Lock Down is Watered Down

I have to get this off of my chest real quick. I was halfway through an article I'm writing for Structure Gaming and I decided to go ahead and jump in the shower. On my way to the bathroom I heard "Want to see what prison is really like? Then tune in for all new episodes of Lock Down...yada yada." I sorta laughed to myself a little bit and went on my way. The more I thought about it the more it pissed me off. Want to see what prison is really like? How in the hell can they honestly say that? If they want to SHOW you what prison is really like there is a few things they can do.

First off give the CO's anonymity, blur their faces and don't give out their names. Giving their name out alone could get one of them killed. Yeah they.....we are public servants of what ever respective state we work for, but for the sake of true "Reality TV" they could make this happen. Also they need to show EVERYTHING that happens, not just a little argument where the CO is standing there saying "Sir could you please lower your voice? Sir I'm gonna have to ask you again to step back. Sir please refrain from using that language." because that's a fucking joke. I guarantee you if that TV camera wasn't there and they feared from losing their jobs for saying something wrong to a rapist or murderer on national television, that conversation would be going a bit differently.

Sir I'm going to have to ask you to please put that cup of shit and piss down and turn around to cuff up. REALLY, you're asking the son of a bitch to hit you in the face with it. And nothing is worse than having to call your wife from the local ER telling her you are getting tested for every fucking disease possible because one of them mother fuckers didn't get through on their weekly phone call. Trust me, I've made that call. I've been stabbed in the arm, had boiling baby oil threw down the back of my legs and shit threw in my face, and I FUCKING LOVE MY JOB. The only thing that could have made it better was if the TV cameras were there to see the end result of the sorry bastard who did it.

Top Endings In Gaming History

Earlier today Guinness World Records released a list of the endings in video game history. The list was compiled of over 13,000 gamer votes, 13,519 to be exact. The overall vote came back with one overall winner and it was a game that won with little surprise....to me anyway. The number one ending in gaming history was awarded to Call of Duty : Black Ops. The reason that I wasn't really too surprised when I seen Black Ops won was for the main fact of the "Fan Boy". It was the latest installment of the overly popular game that has a Royce Gracie choke hold on the industry as we speak. Of course it was going to rake in the most votes, even IF it was not the greatest ending in gaming history.

Anyway here is the "Top 50" list. Tell me what you think, and if your game made the cut. My number one didn't even make the list, Gears of War. How does it not even make the damn list? But yet Pokemon Black and White, Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2 and Super Mario Galaxy 2. Really.....What The Hell? Where did they take this survey at, every middle school in China? How does stuffing torque bows in General Raam's face while the damn kryll eat you alive until you make a Jackie Chan escape to a Raven while Raam rides the Pony Expres to hell, NOT even make the list?

50. Resident Evil 4

49. Star Wars: Knights of the old Republic

48. Ratchet & Clank: a Crack in Time

47. Crysis 2

46. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

45. Call of Duty: World at War

44. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II

43. Half-Life 2: Episode Tow

42. Super Metroid

41. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

40. New Super Mario Bros. Wii

39. inFamous

38. Fallout 3

37. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

36. Gears of War 2

35. Bioshock

34. Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty

33. Sonic Adventures 2

32. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

31. Kingdom Hearts II

30. Mass Effect

29. Super Mario Galaxy

28. Sonic the Hedgehog

27. Metal Gear Solid

26. Assassin's Creed II

25. Assassin's Creed

24. Shadow of the Colossus

23. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

22. Kingdom Hearts

21. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

20. Super Mario Galaxy 2

19. Mass Effect 2

18. Grand Theft Auto IV

17. Portal 2

16. Assassins Creed: Brotherhood

15. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

14. Halo: Combat Evolved

13. Halo 3

12. Pokémon Black and White

11. Super Mario Bros

10. Heavy Rain

9. Final Fantasy VII

8. Metal Gear Solid 4

7. Portal

6. Red Dead Redemption

5. God of War

4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

2. Halo: Reach

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops

Call of Duty - Biased?

It's a great time to be a Call of Duty fanboy, if you are a ELITE member....and play on Xbox 360. Before I get going on this subject, majority of my gaming comes on the Xbox 360. So I am by no way taking sides in this argument. So as I was saying, if you play MW3 on Xbox 360 and have a ELITE membership...chances are you are enjoying the benefits of forking over the additional $50.

Here is where the "Biased" part comes into play. I know Activision and Microsoft sign the "Exclusive" contract a little over 2 years ago to bring all DLC content to Xbox first. I understand that, even though I don't agree with one console getting content earlier than the other. What's next? Are they going to start delaying the launch of the game for a full month, just so they can sign another contract? Could it have something to do with out of the 12.3 million units sold, over 7.5 million was on the Xbox 360, and only 4 million on PlayStation 3?

The "Season of Content" has already begun on the Xbox 360 with the release of two maps. A third map has already been announced to drop towards the end of February, BEFORE anything gets released on the PlayStation 3. Both consoles charge the same amount for the same service. But if I was playing Modern Warfare 3 on the PlayStation 3 and was a ELITE member, I would be highly pissed. Besides the fact that Xbox gets all the maps first, when this November rolls around and the next yearly re-skin installment of Guitar Hero....I mean Call of Duty drops. The question is, will PlayStation 3 players have all of the content available for Modern Warfare 3 or will it release after Black Ops 2?

Dare to step into the cage?

When it comes to MMA games they are only a handful of games that come to

mind. The one that is on the tip of everyone's tongue is UFC Undisputed.

This is the third installment of the MMA Fighting simulator, and by far the

best....for multiple reasons. Once again THQ has delivered on excellent

graphics and realism. Everything from the character models down to the cuts

and bruises look as if you're watching the PPV from home. You can see the

sweat and blood fly as you cut your opponent open from a spinning back fist

or well placed elbow.

By far the biggest improvement that has been made has to be the new

submission system. Instead of the rage inducing button mashing and circling

of the joysticks with no idea of how sunk the choke in or got out of it,

there is a new simpler system. When you start a submission a outline of a

white octagon appears with a red bar on the inside and a blue bar on the

outside. Depending on which corner you're fighting out of (Red or Blue)

will dictate which one you are on the screen. Each bar is different size,

if you just got dazed and knocked down your bar will be considerably

smaller than your opponents. For the sake of argument let's say you're

fighting out of the Blue corner. If you are being submitted you simply try

to keep the Red bar from overlapping yours until the bars run out by

rotating your right stick. So there is no more "How in the ^%#& did I not

get out of that?" moments.

Also this year you can test your martial arts skills in the PRIDE arena.

Now I know EA Sports MMA had something similar to the no holds barred

league, but PRIDE fighting is legendary. The signature face stomps and head

soccer kicks, which is the first thing you think of when you think of PRIDE

are amazing and have great animations to boot. There is nothing better than

dominating your friends and finishing the fight off with multiple

heel-to-face stomps until the referee decides he's had enough. With the

addition of PRIDE comes a list of the greats who have graced the PRIDE

arena. Don Frye, Dan Severn, Bob Sapp, Kevin Randleman and my favorite Mark

Coleman are just a few of the greats you can play with. I myself have put

somewhere around 10-12 hours in this demo since it dropped almost a week

ago. I'm a fan of the sport and the game, and this one seems to rise above

the rest.