sean's first post: a respone to kotaku

Even with all the alternatives on the market, no one can look Microsoft straight in the eye and claim that there's a service more complete or polished than Xbox LIVE. And their arcade titles are complimenting the service, not just through spec-sheet pleasing "leaderboards," but massive amounts of co-op injected into new and old titles alike. I have huge hopes for Home and the few PSN titles out there are fantastic, but LIVE tips the scales of me buying/playing a game on the 360 instead of the PS3...daily. As for Nintendo, their infrastructure is the equivalent of a 1991 AOL member homepage with animated mailbox gifs and site counters. It's shamefully outdated, and not in the ironic way.

A new post (hxxp://kotaku.com/339165/calling-it-the-xbox-360-won-2007) on the popular gaming news blog Kotaku declares that they find Xbox Live the winner for online gaming in 2007. In their analysis, they compare Microsoft's online service to that of Nintendo and Sony, but is this examination complete and conclusive? What gives this man the right to compare the content level of a 4 gig DVD inside their large piece of electronics to the tiny hand held Nintendo DS?

There is an obvious reason the DS won in sales this year; its portable, its suitable for all ages, and its cheap. For the price of a 360 game, one can almost buy two DS games, and the cartridge for these is probably a 10th of the size! how could any one expect the same level of content in a portable game next to a DVD in a console?

And what gives this guy the right so say that Live has the best online gaming service available? he compared it to the two other consoles; the wii and the ps3. But the Wii was designed to be played with friends in the same room, and the online service was created with little 8 year old kids online. What parent could submit their child to a game with voice chat with drunk college kids or worse: those evil 12 year olds who are so ruthless on Live. And the PS3, well no one has a PS3 so what are you going to do. He missed a crucial opponent though, acting like he doesn't exist; PC gaming.

PC gaming has made steps beyond Live that pre-teen fan boys can only begin to imagine, yet it is so much more simple. On xbox live, you select an option that you want to play a game. From there the service searches out other people who just pressed the same button and throws you all together in a tiny room. This brilliant scheme sets you back about $50 a year. Now who's tiny room is it? why, which ever one of those kids who happens to have the lowest latency, of course! just throw all the hosting onto a system that is already running the game and we'll have cool runnings from here on out. in PC gaming, a group of people come together, chip in some money (and i've looked at it, if you get a small handful or so of people it can be $50 or less per year easy) and create their own server. On this server, they can pick their own rules and map rotations and game types. They can ban cheaters or "hax0rz" with a simple command. What has live got to stop these hax0rs? well, you can report them, and they'll probably have their account suspended for a while. but what happens if a couple people report some innocent young chap who just pwnd their asses of the face of the earth? well, they'll probably have their account suspended for a while. Now that kid can't play, where-as on the server system, he just goes and jumps on a new one of hundreds.

Another clear difference in online pc gaming and live is the competency of the players. server admins do have more power than a normal person on live, so their is some kind of law present. our little johnny the 1337 12 year old decides that he's going to start busting heads on voice chat, well consider little johnny banned. from there he can go find a server full of other little 1337 12 year olds and they can all yell obscenities on their microphones together. But for every other server in the list, you'll find these kids completely absent. There is a level of respect there that you just can't buy from Microsoft.

Let's talk about Microsoft's acclaimed content download packs. Gamers eventually get tired of playing the same few maps over and over again, so when the fan base for a certain game begins to shrink, Microsoft can release a content download pack to update the maps and game types, for a price. Pay and extra 5 or 10 dollars, and you get 4 or 5 new maps, maybe a new game type, and continue to play their product for another year or so, until they release the next content pack in the form of Game 2, for another full $60. Now how does PC gaming keep it's gamers happy? Users can create their own maps and mods and release them, for free, on the internet. What?! Computer games release more content at a quicker pace, for free, from better servers, with less in-game lag, for a game that initially cost less money, but somehow looks better?! just a thought...

Another Buystuffmas passes... and here come awards

Underneath the 8 inches of snow (I'm in Colorado at this moment in time) and pounds of lights and trees, another 'buystuffmas' slips by. We should just call this damn 'christian' holiday National Materialism Day and get our heads out of our asses to be honest. Maybe post-pone jesus' birthday or vice versa since only 20% of people if that actuallly celebrate christmas with that being the central idea. Oh well, maybe i'm just a cranky asshat.

Anyways, I feel like a dried prune due to the typical colorado weather and altitude and I can wait to see my lovely wonderful girlfriend when i return.

But in a sadder light, there's.. people.. i miss.
Oh well i shall get over it.

