So Christmas is here yet again...and boy did it get here fast. 100% of my Christmas shopping done, and 80% of the wrapping. Soon to be 100% when I get out of work today.
To everyone who's a loyal reader I want to wish you the Merriest Christmas and the Happiest New Year imaginable. I hope you get most of what you've asked for, see and spend time with family and friends you love, get to and from wherever you spend the holidays safely. God bless you all...
-Pete
Monday, December 19, 2005
Saw this on the GameFaqs XBox 360 Boards, cracked up:
Where have I seen this kind of product shortage before?
In east Germany after WW2 there were shortages.
Or Willie Wonka not letting anyone into his factory for so many years, then he comes up with this "Golden Ticket" idea and sells a ton of chocolate.
When Cartman wouldn't let anybody into his theme park.
lol.
Where have I seen this kind of product shortage before?
In east Germany after WW2 there were shortages.
Or Willie Wonka not letting anyone into his factory for so many years, then he comes up with this "Golden Ticket" idea and sells a ton of chocolate.
When Cartman wouldn't let anybody into his theme park.
lol.
Friday, December 16, 2005
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(CNN) -- Scientists analyzed the portrait of the Mona Lisa, a woman with famously mixed emotions, hoping to unlock her smile. They applied emotion recognition software that measures a person's mood by examining features such as the curve of the lips and the crinkles around the eyes.
The findings? Mona Lisa was 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry, according to the British weekly "New Scientist."
Survivor Austrailian Outback Outtakes.
If you hated Jerry watch them torture her here lol. I LOVE SCOPE! Random! Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Stolen from Kotaku:
A blogger got a chance to have a quick chat will Williams about gaming while the comedian was working on a film in the area. Here’s the conversation: “Hey Robin - do you still play online games?” “Oh way too much!” he said. “What are you playing these days?” I asked “Battlefield 2 - the 2 stands for 2 in the morning.” “Oh really? What class do you like?” “Hmm?” “What class do you like to play as?” “Oh - the sniper. I’m always the sniper!” he said enthusiastically. “Well I’ll watch out for you” “Well you can try - but by the time you see me you’ll be dead!!” LOL oh Robin. **Edit** Found an interview from awhile back confirming Robin loves the games I do as well :) Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Some interesting tidbits I came across:
Completely CGI. This is where games will be in 10 years. New Coke drink to mix coffee and Coke...like we need people any more hyper Monday, December 12, 2005Sunday, December 11, 2005 Remember Colegero or "C" from A Bronx Tale? You might also remember this actor as one of the two losers who decided to shoot Christopher Moltisanti in The Sopranos. (He was subsequently wacked by Tony and Big Pussy upstate) Well he's a murderer in real life it seems. Thursday, December 08, 2005
In World Of Warcraft you can join a guild, which is basically like a "frat" of users who help one another out, quest together etc. Here are some of the funniest guild names I've come across:
ROFLCOPTER DOWN LASERSPEWPEWPEW Riders of Lindsay Lohan or Riders Of Lohan Reading Rainbow Peanut Butter Jelly Time Your mom is a horde IHAVECANDYGETINTHEVAN Blood Bath & Beyond Show Me Green Card Chinese Gold Miners Karl Marx and the Seven Dwarfs Naga Stole My Bike My dixie wrecked. (say it fast) Insert Guild Name Here Dropped The Soap My Little Gnomies Channel Four News Team Gnomeland Security Legendary Legends of Legend Oprah Windfury Pwners of a Lonely Heart Snape Kills Dumbledore "Touched" By An Angel Schizzle My Nizzle Hairy Twinkies HEY HORDE ATTACK ME LOL Joanie Loves Chachie Downing of the System TEAM AFK Survivors of Neverland Ranch HeMan Woman Haters Club. Awkward Man Hug Let the Wookie Win Ultimate Rainbow Happytime Priceless... Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Via JoyStiq
" * vertical orientation alone does not scratch DVDs * horizontal orientation alone does not scratch DVDs * movement of the Xbox 360 during play scratches DVDs * -Movement could be someone running through the house and sending shocks to the system through your floorboards -Movement is often done on purpose when friends try to show friends the cool way in which the ring of light reorients itself with its fancy mercury switch -Movement is often accidental, as when annoying controller cables are tripped over in the dark, jarring the Xbox 360 -Sometimes, people just get sick of poorly designed boss fights, and kick their Xbox 360s in frustration -And sometimes, customers are committing fraud by purposefully destroying games that have been played to completion so that they can be exchanged for store credit that is used to purchase new games" Wednesday, November 30, 2005
I know it's long, but just read it . . .
The story goes that some time ago a man punished his 5-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became even more upset when the child pasted the gold paper so as to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift box to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy." The father was embarrassed by his earlier over reaction, but his anger flared again when he found the box was empty. He spoke to her in a harsh manner, "Don't you know, young lady, when you give someone a present there's supposed to be something inside the package?" The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, "Oh Daddy, it's not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was full." The father was crushed. He fell on his knees and put his arms around this little girl, and he begged her to forgive him for his unnecessary anger. An accident took the life of the child only a short time later and it is told that the father kept that gold box by his bed for all the years of his life. And whenever he was discouraged or faced difficult problems he would open the box and take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there. In a very real sense, each of us as human beings have been given a golden box filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children,family and friends. There is no more precious possession anyone could hold. Friends are like angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly. Think positive and act. This is nice finding something positive out of every negative, which we don't always manage to do. I am thankful.... For the partner who snores all night, because he is at home asleep with me and not with someone else. For the taxes that I pay, because it means that I am employed. For the clothes that fit a little too snug, because it means I have enough to eat. For my shadow that watches me work, because it means I am out in the sunshine. For a floor that needs mopping, and windows that need cleaning, because it means I have a home. For all the complaining I hear about the government, because it means that we have freedom of speech. For the parking spot I find at the far end of the parking lot, because it means I am capable of walking and that have been blessed with transportation. For the pile of laundry and ironing, because it means I have clothes to wear. For weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day, because it means I have been capable of working hard. For the alarm that goes off in the early morning hours, because it means that I am alive. And lastly... For too much e-mail, because it means I have friends who are thinking of me. THINK POSITIVE!!
Pearl Jam ~ Oceans
Hold on to the thread The currents will shift Glide me towards... You know something's left And we're all allowed To dream of the next Oh, ohh the next, time we touch... You don't have to stray Tho oceans away Waves roll in my thoughts Hold tight the ring... The sea will rise... Please stand by the shore... Oh, oh, oh, I will be... I will be there once more... Tuesday, November 29, 2005
We're losing everyone. First the Stove Top lady, then Mr. Miyagi, now the Berenstein Bears co-creator. When will it end!
Monday, November 28, 2005
So Thanksgiving was pretty good. Had to work Friday so no Black Friday sales for me. Christmas shopping is going pretty well so far though. If I pace myself I will be done mid December thank God :)
Been awhile so here's the YTMND dosage: Best Part Of Cable Guy American Sports Rule I Miss You Mr. Miyagi Pi Brian Griffin PB&J iPod Noooooooooooo Master Chief Was Gay? Order Of The Bat 1 Order Of The Bat 2 Order Of The Bat 3 lol Enterprise Sandcrawler with a Hemi Emo Orange I still laugh so hard at this. A Night At The Hothberry Keep On Kicking Mr. Miyagi
Hilarious because I found myself speaking like this while playing the Prince of Persia games.
Also another use for the XBox 360 Power Brick :)
Jacked via Kotaku b/c I nearly spit soup all over my monitors.
