Hello out there. I was going to try and do something a little different this time, something involving the Gross National Happiness of Cameroon and how it is directly influenced by the number of people with mutton chops in Arkansas, but then I realized that would require some form of effort on my part. So I decided to go with this instead.

The Walking Wounded

About five days ago, I pinched something in my back. As a result, I've been wandering around with a posture that resembles that of Ed Grimley http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5619097745224237454. Good times. It only hurt when I would try and do stuff, like walking, sitting, lying down, coughing, going to the bathroom, not going to the bathroom, etc. Fortunately, it seems to be clearing up. I'm almost "back" to normal (see what I did there? ) , or whatever my version of normal happens to be.

So what activity was I engaged in when this happened? What heroic act was I committing to damage my back? Was I trying to expand the square footage of my "gun show?" Was I trying to save an army of nuns from a rampaging Krogan? Nope. I was trying to stand up. Neat. Let that be a lesson to you kiddies: standing up, whether it's the physical act or merely the symbolic act of defiance, is simply not worth it. Stay seated. I don't think I used "symbolic" correctly there.

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At the Movies

On a more positive note, I managed to catch "Defiance" finally. Not too bad at all. I'm not sure how close Tinseltown got to telling the actual truth of the story, but I can say that the story itself was enough to really get me thinking about life in general, about the little things I take for granted, and about the ridiculous, horrible things that people do to each other. What a world. I'm tempted to get all philosophical on ya'll, but I think I'll leave it there.

A couple of weeks back, I also watched the new "Rambo." Good grief. I consider myself to be a fairly desensitized person, but how did this movie manage to escape an NC-17 rating?

Gaming

I've managed to finish up a few titles in the past few weeks. I'll just give you a quick run-down in order to keep you from falling asleep.

Castle Crashers: Helluva lot of fun. I've heard some complaints about lag during multiplayer, but I can't speak to that as I am a mentally-abused shut-in and have no friends.

FEAR 2: Nothing to be afraid of. Encounters with Alma are reduced to really lame quick time events that require you to mash a single button in order to escape her. It's the same button every time. Some good tension in a couple of spots, but the pacing is all wrong. Too much emphasis on combat distracts from any feeling of "fear" that may have cropped up. Shooting ghosts with an assault rifle is still ridiculous.

Bionic Commando: I was going to make a "loses its grip joke", but somebody beat me to it. Damn you Google. Starts off ok, though a bit ridiculous. The agency or whatever you're working for decides that the best way to get you to your initial objective is to load you inside a rocket and launch your ass through a building. They launch your bionic arm separately, and you spend the first five minutes or so trying to find it. I'm not kidding. Some of the worst voice acting of this gen gently frosts the turd-cake that is the plot. The game centers around the idea of being able to use your mechanical abomination to swing and explore the world. Only trouble is that if you swing too high, you die of radiation poisoning. If you go off the set path, you die of radiation poisoning. If you fall into three inches of water, you drown. And then you die of radiation poisoning. Combat is fun, but gets old.

Lego Indy: Surprisingly good. I wasn't a huge fan of Lego Star Wars, so I wasn't expecting much from this game, but I figured I'd give it a shot. Glad I did. The puzzles are fairly interesting, and even though some of the levels are a bit tedious, there are still good times to be had. Free Play is a blast this time around, with each level giving different character abilities a chance to shine.

Medal of Honor: Airborne: Haven't finished this one just yet, but I'm actually having a really good time with this game. I thought I was done with WW2 shooters, but this one is actually pretty solid. Enemies are a little on the dumb side, and the parachuting gimmick is a little unwieldy, but overall the game is a mindless good time. Just don't expect too much.

Well, guess that's it for now. Hope everyone is doing well out there. Thanks for reading.