Seriously. All you Xbox fanboys and everyone that feels it's okay to punch someone while they're down, go ahead and just blow a goat. You're not kidding anyone when you make your little statements about how wonderful Xbox LIVE is. It's a pay subscription. Fifty dollars. Fifty American dollars, to be allowed to utilize three quarters of a sixty dollar game. A sixty dollar game that, at times, feels much like four days of not having a bowel movement. And let's just briefly touch on older games - any of the CoD franchise games that aren't "new". Hacked. Sure, some things are simple hacks, like changing all the colors on the screen and putting 'Ethan is King' all over the HUD - but it's hacked. It has been compromised.

And you others, you ex-PSN faithful that are getting all worked up like a fat kid in a bakery. After today's announcement that user data was compromised and AUTOMATICALLY ASSUMING that as soon as Sony took the network down last week, they were able to lay their hands on the server and know EXACTLY what had occurred - folks are bent that they weren't informed immediately upon Sony's verification that data may have been taken. Maybe, just maybe, TODAY was the day they figured all that out.

I can't be bothered to go through this and edit it into something intelligible. I'm flustered and annoyed with my fellow gamers to the point of being embarrassed to even say I game. I'm not angry at Sony because they got hacked. I'm not angry at Sony because my personal data was compromised. I'm angry at the peter-puffers that hacked Sony, that STOLE my data. If you think that all your things are fool proof; that the gas station card or grocery card or that department store credit card will never fall into the wrong hands, you're fooling yourself. Machines do what we tell them to do. And there's a boatload of you people out there that can't walk and chew gum at the same time. **** happens. Buy a hat.

To let the third grader in me out - if you're so smart, why don't YOU fix it.

Sometimes, I wish I could have a coherent thought.

Muse? I have none. It's gone. Last seen early 2010, near the frozen foods. What's new? There's a new puppy in the house. We've killed cable. The temperature's gone from low 40's to low 70's in 36 hours. The gradual build of Spring temperatures has, once again, been skipped. Did I mention the frickin' BEES?

I've not been gaming much. I've snagged Crysis 2 from GameFly, but after six days of after dinner campaigning it, I've grown somewhat restless with it. I find myself cloaked 95% of the time, moving slowly through what turns out to be connective tissue between chunks of story. Just graphical flirting really. I may try to finish it this weekend.

On a lighter note, I picked up Forza 3 for 6.99 this morning. I was hoping for it to come to Games on Demand for LIVE, but hey. Seven bucks.

One more thing - earplugs. Since the puppy has come into the house, I've been using earplugs each night while I sleep. Sweet, sweet silence. Even once the little wizzer gets past his whiny stage, I'm using those things. Between the TV and other night time noises, it's amazing how nice earplugs make it.

Oh, his name is Bruce.

AMF

Alright, so I'm approaching five days of on-line shenanigans within CoD:BlackOps and I wanted to put down a few new thoughts about it. Certainly we are all experienced well enough by this time to give credit to the concept, the over-all feel of the game, and really nail you dicks at Treyarch for what should have been a superstar outing.

Who am I kidding. Everything I may have liked about this game is over-shadowed by the small things that make me want to kick strangers in the nuts. Frankly, the big companies need to come together and demand better inter-net service for North America. I'm assuming that's the weak link in my gaming - broadband. At least when it comes to Activision titles. EA and proprietary games are hard pressed for connection issues. Wonder why that is?

At any rate, my complaints this time stem from a recent outing with the Jammer device.More than once I've been able to see on the mini-map, the position of the enemy's RC-XD. This, in itself, is wrong, but the car silhouette has been replaced by the Napalm Strike silhouette.Other jammer related issues: within the radius of the jammer I did not see enemies on the mini-map (and they were not running Ghost/Pro) and I did not see enemy gear, while using Hacker, as the red silhouettes they are. More than once I've been blown up by a claymore that I should have seen. While some may argue that I myself may have been within an enemy's jamming sphere; Hacker has never been spoiled by an enemy device.

I know what some may say - stop running the Jammer. This is unacceptable. And you know why.

Anyway, there's that. I won't buy the DLC. I'm done with it for a while, anyway. The patch for MW2 is supposed to go live tomorrow and I've been itching for a little Afghan map action for a while. Pity we'll never see an unhacked version of COD4 again.

AMF

So, this goes out to all you high level whiners.

You've played the game for 13+ on-line days. You've unlocked virtually everything. You've dealt with all the issues, the lag, the latency, the CRAP. One more Prestige and your done. You SHOULD be able to join a lobby and have people all want to check your stats simply because your at such a high level. Instead, you call out "campers" and whine about my ass sitting in the backyard of Nuke Town, peppering you with an assault rifle. So much for respect Nancy. Your high degree of crying over how I play a game you have 'conquered' just shows how little 'skill' this game takes to be successful. Enjoy your sucker.

