360, Now the court settlement payment

Recently in the news was a story about a man whom is starting a class action suit against Microsoft. The article which mentions the lawsuit also mentions some classic lines from Microsofts PR department, "We have received a few isolated reports of consoles not working as expected," and the greatest line, " Microsoft has dismissed the claim that the problem is due to rushing the console to market". Now here is my question, barring my feeling of respect for a company whom has actual admitted this, Why-TF did you rush the fucking console to market!!!? It is really genius stuff, like just imagine the onversation they must have had about the release date.

Gates: "Ok people we have to release for christmas for an undetermined reason."
johnson: "But the consoles still have a number of glitches and bugs to be worked out. Basically we are releasing a new kind of mini-desktop. We cannot take this quickly or we will be crucified."
Gates: "Yup, releasing this christmas, sounds great. Ahead of everyone."
Johnson: "But.."
Gates:"...releasing this christmas..." (walks off into a broom closet)
Anyways enough about the boeing 747 crash that is the 360 release. Listening to Video Game Radio - VGamp a song from DDR came up, DDR - supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. You might not agree with me, hey you might want to slaughter me, but DDR has gone too far and should be shutdown. Imagine seeing your children playing DDR to the tune of the "Wish Upon A Star" Rap, or Celine Dion's "My Heart Goes On" - the remix. I know I would cry in pain just by hearing her music again, but a remix. Gahhhhhhh!! Run away, then off a cliff!! Go to nomoreddr.com to sign the petition to stop DDR.

Just Kidding...Until Next.

Console-ular Let Down

I am rathered pissed about this, but unless you give two shits about the Next-gen consoles (ie. Xbox 360, PS3) Read this:

X360 Let Down

Until Next.

360, Assumed: Everyone thought Degrees - Actual: Number of Initial Bugs

Well it has been one hell of a roller coaster for Gamers and Microsoft alike as the release of the new xbox on November. 22 occurred. Many were eager to acquire their pre-orders and when they arrived home and started their machine they were met with errors. Yes, Xbox consoles everywhere are freezing, glitching and bugging to the melody of smashed controls and scratched disks. Microsoft has been called on by gamers for help, but I must ask "what the fuck happened?"
I until today was going to get a console, but until the things are fixed I'm not touching one. Xbox was so gun-ho about being ahead of the curve, both their other competitors were almost a year away from release. Xbox 360 came out with a supposed corner on the market, gamers are impulsive buyers. Face it gamers are almost categorically addicts and 360 would be the first console to satisfy their need.
Unfortunately the delayed release of the Revolution and PS3 may be well justified. Thinking about this on a market stand point, nintendo and Sony allowed Microsoft to rush their console in and basically Microsoft acted as a free test run of a Next Gen console release. By watching and seeing what issues develop in public hands Sony and Nintendo can therefore further improve their consoles. I can almost assure you that both the Revolution and PS3 will be free of the problems tha plgue the Xbox 360.
Here is a metaphor to sum it up, Microsoft is the idiot that goes running into the jungle and falls into the quicksand. Meanwhile, Sony and Nintendo are the two following Microsoft letting them expose all the hazards and traps.
Signing off on Micrsoft Stupidity, Until Next.

Gamer = Addict?

Recently I was reading the Toronto Star and was reading their Ideas section. Video games seemed to be there feature for the day so they had some interesting facts. One fact involved a study, the study came out with this interesting tid-bit; when showed in-game screenshots of various games the test subject showed the same reactions and brain functions as a drug addict. Funky stuff eh?
So continuing on with my addiction enhanced hobby, the Xbox 360 has been released at its whopping $500+ price tag. I say $500 because no one will buy the core system which doesn't have the hard drive. The reason, people aren't going to throw away hundreds of dollars in games just cause a next gen console rears its sleek manufactured head. Though the new Xbox may actually earn this price tag for its great graphics and stellar processing speed, but the games don't. The games feature about a $10+ increase over the older system games. As the game industry forges ahead tools are constantly being created for developers to utilize. The Xbox 360 features a very developer friendly devkit which should speed up the process, which is in addition to hundreds of other software programs that further shorten the development cycle. But I guess I should just suck it up and pay for the Xbox name like everyone else.

In game news recently I played both of the Starship Troopers demos and I have to say it is intense. If you were a fan of the original movie and the book you will appreciate this game. The game came out back on Nov.15 which I had not realized, I though it came out months ago and boy it has become beautiful and polished since I last saw it. The bugs are as fast, freaky, and relentless as they are in the movie. As well as preetty much being able to play through every major scene from the movie you have the filled out story from the book. I have to say this is one of the best book/movie games I have ever played or seen. I suggest you pick it up if you are a fan of the movie. If you are not a fan of the movie pick up for the sheer speed of the action.

Thats all I have for now. Until Next.