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Comix Zone VS. Comix Zone, 1995

I really love how both covers relay the same basic information while representing its individual country’s comic book style.

While i was browsing the movies magazine in the doctors, i spot a article about Mi direction of the Halloween franchise. No joke. As a major Halloween fan, this news sucks. If it’s not a sequel to any of the originals, even a loose sequel to the very original, then simply don’t make a film. Let Michael R.I.P. where he’s been since 1998 (H20).

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This is fun! I used iTunes instead of my iPod because my iPod would skew the results significantly.

• “Black Masses” by Mercyful Fate
• “Who’s Hood” by G-Side ft. Yelawolf
• “Wicked Act” by Black Uhuru
• “Sunshine” by Babyface
• “Riding Like Rommel” by Dan Melchior
• “James’ Revenge” by The Doo Dew Kidz
• “Organic Hydropoly Spores” by Drexciya
• “Fever Dreaming” by No Age
• “Off The Late Night” by Diamond District
• “Wingless” by Focus
• “We Gon’ Make It” by Diddy ft. Jack Knight
• “Down In The City” by The Sea and Cake
• “Sport And Iris” by Bernard Hermann
• “We All Faulter” by Jesu
• “Music Sounds Better Than You” by Stardust
• “I’m Stone In Love With You” by The Stylistics
• “Da Gik Life” by Fabo
• “People Get On Up” by Positive Force
• “Try My Love” by Loose Ends
• “Valley Of No Return” by Joe Meek & The Blue Men

Pretty much no WWE superstar today would last a week in the attitude era because WWE is a joke of it’s former self. I mean look at it. Wrestlers who would be considered Cruiserweights a couple years back are now running the show as heavyweight and wwe champion and The posterboy of the show is a talentless bodybuilder that wears jeans while wrestling, get real.

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Chuck Taylor DC Comics - Batmobile (Kids 1-3 yr), $37, Converse

Although the current DC Comics x Converse catalog is pretty sweet, none of the designs have really made me rush out to purchase a pair of kicks; partially because I seldom wear sneakers, and primarily because when I do, I already own a pair of vintage Batman x Converse hi-tops. That said, it appears that I’ve finally encountered the only exception: if these Batmobile Chucks were available in adult sizes, I would stock up on a few backup pairs and wear them EVERY FUCKING DAY.

Get on it, Converse.

Don’t know why this seems to be so hated, I really loved the concept! Far better than most of the offerings in the franchise, and I appreciated the sparing use of Freddy. The ending was good right up until the fairly slapstick fight with the Freddy-Demon… Didn’t quite catch the right tone for me. #wescravensnewnightmare

So, I’m still job hunting. I admit that, at first, I didn’t dedicate as much time to applying for jobs as I should have been. My reason for this was that I was waiting to hear back from the job I wanted the most. Just before the beginning of the Bank Holiday weekend I decided that I could wait no longer so over the last three days I have applied for about 10 jobs. I know I should have upped my game before but I was so keen to get the other job that I wanted to wait. I have sent out other applications previously and, quite frankly, I’m getting rather annoyed about not getting any feedback as to whether my applications have been successful or not (I’m guessing not). A short e-mail would be nice. Oh well. I guess that’s just how it is at the moment.

Not quite as interesting a read as “Origin” but an interesting look at the early exploits of the character that would become the time-spanning nemesis to Captain America.

During last nights episodes of Monday night Raw. After CM Punk’s promo with John Laurinaitis the 6th cryptic pormo pop up, and it got me thinking…

@12:09 

First you see a tall tree that branches out in two distinct directions at the top. Kind of like a “Y”.

Next the staircase, 2 flights of stairs are visible. If you start on the bottom right of the screen and trace a pattern up 2 stories to just out of the frame at the top left side of the screen you would draw a “2”.

Finally the clock, the hour hand pointing at eleven and the minute hand pointing at twelve forms a crude letter “J”.

Does it mean… The Ayatollah of Rock ‘n’ Rolla is back! I truly hope so.

The funny thing is… My play style is lonewolf in TDM. BUT… It depends on the other players in a server, If they are playing as a team I’ll join a squad but if it’s “every man for them self” I’ll go lonewolf, If I have clan mates on I always go with team work, I can count on them to play as a team and not just join a squad to have a person to spawn on when they die.

Battlefield is back. Veterans and newcomers alike are flocking to DICE’s trademark take on combined arms warfare, and already the digital body count is greater than any war in the history of mankind. It’s a lot of fun, but it can also be overwhelming: there are dozens of weapons and class abilities, a healthy assortment of vehicles, intricately detailed maps, and ten times as many unlocks as Bad Company 2. There’s a good chance you’ll be biting the dust a lot when you first log on, so I’ve compiled a few tip and tricks to help you get a leg up on your quest to dominate the Battlefield.

10. Start with small matches.

New players tend to rush for the biggest match size possible. On consoles this is just 24 players, but on PC it’s 64. Conquest Large is a sight to see, but it’s also the most difficult to play off the bat: there’s so much going on that it can be overwhelming, and you’re likely to die so often that you don’t get to do much between respawning. By playing 32-player matches on PC and 16 on consoles, you’re going to get shot at less and have fewer enemies to track, allowing you learn the maps and weapons quickly. As a side benefit, you’ll probably rack up more kills and thus unlock goodies faster.

