After a good extensive year to test out the beasts of the consoles, we can actually point the finger of agony, despair, happiness, exciting and many more emotions dragged all into one. Just a little more over a year (for Australia at least), we see very clear results from this generation (seventh if anyone's keeping track) what trends have emerge from ongoing fight for superiority in the gaming field.
Before I go into my normal routine of slamming, blamming and name branding... I think it is about high time I were to start award consoles for once but this ain't as simple as a yay awards for all recipients since I'm really not known for being nice.
But I'd like to start out with a good intro with all of the contestants and handhelds will be left out of the race as the winner is already triple upper leg on the loser or more... hell, maybe it was actually the multiplication of the the number of serviceman in the US Marine Corp against the little loser, but hell, first off the block, we have...
=== Playstation 3 ===
The heavy weight of all the contestants, able to chug more power than all the people in Africa but with an IQ higher than playing with the console multiplied at least the number of sides of The Pentagon building. This Black beast comes in the brutest of all colours and even goes retro by copying the colour from the first releases of the Fold Model T!
Not only is it smarter than the average brainwave activities of its players, but they also can play Blu-Ray Movies and Games!
(Okay, I haven't personally checked out the difference, but if I were to compare DVD quality porno and Blu-Ray [I honestly couldn't give a toot if I were to compare them] quality ones, I believe the proof with be with the money shots [No pun intended]. But really now... if it is like comparing a B-Grade film with an A-Grade film, it all comes down if I can really give a giant hoot if I were to watch either one of them in the first place)
The menu system is 100% direct copy of the PSP with 100% of the stuffiness multiplied with the number of IQ questions in a book to achieve at least a score of 200. Though it is a customisable quest to change the colour of the Playstation 3 menu decor, it is considerably lacking in the number of times it is actually used in the first place.
With games taking more longer than the time to actually earn enough money to buy the system on minimum wage with less than half the quality in terms of fun and quality titles with the chance of a A+++ title now occurring about the same as playing dart blindfolded with an always moving dart board and trying to hit the bullseye at the same time.
The controller is based on the ancient make with less of a strangulation device, but now comes with a more portable strangulation device to sync the dual pointed stars with the console but to outnumber those stars to strangulation devices will create further woes as to trying to hook everyone but at least there's no more hassle of those useless multitaps for some 4 way action.
With Round 1 of those throwing stars refusing to add a bit more weight and wiliness to get rid of a strangler, Round 2 told all people the impervious and gained that extra weight for more plushy and rumbly action for all to enjoy. And both rounds involved the near to useless motion sensitive idea of sixaxis, having no titles to deem the technology one bit useful. (I have a good idea for a good game using it but I ain't saying it here)
=== Wii ===
The butt end of all toilet jokes and thought to be conspired for a complete downfall of all that once made the makers but this light weight lil pocket o' terror of a console is not only the cheapest, affordable by so many, interesting and cheaper to run than trying to maintain a super model, that this lil pocket rocket is more popular than rich people multiplied out by the number of people which has shagged Paris Hilton.
Main reason for this pocket rocket to be so cheap to run than a super model is due to many important facts.
1) There are no BS additional useless goodies which no one would be bothered to really use
2) Dedicated to one main thing, to play games!
3) No BS = less powerful chip, which leads to cheaper running costs
The killing device of choice sometimes has a problem with on screen accuracy and would lead to sudden stutter with more injuries than random anger missiles aimed for everywhere to only then headshot yourself into hospital for the random case of stupidity, giving everyone the clear chance to actually go stupid and waggle yourself into more awkward positions than what karma sutra can suggest. But quite literally, you'll end up wondering the possibilities about the controller vs game with the added question of outsmarting the developers in stupid and crazy stunt in the name of fun.
No way to play DVD movies makes this device purely for games and games it shall be. With many titles from the other two competitors scared buggered bout the power of the toilet, they are now self flushing their heads in the toilet joke and making something rather indecent array of titles just to make a quick buck in terms of entertainment value. So rather than entertaining people with just game titles and humiliate themselves of everyone without even noticing, there's the sudden change in wind and now it is the creation of new ways to play from steering some cheap platic wheel, to pretending to actually own an MP5 submachine gun to the sinisterly blind health guru, known as the Wii Fit.
With a No BS approach to this system, the toilet joke of the generation really has a problem with being picked off for bad things, but being able to pick up chicks with it, 100% pure gold and everyone's best mate, but clearly, not at weddings. Though, demanding games can't be played on the system, though, it isn't always about power as the toilet joke has shown everyone.
=== Xbox 360 ===
As Yahtzee has stated, the Frat boy's best friend besides booze, booze, booze, more booze and digging up free roots (from both gender may I add). The earliest arriver of the current gen, but now, also known as the oldy of the consoles.
Internally, it boasts a better play stability than what the fat black box can ever do with more prettier colours to boot. Even though you can do more such as make faces in the wind of a picture taker for lasting memories, type swear words into the system quicker than an "aim and pecker" can ever do with a simple menu with many bulls to cut, really makes things a little more simpler. Though the highway robbery of the funtastic value is badly robbed, is almost a not so fun venture to actually take up.
Main gripe of the entire box is more to the fact that it would live up to the controversial ad bout the baby popping up then just lands into the grave. Just as that speed shows, that just speaks about the truth from being healthy to the bricked status of being an expensive paper weight.
The games are rather more decent than expected than what is actually expected in this gen and that maybe of the games seem rather more of a fun run than trying to run from the cops because someone ratted you as being foul when you are actually not. With so many interesting titles, releases being very constant with a good fun to crappiness ratio better than most other console, this is the surprise pack mule of them all.
This is the only console which actually has real colour changing values from standard white to Model T Black to Spartan Green to whatever else they are going to come up with. Though, the additional goodie of a movie enhancing device known as the optional HHDDVVDDBVD device, which oddly, has lost the all important war of cheap DVD next gens.
The odd four pointed star, also known as the controller, has not motion device attached to it unlike the other two contestants, but allows you to change the batteries and allows you to buy the optional battery and charger if you really care about the environment and hate running to the store for a fresh set of batteries since it crapped itself too quickly. Buttons are near to the old **** aka version two to the Xbox controllers and not the fat stubby ones.
Not always a favourite among both sexes, this does play quite well in the face of adversity and a steep upward fight.
=== Awards ===
To avoid giving out pointlessly obvious awards, I'll just brand out my awards of the less known types.
FBI's Most wanted - The award is given to the console which is not actually used for what it was intended to do, but is actually used by non gamers. This award goes to... Playstation 3!
With Government officials and researchers bagging so many of these machines, sales have gone through the roof yet... no games are actually being played on it.
The Superman 64 - Known as the crappiest game known to man... even.... and doesn't even deserve the word "man" in the title either... this is rather a delicate award for the console with a horrible game selection. This award goes to.... Playstation 3!
The games just takes far too long with the quality not as good as the others, beside the Wii of course, but at least you'll have fun with the Wii
The Golden Brick - You can maybe guess what a bricked system means, so this is a no brainer of an award... with this award going to the Xbox 360
The most hated Red Ring of Death, gives owners both sadness and rage, truly owns the award for bricking better than anything
LSD Not need Apply - With so many pretty colours on the screen with a absolute joy to observe with the use of illegal substance than what is glistening in your eyes to give you a high in enjoyment, this award is given to the Wii!
not needing to go 100% real in detail, use of bright joyful colours in the system give this bugger the edge in highness in your cornea.
