New Look, Hopefully More Info

I'm going through the process of changing the look of the site. I am NOT going with the colors or shapes of the new design, but I like the skeleton, so I'll start tweaking the graphics very soon. Please, if you feel like it, leave comments on what you think I could/should add.

New Spider-Man Animated Series!

This is the trailer for the new Spectacular Spider-Man animated series that starts this fall.



The animation looks cool in the trailer. But with every one of these superhero cartoons, the animation is awesome the first year, and then the animators get lazy and it dies off in coolness. Keep your fingers crossed.

Movies, Games & Music

My mother and I saw 1408 last night. It was really good. It was very tense, and shot very claustrophobically. Most of the movie is just John Cusack in a hotel room. There's a little bit before to set up what's going on with the room, and an ending that I thought was a little weak.

Lots of good, jumpy moments. No unnecessary gore like the Saw or Hostel movies, just good nervous tension.

I'm looking forward to the Transformers next week. Even if it's not true to the source, I'm not SUPER familiar with the history anyway. I just liked the toys, so seeing giant robots will be cool.

As far as games go, right now I'm really into Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2. Chris and Sean and I go on various missions to ensure the safety of our country several nights a week. I'm also still swinging around New York in Spider-Man 3 a lot.

The Freedom Festival is this weekend. I have no idea why this thing is still in existence, and wonder how many taxpayer dollars are sunk into this thing. I'll think about it over a funnel cake, if it's not too hot.

Also, this song has been stuck in my head all day:
(roll in about two minutes)

May Update

Okay, since my last post, Angie bought a new house. (Angie's my girlfriend. Until recently, I didn't know whether she'd dig being mentioned on here, but now I know...) It's very cool, with a finished basement, lots of character, a screened in back porch with a koi pond, and it's in a really pretty neighborhood.

We're getting ready to go on a COOL mini-vacation this weekend to Saint Louis. We're going to hit the zoo, museums and Six Flags.

Spider-Man 3 was EXCELLENT. I've said it before, but I'm fortunate that my childhood hero has been given such an excellent treatment in Hollywood, and not just some goofy throw-away movie like Ghost Rider or Daredevil.

More later...

Just a Post so March Has an Entry

I have NOTHING to say. I have done better with my MySpace page.

I got to catch up with my friend Neil, who was in town for a couple of days, introducing friends and family to his beautiful new wife.

I'm still playing Crackdown. And I'm really digging the new GTA4 trailer, and the new Spider-Man 3 trailer, too:



The new website the station's been working to launch is now up, complete with lots of quirky bugs to hunt.

There. My monthly post is complete. Now that the site launch is behind me, I can begin to work on my own site's new design... but don't hold your breath.

Games, Wheels and Podcasts

Until Spider-Man 3 comes out, I have my new favorite game to just jump in and kill some time. It's called Crackdown. Below is a little clip I found off of YouTube to give you a glimpse of the game.



I'm going to try to work harder at my MySpace page. I know it's supposed to be a wonderful tool for communication with people across the planet, but mainly what I'm seeing it used for is for hooking up and competing for who has the most tacky background music and animations.

I had some tires put on my sweet ride today, the two up-front. The right tire was mangled. I don't know how I got it to the shop.

Chris' ACTV podcast on some potential hidden features in the iPhone is doing really well, and hopefully serving to put ActionCorp back on the map.

ACTV Resurrected!

Man.. it's good to get back into doing the show. I forgot how fun it is to put these things together. Sean and I got to do a final video showcasing Blackbolt's MC360 skin for the Xbox Media Center program.

Here's a look at the show. Please feel free to give me feedback on what could be done to improve the show, or a topic you'd like ACTV to cover.

Saints Row: The Musical

This guy has done one of the funniest game videos I've seen all year. It's a very creative tribute to a sort of buggy game for the Xbox 360 called Saints Row.



Here's the link to his original post, with a better quality version of the vid.

My Wii Goes EDTV!

I now have in my possession the coveted component cables for the Nintendo Wii.



Tonight, I will hook it into my system and check out the difference! Check out ActionCorp.net for more.

Wii!

I have one. Craig, Chris and I got up at the crack of dawn Sunday morning, and waited in line at Target on the north side, and were numbers 23-25 in line.



The store we found out was getting 33, so we were happy.

After getting our tickets...



...at 7am, we walked to the McDonald's across the parking lot, and had some breakfast. Then we walked back over, picked up our Wiis, and went to Craig's to play.

Head to ActionCorp for our impressions of the Wii.