 Take on the Vatican! Jack the Pope Mobile! Avoid drive-bys by rival Protestants and Mormons as they try to “Bible thump” yo’ ass! This time, no one comes back; everyone goes to purgatory! No ambulances, just Pope Mobiles, Pope Mobiles and more Pope Mobiles! No uzis, just holy water and Pope Mobiles! Will he meet the Pope? Play and see! Sunday, November 27, 2005
25 Things You Should Know About Guys
This was actually written by a woman. About 20 out of the 25 are pretty on cue. Guys comments? Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Pearl Jam has a new album coming this year...and as a dedication here are some of my favorite Eddie Vedder quotes of all time:
"We're very reluctant to disclose song meanings. If a person lends their own interpretation of a song, it becomes their song, too. Music for some people is very personal; they need it. "If you just feel like saying, '**** this, **** that, **** everything, **** you -- I'm getting the **** outta here... Living is the best revenge..." "Hey Listen A$$hole, one more ****er throws a ****ing quarter out here, and we're out of here, I'm tellin ya ****er, what the **** your blowin it for ****in everybody. Hit me with a ****ing quarter again, and **** it, I'm outta here, we're all outta here, **** you, and if anyone sees someone throw change right next to them, you have my permission to personally beat the ****ing holy shit out of them. Thank you very much, ****ing idiot. AHhhhhh, that felt good. Thank you." -After being pelted with quarters from some moron.
"If you landed a Premium Xbox 360, you just cost Microsoft $126. That’s the number that Business Week is giving regarding how much Microsoft is losing on each Xbox 360 being sold. Losing money on console releases is nothing new. Sony did and will again, it’s part of the game, lose money on the hardware, make it back in software. Similarly, the report says that the original Xbox contained $323 worth of parts and retailed for $299. So the hit to Microsoft is a little bigger. Unless you landed a Core pack. In which case, we owe you a hug." via Kotaku.
TAKE THAT MS. I costed you money yay. Tuesday, November 22, 2005 So I've got my XBox 360 and is a sweet piece of hardware. Way to go Microsoft, you've entered the hardware business finally. The XBox was an asthetic nightmare, however the 360 looks like it could belong in any living room. So people WERE camping. It was pouring but tents and the like were up outside of Best Buy last night. My pickup was painless and prompt. Stopped at EB at 10 to get my ticketed number, (11). My guesses were very accurate as there were only about 20 preorders on shipment 1. I'm glad I'll be nowhere near that mall until Black Friday if we decide to brave that. What surprised me most isn't that there were campers, or even parents with young boys, or even girl gamers. The most surprising thing was the solo-parents who were really committed to getting that Christmas gift for their kid. It's kind of touching in a way. There definintely was that 30-something hippie guy who labeled him self an "radical liberal." Damn sandal wearing hippies. Manhattan....Kansas...see the campers NJ Target Camper Interviews XBox 360 Inventory Locator And here are the 5 rules of NO NOs for Camping Line Etiquette: #1 Consorting with store employees. The quickest way to turn the line against you, Benedict, is to laugh it up with employees. From the line's perspective, they've already hoarded two-thirds of the available consoles and are guilting the weak minded into purchasing outrageous bundles and/or warranty plans. #2 Pulling your car up to the curb and blasting the radio. You may think that everyone loves country music as much as you do, but they don't. Just wear headphones and keep the humming to a minimum. #3 Wearing "I Love Morgan Webb" T-shirts. It's just obnoxious. Besides, just because we didn't think to wear ours, doesn't mean we don't feel the same way! #4 Playing football. You're not fooling anyone. We know you've never played a sport in your life. Don't start at the launch line where one bad pass could end with several cracked PSP screens. #5 Saving spots. Don't expect it to be all candy and roses if your pals try to sneak into line with you 5 minutes before the doors open. Countries have gone to war over less and you will not survive it.  Bill couldn't get any more gay...  I WON! This guy is lucky he didn't get JACKED or knocked the (@*#*(@ out leaving Best Buy. Most stores had a 1-console limit but jerks like this, everyone will always believe he's off to scalp it. 
Monday, November 21, 2005
XBox 360 Supports XLink Kai!
I've used XLink Kai for about a year now. It's an IP-tunneling software that allows you to play other XBox, PS2, Gamecube, PSPs, or DS's by tricking your system into thinking there's one right next to it. If you're not apt to buy an XBox Live account...you can still play for free! :) Friday, November 18, 2005
Here are some funny XBox360 forum posts about the power "brick" adapter. Cracked me up. Love those XB Fanboys.
The brick reminds me of the power generators on Hoth... -Tie it to the ankles of your enemies, locate the Hudson River and perform your own mob hit! -Slide it across the floor and turn on the 360 so the power brick opens up and sucks in ghosts. -Get it confiscated by the FBI because they mistake it for a Weapon of Mass Destruction. -Xbox360 Power Supply Tossing: The NeXt Olympic Sport. -"Take it to the Airport and set it down" -That's a power cord? I thought they were giving away the old Xbox with the new one! -In case of car failure use it for an emergency backup battery. -Can we say Flux Capacitor? -I'm not sure a Delorean has the necessary horsepower to haul that thing. -Some say that Noah, with the help of God, made the original power brick which he used to survive the great flood. -Don't worry, there will be plenty of human sacrifices available when store clerks announce "Sorry folks, that's all the 360's we have!" on launch night. The floors of retail stores all over the country will run with enough human blood in the ensuing riots to sate the malicious thirst of the power brick for years to come! -Have you thought about counseling together? Even though it is an almighty system, it has no right to make you feel inferior or beat you. You are an equal partner in the relationship between you and your XBOX, don't let it make you feel different. -It seems to me that a power brick on your front porch is an advertisement that you own a 360, which I think would actually entice burglars... Of course, they'd need the power brick to play it, and they couldn't lift the power brick without a power brick, and if they already had a power brick, chances are they already have a 360.... -The brick must be destroyed! I will take the brick into Mordor and cast it into Mount Doom! -Take it to the airport and chock the wheels of aircraft LOL  Convincing The Old To Get You A XBox 360 Link and pic stolen from Kotaku-But only because I love you Crecente :) Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Well all the game and tech reviewers got their XBox 360s either last week or this.
AnaTech has already gutted one!
It's getting to be that time again...Christmas Card time! I'm trying to collect addresses for all my friends since I don't have as many as I used to. You can email them to me at phonysoprano@gmail.com or drop 'em to me in IM. I'll get 'em one way or another and I wouldn't ask you to put sensitive info like that in a comment :D
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
So it's official...I *will* be getting my 360 Launch Day. I called to double-check and this is how it's going to work:
The system launches technically on Tuesday September 22, 2005. So Monday evening around 9/10 pm I'll be heading to my Electronics Boutique Express to "get a number" which determines what space "in line" you get yours. Funny (and LUCKY) thing is it won't be that ridiculous. We're talking under 50 people here. I asked the guy today how many launch systems they were expecting and when he sounded doubtful of 50 I asked 30, to which he muttered under his breath "Lower than that." So I'll definitely get it launch "minute" and as an added bonus there won't be any ridiculous wait line. ::shudders at memory of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas wait line:: w00tw00t! Monday, November 14, 2005
Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.
