Game shows
I enjoy game shows. My personal favorites are Deal or No Deal and Jeopardy. Game shows are appearing more and more on networks in prime time, due to the writer's strike. Usually I would think this is a good thing, but they are making big mistakes.
A few weeks back, commercials aired for 1 vs 100 stating "someone finally wins the million on the next show". Whatever happened to the ability to surprise viewers? Then there is the commonplace "teaser" clips before commercial breaks. Things such as "coming up, is a moment you wont want to miss", along with a short clip. In my view, the networks need to stop worrying about ratings so much. Produce decent shows, and people will watch.
Wrestling's Royal Rumble
This month is WWE's annual Royal Rumble event. It's one of my favorites of the year. It's a 30-man match to determine who will face a champion at WrestleMania.
For those that don't know how the match works, I'll explain it.
The rules of the match: 2 men start, and every few minutes another enters. This process continues until all men have entered the ring. A wrestler is eliminated at anytime, when he is thrown over the top rope and onto the floor. The last man in the ring wins.
As of now, a little over half of the people in the match have been confirmed. For the most part, the people in the match are decent.
The Royal Rumble event also features a few other matches. This year has WWE champ Randy Orton against Jeff Hardy, World champ Edge against Rey Mysterio, Chris Jericho against JBL, and Ric Flair against MVP (with the stipulation that if Flair loses, he must retire). This is probably all the matches the event will have. It's a decent lineup of matches for the most part, but I don't expect Flair and MVP to have a good match.
Super Smash Brothers Brawl
Recently this game was delayed again, and people on the gamefaqs message board threw fits. They whined in numerous topics about it. Seriously, don't they have better things to do? It's just a game, and games get delayed all the time. They act like their life is over because they can't play the game the exact moment that they want to. Be patient people, it's not hard to do.
In other Brawl news, Sheik (the alter ego of Zelda) is confirmed for the game. By doing a special move, you can turn Zelda into Sheik and play as a whole new character to the game (however she isn't new to the series, as she was in Melee.)
Overall, Brawl is shaping up to be a pretty decent game. 30 characters from the Nintendo universe (plus ones that aren't: Snake and Sonic), many stages and modes, and much more. I plan to get the game, but probably not right away.
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Shiek isn't a whole new character! She was in Melee! I'm not a fan of Shiek, but she adds a cool twist to anyone who plays as her and Zelda.
I don't like Deal or No Deal very much. Howie's a good host, but I think the game gets stale real quick, and some of the contestants bug me. And you can't really play along at home, like you can with Jeopardy, or my favorite, Wheel of Fortune. Another game show I really like is Twenty-One, but that's not being made anymore.
That Royal Rumble sounds crazy. Isn't it a little disadvantageous for the first two people to enter? I would think that the person entering the ring last would be better off because he wouldn't be tired, and a bunch of people would already have been eliminated.
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