And without further ado, here are my annual Matt's award ceremony!
These are given to people I hold dear to my heart and deserve these with the utmost respect.
Wear it proud!
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I'd like to give my yearly "good for you!" brownie button award to Grant for finally having a good pc and not shutting the fuck up about how godly he is now.
So grant, I formally announce

ahem.
"GOOD FOR YOU!"
dumbass.
Thank you. Now we can do some pwning in TF2.

Runner up was Zach for failing to succeed in flaunting useless shit.
:D
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My "I'm Better than YOU" award goes to no one other than myself of course.

So I'd like to announce that I am indeed better than you and my ego will clearly tell you that jackass.

Runner up again was Zach for this award in an attempt to have a successful superiority complex that clearly falls short of mine.
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The "Wonderful Person" award goes to my girlfriend for being..well an amazing person.
Take my ideal woman in my mind and she's pretty much a projected image of just that only short of playing video games which she's started to do as it is anyways!
So I just wanna say...

I love you so much and I can't wait to see you when i come home!
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The "Sinful Award" goes to Cheyenne.
oh you're just silly you silly christian you!
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The "Fail" award goes to no one other than Hillary Clinton for not only having a face to ROFL at but for failing at politics as well.

Runners up for this award were my sister, Zach again, and grant who only saved himself by building a good PC.
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In media, my favorites of the year are as follows
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Top 5 Games of the year (in order 1 being best):
1)Bioshock
2)Orange Box
3)Phantom Hourglass
4)Call of Duty 4
5)Unreal Tournament 3

Crysis did not make the list although it wins hard in graphics.
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Top 5 Movies I saw this year:
1) Superbad
2) Igby Goes Down
3)I am Legend
4)28 Weeks Later
5) Walk hard

28 Weeks later didn't live up to 28 days later so i honestly have to put I am legend between the two so its debateable.

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I'm too tired to do the rest of this section so i'll do it later.

Anyways, hope everyone had an excellent National materialism day and hope you all have a great new years!

~With love

Merry Christmas

It's the night before buystuffmas, and i'd just like to wish anyone who reads this blog a merry christmas =D. Eh, corny but i felt it was needed.

Now that that is out of the way, i hopefully will be playing some badass games tomorrow night; TF2, UT3, GH3, etc.

And rofl at the guy who made this :
^Religious freak lolz.

Skyboxes and my future forecasts and apparently news too

So, lets see here....

First off, there's a simple concept behind no sky box in a video game. There's so fake image in the sky. Its all rendered in real time.
So lets look at a few examples here of games with skyboxes. First we have the age old class zelda. This skybox is fairly easy to spot.
Good! You see the skybox now!
lets move on to some newer games. How about.. Halo 3. Halo 3 does in fact use a skybox


If I really have to point it out for you, you're a dumbass and should probably go back to playing JumpStart Kindergarten.

Now, this next one.. NEEDS video to do it justice. Its a game called crysis. The most technologically advanced game available to consumers. The beginning of the clip shows what i'm talking about




YAY! now you know what real time rendering looks like dipshit.



Moving right along, I have a pretty good idea where i could see most of my friends within a good 20 years or so.

Lets start with my best friend...


Me. - Game Programmer or Computer Sciences major at a well of company pooling at least 60 grand and married most likely in the Seattle area or northeast.

Kelsey - Probably an art major like she says. I'm not sure exactly what she'll be doing, but itll be something fancy. Probably married, maybe poor but she could care less how much money she has. I think she may still be a vegan by then. = P


Grant - After nabbing Salutitorian, having no life for 3 more years of his high school career, and successfully talking the ear off in interviews and making em laugh so hard they HAVE to hire him, he'll probably be a successful person in computers or the engineering field abroad. This is just my impression at this point in time of course.

Zach - Zach.. honestly could take two routes. The first is the most likely, the second is the more humorous to dream up and is totally logical.
1) Successful fashion designer, maybe making more money than I will be still flaunting his conceitedness and smoking hot body. Maybe not a fashion designer, but he'll definitely do something in that artsy field where i do not dare to roam.
2) Mooching off those around him living with them, moving from place to place across the country in a traveling folk singer's manner. I think it'd be cute.

Sean - Pft. Since he seems so set on an electrical engineer... he'll probably get it. Nuff said.

Abby - Artistic.. blah blah blah. Same redundant thing i've said twice already.

of the million kids thinking they're going into medical, I predict about 5% actually will.
Most will fuck themselves over when they realize once its too late how totally kickass engineering really is.

