The High Cost of Consoles
Thought this was interesting – Someone asked how much I’ve put towards gaming, and so I attempted to the math… The results were a bit shocking. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘money’
Entry 0092
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008Entry 0056
Sunday, May 18th, 2008Short entry tonight…
Thursday the guys and I went to Quarks, got our party on. Had a Warp Core, was tasty. The waitress was rubbish, hopefully I won’t have her the next time I go. Ended up spending money I probably shouldn’t have on a toy of the Enterprise (1701- no bloody A, B, C or D) but I’m happy with my purchase so it’s not a big deal.
Have been kicking around the idea of a Mini for the living room. It’d be nice to have a media center hooked up to the TV, to do double duty as a media server and a torrent work-horse. We’ll see, might end up getting it next week end. Trying to hold off on any Apple purchases until after the 9th though, as I’m expecting some cool shit from Jobs at the WWDC.
Another thing I’ve been thinking about buying, and probably will do, is a guitar. I’ve often wanted to learn to play and I figure now is as good a time as any to actually start trying. I know I want an electric, not some bloody acoustic. I want to learn to play good riffs, the kind of shit that Queen did, the kind of stuff that made Hendrix a god, the only kind of guitar hard enough to make Dios songs of rainbows and magic and shit sound hardcore… That’s what I want to play.
I wanna wail, ya know? Not rock but WAIL.
So, erm, yeah.
Nerd side, added the twitter feed back. Will get around to tweaking the font size shortly – I know it’s rather small, but until I can figure out just how many “tweets’ it’ll show I’ve gotta keep them small for space reasons. I’ll get it all sorted out shortly.
Entry 0033
Monday, March 31st, 2008It appears that Blizzard, the makers of World of Warcraft, are in the process of suing some company over a program (I assume) that is named “Glider”. The short version of events is this program plays the game for you, doing the more menial and boring things. The “technical” terms are “bot” and “grinding” respectively.
I’m not about to debate – or even discuss – the legality of this software, as I haven’t read the EULA of WoW in quite some time, nor am I a lawyer. What I am going to rant about – since this is my blog and I feel the need to rant – is the “fairness” issue, or possible lack there of.
Typically, in games, when something is unfair it is called “cheating”. But in this system, who is being cheated? (more…)
Entry 0031
Thursday, March 27th, 2008Ladies and Gentlemen, I present the
State of the Game Address
Please be seated.
As many (can all four readers be called a “many”?) of you know, I’m an avid gamer. Or, rather, I like to think of myself as an avid gamer, but in reality I’m more of an avid gadget whore who focused his skill points on games.
Either way you split it, I enjoy video games and talking about them, and as such I think it’s time to once again update on what I think of the current System Wars situation. (more…)
Entry 0013
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008I’m still alive – and to prove it I’m here.
This week has been hell work wise: As of right now I’m on hour 45 of a normal 40 hour work week. When all is said and done I will have logged at total of 17 hours worth of overtime. Granted, that kind of money will *really* help me right about now, but I’m also pretty god damn exhausted and generally worn the hell out.
Not much to report on Project Domicile: The bank is reviewing my offer, and is currently deciding between accepting it or putting the place up for auction. From what I understand, there are two Realtors and a negotiator on my side attempting to convince the bank that allowing me to buy it is their best course of action.
Again with the work, but I’m really not digging the new locale. The lighting is too bright, the floor sways enough that I’m getting sea sick, and there’s a general sense of shoddy workmanship about the whole place. Also, it’s real super far from any food, I can’t take my morning walk to StarBucks, and frankly, I’m having to spend more time away from my desk than I generally like. Also, today we have no bathrooms – they are “closed for repairs” or some such nonsense.
Nintendo finally released Kirby 64 on the VC, so I can retire my N64 from the living room and not be worried. In fact, with all the Zeldas being on GC/Wii and Paper Mario being on VC now too, I could probably retire the N64 entirely. It’s something I’ve been considering, as it’d allow me to be rid of one more thing I don’t really need.
I might try and install Ubuntu on the PS3 this Friday, as an exercise in futility. I don’t see it working well at all, rather it shall end in tears for all involved, but it might be fun all the same.
