Nick Knack

While I don’t really care much about the Halo videogame series anymore, it is still holds a very special place in my heart. These are my personal favorite weapons in the entire Halo series. Honorable Mentions: Spartan Laser, Sniper Rifle, Fuel Rod Cannon, Covenant Carbine 10. Assault Rifle- I had to put this on here at. This is the standard weapon for action in Halo, suitable to near any situation in the campaigns and multiplayer. In Halo 1 this gun had was a monster with its high magazines and fire rate. The assault rifle has lived on the series (minus Halo 2) and had several versions of it from The Suppressor to the Plasma Repeater. 9. Shotgun (the one in Halo: Reach)-  The shotgun is also a standard action weapon for the series and I love it. This is the best close quarters weapon, especially in the campaigns when taking on elites in narrow hallways or hordes of jackals and grunts. I prefer the shotgun in Reach because I mean c’mon, it looks the most badass; especially

Recently, I finished the first volume of Grant Morrison’s legendary Batman run, “Batman and Son”, and I’ve just started his compelling sequel, “Batman R.I.P.” Batman is my favorite superhero and what I’m really loving about Morrison’s run is his perfect understanding of The Dark Knight’s character. Most comic book heroes treat their superhero identities as alter-egos, a persona that is alike to their actual personality but not really them. Take Clark Kent as Superman for example. Superman is not who Clark Kent truly is as he would much rather just be like everyone else and fully accepted by humanity. Superman is his mask. Batman is not the mask of Bruce Wayne. Bruce Wayne is the mask of Batman, the mask of a little boy who never got over the death of his parents. This flawed mental state of Batman is part of what makes him such a compelling character to me and Grant Morrison as well. Morrison’s writing conveys how flawed the character of Batman is mentally by presenting the two

Hey everybody! I know I haven't posted for awhile, I've been really busy with school these past few weeks. I recently finished a research paper for my English 100 class here at WKU and I'd really like to share it. Enjoy! Any Given Sunday…….and Thursday: Calling for the abolishment of TNF games             The National Football League (NFL) has been implementing primetime slots for marquee matchups since the creation of Monday Night Football (MNF) in 1970 and Sunday Night Football (SNF) in 1987. These programs drew high ratings for the NFL week in and week out. These games were also practical times for the players. The players had as much time to rest after a hard-fought football game if they were playing on SNF or MNF and got to play under the bright lights, so it was a win-win for everyone. Ten years ago, the NFL changed this formula by implementing Thursday Night Football (TNF) games which were only held some weeks at first. Today, however, TNF is a weekly even

A recent episode of one of my favorite podcasts,  The Top 10 Show,  hosted weekly by Matt Knost and John Rocha focused on their top ten favorite Marvel movies along with special guest, Marc Andreyko. During the episode, the trio discussed the excellent Marvel film,  Logan , which led to some very interesting insight from Marc discussing why  Logan  along with  The Dark Knight  and  Wonder Woman  are the three most important comic book movies. I'd like to share and elaborate on Marc's sentiments. Marc Andreyko, himself, is a long-time comic book writer and has had success writing for Doctor Strange and DC Comics' Manhunter among others; he loves the comic-book genre as much as anyone and has also received an Eisner award for Best Anthology with his comic,  Love is Love . During this installment of  The Top 10 Show  March conveyed his thoughts on why these three films are among the most important among all comic-book movies because these films are based off comic books b

I love the X-Men! I have for years as they’re my favorite Marvel property right behind Spider-Man. I love the relevant themes and social commentary brought by the X-Men series along with an awesome cast of unique characters from the savage and highly intellectual Beast to the cruel yet understandable Magneto. I’m still a relatively new comic book reader so I’ve much more experience with the films; hence why I’m presenting my personal list of every X-Men related movie. 10. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) How do you mess up the origin story to such a beloved character? This should’ve been the easiest origin story to make but what we got was an over-convoluted mess filled with continuity errors and absurd action sequences. This movie was sad bad that it killed the “X-Men: Origins” franchise before it even started. That’s right. Fox wanted to make even more needless origin stories but instead the X-Men franchise was put into serious trouble after this film’s release. At least t

“Batman: Rebirth” by Tom King Batman has been and always will be my favorite superhero and Tom King and company are certainly doing the caped crusader justice. This run of Batman had a decent start but has since elevated to the most engaging story out of all the runs I’m reading. Tom King is showing a unique side of Batman; we’re seeing a character who is devoted to crime fighting beginning to find an alternative to his life, a happier life that doesn’t consist of Jokes and Riddles. If I had to recommend one DC: Rebirth line to pick up, then this is it. “Superman: Rebirth” by Patrick J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason I’ve written a separate blog post all about this run (which you should check out) but I’m gonna reiterate its greatness anyway. Tomasi and Gleason have put together one of the best Superman comic lines in years thanks to a unique approach to the man of steel with the inclusion of a strong family aspect. Clark’s wife and son add a new layer to his character as well a

Major Spoiler Alert for Seasons 1-3 of “Game of Thrones” so read at your own risk! The fall of Robb Stark of Winterfell also known as the “The King in the North” is one of the most tragic stories in Game of Thrones ; there’s no denying that. The young wolf was betrayed by those who swore allegiance to him, saw his beautiful wife and unborn child gutted and lost everything he ever loved and fought for. The most common reasoning for Robb’s downfall is that he broke his vow to marry a daughter of Walder Frey and while this is certainly a large component of his downfall it was not the only cause of it. Quite frankly I don’t even think it was his worst mistake. Robb Stark was a brilliant strategist and he knew how to motivate his fellow northerners in the War of the Five Kings, yet he still made “stupid mistakes” like his father as his own sister, Sansa, put it last season. Robb won every battle and still lost the war, so it makes sense that he must have made some rather foolish mist