-I wish Comedy Central would stop referring to Jeff Dunham as a "stand-up phenomenon." He's a grown man who has puppets tell his crappy jokes for him. I think we as a society toss around words too casually these days, and that is catastrophic.
-"High Tides and Green Grass" is still the best fake guitar song I've played in Rock Band, Guitar Hero, or even Rock Revolution.
-Zombieland is the best zombie movie perhaps since the original Dawn of the Dead. It's gory, it's funny, and it has some things to say when you look at it as a critique of how our tech-driven world of anonymous user names and handles has changed the way we treat each other.
-Uncharted was fantastic, but I think Naughty Dog missed a grand opportunity. There's a portion of the game where you basically replay the opening scene (thank you, fractured chronology storytelling), but it's a little bit different the second time around. And the differences suggest a change in Nathan Drake, as if the intro was the glossy veneer of the character and the reprising scene showed him as more human, or at least a caricature with an extra layer of depth. Unfortunately, in the very next scene, it's right back to the Nathan Drake of old. They could take the character some interesting places, but seem satisfied to have him just toss glib one-liners and be an Indiana Jones wanna-be. Such a shame.
-Have you ever tried to talk someone through the Xbox 360 controller synching process on the phone? It's a lot more complicated than it seems when someone who knows what they're doing is handling it.
-I really hate car commercials, and most commercials that air during football games, for that matter. It breaks my heart to think that the audience to which they appeal is large enough to justify the creation of the ads, much less the purchase of enough air time to show them to millions on a Sunday afternoon. Eat it, Howie Long.
-While we're on the subject, other gaming Web sites may try to attract people with flashy gimmicks and trendy fads, but here at GameSpot, we believe that good old know-how and an honest day's work is what makes a man a man, and anyone who goes to a different site must be some kind of idiot. Or a communist. You're not a communist, are you? Good, then keep reading GameSpot.
-When did they start serving energy drinks on airplanes? It seems like a terrible idea to get people completely wired and then fly them across an ocean in a closed metal tube.
-Have you ever seen The Prodigal Son starring Sammo Hung? You really should. That **** is four stars all the way.
-Next year's release schedule is nuts. Mass Effect 2, Bayonetta, Army of Two: 40th Day, Dark Void, MAG, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, maybe No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle and Singularity...and that's just January. Next year is going to be ridiculous.
-PSP Go would be much better if Sony gave a **** about it.
-If the Dodgers and Angels meet in a LA-area World Series, I predict a massive earthquake along the lines of the Oakland-San Francisco World Series, and an addendum to MLB rules that prevents California teams from ever facing each other in a World Series ever again.