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

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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

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

They are building my XBox 360 as I type!

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....

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.

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

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."

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.

Stewart Beach Galveston, TX Webcam

It's scary looking there already...

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.

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.

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!

Sometimes British children scare me.

I just figured something out that had be laughing so hard.

So Britney Spears had her baby boy a yesterday right? She named him Preston Michael Spears. PMS. LOL For the full-named goodness it's PMS-Federline. LOL