Characters of Color: The Rock

Do you smell what the rock is cooking?

Ok enough with the sad stuff or the soap box, time for some fun, and what better character of color that represents best of awesome fun than Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. Born from wrestling legacy, The Rock ‘was’ the WWF in the 90’s (next to Stone Cold Steve Austin) as his move set, mic skills, and overall charisma won over even the most smartest of MARKS. He won multiple titles, multiple times, and even invented a word that to this day is still used in WWE and the modern day lexicon. Now in a move I’ve slowly accepted over the years, he made the choice to go into the acting. He has good movies (The Mummy Returns, The Scorpion King, etc.) and a lot of stinkers too (Doom, Tooth Fairy, etc.), but it doesn’t even matter what character he plays, what movie it is, or how well it (or he) does because the man is such a likeable force that The Rock will always do well. Whether it’s Dwayne Johnson or the ‘The Rock’, it doesn’t matter what his name is, he’ll always be a character of color and the people’s champion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mini Game Review: Rockpocalypse

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery; well if that’s the case then Infinity Blade is flattered beyond recognition because I have another game biting of their style. This time it’s from the good people of the world wrestling entertainment federation and stars Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. So what do you do if people all across a movie studio suddenly and inexplicably turn into YouTube commenters, er I mean, rage filled thugs out of blood? Well if you’re the Rock you beat sense into them with wrestling moves, blunt objects, and of course pie. But unlike Power Rangers Legends, which was terrible, Rockpocalypse is not so bad. Swiping attacks is fluid and responsive, quick time attacks (which activate the slams and signature moves) are easy to do but are still challenging on tougher opponents. Weapons and armor (which is mostly t-shirts, jeans, and boots) actually make noticeable improvements to the Rocks offensive and defense abilities. You can’t block with the rock, but the touch swipe controls and opponent tells allows for decent parries that will leave enemies open for further smack downs. Finally the game is free which is a define plus. The game would have earned a pass on those merits alone, but the game plays sluggishly for anything less than the top of the line tablets and smartphones. Can’t even download it for first gen tech so it loses points for that; but never the less as Infinity Blade offshoots go Rockpocalypse does the medium with respect – if you smell what the rock is cooking. 

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Video Game Armada’s top 5 Super Bowl Commercials 2013

 

Well this was quite a superbowl this year right? Power outages, secret hand signs to shadowy organizations, and nail biting ending? Yeah it was definitely more exciting than your average superbowl, which is more than I can say about the Commercials this year. I’ll be honest people, the only reason I watch the superbowl without my team playing is the entertaining commercials. Seriously why watch Football when you can sky crush players in the Crysis 3 beta. But hey the super bowl commercials are like best and the brightest of any commercial you would see normally because so many people are watching that superbowl. So they’re often flashy, impressive, funny, thought provoking, and all around awesome way to kill 90 seconds at a time. The Armada has even rated our favorites throughout the years, but this year, we only have five. I don’t know if it’s the economy fault or the fact that good ideas decided to take break this year but the majority of commercials were either tasteless, boring, or plain sucked. However we here at the Armada sifted through the garbage and found the ones worthy of being played over and over again because they’re great and, unlike their competition, actually made an effort. Enjoy:

 

 

 

 

5. E-Trade baby 2013

 

 

Well we all saw this one coming; the E-Trade baby is sort of the staple / mascot of SB commercials so not seeing him here would be weird. He’s only so low on the list because it not much of a thinking outside of the box type of commercial: he just explains the basics of finical fees while next to a pile of money. Well that’s not all the commercial does but it’s no ‘Milka what?!’

 

 

 

 

4. Morning Run

 

 

The Rock; world famous wrestler, semi-creditable movie star, and all-around entertaining guy. This time around his takes the role of good father as his three mutli-racial kids can’t eat their cereal because there is no in the house. So what’s the rock to do? Why chase down a milk truck while, at the same time, the world is suffering one problem after the next – will the rock get that darn milk truck? Let’s find out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. PSY’s Wonderful Pistachios

 

 

Ah PSY – will your crazy, hyper popularity never die. You dancing and then riding on a giant pistachio nut is still less weird than your actual Gangun Style music video, but in the same token just perfect for a Super Bowl Commercial, kudos.

 

 

 

 

 

2. Whisper Fight

 

 

Now that we know you would win in a fight between Goku vs. Superman (Thank you Death Battle), the next great conflict of our age has begun: which is the best part of an Oreo? Watch as a peaceful time at the library unfolds as this question is asked in ear shot.

 

 

 

 

1. Love Ballad

 

 

Well people M&M’s is quickly becoming the undefeated champions of Super Bowl Commercials, they took it last year and by gum they took in again this year. See in a previous commercial Red (the red M&M) found the love of his life, unfortunately she’s quite the chocoholic and only loves Red for his body. Red expresses is emotional conflict in song.

