With the final chapter of the Metal Gear Solid Saga staring a ripe old Solid Snake, be prepared for tons of back history and linking things together in order to bring the whole story/series together.  By this point of time, any Metal Gear Solid fan will have already bought the game, and more than likely beaten it. So what’s the point of even writing a review in the first place? Easy, for the fun of it, and for the few of you out there that have been holding off on getting their PS3 and have been debating due to the MGS4: Bundle. (I’m looking at you Mike K.!)

*Hands you a torch*
The room begins to fill with a strange and eerie mist. As you notice the walls have a slimy texture to them as you attempt to peer down the long, dark, corridor. Off in the distance you hear the breathing of a large creature. With the magical book in your hand, you begin reading to get a better understanding of what you are about to face…

Much like the Dungeon Master guide I did, I’m going to go through the chapters with you. I won’t give you all the information in it (you know… so wizards doesn’t try to eat me) but enough so they are happy with me if you go buy their product. So, grab that d20 and lets do it!

So I know I need to finish my Player Hand Book 4.0 review, but let me be honest first. Metal Gear Solid 4 happened, and then somehow in the whole mix I got a second dog. So the PHB should be ready later today, if not then tomorrow (Promise!) On top of that, I am hoping to have a nice little MGS4 review out by Friday.

I went to the midnight showing of the newest comic book inspired movie The Incredible Hulk. One thing I’ve been hearing all week is how bad the first movie was, and how nobody cared about this film – and this was reflected by the half empty midnight showing. Its regrettable, because the movie was pretty much what I wanted from a Hulk movie. What do I want? Smashing. Lots of things smashed.

They definitely are going with a movie continuity based more off The Ultimates comic series. I suspected as much when Nick Fury after the credits of Iron Man was portrayed as black. Also, Banner was working on the Super Soldier project while transformed and not a gamma bomb. Im sure many more nuances exist I didnt catch. It’s a good series – a great series even. Their take on Galactus as a hive mind species in Ultimate Galactus. The comic series is extensive enough to provide material for a ton of movies.

The obvious tie in to Iron Man, and the already announced Thor, Captain America, and Avengers movies really put pressure on this film to be really good. I feel like a weak link in these movies could drag down the amazing potential these movies have to be epic. Iron Man set the bar really high – I was reluctant to make a statement like ‘Best Comic Movie Ever’, but I can say pretty comfortably it was my favorite. The Hulk, however, holds its own, and might even be better the 2nd time around. I’ll have to make the call when both are out on Blu-ray… and I get a PS3. Until then, Im giving the Hulk 4 1/2 ripped purple pants out of five.

Bottom Line: FORGET the last Hulk movie… this is a whole new Hulk. Better villain, better CGI, better pacing, better action. Whether you hated the last Hulk movie, or just thought it was bad, this one will not put the same tast in your mouth. NO poorly done daddy story… no Hulk jumping across states in something looking out of an IMAX theater.

If you like MMO’s, you’ve probably spent the last couple of years spending the equivalent time on World of Warcraft that you have at work (probably more…) and shed any semblance of personal relationships to avoid distractions from raiding – I know I’ve spent my dues. WoW is to gamers as crack is to… well, a crack head.

Once I kicked the habbit (World of Warcraft, not crack – yet) I swore to myself I would never again delve into such a grindfest ever again. There was still, however, a void… all the good things that came from WoW. Then I hear about a game in development – this ‘Age of Conan’ by Funcom. Anarchy Online was (in theory) a good game… and thus I crossed my fingers, hoping for that level of complexity and originality to carry over into a better executed (and prettier) package. Was the wait worth it? For me – hell yes!

So this will be my second to last D&D post for a while. I have one more I want to do tomorrow and cover the Player Hand Book. I don’t plan on covering ever single page, just some of the highlights that I enjoy, or dislike about this book.

I’m just going to cut to the jump, so click below to read the rest.

Hey everybody, it’s Choose Your Own Adventure story time at Button-Smasher! Your cousin gives you some Mc Chris songs. You listen to the songs and they make you (vomit in your mouth a little; one happy geek). You check out more songs from his new album and decide that (Mc Chris really sucks; you want to purchase the new album because the shit is ill, yo). In making the purchase you (want the hard copy; don’t want a hard copy because all your music is digitally stored and you don’t need another CD occupying valuable space in your increasingly cramped living-quarters). However, you discover that the online album is six tracks shorter than the actual CD. You think (that’s okay, I likely won’t miss these really good songs; this is bullshit, I want the whole album). You want the instant satisfaction that comes with an online music purchase, but will settle on buying the CD and waiting. You find out the CD is $18. (That sounds reasonable, the price of a CD shouldn’t have dropped since the mid 90s anyways; This is bullshit). You (suck it up and purchase the limited online album or wait for the overpriced CD; grab a torrent and promise yourself to go see Mc Chris live and/or purchase the next album). I’ll let you decide the last one, but either way the story should end with you getting the new Mc Chris album, Mc Chris is Dead.