Rather than being birthed like a normal child, Chuck Norris instead decided to punch his way out of his mother's womb. Shortly thereafter he grew a beard. When Chuck Norris plays Oregon Trail his family does not die from cholera or dysentery, but rather roundhouse kicks to the face. He also requires no wagon, since he carries the oxen, axels, and buffalo meat on his back. He always makes it to Oregon before you. Chuck Norris recently had the idea to sell his urine as a canned beverage. We know this beverage as Red Bull. Chuck Norris built a time machine and went back in time to stop the JFK assassination. As Oswald shot, Chuck met all three bullets with his beard, deflecting them. JFK's head exploded out of sheer amazement. Chuck Norris's girlfriend once asked him how much wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood. He then shouted, "HOW DARE YOU RHYME IN THE PRESENCE OF CHUCK NORRIS!" and ripped out her throat. Holding his girlfriend's bloody throat in his hand he bellowed, "Don't fuck with Chuck!" Two years and five months later he realized the irony of this statement and laughed so hard that anyone within a hundred mile radius of the blast went deaf. Chuck Norris sold his soul to the devil for his rugged good looks and unparalleled martial arts ability. Shortly after the transaction was finalized, Chuck roundhouse kicked the devil in the face and took his soul back. The devil, who appreciates irony, couldn't stay mad and admitted he should have seen it coming. They now play poker every second Wednesday of the month. Chuck Norris was the fourth Wiseman. He brought baby Jesus the gift of "beard". Jesus wore it proudly to his dying day. The other Wisemen, jealous of Jesus' obvious gift favoritism, used their combined influence to have Chuck omitted from the Bible. Shortly after all three died of roundhouse kick related deaths. The original theme song to the Transformers was actually "Chuck Norris--more than meets the eye, Chuck Norris--robot in disguise," and starred Chuck Norris as a Texas Ranger who defended the earth from drug-dealing Decepticons and could turn into a pick-up. This was far too much awesome for a single show, however, so it was divided. To prove it isn't that big of a deal to beat cancer. Chuck Norris smoked 15 cartons of cigarettes a day for 2 years and aquired 7 different kinds of cancer only to rid them from his body by flexing for 30 minutes. Beat that, Lance Armstrong. Chuck Norris lives by only one rule: No Asian Chicks. Chuck Norris once shot a German plane down with his finger, by yelling, "Bang!" A man once asked Chuck Norris if his real name is "Charles". Chuck Norris did not respond, he simply stared at him until he exploded. Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits. Chuck Norris can make a woman climax by simply pointing at her and saying "booya". Before each filming of Walker: Texas Ranger, Chuck Norris is injected with five times the lethal dose of elephant tranquilzer. This is, of course, to limit his strength and mobility, in an attempt to lower the fatality rate of the actors he fights. Chuck Norris once went to a frat party, and proceeded to roundhouse every popped collar in sight. He then drank three kegs and shit on their floor, just because he's Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris took my virginity, and he will sure as hell take yours. If you're thinking to yourself, "That's impossible, I already lost my virginity.", then you are dead wrong. Chuck Norris found out about Conan O'Brien's lever that shows clips from "Walker: Texas Ranger" and is working on a way to make it show clips of Norris having sex with Conan's wife. The chief export of Chuck Norris is pain. One of the greatest cover-ups of the last century was the fact that Hitler did not commit suicide in his bunker, but was in fact tea-bagged to death by Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris punched a woman in the vagina when she didn't give him exact change. After much debate, President Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima rather than the alternative of sending Chuck Norris. His reasoning? It was more "humane". Chuck Norris doesn't have normal white blood cells like you and I. His have a small black ring around them. This signifies that they are black belts in every form of martial arts and they roundhouse kick the shit out of viruses. That's why Chuck Norris never gets ill. Chuck Norris frequently signs up for beginner karate classes, just so he can "accidentally" beat the shit out of little kids. Chuck Norris once tried to sue Burger King after they refused to put razor wire in his Whopper Jr., insisting that that actually is "his" way. Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs. If you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can't see Chuck Norris you may be only seconds away from death. Chuck Norris ruins the endings of Harry Potter books for children who just bought one for the hell of it. When they start crying Chuck Norris calmly says, "I'll give you something to cry about," and roundhouse kicks them in the face. Hellen Keller's favorite color is Chuck Norris.
So people are starting to get their XBox 360s as per contests...lucky bastaads!
I expect a message from EBX on my answering machine this evening regarding the "number pickup process." w00t! Sunday, November 13, 2005
So I stopped off at EB tonight to trade in my XBox and the extra controller. I've been a little forlorn since it was very unlikely I'd be receiving mine on Launch Day this coming Thursday. So I'm there and I'm going through the whole routine...Last name Palumbo. P-A-L-U-M-B-O. "Peter?" (The one guy knows me by name since I've been in often enough trading up towards the 360. I haven't paid a lick of cash yet for this sytem. The PSP went as well since I haven't played (or even booted it up save to update the firmware)in about 4 months. So the guy says he thought the name was familiar. "I was just about to call you." I figured it was to tell me when the next shipment would be (I would have been surprised if they even knew that) but he says the other employee can't afford his, so I was next on the list...bumped up. I'll get my XBox 360 Launch Day. w00t!
So as of tonight this is all paid off: -Premium system -3 extra wireless controllers -Play and charge kit -Perfect Darko Zero That totally made my month. I finally got a chance to play the system they had set up there (since the last 3x I've been there there was no monitor lol) and gave "Kameo" a spin. Very interesting game and lives upto all the hype. So Monday I'll have to stop there and get a "number." Then Wednesday night 12am they're releasing the system...which depending on how good my # is that I pick up I'll get it then or launch day. I'm definitely excited :P Saturday, November 12, 2005
Microsoft finally released the backwards compatible games for XBox 360 today...thanks heavens...seeing as it's less than a WEEK TILL LAUNCH NOW! 5 days exactly. Let's hope they have enough for preorders. I really want mine launch day! Ahhh! Bolded are the games I'm planning on keeping for the system. Time to package up the XBox and sell it off :P
Here they are so far. Get ready for it: * Airforce Delta Storm * Alias * Aliens vs. Predator: Extinction * All Star Baseball 2003 * Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding * Army Men: Sarge's War * Atari Anthology * ATV Quad Power Racing 2 * Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance II * Barbarian * Barbie Horse Adventure * Batman Begins * Battle Engine Aquila * Battlestar Galactica * Blinx 2 * BMX XXX * Brute Force * Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Chaos Bleeds * Cabela's Dangerous Hunts * Cabela's Outdoor Adventures 06 * Cabela's Deer Hunt 2005 * Cabela's Deer Hunt: 2004 Season * Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth * Call of Duty: Finest Hour * Casino * Catwoman * Chicago Enforcer * Circus Maximus * Close Combat: First to Fight * Colin McRae 4 * Combat Elite * Commandos 2 * Conflict: Desert Storm * Constantine * Crash Bandicoot: Twinsanity * Crash Nitro Kart * Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge * Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon * Curse - The Eye of Isis * Dark Angel * Darkwatch * Deathrow * Digimon Rumble Arena * Dinotopia * Dead or Alive 3 * Drake * Egg Mania * ESPN MLS Extra Time 2002 * Euro 2004 * F1 Championship Season 2001 * Fable * Fable: The Lost Chapters * Fairly Odd Parents: Breakin' da Rules * FIFA 2003 * FIFA 2004 * FIFA Street 2005 * FIFA World Cup 2002 * Fight Night 2004 * Fight Night Round 2 * Ford Mustang Racing * Ford vs. Chevy * Forza Motorsport * Freedom Fighters * Frogger * Futurama * Fuzion Frenzy * Genma Onimusha * Goblin Commander * Grabbed by the Ghoulies * Grand Theft Auto III * Grand Theft Auto Vice City * Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas * Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt. * Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder * Half-Life 2 * Halo * Halo 2 * Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire * Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone * He-Man: Defender of Grayskull * Hitman: Contracts * House of the Dead 3 * IHRA Drag Racing 2005 Sportsman Edition * IHRA Professional Drag Racing 2005 * Jade Empire * James Bond 007: Nightfire * Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy * Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death * Jurassic Park Operation Genesis * Kabuki Warrior * Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer * Kids Next Door: Operation VIDEOGAME * kill.switch * Legends of Wrestling * Lemony Snicket A Series of Unfortunate Events * Loons Fight for Fame * Lord of the Rings: Return of the King * Manhunt * Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 * Max Payne * Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne * Medal of Honor 3 Rising Sun * Medal of Honor Frontline * Medal of Honor: European Assault * Mega Man * Metal Arms: Glitch in the System * MicroMachines Odyssey * Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing * Monster Garage * Mortal Kombat: Deception * MTV Music Generator 3 * Murakumo * MX World Tour - featuring Jamie Little * Namco Museum X Next Generation * NBA Live 2003 * NBA Live 2004 * Need For Speed: Underground 2 * NFL Blitz 2002 * NFL Blitz 20-03 * NFL Blitz 20-04 * NHL 2004 * NHL Hitz 20-03 * Ninja Gaiden * Ninja Gaiden Black * Outlaw Golf 2 * Outlaw Volleyball * Pariah * Phantom Crash * Pinball Hall of Fame * Pitfall: The Lost Expedition * Predator * Prince of Persia 4: The Sands of Time * Pro Evolution Soccer 5 * Pro Race Driver * PUMP IT UP * Pure Pinball * Puyo Puyo Fever * Quantum Redshift * Rayman Arena * Raze's Hell * Red Dead Revolver * Red Faction II * RedCard 20-03 * Robotech: Battle Cry * Rocky: Legends * Rogue Ops * Rugby 2005 * Samurai Jack * Samurai Warriors * Scooby Doo: Night of 100 Frights * Scrapland * SeaWorld: Shamu's Deep Sea Adventures * Sega GT 2002 * Shadow the Hedgehog * Shellshock:Nam '67 * Sid Meier's Pirates! * Simpson's Road Rage * Simpsons: Hit and Run * Sneakers * Sniper Elite: Berlin 1945 * Soccer Slam * Sonic Heroes * Sonic Mega Collection * Speed Kings * Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy * Splat Renegade Paintball * SpongeBob Square Pants:Battle for Bikini Bottom * Spy Hunter 2 * Spyro: A Hero's Tail * SSX 3 * Stake * Star Trek: Shattered Universe * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith * Star Wars: Clone Wars * Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter * Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic * Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic 2 * Street Racing Syndicate * Stubbs the Zombie: Rebel Without a Pulse * Super Bubble Pop * Super Monkey Ball DX * SX Superstar * Tecmo Classic Arcade * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles * Terminator : Dawn of Fate * Test Drive: Eve of Destruction * Tetris Worlds * The Great Escape * The Incredible Hulk * The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction * The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer * The Thing * Thief: Deadly Shadows * Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon * Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 * Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 * Tony Hawk's American Wasteland * Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 * Tony Hawk's Underground 2 * Tork * Toxic Grind * Ty The Tasmanian Tiger * Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2 * Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3 * Urban Freestyle Soccer * Vexx * Volvo: Drive for Life * World Series Baseball 2K * Worms 4: Mayhem * Worms Forts Under Siege * WWE Raw 2 * XIII * Yourself!Fitness Friday, November 11, 2005
Christopher Colombo....mobster...and guy people get my name confused with. Not Peter Falk...the great tv detective...