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Onto a more less depressing subject....
I now have a companion cube on my desktop. For those of you who don't know, the companion cube is the amazing loving cube you get in portal. (it won't stab you!)
So if needed, familiarize yourself with the companion cube and cake.
Because portal is possibly the best puzzle game you'll ever play in your entire life.

Onto my stress levels which are at this moment through the roof. I failed a precalc test today becuase of my own stupidity in studying for it ( i remembered all the hard shit, forgot the easiest things) and almost cried afterwards. Bivings still fails to really teach and then bitches at us for "wasting time" while she rants for 30 minutes about how we waste time. (WAY TO GO)
By the time I'm done typing i'll probably need to go shoot some things on team fortress 2.
By the way, if for some reason i don't know you read this and you have the game and live in my area, feel free to let me know as i plan on having a 4v4 Shooter lan party sometime in the near future. = )
Wireless, land, laptops, and desktops welcome. I have plenty of desk and table space. = )
*Talk about me being a nerd wow..*

Well i'm done, this post has pretty much been a waste of about 10 minutes of my life.
grats.

OH also. here's a few sites for the weekend to checkout should you get bored.

www.torrentfreak.com (All torrent news)
www.kotaku.com (hardcore gaming news about the gaming industry, new games, and sales)
www.neopets.com (my girlfriend made an account.. FAIL)
www.digg.com (Fairly nice news on there sometimes)

This reminds me of yet another endless rant topic.
News.
Oh gotta love the uprise of the internet media. With thousands upon millions of voices streaming in 1s and 0s from left to right. It really makes television and old fashioned news print look like censored fascist pieces of shit if you ask me.
which if you think about it, it really is easy to understand.

American television: the cooking pot of a lazy deathly fat society. For the following reasons of course.
1) People like Ellen Degeneres ruin classic japanese TV. - This is just the epitome of moments where you take something that's a good idea (human Tetris) and turn it into a tard fest of women screaming and making you rather be in hell. In the span of about 15-20 minutes time, american tv fails to accomplish even the surface of what wholesome japanese television tv covers in 5 minutes. ( Seriously, look up the ellen human tetris and the japanese human tetris of youtube, you'll see what i mean). So in a sense this leads to...
2) Failure of successful presentation - Fuck, american tv.....you watch it for 30 minutes and feel left with about 5 minuets of actual content most of the time. Honestly. Enough said.
3) Only taking in....and...taking in more..- The beauty of the internet is its truely a melting pot of ideas. So what,that 14 year old fag can be a little bitch on the forums, but most of the time there is true substance in what people say. Take for instance digg.com and take a news article. You get the media's side of a story as well as the input of several individuals that range usually in tastes and opinions. The most accurate news is that from 360 degrees because there's really no such thing as total unbiasedness.
4) US Censorship and Capitalism annihilates complete freedom of speech - This is pretty self-explanatory. Of course, the FCC has let up a little bit but for the most part american society is too naive to listen to what they don't really want to hear (i.e. Comfort and consoling and shelter from "evil" ideas) . Besides horrid censorship, Capitalism forces news and television and media as a whole to comform to supply and demand. The beauty of the internet is despite the fact not many people will read your publications, inevitably people will stumble across it if you get it out there. Since networks have to care so much about ratings to make ends meet, they end in producing the most shit possible in order to appeal to mass of flies I call the bulk of america. Way to fucking go you ignorant douches. Anyone actively involved in the internet knows where to look for what in regards to modern technology (for example, kotaku is a shining example of video game media with an active community following with input through comments. THIS IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF HOW NEWS SHOULD BE.) The internet is also more cost effective and is essentially free advertising for several individuals, bands, and independent filmmakers and developers.

Anyways, I think i've burnt some steam on how i'm better than 80% of america, but that's okay. We still love you. We need someone to be stuck in between true intellectuals and the true hard workers in this world.

By the way, I'm sorry to disappoint you, but buystuffmas is almost here.

Today was amazing

I made all region, 2nd band 7th chair.
Better yet, i met a girl.
She's adorable<333

I did it.

I officially quit WoW.
My account is gone.
Fuck yeah.
Sold for 200$.

I will NEVER go back to that game, too goddamn addicting.
Well, if i get my money through PayPal by tomorrow, im buying this beast core 2 duo (2.66ghz 4mb cache)
In other news, i have Guitar Hero 3 for PC now, and its the shit. Old school Weezer took me by surprise, and it was badass, as well as Muse's Knight's of Cydonia being on there. Oh yeah and Fall of Troy's song is tight. But jesus christ its choppy as hell on my 3.2ghz single core, my new processor should change that incredibly, especially after i overclock it a bit.

