"Get off my Lawn!"
20
Nov
From left to right: The Blackberry Pearl, Bold, Curve, and some older model that I can't identify
Ever since I purchased my Blackberry, I’ve been discovering and learning all sorts of cool things you can do with them. I wanted to share with you some of these discoveries I’ve come across while scavenging the internet, learning all sorts of things they’re capable of doing. I’ve compiled together 10 reasons why you should go out and purchase a Blackberry.
18
Nov
David Pollard and Amy Taylor met in Second Life. Now they're divorcing on account of David's "online affair."
Amy Taylor and David Pollard are ending their marriage after 3 years when Amy found David’s avatar in Second Life literally “screwing around” online.
The couple met online in 2003 and, within months, she had moved into 40-year-old Mr Pollard’s flat in Newquay, Cornwall.
After two years, the pair married – in real life and in the game – but Ms Taylor said she knew something was wrong. She ended up hiring a “virtual private detective” to scope out David’s activities online.
Apparently her instincts were right. David had begged for Amy’s forgiveness after the first affair unfolded.
However, it wasn’t until she filed for divorce after witnessing her husband’s avatar banging some new chick that went by the name: Modesty McDonnell.
“I caught him cuddling a woman on a sofa in the game. It looked really affectionate,” said Ms. Taylor, who filed for divorce the next day. “I just couldn’t believe what he’d done,” said Ms Taylor, 28. “I looked at the screen and saw his character having sex. It’s cheating, as far as I’m concerned.”
Ms. Taylor apparently already has a new guy now that she met in a different game… You guessed it World of Warcraft.
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17
Nov
Thumbs up for Wrath of the Lich King
Once again, I’ve been lacking in updates for this site. And I apologize. I’ve been sidetracked with the new Wrath of the Lich King expansion that came out on Thursday. I managed to get ahold of a collectors edition of the game (thank you Kyle!), making it so that I now have 3 out of 3 of the WoW Collector Editions.
I didn’t get much of a chance to tryout the game when it came out last Thursday (11/13/08) as I went bowling that night. Friday night was even worse as my realm Kil’Jaeden is a high population server and had like a 30+ minute wait (800+ queue). Saturday and Sunday were the days that I got to play, and I must say that the leveling process is much easier now then it was when leveling from 60-70.
Blizzard really went all out with the quests. There are so many quests jammed-packed within the zones, that I really didn’t even know where to begin. Since there are so many things to do, I wouldn’t know where to start and I probably would have overwhelmed myself. Thank god for QuestHelper & TomTom as they have been a lifesaver.
10
Nov
From level 60-70 in a matter of 28 hours.
I just wanted to follow up with some things I’ve been doing these past couple of weeks.
Seeing as Blizzard’s Wrath of the Lich King is coming out on the 13th of November, I figured I’d level my alts since there’s not much else to do at this time. Since the last big patch 3.0.1, Blizzard included the level 80 talent specs for everybody. The game right now is still tailored to level 70 content, however the new level 80 talents greatly increased the damage & abilities for every class, reducing the time it takes to level from 60-70.
The hybrid classes (Druid, Paladin, Shaman) will benefit the most with this new expansion coming out since Blizzard is claiming everybody will be able to passively switch between two talent specs. What this means for a hybrid is you can get the best of two worlds. One world is being able to efficiently do damage, and the other world is being able to effectively heal. So in any event, if you’re PVPing with a friend, it’ll be nice to have the option to effectively fulfill either role people need you for.
In a two week timeline, I’ve managed to get my Shaman from 60-70 from 28 hours of gameplay. I must confess I did get help thanks to Zygor’s Leveling Guides, which definitely help cut back on the time it took to level my guy.
I also respecced my mage from frost to arcane, to try out the new abilities they got with the 3.0.1 patch. I have to say that there really isn’t any skill involved playing arcane. It’s definitely turned into a (what the WoW community refers easy/simple things as) “faceroll” spec. It’s simply too easy to kill people. I feel kinda dumb playing it to be honest. There’s only 2 things you need to win in PVP, Slow & Arcane Barrage. It was nice to be effectively kill people after awhile, but then I started getting bored from it, as I was only having to hit 2 buttons over and over to win. As a result, I’ll probably end up respeccing back to full frost before the expansion this Thursday.
Fallout 3 came out a few weeks ago, and I took some time to play the game, and while alot of people & critics love the game and gave it fantastic reviews etc, I can’t talk myself into playing the game for more then 10 minutes at a time. I’ve launched the game several times, and attempted to play it a few minutes here and there, but I end up losing interest. I even tried making things interesting by accessing some cheat codes and spawning in a bunch of enemies within the Megaton city causing the citizens there to declare war against the enemies I spawn in. While it was entertaining at first, it got boring pretty quick. I never played the first two Fallout games, although it’s not like it really matters as the story for Fallout 3 is independent of the other two. In fact I never even heard of the Fallout series until my friend Nick introduced them to me.
Far Cry 2 came out a couple of weeks before Fallout 3, and despite it getting mixed reviews, I’ve had more fun playing that then Fallout 3. I like being able to drive around in a jungle with several options being able to take out the enemies. I always get satisfaction from running people over in vehicles. Also I like the new system they put in place when it comes to managing weapons. As you explore the game in Africa, you have a GPS with a tracker that allows you to find diamonds through the zones. The diamonds are used for currency allowing you to purchase and upgrade weapons as you progress. You can use weapons dropped from the people trying to kill you, but on occasion you’ll find their weapons tend to jam, or break overtime in mid-battle, so it’s advisable to use your own weapons. My only complaint is that Far Cry 2 apparently has some kind of memory leak; as I’ve noticed my frames gradually decrease over time. I’m sure one of the patches addresses this issue, but I’m currently running a crack that prevents needing the DVD to play the game and haven’t bothered with it since I’ll get stuck dealing with that “Insert-the-game-in-my-DVD-drive” DRM bullshit.
That’s pretty much it for now.
7
Nov
Michael Crichton (October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008)
Michael Crichton , one of my all time favorite authors, passed away November 5th in Los Angeles. Crichton’s death was a result of cancer. He was best known for his science fiction and techno-thriller novels. A list of books he wrote can be found below:
Outside of writing, Crichton was also a producer. He created ER, an Emmy/Award winning popular medical drama TV series that still airs on NBC today.
A private funeral service is expected but no details have been released.
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