Most divisive president?

 I hear this a lot about Biden. He's the president who's divided the country worse than ever. 

Not true. 

This man started a war between the states. Making him not only the worst President ever but the most divided as well. 

Kit Kat Pumpkin Pie

 Yes it sounds disgusting. 

Yes I bought it. 

It taste like pumpkin pie. It's so weird. 

I LOVE pumpkin pie. But I'm not sure I'll try it again. I'd rather have the real thing. 

But it was good. 

Way to go Kit Kat. 

Waving at the camera

 Remember when people used to wave to the video camera whenever they saw one?

I watched an old video someone posted to YouTube that was from 1992 where strangers kept waving for the camera as they passed by. 

It reminded me of something EVERYONE did back in the day but don't do anymore. 

I'm guessing that's because we all take video and its nothing special these days. But back then? 

Dang. Wild times!

Weezer Autumn (review)

 Geez to frag! 

Forgot to post about this one when it came out, so I thought today I'd give my thoughts. 

This one may be the best of the series yet. All the songs sound like the "Green" album, meaning they all carry a nice beat and is an enjoyable one to listen to. 

Best song on the album is "Tastes Like Pain" which incorporates classical music. Really good. 

Now all that's left is for the final one, due out next month. Looking forward to seeing how it ends. 

Weezer still remains an amazing hard working band that I continue to enjoy to this day. They've stood the test of time and are still good after so many years!

World Series Thoughts

 I can't say the worst team won because for the first time EVER in a World Series, I couldn't find it within myself to cheer for either team. 

My brother went for the Phillies only because we would've had 10 different teams win in ten different years. 

Yeah, ok. I see that. But I hate the Phillies too. 

(Sigh) One more match up like this and I may skip watching the World Series altogether. 

I hate Houston. 

THE REAL ANTHONY FAUCI - THE MOVIE 🎬

Gotham Girls (review)

 Another Web-series from the WB that ran 3 seasons from 2000-2002. 

It stars Batigrl and the 3 villains you see. It was made for little girls and there aren't much to these shorts. The don't utilize the interactive abilities of Adobe Flash as Lobo did but Season 3 was one big story arc told through mini-cartoons. 

These web series had the same writers who wrote for Batman so they are legit DCAU but may not be worth watching. 

Of the 2 series (both of which are found on YouTube) I think I like Lobo better. But I'm glad I got to see them both.  

 Look who I met earlier this week. 

Yep. It was a local city dinner and I went to represent Chase. 

Only one who took a picture with him before he left to his next appointment. 

I took it for work. They wanted something to brag about in the newsletter. 

I'm glad this guy can still smile after putting hundreds of small businesses OUT of business the past few years. 

Awful Governor. But at least I could fake a smile when needed. 

Nothing to see here!

 It's been 3 or 4 years since I've seen a deal I thought was worth it. 

I'm doubting I'll find anything today either. 

But I'll keep my eyes open none the less!

Have a good weekend folks!

About time

 Artipia Games is FINALLY giving the fans what they want by making the latest expansion a stand alone purchase for fans instead of making them buy the "big box" version of it all over again. 

A good move because I was interested in this game but was NEVER going to pay over $120 for a copy!

It's due out late December....which means it'll be available late March. 

Have a good weekend folks!

Lobo Web Series (Review)

 WOW!

Another piece of the DCAU I never knew existed has to deal with one of my favorite characters. 

Lobo.

Featured in the Superman series shortly thereafter he was given a web series on the WB site. 

And get this.....it's rated R. 

Cussing, adult humor and VERY violent. The 14 mini-episodes consist of 3 story arcs that are all fun (in a LOBO kind of way)

As you'd expect with Adobe Flash cartoon from back in the day, the animation isn't that good but there's plenty of moments you can interact with the cartoon which makes it special. 

I wish I would've know about this back in the day. I know I would've loved it. Seeing it now, it's very dated, but not enough that I can't enjoy it. In fact...it's better than Static Shock or Zeta but that's not saying much. 

The whole season takes 31 minutes to watch and is on YouTube if you're interested in the Main Man. 

Batman: Chase Me

 I'm a big fan of the DCEU, so imagine my surprise when I was doing some research on it, only to find out they had a short come out way back during Season 3 of the original show!

It's about 6 minutes and is a silent film about Batman chasing Catwoman around Gotham over something she stole. 