9. Stick with your squad.

Battlefield has always been a team game first, and BF3 automatically puts everyone in a squad, typically consisting of four players. Every squad member can spawn on every other squad member, and by playing different classes you can more effectively support each other. Spawning on your squad is usually the best idea unless one of your control points is under attack; if nothing else, there’s power in numbers. On the other hand, try going it alone and you’re likely to run into enemy squads. 4-on-1 isn’t good odds, so stick with your buddies.

8. Focus on one class….

The classes in BF3 are fairly balanced, and each has a ton of unlocks. It’s tempting to constantly switch between them for the sake of variety, but when you’re starting out it’s best to pick a favorite class and play it most of the time. Not only will you learn to play it well, but you’ll reach the higher-end unlocks much faster than if you were spreading your time among the 4 classes, allowing you to have a competitive fallback when times are tough. If you’re not sure where to start, try the engineer: his carbine is almost as good as the assault’s rifle and more versatile than the support’s machine gun or recon’s sniper rifle, and his rocket launcher allows him to deliver powerful long-range damage to infantry and vehicles alike. Add in the ability to repair nearby vehicles and you have a class that can do pretty much anything.

7. ….but don’t hesitate to switch when the situation requires.

If the situation asks for a class that isn’t your favorite, go for it. If enemy tanks are attacking the M-COM station, spawn as an engineer; if snipers are pinning down your squad, spawn as a recon to counter-snipe them. And if everyone in your squad is support or engineers, spawn as an assault so you can heal and revive them.

6. Don’t waste your grenade.

Each soldier gets one grenade: it’s an instant kill if used right, and a missed opportunity if it isn’t. It’s tempting to throw you’re grenade in the general direction of the enemy and hope you get a free kill, but this doesn’t work nearly as often as you’d like, and you’ll be kicking yourself when you see a squad clustered nearby and are empty-handed. Wait till you know where the enemy is, give it a toss, and be prepared to rush in as soon as it goes off. The exception is the assault’s grenade launcher, the second unlock for the class: you get 4 projectile grenades, which is enough to fire a couple towards the sound of gunfire for a cheap kill. There’s a reason this was known as the “noob tube” in Battlefield 2.

 5. Be prepared to use your knife.

When an enemy takes you by surprise at close range, the instinct is to hold down your trigger and pray you kill him before he kills you. Don’t. Hitting the melee keys activates a near-instant knife attack that’s a one-hit kill. Do this early and often; once you fall into the habit of shooting it’s that much harder to retrain yourself. I say this as someone who’s brought a gun to a knife fight and lost more times than I can count.

4. Take vehicles when they’re available.

There’s a reason there’s a limited number of vehicles on each map. While the jeeps are mostly for getting around quickly, the IFVs and tanks can wipe out an entire squad of infantry when used correctly. Other players are usually eager to be your gunner, and with your powers combined you are Captain Planet a force to be reckoned with. Aircraft aren’t as powerful as in previous Battlefields, but it can be useful in the right spots, and the steep learning curve means you’ll want to get as much practice with the helicopters and jets as you can.

If worse comes to worse, you can always bail out of your vehicle before it’s destroyed and fight at full health. Think of it as a 1-Up Mushroom.

3. Use a joystick or gamepad for planes.

If you’re playing on consoles, this is already taken care of for you, but most PC players will start out trying to fly planes with mouse and keyboard and rarely make it a minute in the air without crashing. The mouse doesn’t allow for continuous turning, and the keyboard doesn’t allow for the degrees of speed control you need to be a good pilot. The best solution is to use a joystick. If you don’t have one, no sweat: you can get a full-featured joystick for £35 or a basic-but-perfectly-usable stick for £15, usable for Battlefield 3 as well as the wide array of flight action and space sim games in the PC’s back catalog. If you don’t want a joystick, a gamepad also works well. They’re also an improvement for helicopters.

2. Keep your back to cover.

It may seem like you’d want to spend more time ducking behind cover, but A. You’re not going to get any kills that way, and B. Every map has multiple entry points to pretty much any location, and enemy players are eager to knife you in the back and steal your dog tags. By keeping your back to cover, you can engage approaching enemy targets without worrying about someone taking you out from behind. The exception is when engaging snipers at low range: you’ll want to stay behind cover until you can get close enough to take them out.

1. Play with friends.

For better or worse, Battlefield 3 has scrapped BF2′s in-game voice chat in favor of “party chat” with your friends. This means it’s a lot harder to coordinate with your team on a public server, but it also means a well-organized group of friends can dominate. In an informal survey, Gamespy found that “when a full four-player squad is partied up and working together communicating with mics, the amount of XP typically gathered in a single match was triple that of playing with randoms and not using voice.” You’ll perform better and probably have more fun on top of it.

Keep these tips in mind and you’ll be off to a good start. Remember to have fun, and don’t take grenades from strangers. You don’t know where they’ve been!