Heading back to NJ from Atlanta in a few hours. Let's hope no stinky, smelly, crying, or bi-polar people are in a seat next to me. Or in the adjacent row. Or on the plane at all. Thursday, November 10, 2005
Fan size was interesting. We originally wanted to put in a single 80mm fan. But we couldn't fit it in the final form factor chassis.
We couldn't just go with one 60mm fan because it would not provide the required cooling—as the diameter of the fan increases the air flow performance per revolution increases exponentially. So we ended up putting in two 60mm fans, and we came up with a water-cooled heat sink as well for the CPU. We've actually applied for a patent on that one. The water cooled term is being used loosely; actually it is a heat sink constructed of a copper base, aluminum stamped fins and copper heat pipe. The heat pipe contains water and a vacuum is pulled on the pipe prior to sealing. Water under a vacuum boils at a lower temperature than at atmospheric pressure, so when the water boils and becomes steam, the steam rises and moves the heat higher into the fins where the air flow from the fans can extract the heat more efficiently. Once the steam is cooled it condenses and flows back down the pipe as water to the copper base of the heat sink, which is attached to the processor to continue the condensing and cooling processes cycle. XBox 1 week from today. HOO HA. Also today's Halo 2's 1 year anniversary. Happy Birthday! Friday, November 04, 2005
"You can say one thing about New Jersey politics:
It makes "The Sopranos" look like "7th Heaven." The typically dirty Jersey campaign has so far featured a Forrester ad quoting Corzine's ex-wife, Joanne, saying: "When I saw the campaign ad where Andrea Forrester said, 'Doug never let his family down and he won't let New Jersey down,' all I could think was that Jon did let his family down, and he'll probably let New Jersey down, too.
From Kotaku:
Gamestay has tracked down a source inside EB Games that is telling them that the chain is getting a total of 40,000 Xbox 360’s nationwide. While that may sound like a whole heaping, Gamestay is reporting that total pre-orders number 75,000. Sounds like things are going to be getting ugly at EB come Nov 22. Here’s the breakdown: GameStop: 18 at one store, despite 90 pre-orders. ( VE reports that GS employee tells them that everything’s fine and they will be able to fulfill all preorders. Target: 10 to 50 Xbox 360s depending on average volume of store. Best Buy: 20 to 60 Xbox 360s with a larger shipment coming “later that week.” Wal-Mart: 10 to 50. ::sigh:: I hope I get mine on launch. Peter really wants his on launch. I've never gotten any system on launch day so it would be kinda cool. In other news flying down to Atlanta this Sunday. Business training all week. Don't really want to go but I DO want to take the training course we're getting. I should have had this course last February...! Started playing World of Warcraft. Interesting game and I'm having a lot of fun so far. All you Syracusians sorry we couldn't make it up for Halloween or Homecoming. Check out myself and Jess though. We did well for scrambling for costumes last minute. We were supposed to be Fred and Wilma Flintstone but the costumes never ever fit.   
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Lets analyze this with the awesome power of analogy. If the video game industry was Disneyland, Microsoft and its lounge would be the “It’s a Small World” ride. Meticulously engineered and expensive, but ultimately there is very little to do and you leave the premises feeling deflated and filled with the desire to indiscriminately kill gnomes. Carrying the analogy further, Sony with its PS3 is Space Mountain — everyone is in the dark and you haven’t got a clue what’s going on, but it’s ex-citing and even makes you pee a little. Nintendo then, is that old bouncy castle on the outskirts of Disneyland, run by a single old man who bought it on eBay and is charging $1 for 10 minutes. The old man hammers a crude “Open 4 bizness” sign into the ground, upon which a stampede of 500,000 children crash their way onto the bouncy castle and have the best time in the whole world, incidentally allowing the old man to do a healthy side-business in bouncy castle-themed merchandise.
hahahahaha Wednesday, November 02, 2005
?winner ? ?winner + ?2winner/c * v((?winner-?loser)/c,?/c)
?loser ? ?loser - ?2loser/c * v((?winner-?loser)/c,?/c) ?2winner ? ?2winner*[1-?2winner/c2 * w((?winner-?loser)/c,?/c)] ?2loser ? ?2loser*[1-?2loser/c2 * w((?winner-?loser)/c,?/c)] c2 = 2?2 + ?2winner + ?2loser That's XBox Live's new TruSkill ranking system. Make no sense? Yeah neither to me :P But it's copyrighted and supposed to change the face of how we game, (or get own by pimply faced 14 year olds) forever! Tuesday, November 01, 2005
I'm the greatest Captain of the Queen's navy
And your record will stand as proof Be it galley or freighter I'm an expert Navigator And you're also a world-class poof My man are quite a feat is mistaken on the street For a sailor who can pirouette on cue Well despite your point of view I can thrill a girl or two But I'd rather get it on with you! Ha-Ha-Ha! Oh Family Guy I love you. Monday, October 31, 2005
Countin' down the days till XBox 360 launches.
Here's some teaser pics. Wish I had a TV like that lol Friday, October 28, 2005
Fark.com forums amuse me too much sometimes. The actor, William Hootkins, who played Jek Porkins in Star Wars: A New Hope died recently of Pancreatic cancer. Here is the choice comments on that story:
I always thought his weight problem reflected poorly on the rebels. I thought I felt a fat disturbance in the force. If I ever started a band, I wanted to name them "Eject Porkins." I always wanted to see some food wrappers fly around if he did a barrel roll. Stay on target Porkins... stay on target. The first casualty of the Battle of Yavin. His sacrifice will not be forgotten. I loved porkins. Why couldn't he hold it? HE SAID HE COULD!!! WHY DID HE LIE!?!?! god take me instead! Okay, I'm not a Star Wars fan, but since I was a little kid, I've always wondered why they used such a big guy in an X-wing fighter. I mean seriously, what was the reasoning behind that? You'd think his weight would hinder the manuverability of such a spacecraft. Crash and burn, Porkins. I'll see you again on the big Death Star in the Sky. from IMDB: EverQuest II (2004) (VG) (as Bill Hootkins) .... Generic Male Barbarian Merchant, Generic Male Dark Elf, Generic Male Dwarf, Generic Male Erudite Merchant, Generic Male Gnome Merchant, Generic Male Half Elf Guard, Generic Male Halfling, Generic Male High Elf, Generic Male Human Merchant, Generic Male Iksar Merchant, Generic Male Kerran Merchant, Generic Male Ogre Guard, Generic Male Ratonga Merchant, Generic Male Troll Merchant, Generic Male Wood Elf He was also in Raiders of the Lost Ark, Batman, and a River Runs Through it-not to mention a slew of voicework. RIP Porkins we miss you.
