connections, dissention within the organization, as well as rival drug dealers eyeing their prized territory.
Bodie has been promoted to crew chief of the 221 Tower, while Poot has been given command over the Pit.
The second season of The Wire examines the struggles of the blue-collar working class, represented by the stevedores of the Baltimore port, and how easily the working class becomes victim to capitalism in modern America.
It portrays the betrayal of the working man, and how he must contend with a society that values maximum efficiancy at the expense of the working class.
With the addition of the Docks and the people working there, the ensemble of characters grows substantially, most notably among them, Frank Sobotka, as well as his reckless and and troubled son Ziggy, often paired with his more level-headed and intelligent cousin, Nick.
Also introduced are the mysterious “Greeks”, whose cunning are matched only by their ruthlessness.
The Barksdale Organization sees the addition of several new soldiers, but are not as notable, due to the Organization being featured less prominently this season.
Omar returns to Baltimore with his new boyfriend and picks up where he left.
Proposition Joe receives more screentime, and more plot involvement
Most of the original members of the Barksdale detail return in the second season, with many of them still suffering from their actions in the previous season. McNulty’s meddling yet again earns him the scorn of his superiors, but proves instrumental to the case.
Some of my favorite characters this season, were Frank, Nick and Ziggy Sobotka. I particularly liked how human they were protrayed, and how easy it was to sympathize with them. They are the perfect examples of ‘grey area’ characters.
Frank Sobotka, the struggling union leader resorting to desperate measures to preserve the jobs and futures of his fellow stevedores. Nick, whose frustration with the lack of working hours and a steady income, gets him involved in the smuggling business. The reckless and juvenile, Ziggy, offers both comic relief and tragedy the same time.
Omar is great as always, and delivers one of his most epic “Omar moments” this season.
Brother Mouzone was also pretty damn excellent.
Conclusion: Season 2 of The Wire is even better than the previous season. The pace is turned up, and characters that you get more emotionally invested in, as well as more character development.
Season 2 continues to to portray the city of Baltimore in a brutally honest way, depicting how an instituion’s failings affect the people living in the city, and how the port of Baltimore is connected to the the politicians and drug dealers of Baltimore.
Having recently done a re-watch of season 1, I really notice the difference in pace and characters, between season 1 and 2. Season 2 gets a lot more personal, and the pace is – as mentioned a few lines ago – faster.
So, if slow pace, and poor characterization were your main gripes with season 1, then I think you’ll find season 2 more to your liking.
Zero Coordination – On the n00b effect
Friday, September 5th, 2008
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The opening of the Pure Pwnage episode “Just the Guys PT 1″, and is a parody of Zero Punctuation
I for one found it hilarious.
And There Was Much Rejoicing
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008Over 20 years ago, the Priests of Morloth convened within the the chambers of the Temple of the Damned, to discuss and interpret these recent signs and portents. Some suggested that Morloth would finally emerge to claim the world that was rightfully His. Others feared that Thyrn, God of Light, would descend upon the earth to lay His Judgement upon the Damned.
But by the end of the day, when the light of the Sun crept back, they all agreed. Something terrible was Born. And so, the Priests of Morloth knew that they balanced upon the edge of a blade, a blade that would mean either Doom or Salvation.
As the clouds parted, the earth trembled and the sky opened up, threatening to unleash a furious light, the Priests of Morloth huddled in darkened corners, chanting their incantations, praying that Morloth’s Salvation would come at last. Then… there was silence.
Dramatic nonsense aside, It’s actually my birthday today. Getting older is no picnic, I – and almost everyone else – can tell you that.
Becoming 20 was great, it’s a round number, and for some reason it is considered the ideal age. But becoming 21? Well, you realise it’s only going one way from here on out. It’s all downhill from here, folks!
On the other hand, it feels great! Who the hell wants to be 20 forever? Apart from those really sad middle-aged people you see hanging out at the trendy clubs. Or people who never dares to stop drinking or partying, because it’s the only thing they have left to cover up the fact that they are a just a complete douche.
No, getting older feels good. Despite the fact that society has a lot of expectations of me, and that I don’t fulfill any of them, I still feel pretty good.
My birthday wishes are these: That the Kimbo inside me remains strong.
That I will soon get my hands on a proper PC.