Twenty Three days until Christmas!
Peace.

Quote of friday night

"Life is better with a cat on your lap"
=]

Lol

Sammy 3 belts.

So there I was..

(this one felt a little cheesy so i hesitated to post, but i'll do so anyways)


To start off the lovely evening, I'll simply pull straight from myspace a pleasant bulletin on my current thoughts and regards towards the death of the guitarist of Hawthorne Heights.

"Damn he died, okay get the fuck over it.

Just think of the positives.
like
+ how the world will possibly be a better place without another shitty band (being Hawthorne Heights for those of you who are s-l-o-w) taking up space.
ahh.. its good to dream.
+ or the irony behind the death of an "emo" guitarist in an emo band that has such deep lyrics as "Cut my wrists and black my eyes"
and i wholeheartedly agree with my buddy alex

and i quote:
"Let's hope they set the body on fire, we can't have zombies. Emo Zombies would suck...."

I could just be a cynical ass but honestly i could care less about some shitty "subhuman" level band. I've shown too much care by typing this bulletin already.

o.O
Sincerely (and best wishes to his family, not the band members. They just suck),
Matt."

And so begins my loving kindness. Nobody cares. get over it.
Moving along on my agenda, I have a few quotes which i believe represent me from other people's mouth (/wrists for cheesiness award).

ANND

#1) "iTunes kind of feels like Sam Goody to me. I don't feel cool when I go there. I'm tired of seeing John Mayer's face pop up. I feel like I'm being hustled when I visit there, and I don't think their product is that great."
- Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails

In full support of OiNK, this hits the nail right on the head. Oh the death of an age-old industry would be very very relaxing.

#2) "wishonavoid (8:37:18 PM): how dirty
wishonavoid (8:37:34 PM): you wanted to have sex with an 80 year old guy named ernie
wishonavoid (8:37:35 PM): wow
wishonavoid (8:37:38 PM): you must be desperate"

This is just how much my girlfriend loves me, because I know you care.

#3) "'get a life' Translates into stop playing online games and go watch football like the rest of america"

Possibly the only time I've ever seen a forum troll from WoW say something of remote truth and intelligence.

This all leads up to my topic of choice for the evening: Stereotypes and why people suck.

I suck.
You suck.
That redneck sucks.

"Oh silly goose its because you're going to argue everything being relative to everything else!"

While that's a valid arguement, that's not the direction I was heading in.

I suck for the following reasons:
~ I'm a cynical condescending asshat
~ I'm a nerd and sucker for anything technologically amazing
~ I make girls jealous in what size pants I wear (0s usually by the way)
~ I'm extremely liberal (good and bad)
~ I'm not the straightest guy in the world...

Now that I've stated how much I suck lets move on on why you suck:
~ You're reading this blog
~ You have no life
~ You're probably depressed and a complete ass on the inside
~ You wish you had real problems
~ You wish you had food right now
~ You're probably getting horny reading this sentence since the word horny, erection, and boobs was mentioned in it

To the stereotypes

Emo kids:
~ LOL Hawthorne Heights guy died. I really find this funny and a tad bit ironic. I wonder how many will commit suicide as a result
~ Toting the shittiest music genre in known existence (besides country of course), 2000+ emo is a washed up recreation of the boy bands of the 90s. No suprise here.
~ The bassist in fall out boy is still a completely asswad.
~ I could rant about the depression issue but instead i'll just give you some much-needed help since everyone bashes you for it. Here are your options
1. Kill yourself and get it over with
2. Make your parents give you more money for more shitty clothing
3. Go to google and search depression. I bet you'll find some help
4. Fuck, go to a library and get books on it if you really are depressed
5. If you can't resist slitting your wrists, its down the highway, not across the street.
6. Whore on myspace but don't add me about how much shit sucks

Scene Kids:
~ You all are just asshats, nuff' said. Go snatch some more babies and wear 3 belts like "emo" sam (No offense sam xD. Okay maybe some.)

Rednecks:
~ Hah rebel flag just amuses me. Southern Pride representing my ass.
~ Not all of you are dicks, but you can't give anyone shit about tight pants.

Nerds/Pirates/Hackers:
+ Sadly a group I just can't bash. What is there really negative about you..
~ As a whole shitty fashion sense.
(there I found one)

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In gaming news, I've gotten back into Team Fortress 2 with a fiery passion. I've nearly beat Phantom Hourglass and I HIGHLY recommend it to any DS owner. Its a lot easier than say the N64 games, but its totally fun and fits the DS for those quick moments to play a game. It spans about 12 hours in length or so i'd say in your first run through.

