A Reminder to the 7 Kingdoms

Hey everyone on the interwebs, I hope everyone is having a good weekend and I just wanted to put up a quick post...

WATCH GAME OF THRONES SEASON TWO!!!!!

Winter is Coming...with a big side of awesome

If you have seen the first season then this is a given. If you have not, WHY NOT? It is a great show and I highly recommend it. This is one of the best shows out there and if the second season is as good as the first, we are all in for a treat.

Season 2 starts tomorrow night on HBO at 9pm Eastern time.

Late Night Musings

I feel like mimes are the philosophy majors of clown college.

None of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air actually happened, as that "one little fight" ended with Will Smith's character in a coma, which is why he whistled and a taxi arrived, and why that same taxi accepted "yo homes, smell ya lata" as adequate payment. Also why his rich relatives never helped him and his mother, struggling poverty stricken in a dangerous part of West Philidelphia.

Two Words: Bacon Pancakes.

Do all people with synesthesia perceive sounds and colors the same way? I.E. does the color purple taste like mangos to everyone with synesthesia? Because if so, maybe all senses work together and every thing has 5 different variables that combine to make the real thing. Anyway, food for thought.

And now the Jackwagon is going back to trying to sleep after taking the next set of pain meds. Toot TOOOOOOOOOOOT

Not Quite TLDR

hey everyone,

Short and sweet of the story is, I fell and messed up my arm(in a sling) and bashed up my face. Wont post for a few days so yeah. Read Trenzalor and support him. Jackwagon out.

Awake is freaking great!

Alright, time to talk about TV. The new NBC show Awake, starring Jason Isaacs (the dude who played Lucius Malfoy), is absolutely fantastic.  The show is only a few weeks in, but it’s already my favorite show on US television at the moment. Its blend of sci-fi and police procedural is seamless and is a joy to watch. 

Jason Isaacs as Detective Michael Britten

The show's premise is that Michael Britten, a cop in Los Angele, is in a car accident with his wife and son. After the accident, Britten experiences two different realities. One where his son died in the accident and his wife survived, the other being a reality where his wife died and his son survived.

These realities are differentiated by colored wrist bands that Britten wears. One is red, for the reality with his wife, and the other is green, for the reality with his son. When Britten falls asleep at night he wakes up in the other reality (example: If he falls asleep in the reality where his wife survived, he wakes up in the reality in which his son survived). In both realities Britten sees psychiatrists who tell him that the other reality is just a construct of his imagination. Both psychiatrists tell Britten that he must get let go of the other reality (something that does not seem possible anyway) to get better, something Britten cannot do because he still has his wife and his son in his life. The story goes on from there with strange connections between both realities making it impossible for the viewer to figure out which reality is real or fake (if in fact one of them are fake).

I have watched the first three episodes of the show (There are five out but I’m a college student, I am very busy!) and I can tell you right now I will be sticking with this show. The pilot episode is one of the best pilots I have ever seen, it tells you everything you need to know about the show while also telling its own interesting story arc with closure at the end. I don’t want to tell you guys more about the plot because I want you all to check it out and see how great it is for your self

 It is beautifully directed and all of the acting is phenomenal. Jason Isaacs is superb, playing a man who has both his wife and his son but can never have them together, as far as he (and we) knows. Isaacs deserves an award for his portrayal and I expect at Emmy time he will at least get a nod for this role. On a side note, seeing Wilmer Valderrama (Fez from That 70’s Show) in a drama is a change and he is very good playing Britten partner in the “red” reality.

Awake is interesting, thought provoking, and smart. It is a show you should be watching. I can’t wait to catch up and see where the show goes with this great concept.

If you are interested, even vaguely, check it out Right Here.

Welcoming a new name and a new challenger!

 I have decided to change the name of the blog from "At The Fall of The 11th" to "Nerd Stampede". Since it is such an early change I don't think it will be too jarring for anyone.

Now that we have gotten that out of the way, I would like to officially welcome Jackwagon as an author on this blog. Jackwagon is one of my closest friends and is a super funny dude. For all that follow I'm sure he will make you smile on a regular basis.

Welcome to Nerd Stampede, I hope you all enjoy these very slight changes to the blog. Now it really begins!!!!