Nerd Fun - not actually do to with the intelligence of the machine but something which nerds might go back to time after time after time again without ever thinking about it. With all three system in the running with Xbox 360 for the games, PS3 being a really high tech gizmo (soon maybe paper weight) and the Wii for game play madness... This award goes to the Wii
Not only does the wii have the weird toilet joke, but the Wii Fir will keep nerds fit and maybe stronger (watch out! XD)
Golden Pint - so simple of a console that even a really bad drunkard would understand without shame of a simple screw up in playing the device. Maybe even would need to test it out when they one day may soon get drunk. This award goes to... The Wii
With such a wide margin for error in the device, no matter how drunk the person is.. the main risk is for the TV to be broken
Biggest U'ey - for the company being forced to eat their own words due to their outrages. Honestly, it would seem like there are only two contestants this time, the Xbox 360 for extending their warranty for three years and the Playstation 3 for their controller. The winner is... Playstation 3.
Honestly, declaring that there wouldn't be any rumble for the Playstation 3 due to a big fat law suit against them was creating question marks in terms of if it was ever to come out, but the loyalists all knew it was going to happen one day.
WTF?!? - Given for the weirdest game titles for the system. This may not always be the best of things, but sometimes does raise question about where the hell the whole thing is going but hell, sometimes it is actually too funny to not pass up playing. With this award being given to the Wii.
Since when wasn't Rayman Raving Rabbids not actually funny and addictive to actually mimic? *Buaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!*
Righty O, I might as well wrap this one up and call it a day (or a week to some people)... Play it safe and watch out for the injury bug!
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Gamer Grunt: The Black Box
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This is almost but smokes and mirrors but hell, there seems to be a big mystery as to how and why the Playstation 3 seems to be out doing sales in unparallel field of gaming.
One mintue you are expecting one thing and some how, a bunch of randomness comes out and damn, there is a major surprise. This has nothing to do with the Wii as the Wii is in a solitary field of its own away from the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3... Well, it isn't much of a solitary field there, but it is in the land of milk and cookies that it creates a new sort of audience that makes people wonder what the heck exactly is going on and wants to snack down and enjoy the weird and wonderful world of the extra hype of sugar... hell, even I wouldn't mind some milk and cookies myself but hell, don't everyone love cookies with milk? :) Choc chipped cookies, Almond nutted cookies, plain cookies, etc... in case you can't handle plain milk, there's soy milk... Perfect for everyone! (Maybe not for those who can't handle any milk whatsoever...)
Aside from that, there has been a major question about the popularity of Playstation 3 recently and it makes a lot of Xbox 360, PC and older range of players wonder what the hell is going on there... The Wii is so far ahead in terms of sales and popularity (plus fitness wise) that it is no longer can be clas'sfied within the game race. Include it if you want, but Nintendo is so far ahead, they are no longer competing against anyone.
So now, what, Playstation 3 is making a surge outta nowhere and it is upping its ante against Xbox 360 and maybe even the PC, but let's rewind and see this one out through first.
What makes the Playstation 3? Well, it plays music, view photos, play Playstation 3 games (maybe some Playstation 2 games [and some Playstation 1 games {and don't get me started about properly adding them to the list}]), view movies, view "Blu Ray" movies and that's all I can think of...
Well, music.... I'd rather a computer since I can select and search through lists very quickly and find what I need than waste my time scrolling down lists and lists and lists of music to get to where I want to get to... then there's the folders plus I can't leave something running and look for the next track to go to... even though I haven't done it yet and with a pretty bad experience with the brick of a handheld, I haven't really enjoy it that much and would prefer to slam it every second of my breathing life for sucking so bad (better than N-Gage mind you [don't own one nor played it either {thank goodness}]). Viewing pictures on the Playstation 3... well... I can use the computer for that or in fact... a camera to scroll through the libraries of different photos I've taken. If I really need to use another device to view photos, a computer is there for that to Photoshop anything and that's how the pros work there mateys. Let's see... games...
O yeah... that's right.... Gabe Newell slammed PS3 for being so darn difficult to integrate The Orange Box onto PS3 but did enjoy the move to Xbox 360. Another argument to add fuel to the fire are two side comparisons with Xbox 360 is in fact with in game graphics... Though there are some elements which bests the Xbox 360, it usually has been Xbox 360 time and time again which has picked up the winner's cup for nicer looking graphics over Xbox 360 in terms of crisp and cleaner pictures. Even with perfect copies of a certain game (eg. NFS: Prostreet) it was a case of no contest with Xbox 360 picking up the award for slightly better pictures. (Please do not put the Wii into this contest since the way to play their games outstrips the clean gloss which we now see.) Try searching it and you'll find it. I think you'll be surprised as I am when you see those results (reasons which I will mention later on).
Plus, on the negative side, living in Australia and being dropped from the list of having an "Emotion Chip" on those little bugger just sinks the street cred of them altogether, plus, limiting the game titles which we can thoroughly enjoy our simple lives on. I pretty much enjoy so many Playstation 2 games, even to now, I would rather prefer those bugger of a Playstation 2 than 3 as of now, even due to the fact that there is still a wired controller over wireless. It is almost like comparing wired bras to unwired ones... I'll let you figure out where that one is going... Fact of the matter, there are so many good titles that you'd rather be spending so much time wasting those oldies of a game that it even beats the Playstation 3 hands down in the game play factor and trust me on this one, you must look at some of those good ol' Playstation 2 titles and try and look me in the eye and tell me that they aren't even worth playing if you disagree with me on this one.
Last point, or shall I say... "Blu Ray"... the single most screamed out attempt to gain your worthy or unworthy attention in the Games Race of USA vs Japan (do not remind me that they were both in fact "Made in China", hence it is therefore China v China). That, in which I must say is the single most reason for regular consumers to purchase the PS3. The fact that you can view your movies cleanly and cheaply (not that cheap after seeing how much power those bugger of a Playstation 3 actually uses O.O) than actually buying a Blu Ray player, that it is really worth buy... But hang on, the next gen movies almost looks same-ish to the current gen, just some cleaner and crisper picture with not much difference viewing movies (plus cheaper I might add), that old school might be a better option here. But hey if pixels are on your gripe list, go even more old school by going VHS, maybe you won't see any noticeable pixels.
I did scream out "regular consumers" out for a reason and it is mainly because it might not actually be a lot of regular ol' Joes and Janes which actually buys Playstations for the homely gaming/movie experience but in fact... with the cell technology, many researching companies and even governments are actually tapping into the power of the cell technology to process their data more effectively than what the Xbox 360 can ever actually do, which might explain why their purchase rates have jumped... doesn't help with Playstation 3's bottom line, but it seems like something's gotta give with the production of the Playstation 3, but time will have to tell.
In terms of games, even though they should technically give a handy and capable lead over their Gaming Race's competitor, the 360, that maybe their smart technology might really not be cut out to be competing with Xbox 360 in terms of games, but maybe because of their processing powers... Now... if they were to up their RAM along with simplifying their Blu-Ray security encryption along developers to actually go wild with development of games along with stabilising the Frame Rate with many of their released game titles... maybe they stand a chance to actually whipping Xbox 360 than becoming Xbox 360's whipping boy.
If things are just too simple in terms of codes, it can easily be cracked. Make it too hard and you are just simply talking to yourself. Wonder when would they ever learn...
