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Friday 17 October 2014
Two Crude Dudes - Episode #12 - Top Shelf Horror
"Can you believe we've recorded a dozen of these things? Hitman Tommy and Super Robot Tyson rise from the grave for another ghoulish episode of the Two Crude Dudes podcast! We've packed this episode full of retro video game tricks and treats for our loyal listeners. If you miss this episode, we'll haunt you in your dreams like a drunken Freddy Krueger! It's Halloween, muthafackos! That means it's time for Horror Movie Month 2014! The boys busted out some movie reviews, horror hidden gems, and more gore than ever before! However, we did not forget about video games and dropped a comprehensive review of Hyperkin's Retron 5 console! This is the straight dirty on the new system from two of the biggest retro collectors. Screw Amazon and IGN! This is what you need to know to decide if you should purchase a Retron 5! Tyson and Tommy also played a huge amount of games to test the system and we'll recap the highlights of our recent gaming sessions. Are our heroes still addicted to WWE Supercard? Find out here! Don't miss the end of the episode where the dudes call each other out for a totally insane gaming challenge that must be completed before Episode #13! We over-promised! We under-delivered! We drank beer that tasted like an NHL hockey player's sour jockstrap! Now that's scarier than Victor Crowley!"
Future episodes will always be available here and at http://twocrudedudes.podbean.com/.
Thursday 16 October 2014
Horror Movie Month 2014- Midway Update
We’re half way through #HorrorMovieMonth2014 and it’s been
another successful year thus far. It’s the 15th of October and I’m
currently sitting at 17 movies that I’ve watched. It’s been a good mixture of
old favorites and some first time viewings. I’m not going to take the time to
review any of the movies as I’m sure that we’ll discuss it in further depth on
a future episode of the podcast but I just wanted to give everyone a quick
update of where I stood. Here’s the watch list thus far:
- Hatchet
- Halloween
- Feast
- Halloween II
- Laid to Rest
- Slither
- Halloween 4
- Halloween 5
- Stake Land
- Halloween 6
- Halloween H20
- Halloween Resurrection
- Final Destination
- Chromeskull: Laid to Rest 2
- Final Destination 2
- Final Destination 3
- Turistas
Pretty strong first half and hoping to keep it going through
the rest of the month. Of course if you have any suggestions for movies that I should
check out please contact me via email rivercityretro@gmail.com
or on twitter @rcrhitmantommy
And once again if you want to follow along with the progress
check me out on Instagram @hitmantommy or check out the hashtag
#HorrorMovieMonth2014
Saturday 4 October 2014
Hitman Tommy's 2014 Goals 3rd Quarter Update
Hey all, figured I'd take a break from #horrormoviemonth2014 to update my goals heading into the last quarter of the year. The last three months have had some definite highs and lows in obtaining new items for the collection. Tyson and I also had the opportunity to make some major additions to our toy/action figure collections so that ate into gaming time while we enjoyed one of our other hobbies. However we really dived into that on the last episode of the "Two Crude Dudes" podcast (see below to check it out).
So if you've been following us for awhile you will recall that I started 2014 off with some specific gaming goals that I'd like to achieve before the year is up. It was a mix of game playing and collecting goals. While I had lots of ideas for goals I'd like to set I decided not to get too crazy and limit how many goals I wanted to set. So let's see how I'm doing so far:
Goal #1: Increase NES Collection by 41 Cartridges
Progress: 37/41 = 90.24%
If you're new to the blog you might think 41 is a bit of an odd number. The reason for choosing that exact number is that it was how many cartridges I'd need to become part of the 600 club. The amount of titles I found in Quarter 3 were about half of what I got in my 2nd quarter update. Of course I had the Calgary Comic Con in April that really helped me nail down several that I probably wouldn't have locally. However I've inched closer and closer and now am so close I can taste it. I've also been trying to figure out what I want #600 to be. Do I get to 599 and then go online and purchase something a bit better to make sure that 600 is a memorable game, or do I hope for luck of the draw and see what I find out chasing and if 600 happens to be a shitter game so be it? I'm assuming that I'll probably go with the latter. One of the local retail stores has several games that I need but of course priced accordingly so if I really want to grab something a little bit better for the milestone I could go that route. Either way things are well on track to achieve this goal.
Goal #2: Spend more time with the Wii U
Progress: Goal Achieved
I declared this one complete during my last update after I surpassed 40+ hours of playtime on the Wii U. With everything else going on I didn't really touch the Wii U the last couple months, with the exception of a couple multi-player Mario Kart 8 nights with Tyson and Jimmy. I do hope to play some other titles for the Wii U before the year is out however like I said I consider this goal complete.