P.S. For those of you who don't think I eat, I've had 2 pancakes and sausage on a stick and 2 chimichangas (sp?) for dinner. Time for me to go back into hibernation now, I've eaten my winter up.

I..(matt)

I'll have a fairly intriguing post sometime within the next few hours.
I just felt i needed to help build the suspense with a random "teaser" post beforehand.

This post will be about sex, drugs, and rock and roll.
not really.

Actually it'll be about the adverse effects of shitty music, a few of my favorite quotes, and why i feel i deserve to be a soulless ass towards select people.


More at 11 (or whenever i feel like posting.)

Sincerely with all my cold cold heart,
Matt

wtf?

There's a wocket in my pocket.

heh

"its retarded to make posts that are opinions of the other person's post on a blog but you asked for it." -Matt
You're the one who bashed Halo 3 when i said i was enjoying it, and i never debated why it was good =P. I just said i was bored with most games, and so i casually play Halo 3. You also tried to make it personal with "And FUCK YOU GRANT Halo 3 is a shitty game." =P, when i never tried to argue it was any better than a PC game?

Yeah i can blog about whatever i want=] Just like all your posts have video games in them. Nothing wrong with that, so why is there something wrong with my movie posts? I thought a movie was badass enough i want to blog about it, just as you thought Ocarina of Time was blog worthy.

I do agree with you about the internet, but i just don't agree with Ron Paul support. Sure his stance is impressive, but i can't agree with someone who wishes to repeal Land and Water conservation acts, is anti universal health care, and is anti Global Warming control.

Now, his views on how medicare and shit are impressive actually, though i disagree with them because the society we live in today would go to shit if we were to actually live by those views. Far right wing conservatism can not succeed without the full society agreeing, as well as far left wing. And honestly, i think more people want a more socialistic government, which i think is stupid, but whatever. I would prefer a democratic nation, with just a hint of socialism, but i don't know if thats possible in America as there are so many dumbfucks. But universal health care is a go IMO, but i do agree with you that some people are just retarded and probably want more. So thats why im moderate on that issue. And, I don't think any of the democratic candidates will have enough support from Congress to change everything, i just think they're trying to pull in votes. Ron Paul wants change too though, his view on Occupation Safety for example; he wants to repeal the Occupational Health and Safety act of 1970. So eh, i guess it is like Russian roulette.

Eh oh well, we can't vote, so we can just stfu xD

And, about video games, you said it was preference, and it is. =P. I prefer 360 a lot of the time, but i dont think other consoles necessarily suck. And yes matt PC games are ahead of console games right now, but im waiting until i have money to buy TF2 and Crysis, until then Halo 3 is my game. And microsoft hasn't flat out said no modding on UT3 yet, have they?

Well, besides matt and i arguing, its thanksgiving! Hope everyone has a good one.

I'm off to nom some turkey, peace.

In response to grant's post..

Politics are like assholes. You basically have to pick the one that stinks the least.

Underneath, there's strong pulls that Obama is a socialist.
That's how democrats generally are anyways (as with the "liberal" mindset)

Yes, i'm an extremely liberal person, but as far as the presidential position goes, i'd rather have a conservative dick in office than someone who's gonna try and change absolutely everything (Becuase if huckabee won, he'd make us all skinny right)

Its really a matter of opinion

Ron Paul is a constitutionalist.
He takes a stance at least that's been show so far.. away from business/government ties
which also leads him to be one of the most popular candidates to internet enthusiasts, pirates, etc.
Yes, he has a conservative mindset, but I still am opinionated in that the internet is the only free method of unmoderated speech left in the world and it should stay that way. Hell I'll stand by how it is till the end of time.

So back to the lesser of the evils, honestly.. politicans are all two-faced, there's nothing that's going to change that solely because of the amount of pressure companies and other politicians as well as the public eye puts upon them.

But yeah, right now my support would be with either Ron Paul or Obama, but Obama (based on what he's said so far) could easily take the things he stands on into an extremist socialist-like reform movement if congress supports of course (unless you're bush, congress doesn't matter then right?).

But eh, you never know. Its like inevitable failing russian roulette. Either one you pick and you'll probably shoot yourself in the foot for it or they'll change. So whatever at this point.

BTW grant, you fail at blogging.
you really do
(ZOMG POST 10 THINGS IN ONE DAY ABOUT ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. LAWLS guyz I saw a movie go me. Oh look LOL @ matt. Now i shall blog about it)


Dumbass.


