WWE Smackdown Lowdown - 6/22/2012

WWE Smackdown - June 22nd, 2012 It becomes harder and harder to think in terms of "proper intro" when on a weekly basis we see relatively the same things  John Lauranaitis is gone, and in place of John Cena, we'll see HHH in the main event at Summerslam.  Raw expands to 3 hours on July 23rd - WWE needs to provide a legitimate focus on the young, up and coming talent instead of arbitrarily expanding segments by five minutes each. We open up Smackdown with Teddy Long greeting the crowd and informing them that John Lauranaitis was fired.  Who's watching Smackdown that doesn't know that, Teddy?  Teddy doesn't seem to be employed...

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First Look: Pokemon Conquest

Did anybody else know about Pokemon Conquest? I sure didn't, so when I got wind of it while looking up information on the new Pokemon Black 2 and Pokemon White 2 games, I was quite surprised. Pokemon Conquest was released on the DS on June 19th 2012, and is a spin-off on the Pokemon franchise. It's based off of Pokemon, with a mix of the Japanese game Nobunaga's Ambition, and all comes together for a turn based strategy game of fighting. It's not a 3DS game, but like any other DS game you can play it on your 3DS with no problems. There aren't any special features for playing on 3DS either, so don't bother looking. At the end of the day,...

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Project M Character Analysis: Link

With the recent release of Project M Demo v2.1, we're going to have a look at a handful more of the characters who have benefitted from the physics changes and the creativity of the Project M team.  We'll revisit Lucario in a more technical sense, as well as some of the other Brawl newcomers in the coming weeks.  The Brawl newcomers are a bit more interesting to look at as the team has taken more creative license with them; the Melee vets were very much treated to a "re-meleeing" process, although some of them have reaped rewards, such as Link.  The Project M team has treated Link very well.  In general,...

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WWE Raw Wrapup - 6/18/2012

WWE Raw - June 18th, 2012 Cyndi Lauper will guest host, but Long Island's own, Mrs Foley's baby boy, Mick Foley opens up the show for us.  The crowd goes wild for him, as they always do.  Mick is happy to show up in his "best" suit to help promote the 1000th episode of Raw.  The Board of Directors is reaching out to former General Managers in the interim with Big Johnny on his way out and Mick was one of the first choices, since he's from right there, in Long Island New York (cheap pop!).  Tonight, Kane and Daniel Bryan will takw on Sheamus and CM Punk in a tag match.  Although Lauranaitis was fired, he will give...

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True Blood Recap: Episode 2 "Authority Always Wins"

"Authority Always Wins" *Warning Spoilers Ahead* This week True Blood was a bit better than the premiere. Some things are starting to clean itself up a bit. Tara's storyline is still a miss for me. I've lost my connection with the character seasons ago, and her vampire storyline isn't helping. We started the episode off with an extremely bizarre vampire Tara. She decided to run around Sookie's house trashing the place. Stupid and slightly amusing. The next night, Tara woke up sane and more pissed than ever. She berated Lafayette and Sookie, then took off. Probably not the best idea for a new vampire. I loved both Sam...

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Leaked Info on the Xbox 720 Surfaces

Gamers of the world; I bring you good tidings of great joy! We have new info on the Xbox 720, well.. kinda.. - and guys, I have to say that it sounds so much more promising than the Playstation 4, as great as a system as it may be. Is Sony holding out on us? Who knows, but what we do know is that Xbox does have some really great shit in store for us all. So, how did this news come about? A 56-page document was leaked on the NeoGAF forums that went through Microsoft's plan for XBox that extends though 2015. Sources say that it was a document from a meeting held back in 2010, but if Microsoft goes through with what they are said to have planned,...

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WWE No Way Out - 6/17/2012

WWE No Way Out - June 17th, 2012 Match 1:  Sheamus (c) vs Dolph Ziggler, World Heavyweight Championship Winner: Sheamus via pinfall WHC opens yet another pay per view show.  This does no justice to remind anyone of why they should care about this title or any other.  A tease of the Wrestlemania 28 finish, but Ziggler rolls away from a blind side Brough Kick.  Sheamus takes the early control with a couple of headlock take overs, and this apparently surprises Jerry Lawler, even though they’re a mainstay of Sheamus early on in matches.  More brilliant commentary to set the tone of the night.  Ziggler...

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