Fear drives everything, not always discovery
One mintue you are expecting one thing and some how, a bunch of randomness comes out and damn, there is a major surprise. This has nothing to do with the Wii as the Wii is in a solitary field of its own away from the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3... Well, it isn't much of a solitary field there, but it is in the land of milk and cookies that it creates a new sort of audience that makes people wonder what the heck exactly is going on and wants to snack down and enjoy the weird and wonderful world of the extra hype of sugar... hell, even I wouldn't mind some milk and cookies myself but hell, don't everyone love cookies with milk? :) Choc chipped cookies, Almond nutted cookies, plain cookies, etc... in case you can't handle plain milk, there's soy milk... Perfect for everyone! (Maybe not for those who can't handle any milk whatsoever...)
Aside from that, there has been a major question about the popularity of Playstation 3 recently and it makes a lot of Xbox 360, PC and older range of players wonder what the hell is going on there... The Wii is so far ahead in terms of sales and popularity (plus fitness wise) that it is no longer can be clas'sfied within the game race. Include it if you want, but Nintendo is so far ahead, they are no longer competing against anyone.
So now, what, Playstation 3 is making a surge outta nowhere and it is upping its ante against Xbox 360 and maybe even the PC, but let's rewind and see this one out through first.
What makes the Playstation 3? Well, it plays music, view photos, play Playstation 3 games (maybe some Playstation 2 games [and some Playstation 1 games {and don't get me started about properly adding them to the list}]), view movies, view "Blu Ray" movies and that's all I can think of...
Well, music.... I'd rather a computer since I can select and search through lists very quickly and find what I need than waste my time scrolling down lists and lists and lists of music to get to where I want to get to... then there's the folders plus I can't leave something running and look for the next track to go to... even though I haven't done it yet and with a pretty bad experience with the brick of a handheld, I haven't really enjoy it that much and would prefer to slam it every second of my breathing life for sucking so bad (better than N-Gage mind you [don't own one nor played it either {thank goodness}]). Viewing pictures on the Playstation 3... well... I can use the computer for that or in fact... a camera to scroll through the libraries of different photos I've taken. If I really need to use another device to view photos, a computer is there for that to Photoshop anything and that's how the pros work there mateys. Let's see... games...
O yeah... that's right.... Gabe Newell slammed PS3 for being so darn difficult to integrate The Orange Box onto PS3 but did enjoy the move to Xbox 360. Another argument to add fuel to the fire are two side comparisons with Xbox 360 is in fact with in game graphics... Though there are some elements which bests the Xbox 360, it usually has been Xbox 360 time and time again which has picked up the winner's cup for nicer looking graphics over Xbox 360 in terms of crisp and cleaner pictures. Even with perfect copies of a certain game (eg. NFS: Prostreet) it was a case of no contest with Xbox 360 picking up the award for slightly better pictures. (Please do not put the Wii into this contest since the way to play their games outstrips the clean gloss which we now see.) Try searching it and you'll find it. I think you'll be surprised as I am when you see those results (reasons which I will mention later on).
Plus, on the negative side, living in Australia and being dropped from the list of having an "Emotion Chip" on those little bugger just sinks the street cred of them altogether, plus, limiting the game titles which we can thoroughly enjoy our simple lives on. I pretty much enjoy so many Playstation 2 games, even to now, I would rather prefer those bugger of a Playstation 2 than 3 as of now, even due to the fact that there is still a wired controller over wireless. It is almost like comparing wired bras to unwired ones... I'll let you figure out where that one is going... Fact of the matter, there are so many good titles that you'd rather be spending so much time wasting those oldies of a game that it even beats the Playstation 3 hands down in the game play factor and trust me on this one, you must look at some of those good ol' Playstation 2 titles and try and look me in the eye and tell me that they aren't even worth playing if you disagree with me on this one.
Last point, or shall I say... "Blu Ray"... the single most screamed out attempt to gain your worthy or unworthy attention in the Games Race of USA vs Japan (do not remind me that they were both in fact "Made in China", hence it is therefore China v China). That, in which I must say is the single most reason for regular consumers to purchase the PS3. The fact that you can view your movies cleanly and cheaply (not that cheap after seeing how much power those bugger of a Playstation 3 actually uses O.O) than actually buying a Blu Ray player, that it is really worth buy... But hang on, the next gen movies almost looks same-ish to the current gen, just some cleaner and crisper picture with not much difference viewing movies (plus cheaper I might add), that old school might be a better option here. But hey if pixels are on your gripe list, go even more old school by going VHS, maybe you won't see any noticeable pixels.
I did scream out "regular consumers" out for a reason and it is mainly because it might not actually be a lot of regular ol' Joes and Janes which actually buys Playstations for the homely gaming/movie experience but in fact... with the cell technology, many researching companies and even governments are actually tapping into the power of the cell technology to process their data more effectively than what the Xbox 360 can ever actually do, which might explain why their purchase rates have jumped... doesn't help with Playstation 3's bottom line, but it seems like something's gotta give with the production of the Playstation 3, but time will have to tell.
In terms of games, even though they should technically give a handy and capable lead over their Gaming Race's competitor, the 360, that maybe their smart technology might really not be cut out to be competing with Xbox 360 in terms of games, but maybe because of their processing powers... Now... if they were to up their RAM along with simplifying their Blu-Ray security encryption along developers to actually go wild with development of games along with stabilising the Frame Rate with many of their released game titles... maybe they stand a chance to actually whipping Xbox 360 than becoming Xbox 360's whipping boy.
If things are just too simple in terms of codes, it can easily be cracked. Make it too hard and you are just simply talking to yourself. Wonder when would they ever learn...
Fear drives everything, not always discovery
Gamer Grunt: Daily Gaming News Today!
by Xequtra on Comments
Terrorist have made a postapocalyptic picture of Washington DC, leading analysts have gave their verdict and have replied by saying "all j0o p33pS r scr00geD!Run f3r ur lives with ur kittens!!"
In other news today, the same image has been revealed to be concept art for an upcoming title due in the near future... And did I forget to mention that it was made into news and then scrapped about a few minutes later after finding out that a well detailed concept art about a terrorism picture is in fact a detailed concept art about a postapocalyptic Washington DC. What makes it weird was the fact that the journ-os picked it up and made stupid and weird sense of it all and titled it however they so wanted.
What next? Are we to see that it is all a pityful very very late April Fools joke or what not? But then again, there have been so much outrage with some of the games and the company, yet, why hasn't there been an absolute backlash with the concept art work? Is it the fact that they actually got something wrong and branded it to be the work of the devil or devilish people? Infact, even called normal and experimental artists who designed that piece of work, "terrorists".
Then again, let's just get something really straight here about this concept art by the company involved. If they were really terrorists that designed it... it really wouldn't be that well detailed, in fact... it would just be with words which requires translating on a fudgy piece of video, then made public on some silly ol' broadcasting network close to them. Don't forget about the chance of their cameras running out of batteries, then calling a Jihad on something, swearing, finger pointing and the works. From the picture's perspective, it is very well detailed, great detail in the lighting effects, the sombre mood displayed, better than a trashy video can play it back with very nice visual. I mean hell, would terrorists be bothered with designing that sorta thing instead of being scared bugger about what's happening outside than spending over days to make something visually nice about a postapocalyptic environment in the future?