Oh and i know there's different kinds of gamers
The ones who suck (360) and the hardcore true team players (PC) and then the casual market (wii/ds/etc.).

Yeah.
And Gears of war and halo2 are stupid microsoft mistakes to begin with not reflecting the true market of the year. Both were better in the PC versions i might add, just aged and different.
Games using mice also tend to be faster paced shooters due to the pure reflex that is abled by using that instead of a shitty joystick
Halo 3 feels like a crawling speed game as opposed to fast paced pc shooters.

Lets recap releases that both came out on PC and console shall we?

Bioshock - Graphics better on PC.
Orange Box - Better on PC due to the integration with Steam. Gameplay is more fun in HL2 using a keyboard/mouse setup anyways. I've played the xbox port before and its nowhere near as appealing. TF2 has extra mods/map support for PC that is lacking on 360.
UT3 - undoubtedly better on PC and even PS3 thanks to Keyboard/mouse support as well as mods. Xbox is going to be questioning the use of mods even still. (LAME)
Crysis - Wow, that just blew everything ever SEEN on console out of the water. And its actually fun as opposed to Far Cry.

Its quite funny actually, becuase the multiplayer community on XBL can only really be seen in the higher ranks of halo.
Its really amusing actually, since across the board i have a more enjoyable experience in PC shooters since all the players are all more apt to work together and actually play as a team as opposed to console.
I guess its reflected in the types of games that come out for each too however. (Tactical based shooters are tons more prominent on PC than straight shoot em ups on console).


But you know, whatever. I suppose it is just pure preference. Hence why its opinion you dumbass.
Once again, its retarded to make posts that are opinions of the other person's post on a blog but you asked for it. = P

Live Free or Die Hard

Wow, haha i didn't think that movie was going to be that good. But damn it was badass. Easily one of my favorite action movies this year. Bruce Willis and Justin Long easily made the movie alive, as well as the badass real stunts; not some cheesy CGI bullshit. The depictions of the hackers were also pretty unique. Great movie IMO, go see it if you can.

YEAH I KNOW ITS BEEN OUT FOR A WHILE. screw off <33

Lol

Matt just based his argument over complete opinion =P
"There seriously hasn't been anything 360 has had to offer to make me remotely want one as almost every game for it comes out on PC and is even better than the console ports.
heh.
owned."

Okay, so nothing has come out for 360 that attracts you, well maybe it attracts me? Just a suggestion, ill go back to raping people in their face with an actual controller rather than some bullshit remote stick. And no, not everything on 360 comes out on PC and is better, Gears of War sucked for PC because it was old by the time and it was built for Xbox. Same with Halo2, microsoft just uses it as bullshit ( yes i'll admit microsoft is full of shit). But for fuck sakes, i don't give a shit if I'm having fun with my friends in badass combat. I mean, usually for me what makes a game is the multiplayer, i hardly play pure single player games because i get bored. Usually what keeps me on a game is the social aspect. I come for the gameplay and stay for the community; thats it.

Lol, if it has never occurred to you matt, there are different types of gamers in the world. Get the fuck used to it =] and stop bitching. I still love you though<3.

Haha, and i also disagree on the fact that Obama is a socialistic pig, have you ever even listened to his speeches/debates? Or did you get that from some biased dickhole?

And Ron Paul, LOL, isn't he pro life? When you're pro choice? Also, does the fact that hes anti universal health care escape you? Oh yeah and maybe the fact that hes anti medicare? I have relatives who practically DEPEND on medicare...

Oh yeah, and i agree MOST republicans are dumbasses, but Guilana? Look at how well he did in New York, eh i guess that just slipped your mind.


Well, I considered not responding directly to Matt's post, because blogs that argue with themselves look retarded. But i decided not to, because his opinion sucks.


Peace.

2007 - The year of games.

Hype, media, useless shit...
all the junk keeping the bulk of america out of politics, foreign affairs, and giving politicians an utmost freedom to do as the please in office.

But, as with me and the bulk of computer enthusiasts, this year can best be summarized as "the year that games kicked ass".

No, really.
it is.

So I'm halfway through zelda:phantom hourglass (the main story at least o.O) and i'm basically amazed. This is by far the best and most efficient use of the DS' potential I've seen to date. Its like sex in a little tiny rectangle box that'll make you come in a mere 10 seconds of playing it. (I still love you kelsey = ) )

I mean, who makes a puzzle where you have to open your map with a mirror map on the wall showing a location and basically requires you to "press" or close your DS to copy the wall to your map?
I had to look it up and i was amazed at the possibilities. Want your boomerang to do trickly loops? simple, draw it. This game is ingenious. Given its no ocarina of time, but it sure as hell has to be my favorite game to date on DS (Mario kart, you're still my multiplayer king. If smash ever hits DS though...mmm..)