That part 1 of the 4th season of “Battlestar Galactica” will hit the shelves as soon as possible, and that I’ll love it.
That Sci-Fi channel picks up “Firefly”.
That Garth Ennis, Warren Ellis and Neil Gaiman never stops writing. T
hat season 4 of “Lost” will hit the shelves soon, and that they don’t ruin the mystery.
That Diablo III will be great.
That McCain will lose the November election.
And that I will always have a book to read, a show to watch, and a game to play.
I’m not much of a celebrator, so today will be relatively quiet, save for my brother and perhaps a few friends visiting.
Hopefully someone will give me a pretty good movie to watch. The Movie-Ghost has been kind lately, and blessed me with good films such as “Juno” and “Charlie Wilson’s War”. Something along those standards would be pretty neat for a present.
And with that, I conclude this self-glorifying birthday post, and leave you to your affairs.
Oh, and by the way, next post will be about a TV-series. I swear!
The Lord of Terror Has Risen
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
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I will have to direct your attention to this earlier blog post of mine Because these recent news just confirm my theories and everything I wrote there.
What am I talking about, you ask? Well, simply This: Blizzard has officially announced today that a sequel to the award winning and critically and commercially acclaimed Diablo II is currently in development!
Official site can be found here.
Here is the official cinematic teaser:
So far only two character classes has been confirmed, namely the Barbarian and the Witch Doctor. The Barbarian should be known to players of the previous installment. The Witch Doctor, however, is more of a mystery.
Here’s a sample of Barbarian gameplay. As in the previous installment, the Barbarian relies on cold steal and physical prowess to survive in combat. As evident from the video, the Barbarian has several Area of Effect attacks in his repertoire, such as a jump attack that covers a lot of distance, as well as annihilates a group of enemies. It’s slightly similar to Charge or Intercept from World of Warcraft only 50 times cooler.
A shockwave attack that deals damage to enemy targets in a line.
A cleaving attack similar to Cleave from World of Warcraft, that does damage to at least 2 enemies per swipe. This ability may be passive, rather than active.
A ground stomp, that disarms enemies of their shields.
And a whirlwind attack similar to, well.. Whirlwind from World of Warcraft.
Here’s a sample of Witch Doctor gameplay. Not much is known to me about this class, except for a few abilities he possesses. One of them is the ability to summon pets, as well as amplifying their strengths.
As evident in the video, the Witch Doctor also appears to possess magical melee and Area of Effect attacks.
It also seems he has a few debuffs up his sleeves, such as curses and/or diseases Which makes sense, I mean he is a Witch Doctor.
As with the previous installment, online gaming will take place on battle.net
Take a gander at a few official screenshots here:
The atmosphere of the previous installments remains intact in Diablo III
A Bridge Too Far
The Witch Doctor making house calls
As I said, Diablo III appears to maintain the much-loved “Diablo atmosphere”, and it’ll be interesting to see how the story evolves, and how well it connects with the already-very-solid mythology. I wouldn’t be surprised if we see a lot of new books expanding upon the Diablo universe. It’s simply the Blizzard way.
Here’s 10 minutes worth of gameplay footage:
As you can see, Diablo III also maintains the essence of the Hack & Slash, action role-playing game that was Diablo II. The overview camera, the very similar, yet improved interface, the dungeons, the combat and the overall gameplay all appears to contain the Diablo essence.
I’m looking forward to learning more about the new features, as the already revealed additions such as weapon enchants and environment interaction, sounds promising.
Watching the Barbarian slaughter his way through the tombs with such prowess and mobility, feeds the Kimbo inside me!
I find myself looking enormously forward to this game, and will await further information with great anticipation. It’s been at least four years since I played Diablo 2 properly, maybe it’s time to re-install and level a character? Perhaps say.. Barbarian?
Kimbo laughs with malevolent glee
You see what I mean? These only lend further proofs to my theories, and validates everything I wrote In this post! It’s all there! It’s all there, I tell you!
Anyway, with that being said, I conclude this mad ramble and leave you to your sanity.
By the way, I originally intended this as a “Veronica Mars” or “Eating my own Words” post, but decided to postpone t a day or so, after Blizzard made their announcement today.
“This place is thick with the stench of ghouls“.