Titles I played for Wii U in 2014: Mighty Switchforce, Lego Undercover, Legend of Zelda: The Windwaker, Mario Kart 8, NES Remix.
Titles I beat for Wii U in 2014: None
Goal #3: Complete 5 Xbox 360 Games
Progress: 2/5 = 40%
Still in the same place as last update. Last time I mentioned I was spending way too much time with XBLA titles(which don't count towards the goal) and I finally in the last month got away from playing so many of those. I recently re-started Borderlands 2 to finally give it a proper play through. I started it originally the day it came out because I loved the first Borderlands(probably my favourite X-Box game) but after sinking about 30 hours into the sequel it just wasn't gripping me like the first one did. That's not to say it was a bad game but I was probably spending too much time comparing it to the original. I actually almost re-started the first one to play it again but figured it was time to give BL2 a fairer opportunity. Plus with the pre-sequel due to come out in the next couple weeks it only makes sense. Back to my goal if I do finish BL2 I'll still have a couple titles to eek out before the end of the year. A little bit behind on this but the goal is still in reach.
Goal #4: Get the last two issues of OPM
Progress: 0/2 = 0%
No movement what so ever and to be perfectly honest I don't think I've checked eBay for it in a couple months. This I feel was more of a stretch goal though as really what I would like is to come across the two I'm missing at a thrift store for cheap. The idea of playing some crazy price online for a magazine doesn't thrill me so even if it were to pop up it would probably be more than I'm going to pay.
Goal #5: Devote more time to the Blog
Progress: Ongoing
We've been having a pretty strong year with keeping the blog a little more up to date. Between our regular posts and keeping consistent with new episodes of the podcast things I feel that both Tyson and I have done a great job in making sure we've had a more active page. Factor in the increased activity that we've started to put out on our Youtube channel and things are shaping up to be rolling quite nicely into yearend and into 2015.
I guess that wraps up my progress for now. Definitely have my work cut out for me on the X-Box goal. Especially with my recent purchase of a Retron 5 and that I'll now be able to playing retro games in the comfort of my living room, it's really going to cut into my X-Box gaming time. However we'll see what happens. Thanks once again for checking out the blog and the rest of our content. Tyson and I should be back with a new episode of the podcast later this month and hopefully there will be some good gaming scores along the way.
Also check us out at:
twocrudedudes.podbean.com
youtube.com/rivercityretro
Instagram: @hitmantommy
Twitter: @rcrhitmantommy , @superrobottyson , @epic_jimmy, @tcdpcast
So if you've been following us for awhile you will recall that I started 2014 off with some specific gaming goals that I'd like to achieve before the year is up. It was a mix of game playing and collecting goals. While I had lots of ideas for goals I'd like to set I decided not to get too crazy and limit how many goals I wanted to set. So let's see how I'm doing so far:
Goal #1: Increase NES Collection by 41 Cartridges
Progress: 37/41 = 90.24%
If you're new to the blog you might think 41 is a bit of an odd number. The reason for choosing that exact number is that it was how many cartridges I'd need to become part of the 600 club. The amount of titles I found in Quarter 3 were about half of what I got in my 2nd quarter update. Of course I had the Calgary Comic Con in April that really helped me nail down several that I probably wouldn't have locally. However I've inched closer and closer and now am so close I can taste it. I've also been trying to figure out what I want #600 to be. Do I get to 599 and then go online and purchase something a bit better to make sure that 600 is a memorable game, or do I hope for luck of the draw and see what I find out chasing and if 600 happens to be a shitter game so be it? I'm assuming that I'll probably go with the latter. One of the local retail stores has several games that I need but of course priced accordingly so if I really want to grab something a little bit better for the milestone I could go that route. Either way things are well on track to achieve this goal.
Goal #2: Spend more time with the Wii U
Progress: Goal Achieved
I declared this one complete during my last update after I surpassed 40+ hours of playtime on the Wii U. With everything else going on I didn't really touch the Wii U the last couple months, with the exception of a couple multi-player Mario Kart 8 nights with Tyson and Jimmy. I do hope to play some other titles for the Wii U before the year is out however like I said I consider this goal complete.
Titles I played for Wii U in 2014: Mighty Switchforce, Lego Undercover, Legend of Zelda: The Windwaker, Mario Kart 8, NES Remix.
