by Matt | Aug 3, 2007 | Aggravation
Stupid things I’ve heard today, and my justifiably sarcastic response.
Apple Fan Boy: “Mac’s are better because every Windows peripheral works with them.”
Me: It’s called USB you fuck-knob. USB works with both equally well. That’s why it’s a hardware standard. That’s almost as fucking stupid as saying “Macs are better because they had Photoshop first”.
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Article from Digg: “Everyone knew that Osama Bin Laden was the one who had attacked us. Everyone knew it, that is, up until about the Fall of 2002 when guess what? Saddam Hussein, our corporate news dutifully informed us, had actually been behind the attacks of 9/11.”
Me: You conspiracy theory believing retard. I have NEVER heard anyone say “Saddam Hussein was behind 9/11”. The theory at the time was that Iraq supported terrorism. I hate to break it to you, but that overweight Tom Selic mustache wearing mother-fucker couldn’t plan his way out of a paper bag. Why do you think we found him in a hole instead of some super fortified bunker? You’d think after the first time we bombed his ass back to the stone-age he would have been better prepared if he was indeed some devious mastermind. Go find your tinfoil helmet.
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Comment section of same article: This photo is proof of what hit the pentagon. It was a missle, painted to look like an airplane.
Me: Are you high? That has got to be the worst PhotoChop job I’ve ever seen. You even cut and pasted the WINDOWS of the plane onto whatever missle you were doodling in MS Paint. Seriously? You people believe this is actual proof? I weep for our future.
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Digg article tagline: “US has covertly been arming Gulf States since 2004. A recently disclosed US agreement with Saudi Arabia for a 10-year, $20 billion dollar arms sale is a done deal.” (Me: followed by tons of shocked and angry comments)
Me: Ummmm, yeah. Actually, we’ve been arming them since the late 70’s. We armed Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and have been for decades. Do you people ever actually read history do you just drop your jaws every time CNN drops a nugget of partial truth on you? WE ROUTINELY SELL ARMS TO OTHER COUNTRIES. There’s nothing “covert” about it. Why do you think the Saudi airforce flys F-16s?
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CNN yesterday, just after the bridge collapse: Nancy Grace, talking to an eye witness – “So, are you saying you heard an explosive before this happened” Eyewitness: “No, I said I heard a rumble as it was falling down”. NG: “So, what you’re telling me is that you don’t think it was natural?” EW: “If by natural you mean an earthquake or something, then no.” NG: “You heard it here, the i35 bridge in Minneapolis, brought down by some human factor. Were terrorists involved? We’re looking into it.”
Me: I can’t even explain how much I hate you. I heard this at 6:45, about 20 minutes after the bridge collapsed. It took 20 minutes for CNN to stop reporting the actual news of this tragedy and start trying to spin it. 20 fucking minutes. They make me sick. Of course, after everyone started talking about the bridge and it’s structural issues, they dropped the terrorist angle like a hot potato. Still, that was the first place they went? Something bad just happened, must have been the terrorists. I almost threw the remote at the TV. It was then I remembered that Shark Week was on and I turned off Nancy Grace’s fucking sideways, mongoloid face in favor of a different kind of bottom feeding animal.
That is all.
by Matt | Aug 1, 2007 | Culture, Games
I think I’ve mentioned numerous times the depth of this winters video game release schedule. I’ve extolled numerous titles and their impending greatness. It wasn’t until I decided to put a complete list together that the magnitude of this seasons offerings really hit home. This will be, in no uncertain terms, the greatest video game season of all time. There have been some great runs in the past, such as the fall that HalfLife came out (1998 – HL, Zelda 64, MGS, Madden 99), but this will be epic.
This will be my last mention of the subject, but I do truly believe that there is a time in every consoles lifecycle where it really shines. This will be a year when 360 owners are glad they have the system that they do. Looking ahead to next year, it looks like a good year for the PS3, but this winter firmly belongs to the Xbox. Now, that all these games, and likewise their developers, are being wrapped up it’ll be interesting to see after the start of ’08 which platform people will develop their next project for. I’m going to predict a video game drought next spring, but a resurgence of diverse (in both idea and platform) titles in the later half of 2008. It’s a good time to be a gamer, that’s for sure.
Continue on for the far from complete, but fairly extensive list…
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by Matt | Jul 30, 2007 | Web
Really, that headline was just an excuse to use the word “ilk”.
I’ve decided to delete my profiles on both of those services. Also, I’m going to kill both the Vox account and my Jaiku account. Basically, I start these things and never use them, and the “social” aspect of both Facebook and MySpace is just something I don’t really care for. I’m all for “web 2.0”, whatever the hell that is, but with more and more companies mining data from places like that, I’d rather just not have anything up at all. Call me paranoid, but I’d rather avoid the whole Minority Report scenario down the road. Plus, I’ve read some scary things about who can actually see all your profile data, who those people work for, and what big corporate and government machines want to get their hands on all that infomation. Call it “tin foil hat” time if you want. Anyway, in order to delete said profiles, I have to delete all contacts/friends/messages/etc from within those profiles. So, don’t take it personally that I’ve removed anyone as a friend. I’m just deleting the profile.
Matt out.
by Matt | Jul 23, 2007 | Reviews
To answer some of Nagle’s questions, I figured it would be easier to write up a whole other post solely about Xbox Live. Initially, when I got my 360, I had to think about what I was going to do with Live, accessories and my initial game purchases. I searched all over for what I thought was the most cost effective solution. I learned a few things a long the way.
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by Matt | Jul 19, 2007 | Games
I’m afraid I’m going to have to ask one of you to do something for me. You might not like it, but it has to be done. Sure it will be painful, but with time the pain will lessen and you’ll get used to your new condition. I’m going to need one of you to buy a Xbox 360. I know, I know, I’m asking a lot. But remember, you’d not doing this for yourselves, but for the good of us all.
Ahem.
Seriously though, I’m getting rather lonely out here in gaming land. Am I the only one that still plays games? My team has all but gone into hiding until “the next big thing” comes out. Only 3 of them have 360’s and their all Madden freaks anyway. My college and highschool friends used to game but most everyone is busy lately. Doesn’t anyone want to play some Rainbow 6, Halo or Ghost Recon? If I don’t get a “team game” fix soon, I’m going to go ape shit.
It’s not as though it’s a bad time to own a 360. The release schedule for the fall/winter season is ridiculously jam packed with AAA titles. There’s a little of everything in there. Everything from Assassins Creed, Frontlines, Mass Effect and Call of Duty strait on up to the grand-daddy Halo 3 is coming out sometime between now and X-mas. And those are just the ones I thought of off the top of my head. The list I have running on what I’m going to be buying this season is already 30+ titles deep.
With all of the great news from E3, all of the new trailers and all the confirmed release dates, this winter is going to validate my ownership of that system.
So… I’m going to go fire up the 360 for a little Xbox Live ass kicking… anyone want to join me?
Disclaimer: I wasn’t actually serious in my demand for someone to purchase a 360 solely to game with me… but it would be kinda nice. 😛
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