Spiked!

by on November 30, 2006 @ 7:50 pm

Alright kids, I know that it’s been a couple of days, so I’d better make up for it with something bitchin’. Work has made me neglect you, so let’s overcompensate, sort of like how my dad did after he’d go off on unannounced “business trips” and come back with BB Guns or half full bottles of Johnny Walker as a reward for being the man of the house. 8 was a great age, and now you’re going to relive my 8-year-old happiness.

PJ, longtime friend of the Mofo who has hooked me up with countless perks, is now hooking up all of you, in the form of two free tickets to the 2006 Spike TV Video Game Awards. PJ just joined the Spike TV crew, and has assured me that they learned their lesson from last time, and won’t be giving Game of the Year to Halo 3. Plus, they’ve got Samuel L. Jackson hosting, Tenacious D playing, and various hot celebrity chicks attending that you’d probably never be able to meet without warranting an immediate restraining order. And last but not least… I’ll be there. Probably lit up like Christmas and throwing snakes onstage, but I will indeed attend the show.

Details: It’s next Friday at the USC Galen Center. Print out the PDF, take it to the Galen Center box office either the day of or day before the event, and then get all dolled up for adventure. And nerds. But definitely adventure.

Be sure to check out the ads from Mega64 here and here. You can also do your part by voting for the awards, and checking out all of the videos and guests and other goodness surrounding the event. And then be prepared to have your ass blown out by awesomeness, and probably a few misappropriated awards.

Be sure to let me know if you’re going, we’ll arrange a MoFo meet-n-greet, and you can tell Bolt how much you hated him in The Trial of Raygun.

Hermoine Just Gets Hotter And Hotter

by on November 20, 2006 @ 11:53 pm

Wow, there’s already a teaser trailer up for Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix. Just goes to show you how much I didn’t appreciate that last flick. Here’s the full teaser trailer.

I’m the only person amongst my group of friends to truly dislike the rushed pace and questionable plotline of Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire, mainly because I’m the only person in my group of friends (Bolt included) who neglected to actually read the Goddamned book. However, I did attempt to read “Order of the Phoenix” and I hope that they can do the book justice. Sadly, I doubt this as my friends were delusional about the validity of the last film because they could fill in the mental blanks with information that they had read four years previous.

It’s like a pre-prequels Star Wars fan, except with less explanations or sanity.

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by on @ 2:00 pm

Michael “Kramer” Richards goes off.

Eh. If you’ve ever been to a live comedy show, sometimes the comedians pick on the ethnicity of hecklers or talkers to shame them into shutting the fuck up. It’s just that Michael Richard’s way of picking on them wasn’t funny.

OK… it was kind of funny.

Who Trolls The Trollsmen?

by on @ 12:31 am

I’ve heard a lot of buzz surrounding this little article over on VG Resource, which discusses a Gamespot review of Zelda: Twilight Princess that was not as favorable as most people would have liked. The big fella gives Link’s latest outing an 8.8, which was received rather poorly by the rabid masses. A lot of curse words were thrown around, the reviewer’s Wikipedia entry was repeatedly vandalized, and a lot of comments were made regarding his heritage and girth.

The initial article is a well thought-out little piece on how it seems that opinions no longer matter on the Internet. It is suggested that these days, agreeing with the masses is more important than formulating your own conclusions. Dare I say, that the author insinuates for just a moment that the Internet is almost entirely comprised of a bunch of mob-mentality cretins who viciously troll any sort of opinion that would have the audacity to directly contrast their own?

Wow. It’s a real fucking think piece.

Don’t get me wrong, the guy has a point regarding the nature of these trolls, and how they essentially invalidate the opportunities that the Internet represents. They destroy any ability for opinions or intellectual debate to take place by angrily seeking retribution against anyone who opposes their beliefs.

To the author I say this: Guess what numbnuts, those trolls are the internet. They are humanity. And you are an idiot for expecting anything more.

Let me break it down for you in simple terms. The trolls across the internet are a direct representation of what humans would be like if there were no consequences for their actions, and they didn’t really have to fear getting their asses kicked for acting like a complete fuckwit. It’s the truth, and you know it. If there were no police, no rules, and complete anonymity in real life… there would be a lot more atomic wedgies taking place across the globe. Definitely more murder and rape as well, if the forums are any indication. So arguing that humans, when given this sort of freedom, should do anything but act like… well, humans? That’s just as illogical as the troll mentality itself. This is the way humans are. You seem to think that we’re some enlightened race that allows anyone to state an opinion, engage in a reasonably intelligent debate, and never fear persecution for it. But if it doesn’t happen in real life, why the Hell would it happen online?

It’s like arguing with a woman when she tells you that she “feels” angry at you for something that doesn’t make any fucking sense. She’s a woman. They don’t ever make any fucking sense, they only feel. A lot. So just say “I’m sorry you feel that way” and go have a fucking beer.

Cash In Now, Honey.

by on November 19, 2006 @ 11:02 pm

From Klippoth:

I just thought I would let you guys know, not only do I have Fedora Core5 for PPC installed on my Playstation 3, but I actually ran through theboot loader and demonstrated how it works, whilst simultaneously videocapturing the results. I edited it a little bit to reduce redundantframes (frames of just watching a cursor flash) so the whole thing comesin just over 3 minutes. I have posted a low-rez version at Youtube ifyou would like to check it out, and if you believe it to be newsworthy,you can use the high-rez footage I took. Just let me know, I’ll be happyto contribute! (I could also give you my ever-so humble opinion on thewhole Linux-on-PS3 concept, after I have given it a bit more of athorough inspection.)

See the video here on Youtube.

And yes, I am selling it on Ebay, although that was not my original intention. But hearing about people making ten grand…well, let’s just say my love for my PS3 is NOT unconditional. Metal Gear Solid 4 doesn’t come out for another year anyway! (Although it seems that sales for PS3 are starting to slow down…oh well, I can think of worse things to be stuck with!!)

It’ll be interesting to see what kind of benchmark results you can get out of that sucker…. inbetween checking on your eBay auction stats.

Speaking of unique eBay PS3 auctions, Farticus sent in this entry. I guess when you don’t have a hot girl to put her boobs on your console so that your auction stands out, you have to improvise. **Update** Looks like the link is down. But did you really want to see a dude fucking a PS3?

I know you did. Sinner.