Anime: Less Talk And More Action!

'Urgh...this fight takes how long!?'

'And now behold! I will finish you off with my secret technique! I call it the ultimate jutsu, known only by the members of my clan, passed down from generation to generation. This move will paralyse you from the neck down and your chakra will be cut off completely. How do I do this? Well...'

Jump several episodes ahead and maybe he would have finished talking. Seriously some anime fight scenes featured in Naruto can be a drag. Yes the Shikamaru pun was intended.

Let's Rock & Ride!

I remember shouting that every time my friends and I set off down the street on our bikes heading into an adventure that was only limited by imagination. Of course we had been watching Biker Mice From Mars first, the cartoon we had learnt the phrase from.

You used to do that too right?

My Playstation Zone

Ok there's something I want to share that I did as a kid. I went through this phase where I would cut out characters of my favourite games or comics and stick them on the wall in the spare bedroom.

I created what I called a 'Playstation Zone'.

Which Bucky Do You Think Of?

Bucky relates to two characters as far as I know.

Bucky Barnes and Captain Bucky O'Hare.

Lately I've seen a lot of tweets about people automatically thinking of Bucky O'Hare instead of Cap's sidekick when the name Bucky is mentioned. 

Disney's Adventures Of The Gummi Bears

Dashing and daring,

Courageous and caring, 

Faithful and friendly with stories to share!

All through the forest,

 They sing out in chorus, 

Marching along as their song fills the air!

Gummi Bears!

Bouncing here and there and everywhere,

High adventure that's beyond compare, 

They are the Gummi Bears!

Ah Saturday morning cartoons when you were a kid. Nothing beats them. Whether it was Chip & Dale: Rescue Rangers, Ducktales, Darkwing Duck, Talespin, Batman: The Animated Series and a lot more; each played a definitive role in my early life. Those days were great and I loved my childhood. Just a ton of fun, innocence and no worries.

Remember When The WWF Hardcore Championship Was Defended 24/7?

Yeah I know I know! It's called WWE now but back in the attitude era it was WWF and the Hardcore Championship presented viewers with some of the most craziest matches and scenarios you could watch on TV!

Back then wrestling was awesome and on a different level to what you watch today although I guess that's because WWE became a PG and any bloodshed cannot not be shown anymore. One match last year had to be stopped so one of the wrestlers could have blood wiped off his face before the match could continue. Thankfully we can all still look back and relive those classic moments such as...

The Most Shocking Moment In WWE History!!

I've just finished watching Wrestlemania 30. Did that just happen????? Crazy!!! Insane!!! What!? Seriously? Is this a joke? Did they count to 3 by accident? Is this a screw job? Will the match be restarted???????

Devil May Cry And Makes Castlevania Lords Of Shadow 2 Weep

After recently completing both of these games I have to say that the reboot of Devil May Cry bested Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow 2 in the battle to save mankind.

Whereas Castlevania felt heavy to play DMC seemed light and easy flowing. The gameplay was great and not too complicated. Also I managed to follow the story while I got a bit lost with Castlevania at times. Or maybe I just zoned out, who knows?

I prefer the new look of Dante to the older white haired version. I know some fans were disappointed but I think it worked out very well. I believe the designers were right to give Dante a fresher look as it was a reboot.

Upgrading your abilities is simple too. You simply earn enough souls and select which upgrade you want. The upgrade system was much simpler to use than Vania 2 and presented more clearly. 

The soundtrack was pretty good too ;)

This isn't a personal attack against a Castlevania, it's a good game. I'm just comparing the two as I played one after the other and DMC was the more enjoyable experience.

I just hope the next DMC is just as good and the next Castlevania improves which I think it will :)

My Best April Fools Gag!

April Fools day once again eh? Did you get pranked? I didn't but I did leave a couple of fake zombies downstairs for my parents to find! Mwahahaha!

However my best prank was several years ago. I waited for my parents to go to bed and proceeded to turn the furniture upside down. I took ornaments off shelves and left them lying on the floor. I threw cushions around and tilted hanging pictures sideways. I pulled out all kitchen chairs and left them in odd positions. I made the house look like we had a poltergeist!

My dad was on a morning shift and came down at 5:00am. I was awake, silently laughing to myself. It was all quiet. After a few minutes he came back upstairs and asked my Mum to come down and have a look. What he didn't know was that my mum was in on it and she kept a straight face. He was quite astonished.

What made this better was that he'd forgotten it was April 1st and I had never done anything like this before. Eventually my Mum gave it away by laughing and my Dad found the April Fools note on top of his lunchbox. He thought the gag was so good that he was laughing to himself on the way to work! 

Later he told me that he thought I'd been a bit untidy at first, then that we had been burgled and finally thought we had a ghost! Result!

I haven't been able to better myself since but I'm always going to try.

Just thought I'd share ;)