If that were to be true, I can think of a few main features within their picture in question... The word "Jihad", stick figures, use of horrid looking colours and the use weird materials just for paper mainly in the formed of lined papers, just like the ones used in High School to make paper airplanes. What's much more fun is using those pieces of paper and before they impact with anything, you scream out the word Jihad. That's always a good laugh XD
The idea of concept being labelled terrorism art by the paper in question really needs to get their heads screwed on right before calling something that it isn't such as a nice looking female model, "Fat". Score one to gamers, 200 imaginary points to Journ-o's -_-'
When someone tells you to piss off, it doesn't mean to piss at the thing they are pointing at
In other news today, the same image has been revealed to be concept art for an upcoming title due in the near future... And did I forget to mention that it was made into news and then scrapped about a few minutes later after finding out that a well detailed concept art about a terrorism picture is in fact a detailed concept art about a postapocalyptic Washington DC. What makes it weird was the fact that the journ-os picked it up and made stupid and weird sense of it all and titled it however they so wanted.
What next? Are we to see that it is all a pityful very very late April Fools joke or what not? But then again, there have been so much outrage with some of the games and the company, yet, why hasn't there been an absolute backlash with the concept art work? Is it the fact that they actually got something wrong and branded it to be the work of the devil or devilish people? Infact, even called normal and experimental artists who designed that piece of work, "terrorists".
Then again, let's just get something really straight here about this concept art by the company involved. If they were really terrorists that designed it... it really wouldn't be that well detailed, in fact... it would just be with words which requires translating on a fudgy piece of video, then made public on some silly ol' broadcasting network close to them. Don't forget about the chance of their cameras running out of batteries, then calling a Jihad on something, swearing, finger pointing and the works. From the picture's perspective, it is very well detailed, great detail in the lighting effects, the sombre mood displayed, better than a trashy video can play it back with very nice visual. I mean hell, would terrorists be bothered with designing that sorta thing instead of being scared bugger about what's happening outside than spending over days to make something visually nice about a postapocalyptic environment in the future?
If that were to be true, I can think of a few main features within their picture in question... The word "Jihad", stick figures, use of horrid looking colours and the use weird materials just for paper mainly in the formed of lined papers, just like the ones used in High School to make paper airplanes. What's much more fun is using those pieces of paper and before they impact with anything, you scream out the word Jihad. That's always a good laugh XD
The idea of concept being labelled terrorism art by the paper in question really needs to get their heads screwed on right before calling something that it isn't such as a nice looking female model, "Fat". Score one to gamers, 200 imaginary points to Journ-o's -_-'
When someone tells you to piss off, it doesn't mean to piss at the thing they are pointing at
Gamer Grunt: With our Powers combined...
by Xequtra on Comments
We get something bigger, but not always something to be desired of, unless it does. Making news is Squire Enix considering a merger, but the question which I am actually wondering and so do many people is "with which company"?
A merger might seem all in all, a not so bad idea, but would business and gaming interests be on the same page as they would of initially started off with? Just saying a considered merger doesn't mean anything unless people are told who they wish to combine resources with in order to better improve the company's image, size and distribution of their audiences. I mean hey, if they were to combine with a whaling company, imagine their game sales and the number of hacked game titles of theirs being on the net due to the people's outrage of association with a whaling company... (or not)...
There are many advantages to a merger such as saving on many resources, departments, floorspace, printing, staff issues and some costs. Well, costs is a big one since a lot of people love money and can't seem to live without it and proclaiming it to be what makes the world go round, anything else outside of that, you can figure it out yourselves. You can share staff around between companies without very much hassle (unless they are bound by red tape), plus with the printing and shipping, those costs will decrease quite high somewhat due to their size which they they can start trashing around, such as the new Vivendi-Activision-Blizzard merger being the biggest on scale in the world of gaming, which wouldn't be matched for some time to come. If they were to do anything such as selling and buying of anything, they can really use their size and buy in bulk and in case they bought too much of something, they can always use things for other purposes than the initial one. Please note, this does not include the use of toilet paper, TP-ing someone house in retaliation for something personal, interpersonal, etc.
Though, there are major implications to a merger such as Public Relation, use of resources, internal rambling and division of ownerships within the merged companies. You can properly related this is Romeo and Juliet if you so wish and blah blah blah. Sometimes, if there is a major print job and the merged companies have got major titles due out but is tied down to one company finishing late and the other hella early with both titles going Gold (ready to head to the prints), then there's a major of which company has priority of the use of some things. But luckily, there's no company which is working for Valve as they are always constantly late with their titles yet has titles ranked A+ so many times than not. Then comes the question of how much each company is worth when the companies do merge and their value when certain titles do go beyond and then the division of wealth to not only the directors of the formed merger then comes more political red tape, internally. But then again, once a certain part of the merger receives a bad name due to something either to their control or not does come along to spoil their long term marriage with the other parties, who's fault would it be? With a merged company, the blame then goes to every company for siding with the problem, but then again, the problem would of been reduced due to the merger and lesser of the use of PR personnel since it would of been properly managed. But then again, there is no warranty or insurance policy in case it does happen...
So Square Enix, which company and are you bothered with the Red Tape?
Something being referred to as "Too good to be true," is like a cheap coffee, looks really good until you taste the fruits....or nuts....
A merger might seem all in all, a not so bad idea, but would business and gaming interests be on the same page as they would of initially started off with? Just saying a considered merger doesn't mean anything unless people are told who they wish to combine resources with in order to better improve the company's image, size and distribution of their audiences. I mean hey, if they were to combine with a whaling company, imagine their game sales and the number of hacked game titles of theirs being on the net due to the people's outrage of association with a whaling company... (or not)...
There are many advantages to a merger such as saving on many resources, departments, floorspace, printing, staff issues and some costs. Well, costs is a big one since a lot of people love money and can't seem to live without it and proclaiming it to be what makes the world go round, anything else outside of that, you can figure it out yourselves. You can share staff around between companies without very much hassle (unless they are bound by red tape), plus with the printing and shipping, those costs will decrease quite high somewhat due to their size which they they can start trashing around, such as the new Vivendi-Activision-Blizzard merger being the biggest on scale in the world of gaming, which wouldn't be matched for some time to come. If they were to do anything such as selling and buying of anything, they can really use their size and buy in bulk and in case they bought too much of something, they can always use things for other purposes than the initial one. Please note, this does not include the use of toilet paper, TP-ing someone house in retaliation for something personal, interpersonal, etc.
Though, there are major implications to a merger such as Public Relation, use of resources, internal rambling and division of ownerships within the merged companies. You can properly related this is Romeo and Juliet if you so wish and blah blah blah. Sometimes, if there is a major print job and the merged companies have got major titles due out but is tied down to one company finishing late and the other hella early with both titles going Gold (ready to head to the prints), then there's a major of which company has priority of the use of some things. But luckily, there's no company which is working for Valve as they are always constantly late with their titles yet has titles ranked A+ so many times than not. Then comes the question of how much each company is worth when the companies do merge and their value when certain titles do go beyond and then the division of wealth to not only the directors of the formed merger then comes more political red tape, internally. But then again, once a certain part of the merger receives a bad name due to something either to their control or not does come along to spoil their long term marriage with the other parties, who's fault would it be? With a merged company, the blame then goes to every company for siding with the problem, but then again, the problem would of been reduced due to the merger and lesser of the use of PR personnel since it would of been properly managed. But then again, there is no warranty or insurance policy in case it does happen...
