The second game is a rail shooter akin to Area 51. Ever played Blood II: The Chosen? It's just about that annoying. The graphics are such a slurry, sludgey mess that they give me motion sickness and everyone on screen from 'clearly not Bruce Willis' to 'clearly the same palette swapped badguys' and finally to the sad hostages - will all say a maximum of two to three lines of constantly repeating dialogue.

This proved to be an exercise in futility for me because trying to find the exit in this generic mess of pixels would actually be easier if I was playing blindfolded, spun around 3 times and given a stick to whack at my TV until candy falls out or John McClane decides to stop spitting out the same three generic one-liners. It's a disorienting mess of pixels where you're constantly being shot at from all directions and somehow have to manage to A.) not get killed by these generic looking baddies, B.) not blow yourself up by shooting these explosive cars, C.) rescue a handful of hostages, and finally 4.) get out of the building before the bomb goes off. Playing the first Die Hard title on a 40-inch widescreen HD tv is like sticking your head underwater and trying to play a Virtual Boy at the same time. Die Hard Trilogy falls into this category. However, games such as those aforementioned 3d arcade-style titles would tend to be a gross polygonal clusterfudge. Any of the titles that were cartoony and/or two-dimensional were usually pretty good, and later titles such as Tenchu and Metal Gear Solid were able to get 3d graphics down to a smooth science. Let's not beat around the bush the original Playstation's graphics were pretty horrific. However, I recently purchased Fox Interactive's 1996 hit game 'Die Hard Trilogy' for the Playstation and can have the complete interactive experience of actually kicking butt and taking names in John McClane's shoes! Well, sort of. The trouble is - I always seem to only catch the tail end of the movie every single time it's playing on tv.

In order to combat the holiday blues, my favorite holiday movie is Die Hard.

Here's the premise - take a movie I once loved and play it into the ground. 24 Hours of A Christmas Story is enough to make me wanna shoot my own eyes out. Yes, Ralphie - you will shoot your eye out. You've got 'It's a Wonderful Life,' 'Miracle on 34th Street,' '8 Crazy Nights,' 'Friday After Next,' All of those wonderful claymation movies, and my wife's personal favorite - a Christmas Story. It's December and the holidays are approaching quicker than you can say 'Deck the Halls.' One of the most popular ways for people to get into the holiday spirit around this time of year is by watching holiday-themed movies.

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