Peggle

I LOVE Peggle. I can sit down to play this game and before I know it 3 hours has gone by. When you see someone playing this game it looks really lame. You have to play it to understand. You just move the shooter to where you want and shot a ball at a bunch of different colored pegs to clear a board. While it doesn't really sound all that fun it is extremely addicting. There are 10 different "masters" that you learn from. They each have a different ability that when you hit the green pegs you can use to help clear the levels.

You will first encounter Bjorn.

Bjorn's special power is guided shot. The next three shots you take will have lines showing the direction the ball will bounce.


Second you will learn the skill of multiball from Jimmy Lightning.

If you hit a green peg while playing under Jimmy Lightning your ball will split into two and they will hopefully go in two different directions getting you twice the pegs.

The third skill is Pyramid Power with Kat Tut

Hit the green peg with Kat Tut and for that shot and the next 4 the free ball bucket will transform into a pyramid giving you a better chance at scoring that always appreciated free ball.

Space Blast with Splork

Hit that green peg and all the surrounding pegs will be hit. This skill is especially effective on levels where the pegs are grouped in clusters.

Flippers with Claude

Once you hit the green peg two claws will appear on the bottom corners of the screen. This transforms the game into a pin ball game of sorts where you use the claws to try to flip the ball back into play or into the free ball bucket. These last for 3 shots.

Spooky Ball with Renfield Pumpkin

Spooky Ball is one of my favorites. If you hit a green peg Spooky Ball is activated and you go down the level like normal but once you fall out the bottom the ball will then drop from the top of the screen to go through a whole second time. If you manage to hit the purple point boosting peg you will get a free ball almost every time.

Flower Power with Tula Sunflower

Activate her power by hitting the green peg and the closest 1/5 of the orange pegs left will light up. You need to hit these early in the level to have any effect.

Lucky Spin with Warren Rabbit

Hit a green peg using this skill and a spinner will immediately pop up. The spinner will either land on extra ball, triple score, magic hat or one skill from a different master. This is a good skill to use if you are trying to get a lot of points. If the spinner lands on magic hat a little hat will appear on top of your ball and the pegs the hat touches as well as your ball will light up. This also carries on to the next shot.

Fireball with Lord Cinderbottom

Activate this power and the next shot you have will be a large fireball that will burn right through the pegs. If done correctly you can shoot it off the free ball bucket and walls to hit the maximum amount of pegs and then land it back into the free ball bucket.

Last but not least is the Zen Shot with Master Hu

Hit the green peg and on your next shot you line up the shot but then Master Hu will move your shot slightly to give it the "maximum zen" meaning the best possible shot. This is really helpful on levels that have sliding possibilities or at the end of a level if you need to hit more than one peg in one shot.

There are duels, challenges and online multiplayer as well as the adventure mode. I recommend this game for anyone. It's family friendly and funny. I got Peggle off XBLA, but I've seen versions to download online at popcap.com and versions for the DS and also for ipods.

You Don't Mess With The Zohan

Possibly THE WORST movie I've ever seen. Only one part in the whole movie made me laugh and the rest was vomit inducing. From the trailers you can tell that he's an Israeli soldier who quits to become a hair dresser in America. What they don't show is that the reason he becomes a popular hair dresser is because he has sex with all of his clients when he's done with their hair. That being said his clients are OLD OLD OLD ladies.



Come on Adam no one wants to see that.

Heroes

Unfortunately, Heroes clearly needs some help. It is very apparent that they have no idea where they are going and they are just making it up as they go along. While they had many opportunities to turn the show around and make it great again they have ignored them and this last Monday's episode was TERRIBLE. I don't care about Angela's troubled past. While it did put some light on how the company was started the company has been dead for a while now so it was too little too late. I do realize that they are starting a new company or family as Peter put it, but I still don't need background information on the old company that didn't work. I didn't understand why Angela was making them all dig up a ton of bodies instead of just telling them what happened. I hated the whole part with Angela's long lost weather-controlling sister Alice. It was disturbing to see a 50 year old woman act like a 6-year-old. And what was with her blond curly hair? She didn't look anything like the actress that played her as a little girl or like she could be related to Angela for that matter.

I did however like how Angela said she was stealing socks for her sister and that takes you back to the first season where she was arrested for stealing socks. That is the only major link like that so far in this show and it reminded me of LOST...only not nearly as good. The episode ended in the patrelli family and HRG sitting in a diner watching the shape-shifting Sylar do a press conference as Nathan. We are now 2 episodes away from the end of the season and I feel like it has gone no where.

In my opinion they need to make many adjustments to make this show watchable once more. Here are a few suggestions:

Give Peter his frickin' powers back.

"Baby touch-and-go" needs to touch Peter and make him a bad ass again. He used to be the counterpart to Sylar and now Sylar has gained about 5 more powers while Peter is down to struggling to swap one power at a time and it is driving me crazy. He made the show and if you haven't noticed he was a bad ass... the show was awesome, he sucks now...so does the show. There's a correlation there that the writers apparently haven't noticed. You know what else? Bring back Caitlin.

You know, Peter's love interest the Irish girl from season 2. While she wasn't all that attractive and her accent wasn't very good I liked her a lot. They just phased her out. I guess she's lost in a future that they stopped from happening... I'm not sure how that works. I liked the interactions between her and Peter and let's face it we need more of Peter.

Make Mohinder a Hulk (but not green).

I think this is clearly where they should have gone with the Mohinder character. It would be awesome. It's such a waste that he is now just wandering around still trying to find out stuff about his dad.

I'm glad Ali Larter's character Tracy died.