So Square Enix, which company and are you bothered with the Red Tape?
Something being referred to as "Too good to be true," is like a cheap coffee, looks really good until you taste the fruits....or nuts....
Gamer Grunt: Who's Fat?
by Xequtra on Comments
This maybe something which hardly people think about but, do you really trust the results of certain programs to tell you about certain things about you? This can include how good your eye sight is, brain power, which side brain you are and something which the gaming watchers have been dumbfounded about, whether you are fat or not.
The article notes that a healthy active 10 year old girl was using the Nintendo Wii Fit and wanted to know about the game says about her and not surprisingly, the game brands her as being fat. Please do note that I did same the word "Game". Thing is, bugger loads of stuff is never accurate, but the main constraint in question is in fact her balance and how the program is worked.
Take a step back and stop all this whinging about a skinny young girl being branded fat and being totally worked up about this inaccuracy. About the internal mechanics, so many of the results in which you see is actually based on a certain age, this being 20. Reasons as to why, I can only roughly guess, mainly due to body development. An 18 year older would have similar stamina to a 20 year older but then, placing a 10 year old year when they are testing about stamina and comparing results to a standard 20 year old, the results become beyond obscure and even fogged up due to the massive age difference. This is also the same with many of the training programs by Nintendo such as Brain Training, Sight Training, etc.
They work on helping you to improve on your abilities, both in mental and physical areas. Thing was, initial trials, you become really unfamiliar about these certain type of programs and of course, you become really horrible first time round, but as you build familiarity with these programs, these results will eventually become obscure as then, you would become too familiar with these programs instead of relying on pure skills. Even though I used to play buggerloads of FPSes and was testing out my Hand to Eye Coordination, I still managed to top it even though I've only just was my first time, but then again, they do work.
Back to the topic at hand, these are simple area of guesses but with Wii Fit, they are to do with balance, stamina, strength and focus, leading to a score with the Body Mass Index. If anything isn't up to standard, then the results sway away from being the recommended norm, such as balance being skewed towards the to one side; left, right, back or front. Then again, we come to people who isn't physically strong, then what will happen? What about Olympic Shooters? Their body wasn't built to be strong, yet have been built to be able to handle the shock of the gun, yet, the extra weight is a negative by-product to the physical appearance, though, one can argue about the stamina of army personnel being fit and able to handle the kick back of their weapon of choice.
Hell, I even have a small little cousin playing Brain Age even though she doesn't know how to do sums and multiplications quickly and it says that her age is something which I don't even want to know... There's even a memory section within Sight Training yet... it doesn't in fact help with sight, just memory.
As I've mentioned early on, they are just games, which can help you in many respects, just don't rely on them to give out true representations about any aspects about yourself. Doctors are better trained to give that sorta detail better than a game can, but hey, games are meant to be enjoyed than relied upon.
If one lies and the other also in known to lie and implicates a lier, how would you know if they are telling the truth?
The article notes that a healthy active 10 year old girl was using the Nintendo Wii Fit and wanted to know about the game says about her and not surprisingly, the game brands her as being fat. Please do note that I did same the word "Game". Thing is, bugger loads of stuff is never accurate, but the main constraint in question is in fact her balance and how the program is worked.
Take a step back and stop all this whinging about a skinny young girl being branded fat and being totally worked up about this inaccuracy. About the internal mechanics, so many of the results in which you see is actually based on a certain age, this being 20. Reasons as to why, I can only roughly guess, mainly due to body development. An 18 year older would have similar stamina to a 20 year older but then, placing a 10 year old year when they are testing about stamina and comparing results to a standard 20 year old, the results become beyond obscure and even fogged up due to the massive age difference. This is also the same with many of the training programs by Nintendo such as Brain Training, Sight Training, etc.
They work on helping you to improve on your abilities, both in mental and physical areas. Thing was, initial trials, you become really unfamiliar about these certain type of programs and of course, you become really horrible first time round, but as you build familiarity with these programs, these results will eventually become obscure as then, you would become too familiar with these programs instead of relying on pure skills. Even though I used to play buggerloads of FPSes and was testing out my Hand to Eye Coordination, I still managed to top it even though I've only just was my first time, but then again, they do work.
Back to the topic at hand, these are simple area of guesses but with Wii Fit, they are to do with balance, stamina, strength and focus, leading to a score with the Body Mass Index. If anything isn't up to standard, then the results sway away from being the recommended norm, such as balance being skewed towards the to one side; left, right, back or front. Then again, we come to people who isn't physically strong, then what will happen? What about Olympic Shooters? Their body wasn't built to be strong, yet have been built to be able to handle the shock of the gun, yet, the extra weight is a negative by-product to the physical appearance, though, one can argue about the stamina of army personnel being fit and able to handle the kick back of their weapon of choice.
Hell, I even have a small little cousin playing Brain Age even though she doesn't know how to do sums and multiplications quickly and it says that her age is something which I don't even want to know... There's even a memory section within Sight Training yet... it doesn't in fact help with sight, just memory.
As I've mentioned early on, they are just games, which can help you in many respects, just don't rely on them to give out true representations about any aspects about yourself. Doctors are better trained to give that sorta detail better than a game can, but hey, games are meant to be enjoyed than relied upon.
If one lies and the other also in known to lie and implicates a lier, how would you know if they are telling the truth?
Gamer Grunt: Who's playing our games?
by Xequtra on Comments
Honestly, I thought this sorta thing already exists where people actually perform age checks on game buyers but it seems like I was deadly wrong. Just when business are suppose to be ethical in actually selling their games, I don't actually see it being followed and the businesses are actually even selling their games to those which shouldn't even of had their hands on in the first play.
Some may feel quite outraged, some may feel like it is no biggy and some will sooner or later just spam me because I'm raising an issue about stopping them for playing their beloved game. Take those complaints and shove it. Those who I am actually targetting at are those who sell those games to those just for quick bucks and those who buy their those games for their kiddies just because their kid requests and then they go around declaring it is the fault of the developer/publisher for making the game really awful for their kids such as excessive gore.
I've covered this once before and why am I coverering this again and just now? Apparently no one is learning and everytime a business just tries to make a quick buck and not informing the parent about the game, we might as well have those irresponsible ignorant parents just go to parenting school and unbiased training just to rid them of their stpid ways.
There are actually responsible parents out there who care about looking after their kid and watch what they give their kids, but truth by told, it is never their fault, just the other wide's fault for not double checking.
I am not a political head for any group or individuals, not even the parents, but the more I hear businesses trying to make a quick buck over someone else's stupidity, I do become frustrated with since the games which I do enjoy and pride playing on is being kicked in the shins by complete randoms who in fact has no idea in actually looking after their own kids.
Don't argue about me having no kids and talking all nonsense, but I am one responsible gamer who knows from right or wrong in a lot of respects, but these shin kicks against games which don't actually deserve that sort of attention and should of never happen in the first place.
Next time a parents just turns around because they say that a game is far too violent for a kid, maybe they oughta go to parenting school or force them to play the game for an entire week non-stop before they can comment about it. And this is an ultimatum for those idiots out there.
PS. Steam, try to get that sorta thing up and set a trend for businesses and parents to acknowledge.
The person who blames something is the one to blame
Some may feel quite outraged, some may feel like it is no biggy and some will sooner or later just spam me because I'm raising an issue about stopping them for playing their beloved game. Take those complaints and shove it. Those who I am actually targetting at are those who sell those games to those just for quick bucks and those who buy their those games for their kiddies just because their kid requests and then they go around declaring it is the fault of the developer/publisher for making the game really awful for their kids such as excessive gore.