Crysis is sex in a bottle too.
Assasin's creed is just you being a badass.
Super Mario Galaxy is SERIOUSLY KICKASS (fastest selling mario game to date!) and is basically what you get when the super mario 64 devs do MORE drugs and make a really sexy game.
Call of Duty 4 will have you feeling the action.

The list goes on and on

In my personal life however, I'm currently in Tennessee.. bored out of my mind. You know those moments though where you're out and public and you see possibly the MOST redneck, obese, and just plain retarded people and it just warms your heart to get a nice superiority complex in your heart? Well that happened about 20 times today. Fat kid after redneck after retard guy...
I was amazed at what the american society has become.
Same with politics.. people being fucking stupid as to WANT a communist government apparently. "Oh please ban McDonalds because apparently we have no sense of self-control and need our government to do it for us since we're all so fat"
Simple solution dumbass, DONT FUCKING EAT MCDONALDS.
WOW.
that was so hard! You had to think to do that. aww poor baby.
God dammit.
Cry more.

Vote Ron Paul if you can vote next year. seriously.
Hillary look like a fucking botoxed crack whore. obama is cool but a socialist pig. Fucking republicans (ron paul excluded) are dumbasses.

/sigh
Whatever though.

10/23 - never forget oink.cd
The day the music died.
Speaking of which, is it pretty sad when you feel more sympathy for the death of music lovers than for the 9/11 attacks? I mean seriously. 180,000 music lovers.. just slain right there on the spot becuase its "illegal" and stealing oh so much money from the music industry.
Well according to canada, you're fucking wrong dipshits. Learn 2 Research.

Fuck.


And FUCK YOU GRANT Halo 3 is a shitty game.
get over it.
Consoles can suck it. Fucking noobasses.
If you're gonna play consoles, at least play the good ones (i.e. N64, PS1, Ps2, Wii, anything nintendo for that matter)

There seriously hasn't been anything 360 has had to offer to make me remotely want one as almost every game for it comes out on PC and is even better than the console ports.
heh.
owned.


Well, I'm out.

Well,

Today i out of nowhere recalled a certain memory. This memory was of someone i once knew who had brain development problems, and how he discovered Santa Claus wasn't real. His father had told him one day that Santa Claus was not real, and in response, after a few moments of thinking he asked if that meant God wasn't real.

This seems laughable at first, but in essence how different is it? We are led to believe by goofy children stories of an old fatass that there is a man who brings children all over the world toys. In current society, we are also led to believe that there is a great man with a beard that watches over us all, God. Through almost children-like stories like Jonah, Noah and other ridiculous tales, we have learned about him. Oh yeah and also that one prophet named Jesus; can't forget about his teachings. God not only watches over us, but he listens and helps guide all 6,632,443,377 of us. So, is it really funny to question God's existence? Let's compare the two stories.

The Judaeo Christian God

• Supposed creator & controller
• No hard proof evidence, just faith
• Never seen
  

• Supported by Old Testament stories
• A Man gets swallowed by a whale,
• and lives in the whale's belly.
  

• A man packs every species on the Earth
• into a boat, which can somehow hold the
  
• millions of animals.
  

Santa Claus

• Supposed mystical gift bringer
• Used to be alive, based a story off him
  
• Children believe in him today
• Based off no evidence

• Children like stories to support
• Rudolph
• The Elves
• etc etc

Well, although Christianity may still seem more believable to many, what if Christianity was in fact similar to "Santa Claus". Just a story made up in order to get people to live the 'right' life, like a story made up to get children to behave. Did it ever strike your mind that Christianity is restraining? Do not get me wrong, I am not trying to change your views, I myself believe Christianity can be helpful in many ways. Just take it all into consideration before believing in something. Same goes for believing in science and every other belief system. Don't just take in something because you were fed it when you were little.

Some may say that Christianity is in a different realm than Santa Claus, and I agree. But what if Christianity had an even more far fetched basis, people would eventually falsify it, as children do as they grow older or have been told the truth about Santa Claus. So basically, as long as Christianity remains realistic at all, people will follow, just as uneducated children follow Santa Claus.

Please remember this is just an opinion, a view on life. I sometimes find myself in admiration of strong willed Christians, but when they get pushy thats just an annoyance.

