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I admit it. I’m a criminal. I maliciously download movies for consumption. If I end up going to hell because of this one lack of judgment then in the end it’ll all be worth it. Have you seen the prices at theaters nowadays? Ridiculous. Why not enjoy these same movies in the comfort of your own home instead? C’mon, I need some company on the ride down.

.: Sunshine .:. Oceans 13 :.

The media frenzy surrounding Madden 08‘s release is about to kick in this weekend, but I don’t really care. To me, Madden has taken a turn for the worse on next gen, but I had some hope that this year would be better. That was until Speedy informed me they didn’t add 4v4 gameplay in AGAIN. That means I will be getting the regular Xbox version over the 360 version AGAIN. I was going to write a post about Madden, but I could care less now, so instead, I’ll share with you my most anticipated game of this year NHL 08.

NHL 08 will be shipping on 9/11/2007. It took many failed attempts, but EA finally outsold 2k sports with its hockey game (on next gen at least). For years, 2k sports ran the show, and EA even lowblowed them by snatching up exclusive ESPN licensing so 2k sports was forced to go back to NHL 2k and drop their SportsCenter themed game. But last year, EA busted out the skill stick, and revamped its physics for NHL 07. The puck no longer felt glued to the stick in canned animations, it was live, out there ready to take a wild bounce off anything it hit. I’ve played the majority of hockey games that have came out over the last decade and a half, and NHL 07 is my favorite of all time.

This year NHL 08 is adding online leagues and the online versus gameplay mode which adds the ability to play 4v4 online. These are things that felt very missing from last years game. I know that when I have 3 friends over, 4v4 hockey is the best game to play. But more importantly, there is an entire new game mode designed for pickup team play called online team play. In this mode, 6 different consoles can connect together online to play 3v3 over Xbox Live. This is a feature that has not been done in any hockey game to date, and I can’t wait to use it.

Theres plenty of other small additions, like create a play, enhanced player creation, team creations, and complete jersey customization. Create a play looks great, but screams exploitable to me. Thankfully, the games developers share the same thoughts and it will not be available for use in online play in this years release. Head on over here to read GameSpot’s first look or download the HD media over on fileshack. The official site offers non HD streamable media.

On the other side of the next gen hockey fence, 2k8 looks to close the sales gap by implementing a new feature called the “pro stick“, a move that surprised no one considering how well the skill stick was received. They also revamped their faceoff system, something that every hockey game needs to work on.

Oh, almost forgot, Bioshock went gold today.

Viral marketing can be quite interesting sometimes….

1. Go here
2. Place your mouse cursor over the keypad lock
3. Enter the numerals 82207
4. Start clicking stuff
5. Continue to trip out

Any clue what this is for?

Here’s a hint, the keypad number is the date August 22nd…

This is extremely cool. So basically, you can have an image file on your desktop and then change the extension name, to .mp3, .zip, .rar or whatever and it will change the format and be functional. What does this mean? Well for me, I always have my USB drive on me. But I never put sensitive documents on it for fear of losing it. Now, I can make a zip file with all my doc’s, mask it as a working image file and even if I did lose it no one would know to rename the file to zip and extract the contents. Watch this gif tutorial to see how easy it is to make one of these files.

Here’s a few nerdtastic links to get you through your Friday:

• Power up your base Windows programs
• Flash your BIOS properly
• Never type http://, www or .com again
• Open a pdf quickly finally
• Rip Netflix movies right from their site
• Songbird is for you music blog addicts like me
• This e-mail will self destruct in 10 minutes
• Repair those crappy headphones easily

I believe in extra terrestrial life.

We’re not the only advanced organisms out there folks.

However, I don’t believe they are visiting us right now.

With the success of YouTube over the past few years it’s nice that you can have a one stop n’ shop for all kinds of different movies. Myself, I like it for music videos and live artist clips. Others love the extreme shit, some the funny videos, others the video bloggers and some just like to click anything they see. Well as a born leecher my issue was always, I want to archive all my favorite shit! But for those smarter than the average bear you’d know the file extension for the YouTube player is in .flv format. Not the friendliest player for playback. Well fear not fellow leechers, there’s Vixy. Vixy converts flv’s for you into avi, mpeg or ipod formats through their site. The quality isn’t the greatest thanks to YouTube’s downscaling conversion but the file sizes won’t crash your hard drive either. So just plug your favorite YouTube url in and let ‘er rip.

So, have you heard that 50 Cent wants to debate Kayne West on September 11th. You can even bet on the outcome. I had some trouble choosing a winner, but I’m going to have to back 50 Cent due to his ranking on the top 20 worst lyrics of all time AND the top 25 best opening lyrics. Kayne just can’t compete with just a diverse verbal portfolio.

Tonight we were bullshitting in IRC getting bored listening to Bucky brag about getting into the HellGate London beta so we started sharing some pictures. Here are some gems I found from my last business trip to Arkansas.

• Minivan Madness
• Together Forever
• A Fine Establishment
• Just Hanging Around

“Run bitch!”

So I’m watching Bug Attack on National Geographic HD. They are showing how red army ants completely rape everything in their path. One thing that happens when they bite something is they do not let go, no matter what. When you get bit and remove them they leave the head behind with their pincers still inserted. Because of this bushmen use them on open sores to stitch up wounds. Seeing a guys arm covered in ant heads is something you don’t expect to see when you get up in the morning.

Fallout 2 coming…

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