However, a piece of her broken face winked so I think she might come back which would make me sad :( Don't do it.

Give Hiro all his powers back.

"Baby touch-and-go" gave Hiro back his ability to stop time but not to teleport and he needs them both. While watching him wheelbarrow Ando out of a room full of government agents was mildly amusing the second time with Matt Parkman was annoying. Just let the dude teleport come on.

Quit trying to display Claire's emotional turmoil.

Brutal. I preferred watching her bones pop out.

If they do these few things the show would be a million times better.

No Use Crying Over Spilled Milk

In my house the saying now goes "No use crying over spilled milk... unless your 3-year-old decides to dip her hands and feet in the milk and make hand prints/footprints all over the kitchen and dining room... then you can cry all you want."

Taken

We just watched this movie the other night. I didn't think I was going to like it as much as I did. While I don't agree with the commercial slogan "Move over Borne" Liam Neeson did a much better job being an action hero than I thought he would. I thought it was kind of funny seeing Maggie Grace as Shannon a fairly slutty mid 20's character from Lost

play a 17-year-old virgin in Taken

I'm pretty sure in real life she's more like the LOST character.

Zac Efron SNL

SNL's host this week was Zac Efron. While overall the episode was not anything extraordinary there were a few skits that were quite funny.


There was also a skit called army bound I can't find of Zac Efron leaving on a train and Casey Wilson running next to it which I thought was the best of the night. The one of Jason Sudeikis showing Zac Efron how to give a foot massage was also pretty funny. I thought the Gilly skit was funny the first time I saw it, but this time it didn't make me laugh at all. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs performed and I thought they did a pretty good job. The maps song sounded exactly like it does on Rockband. I didn't like the lead singers hair cut or her outfit, but I don't really care. I hope the upcoming episode with Justin Timberlake is really funny he's one of my favorite SNL hosts.

New Band

The musical guest on SNL this last week was a band called Phoenix. I have never heard them before, but I really enjoyed them. Check 'em out.

Resident Evil 5

Playing 2 player co-op through Resident Evil 5 was really fun. Jesse and I would play it for an average of 2 hours a night and I couldn't wait to play again. Jesse played as Chris the totally roided out soldier, and I played as Sheva the hot African soldier Chris gets partnered with. While there are no real surprises in the plot I was surprised by some of the enemies we encountered on our journey.





Eventually (after some minor disagreements) we were able to work together to defeat all the foes and save the world from the most metro final boss I've ever seen.



If you're looking for a new co-op experience I highly recommend trying this game. It took the good part of an hour to get the controls down pat, but stick in there it's worth it. Those of you who are afraid it's too scary...it's more intense than scary and before almost every boss it shows a cut scene of what you're about to fight so you should be ready for it. Throughout the story you find treasures hidden in various locations that you can sell at the beginning of each new level for new weapons, health, armor or weapon upgrades which really add some major replay value. I can't wait to play it again and upgrade my guns even more so I can really kick some infected arse.

LOST

My all-time favorite show. LOST has everything from comedy and romance to murder and betrayal all with an AMAZINGLY put together story. Everything is connected and everything has a reason. I love learning something new about the story each week and having something totally insane happen that just floors me. The writers of this show are geniuses. In other words...this is nothing like Gilligan's Island. We have seasons 3 and 4 on blu-ray and I can't wait for the rest to come out. I don't want to spoil anything for those of you who haven't watched yet, but if you haven't you're an idiot. watch it. This is the funniest fan video I've seen of LOST If you don't watch the show you probably wont get it, but here it is anyway.

American Idol

I don't care what anyone thinks I love American Idol. Megan Joy Corkrey was kicked off yesterday and while I liked her singing style, the last two weeks she picked terrible songs. This was my favorite of her performances despite the distracting boob sack dress.



But as much as I liked her because she is unique is how much I don't like her now because last night when she got kicked off she was SUCH a weirdo! Really annoying...weird faces and bird imitations. I don't get it...what the hell.



My personal favorite is Adam Lambert although Kris Allen, Matt Giraud and Danny Gokey are all good too. This has been my favorite performance so far this year even though it is totally strange...the more I hear it the more I like it.





These videos aren't the exact performances because they are copy written, but they're the closest I could find. Watch Idol these people are good.

Previous Idol contestants are also on my mind. David Cook's new music video came out yesterday and he makes out with Sarah Roemer from Disturbia in it. I like that song but not as much as Light On. Jason Castro was in the audience last night and I can't help but wonder what he is doing? If he made an album I would have bought it already so again...what is he doing? Kelly Clarkson's new album All I Ever Wanted is great I love it. I couldn't help but notice a similarity with the intro of her song Save You to the intro to Alkaline Trio's song Radio. Have a listen.

Burn Notice

Jes and I have been looking for some new shows to try. While Burn Notice is now in it's second season we just recently picked it up. For those of you who don't know what it is about, there is a semi-attractive CIA agent who gets "burned" or fired from the CIA and is stuck in the city they left him in (Miami) with no money and only the few people that stick by him as he struggles to get his life back together and find out the reason he was burned. In the mean time he does odd jobs using his CIA skills to earn a living. It's a fun show to watch. Anyway, I was watching an episode the other day and one of the special guest appearances took me down memory lane.



That's right folks...Zachary Ty Bryan a.k.a. "Brad Taylor" from the somehow hit show Home Improvement.
...you know, the sorta funny looking older brother...not much has changed.

The Ongoing Battle

We are going to post blogs on movies, music, tv shows, books, videos and pretty much whatever we are doing to win the battle agains boredom. Read on.