LOL George Takei has told the world he's boldly gone where no man has gone before...he's gay.
I'm shocked. Next thing you know Richard Simmons is going to come out. (Or take that one to the grave lol) Oh George we kinda knew already lol.   And of course all the news stories used the gayest photo of him they could find... 
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Oh my God....we had a hit film! What do we do now? MAKE A CRAPPY SEQUEL!
(As far as I know these are all authentic) Van Wilder Deux: The Rise of Taj The Santa Clause 3 Underworld: Evolution Rush Hour 3 Rocky VI Resident Evil: Afterlife Rambo IV Like Mike 2: Street Ball The Net 2.0 Mrs. Doubtfire 2 Jurassic Park IV I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction And they're making a slew of REMAKES too: Back To School The Evil Dead He-Man Logan's Run (THIS could actually be cool) Police Academy (WHY GOD WHY) Porky's Revenge Of The Nerds Movies based on TV, games etc: Get Smart (Steve Carrell as Maxwell Smart? Could be a winner) Metroid I Dream Of Jeannie Curious George (Will Ferrell needs to stop) The A-Team (Only if Mr. T is in it) Look them up on IMDB.com if you doubt or dare.
Top 10 Things To Yell Out During DOOM, The Movie:
10. How do I bring up the console? 9. Teh Rock is a n00b. 8. Dude, that hurt. The health is behind the crate! 7. Team kill! 6. This new engine rules. 5. Crap map. 4. This AI is so &%$!ing lame. 3. (as the credits roll) That last boss sucked. 2. #^$!king camper fags! 1. Shit, how do I skip this cut scene? This !@$*ing sucks, it's been going on for like 30 minutes. HAHAHAH lol. From A Boy And His Computer blog. Tuesday, October 25, 2005Monday, October 24, 2005Friday, October 21, 2005Thursday, October 20, 2005
Sorry to add word verification to my comments, but I was really tired of getting 2-3 comments a day of things like "LOVE THE SITE try out our VIAGRA!" or the even less coy "SEXSEXSEXMYWEBCAMSITE!" Now maybe you won't have to see the "comment deleted by blog owner" (which incidentally I found out would disappear anyways if I chose the "Delete Forever" option which I hadn't been). Yay for spam-free comments!
You probably know comedy is a brewin’ directly ahead when you read the statement “I ain’t homophobic, but-“
The comedy following in this case is from one Rev. Willie F. Wilson of Union Temple Baptist Church: “Any time somebody got to slap some grease on your behind, and stick something in you, it’s something wrong with that. Your butt ain’t made for that. You got blood vessels and membranes in your behind. And if you put something unnatural in there, it breaks them all up. No wonder your behind is bleeding. It’s destroying us. Can’t make no connection with a screw and another screw. The Bible says, ‘God made them male and female.’ The Hebrew word ‘neged,’ which means complementary nature-there is something unique to man and unique to woman, and it takes those two things to complement each other. You can’t make a connection with two screws. It takes a screw and a nut!” Hilarious! Wednesday, October 19, 2005
All Your Halo Are Belong To Us
Bungie has posted some stats regarding how many Halo 2 games have been played since November 9th 2004. To date 324,362,454 games have been played online. Or 21,006 years worth. Longer than human existence. Personally speaking though, this is the most horrifying statistic: The Halo player who has played the most games to date (his identity will remain secret in order to protect his job) has played a staggering, mind-boggling 14,919 games, spending an average of six hours per day, and playing around 71 games. Per day. Now that guy is a freak. Seriously. Most popular maps: 
There were some pictures of the XBox 360 Dev kit posted awhile back, and people are speculating like crazy that the power-supply unit (PSU) is going to be the one pictured. It's HUGE...about as wide as a brick and longer. I believe it houses a fan in it. An external PSU also allows for a smaller/slimmer console. I think personally it's a great idea, and since it will be housed in an entertainment center etc, it won't be anywhere near my 360. But the comments on this post CRACKED me up.
d. 60. Posted Oct 18, 2005, 12:11 PM ET by Andrew What the hell is wrong with you people? It's a bleeding power supply. The console goes on the floor or in a cabinet. The power supply goes on the floor or in the cabinet behind it. What is the big deal? It's not hanging off, you bunch of whining morons. Blah blah blah wah wah wah why couldn't they put it inside? Because the console would be that much bloody BIGGER, and you're the freaking idiots who bitched and moaned about the first Xbox being so big in the god damn first place. If the AC adapter, of all things, is going to stop you from buying an Xbox 360, then you're likely too bloody stupid to use the console in the first place. Honestly. The AC adapter's going to @#@# up the feng shui arrangement of your gaming environment? @#$@# off. 62. Posted Oct 18, 2005, 1:50 PM ET by Walter Andrew... the pills aren't working... calm down. 67. Posted Oct 18, 2005, 6:11 PM ET by Jeramy woah, my xbox 360 also comes with an air-cooled tolberone holder? sweet. 29. Posted Oct 18, 2005, 8:01 AM ET by kjartan I don't see what the big deal is....It's a power supply....It's going to be hidden behind your TV. The size of the PSU isn't going to hinder how much fun you have playing games. That last one was the *smartest* thing anyone said. It's true...it won't hinder my enjoyment of the system. If I have to lug it anywhere (which I hardly have to since any multiplayer gaming usually takes place where I AM) it'd still fit in a backback :) Ah I love the smell of internet flame wars in the morning! Tuesday, October 18, 2005
So besides writing an advice column, submitting articles for Kotaku, and reviewing games/movies from time to time I post on the GameFaqs forums, either q's or helping those in games who are clueless. This post about what I can only imagine must be Grand Theft Auto takes the cake for stupidity.
Posted originally by Crying Freeman "im drive my car im very long in the road beacause i want see the map of the area. im tour the place on the city. my car is faster and faster the city is beuatifuly many tree pepole and many car. when i am my car is on the side i harm the other pepole on the car and get they car my car. when i get they car the police i have 1 star and the police is run me! i run run run the police is run in my back. when i am on the road i hitted a motorbick i get they motorbike and the police is no more. i drive again my bike on the city and i harm the drive in the van. i ride again the van im on the mountain i scared me on the mountain beacause darkest evening rain now! i fast beaecause i scare me. i fly my van on the mountain! oh jesus! im land on car the police run me again!! i run i get car of police i fly my car police in the lake. i swimming the lake 2minutes!!! i walk the road and i have 4 star!!! why?!! why i have 4 star?!! i swimming only!!!" Reminds me of scams run out of Nigeria...lol
Hello, Mrs. White Person! Please put your suitcase on the scanner! You are going to a tropical island? That sounds like so much fun, Mrs. White Person! Have a nice flight! Maybe you can bring me back a pet wombat!
Hello, Mr. Brown Person! I’m afraid you are on a watch list. That is because you are a bad person, Mr. Brown Person. Please come in the back room with me while I put on these tiny rubber gloves. No, your lawyer cannot help you. Lol did Playmobil really need an airport security playset? And another. Monday, October 17, 2005
XBox has another "viral" campaign currently going on. The pictures (below) surfaced a
have been hard at work researching and speculating as to what a countdown timer at www.hex168.com is counting down to. http://img347.imageshack.us/img347/1015/sfphoto2ih.jpg http://img347.imageshack.us/img347/2323/tulsaphoto1dn.jpg http://img347.imageshack.us/img347/610/flpoloroid3vg.jpg http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/images/FLjacksonvilleBeach.jpg http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/images/TruckSightings.jpg http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/images/SFbalboaTheater.jpg http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/images/WAneptuneTheater.jpg http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/images/LAmelrose.jpg Also a blog was found (here on Blogger!) http://hex168.blogspot.com/ in '91, '94, & '97 back when AOL wasn't even a gleam in any techie's eye. Not to mention the person who created this blog didn't do so until this month...looks like speculation will be high until tomorrow noon...hope this isn't as pointless as the Origen campaign... Friday, October 14, 2005Thursday, October 13, 2005
Future in-laws hate Tom...