A Large Turtle

So this is the turtle we saw as we were travelling in Jacksonville near Regan's house over the weekend. It was REALLY big, and weighed easily 12-15 pounds. He also dumped some water on me in a panic when I picked him up. He was on the road and was not going to be able to get off because there were high curbs.. so Regan pulled over, and I grabbed him.

Vacation was fun. I'll put up more pictures in a bit.

Checking In...

This has been a strange few months. I haven't posted since JULY! The loyal readers of sethcheek.com deserve better...

Tuesday and I are back in my old place. (Tuesday is my cat.) I'm still working at the station as the Web Manager. We're getting back into the swing of things with ActionCorpTV, finally. I'm heading down south to visit Regan soon. Things are good.

Remember that massive site overhaul I talked about in the post below. It may happen. It may not. It's not like anyone comes here anyway! But now that I have some more time to myself, I might just push myself to get it done. This isn't too super-professional, I know. But what blog is?

I've actually thought of doing some sort of independent audio-only podcast on my site, just about the ramblings I have of the day. Maybe record it in the car on the way home or something. But man, even the people I KNOW don't want to hear my random ramblings. Why would strangers or casual site visitors give a crap?!

I'm waiting patiently for Splinter Cell: Double Agent, and impatiently for the demo that they REALLY should put out soon.

Out With the New, In With the Old

Alright, for the two of you that read this site, here's what happened (if you don't already know). Lindsay, my girlfriend for the last four years, and I split last month, and I moved in with my parents for a while to get back on my feet. Didn't really feel like broadcasting it at the time, don't feel like going into it now.

So for the last few weeks, I've been looking for a place to live. I looked at some places on the east side, some places downtown, then I remembered that my landlords from my old place had several properties that they rented out. So I gave them a call, and asked if they had anything available.

They told me that not only was something opening up in ten days, but it was MY old apartment. I LOVED that apartment. It was HUGE, and I had a lot of fun down there.

So today, I go sign the lease, and I begin moving in this weekend. I'll be recruiting Craig and Sean to help me.

If you knew me 4-5 years ago, you'll know the place. I'll put up some pictures of it later today when I go down to sign.

Sorry to be so cryptic with my last message. I just didn't feel like chatting about it.

Big Changes (in Several Things)

As some people may already know, I'm going through some MAJOR life changes now. I won't go into them now, but will talk more about it as things start to calm down.

What that means for this site is that it might not be messed with for a while. I know, I know. For those of you that come to this site often (I don't know of any), they'll notice I don't necessarily update this thing all the time, anyway.

Well, when I come back, I want to put more time into it. I'm now the number one search term when 'seth cheek' is typed into Google now! My guess is that has a lot to do with Blackbolt putting my site on his Links page at his site.

I feel like I'm kind of sitting on a real opportunity now, so I want to make this site more than an infrequently updated blog. I'd like to add some other info about me, keep a running resume, a photo gallery, etc. BUT, I don't want to do it right now, as my computer is now packed away, and all I get are brief windows online at work.

So, I'll be back, and hopefully better.. =)

A Big Day for Geeks

Today is, as most people are aware, 06/06/06. End of the world, sign of the devil, blah blah blah..

In REALITY, it was a big release for two things that many people have their eyes on in the gaming community.

The first, as I said in yesterday's post, is Blackbolt's skin for XBMC, called MC360. (BTW, the trailer is up to 28,000 views at last check!)

The second is a dashboard release for the REAL Xbox 360, that among 123 other things adds downloading in the background and the ability to boot to the dash, even if a disc is in the tray.

I'm excited about both.

Also, tonight I will be watching the finale of the Apprentice. I didn't get to watch it last night, so tonight TiVo will be my friend. I'm picking Sean, because Lee is WEAK, but there's no telling who Trump will pick.

Welcome to anyone who stopped by from Blackbolt's site. I think it's considerate and HILARIOUS that he threw my site up there on his links page. I can't imagine I've got anything enticing you to come back, but thanks for stopping by!

MC360 Trailer

I put together a trailer for ActionCorpTV and Blackbolt & his team, featuring his skin that emulates a Xbox 360 dashboard on a modded Xbox running XBMC.



You can see it by:

-going to Blackbolt's site HERE
-visiting Actioncorp's site HERE
-OR by subscribing to ActionCorpTV through iTunes, by clicking HERE

The skin comes out on 06/06/06, because Blackbolt thought it would be funny.

Dr. Tiki

Dr. Tiki

Me and Alex

Me and Alex

Gametap's Booth, Waiting for Peter Moore Interview

Gametap's booth.. Waiting for Peter Moore interview..

Wireless Wheel

Wireless wheel