WWE Smackdown Lowdown 9/14/2012

 #smackdown The Brough Kick:  Banned?!  However will Sheamus handle his opponents?  With White Noise, the Celtic Cross and the Cloverleaf, of course. Alberto del Rio opens the show in the ring with Ricardo Rodriguez and David Otunga, both in neck braces.  Ricardo breaks down on the mic, thanking people for their support and Otunga takes over.  Otunga calls AJ irresponsible for putting him against Sheamus and calls her unstable.  ADR shows us video of Christian being Brough Kicked at Night of Champions last year.  Christian joins us via satellite and is less than thrilled to be on.  Christian says...

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WWE Raw Wrapup - 9/10/2012

Raw opens up strong in Montreal with Bret Hart making his way to the ring with the crowd going ballistic.  The Hitman can barely get a word in over the proud Canadian crowd and recounts the "Montreal Screwjob" as being a dark but ultimately proud day, thanks to the Canadian fans.  CM Punk, decked out in pink and black gear, interrupts and slowly meanders to the ring.  The WWE Champion walks around Hart a few times and says that the last 15 years have been detailed more than enough.  Punk goes into "what if CM Punk wrestled Bret Hart back in 1997 instead of Shawn Michaels?".  Hart says he would have tapped Punk out...

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Cartridge Chronicles: Metroid

Hey folks, sorry about the tardy output lately, life just got really busy but I have been doing some gaming and, as promised, here is my look back at another iconic title on the NES, Metroid. Like the Legend of Zelda, as a child I assumed that the main character’s name was the title of the game, in this case, Metroid. I was again surprised to find out that not only was the main character a woman, but her name was in fact Samus Aran. I discovered this when I played Super Smash Bros. with my neighbor on the N64. This game would, like Mario and Zelda, launch a long line of successful sequels. This game, however, I found to be ridiculously difficult...

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Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark in IMAX

For those of you who don’t know, the first Indiana Jones movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark was recently re-released in the movie theaters in IMAX. Indiana Jones, alongside Star Wars, stands at the top of the list of my all-time favorite movies, so seeing it in the movies for the first time ever was a necessity. Raiders of the Lost Ark is just one of those movies that my entire family enjoys and that is why I went with my dad and brother. Unfortunately, the movie is only released in IMAX, so the ticket price was pretty steep, but this is Indiana Jones and an exception was made. Although the ticket price was pretty high for an old movie, the...

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