I love the United States, but it’s certainly a country that needs a ton of change. The following sign is proof that we still have tons of ignorance floating around. The sad thing is that people actually believe what’s on this sign. I’m voting for Obama to get some change in this country. Signs like the one below are certainly another good reason to vote for him.
Via allvoices.com
I haven’t been playing as many different games in 2008 as I did last year. In 2007, I made enough money from blogging to pay rent, child support, car insurance, buy clothes and food, and travel extensively. I was also working for the Virginia Tech Police Department in 2007 on the side, so the side full-time job gave me plenty of money to bank. On top of that, I was pulling in the G.I. Bill. Unfortunately my G.I. Bill ran out and I’m still a few semesters away from my BA. 2008 hasn’t been so kind. I haven’t made 1/10 of what I pulled in last year in blogging and I was unemployed for most of this year. I finally landed a full-time job this week (with a modest salary), but the blogging revenue simply isn’t there yet. Last year, I could buy any game or system on a whim, because I had extra cash always floating around. Things just aren’t so fortunate now, so I have to cut back on my gaming. I haven’t been receiving many games to review lately, but it looks like I’ll definitely be receiving Dead Space from Electronic Arts this week. You never know what I’ll end up receiving, but here’s my plans for now:
The Political Machine 2008 is a strategic PC game from Stardock, in which you basically lead a campaign to elect the President of the United States. In other words, your primary goal is to do the opposite of what John McCain is currently doing.
The characters:
It’s an accomplishment in life when you can play more than one instrument. When you can play more than one at the same time, it’s amazing. WARNING: He does drop the “F-bomb” and “b*tches” a couple times in the video, so it’s probably NSFW.
Some gamers will be unable to take advantage of the “New Xbox Experience” which will require 128MB of empty storage space. I assume the only people in this category are those who purchased a 360 without a hard drive. Why anyone would do that is beyond me anyway.
According to Jason Townsend-Rogers of Gamertell, Microsoft is working on a way to fix this problem. He assumed this could possibly mean an external USB drive or free memory cards for certain 360 owners. I find that hard to believe. Unless Microsoft can find a way to make money with something, they aren’t going to pass out any freebies. While I usually take a stance against Microsoft in matters like this, I actually think people without a hard drive should be left to deal with it on their own. In a strange way, I’d rather not have the new “experience” but those of us with hard drives and internet connections will have no choice on the matter. We’re going to the new Wii-vatar-like system. I think it’s unfortunate we’ll have to scroll sideways through avatars of our friends instead of just scrolling down an actual list.
Via Gamertell
While surfing reddit, I came across a submission titled “Man being jailed for MANGA. [NON-LINKJACKED]” which was submitted by “masta“. After having a run-in with “masta” and his team who I believe run a mass up-vote/down-vote operation (very similar to the shady “DIgg” teams we all love to hate on Digg.com), I tend to ignore anything this guy posts. For some reason, the title sounded interesting. I was wondering how someone could possibly be on trial for simply having Manga. Who doesn’t have a little Manga lying around?
After reading the article linked to the reddit submission, it became very clear to me that the title on reddit and on the article were extremely misleading. The article’s title is “CBLDF Serves As Consultant in PROTECT Act Manga Case”. So far, everything I have seen on the internet concerning the case either does not mention that this is a child porn case or they don’t mention any specifics until you are a ways into the article. The first sentence of the article:
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has signed on as a special consultant to the defense of Chistopher Handley, an Iowa collector who faces up to 20 years in prison for possession of manga.
I’ll be looking into this case a little more, but he’s certainly not on trial for having Manga in his house. This guy had manga that the government claims was obscene. If you are interested in the story, definitely check out the via link below but don’t read too much into it. There aren’t enough facts shown in the article for anyone to have a legitimate opinion. Right now, I am left wondering if his rights were violated or if he’s a scum bag who liked reading animated child porn.
Via Newsarama.com
Degeneration takes place seven years after Raccoon City. CG motion pictures based on video games are often terrible, but this one actually looks pretty damn good. It may even be better than Resident Evil: Extinction, which was an awful movie in my opinion.
Which Type of Gamer Are you?
The Video Game Blog recently posted a link to TechFresh Video Games that I had to click on. With a picture like the one above, I really had no choice but to find out what was going on. The link takes you to the interesting photo above and that page has a link to an interesting quiz. I can certainly say that the image was appropriate and the NES Power Glove never looked so good…
Do you like to take on the enemy with a massive blaster, or do you like to discover unexplored lands? Do you like to stimulate your optic nerves or do you like to solve brain tickling puzzles, or meet hot virtual girls? Take this quiz and find out.
If your Xbox 360 freezes as soon as you get to the load screen, don’t worry. It’s just Microsoft’s shabby network that has caused problems with your console. It seems like Xbox LIVE issues are a repetitive theme this week. I suppose I am just tired of how the 360 is really a piece of junk.
Fortunately only some of us are going to have issues with this tonight. I called Microsoft and they will not even allow you to speak with an agent. After repeating yourself numerous times to the voice-recognition operator, you’ll get forwarded to a message that says to wait an hour and try turning on your console then. The only thing going for the 360 is the great games. Please catch up one day Sony so I can wash my hands of shabby Microsoft products forever…
I suppose I will wait more than an hour on this one. If my 360 is still messed up by tomorrow, it’s time to pull an Office Space on the POS. I’m already on my second 360 in two years. Including systems, games and peripherals, I probably have around $2,800 invested. I expect anything that took $2,800 out of my pocket to work. XBL tends to be laggy and shabby (and at a cost). Honestly, I’m simply tired of crappy products. I guess I’ll go play with my Wii for a while…
UPDATE:
Waited more than the hour suggested by their recording and called them back two and a half hours later just to receive another message asking me to wait yet another hour. I decided to go on the Xbox site and contact support that way. After filling out a lengthy form, here’s what happens:
Microsoft truly needs better customer service than this. I’ve never honestly been pleased with their customer service and things seem to get worse with time. I have never honestly owned any console in the past that was a headache the way the 360 experience has been for me. I’ll stick with it, but that’s only for the games and what I have already invested.
The following video is one of the better “Nintendo Facts” clips I have seen on the net. It’s a little creepy with this weird guy stroking his cat and lounging on a bed in his bathrobe at one point, but it’s well worth a view. I knew 20 of the facts in the video already, but had no idea that Nintendo ran a “pay by the hour” love hotel at one point in history. At first I thought this was made up, but I did some research. The hotel actually existed and was often frequented by Fusajiro Yamauchi himself. Who would have known that Nintendo was founded by a perv?
Via Cameltap
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