September 2007 Archives

The Church of Google

"We at the Church of Google believe the search engine Google is the closest humankind has ever come to directly experiencing an actual God (as typically defined). We believe there is much more evidence in favour of Google's divinity than there is for the divinity of other more traditional gods."

I bought an Xbox 360 on Friday. There's no other way to say it.

I was actually thinking about it off and on for a while, but it wasn't until I stumbled across a deal that Wal-Mart had starting that day: a fully-loaded Xbox 360 with two games for $350. That's like a $50 savings on the hardware and the games are free.

I skipped over the original Xbox because there wasn't really anything that I wanted to play on it. But now that I have a 360 it's exhilarating that a whole new library of games is now available to me. I'm still setting everything up and getting used to the new system, but I like what I see so far.

So here's my Gamercard:

And yes, I am considering emigrating.

Koala Wallop :Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day: 12-8-7

I must remember to send the TARDIS back to pick me up on December 8th.

I Hate Young People

(Found via CBC Radio's new Search Engine show.)

I'm on hold with the That Which Must Not Be Named Program, and for their hold music they're piping a local radio station that's playing some twangy country song.

I then just had a random thought: I'm seriously considering getting the Wii version of Guitar Hero III later this year, and knowing how they released for the PS2 a "Rocks the 80s" edition, what's stopping them from releasing a country-western version? Harmonix made a country version of Karaoke Revolution for Konami, so the capability and the potential market are there.

But I think there is the possibility of the brand getting stretched too far out. I know I wouldn't want to play Guitar Hero on a banjo-shaped controller. And because I'm Always Right(tm), The Onion thinks the same way I do.

AOL News: Man Dies After Three Days Online

"A man in southern China appears to have died of exhaustion after a three-day Internet gaming binge , state media said Monday."

The Hollywood Reporter: New 'Tron' races on

"Commercial director Joseph Kosinski is in final negotiations to develop and direct "Tron," described as "the next chapter" of Disney's 1982 cult classic. Sean Bailey is producing via the Live Planet banner, as is Steven Lisberger, who co-wrote and directed the original film."

Joystiq: Link's Crossbow Training bundled with Wii Zapper, ships Nov 19

"Nintendo has officially confirmed Link's Crossbow Training, a pack-in title, to be bundled with the Wii Zapper, which hits retail November 19th for $19.99. As rumored earlier today, LCT is a sort of minigame spinoff that's set in "a world in the style of" Twilight Princess and features a series of crossbow training exercises, from stationary target practice to enemy combat."

How about some other games come bundled with the Wii Zapper? I'm thinking: "NES Zapper & SNES Super Scope Anthology".

Here's how I picture it: you start up the Wii Zapper disc, and you're greeted with a menu that's just like the Wii Menu. Only there's three channels to choose from: a great big one for Link's Crossbow Training and two smaller ones that look like Virtual Console ones. Their images rotate between the NES logo and the Zapper and the SNES logo and the Super Scope, respectively. Choosing either one of these channels will let you load up and play these lightguns' greatest hits, and you can pick and choose (said: shoot) just like starting up a Virtual Console title.

(I was thinking they could bring some Sega Menacer titles into the mix as well, but unless the Wii can handle Sega CD and 32X games, that's not going to happen.)

I know that EA is working on a Medal of Honor game for the Zapper, and Capcom is making a Resident Evil title, but if anybody from Namco is reading this: how about an original Time Crisis game for the Wii? I love those games whenever I'm in an arcade.

If a two-four is a case of beer with 24 bottles in it, shouldn't a case of Coke with 12 cans in it be called a one-two?

You Don't Know Jack: Stop Blaming Canada. Please.

The That Which Must Not Be Named program is finally getting replaced with something else for this tax year. I was sending out an email to the other people in my department with the details I got in the mail today, and this is true: Outlook's spell checker wanted to replace the name of the new program with "Irritability".

Freudian Slip, or harrowing vision of things to come?