Though not much to write about, it was fun and because it was short I can recommend it to any fan of the series. 

You can watch the entire short on YouTube. 

All Saint's Day!

 I wish more people celebrated the holiday. It goes well with Halloween and I have more fun on this day than the other. 

But that's ONLY me I'm sure. 

Whether you celebrate it or not, have a good All Saints Day folks!

#1 Most Hated Holiday

4 hours. 2 sick girls. 2 screaming babies in the car. $10 of gas for $5 of candy. (half of which we'll never eat) 

 Congratulations Halloween. You officially passed up Valentine's Day to become my NEW #1 most hated holiday of the season!

Happy Halloween

 Now that I have kids, I'm participating in the holiday no matter if I want to or not. 

Tremors 8

 Another movie that would never get made I have a sequel idea for. 

And I would call it: Tremors 8 Everyone

Pun intended. 

Michael Gross would be reduced to cameos through recorded messages he left for everyone but in Perfection after his death in 7. (SPOILERS) 

It would bring back almost every side characters from the previous movies minus the brothers Kevin Bacon and (RIP) Fred Ward. 

The worms have returned to perfection and are devouring them all. Without Burt to hunt the worms Jamie Kennedy is the town's only hope but even he isn't good enough. So you bring back Reba Mcintire (by backing up that money truck to her front door in an attempt to get her to do it) Who saves the day (again after several sequel and TV characters are killed off) to save and settle back into Perfection, where she lays Burt's old guns to rest. 

The stinger after the credits would be Burt doing one last video proclaiming love for his ex-wife....and then providing the coordinates to his whereabouts on Shrieker Island. 

BOOM!

UHF 2

 I know it's never going to happen but if it were, here's what I think it would be about. 

Weird Al's character is older now and broke. He owns the land where the old UHF station used to be and someone makes him a good offer on it. He doesn't want to but he sells the land, only to invest it in what he thinks is the new hottest thing, a Streaming Service. 

But since he has no money to create shows (due to start up cost for the app and program) he once again has to get creative with home grown ideas and how to make it work. 

Weird Al can go back to making fun of current shows and movie franchises as his spoofs generally go and if you throw in some cameos I think you've got a pretty good movie....that can be played on a streaming service.  

Sands of Dune (Review)

 This came out in June under the radar until Kevin J Andersom mentioned it in his newsletter in August and I bought it. 

A collection of 4 short stories, 3 revolving around the first book and the last one after a prequel series. 

Overall, it's great. And even if you've only read the first novel, I think fans would enjoy this. Only 162 pages long so it's an easy read as well. 

Man, do I love the world of Dune!

Pixar Popcorn (review)

 A bunch of shorts that are each less than 2 minutes. I don't know where this collection came from but since I watch EVERYTHING Toy Story, I decided to give it a try. 

Nothing to write home about but they were all ok I guess. Kids love them more than anything. A lot of the voices weren't used to save money I'm sure. And there's some from Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Coco and Cars which should please a few people. 

If you're looking for something short and sweet to watch on Disney+, go right ahead. 

Arlington Road (Re-watch)

 Watched this forgotten gem last month. Still holds up!

If you've never seen it before, give it a shot. I think you'll enjoy it. It was a little before its time when it came to story telling. A real pioneer in what we'd see in more movies as the decades went on. 

Without giving away anything, I think some folks won't see the twist ending until its too late. 

Like I said, still a good one!

Fruit Brute Returns!

 Last year they brought out "Monster Mash" all 5 cereals in one box....it was garbage. 

And just when I thought I was done with tradition and wouldn't buy them this year....they bring out Fruit Brute. 

Ok, nothing special with him but he's so rare I had to get the monster cereals again this year. I am disappointed it wasn't Yummy Mummy because that's the one I grew up eating as a kid. But maybe he'll come out next year and they'll convince me to buy it again. 

At this point it's more about the novelty than the taste, which is only so-so. Not bad, but there's several other cereals I'd enjoy more. 

Anyway, have a good weekend folks!

Norm McDonald: Nothing Special

 Something he filmed shortly before his death and in one take. Netflix finally released it and it's pretty good. 

There's commentary from Molly Shannon, David Spade, Adam Sandler, Dave Chapelle, David Letterman and Conon O'Brian as they all sit around a room discussing the stand up and Norm in general. 