I've covered this once before and why am I coverering this again and just now? Apparently no one is learning and everytime a business just tries to make a quick buck and not informing the parent about the game, we might as well have those irresponsible ignorant parents just go to parenting school and unbiased training just to rid them of their stpid ways.
There are actually responsible parents out there who care about looking after their kid and watch what they give their kids, but truth by told, it is never their fault, just the other wide's fault for not double checking.
I am not a political head for any group or individuals, not even the parents, but the more I hear businesses trying to make a quick buck over someone else's stupidity, I do become frustrated with since the games which I do enjoy and pride playing on is being kicked in the shins by complete randoms who in fact has no idea in actually looking after their own kids.
Don't argue about me having no kids and talking all nonsense, but I am one responsible gamer who knows from right or wrong in a lot of respects, but these shin kicks against games which don't actually deserve that sort of attention and should of never happen in the first place.
Next time a parents just turns around because they say that a game is far too violent for a kid, maybe they oughta go to parenting school or force them to play the game for an entire week non-stop before they can comment about it. And this is an ultimatum for those idiots out there.
PS. Steam, try to get that sorta thing up and set a trend for businesses and parents to acknowledge.
The person who blames something is the one to blame
Gamer Grunt: Gone GTAing
by Xequtra on Comments
Personally, I haven't even laid a single finger that game and why should I? Because it is a top of the notch title which everyone should be out getting? Personally, I don't buy into the rampant hype.
Either I've just missed the point of playing highly rated games, or reviewers have been given a fist full of perfect scores because they fear the power of the Rockstar. O wait... are they being paid again for such a high volume of advertisement jsut to avoid being caught with their virtual pants down. Now, I honestly have no idea what in the flaming world of retardedness is going on, but I've been told over and over and over again, the big down side game is the introduction.
Where in the perfect line in logic does negativity of that sheer volume in terms of playing do you have to play that long (if you can even call it playing) because you are allowed to just free roam and do as you please and cause all the harm, chaos, havoc and mind boggling destruction can you honestly not award it at least 0.1 marks off or even a simple 1 point deduction by many of the reviewers.
I know Rockstar are the bad boys of game development and have proven themselves worthy of the title of the mold breakers in gaming award and the biggest trend setters, but hey, I'm growing quite sus of the wrong type of reviewers actually reviewing the damn game. I honestly have not seem so many perfect scores since an absolute noob play against a pro in any sport and the pro just pwning the noob for even setting foot in their territory.
I honestly don't see the hype and if I get flamed for suggesting something stupid and for not playing the game... If I'm told to just do what someone says for 30 minutes straight and I'm not able to do as I please and follow a stiffy line of lineararty, I would of awarded instant deduction in marks! I've worked before and I have an idea about following orders, but I then manipulate that order to how I feel is my natural stomping ground and hey, it was much more impressive than most people think.
With so many perfect scores, I just wonder how many reviewers are sleeping in bed with GTA IV or actually pulling complete all weekers just enjoy the game. Just when I thought WoW was bad enough, then comes GTA IV which may cause actual deaths in physical forms, but those silly ol' ending up in hospital scenes and living to cause my havoc.
I just don't see what I'm suppose to see in that game, unless someone would like to demonstrate to me why so many people just enjoy sleeping with that damn game, it would quite help some.
Bad intelligence is a contradition, yet is always proven right
Either I've just missed the point of playing highly rated games, or reviewers have been given a fist full of perfect scores because they fear the power of the Rockstar. O wait... are they being paid again for such a high volume of advertisement jsut to avoid being caught with their virtual pants down. Now, I honestly have no idea what in the flaming world of retardedness is going on, but I've been told over and over and over again, the big down side game is the introduction.
Where in the perfect line in logic does negativity of that sheer volume in terms of playing do you have to play that long (if you can even call it playing) because you are allowed to just free roam and do as you please and cause all the harm, chaos, havoc and mind boggling destruction can you honestly not award it at least 0.1 marks off or even a simple 1 point deduction by many of the reviewers.
I know Rockstar are the bad boys of game development and have proven themselves worthy of the title of the mold breakers in gaming award and the biggest trend setters, but hey, I'm growing quite sus of the wrong type of reviewers actually reviewing the damn game. I honestly have not seem so many perfect scores since an absolute noob play against a pro in any sport and the pro just pwning the noob for even setting foot in their territory.
I honestly don't see the hype and if I get flamed for suggesting something stupid and for not playing the game... If I'm told to just do what someone says for 30 minutes straight and I'm not able to do as I please and follow a stiffy line of lineararty, I would of awarded instant deduction in marks! I've worked before and I have an idea about following orders, but I then manipulate that order to how I feel is my natural stomping ground and hey, it was much more impressive than most people think.
With so many perfect scores, I just wonder how many reviewers are sleeping in bed with GTA IV or actually pulling complete all weekers just enjoy the game. Just when I thought WoW was bad enough, then comes GTA IV which may cause actual deaths in physical forms, but those silly ol' ending up in hospital scenes and living to cause my havoc.
I just don't see what I'm suppose to see in that game, unless someone would like to demonstrate to me why so many people just enjoy sleeping with that damn game, it would quite help some.
Bad intelligence is a contradition, yet is always proven right
Gamer Grunt: Gaming Paradise
by Xequtra on Comments
For ages, gamers have been strangling to find the perfect gaming environment and yet, with this age of perfection and willingness to go beyond the calling of their mates, they still try to perfect it with such precision and perfection, that, chances are, it won't exactly be visited regularly by anyone for too long.
With your perfect computer gaming area, the joystick for some flight sim games, the G25 steering wheel for racing games, G5/G7/G9 mouse, original G15 keyboard, 7.2 surround speakers, large fridge full of goodies, dual 21 inch screens or large and the list goes on, including the top of the range gaming rig PC to boot. Hell maybe include some of the major consoles with major games in there, hooked up to the PC monitors and speakers, hell, you can call it your Cloud 9 of all gaming set ups. This might not be everyone's dream set-up, and hell, it ain't my kinda set-up I'm dreaming of, but there's some tempting things on the list of wish haves.
Not one of the hottest or most discussed topics in the gaming world, but hey, right now, this is a start of something maybe probable and turn into something big, or maybe a business idea. I call first dibs on being first to call it!
Then again, I'm not trying to sound evil but I'm saying as it is, chances are, that sorta pride and joy would not be that well recieved or be that frequently visited. You might say that you could live in there forever, rocking out on your Guitar Hero 3 on your PC or Xbox 360, playing Super Smash Bro Brawl on your Wii with your partner or mates, or whatever else you could do in there, but hell... chances are, the thing that you might crave, will soon change and you wish for a new a better excitment.
I know all about those WoW obsessives and slagging off for over 4 days straight to achieve the full 70 levels, soon to be 80, then 90, then 100 and whatever... ain't my type of game and cuppa tea with a scotch finger on the side. But there are some which do love to do what freely without strings one-day, or a week or so. Then again, there are some pricks out there selling Gold, rare items or farming as they call it for real cash and ticking off the real players, playing it legally, but away from that...
