Horror Movie Month 2014- Midway Update

We’re half way through #HorrorMovieMonth2014 and it’s been another successful year thus far. It’s the 15^th 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:

1. Hatchet
2. Halloween
3. Feast
4. Halloween II
5. Laid to Rest
6. Slither
7. Halloween 4
8. Halloween 5
9. Stake Land
10. Halloween 6
11. Halloween H20
12. Halloween Resurrection
13. Final Destination
14. Chromeskull: Laid to Rest 2
15. Final Destination 2
16. Final Destination 3
17. 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

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.




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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

1. The Mummy (1932)
2. My Bloody Valentine (2009)
3. The Mummy (1959)
4. Scream
5. Scream 2
6. Scream 3
7. Scream 4
8. The Wolf Man (1941)
9. P2
10. Pumpkinhead 4
11. Candyman Farewell to the Flesh
12. Prom Night (2008)
13. The Thing (1982)
14. Halloween (1978)
15. Hellraiser
16. Hellbound: Hellraiser II
17. Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
18. Hellraiser: Bloodline
19. Hellraiser: Inferno
20. Hellraiser: Hellseeker
21. Hellraiser: Deader
22. Hellraiser: Hellworld
23. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
24. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2
25. I know what you did Last Summer
26. I Still Know what you did Last Summer
27. The Mist
28. Halloween II
29. Halloween 5
30. Friday the 13^th
31. Friday the 13^th Part 2
32. Friday the 13^th Part 3
33. Friday the 13^th Part 4

If you wish to follow along with my progress for this year you can check my instagram @hitmantommy or my twitter feed @rcrhitmantommy I will also be tagging any posts with #horrormoviemonth2014


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.

Two Crude Dudes - Episode #11 - Diseased Toys

 Future episodes will always be available here and at http://twocrudedudes.podbean.com/. 

"Episode eleven descends from heaven! Super Robot Tyson and Hitman Tommy have found their way through the beer haze to once again bring you the wildly popular Two Crude Dudes podcast! Our collecting obsessions have had a serious flare up lately, but we've gathered enough strength to bring you this special show. This episode is near and dear to our hearts as we'll be confessing our most deepest and bitter jealousies to each other! What games from Tommy's collection make Tyson sneer with sour envy? Which key retro gems from Tyson's library make Tommy choke on his own bile? You have to listen to find out! This is the debut of the official “Jealousface” list! Also, Tyson nailed a big white whale and completed a collecting milestone recently, while Tommy kept his NES quest alive. The boys then stopped all forms of work, sleep, and personal hygiene to concentrate on their horrible new addiction to WWE Supercard on their iPhones! Seriously, it's electronic crack! I played it while I typed this. I'm not joking at all. We revealed a few of our other collecting diseases we've acquired over the years that have eaten our time and money, and we laid down part one of our personal retrospective of our favorite childhood action figures and toy lines. GI Joe! Transformers! Masters of The Universe and more! All this amazing content and the return of Time Attack game reviews! Grab your beers and let's roll out!"


Super Robot Tyson 

Catching The Toy Disease..... Again!

Hey everyone! Feels like it's been forever since I've been on here but I guess that's what happens when you don't buy too many games. Anyways Tyson and I are heading back into the "studio" to record Episode 11 tomorrow night which will be available here in the near future. If you haven't listened to Episode 10 check it out at http://twocrudedudes.podbean.com or further down on this page. If you've heard Episode 10 you got the chance to hear us reminisce about gaming memories and really just random bullshit in general. While we enjoyed taking a huge trip down memory lane telling stories, we've also been taking a trip down another memory lane with our love of old toys.

We've probably mentioned before how a lot of the things we love in life never really go away but have a bit of a resurgence(similar to how most hobbies go). Video games is never one that really goes away and old toys usually rears it's ugly head more frequent than the others. I swear if we ever get back into hockey cards I'm going to gather all my cards in a pile light it on fire and burn myself to death Joan of Arc style.

Lately especially with the deals that Tyson has been finding it's made us look back on some of our favourite action figure lines past and present and we've decided to make that a major topic of discussion in the next episode. While we're going to return to more of the segments we've had in the past which will mostly be gaming related we figured what better time to share some stories about things such as G.I. Joe, Transformers, Visionaries etc from our childhood. As well as some stories about our times going out to look for old toys at flea markets and garage sales in the first couple years that we were friends. One of the first memories I have of toy chasing with Tyson involves Beast Man and wrestling, but I'll save that for the show tomorrow.

Saying I haven't done much on here recently I dug a bunch of my toys out of storage(mostly Transformers and TMNT) and figured I'd share some of that collection with you. So with out further ado here is a portion of my toy collection.