I wrote an article on Code|Reality talking about the impending arrival of the new consoles; the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and Nintendo Revolution. With these new consoles coming out, PC gaming will suffer as game developers hop on the bandwagon for profit, while the games we receive suffer, as a result.
This year’s E3 marks their 10th anniversary, which is remarkable considering a lot of conventions have been dying out lately. A couple of years ago, I was invited by NVIDIA to go to E3. They flew me out there, paid for the hotel room, and invited me to a company party that featured Smashmouth which was real neat. If you’re not familiar with E3, it’s only the largest show on Earth, featuring everyone in the gaming industry marketing their products.
However, that’s largely what it’s about; marketing. There were a few people I met that were passionate about gaming, but they were hard to find at E3. It’s all loud music, flashing lights, and gleaming teeth. It’s thousands of Press Relations and marketing people hand-in-hand, with dollar signs ka-chinging in their eyes.
Don’t get me wrong though, it was neat being able to see games before anyone else, and sometimes even get to play them. It’s nice to talk to the few people that were into gaming, and get their thoughts on games other than their own. Between the long walks, loud noise, and the stress of trying to cover as much as you can, I’d say it’s better to stay home, download all the videos released to the web, and let someone else do all the work.
I’ll just play the games, thank you very much.
My new mousepad came in, and it’s smooooooth. It is called the Icemat, and it’s made of glass. Featuring a 12 inch wide by 10 inch long real estate, and rubber feet to secure it in place, it’s the coolest (literally) and slickest mousepad I’ve used yet, and I’ve tried a ton over the years.
I got it because my old pad wasn’t big enough for my widescreen monitor, and I wasn’t going to jack up the sensitivity. I also wanted something more durable and should hopefully last for a very long time. Glass doesn’t warp, so it should be well worth the $45 purchase price.
Erik over at kartooner.com passed me some sort of useless musical baton. I tried to use it to pry a box open, but no luck. Anyways, here’s the music goodness:
Total volume of music files on my computer:
According to iTunes, 7958 songs, 22.9 days worth of listening, 38.61 GB.
The last CD I bought was:
The Arcade Fire - Funeral. I wanted to support an awesome band, an awesome label, and just plain fantastic music you can’t ever grow tired of.
Five songs I listen to a lot, or that mean a lot to me:
This week’s song of the week features John Lydon, whom you may know better as Johnny Rotten, the who-gives-a-flying-bleep frontman for the Sex Pistols. In this rocking tune, he teams up with Afrika Bambaataa to sing about the Apocalypse, and man does it rock.
The amazing thing here isn’t that Mr. Rotten himself is still kicking it, but that Afrika Bambaataa is an unsung hero in the music world. Known as Kevin Donovan, he has bridged and revolutionized music, especially hip hop, by bringing his influences to the music world, and it is fitting that it is paired with a primal rock song like World Destruction.
Normally I’m not one for spring cleaning when that season comes around, but for some reason I got bit by that bug this year. I’ve been a busy beaver the past week:
Ahhh, nothing like the smell of cleanness. At least for a few weeks before everything accumulates again.
Yesterday, Wikipes officially became a part of the prestigious 9rules Network. The 9rules Network is a collection of quality content-rich sites brought together by the vision of respectful and passionate website gurus.
I’m extremely proud to have Wikipes a part of the network, especially amongst such excellent company as the other sites that are also part of the network. Head on over and check out the sites in the network, you won’t be disappointed by the quality.
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