Chances are, a lot of people have work, work obsessively long hours, be badly demoraled day-in, day-out, slagger for over 12 hours a day, have bad lunches, breakfasts, dinners, suffer from small bouts of food poisioning, trying to find your perfect opposite, etc. Even if you set your life up to have a bit of small time luxury , you are still not able to spend enough time with it to even merit that time of luxury to be bought, installed and enjoyed. Though, it is possible to spend just enough time to enjoy it without worries, but life will bite you hard, plummetting you back to reality and sinks you into the pits of something which you were rebelling against.
So, what in the endevours in life would be the perfect set-up and ideal one to keep up happy to visit, just enough to be enjoyed? Simple answer, just enough to keep you happy. This can be as simple as having a decent gaming mouse, VOIP capable headset, 17 inch screen, battlescorned keyboard and a decent rig good for some good titles and some nice snacks or food near by in case hunger sets in. Well, that kinda sounds like what I have, but everyone else may have a different set up. For those Wii lovers that have one hooked up, a nice 72 inch screen, 5.1 stereo system with hi-fi and a nice sofa to the side to take nice frequented breaks. And hey, I might sound like I'm obsessed with the Wii, but truth be front, it is the main modern console which is popular with both genders.
From a rich set-up to a low-down set-up, sometimes, it is better to stick to the comforts of what you call home and that is the best kind of set-up which you can thoroughly enough and love.
The past has been lived through whilst the future is what we make of it. Consider it carefully as it will soon come to past.
Note: I'm away from my normal computer and I'm proned to spelling mistakes, so it is going to be a few weeks before I'm back to my normal pace.
Gamer Grunt: Welcome to your life, in this console!
by Xequtra on Comments
No longer were the periods which we just had stuff being what they are such as a printer, scanner, camera, speakers, the lists goes on. Nower days, people just cram as much as possible within anything they touch.
But excuse me if I sound like a freaking purist, but nower days there's just so much stuff being placed within these consoles, such as a photo viewer, music player, movie player, DVD-player, etc... But stop and think. How many people you actually know that uses all of those "feature". Sure, it attracts people to go out and get it, but sooner or later, after about a month or so, where's the love? Only a small percentage will still end up using all those nifty stuff, but a large majority will either stick to just a few of them.
In the case of Xbox 360, just playing games and watching a small number of DVDs (only ones being the Legendary Edition Halo 3 and Special Edition Halo 2). My PSP, well, I just watch movies and listen to music, but oddly, I haven't played games on it lately. My DS, well, I love it for what it is, at least it isn't trying to outdo itself in the fashionable department, though, you could argue that changing into a bright coloured pink or blue would be ****d as fashionable such as carrying a pink.... well, you should get it.
Before people start noting out to me about the major word here, no, I already know, "Convergence". Question being where is this multi-purpose life****going to take us? I mean, I know a lot of people who hardly use all the possible features in their game systems and where's the point in having them? If I were to view a photo on my PSP, I would prefer to use my digital camera instead. Sure it may be cheaper having multiple tools in one, such as a Swiss Army Knife, but hell, consoles aren't like that. God only knows if you use your PS3 as a DIY hammer/paperweight or your PSP as an expensive brick since you've ran out of materials to fix that gap in your wall.
Now, we have the mobile phones able to hold music, view video clips, record video clips, record speeches, play games along with calling people and txting others, not only that, we have ourselves Nokia reattempting at the whole N-Gage thing and the possibility it bumming out and failing again. Great idea, but just wasn't practical to modern way of living and besides, the more stuff is inside it, higher the chance of it being big and fat, just like the blackberries and PS3. Whilst if you take a look at the Wii, we got ourselves something resembling the size of a large freakety book, but lighter than one with the DS doing the exact same thing, except it is smaller than a pocket dictionary and million times more better in terms of entertainment value!
With many of the business structured to go into our living rooms and taking over our hopeless lives one day, the chance of it breaking and you find yourself with nothing to do but kill yourself due to the complete boredom of nothinginess, remember that I'll be one step ahead of you since I'll always have my PC in my room with my DS by my side to kill the freedom boredom wave. And on that note, get yourself a freaking Wii if you don't want to end up killing yourself from boredom!
I've decided to add in Phrase of the Week, so enjoy!
Life is never perfect, but it is what makes life beautiful
But excuse me if I sound like a freaking purist, but nower days there's just so much stuff being placed within these consoles, such as a photo viewer, music player, movie player, DVD-player, etc... But stop and think. How many people you actually know that uses all of those "feature". Sure, it attracts people to go out and get it, but sooner or later, after about a month or so, where's the love? Only a small percentage will still end up using all those nifty stuff, but a large majority will either stick to just a few of them.
In the case of Xbox 360, just playing games and watching a small number of DVDs (only ones being the Legendary Edition Halo 3 and Special Edition Halo 2). My PSP, well, I just watch movies and listen to music, but oddly, I haven't played games on it lately. My DS, well, I love it for what it is, at least it isn't trying to outdo itself in the fashionable department, though, you could argue that changing into a bright coloured pink or blue would be ****d as fashionable such as carrying a pink.... well, you should get it.
Before people start noting out to me about the major word here, no, I already know, "Convergence". Question being where is this multi-purpose life****going to take us? I mean, I know a lot of people who hardly use all the possible features in their game systems and where's the point in having them? If I were to view a photo on my PSP, I would prefer to use my digital camera instead. Sure it may be cheaper having multiple tools in one, such as a Swiss Army Knife, but hell, consoles aren't like that. God only knows if you use your PS3 as a DIY hammer/paperweight or your PSP as an expensive brick since you've ran out of materials to fix that gap in your wall.
Now, we have the mobile phones able to hold music, view video clips, record video clips, record speeches, play games along with calling people and txting others, not only that, we have ourselves Nokia reattempting at the whole N-Gage thing and the possibility it bumming out and failing again. Great idea, but just wasn't practical to modern way of living and besides, the more stuff is inside it, higher the chance of it being big and fat, just like the blackberries and PS3. Whilst if you take a look at the Wii, we got ourselves something resembling the size of a large freakety book, but lighter than one with the DS doing the exact same thing, except it is smaller than a pocket dictionary and million times more better in terms of entertainment value!
With many of the business structured to go into our living rooms and taking over our hopeless lives one day, the chance of it breaking and you find yourself with nothing to do but kill yourself due to the complete boredom of nothinginess, remember that I'll be one step ahead of you since I'll always have my PC in my room with my DS by my side to kill the freedom boredom wave. And on that note, get yourself a freaking Wii if you don't want to end up killing yourself from boredom!
I've decided to add in Phrase of the Week, so enjoy!
Life is never perfect, but it is what makes life beautiful
Gamer Grunt: All Gamers are Fat
by Xequtra on Comments
Maccas, or McDonald's for those non-slack tongued people, in the UK blames the obesity epidemic on games instead of its food. *Checks himself*
Well, I'm checking my arse to see if it is inflated or something in which ghetto talk calls it, a booty. And nope, nice and non-invasive with no problems getting into my snug jeans. I love my games and can play it for half a day straight without losing my focus and improve my eye-sight. (I tested my eyes for my hand to eye coordination and it is pretty darn high in score!) And am I fat now? For the interest of saving time and effort into detail compiling absolutely nothing, a big fat No.
Even though it is old new to some, we have ourselves someone who isn't a gamer, but someone high up in the corporations with a questionable "clean" identity lashing out on an entertainment which can improve eye sight (FPS), thinking skills (Strategies), the body (Wii & Wii Fit obviously) and one which can cause people to go anorexic in the extreme sense (*cough* World of Warcraft *cough*), and hey, they last point doesn't make people fat, just skinny and fall over, but main point, "Not Fat!"
