nintendude794's Favorite Films

I'm sorry it's been so long since WiiGamin and I have regularly posted; we're too busy trying to enjoy our summer break.
Anyway, this post is here to detail my top 10 favorite movies of all time, a list that nearly constantly fluctuates, so don't be surprised if you see a post similar to this later this year.

10.Up (Disney Pixar Animated Film) - Voices of: Ed Asner and some other people

Musical Score: Michael Giacchino
9.The Green Mile - Tom Hanks and many other popular male actors

Musical Score: Thomas Newman
8.Transformers (the first one) - Shia Lebouf, Megan Fox, Jon Voight

Musical Score: Steve Jablonsky
7.Searching For Bobby Fischer - Ben Kingsley, Laurence Fishburne, William H. Macy

Musical Score: James Horner
6.The Dark Knight - Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine

Musical Score: Hans Zimmer (& James Newton Howard)
5.The Italian Job (2001 remake) - Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Seth Green, Mos Def, Jason Statham, Donald Sutherland

Musical Score: John Powell
4.The Truman Show - Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Paul Giamatti

Musical Score: Philip Glass & other classical style composers/themes
3.A Beautiful Mind - Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris

Musical Score: James Horner
2.The Shawshank Redemption - Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton

Musical Score: Thomas Newman
1.Fight Club - Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter

Musical Score: "The Dust Brothers"

For now, just read the list. Over time, details of each movie will trickle into this article. After this, all of our articles about movies, other than WiiGamin's favorites, will go under the name "Magnificent Movies".

Comments are appreciated! What are y'all's favorite movies?

nintendude794

WiiGamin's Top 5 PC Games

Sorry for the lack of updates, but Nintendude and I have been really busy as of late. Without further delay, here's a quick update.

5. Tom Clancy's HAWX

HAWX was a very fun game, but a short one. The game itself, with its sleek jet fighters and vicious dogfights, is fun, but the story doesn't have too much replay value or weight to it. Nevertheless, it was the best flight game I've played because there seems to be a lack of dogfight games like this for the PC. So, Tom Clancy's HAWX gets slot #5 on my top PC games.

4. The Sims 3

Including all the original elements of The Sims 2 and more, new ones, The Sims 3 is a revolutionary Sims game like never before. The improvements to the game's engine let you drive around your neighborhood seamlessly instead of trapping you in your own lawn. With the best Create-A-Sim ever, creating yourself with 100% accuracy has never been easier. You can edit every facial detail, make a unique personality, and now even change the voice to the right pitch. The Sims 3 is definitely a must for all Sim fans and all who are interested. The Sims 3 gets slot #4 of my top PC games.

3. Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars

Who can deny how great of a Command & Conquer game this is? The best in the series, in my opinion at least, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars is a huge success in the eyes of EA and most gamers. The realistically high-tech touch to this post-apocalyptic world makes a perfect balance of realism and fantasy. Realism, because most of the technology shown in the game is far from impossible in the time Tiberium Wars is set in. Fantasy, because obviously, something like Tiberium just defies reality. Being the geek I am, the high-tech environment just attracts me to this great game. Not to mention its story and gameplay: those are both beyond great. The interface is flawless in my opinion, but some might say otherwise. At any rate, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars gets slot #3 in my top PC games.

2. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (KotOR)

The best Star Wars video game of all time, in my opinion. Set 4,000 years before the rise of Darth Vader, KotOR is about the struggle between the old Jedi Order and the Sith. Being set that far back in the Star Wars universe, there were endless possibilities in this uncharted territory. The result of BioWare's hard work is the best Star Wars story ever created, one of the best RPGs ever created, and the start of something new. The best Star Wars story ever because of how solid it is, how the surprises and secrets you learn later apply from the very beginning, and what you do at any point impacts the future of the story later. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic gets slot #2 in my top PC games.

1. Spore

The best PC game ever, in my opinion. Going from a single-cell organism to the most dominant race in the galaxy is just one of the many great things about this game. Using some unique technology and super advanced programming techniques, Spore is actually a milestone in programming, and will most likely remain in the hearts of gamers, programmers, and scientists as the larget scale video game of all time. Will Wright's imagination and genius is just incredible; the Spore we've played is nowhere near the final product he has envisioned. Spore's record setting development period of seven years has yet to truly end...
Spore gets slot #1 in my top PC games.

Until next time, play nice.

WiiGamin

E3's Finally Here... And Nintendo Already Lost...

The Electronic Entertainment Expo of 2009 (E3 '09 for short) is already/finally upon us; a video game news event where all the companies get together to have a party celebrating video games as they promote themselves with press conferences full of what gamers hope to be huge announcements and loads of footage from games being shown, as opposed to dumb sales charts and graphs... E3's not an actual contest until gamers watching and critical journalists make it one; we're the ones who judge which company's press conference was the absolute most impressive. There is of course always room for debate though...
Well, as if the title of this post isn't any clue, Microsoft's conference was amazing and awesome; I wasn't expecting that. If I didn't have to summarize what was so mind-blowing I would just tell you that my next few hundred dollars are spent... On an XBOX 360 once I save up. Actually, I won't start saving up until after I buy Call of Duty 4 for my PC. The official sequel to COD4, Modern WarFare 2, looked incredible yesterday on the 360 by the way. Anyway, the most amazingest (that's how awesome it is) surprise announcement was this: Project Natal is [the codename for] a motion sensing camera which recognizes people by their appearance and voice, and allows revolutionary new changes to be made to the way we interact with video games. I can't list all of it's other features; just search "Project Natal Trailer" on YouTube and you'll probably find it.
When you watch more info about it, you'll fully understand why Nintendo's chances at impressing us even more are slim, but only God knows. The best E3 coverage is G4's live television broadcast, although if you don't receive G4 as a cable channel, check out IGN's E3 2009 page.

I hope you enjoy the rest of E3 and/or my coverage on Twitter and this blog! Thanks for stopping by!

nintendude794