"Katie Holmes's dad is said to be "very upset" because his unmarried daughter is pregnant with Cruise's child. And, what's more, the devoutly Catholic Martin Holmes reportedly is none-too-thrilled about his daughter's involvement in her husband-to-be's controversial religion, Scientology."  Also Nicholas Cage is off his rocker again. He named his kid Kal-El. His wife, Alice Kim Cage, gave birth Monday to a boy, Kal-el Coppola Cage, in New York City, said Cage's Los Angeles-based publicist, Annett Wolf. Either Cage is a really big fan of Superman, or he's really bitter about not getting to be the new Superman. Oh, and for the Kid's sake, he better have super powers, because he is gonna get it in the playground. Tuesday, October 11, 2005
This video cracks me up. Some kid kept his mic on in the game while arguing with his mom.
"You said you'd get me whatever I want and I said Mt. Dew and now I want Chocolate Milk!" LOLOL. I want some mother (#*@93'in chocolate milk! ::holds side:: Monday, October 10, 2005
So I think this is the coolest gadget/invention/technosexual necessity I've seen in awhile. Enter the PowerSquid! I've got a lot of electronics...PCs, monitors, stereo, video game systems, chargers for tons of gadgets....and they all require e-lec-tricity. Now obviously unless you've got a freaky house just FULL of outlets and don't mind spreading your technology all around the house, you're going to need a lot of outlets to plug all those jiggys into.
The majority of my gadgets reside in my bedroom near the computer. I think all told the number of outlets I need is around 18-20. A standard powerstrip or surge protector houses about 5 outlets. Most of my gadgets have odd or annoying boxy-shaped adapters tha allow for maybe 3 of those outlets to be used, while effectively covering up the others. Some genius (I think he IS a genius because this may be the one of the best things I've bought in awhile) decided to create short cords extending from the actual base unit so that you *could* utilize all 5 jacks. Love it. If you've got a nightmare of wires and cables look into one. ThinkGeek's got 'em :) Friday, October 07, 2005
Lindsay Loahn doll to be available this Christmas. (Smashed Mercedes and alcoholic father doll sold separately)
And apparently Britney has claimed she doesn't think Kevin is mature enough to be a father. Seeing that he was such a worthless father to his first two kids, I don't know why she thought he'd be any different with this one. I mean he's a loser...she's an airhead...talk about the pot in the kettle. I feel bad for PMS-Federline. Maybe Britney was smoking pot *through* a kettle when she got knocked up. And Katie Holmes! Ok, fine Tom. We believe you. You're not really gay. Great, now go away. That thing is going to burst out of Katie's chest, hand out copies of Dianetics and escape through the ventilation shaft. THe best is that Katie can't "scream." It's against the religion. Scientology believes in not touching the infant, or touching it as little as possible, and it's more than the "first few days". It's really full of alot of cultish make-you-dependant-on-the-instituation but emotionally stunting you crap like that. At any rate, that no screaming thing is just hilarious... In other news: L. Ron hubord was not a woman. I hope she doesn't get post-partum depression. Oh wait, Tom said that's fake so it must be. /end sarcasm Thursday, October 06, 2005
Black and White 2 came out yesterday. I've been looking forward to this game for some time now. I have played a good deal of Peter Molyneux's games over the course of my life. He created Populous which I played when I was like 7. Amazing concept for a game. You play a god...you morph the land, help the people, battle against other "religions." The original Black and White was by all means an awesome game. Great concept. A few little bugs, and a lot of "micro-managing" when you really should be doing godly things...not feeling like you're the town mayor. Hopefully B/W is as good as all the reviews have said.
Will you be a benevolent god, or an evil one?
I laughed SO hard at this.
J.K. Rowling rival delivers speech to school, calls Harry Potter gay. Hilarity ensues. Wow. They forgot to quote the first part of his speech about other fantasy novels. "Frodo and Sam? They aren't the only poofs in town, y'know." "What's all this about the children going to Narnia? No one catch the whole "coming out of the closet" references? The Professor was the first, you know? First to come out of the wardro- I mean closet. Now the little children are, too. They aren't the only gays in town." Apparently awhile back there was a product on Amazon, The Nimbus broom...the comments have been removed but check out this cached version of the page. Reada the user comments. lolol LOL
So this is both weird and cool at the same time. On October 14th Tivo is hosting NYC’s Digital Life technology and entertainment show. People who are in the first number of so many who come with a VHS tape and throw it into a "coffin" there will leave with a free Tivo. How's that for marketing.
In other spawnofsatan news Katie Holmes is pregnant...with Xenu...I mean Tom's baby. Good lord help us all. I wonder who the father is??? And I thought the idea behind Scientotology was to get rid of all the little beings inhabiting you, not put more in! Oh Adam West Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Price-Chopper Strikes Again!
Man I used to go there all the time before I discovered the Syracuse Wegmans.
Manufacturer screws up, accidentally replaces DVDs of Mormon film with gay porn. Hilarity ensues.
This one really speaks for itself :P Also Peter Jackson is slated to take over as producer for the "Halo" movie adaptation. Guess he was unable to resist enchanting lure of really big ring. One ring to rule them all :P Tuesday, October 04, 2005
My dad frequenty sends me chain-letter emails and jokes although I rather liked this one:
THE LAW IS THE LAW ! This is one of the better e-mails I have received in a long time! I hope this makes its way around the USA several times over!!!!! So Be It! THE LAW IS THE LAW So if the US government determines that it is against the law for the words "under God" to be on our money, then, so be it. And if that same government decides that the "Ten Commandments" are not to be used in or on a government installation, then, so be it. And since they already have prohibited any prayer in the schools, on which they deem their authority, then so be it. I say, "so be it," because I would like to be a law abiding US citizen. I say, "so be it," because I would like to think that smarter people than I are in positions to make good decisions. I would like to think that those people have the American Publics' best interests at heart. BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE I'D LIKE? Since we can't pray to God, can't Trust in God and cannot Post His Commandments in Government buildings, I don't believe the Government and it's employees should participate in the Easter and Christmas celebrations which honor the God that our government is eliminating from many facets of American life. I'd like my mail delivered on Christmas, Good Friday, Thanksgiving & Easter. After all, it's just another day. I'd like the US Supreme Court to be in session on Christmas, Good Friday, Thanksgiving & Easter as well as Sundays. After all, it's just another day. I'd like the Senate and the House of Representatives to not have to worry about getting home for the "Christmas Break." After all it's just another day. I'm thinking that a lot of my taxpayer dollars could be saved, if all government offices & services would work on Christmas, Good Friday & Easter. It shouldn't cost any overtime since those would be just like any other day of the week to a government that is trying to be "politically correct." In fact.... I think that our government should work on Sundays (initially set aside for worshipping God...) because, after all, our government says that it should be just another day.... Monday, October 03, 2005
I came across this quote regarding Nintendo and the Revolution. Thought it was pretty interesting:
"It blows my mind that Nintendo has so effectively proven that they ‘get’ it. How so? The Revolution controller. What? Yeah, that magic wand thing probably is the future of gaming. And furthermore, in the “next-gen” launch lineup it is starting to look like Nintendo is the only company that will deliver a truly next-gen gaming platform. Compared to the Revolution, the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 are simply expensive upgrades to existing platforms." Really that's all Microsoft and Sony are doing...upgrading the technology which worked for the past few console wars but from here on in it's time to tap the larger market that aren't hardcore gamers...time to evolve the controller to something even cooler that you can do so much more with. Go Nintendo. Thursday, September 29, 2005
The "Farkers" on the Fark.com boards were arguing about Star Wars since Lucas has seen fit to release another DVD of the original trilogy but without the extra bonus features disc. One Farker made a very interesting point about why so many fans are angry about the whole "Han shot first/Greedo shot first" change:
"And what is wrong with Greedo shooting first?" This. When Han shot first, it gave the audience the impression that he was a true scoundrel. He would kill, lie, cheat, or whatnot to save his own skin. He was in it just for the money. That way, during the "trench run" when the Millenium Falcon comes out of nowhere for the save, you get the feeling of Han making a decision to do the right thing, even though its against his prior nature. Now, it doesn't give nearly that same feeling. In my opinion in the end, the scene itself isn't the point. The hardcore fans don't even care about the scene itself. What they're pissed about is their perceived notion that George Lucas is messing with "their" classic fairy tale. It's like Spielberg swapping guns for cellphones. I guess it's considered some sort of geek blasphemy. Personally, I just liked the thought of Han being a dangerous guy who could do what had to be done, not a pansy. :P Tuesday, September 27, 2005
All that waiting for the big "announcement" on http://www.origenxbox360.com/ and it turns out to be a stupid damn contest. Bastards. I was hoping they'd announce something huge like Halo 3 or something "revolutionary," (ha-ha). Guess not. Instead after watching stupid migrating white bunnies and asexually reproducing green apples for months we get silly music box music that sounds like it belongs in a Harry Potter movie. Bahhhhhhhhh!
