Hello all,

We are now in the new year and things are getting off to a blazing start.  I hope everyone enjoyed christmas and nye, as I had an awesome break from the grind of everyday life and had a great time relaxing over the holidays.  I won’t get to much into all of my family times or the night out on nye as they, while exciting, were more personal times!! haha.  Anyways, what I really wanted to touch on was my new found enjoyment in Rock Band, and what it has done for me… (more…)

Ah finally a gaming post eh??  Well this one is unfortunately a post in anger and not in love of a game.  I recently became the owner of GHIII which is Activisions third installment of the guitar playing rock game and also the owner of Rock Band which is a spin off headed by Harmonix which is similiar except it also has a Mic and Drum set along with its guitar.  But just 1 guitar for each!!
(more…)

As a middle class working American, there are 2 places that I spend most of my young adult life. Those 2 places happen to be my work chair and my bed. Seeing as even on a really off day I spend at least 4 hours in both making that 8 hours every work day. If I retire at 65 (ya right!!) and lets just start it at 18 to be safe (I started working before this of course) then that means even only counting 8 hours every work day (it is usually closer to 15 hours) that means I spend at the very least 11 of those 45 years either in my bed or in my computer desk. 11 F’IN years!! Now I am not going to be one to buy a chair for work….they should provide great chairs from the start. Unfortunately I can’t control that, so we are going to move onto the other chair I spend most of my time in, my home desk chair.

I was scrolling through my daily alerts and what not coming across a few articles that touched on this topic and as what often happens I felt differently than everyone else about the situation.

Firstly let me explain what HD-DVD and Blu-ray are since everyone claims that nobody knows about them. HD-DVD (Toshiba) and Blu-ray (Sony) are an attempt to be the next generation of hard media, replacing today’s DVD. They are Higher capacity discs using a Blue laser in order to fit more information. This then allows them to have much greater detail and sound in the image (High Definition) as it were. So instead of watching your standard DVD which is highly compressed, you are able to watch HD content (1080p) from your disc player. If you had not already noticed, playing a DVD and then watching an HD program on your television can be quite different. (more…)

Quick update.

I was quickly told by some friends that my Wii comments in the last post may have seemed a bit on the harsh side. So I am here to clear up where my opinion comes from quickly. (more…)

Hey All,

I know I know, where is this huge update that you promised us! I swear it is in the works…I just have been working on a few things to get all my things in order first. I promise you that I have been writing like crazy every second I get, I even have a few pages down already! Ask Tess, she knows haha
Anywho, I thought since I have had my mind wrapped around console gaming lately more than anything else I would touch base on a few things going on in that space and how I feel about them. As of today, well really about a month ago, I am the proud user of all 3 current generation consoles. That includes the Xbox 360 by Microsoft, the Wii by Nintendo, and the Playstation 3 by Sony.
Any gamer will tell you, the heat between hardcore backers of any of these consoles is just as bad as the heat between an Apple and a Windows user. It is an odd thing really, but people who buy and support a product usually tend to feel they must defend it for one reason or another. It happens in many parts of our lives..not just our consumer products:) (more…)

If you don’t already know, you will find out soon enough that I am a pretty avid gamer in many respects. I have been gaming on computers for about 10 years and I have been working with computers for 5 more than that. It is more of a hobby now and a way to pass the time, but I am still a hardcore techy at heart and I have more recently expanded my interests into console gaming. I suppose the largest reason for this move or merge would be that today’s consoles are so much more like computers than all previous generations that you are essentially playing a computer that has simply been made specifically for a set of functions. Just like your HTPC (Home Theater Computer) or TiVo box….just for gaming and/or entertainment. (more…)