PS3 Games / Movies: 2010/ 2011

List of movies, old and new watched sometime in the past 2 years. Most of these movies I have watched more than once. Guess this is what I do when I have too much of idle time. I’m planning to start writing reviews on the games I play than the movies I watch. You could say that I have become even lazier, as a movie review will eat up a lot of my time considering that I watch about 4 -5 movies during the week and about 6-8 movies during the weekends. So the movie tally is about a 10 – 13 movies in about 7 days.

In comparison, I would play about 2 – 3 games in a month. Hmm, I think reviewing games will be much more time consuming though the quantity is less; I’ll need to cover a lot of aspects for a game review. I think it’s going to be a tough ask on me.

As of now I own 24 PS3 games which will be augmented by another 6 games. The below mentioned games will be in my possession by March 20th or so:

1. Timeshift

2. Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit

3. IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey

4. Army of Two

5. Madden NFL 09

6. EA Sports MMA

The other games I have played or still playing are as below. These are all PS3 games, so a person who owns or is aware of PS3 game cost will know the kind of investment I have made J

1 Warhawk: Flight simulation: Only Online play. People who enjoy online gaming will enjoy this one. However it’ll take quite some time to learn the maps and the strategy. Though there are only 5 maps that comes with the game. You can pay extra to get another 3 maps.

2. Batman: Arkham Asylum: I have the Game of the year edition (3D version), which is really awesome. I had played the normal version and it’s bland compared to the 3D Game of the Year Edition. Whether you like Batman or not, if you have a PS3 better play this game.

3. Call of Duty: Black Ops

4. GTA 4

5. Red Dead Redemption

6. Smackdown vs Raw 2009

7. Ashes Cricket 2009

8. Killzone 2

9. God of War 3

10. Burnout Paradise

11. Battlefield - Bad Company

12. Uncharted

13. Uncharted 2

14. Infamous

15. Resident Evil 5 - Gold Edition

16. Iron Man

17. Street Fighter 4

18. Assassin's Creed 2

19. Dark Void

20. Mirror's Edge

21. Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe

22. Fifa 11

23. DarkSiders

24. Dante's Inferno

25. GoldenAxe - Beast Riders

26. Genji - Days of the Blade

27. Stranglehold

28. Metal Gear Solid 4

Games from #25 thru #28 are not mine, they belong to a friend of mine.

Wishlist: These are the games I would like to have in the coming months. Posted solely to people who are planning to buy me gifts J

1. Gran Tourismo 5

2. Kill Zone 3

3. Transformers: War of Cybertron: Kindly take note that this is War of Cybertron and not any other edition / version.

4. DC Universe Online

PS: I don’t have any criteria’s like a Birthday, any occasion or event to accept gifts J . Cash equivalent to the cost of these games are also accepted J

Let me talk about the setup I have at home for this:

TV: 42” LCD TV – LG LSH50 : Connected through HDMI.

· I bought this TV about 1 year back for the sole reason that it has a TruMotion 200Hz which is good for gaming.

· Not that I know or find any difference, given this is the only LCD TV where I am playing PS3 games.

· Given the number of games that have 3D content these days, might have to upgrade in the coming months to 3D LED TV soon.

Speakers: 5.1 Dolby Digital / THX Certified System: Logitech Z5500: Connected via Optical cable.

· Surround Sound at its best. Best utilized for games like Killzone 2 / Black Ops / God of War etc.

Internet: 1MB DSL Connection: Airtel: PS3 is connected wirelessly to the network.

· Pretty decent connection

· Since this is wireless there are issues of latency at times.

Apart from this the PS3 is connected wirelessly to a 2 TB NAS through which I can stream movies, music etc. Just because I have this option doesn’t mean I utilize it J

Blu-ray Discs: Movies I own in Blu-ray discs

1. Dark Knight

2. 300 – If you haven’t watched this movie, kindly do so. Just ensure you watch a Blu-Ray print in a TV that supports HD.

