Off Topic: The End of LOST.

50% of you won't give a rat's ass about this post, and 25% of you don't want to be spoiled because you are slugging it out through Season 2. So I've created a separate page to give my VERY SPOILERIFIC thoughts on a show that I've followed since the very first episode aired, trough this past Sunday's conclusion.

My Thoughts on The End of LOST.

While I wait for my flight: The best restaurant experience ever.

I'm currently sitting here at Kansas City International Airport in some crappy conditions waiting for a flight that has already been delayed once. While I sit here thinking about the coming weekend, I am reminded of one of the most surreal experiences I've ever had in a restaurant, which took place in the Dallas area.

To set the scene, its April 25, 2009 (only way I remember the exact date is because it was the first day of the NFL draft). I was in Dallas visiting my friends NIN (who was also in town from Seattle), Dirty GMR (not his real name) Lord Bling, and the Yard Gnome (explanation for a different time). We were hoping to get in some time at the gun range, because what says 'manly' more than a bunch of white dudes shooting handguns? 

We then decided to grab lunch at a popular hangout called 'Twin Peaks'. NOT inspired by the David Lynch TV drama, think more Hooters sans the orange shirts but in Paul Bunyan attire. Also (slightly) better food. So we all meet up there for just some time to chew the fat and make fun of each other. Lord Bling and I get there a little late and meet up with the rest of the guys, who are already seated and waiting for drinks. There is a waitress seated at the table who is just kind of chilling, and not necessarily serving. Turns out she wasn't even our server. 

Our server was a thin girl with short blonde hair, and a tattoo running up her side. She seemed to go by two names; her friends called her AJ, but she also went by the name Lillie. 'Lillie', it turned out, was to be her stage name; see this was her last weekend at Twin Peaks, she was going to go work at a gentleman's club. She also was part of a local Dallas pay website for girls who posed nude. I got not problem with that, although I wouldn't have paid a ton of money for that (don't even bother looking for the site, its now defunct). 

So over the course of the meal, Lillie would hang out with us, talk about her boyfriend who was in jail for stabbing a guy with a fork, talk about her soon to be stripping career, and constantly denying that she was going to be in porn. With each passing minute, everyone started to look at each other wondering if this was all an act to get a bigger tip, or if we were actually witnessing the slow demise of someone who we were certain was going to end up dead in a ditch in two weeks. Quite frankly, I was getting a little annoyed by her presence, and was hoping someone would come sit in her section so she would actually serve them. 

Well about an hour and a half into the experience, someone did get seated in her section. She went to go get their drinks, sat with us for 10 minutes, took their order, and then sat with us the rest of the time. A runner delivered the other party their food, they went and got their own drinks from the soda dispenser, and even left a tip (unbelievably). 

I was really taken back by Lillie's candor and openness, which we never initially broached, but as she would continue on about her sexual likes, dislikes, being from Garland, having sex for money, and not doing drugs, we kind of actually egged her on and made fun of her directly to her without her actually catching on. The climactic point of the meal is when she went out into the parking lot and did a drug deal. While working, pretty much in plain sight of everyone. As if that wasn't enough, she tried to feel up a girl who was actually applying to work for the restaurant, and was conducting her casting couch interview with the restaurant managers, which apparently includes trying on the Twin Peaks plaid top that tied in the front. This poor girl had so much trouble getting the top on around her well endowed chest, that I don't even know why it was even attempted. She was hired on the spot. 

Where is AJ now? My money is on dead. But while her young life's story was tragic and fleeting, it did teach me a very valuable lesson as a father, as I got home that weekend, and hugged my two daughters tight and vowed that they would never grow up in Garland. 

TL;DR- RIP, Lillie. 

Dallas, Texas; Stop Your Grinnin' and Drop your Linen...

...Because I'm coming to town this weekend. Hiding your goats and locking your doors are definitely recommended. Gonna hang out with Lord Bling and Dirty GMR this weekend and just to reassure the blogsphere,  I'll drop a post or two letting you know that I'm still safe. After all, I'll be not to far from Garland. They have people there that go to jail and stab people with forks. (long story)

TL;DR Video of the Week, @#$? Edition.

I got nuttin'. Its just too awesome.

Posse up! We're in effect!

For those of you that know me, you'll know the title of this post is something I've been saying for a long, long time. I can't say for sure, but I believe it goes back to my high school years when we were listening to a lot of Beastie Boys. Pretty sure it has something to do with this song.

The time is upon us where I can finally say that and have it mean something. In just two days, Red Dead Redemption releases, and honestly I haven't been this excited about a game in quite a while. How excited am I? So excited, I'm writing my first blog post ever for a game that doesn't have any reviews for it yet, at least not as I post this. I was fortunate enough to see an earlier build of it last year, and it looked amazing then. And I didn't get to see anything of the multiplayer. Everything I've read or seen since then gets me more and more excited.

Plus who doesn't want to be Clint Eastwood in any western he's ever been in? There have been attempts at it, but they either fell way short of expectations (Gun) or just didn't feel right (Call of Juarez). I just hope my cowboy comes with a cigar to chomp on and a pancho to wear.

If you haven't preorder it yet, you still have time to get a $20 gift card from Amazon, plus a golden guns weapon pack. Rather or not you get it there, just make sure you get it, Because on Tuesday, I'm startin' up a posse.

TL;DR-Rockstar+Open World Western=Posse on posse action.

Gamefly Deal of the Week.

This week's selection is a pretty easy one. Bioshock 2 for Xbox 360 is the deal of the week at $21.99. They threw on a little Multiplayer although its kind of pointless. There is a little bit of luster lost from the first game (graphics especially), but there is still an enjoyable single player experience overall.

Buy it HERE.

Activision owns you(r wallet).

We had heard a few weeks ago that there would be another map pack available for Modern Warfare 2. Well, in an interview with Major Nelson, Infinity Ward Community talking head (and, honestly, good guy) Robert Bowling outlined the five maps that would make up the Resurgence Map Pack due out June 3rd.
Earlier this week, Kotaku posted a few screens from said map pack, three new maps and two re-hashed from Call of Duty 4.

The price? Well, considering so many people boycotted bought the first map pack's ridiculous pricing of fifteen dollars, Activision thought it prudent to cut the gamer crowd a little break; by offering a double XP weekend the next two weekends leading up to another fifteen dollar map pack. So in case you are scoring at home, you paid:

• $60 (plus tax) for just the game and its ship day release of sixteen multiplayer maps.
• $70 (plus tax) for all of the above plus a cool book and tin case, also a copy of Call of Duty classic. 
• $150 (plux tax) for all of the above plus a bust of Soap and some NVG's - which are pretty cool the night you got them and got to toy around with them.

Now, you obviously didn't get all three editions (I hope), but now to put that all in perspective, you are spending $30 (across these two DLC map packs) to get only six new maps. I really don't count Vacant, Crash, Overgrown, and Strike as new maps. They aren't new; I played them for two-and-a half years. Its a complete cop-out to expect me to pay $12 (do the math) for maps that I can just go ahead and pop in my Call of Duty 4 disc and play. I'm sure there are still a few people out there playing Call of Duty 4. I would rather Infinity Ward not waste my time, bundle 3 new maps together and charge five bucks. If you want to play all the old CoD4 maps on Modern Warfare 2, charge 5 bucks to transfer all the multiplayer maps over. Rock Band did it with song tracks, why cant Modern Warfare do it? 

TL;DR- Vote for Shipment.