A Challenger Appears!

Hello everyone!

I have been invited (after minor coercion) by Large Trenzy to be a guest poster on his blog! And in case anyone's asking, yes, I have seen him in his underwear. On several occasions.

Anyway, I will probably be writing about a similar set of topics so don't worry, you won't have to read through posts about the similarities of the greater northern albatross and the not-so-great northern albatross. Apparently I also go off on tangents. I may have to ask you all to deal with it. Deal with it.

That's all for now, and I hope that you enjoy your periodic rides aboard the Jack-wagon. Toot Toot!

First Series...The Gamer Inside Episode 1: Chrono Trigger's First Hour

Alright, it is day two of the blog and I have decided to make my first "series". I love video games. Their ability to tell an interactive story that can engage a person on several different levels is amazing. Video games have always been important to me and I want this blog to reflect my passions, and gaming is the oldest love i can remember. I will eventually do "Top Tens" and other such things but today I wanted to start off with a game I just recently received.

Yesterday, in the mail, I received the game Chrono Trigger for my Nintendo DS. I know, I'm only about 17 years late on playing this game, but better late than never. Over the years I had heard a lot about this game. It is  on many publication's "Greatest Games of All Time" lists and I finally decided to try it out.

Space-Time Ripped. That's not good.

I plopped it in my DS and started the game. The story starts off with the main character Crono (that is his default name, but you can name him what ever you like.) being woken up by his mother that day of his country's Milenial fair. He gets there and meets a girl named Marle with a very pretty pendant, fights a robot cat, and uses an awesome teleportation machine. Then the girl Marle tries out the teleporter, which doesn't react well with the pendant and then BOOM rip in the space time continuum. That was within the first 15 minutes of the game. The game gets off to a lightning pace and doesn't stop.


The game play is a great turn based system known as "Active Battle" which is very intuitive and fun to play. I have fought snakes, witches, imps and slime.....ball........things. Though it is still early in the game, all of the enemy encounters offer a fun challenge. I can't wait to play more with this combat system.

The first hour of Chrono Trigger has been an absolute blast and I can't wait to really get into it. The story has a bunch of fun time travel stuff that I just want to learn more about. I plan on doing a full review of this game when I beat it and I will make it much more in depth.

I hope you enjoyed this first installment of The Gamer Inside

Side note: Everyone should show love to my friend Scribbler Butterfly. She is saying a big GO AWAY to cancer and you can help her.

And now the REAL fun starts

The Music Man of Who

So I am a massive fan of Doctor Who (if my blog name and pictures haven't given that away already) and I just wanted to talk about one thing that I never hear people talk about, THE MUSIC. Murray Gold has pretty much been the only constant on the revived series, at least behind the scenes.

His music has made some of the best moments of the show that much better. For example, in Matt Smith's first (full) episode, "The Eleventh Hour"(get it?), Amy enters the TARDIS for the first time and her awe is palpable( this piece can be found here). The piece is like a dream, with pianos and strings softly playing, building a sense of awe for the viewer. We have all seen the TARDIS and, though it is the first time we see it with its new control room, we are all there with her like it is our very first time ever seeing the inside. As the music builds, a choir of women begin to chant and evoke both wonder and a bit of caution, warning of the dangers that can come with traveling with The Doctor. Then, at the end of the piece the music picks up, a strong drum beat and a catchy as hell oboe begin to play. The excitement overtakes you and you are ready to go anywhere with this madman with a box.

 Murray Gold's music is so powerful and awesome, and he deserves a buttload of credit for making me both smile and cry, sometimes at the same time(one of those moment can be found right here). Just wanted to show my appreciation for an incredible composer on an incredible show.

In the beginning....

So my friend, Scribbler Butterfly(http://iwanttowalkinbeauty.blogspot.com/), has inspired me to start a blog. I have tried a twitter but I didn't like all the hash tagging, and the lack of being able to saying something substantial. Sitting in class now and I should be focusing on Hume but I instead I have started a blog. This blog is sort of an experiment. I may rant. I may geek out. I may talk about psychology. Who knows, I'm just trying  make something interesting here, for me and you. Soooooooooooooooooo.....Geronimo everybody!!!!

"Come along, Pond."