PS3 + Sony = Owned

Gabe Newell, the founder of VALVe, who brought you such titles as Half-Life and Half-Life 2 had some harsh criticism of Sony and the Playstation 3:

The PS3 is a total disaster on so many levels, I think It’s really clear that Sony lost track of what customers and what developers wanted…I’d say, even at this late date, they should just cancel it and do a ‘do over’. Just say, ‘This was a horrible disaster and we’re sorry and we’re going to stop selling this and stop trying to convince people to develop for it.

Coming from someone with as much experience in the gaming industry as Newell, these comments should not be taken lightly. As a former employee at Microsoft and the founder of VALVe, he has a pretty good grasp on this subject and knows what he is talking about. I followed the production and release of Half-Life 2 pretty closely and Newell is not one to open his mouth without being 100% behind any comments he makes.

I have owned a Playstation 2 since launch and was very happy with it, but with the $600 price tag and the lineup of XBOX 360 games that are available, I decided to go with the 360 over the PS3 when I bought my console about five months ago. Thus far, I’m very happy with the 360 and most other owners give it the same praise. As for the PS3, I am hearing mixed reactions. Some love it, some are doing everything in their power to get a full refund. The Blu-Ray player is very tempting but once other players come down in price, I’m not sure the PS3 will have as much appeal. Once that happens, if there isn’t a solid lineup of games yet, it won’t be as easy to rationalize actually buying one.

*Original quote and article found at TeamXbox.com

New Theme

Ok, I know I have been changing the banner, and then updating it and everything, but this new theme suits my taste alot better than the last. I’m definitely feeling the darker colors and the more organized layout of this one.

This is my first blog, but not my first website, so I am usually designing my own layouts, but thus far, I like this system. If anyone is curious, you can check out my old website that I designed and my friend Frank coded.

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WTF Long Island Girl Fight Makes News

I’m sitting in my room tonight minding my own business when I hear my roommate and his girlfriend screaming for me to come into the living room. At first I’m cautious because we are known to shoot fireworks at each other unsuspectingly, but when I get in there I see it’s safe because they are both sitting on the couch with a freshly hit, smoking, Illadelph in front of them (for those of you who don’t know, that’s a bong).

I look at the TV and what do I see? A home video of two girls beating the shit out of a girl who looks no older than 13. The two girls dishing out the beating appeared much older. I’m wondering what the fuck is the big deal about this is until I see the headline: ‘Long Island Girl Fight’, or something along those lines. Not only Long Island, but North Babylon, about twenty minutes from my house, my mom’s home town.

For those of you who don’t know, I’m back at school in Delaware, so this made the Philadelphia news. They must be taking this pretty seriously.

For those of you who want to check it out, here is the link to the story with a link to the video at the bottom of the page:

Girl Beatdown
(Sorry, couldn’t find it on YouTube yet ;x )

They even said that this activity is commonly known on Long Island as ‘hopping’, which means ‘jumping’ for those of you who aren’t as hood savvy as me. I found that funny since on the internet I go by the name ‘h0pper’.

But anyway, I’d just like to congratulate these Long Islanders on furthering our already sterling reputation to the rest of the north eastern United States. On the bright side though, maybe everyone will slowly begin to drop the stereotype that all people from Long Island are rich, spoiled, brats. We are so hood, ain’t that a bitch.

No More Curtis

I didn’t plan on watching this season of 24 because I felt like last season was just the same old recycled theme but my friend informed me that Curtis was killed off this past episode.

Apparently he contractted rabies and started wylin out so Jack had to put him down. LOL.