TehSV returns

First post of 2010. I don't know what to write yet. I'm sure epic battles of the iPad/iPhone vs. Android & everything else will transpire soon.

tehJT: too much penis

iphonage

tehJT:  yay for iphonage

tehJT:  kinda

zomg- hell is frozen, water- wet, etc.

kinda.

Just Because Cat Complained

1st post! ...in 5 months.

GTA IV Game of the year?

There are plenty of review sites and publications awarding GTA IV the title of game of the year. Mainly for it being more grown up and gritty than the previous titles in the series. I have yet to find any real gamers out there who have said it was the best thing they have played all year.... I personally found it to be at best boring and at worst aggravating to a controller throwing level (what that says about my emotional control while gaming is for another post)

The game looked great, but when I entered the world what I wanted to do was go out and mess around with the environment. Getting used to the game controls and what you can and cannot do while also experiencing some laugh out loud moments as amazing and crazy stuff happened. After that I would have picked up the story and gotten into the game as a whole.

Instead I was forced into hours and hours of story, with no real chance to, for a better description go on a killing rampage interspersed with huge car chases in fast cars. I couldn't even make it onto the second island until I had played over 20 hours of story, and I lost interest before making it to the final island.

Not a game of the year experience... I would vote for Fallout 3

Mc Donalds skimping on the cheese

Yum! Mc Donalds! I visited my local McDonalds yesterday for a nice fish fillet sandwich with no mayo/relish sauce. It came in the std. hamburger bun with a greasy fish fillet and cheese. What I found odd was upon further investigation I noticed I got a 1/2 slice of cheese instead of the full slice. My roommate eating the same thing only with sauce noticed the same thing only his cheese was clocked beneath a tidy helping of mayo. My question is this....is McDonalds skimping on the cheese in these economic hard times or do they always come with a 1/2 slice. Maybe the crazy clown with red hair thought he could hide it in all that mayo...not this time my clown friend....not this time.

Don't Drink the Koolaid

Everyday, I hear someone say "OMG, Apple Product X is coming out tomorrow! I NEEDS IT!". I'm here to tell you: no, you don't need it.

Apple does a great job of marketing products to a cult like following that seems to get larger with every release. I agree that Apple products look 'cool' and that if you want to be a trendy hipster who drinks coffee in the quaint coffee shop with emo glasses with no frames, you definitely need to adorn your electronic wardrobe with Apple products. But in general, Apple products are overpriced and over-hyped.

The product du jour this time around is the new iPhone. I have to admit, it's looking a lot better in terms of value. Between the 3G network, lower price, and new app store, it's admitedly a much better offer. However, I started doing some thinking about how much the iPhone plan is. I think it's something crazy like $70/mo. Now I don't really care about these types of plans, so I don't know how that compares to other offerings, but regardless, that's a lot to pay for internet on my phone that I might use for like an hour per month.

Not surprisingly, Apple has also once again underestimated the size of their cult, and it's clear that the 'authentication' or whatever you have to do with the iPhones was woefully inadequate. Nothing sucks more than dropping a few hundred bucks on a new device, only to leave it in the box because you forgot the batteries... or the publisher's servers couldn't handle the load. Granted, AT&T is probably at fault as well, but it doesn't take a genious to realized the Apple lap dogs would be lapping up the iPhone Koolaid.

Seriously, just look at the other offerings. Phones, mp3 players, laptops, everything. You won't be as cool of a hip trendsetter, but you'll get the same product for cheaper, and can take solace in the fact that you aren't funding a diabolical cult of Steve Jobs worshippers.