WWE Raw Wrapup 10/8/2012

#raw Coming back to pro wrestling after missing two weeks used to be frightening - Who debuted, who left, who won, who lost?  Now?  There's a tag tournament going and nothing much else is critical since I've been gone.  Tonight we roll back in and see if I've missed anything! John Cena opens Raw with his still bandaged arm from recent surgery.  Cena takes one week off and says it feels like a year...not for all of us.  Cena cracks jokes about Daniel Bryan and Kane being a demon and a goat, as well as Antonio Cesaro's nipple size.  He continues that he'd like to take AJ on a date and goes for the In-N-Out...

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Building A New PC

I can stop blogging about my terribly outdated PC components! Hooray! With lots of research and questions I finally nailed down the parts I needed and took the plunge on buying a new PC. My goal was to get the most out of necessary components for under $200. I do have a couple zombie systems already so it wasn't going to be a full build. I have 2GB of DDR3 ram, a bunch of hard drives at my disposal, and a DVD/CD-RW combo drive already so I only really needed the main parts. Finding a decent but easily upgrade-able set consisting of a motherboard, CPU, power supply and a mid sized case to fit...

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Clearly Comics: Watchmen

"This is the book that changed an industry and challenged a medium. If you've never read a graphic novel, start with WATCHMEN. And even if you have, it's time to read it again." This quote can be found on the back of the Trade Paperback, and it could not be more correct. It's a statement that truly captures the essence of Watchmen, a statement of bold truth and a goal for all. Needless to say, go read Watchmen. Or, thanks to the wonderful gift technology has given us, go watch it. I had already seen the recent movie, but I decided to read the graphic novel recently. Surprisingly, this is one book where the movie is roughly 95% true to the...

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WWE Smackdown Lowdown 9/21/2012

#smackdown Smackdown opens telling us that the main event is Sheamus and Randy Orton vs Alberto del Rio and Dolph Ziggler.  Another tag team main event with two rivalries combined...so lazy. Edge is introduced; SyFy has a new episode of Haven on right after the show and he's part of it.  I'm sure there's something wrestling related behind the appearance as well. Edge plugs his show but eventually wraps around to calling out how odd the Kane/Daniel Bryan dynamic is.  Edge begins to mention being a 12-time Tag Champion and Daniel Bryan interrupts.  Bryan says that "they" did not become Tag Team Champions; he did.  Bryan...

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Dredd: How a reboot should be made

I can't tell you how pleased I am to write a review about a movie that I was sure to fail and was pleasantly surprised that it didn't. Doing research on this film I saw the original Judge Dredd starring Sylvester Stallone. It was a travesty. It was very VERY loosely based on the graphic novel and removed all the mystique and grit from the iconic inked character. This movie felt like it was made by people who honored the source material. Dredd is a badass. Plain and simple. The Law is his guide and compass. So much so that when he says "I am the Law", you believe it. Karl Urban understood how Dredd needed to be portrayed on screen and he did...

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Live! WWE Raw Wrapup 9/17/2012

Welcome to coverage of WWE Raw, live after each match, here at The Geek Asylum! CM Punk keeps his WWE Title after a controversial draw in his match with John Cena at Night of Champions.  The fallout is tonight. Paul Heyman comes out to CM Punk's music to open the show.  Heyman witnessed history last night as CM Punk retained the WWE Title against John Cena.  Heyman calls Chad Patton (the referee from the main event last night) to the ring to review the controversy around the ending.  Chad agrees he made the right decision and Heyman congratulates him for it.  Next is iPhone footage of the ending of the match, showing...

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Cartridge Chronicles: Kirby's Adventure

One of the strangest-looking, yet cutest badasses to ever hit gaming goes by the name Kirby. Another candidate of the successful gaming franchise club, Kirby’s Adventure's simplistic controls, awesome powerups, laid back gameplay, and great entertainment value have truly stood the test of time. By looking at Kirby one would think he was some character from a little girl’s television show, but this is not the case at all. Kirby is, in fact, one of the most unique characters in all of gaming. The only way to describe Kirby is to say that he is a healthy combo of Mario, Pac-Man, and a marshmallow. He literally consumes his enemies and, depending...

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LIVE! WWE Night of Champions 9/16/2012

Welcome to coverage of WWE's Night of Champions 2012 Pay Per View! YouTube Preshow Match:  Battle Royal (Winner is number one contender to United States Title) Winner:  Zack Ryder Brodus Clay makes a full entrance for a battle royal, followed by Primo and Epico with Rosa in tow.  Justin Gabriel, Tensai, Tyson Kidd, Michael McGillicutty, Zack Ryder, Darren Young, Titus O'Neil, Jinder Mahal, JTG, Drew McIntyre, Ted DiBiase, Heath Slater and Santino Marella fill out the rest of the entrance slots. I think it might have served well to have a couple guys from NXT (excluding Mahal and McGillicutty) show up here to give NXT a proper...

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