I can pretty much tell you that in order to be a good gamer and reach a high level of competitiveness, you'll only have to look as far as the CPL or CAL (Cyberathlete Professional League and Cyberathlete Amateur League) and how many large people do you spot? According to Maccas, it should be everyone because games are suppose to make people fat. But, how do games make people fat? Where's the protein value in consuming their vital game DVDs? It is more likely to kill you instead of providing you with all the metal concentrates in your body (I do not advise actually trying this to prove my point or someone else's). Fast Foods consumed by gamers? Well, according to Leeroy Jenkins, he enjoys his chicken very much, but he ain't fat, and neither is his dwarf.
Maybe it is gamers being lazy cooks, yet, Leeroy Jenkins roasts his chicken and does silly rushes (if you have no idea about who Leeroy Jenkins is, please chuck a Googly), but hell, he is healthy, living well and is loving his chicken but if you are willing to blame it on poor diets of gamers... well the check alternative to actually running to the nearest Fast Food joint and ordering everything on the menu, the crazy, yet quick method is quite simply a carton of milk with breakfast cereal. Sounds stupid, yet if you think about it; for one, food in a fast; for two, it provides you with all your essential vitamins and minerals for living; for three, one run and it will last you at least two days when you are hungry; for four, it lasts a long time; and for five, it is actually easier for the environment than having a bad diet of fast food, don't forget about the cost too! Definately costs less than your local Fast Food chain would, but hell, have ten different cereals with at least twenty cartons of long life milk in the fridge and you've got yourself a sweet, long lasting supply of food to last you a good month of gaming non-stop! And would you either get fat and die or being totally anorexic? Fat, depends on how fast you are consuming it, becoming rexic, doubt it unless you are eating less than 3 standard bowls a day.
I don't personally endorse any of those activities or part-take that, but I live on a healthy diet with plenty of sunshine, sports and gym, so I'm quiet a healthy and happy gamer and was kinda on the obese side thanks to Maccas and their long-standing advertisements to the youth and teens viewing their commercials.
After learning from the mistakes of the past, it honestly comes down to the individual and the kind of eating and living patterns, but still, Fast Food doesn't help in the health agenda of gaming, but the pricier joints actually provide a nice healthy outlook for gamers, even with the steep price.
In Closing, if you are to become a gaming hermit, don't forget your boxes of cereal with a fridge for storing nice and cold milk for your eating needs without having a two minute lunch run (I don't recommend performing excessive game hording, but this would be a better alternative for everyone's sakes, consider your family!) than a fast food run with a hint of lard and/or fatty oils in your diet (even though fat is needed in your body, fresh milk has enough of that, check the long life ones if they do) and better than pure starvation.
Just for those questioning if I play any game obsessively, right now, the answer is no; with "No" WoW account as I never even considered touching it as I am too cheap for that; too much uni work for a Team Fortress 2 (and yes, I love that game) hording sessions; I need to reformat my computer as a virus has gotten through again (don't tell me which Anti-virus to get); I've got my Bachelor of Computer Games (yes, that's exactly what I doing) course to worry about and I've got exams in less than 2 weeks. After that, this gaming computer can't come to me and I am living a more happier life away from gaming, but it doesn't mean that I've stopped gaming.
Well, I'm checking my arse to see if it is inflated or something in which ghetto talk calls it, a booty. And nope, nice and non-invasive with no problems getting into my snug jeans. I love my games and can play it for half a day straight without losing my focus and improve my eye-sight. (I tested my eyes for my hand to eye coordination and it is pretty darn high in score!) And am I fat now? For the interest of saving time and effort into detail compiling absolutely nothing, a big fat No.
Even though it is old new to some, we have ourselves someone who isn't a gamer, but someone high up in the corporations with a questionable "clean" identity lashing out on an entertainment which can improve eye sight (FPS), thinking skills (Strategies), the body (Wii & Wii Fit obviously) and one which can cause people to go anorexic in the extreme sense (*cough* World of Warcraft *cough*), and hey, they last point doesn't make people fat, just skinny and fall over, but main point, "Not Fat!"
I can pretty much tell you that in order to be a good gamer and reach a high level of competitiveness, you'll only have to look as far as the CPL or CAL (Cyberathlete Professional League and Cyberathlete Amateur League) and how many large people do you spot? According to Maccas, it should be everyone because games are suppose to make people fat. But, how do games make people fat? Where's the protein value in consuming their vital game DVDs? It is more likely to kill you instead of providing you with all the metal concentrates in your body (I do not advise actually trying this to prove my point or someone else's). Fast Foods consumed by gamers? Well, according to Leeroy Jenkins, he enjoys his chicken very much, but he ain't fat, and neither is his dwarf.
Maybe it is gamers being lazy cooks, yet, Leeroy Jenkins roasts his chicken and does silly rushes (if you have no idea about who Leeroy Jenkins is, please chuck a Googly), but hell, he is healthy, living well and is loving his chicken but if you are willing to blame it on poor diets of gamers... well the check alternative to actually running to the nearest Fast Food joint and ordering everything on the menu, the crazy, yet quick method is quite simply a carton of milk with breakfast cereal. Sounds stupid, yet if you think about it; for one, food in a fast; for two, it provides you with all your essential vitamins and minerals for living; for three, one run and it will last you at least two days when you are hungry; for four, it lasts a long time; and for five, it is actually easier for the environment than having a bad diet of fast food, don't forget about the cost too! Definately costs less than your local Fast Food chain would, but hell, have ten different cereals with at least twenty cartons of long life milk in the fridge and you've got yourself a sweet, long lasting supply of food to last you a good month of gaming non-stop! And would you either get fat and die or being totally anorexic? Fat, depends on how fast you are consuming it, becoming rexic, doubt it unless you are eating less than 3 standard bowls a day.
I don't personally endorse any of those activities or part-take that, but I live on a healthy diet with plenty of sunshine, sports and gym, so I'm quiet a healthy and happy gamer and was kinda on the obese side thanks to Maccas and their long-standing advertisements to the youth and teens viewing their commercials.
After learning from the mistakes of the past, it honestly comes down to the individual and the kind of eating and living patterns, but still, Fast Food doesn't help in the health agenda of gaming, but the pricier joints actually provide a nice healthy outlook for gamers, even with the steep price.
In Closing, if you are to become a gaming hermit, don't forget your boxes of cereal with a fridge for storing nice and cold milk for your eating needs without having a two minute lunch run (I don't recommend performing excessive game hording, but this would be a better alternative for everyone's sakes, consider your family!) than a fast food run with a hint of lard and/or fatty oils in your diet (even though fat is needed in your body, fresh milk has enough of that, check the long life ones if they do) and better than pure starvation.
Just for those questioning if I play any game obsessively, right now, the answer is no; with "No" WoW account as I never even considered touching it as I am too cheap for that; too much uni work for a Team Fortress 2 (and yes, I love that game) hording sessions; I need to reformat my computer as a virus has gotten through again (don't tell me which Anti-virus to get); I've got my Bachelor of Computer Games (yes, that's exactly what I doing) course to worry about and I've got exams in less than 2 weeks. After that, this gaming computer can't come to me and I am living a more happier life away from gaming, but it doesn't mean that I've stopped gaming.
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