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For those that are following this boxing mash-up, Andre Ward defeats Mike Kessler with an 11th round tko. The point standings are Arthur Abraham-3, Carl Froch-2, Andre Ward-2. So ends group ones set, now on to group 2. We’ll keep You posted, this is turning out to be hot, all the fights so far have been very interesting. Since it’s middle weights division the action is fast and constant. Check it out if you can, search your Showtime schedule for upcoming bouts, it’s history in the making. Sir M

THIS is how a sequel should be done. I reeeeally love Ubisoft developed games, period. From The Prince of Persia titles (the first three) to the Splinter Cell series, their titles always seem to be made with great care and with the gamer first in their mind. Assassins Creed is no different. With the release of the second game in this franchise they seemed to have gotten it completely right. First off I’m an action/adventure game junkie and this title feeds my need entirely. From the jaw dropping scenery to the story progression, this game immerses you completely in renaissance Italy. Now what’s a brutha like me care about 1400’s era Italy? Nothing but this title drew me in with the hand-to-hand combat and the SICK fluidity of Ezio Auditore’s “freerunning” and climbing abilities…like the original but better.

I personally think the movie tie-in game genre of games gets an unfair, bad rap. Sure the larger portion of these games suck, but there are those that don’t and should be acknowledged. I’m not one of those uptight gaming nerds that expects every title they play to be flawless, it’s a video game not sex. In the industry as a whole only 10-20%of titles are really great with the other 80-90% being average or sucking, that doesn’t mean they’re not fun because they’re not perfect.
So here it is, my top 10

Ninjas, The word alone brings forth a mental picture of a man dressed completely in black…a killing machine, the definition of badass with a healthy serving of mysticism on the side. Their impression on pop culture indelible, hell even turtles became some. When I was a teenager, the ninja movie craze took over for awhile…it started with “Enter the Ninja” with Sho Kasugi in the starring role. The worst of these movies being “Ninja 3 the Domination” which mixed horror and ninjas…terribly. Now along comes the sickest Ninja movie ever made (in my opinion) and guess who stars as the ninja instructor, none other than Sho Kasugi himself, AWESOME!

Fred Topel of Crave entertainment recently had a chance to interview legendary director John Woo on his epic historical action flick “Red Cliff” You can check out the interview at the link below. http://www.craveonline.com/entertainment/film/article/john-woo-on-red-cliff-90775

A bunch of new info  has just been released on the sequel to Blizzards classic sci-fi RTS. If you never played Starcraft, you missed out…you’ll get a chance to rectify that mistake whenever Blizzard decides to release Starcraft 2 (sometime this century I hope) We have a few screen shots for you to check out but if you want to learn all there is to learn about Starcraft 2 check out the official site http://www.starcraft2.com/