Titles I beat for Wii U in 2014: None
Goal #3: Complete 5 Xbox 360 Games
Progress: 2/5 = 40%
Still in the same place as last update. Last time I mentioned I was spending way too much time with XBLA titles(which don't count towards the goal) and I finally in the last month got away from playing so many of those. I recently re-started Borderlands 2 to finally give it a proper play through. I started it originally the day it came out because I loved the first Borderlands(probably my favourite X-Box game) but after sinking about 30 hours into the sequel it just wasn't gripping me like the first one did. That's not to say it was a bad game but I was probably spending too much time comparing it to the original. I actually almost re-started the first one to play it again but figured it was time to give BL2 a fairer opportunity. Plus with the pre-sequel due to come out in the next couple weeks it only makes sense. Back to my goal if I do finish BL2 I'll still have a couple titles to eek out before the end of the year. A little bit behind on this but the goal is still in reach.
Goal #4: Get the last two issues of OPM
Progress: 0/2 = 0%
No movement what so ever and to be perfectly honest I don't think I've checked eBay for it in a couple months. This I feel was more of a stretch goal though as really what I would like is to come across the two I'm missing at a thrift store for cheap. The idea of playing some crazy price online for a magazine doesn't thrill me so even if it were to pop up it would probably be more than I'm going to pay.
Goal #5: Devote more time to the Blog
Progress: Ongoing
We've been having a pretty strong year with keeping the blog a little more up to date. Between our regular posts and keeping consistent with new episodes of the podcast things I feel that both Tyson and I have done a great job in making sure we've had a more active page. Factor in the increased activity that we've started to put out on our Youtube channel and things are shaping up to be rolling quite nicely into yearend and into 2015.
I guess that wraps up my progress for now. Definitely have my work cut out for me on the X-Box goal. Especially with my recent purchase of a Retron 5 and that I'll now be able to playing retro games in the comfort of my living room, it's really going to cut into my X-Box gaming time. However we'll see what happens. Thanks once again for checking out the blog and the rest of our content. Tyson and I should be back with a new episode of the podcast later this month and hopefully there will be some good gaming scores along the way.
Also check us out at:
twocrudedudes.podbean.com
youtube.com/rivercityretro
Instagram: @hitmantommy
Twitter: @rcrhitmantommy , @superrobottyson , @epic_jimmy, @tcdpcast
Wednesday 1 October 2014
Horror Movie Month 2014
It's time for one of my favourite things to do each year. October is once again Horror Movie Month. For those of you not familiar with the concept it's pretty straight forward and that is to watch as many horror movies as you can in the month. It's an idea I got from a DVD Forum that I used to frequent. It was almost like a contest to see who could watch the most. I think I only took part in the contest once or twice but when I stopped going there I just carried on with it for my own enjoyment. A few years have past and I'm pretty sure that this is the 4th or 5th time I've done it on my own, most years usually start off strong but as life and responsibility get in the way I usually end the month with about 15 movies watched. However Horror Movie Month 2013 was a huge success and I ended the month with 33 movies watched. If you're curious here's the watch list from last year:
Horror Movie Month 2013
This year I've got a new crop of movies to check out but I'm sure will still revisit some old favourites. In fact due to the success of last year I kicked off this year a day early in an effort to fit in even more titles this year.
Thanks for checking it out and if you have any suggestions for horror movie to be added to my watch list for this year drop me a line on twitter or instagram.
Horror Movie Month 2013
- The Mummy (1932)
- My Bloody Valentine (2009)
- The Mummy (1959)
- Scream
- Scream 2
- Scream 3
- Scream 4
- The Wolf Man (1941)
- P2
- Pumpkinhead 4
- Candyman Farewell to the Flesh
- Prom Night (2008)
- The Thing (1982)
- Halloween (1978)
- Hellraiser
- Hellbound: Hellraiser II
- Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
- Hellraiser: Bloodline
- Hellraiser: Inferno
- Hellraiser: Hellseeker
- Hellraiser: Deader
- Hellraiser: Hellworld
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 2
- I know what you did Last Summer
- I Still Know what you did Last Summer
- The Mist
- Halloween II
- Halloween 5
- Friday the 13th
- Friday the 13th Part 2
- Friday the 13th Part 3
- Friday the 13th Part 4
This year I've got a new crop of movies to check out but I'm sure will still revisit some old favourites. In fact due to the success of last year I kicked off this year a day early in an effort to fit in even more titles this year.
Thanks for checking it out and if you have any suggestions for horror movie to be added to my watch list for this year drop me a line on twitter or instagram.
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