3. Spiderman 3

4. Shooter

5. Avatar

6. Bachna Ae-Haseeno : Hindi movie, got this BR disc for about 600 INR J Now you know why I bought this.

The following Blu-Ray’s will be at my possession by March 20, 2011:

7. Batman Begins

8. Crank

9. Crank 2

Now that I am done with the PS3 Games / Blu-Ray Movies, here’s the list of movies I have watched in the past year or so. Some of them are old and some of them pretty new.

1. A Beautiful Mind [2001]

2. Angels In America

3. Any Given Sunday

4. Atonement - 2007

5. Because I Said So[2007]

6. Blades of Glory

7. Blood Diamond

8. Carlito's Way

9. Casablanca

10. Cashback [2006]

11. Catch A Fire[2006]

12. Citizen Kane

13. Constantine

14. Crash[2004]

15. Cruel Intentions

16. Duplicity[2009]

17. Eagle Eye[2008]

18. Euro Trip

19. Find Me Guilty: Vin Diesel. Based on a True story. About Mafia guys being indicted under RICO and how Vin Diesel's character defends himself. Funny movie.

20. Fired Up 2009: Teen Flick. 2 football players enroll for Cheer Camp to pick up girls. Funny movie and its a good time pass movie

21. Forrest Gump

22. Fracture[2007]

23. Full Metal Jacket

24. Gone With The Wind (1939)

25. Goodfellas

26. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

27. Harold & Kumar-Escape From Guantanamo Bay

28. Heat 1995

29. Hot Fuzz [2007]: If you haven't watched this movie, you have to. I have watched this movie about 5 times are so. It gets funnier every time. One of my all time favorites.

30. Hotel Rwanda: Don Cheadle. This is also based on a real story. Nice movie, a bit gory, yet heart wrenching. Gotto watch this.

31. I Am Sam (2001)

32. It’s a Wonderful Life

33. Latter Days_2003

34. Lucky You[2007]

35. Management 2008 : The only reason I watched this movie was because it had Jennifer Aniston in it. Surprised to see Steve Zahn as well in this. A good movie, wouldn't call it funny, however it was nice to watch it once.

36. Memento

37. Mission Impossible 3

38. Mr Brooks [2007]

39. Munich [2005]

40. Next [2007]

41. October Sky

42. OFFICE SPACE: All time favorites again. How life becomes mundane in a workplace and how your boss will utilize you if you are meek and can't stand up against him. I have never been like this, guess if I know anyone like this. Funny movie, must watch.

43. On The Waterfront 1954

44. Once Upon A Time In Mexico

45. Once Upon A Time In America

46. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

47. Out Of Time [2003]

48. Perfect Stranger [2007]

49. Premonition [2007]

50. Public Enemies 2009

51. Pulp Fiction

52. Rear Window

53. Red Eye [2005]

54. Remember The Titans: All time favorites sports movie. Based on a true story as well. Nice to watch Denzel Washington in this movie.

55. Rescue Dawn [2007]

56. Reservoir dogs

57. Road Trip

58. Run Lola Run

59. Scarface 1983

60. Scent of a Woman (1992)

61. Schindler's List

62. Seven Samurai

63. Sin City: Frank Millers movie. Extremely gory / violent and all the other adjectives to describe bloody movie. Yet it's an awesome movie, guess its because it's in Black and white or probably it's got a Great Star cast. Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Jessica Alba, Elijah Wood, etc. It used to remind me of a Wii game called Madworld.

64. Superbad [2007]

65. Thank You For Smoking: Movie about a Tobacco Lobbyist. I think this is based on a novel or something. I have watched this movie more than once. Nice to watch this.

66. The Bank Job [2008]

67. The Butterfly Effect

68. The Contract 2006

69. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

70. The GodFather: 1, 2 & 3

71. The Good Shepherd [2006]

72. The Good The Bad and the Ugly

73. The Incredibles

74. The Insider

75. The International[2009]

76. The Italian Job

77. The Recruit

78. The Shawshank Redemption

79. The Terminal

80. The Usual Suspects

81. Three [2006]

82. Transformers [2007]

83. Troy (2004)

84. Two For The Monday

85. What Happens In Vegas [2008]

86. Wind Chill [2007]

87. You Kill Me [2007]

88. You've Got Mail

89. Zodiac [2007]

90. North By Northwest

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