In conclusion, what is so laughable at connecting mystical figures one has been fed to believe? Nothing, I think the comparison was actually witty, because once something you have grown up on is taken away, it is shocking. Also to compare Santa Claus with God was also unique, i never thought of it, because i used to take the force fed religion seriously, because it was what everyone did. In my opinion, i think its healthy to seek truth, and to seek what you believe and find comfort in.

Follow those who are searching, run from those who say they've found truth.

peace, ily reid.

My loss of motivation to game.

To begin, i would like how it took Matt three lines to sum up the insult of "Fuck you, Grant" =], nice one.

Well more on topic, i have been less motivated to play video games, and i solely blame this on WoW. Why? because that goddamn game will destroy your social life, and you will want to do nothing but play it. I quit the game about a month or so ago (grew tired of the repetition after 2 years of playing), and ever since then i don't game near as much. Even before WoW i played Halo 2, Gears of War, and other games like i had no life. And now, I can't help but not feeling any motivation what so ever to play new games. Could it be the effect of MMORPG's? I'm not sure, but if you have any game that is addictive and can replace WoW as a long term game please let me know. I have gotten recommendations from Matt for new games, but so far, no games have attracted me enough. I was going to play hellgate:london, until i realized it sucked complete balls. I also have Halo 3, but i do not have near the same motivation to play it as i had when i played Halo 2, I do not agree completely that it sucks. But i will admit that the gameplay feels a bit aged, but the casual Xbox Live Multi-player is fun as hell (gamertag=eliteslayer749). I think it may also be the fact that im trying to compare games' addictive values to WoW's which is usually way off from Blizzard's Godlike game.

What have i been doing in the meantime? School, actually being social, music, books, and movies. I do enjoy actually getting out a lot more, but i do miss the feel of WoW (which i soon lose after 10 minutes of playing). So, never play WoW, it makes every other game seem as boring as a motherfucking carrot after a few weeks of play.

Although this could just be a phase where i don't care to play video games, i do miss the addiction somehow, even though i hated it at the same time. I guess after 2 years of playing WoW like crack, it'd burn anyone out. Except Matt, who lives off video games.

I'm still hoping that Age of Conan and/or Warhammer Online will be badass, but until then, i don't think its possible for me to play a game the same as i played WoW.

Peace motherfucker.

...

In order to prevent Grant's constant babbling taint that is inevitably continually spawning from that little brain of his, I'll go ahead and take the courtesy to tell him to "suck a fuck" and continue with life.

I've been playing Ocarina of Time lately (Since apparently I'm a Communist asshat for having never played it, right?) and as a result I feel like I have WoW-Syndrome. For those of you that don't know:

WoW-Syndrome (n) - 1.) The inevitable state of being online all the time 2.) The absence of sunlight in a poorly lit room 3.) The lack of friends, malnourishment, and loss of urges to use the bathroom, participate in extracurricular activities, and the loss of any possible chance of getting laid.

Note I said a feeling of, not a complete embodiment of such.

Anyways, I almost wish I had never touched this game. Its too good. Even with the new games releasing right now tickling the senses and filling our lives with hours of look at the detail in polygons (Crysis anyone?), this game blows them all away (one exception, see Super Mario Galaxy).

While I'm on the subject of video games, let me clarify the top reasons why halo 2, halo 3, and console games in general tend to be of the shittiest in quality, innovation, and overall success in boredom ensues as a result of this mainstream easily accessible 12 year-old filled universe.

First off, halo 2 and halo 3 both suck. Okay, i said it, they suck.
When i say they suck, they suck when compared to a PC gamer standard. I feel like I'm playing an antiquated shooter that was prominent in fucking 2000. Seriously. Halo 3 has shiny graphics? Please, show me where, all i saw was drabby bullshit that instantly became outdated the second it released. Compare the sci fi recreation of halo 3 compared to Crysis.

Visually which succeeds? Crysis.
More mature player base? Crysis.
Contains better mechanics and a more complicated online play? Crysis.
More Accessible? Halo 3.

Okay?

Console gaming wasn't meant for shooters. Understand that. If you call yourself a hardcore gamer and you play shooters only on console, please go kill yourself. I mean seriously. Stick your head in a blender and all will be better. I'll explain more another day as to the differences in maturity levels and the reasons why petty consoles must devolve themselves in order to sell to a bland market but in the meantime, just keep on pretending you're good at life.

Pulp Fiction

Samuel L Jackson is badass, end of story.
After watching this movie the term 'badass' will be redefined.
For example, when Samuel L Jackson caps someone, he quotes a bible verse.
Doesn't sound badass? Watch the movie motherfucker.

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