Amnesia Review coming up later!

Hey, just a quickie here, I had a job interview today and I’m about to head off to work, but you can expect an Amnesia review and impressions hopefully this evening, but no later than tomorrow! I’ve been crazy busy, but I found time to finish up Amnesia and I’ll be running through Dear Esther and following up on that one as well!

And I missed my tournament this past Saturday, something came up, but I have another coming up August 4th! I’m new to the tournament scene, but I’m excited and looking forward to it. Well, gotta keep it short, time to head to work, stay tuned though!

The Rindoukan Bible – A Makoto Guide For Super Street Fighter IV AE 2012

@Gootecks tweeted this and it’s pretty aweomse!  I thought I’d share, it’s a pretty thorough guide on Makoto.

http://otersi.com/makotobible/testspread_nov03.pdf

Updated: About Me, Added Comics List, Added Header Image, Added A Couple Of Categories – Also Super Street Fighter IV AE2012 Tourney In Town Tomorrow!

Okay, I got around to updating a few things, I’m still working on a layout and deciding what extra pages are needed and how they should be organized, it’s coming along though!  I also got like two hours of sleep by the time I got to bed after The Dark Knight Rises (see my review in a previous post), ha!

Now, busy week-end ahead, including a local fighting game tournament!  I’ll be competing in SSFIVAE2012 with Vega (Claw), featured in the new header by the way, and prepping for another local tournament on August 4th.  I’m new to the tournament scene, so we’ll see how it goes, if nothing else, I’ll learn some things to work on before the next one, which I’ll also be competing in AE2012, Mortal Kombat 9, and Skullgirls!  I’ll be sure to post about my experience.

I’m also gonna work on completing Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther and getting up reviews by Monday or Tuesday!  Otherwise, I have an academic research project I’m volunteering to help with and working on a cover letter for an upcoming job interview next week.  Wish me luck!

Why do we fall? – Review of The Dark Knight Rises

So I’ve barely left the theater, which was completely sold out, and I’m going to cut to the chase: Just go ahead and see The Dark Knight Rises. If you’ve enjoyed Nolan’s previous two films in the trilogy, enjoy super hero movies, or just flat out want to see a good movie, just go ahead and see The Dark Knight Rises.

Naturally the first question of many, “Is it better/as good as The Dark Knight?” That is difficult to say definitively, the movie never feels as tense as The Dark Knight, the story telling is more the pace of Batman Begins, but that’s not a bad thing! The movie covers a lot of ground and does so well, it’s just with that being said, if you prefer The Dark Knight to Batman Begins, Noland’s second of the trilogy is still likely the best Batman movie you’re gonna see.

Now that we’ve established that, let’s talk a little more about The Dark Knight Rises. The opening is an impressive piece, featuring the airplane you may have seen in the trailer(s). It also introduces the cold, calculating Bane, portrayed by Tom Hardy. I’ve remained skeptical of Bane, however I should know to trust Nolan by now and Tom Hardy delivers an excellent performance, although Bane’s accent can be a bit difficult to parse out at times,one quickly adapts to it and it becomes a non issue.

As for our hero, Bruce Wayne hasn’t donned the cowl of Batman since the death of Harvey Dent, he’s a little older and suffering the injuries the life of Batman has left him with. Christian Bale handles his performance wonderfully, possibly his strongest yet in the role of Master Wayne/The Caped Crusader, however for fear of spoilers I would like to refrain from too many details.

The supporting cast is strong, Gary Oldman delivers as always as Jim Gordon, as do Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine in their respective roles. I would like to have seen more of Anne Hathaway’s Selina Kyle/Catwoman and perhaps more on her history and current state of living, which is more eluded too and glimpsed than explored. As for our other newcomers, Marion Cotillard delivers in her role, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt shows a solid performance, albeit with a mildly fluctuating level of Bostonian accent at times, but it’s nothing major or distracting.

As for the plot, I don’t want to spoil anything for you! Naturally the arrival of Bane, branded a terrorist, brings Gotham’s protector out of retirement, and for a fight he may not have been prepared for. Our hero is faced with quite a challenge, one where he may have to push himself beyond his limits and risk everything for his city. You will also see a theme throughout relating to orphaned children, just as our protagonist himself became an orphan after the death of his own parents.

I will say the movie feels like a journey of sorts, things come full circle and this incredible trilogy comes to a satisfying conclusion that I myself was quite happy with. With all that being said, it’s not absolutely perfect, so there may be a moment or two just to accept for granted or as is, bit this is far from detrimental, the movie is simply so good, that these are the only relatively minor flaws that jumped out to me.

And there you go, go on out and see The Dark Knight Rises! I hope you enjoy, though I feel confident you will!

Rating: 9.25/10

Obligatory Introductional Post & Such As That

Well, welcome!  As I’m sure you can tell, things are still getting underway around here at bnbcombo, I’ll be tweaking and refining a bit here over the next week to get the look and functionality to where I want it.  But you’re probably wondering why you should be here in the first place, which is fair enough as there are virtually unlimited multitudes of information and distractions warranting your time on the Internet, perhaps even irl as well… Well, let’s take a quick overview of what is planned to become of this currently humble little blog shall we.

• Do you enjoy gaming?
• Do you enjoy movies?
• How about comics?

Well, the more of these you answered yes to, the more this is the place for you to be!  I’ll be adding impressions and reviews for all of these, as well as some tips, videos, and guides regaring the gaming.  You’ll also catch the occaisonal music mention or review if I come across something that I feel is particularly worth sharing.

And if you haven’t gathered by the site title, or are unfamiliar with the term, it stands for “bread and butter,” a common fighting game term for combos that are, well, you bread and butter, the foundations you build your competitive prowess upon.  And yes, there will be plenty of fighting game news, BUT news is far from limited to fighting games!  For instance, upcoming reviews are coming for Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Dear Esther, and many other interesting games I come across, some old, some fresh off the shelf.  Same with movies, which by the way, look for my The Dark Knight Rises review coming in the late hours after the midnight premiere tonight!

We’ll leave it here for now… You’re probably starting to get the picture, be sure to check in frequently as everything comes together!  And for on me, check out the About Me section, which will be filled in tomorrow in the event you stumble upon bnb before then!

Cheers mates!