Harry's blog

    Don't bother picking up one of those lame books of baby names at the grocery check out, we've got you covered. Below you'll find a list of the 100 most bad ass baby boy names ever. Now, this isn't another one of those lame "ZOMFG Celebrities Give Their Kids the Dumbest Names!!!" posts. This is all about laying down the most boss names you can give a kid. These names are guaranteed to garner respect and admiration. They are totally foolproof. Don't believe me? Think it's akin to child abuse to give a kid an unusual name? Read on and leave a comment below... unless you have a totally lame name that is...

    Bruce Campbell is a bad ass. Always has been, always will be. The first time I saw Bruce Campbell was probably in Evil Dead II as Ash. Evil Dead II was an awesome movie about a guy and his girl friend who get stranded in a creepy cabin out in the woods. Sound lame? Yeah, it's a pretty cliche set up, but Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell pull it off. This wasn't just some slasher movie, it was hilariously funny and still a bit gory. Army of Darkness was the follow up to the Evil Dead movies and, in my opinion, even better. I've enjoyed all of Bruce Campbell's movies and if I could be bothered to read a book, I'd probably enjoy the hell out of his books... but for now I'll stick to the movies.

    With the exception of Lost, I'd have to say that Top Gear is my favorite series on television right now. Top Gear doesn't sound like anything special at first, I mean, it's a car show hosted by some old British dudes. Nothing exciting about that... Except that's not the whole story. Somehow the BBC managed to get the perfect cast of commentators to host this show. James May, who is the newest member of the cast (even though he's been on the show nearly ten years), is your stereotypical British gentleman. Richard Hammond, the young guy who gets crapped on because he is short. And then there is Jeremy Clarkson, the real star of the show. Clarkson is tall, loud, opinionated... almost sounds like an American, doesn't he?

    Perhaps a better title would be "Is Metallica still relevant?" but that begs the question of whether they were ever really relevant to begin with... Metallica used to be a big deal, I mean c'mon... they did Enter Sandman and One, sure it's been fifteen years since they've released what most people would consider a 'good' album, but whatever. Anyone who was in middle school or high school in the nineties probably has fond memories of Metallica. Everyone knew who they were and when the Napster shit hit the fan it felt like the end of an era... probably the same sort of mass <liam> that took place when Load came out. And if you cashed out before that, just replace Load with the black album... I guess what I'm getting at is that Metallica is more than a band, they are an institution. It doesn't matter whether or not Metallica's future albums are complete shit or not. People will still buy their music, if only to criticize it on the internet. Metallica will always have fans out there and if they manage to release a decent record along the way it's just a bonus for the rest of us.

    Non-nerds are no doubt not familiar with the Postal franchise. Postal started out as a crappy computer game in the late 90s. Postal 2 was the breakthrough game of the franchise as it was built from the ground up to be the most offensive and violent game ever developed. Postal 2 wasn't revolutionary mechanically speaking, it was basically Grand Theft Auto 3 but in first-person mode and you couldn't drive the cars. Postal was a cult favorite because you could blow up pretty much anything, dismember fools and even piss on people. In fact, you can make the NPCs piss themselves... and vomit. There wasn't much of a story to the Postal games, the main character didn't even have a name... he was always just called "the Postal Dude." So when I head they were making a Postal movie, I wasn't expecting a whole lot...

    Everybody likes zombie movies. There is just something indescribably satisfying about watching a zombie get his comeuppance. For my money though I think the absurd zombie movies are the best way to get your zombie fix. Sure, movies like Dawn of the Dead (the original) and Night of the Living Dead (either the original or the remake) are good movies but they are intended to be taken seriously, which makes them a little lame. The same can be said for the Resident Evil movies and 28 Days/Weeks Later. They were fun to watch but nowhere as fun as Shaun of the Dead. And this leads me to my thesis, which is, light-hearted zombie movies are infinitely more fun to watch than serious ones. Do you disagree? Leave a comment!

    Unless you're Amish or a foreigner (or in the band Foreigner) you probably know who Andy Rooney is. Andy Rooney is the crotchety old guy who complains about stuff for two minutes at the end of every episode of 60 minutes. He's like a hundred and fifty years old which, I guess, is why he only has to work for two minutes a week. Anyways, if you like listening to old guys complain about stuff that most people don't have any problem with (ie. computers, cell phones, kids, lawns, or kids on lawns) then you probably enjoy Andy's weekly gripes. For me, I prefer the Andy Rooney Game method of receiving my Andy Rooney content.

    The cast for the new Command and Conquer: Red Alert was announced recently, which may not be a big deal to most folks who don't realize Red Alert is a video game. Most people who do know Red Alert is a game probably don't even care who plays what role in the cut scenes anyways... Given Westwood/EA's track record it would be a safe bet to assume that this game will be just as campy and poorly acted as the rest. As it turns out, EA actually opened up their wallet this time around and hired some pretty big names. Well, at least as far as video games are concerned.