It's good. Real good. And worth every minute of your time if you ever found Norm to be funny, which I certainly did!

Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist

 What a wild story. Netflix did a short documentary on it if you want to see Netflix it's a wild story. 

My take on it is this. The guy's stupid. He got embarrassed when he found out it was fake and tried to keep it a secret until Deadspin broke the story. 

Of course he blames his lackluster NFL career on it which could be true but the story tries to make it into him seeking "redemption" from his past. 

But when you fall in love with a girl you never met? Well....there's just no coming back from that kind of stupid. 

He'll forever be known as a moron, for better or worse. Regardless of what type of athlete he was. 

Coke Dreamworld

 Got to try it a few months ago and forgot to make a post about it. 

It's just peach flavored coke. 

That's all. 

I have no idea what the marketing team thought when they were putting this together but they could've just called it "Peach Coke" and I think it would've sold more. 

Dreamworld? I don't even know what that means and for most people it was probably a "one and done" thing to try it out. 

Peach Coke sells by the cases. Because the market understands the product. "Dreamworld" tells me Coke needs a new marketing team. 

Bang goes Bust

 Almost in debt for 1 Billion, Bang filed for bankruptcy and lost their distributor all in one month. 

The drinks are scarce to find in store now. Only remaining stock from their last order is left on shelves. 

You can still buy online but...I'd be lying to say I'm not worried about things for my favorite energy drink!

Prime Day bust

 Last week I was excited for the next round of Prime Days....and it sucked. There wasn't a single good thing for sale. Very disappointing. 

Hopefully Black Friday will be better. 

MLB Blackouts

 An antiquated way of thinking that MLB refuses to let go and what is adding to the decline of the sport. 

Blocking syndication of the home town team doesn't grow new fans. If they can't see they favorite team on TV why would they want to go visit them in the stadium? Why care about your home team if you can only watch the highlights on ESPN the next day?

Dumb practice and another reason MLB is losing fans each year. 

Project Elite: Extra Stuff

 So what other accessories from with the game and ae they good or not? 

I'm going to give my thoughts on it today.

The ammo pack is EXCELLENT. Allowing you to fire your weapons a lot faster with the only drawback of having to move the pack along with you as you play the game. I'll take that trade off. In fact, this ammo pack is SO GOOD I'm thinking of restricting it to when we're only playing the level on Hard because it's so powerful. 

Deathmaw Valley expansion comes with a lot of awesome looking weapons. But they all suck. Some of the only shoot in a straight line. Others when an aliens stops directly on top of it. Each one is so situational that it's never worth picking up any of them in my opinion. 

The towers are a waste of plastic. It cost 2 permanent wrenches to climb on to and doesn't protect you from the swarm. It only gives you a +1 in range and hits which is never worth it. I've house ruled it so that you don't need to spend the wrenches and moved them in off side areas on the boards to avoid being damaged by the swarm....yet still today I'm the only one that ever bothers using them. 

A complete swing and a miss for the game. These should have got people excited. But all it ever did was make people scratch their heads wondering what the designers were thinking in the first place. 

Have a good weekend folks! 
 

Project Elite ROOK Team ranked

 Time once again to rank the characters in this expansion. ROOK are the heavy hitters in the game and are to be played on the hardest setting. But they're all awesome with great powers, which is why "Hard" level is where they should be played on. 

1) Keiji

Simply put, Speed. He can also ignore line of site on his special action roll. 

2) Lily

Ignore an alien move per roll. Hardly any aliens will move across the board with her in play and that's so cool. Love her ability. No one else has anything like it in the game. Her special action roll allows her to change either 3 hit or action dice all to the same space....another monster move when executed. 

3) Castillo

The kickstarter exclusive character when rolling a wrench delivers 4 damage. His special roll allows him a -1 on required hits, making his gun more effective in battle.

4) Caitlin

She can ignore a "lock up" roll per round and her special roll also gives her a -1 on targets. Since these suits can lock up during the game it's nice to have someone who that may not happen to as much during the round. 

5) Jake

Aliens around you move one less at the end of the round. This could be to your advantage in slowing the enemy down. His special action roll is 2 movements which is why I ranked him higher than the last 2. Again, speed is key!

