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Gamecube. First one I paid for myself (mostly, there's a story worth a blog in there), hyped the hell out of it to anyone who'd listen, along with a group of friends, and got really vocal and involved in the console wars partly cause of Nintendo bias, partly cause it was the cheapest, and I knew I'd have to pay for it mostly myself. That also meant being even more of a human female repellent, but oh well, all in the past.

It came out around the time I discovered EGM and would look in local stores every month for the new edition, until finally subscribing. There was a time they included demo discs in the mags for retail copies, but not subscriptions, which irked me. But I was intensely focused on their coverage of the "war" between GCN and XBOX.

N64 is a close second, as it was the first console given to me, and I'd be lying if I wasn't jealous on the library of my older brother's PS2, and think overall it was the best system that generation, but the point is the Gamecube was mine, and more importantly the console I have the most and clearest nostalgic memories attached to.

Actually, my friend Will, who has much more uh ... refined tastes in movies than I do, let's say, didn't like the Best Picture one at all, but loves the Cronenberg one. I was talking about the Oscar winner though, never seen the Cronenberg one, though I will if the opportunity strikes.

As for Cinderella Man, you're right, it doesn't stray too far from conventions, but its delivery is what I love about it, and the fact my family was going through a financial hurdle at the time didn't hurt. That one won Best Picture too, y'know!

As for Chasing Amy, it's generally regarded as his watermark, aside from Clerks, because it's the most dramatic of his movies, and tends to let its story and characters breathe, as opposed to being just a joke vehicle. That said, it's also a joke vehicle, and I find it hilarious, but it says a lot of things that match up in my personal relationships.

Did you get to the part where the militant black comic book guy pretends to lose his shit? That part sent my friend Austin into hysterics.

Oh... I'm... sorry you had to experience that.

If it's any consolation, Linkara (internet reviewer guy) does a Power Rangers retrospective. If you Google it, you may learn some interesting facts. Let me know if you need anything else, I'm here for you. Anything at all.

I tried searching for "Your Point is Invalid" demotivational posters of the kangaroo or panda in Tekken, but didn't find anything. This will have to do.

Basically, when I get my own place and have a more reliable income, I'll consider spending the money to play in this and next generation again.

If I did have the means and it was a priority though, I'd go with PS3. That way I'd have a Blu Ray player, too. Also, PSN.

Oh, I actually liked the Forever movie as a kid, a lot actually, especially cause I was a big Jim Carrey fan. I'm just saying the game itself was horrendous... unless the Batman & Robin game was worse, too?

I have and love Big Brain Academy, but played this at Best Buy a couple weeks ago, and it just felt underwhelming. Not that I could get it anyway, but thanks for confirming my initial impressions before any bad decisions happened.

But falling into ALL the social commentary and crude humor trappings of an early Kevin Smith film, which is awesome.

I remember him feeling really weird to use. Speaking of being cheap, I once defeated an entire line of people and kept my spot until I just got tired of it and kind of felt like an asshole mashing buttons with Yoshimitsu. One kid called me out on it, and my response was along the lines of "yeah, but that's the game's fault I can do that, not mine."

I stand by that, and it's not like no one else got a chance to play, I just kept winning against new people, but after a while I was like "yeah, I'm a fraud." lol

Cinderella Man is my favorite movie of all time. I wish Paul Giomatti would take more roles like that, he became one of my favorite actors when I saw it, then he became hit or miss in what I saw him in afterwards. Great movie just in general though, directing, acting, sound, editing, everything is classical and you know where it's going, but it grips me every time, and such a damn good redemption story. True one, too, it's based on J.J. Braddock, who was a boxer during the depression.

Second favorite movie is Chasing Amy, for very personal reasons and cause it's funny, third Ruggles of Red Gap, which is a hilarious black and white comedy about a British servant that traveled to America which I never would have known about if not for a college film class, and was also on Ed Norton's five favorites list on Rottentomatoes, fourth and fifth for now from my memory are Garden State and Crash. First for personal reasons and soundtrack, last because it was the first movie that made me really appreciate an almost pure drama, with very little action.