Britney Spears receives $1.5 million for baby pictures, $3 million for birth video and $1.5 million for baby home movies
Remember, it's not enough to prostitute yourself, you can push your kids into it, too! /disgrace to the human race /Start the countdown till this kid is addicted to crack and sniffing blow off a hooker's ass....3...2... /bets this will net better profits than her last album. I heard someone say this the other day: "What a whore. Not attention whore, just a whore." Lol it fits.
Today we offer a 30-second "Cone of Silence" for Don Adams, 86'd at 82
Article from: "Don Adams: I Believe Prayer Alone Saved My Life in 1943,"The National Enquirer. "When you're only 16 and waiting to die --- you're scared," TV star Don Adams told The ENQUIRER. It was 1943. Adams, who had enlisted in the Marines, had caught blackwater fever on Guadalcanal in the South Pacific. "After being flown to a hospital in Wellington, New Zealand, I was told nothing much could be done for me," he recalled. "I was just left to die. "That's when I started praying. I prayed night and day that my life might be spared. "Five days later I woke to find the fever and all its symptoms completely disappeared. "Before that my body was so badly bloated that it was more than twice its normal size. The doctors had not scientific explanation for what seemed a miraculous recovery. Logic told them I should have died. "Today there are no physical indications that I ever suffered from such an ordeal. "It is as though I never had blackwater fever. "I believe that it was prayer and prayer alone that saved my life. "At a time like that I knew the only help I could expect would be from God. "He was my only hope for survival." "Since that time I've been convinced someone up there is watching over every one of us. "Miracles have only one origin." Thursday, September 22, 2005
Paris Hilton...a lying ho.
Paris Hilton recently bragged to US magazine that she and her family had donated 6 million dollars to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. And according to Radar Online, "Some US staffers were skeptical about the boast - as were Hilton's own handlers, who sources say warned her about repeating the sketchy-sounding claim. 'She just flat-out lied,' griped one incredulous reporter. "Did she think no one would bother to check?'" In reality, a 6 million dollar donation was made through the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, a charitable trust set up by the Hilton family patriarch in 1944, back when kids in knickers played that game where they run with a hoop and a stick, and never in a million years did he imagine that any blood of his would turn his name into the punch line of every slut joke told in the next millenium. Needless to say, Paris has no affiliation with the trust. She sits on no board, she has no access to the funding and has no say in when or where funds are distributed. And, more to the point, the donation didn't cost her a dime. That 6 million didn't come from her bankroll. So, Paris may do something that helps the Gulf Coast, but only incidentally. In a Butterfly Effect kind of way. Like if she swallows some guys semen, and then they guy has to go to a doctor for the burning and then the doctor has a breakthrough in treating dysentery. So, in that sense, if Paris can help by having a guy pee on her or write their initials on her back, she's more the willing to help. Way to go Paris...you still lose at life. Wednesday, September 21, 2005
A huge pet peeve of mine of mine is when I'm at a stop sign waiting for a pedestrian to cross the street, and they don't pick up the pace. It infuriates me. (My other pet peeve is what a douche I sound like using the phrase "pet peeve.")
All I ask is the people crossing the street show a little hustle when they know there's a car wating on them. I know they don't have to, but I would like it because the rage I feel while they saunter along is going to give me a coronary. I'd even be happy with the Coach's Trot-- you see that in sports when the players are all running to their lockers, and the fat old coach just moves his arms around to make it "look" like he's running. I bring all this up because I keep seeing a commerical for the new VW Passat. In it, two guys are playing football on the street and one of them goes long, dives to catch the ball and lands hard on the hood of a Passat. He then rolls off to the ground, unhurt. The announcer goes on to talk about Passat's new "Front-End Pedestrian Saftey System" which apparently makes it safer if you hit somebody. This is the best news ever. It seems to me this is a license to mow people down at will. The Passat people are geniuses. The next time someone is taking too long to cross the street, I can playfully knock their asses across the road for them. Life just keeps getting better. Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Yet another article about political pandering over violence in video games.
If there are any politicians, consultants or aides reading this blog, print this post and tack it up on your wall. Here’s my warning. If you propose legislation about violence in video games, I will vote against you. If you blame video games for the next school killing, I’ll vote for your foe, Democrat or Republican. If you make a speech in which you blame society’s ills on video games, I will donate $200 to your rival, even if the race isn’t in my district. Hear that, Ms. Clinton? Why should you take me seriously? Because I’m in my mid-20s, I live in an affluent suburb, I pay very close attention to the school ratings in my neighborhood, I look at my tax bills closely, I vote in every election — and I know “violence in video games” is a favorite bullshit political tactic to draw attention away from what politicans really should be fixing: underfunded schools and lack of decent health care for poorer kids. Another reason to take me seriously: I know I’m not alone in disgust as an adult gamer. At this point there are more adults playing video games, including those who have kids, than innocent, impressionable fanboys. We’re perfectly aware of what to expect when a game has an “M” ESRB rating. We know what our kids can play. So thank for your concern, Governor Granholm and Assemblyman Yee. But get the @)@#! out of my living room — and out of elected office.
This entry is dedicated to Jay Benati...and the Rap Snacks we discovered in Syracuse, NY.
There was a Fark contest recently to photoshop Rap Snacks...and I thought he'd get a kick out of this. Monday, September 19, 2005
Lost Garden has posted an awesome article regarding the video game life cycle as it pertains to marketing, hardware, controllers, and system design. Check it out. I hope Nintendo can really change the way people game...they're not dead yet!
Friday, September 16, 2005
So gas is finally going down! The local Hess station had $2.99 gas last night and by the time I went to get some around 8pm they were sold out. That's never happened to me before lol but at least the next cheapest was $3.05. I can deal with that.
So today at the Tokyo Game Show conference the Nintendo Revolution controller details were released! Fanboys rejoice! There had been a lot of speculation...(Build Your Own!) And definitely some *over-speculation*  Here's the keynote speech minute by minute. And IGN's hands-on with the controller. "For months, years even, we've been hearing Nintendo reiterate that it does not want to be part of the same battle that Sony and Microsoft are deeply entrenched in. This was an important message from Nintendo in our meeting. It wants to explore uncharted waters, be a blue ocean company, and not find itself sailing the bloody waters where the competition resides." Main controller features: * 3D Pointing. Sensors understand up, down, left, right, forward and backward. * Tilt Sensitive. Controller can be rotated or rolled from side-to-side. * Buttons Included. Has a trigger on its backside, face buttons, and a D-Pad. * Multifunctional. Has an expansion port which can be used with different types of controller peripherals. Analog stick with two trigger buttons planned for left hand. * Wireless. Totally wire-free. Currently there are no details on the max distance, source or power, or otherwise. * Rumble Built-in. Included as a standard in all the controllers. Here are some more "fake controllers" designed by Nintendo fanboys. A few had me really cracking up. Nintendo For Women Nintendo For Men Atari Oldskool Actually a good design Lol Overdoing it... Thursday, September 15, 2005
So I'm planning a new blog design, but it's going to take awhile. It's so much easier when you can grab graphics from somewhere but I've got to actually design this site the way I want it or it will look like middle school crap.