6) Zawadi

2 Wrench's allows you or someone next to you to heal 2. Again, healers are good to have on the team but it sucks for the individual who has to play as them,

7)  Nils

Slowest character in the game because you have to roll 2 moves to move once. Yuck! They tried to balance it out by giving his special roll make 1 hit = 3. But what good is that if you're dragging behind the team on the board? Terrible player. 

Project Elite (2020) Characters Ranked (3)

 7) Vicky

With her you get to roll your dice once more after the round ends. Sometimes this is crucial in games and for that reason a great player to go on missions with. Now that I think about it, this may be Megan's newest favorite thinking back on recent plays. She loves her. 

6) Kinje

Same power as Caress in the original game where whenever she kills an alien she moves one space. I love people who move fast in this game which is why she ranks so high for me. Oddly enough, I never see her getting picked up that much by others. I guess they don't value speed as much as I do. 

5) Gunter

A "touch" roll gives you a 1+ on hits and a "wrench" roll allows you to reroll a miss. AMAZING. Sure it ties up one or two extra action dice but this power (especially those touch rolls) can be awesome during the game! 

Honestly one of the best all around characters in the game, which is why he's in my Top 5. 

4) Gustav

With him you can switch a die to any facing each round. Man I love playing with him! He comes in handy when you really need one more die to complete an objective, fire a gun or get one extra movement when its crucial in the game. 

Not too powerful an action but good enough to where he's one of my favorites to play in the game!

3) Akosha

At the end of each round you get to fire your weapon or move 3 spaces. Both choices are awesome. She's another player that's commonly used in our games for that reason. Everyone loves the choice of an extra automatic bonus action. 

2) Ronan

A "touch" or "wrench" symbol is considered wild, which means it can be used for anything. This is a MASSIVE advantage only balanced out by the other in that whenever you roll an alien you have to move them twice. 

Easy payoff for a character who has such an incredible ability. I love playing with him for that reason. Yes, you can lose at the start of the game with bad luck rolls but because of his "wild card" factor, you can easily make up for those mistakes. 

Love him. 

1) Voker

Move twice on every movement roll. Yep, just like Momentum from the 2016 version and still my #1 here in the new version too. But not just me, everyone loves playing as him and he gets picked every time we play. 

Movement is the most important thing you need in a game about timed rounds. It's imperative to have. Too bad there aren't more speed characters like Voker in the game. But then again, if there were....it wouldn't be a challenge I suppose.   

Project Elite (2020) Characters Ranked (2)

 

14) Kara

Like an earlier version of the game, this character can avoid 6 alien moves per round. Not my cup of tea but she does get picked from time to time because of it. And of course this is Megan's favorite character to play. I can't deny she comes in handy however. More than once we've been saved from disaster by Kara and her ability. 

13) Angela

A weird ability in that if she rolls 2 moves she can jump over a character and kill them. Neat trick but how often does it happen? I haven't seen it happen that much but it depends on the situation too. This could come in handy on mission, allowing her to move across the board at a rapid rate. Never played her before but it's a cool concept. 

12) Kili

When he rolls two alien move signs he gets to fire his own built in cannon and on a 5+ hits. Kinda nice to have since rolling multiple alien dice is pretty common in the game. It's nice to take a pot shot at the enemy along with any weapons you already have. 

The more damage the better!

11) Dante

With him you get 3 re-roll tokens to use per round. Not bad when talking about hits and if you've got the good gun this leads to a massive advantage. 

As you see these one's I've ranked in the middle has potential to be great in the game under certain situations. 

10) Anya

She gets unlimited weapons. Which makes her an absolute favorite for my nephews when we play. Though I see the advantages to having this, I still think there's 10 other characters who are a lot better. To me, it'd be a lot to keep up with on what gun shoots at what distance for how much. I think it'd slow down your actions in a round but my nephews love her anyway. 

9) Aloria

The other Alien Ally in the game who's power is pretty cool. After killing an alien she can push another alien one space anywhere on the board. Really beneficial under several situations. For some reason a lot of people don't like playing with her but I find that power very handy at times! Really like this ability to move someone back, pull them forward or out of the way of other players on the board. 

8) Gherid

He has the same ability as Bus did in the original game. Aliens pushed against him do no damage. Just like Bus, he's a great character to play as well. I've used his power several times to move back to the base using an alien to get me there and killing him off at the end. 

Very helpful method that makes him one of the best to use. 

Back with the final 7 tomorrow!