Bought a new PS3 last night. Discounting the five hours I spent at work this morning, the things been churning for thirteen hours now - downloading, loading, or updating. I'm on my last disk, then I'll have a few digital games to install and I'll be done. I intend to reawaken an old sub-account and see what all the hubbub is about re: MW2.

It feels GOOD to have a PS3 back in my life. Thanks.

I had intended to get Homefront at some point shortly after it was released. However... there are two things that have killed my interest in it - 1) Microsoft favoritism. 2) Heavy emphasis on the six month design push will pay-off.

No thanks THQ.

I recall now why I stopped posting in forums. The sanctimonious drivel. Here's hoping at least one of you loud mouths passes a loved one syphilis.

So, there's this huge architectural site showing some of the future and concept buildings Dubai is looking at.

Since the first peek at Spec Ops: The Line during E3 last year, the huge buildings that are popping up out of the sand, and ocean, in and around Dubai, have somewhat caught my eye. It's not hard to imagine some of the imagery the game offers.

I really want my PS3 back. Since I was asked/told to wait to get a new PS3, I decided to whine about my lack of multiplayer fare. So I snagged BlackOps for $50 for the 360. My intention was to play about a day's worth of online before I started complaining. I think I've got two hours in right now. The first thing I've noticed is nine days is a long time to go without playing. The graphics looked different - maybe a little more crisp. I do feel there is something 'off'. I played for a few hours in the Combat Training, just to get a feel for it - plus I wanted to tool around with the M14. Playing on Normal, the AI would line up its shot before clearing a wall. I did not see that on the PS3. Oh, after loading the thing onto the drive, the sound didn't work. So that was a reboot. After clearing level 16, I turned off the machine and did whatever it was I needed to do. (I dislike Brett Michaels). Turning the game back on, I'm back to level 10. Odd.

Alright, online now. I played along side my friends for a bit, doing ok at first, then getting completely beat, regardless of what I tried. I've seen this on the PS3, but I felt it had something to do with time zones, etc, late at night. This 'switch' occurredat around 9:45pm. Couldn't go positive even while camping. Like these mugs knew where I was cowering. Then came the claymore nonsense. I bought and used it, but it never showed up for me to use. It took TWO reboots to get the claymore available for use. Didn't see that on the PS3. I DID get a connection interruption though. Like old times...

The best or goofiest thing happened in the middle of the afternoon. Three guys on my team went 5-60. I was number one with 9-5. There was only five of us - you do the math. When I realized what the score was, I parked it and watched these guys run around and get killed quickly and efficiently.

OK, last thing, cause I'm tired. Aim assist. Turn it off, get owned. Keep it on, line up a shot, damn reticule bumps to the left. Really? Again, really good CONCEPT, just a half-assed application.

I want my PS3 back.

My PS3 died. At 10:30PM December 31, 2010. I haven't been able to replace it yet, because I've been asked not to by my wife. And I find the 360 boring. I have no multiplayer games for it. That's not entirely true, I have Reach, but I don't care for the Halo community as a whole. You've made jumping a secondary action in a shooting game. JUMPING. Dolts. And I dislike the Flood. The second half of Halo 2 was kidnapped by the Flood. And then there's Firefight. I haven't been able to play the fifth map on Firefight because all you **** vote to skip it. I also have Gears 2 and Borderlands. And LEGO Indiana Jones. I'm not in the mood for Gears - huge men in even huge-er body armor **** TUMBLING. And Borderlands I've completed, mostly. I forgot not to CHEAT the second time through the Armory and now I could care less if I go any further because why bother if I can't complete it. Besides, the day before my PS3 crapped out, I downloaded it from the PSN. I still need a PS3 to play it. And why bother going through it with the sniper guy when I get zero gamer score on LIVE (except for the "Play til Level 7" BS, that I already got when I was tooling around with all the characters when the game first came out) for most anything until I go through that damn add on. I'll just wait and go through it on the PS3 and get TROPHIES, cause I like trophies. And Reach... well I finished it, went through the entire last chapter three times and still haven't received the chapter completion or the normal completion gamer points for it. Damn that machine pisses me off. I can't even get a reasonable amount of money for it USED. Also, why the hell is COD4 still $30 on LIVE Games on Demand? Kick it down to $20 and I'm in. Cause I still have to buy the damned map pack. Man I miss the PS3. I was just introduced to MAG and everything.

Dammit.