FFO fun continues at work, and the traffic morning and nightly makes me want to scream. It's not that there *is* traffic but it's like "phantom traffic." Anyone else from NJ will know exactly what I mean about 18, 287, 80 and 380. You'll be driving along driving along driving along, BAM....dead stop. You don't see any flashing lights, dead deer, crazy nuns on acid blocking the road. You crawl forward playing the stop-and-go game. Suddenly the cars in front of you JET FORWARD in a Red-Bull Taurine induced rush! And you continue on as normal with still no cause for the backup. Frustrating...to the max. Thank God I've got an iPod. So everyone here at Pfizer's been super nice so far. Ed and I switched offices about a week after Dendrite found out Pfizer would not be renewing their service contract post 2005. Dendrite didn't want us there anymore, (raising questions of if they ever did), and my 10 minute commute became the former grueling hour. It's literally down the road a few minutes from where I used to work at AIG. A couple former co-workers and I may meet up for lunch sometime. It would be good to see Regina and Trish again. They were cool my 3 1/2 years at AIG. Time to order updated business cards though...kinda pisses me off that the 200 I've got left are kind of useless now :L Back to the grind! Wednesday, September 14, 2005
"I heard from a very reliable source who saw a 25 foot deep crater under the levee breach. It may have been blown up to destroy the black part of town and keep the white part dry," Farrakhan said.
Ok now we're getting ridiculous. I actually heard people say that Bush caused the hurricane now. This is ignorance at its greatest form. Can we get rid of Farrakhan...and please someone take the shotgun away from Sean Penn. He doesn't need to be in New Orleans. Tuesday, September 13, 2005
I thought it might be interesting for you to know which oil companies are the best to buy gas from and which major companies import Middle Eastern oil.
These companies import Middle Eastern oil: Shell.................... 205,742,000 barrels Chevron/Texaco........... 144,332,000 barrels Exxon /Mobil............. 130,082,000 barrels Marathon/Speedway........ 117,740,000 barrels Amoco..................... 62,231,000 barrels If you do the math at $30/barrel, these imports amount to over $18 BILLION! (oil is now $55-$60 a barrel) Here are some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil: Citgo..................... 0 barrels Sunoco.................... 0 barrels Conoco.................... 0 barrels Sinclair.................. 0 barrels BP/Phillips............... 0 barrels Hess...................... 0 barrels ARC0...................... 0 barrels All of this information is available from the Department of Energy and each is required to state where they get their oil and how much they are importing. Choose carefully where you fill up. Saturday, September 10, 2005
This is absolutely horrible...what's worse is that it makes you laugh your ass off.
Mexican Immigrant Prank Friday, September 09, 2005
One Season More, a pretty fantastic CGI animated film for the wistful song from Star Wars: The Musical , in which Luke has to fix one moisture evaporator too many.
Genius.
Ok remember when Cybersex was just in a chatroom? Looks like some weirdos have started to do this via World of Warcraft, the Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) Read this...cracked me up.
Best line: "Speaking of indecency...I wasn't aware that cyber-@(#*@ing in the Tram was considered "roleplaying. Perhaps it's just me." LOL ** Update ** The Retropolitan rbought it to my attention that the link didn't go through for this initial post. For your viewing pleasure...here's the link. Thursday, September 08, 2005
Hooray! Video games are not only healthy, but also make you a better doctor. Studies carried out at the Beth Israel Medical Center in New York show that surgeons that gamed were better than doctors that didn’t.
“Then when we looked at whether you were a current video gamer, we found that if you played video games currently, you were over 30 percent better, faster, and created fewer errors than someone who did not play video games at all.” Video Games Make Great Surgeons Wednesday, September 07, 2005
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I've just witnessed the destruction of the DataSync application CCP. It is no more. It has ceased to be. It is a former CCP! WOOOO!
Live rollout began yesterday morning and withstanding the one huge problem we had today, everything is running smoothly. You sense your life has become easier somehow :P Friday, September 02, 2005
FFO is just about done. Thank God. The past 4 weeks have been so trying. I'm so ready for the week to be over. It seems like in 5 half a year the commute has gotten even worse on 287. Such are the trials of a corporate job...
Finished Six Feet Under Season 5 last night. Amazing ending. The whole ending sequence clocked in at like 8 minutes I think. I'll have to double check. I want to extract that portion of the 90 min finale. "There was a lot of resistance in the (writers') room to Nate dying," he recalls. "Everybody was like, 'It just feels so sad.' I said, 'Great, give me something else, pitch something else and if we find something that works better, I'll do it.' But the show is about death and its place in our lives and Nate especially is a character whose overall arc has been inching toward full acceptance of his own mortality and what is the final step of one's mortality? It's death. Nothing else clicked the way that did." Sia - Breathe Me Help, I have done it again I have been here many times before Hurt myself again today And, the worst part is there's no-one else to blame Be my friend Hold me, wrap me up Unfold me I am small I'm needy Warm me up And breathe me Ouch I have lost myself again Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found, Yeah I think that I might break I've lost myself again and I feel unsafe Be my friend Hold me, wrap me up Unfold me I am small I'm needy Warm me up And breathe me Thursday, September 01, 2005
So not even 24 hours after they announced their "Try Before You Buy" deal, Apple has pulled said deal for the Mac Mini. Wow way to go Apple...you HAD a good idea, too bad you half-assed implemented it.
So I saw Hall and Oates on Tuesday night with Matt and Jess. Awesomeness. They give an awesome concert...too bad they didn't play my favorite song (which happens to be their biggest hit ever), Out Of Touch. Oh well...I still love you Darryl and John.  John is no longer sporting the mustache, and he looks all the better for it :D Monday, August 29, 2005Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Princteon Review details of SU:
Undergraduates have many different opinions about what the typical student at Syracuse is like. Many students say that the most visible group "comes from a lot of money and enjoys partying." Others note a seemingly disproportionate number of Long Islanders and "Soprano country" kids. But the numbers don't lie; Syracuse has strong diversity numbers, both ethnic and geographic. Although inherent diversity exists, students note that, "no one communicates outside their own group." The university tries to facilitate interaction, however, with "good programs for sexual orientation, gender, and racial equality." A senior comments, "There seems to be a high level of openness and no real pressure to conform to any popular standard." One student says, "I lived on a floor with hippies, frat guys, and architecture students, and it was still calm." Another student adds, "We're a melting pot of aspiring youth stuck in winter. We're like, 'Why not just all accept each other?'" LOL I remember living on a floor with hippies, "Stumpies," Architecture, Comm, Artists, Drama students, rich bitches, Preppy guys, and everything else. SU sure was pretty damn diverse. Monday, August 22, 2005Friday, August 19, 2005
Buy it, use it, break it, fix it,
Trash it, change it, melt - upgrade it, Charge it, pawn it, zoom it, press it, Snap it, work it, quick - erase it, Write it, cut it, paste it, save it, Load it, check it, quick - rewrite it, Plug it, play it, burn it, rip it, Drag and drop it, zip - unzip it, Lock it, fill it, curl it, find it, View it, coat it, jam - unlock it, Surf it, scroll it, pose it, click it, Cross it, crack it, twitch - update it, Name it, rate it, tune it, print it, Scan it, send it, fax - rename it, Touch it, bring it, obey it, watch it, Turn it, leave it, stop - format it. Surf it, scroll it, pose it, click it, Cross it, crack it, twitch - update it Technologic. Technologic. Technologic. Technologic. Thursday, August 18, 2005
I was looking at the VIVO press release on the ineranet and they mentioned:
"The world’s largest corporations have selected Intellisync as their mobility solution standard, including America Online, Crédit Agricole, Domino’s Pizza, Guidant, Microsoft, NTT DoCoMo, Oracle | PeopleSoft, Pfizer, Target, T-Mobile, Union Pacific, Verizon Wireless and Yahoo! For more information, please visit www.intellisync.com. R0x0rs! My company's on the up and up! Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Brion may be a level 57 level Night Elf Hunter in World of Warcraft, but he’s not too elite to be pwned by his mother, especially when she’s two levels higher.
About 3:30 a.m. Monday, Brion snuck onto the WoW forums past his bedtime to post a little tactics. Unfortunately, his mom, a level 59 Human priest, reads the forums too. **** Pardon me for hijacking the thread, here.. But, Brion - if you don’t want your mother to know you were up and on the computer at 3:29 in the morning - DON’T post on a forum that she reads. Busted. Grounded. **** About four hours after dishing out some major public pwnage on her son, Frayda hopped back on to announce his punishment. **** Yeah, you won’t be seeing Brion at Alterac Valley tonight… I’m going to make him watch a movie with me instead. I’m thinking a real chick flick - Steel Magnolias or Moulin Rouge. :) **** Hey, I love Moulon Rouge! 
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