Summer of Love – I win!

Well it would appear that summer is finally over.  Whilst the air outside is cooling, I’m burning up a fever with excitement.  The magnificent guys over at Lost Hemisphere have brought their magnificent series to a thrilling and dramatic conclusion with a truly artistic presentation of the final bout.  My Family of One (Fantastic Four / X-Statix) deck went up against Brian Foley’s Adamantium Skrullmate deck in the final match of the event.  I won, but that’s not the story.  The main news is the brilliantly creative presentation of that final.  Definitely go check it out today!

http://losthemisphere.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/summer-of-love-finals/

Longshot in Marvel Evolution? Get ready for a stuplosion!

I can’t believe I’ve only just stumbled across it, but in a recent Origin Stories article on Read / Rant, Billy Zonos slipped in a little preview of some of the art we might see in the forthcoming Marvel Evolution expansion for Vs. System.  This one particularly caught  my eye.  Longshot is the character that Rian “stubarnes” Fike has obsessed over since day one of this mighty game, yet in the days since Billy splashed this over his pages, there’s been no fanfares from the Fike camp!  Is the most psycadelic player the game has ever seen asleep at his post, or has his love of mulletman diminished over the years?  Wake up stu!

Last Man Standing – Episode 2, Burkina Faso

I think it’s fair to say that I am officially hooked on the new series of Last Man Standing.  If you’ve no idea what I’m talking about, then I suggest you take a quick look at my first post on the subject and then come back here.  Alternatively, you could pop along to the show’s homepage on the BBC website to read up.

Marvel Evolution exclusive previews

There are two more cards exclusively previewed on The-Kamiza.com.

 

Endangered Species and Rapid Strike are plot twists from the forthcoming Marvel Evolution expansion for the Vs. System trading card game.  Both fit into this weeks theme of X-Force and combat Plot Twists.  The X-Force team seem to thrive on combat, and this weeks cards highlight that quite effectively.  The preview is up now:

http://the-kamiza.com/vs/?p=402

Amazing Key-Tar video

I just found this hilarious video on the Chris Moyles page on BBC.CO.UK/RADIO1.  It’s pure genius.  The Brett Domino Trio should go down in the annuls of history as musical pioneers!

What the politicians are saying

No matter what part of the world you’re from, politicians are in your life.  The whole world is hoping that the US elect a decent president this time around.  I confess that I don’t know a lot about McCain or Obama, but from what I’ve seen in the media, Obama seems the more reasonable.  Yet I know nothing about his thoughts or comments on issues that I’m concerned about.  Sure you can search news stories, but you often come up with a lot of irrelivancies, so I was really pleased to stumble across a great new toy from Google.

http://labs.google.com/inquotes/

“In Quotes” is a really simple search facility that will help you find out exactly what any politician has been saying about an issue you’re worried about.  Simply select your region (US, UK etc) and select your politicians.  Currently, the US default is unsuprisingly John McCain and Barack Obama.  Then you can enter any keyword you wish and it will bring up any quotes from the politician with that keyword.  Cool huh?  Go play!

Last man Standing – awesome TV

Last night, I was flicking through the TV channels quite aimlessly (as you do) trying to find something good to watch.  It was 21:00 and I flicked onto BBC3 – a channel I never really watch, and I saw that Last Man Standing was about to start.  I stopped where I was and the next hour was some of the best television I’ve seen in a long time.

The Art Box: Wassily Kandinsky

I’m a simple guy with simple tastes.  I certainly would not call myself pretentious, but I was most dismayed to find that when conducting a little impromptu survey amongst my young Judo students, I found that not one of them had even the remotest idea about art.  Not one.  I don’t know if they are an isolated group, but it struck me as a little sad that these kids are missing out on something really quite special.

Rian Fike’s wonderful weenie world-war

Rian Fike is one of the best know commentators on the VS. System TCG.  On the world wide interwebs, he’s know as stubarnes – apparently a tribute to his favourite hockey player.  Rian is like marmite, you either love him or hate him.  Personally, anyone who channels as much energy and enthusiasm into the game deserves a lot of respect in my book. 

Billy Zonos is the sex

There are many reasons to adore the man, the myth, the legend Billy Zonos.  First, his devilish wit, sharp as a two-hundred fold Katana and equally as lethal is renowned across the internet communities he visits.  Hope you never feel the stinging lash of his satorical tongue.  Secondly, his dark, imposing features are formed in such a way that mortal woman, (or even man) must find it incredibly hard to resist his charms.  But those are not the reason for today’s mention.