 

 

 

Quick results from Wrestlemania XXVIII.

So how did we do? Let’s find out:

WWE Tag Team Champions Primo & Epico vs. Justin Gabriel & Tyson Kidd vs. The Usos (Triple Threat Match)

Bronze: Justin Gabriel & Tyson Kidd

BackLash: The Usos

Winner: Primo & Epico (match winner) via pinfall

Reaction: Good match, but Gabriel’s botch and the short match legnth took me out of it.

World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus

 Bronze: Daniel Bryan

BackLash: Daniel Bryan

Winner: Sheamus via pinfall

Reaction:  The hell?! 18 frikkin seconds? AREYOUSERIOUSBRO?!? And I thought the last match was disppointing jeez.

Kane vs. Randy Orton

Bronze: Kane

BackLash: Randy Orton

Winner: Kane

Reaction: Better, started slow, but worked to an exciting finish.

Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes vs. Big Show

Bronze: Big Show

BackLash: Big Show

Winner: Big Show

Reaction: Finally, I actually picked right. Also, the match, open to close was very satisfying.

Kelly Kelly & Maria Menounos vs. Divas Champion Beth Phoenix & Eve

Bronze: Beth Phoenix & Eve

BackLash: Beth Phoenix & Eve

Winner: Kelly Kelly & Maria Menounos

Reaction: Happy for Maria, but the match was slow and underwhelming overall.

The Undertaker vs. Triple H (Hell in a Cell Match with special referee Shawn Michaels)

Bronze: The Undertaker

BackLash: The Undertaker

Winner: The Undertaker

Reaction: Holy crap man, this was an incredible match. I don’t how the rest of the matches can even follow this. It was a masterpiece.

Team Teddy: Santino Marella (captain), R-Truth, Kofi Kingston, Zack Ryder, The Great Khali & Booker T (with Hornswoggle) vs. Team Johnny: David Otunga (captain), Mark Henry, Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger, The Miz & Drew McIntyre (with Vickie Guerrero)

Bronze: Team Johnny

BackLash: Team Johnny

Winner: Team Johnny

Reaction: Decent match, a lot of good action. Too bad the Major Hoski, Eve ruined Zack’s Wrestlemania Moment.

WWE Champion CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho

 Bronze: CM Punk

BackLash: CM Punk

Winner: CM Punk

Reaction: Shorter than I expected and nothing special, but good match.

John Cena vs. The Rock

Bronze: The Rock

BackLash: The Rock

Winner: The Rock

Reaction: That match was great, a good way close out the show. Good to see the Rock wrestle one more time.

At the end of the day, Wrestlemania XXVII came in with a whimper and left with a mighty roar. There is no question, Taker and Triple H was match of the night. Seeing the WWE Hall of Fame inductees and Flo Rida confronting Heath Slater was also awesome. It wasn’t perfect, but it was money well spent. I hope you guys enjoyed the show, I know I did. Good night.

TrueBackLash and Boss Bronze (The One True Omnigamer) pick the matches of Wrestlemania XXVIII.

Hey guys, TrueBackLash here just minutes before Wrestlemania XXVIII (28 if  you’re wondering) and Bronze and I want to pick all the matches for the event.

WWE Tag Team Champions Primo & Epico vs. Justin Gabriel & Tyson Kidd vs. The Usos (Triple Threat Match)

Bronze: Justin Gabriel & Tyson Kidd

BackLash: The Usos

**NOTE** This match is only on YouTube at this link.

Kelly Kelly & Maria Menounos vs. Divas Champion Beth Phoenix & Eve

Bronze: Beth Phoenix & Eve

BackLash: Beth Phoenix & Eve

Team Teddy: Santino Marella (captain), R-Truth, Kofi Kingston, Zack Ryder, The Great Khali & Booker T (with Hornswoggle) vs. Team Johnny: David Otunga (captain), Mark Henry, Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger, The Miz & Drew McIntyre (with Vickie Guerrero)

Bronze: Team Johnny

BackLash: Team Johnny

Kane vs. Randy Orton

Bronze: Kane

BackLash: Randy Orton

Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes vs. Big Show

Bronze: Big Show

BackLash: Big Show

World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus

 Bronze: Daniel Bryan

BackLash: Daniel Bryan

WWE Champion CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho

 Bronze: CM Punk

BackLash: CM Punk

The Undertaker vs. Triple H (Hell in a Cell Match with special referee Shawn Michaels)

Bronze: The Undertaker

BackLash: The Undertaker

John Cena vs. The Rock

Bronze: The Rock

BackLash: The Rock

Well that’s it for me, I’ll see how we did tonight, until then, this is TrueBackLash saying take care and enjoy Wrestlemanina.