My Thoughts on the Presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson

LBJ took a role as President after JFK was assassinated in 1963.

Domestically (despite a questionable past in politics) LBJ was pretty liberal socially. He signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which was the most major form of equal rights law in history. 

He also created Medicare for the eldery, and Medicaid for the poor. Both programs still help out many today. 

He also help created programs such as Head Start and Food Stamps. 

However the one thing that came to haunt LBJ was not riots in the streets, but rather war in the East. His arrogance with the Vietnam war costed us a lot of money, time, and lives, and ruined his political career. The prevention of the spread of Communism might have seemed like one of the most important objectives in history back in the 1960's however today, we can see Vietnam as a meaningless lost cause. 

Despite a big mistake in foreign matters, I think LBJ was a pretty good president. He made a lot of progress when it came to social and domestic issues. 

Things I Like: Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994 Cartoon)

I used to watch this all the time as a kid. My favorite Spiderman related thing ever. 

It featured just about everybody from the marvel universe. 

Even the lamer bad guys. 

Heck even the X-Men came by to say "hi". 

I always liked Black Cat. 

Venom was pretty awesome too. 

Carnage was cool too, but not as much. 

Fact of Day: Lose America, Go Insane

In the later part of his life, King George III (the king during the time of the American Revolution) went insane was deemed unfit to rule. 

So his son ruled as Prince Regent until his death. Afterwards, he became king himself, and became King George IV. 

My Top 10 Worst No More Heroes Characters #9: Ermen Palmer

He was just some dude that tried to kill Travis at the end of the first game. Instead Henry Cooldown slices him in half before he gets the chance. 

He's actually an ode to some character from the GameCube game Killer 7. 

Meg Whitman Named HP CEO

The computer company is hoping the former Ebay CEO will help their company. Honestly it couldn't be worse than her California race for Governor last year. She spent over 144 million of HER OWN MONEY and still lost to Jerry Brown. At least she found a job.  

Star Wars: The Old Republic Might Not Make It Until 2012

Though originally targeted for a 2011 holiday release, the long awaited sequel to KOTOR games on Xbox might slip into Q1 of next year. No firm date will be given until next month, which worries some. Me on the other hand, I don't mind them taking extra time.  

TwinBee (Famicom/NES) Review

With a recent release on 3DS as a 3D remake, I thought I'd dig out my old copy and play it. Now this was released only in Japan as far as the NES version goes. So don't expect to find it on the flea market or yard sales.

It's a fairly simple shooter, similar to that of Galaga and such. It seems like they were targeting a bit of a younger audience since it's far more colorful, it's easier than most in it's genre, and the game moves at a slower pace. 

It throws some decent ideas like boss fights and such, but it's really too old of an shooter for me to recommend. For those somewhat interested in buying the 3DS 3D remake, I'd advise against it. 

Score: 4 out of 10

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception PS3 Bundle Coming November 1st

$299 will get you a PS3, a copy of Uncharted 3, one controller, and one month membership to PlayStation Plus. Not bad, I might think about this. 

Forza 4 To Get $30 Season Pass for DLC

Like DLC? Well if you drop down 30 bucks you'll get all the first batches of DLC for 30% less when the game comes out on Oct. 11th. 

Nintendo Downloads for September 22: TwinBee and Other Stuff

TwinBee gets remade on 3DS

Break Tactics for DSiware

Escape Trick: Ninja Castle for DSiware

Aya and the Crystal Cubes for WiiWare. 

Watched Zodiac (2007 Film)

I watched this with my girlfriend last night and finished it in the morning. It's based on the real life events of the Zodiac killer, a psychopath who rampaged San Francisco in the 1960's and 1970's.  

What sadden me most was the fact that most of the Zodiac letters and victims get very little show time than they should have. There's also a bit a historical inaccuracy and dramatization in there as well. 

Most of the movie is about trying to figure out who the Zodiac killer really was. Since nobody knew for sure, the movie kinda floats around a bit with little purpose for awhile. It does give some more interesting theories that have been thrown out there, however I think the movie goes a bit too slow during the last third. 

But I admit, it's a pretty good movie. I'm just nick-picking a little too much. It's not exactly the regular horror movie, but just thinking about the Zodiac killings makes me a little nervous at nighttime. 

Things I Like: Dirty Harry (1971 Original Film)

I saw this for the first time about 2 to 3 years ago. I've heard very good things, but never saw it for myself. 

Eastwood plays a remarkable role as Dirty Harry, a cop who bends the rules to seek justice. Great lines, and has lots of action. 

The main villain of the film is the Scorpio killer who was based on the real life Zodiac killer of San Francisco. 

It's one of the best movies ever made, go see it for yourself. 

Things I Hate: Marble Madness (NES)

I've heard great things over the years, but I got the chance to play it recently and I think it's pretty overrated. 

On a technical issue, it was an amazing feat for it's day. One of the only NES games to show any real amount of realistic physics. 

However the controls are pretty awful which means that you'll never reach your goal because of a stiff D-pad on the harder levels. 

My Top 10 Worst No More Heroes Characters #10: Skelter Helter

He appears at the start of the 2nd game as a enemy of revenge against Travis. He's also a whiny loser. He also happens to be a parody of Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII. 

Fact of the Day: Persia

The country known to the Western world as Persia was known in it's homeland as Iran for hundreds of years. It wasn't until the 20th century that the word Persia was replaced by Iran internationally. 

My Day Yesterday: Pizza, Angry Birds, and Zodiac

Managed to play my last bits of Metroid: Other M for Wii. Not a fan. 

Picked up my girlfriend from work, and went out to a pizza place. 

She likes the arcade in there for the ticket machines even though there's nothing she wants to redeem (i.e. pointless addiction to bright lights and tickets), and she only put one dollar on her game card and walked over to some machine. Spun the wheel, and won 1000 tickets in one go. Not bad.

While I was waiting for her to finish eating, I got some playtime with Angry Birds Rio. 

We also went to the library where I got to read the monthly edition of The Progressive, and checked out a few things. 

When we got home, she put some songs on her iPod and I studied some Japanese. Trying to learn Katakana by heart. 

We also watched Zodiac, a movie based on the real life events of the famous serial killer. We almost finished it, but it's pretty good.  

StarFox 64 3D Will Lack Online Multiplayer

The 3DS remake of the N64 classic is shaping up great. However fans of the multiplayer mode better have some real life friends, because online play is being ditched. The reason? Time and costs. Because remaking short games is really that expensive on it's own? Oh well, I thought the multiplayer in the original was mediocre anyway. 

Sega Bringing Two Dreamcast Gems to Xbox Live Arcade and PSN

The first week of October will see two classics make a return on both downloadable services. The first of them being Sega Bass Fishing. 

And the other is Space Channel 5: Part 2. A musical rhythm game with a cute pink haired space hottie. 

Oh and it has Space Micheal Jackson.