28
Aug
2014
CZW’s Dojo Wars VIII Results
This week was the. . . oddest. . . week yet at Dojo Wars. The timing seemed way off, with the first two matches combined being only 8 minutes, and an extended 20 minute intermission. That meant the next two matches drug out far longer than they should have, but the main event was still pretty exciting.
25
Aug
2014
Amazon Now Owns Twitch
In a surprise announcement earlier today, Amazon is confirmed to have bought Twitch, despite the rumors suggesting Google would be the ones to do so.
16
Aug
2014
Saturday Six – Most Devastating Upcoming Celebrity Deaths
Death is unavoidable. But this past week a totally unexpected tragedy occurred with the untimely passing of Robin Williams. I don’t think there was a person alive who had anything but good things to say about him. Robin Williams was just the latest, but will not be the last. This last year also saw the departure of some other heavy hitters. Jim “Ultimate Warrior” Helwig giving what was ultimately his own eulogy on Monday Night Raw was extremely emotional. We will never get an true Ghostbusters 3 without Harold Ramis.
Being 33, I’m of the age that many of the people I looked up to as a child will soon be shuffling off the mortal coil. It’s inevitable. While, as Dr. McCoy says we all have to “turn death into a fighting chance for life”, that still won’t stop me from being devastated when we finally lose those celebrities below.
14
Aug
2014
CZW’s Dojo Wars 7 Results
Another good week of wrestling at this week’s Dojo Wars, which was probably the most aggressive show yet. And for once it didn’t start with a Conor Claxton vs. Frankie Pickard match! Plus a rematch for the CZW Wired TV Championship. Can Joe Gacy retain?
12
Aug
2014
New Silent Hill Revealed in Interactive Teaser
One of Sony’s biggest surprises at Gamescom today was a new installment in the horror series, with an all-star cast backing it up.
9
Aug
2014
Saturday Six – Super Heavyweight Wrestlers
So all this month, CZW is holding open tryouts to join their wrestling school. In all honesty, I would love nothing more than to do that, but there are several issues with that. First, my regular gig is just too stable to walk away from. But more importantly, I am a fat old man. I’m 33 and I get winded carrying my groceries in from my car. Sure, Bret Hart became champ at 35, but he’d been wrestling his whole life. The last time I did sports was a 2 month period my junior year of high school where I trained for crew, but we never actually went out on the water. If I lost my job tomorrow, and could spend six months laser focused and pull a Chris Pratt in Guardians of the Galaxy, I’d have a chance. But as it is, I’m slightly more coordinated than The Shockmaster.
Today the first of my Dino Drac Fun Packs arrived. So here’s my unboxing video, including me eating 25 year old cereal. It’s much better than the gum in 25 year old packs of baseball cards. And I’m not dead, so that’s a plus. . .
4
Aug
2014
IDW and Max Landis team to bring Douglas Adams’ “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency” to TV
I think it’s in the manual that in order to be a nerd, you have to have read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. It’s in the rules. But Douglas Adams did a bunch of other things besides Hitchhiker’s. Today IDW annouced they are bringing one of Adam’s other works, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, to American television, with the pilot to be written by Max Landis, of being John Landis’s son, that time he had a Nerf War Turf War at Comikaze, and Chronicle fame.
If you’re a wrestling fan, WWE Network is a great bargain and full of great original content. There’s just one problem. I’ve watched all the original content, and most of the pay per views, leaving me with little I haven’t seen already. WWE has in its library almost all the recorded video of the sport of going back over 70 years, totaling over 100,000 hours. Only 1 percent of that is currently available to see on WWE Network, including some pretty sizable holes. So here’s my list of things that are not yet available on WWE network and totally need to be.