Here’s something you don’t see everyday.

A propane plant exploding! Read more »

I’ll be away on vacation for awhile but don’t forget that early next week is the latest Madden release. We’ve already discussed how much we all hate this game but we of course will end up buying it. Hey, football season is football season, simulated or not. One thing that will be funny is that Brett Favre, now of the New York Jets, is on the cover. But not in the game. Why is this you ask? Well, thanks to the well known Madden curse no player wants to take the million bucks to have their career extinguished (see Shaun Alexander/Mike Vick). So they go out and get a player retiring to ensure no careers end because of EA’s greediness. Well that didn’t work out now they are stuck with a player who not only is playing but for a different team than is on the cover. Awesome. Now, check out this Walmart commercial regarding Madden as it’s actually slightly humorous. Read more »

This is most definitely my favorite video of today. Read more »

So you finally got with the times and bout an iPhone.

You’ve been downloading every app you can find off the Itunes store.

Well don’t accidentally buy this one.

How do you answer this one?

Are you still devoted addict to Facebook?

Probably not although I bet you still attend events that pop up.

Well who would of known that Facebook is the end of humanity??

I didn’t…until now.

I put on my prediction hat to look at the MMO wasteland and see what is in the gaming future for these time sucking titles…

WoW still is going strong and with the upcoming expansion this game will continue to grow. But for hardcore gamers this game has been dumbed down to such epic levels that there’s no interest anymore. Will the expansion suck people back in? Most definitely.
Prediction: Wow’s expansion will be a huge success…but won’t solve the problem that WoW is now the dummies guide equivalent to MMO’s and hardcores will steer well clear with other options now out there and a lackluster PvP system never going to change.

Age of Conan has had such a rollercoaster ride since the release. Some great content, a ton of bugs and lack of speed by their developers has made people grow tired of this game. Try and remember every MMO has 2 months after release to lock people in and AoC did not do this well at all. However, the game has some very cool potential that one day could be realized.
Prediction: Shadowbaned. Hard. A few large guilds will suck up all the PvPer’s for siege warfare and end game content, people will continue to play casually for the PvP aspects but the player populace declines at a very high rate, with the game pretty much dead as new MMO’s get released.

Warhammer is now on the schedule with a release date of September 18th. I haven’t had a chance to play the beta at all so I can’t comment on gameplay but from what I have read there’s nothing overly revolutionary when it comes to MMO’s and follows some WoW/DaoC/EQ rulesets. Well, this means one thing. Instant boredom. Been there, done that. MMO players are voracious gamers and have played all of these. But Realm vs Realm with different classes is interesting, even if over one third of the game has been nerfed out already.
Prediction: AoC syndrome, everyone rushes out to level up and hits end-game and finds out there’s still plenty left to implement and not much to do…again. Bugs, zerg guilds, crappy itemization, class balancing all play into making this just another MMO to waste time on with no real satisfaction garnered.

Darkfall is an MMO on the Hostile’s radar for over a year now because of the feature set they have been enticing the general public with. However, all of these features are overly ambitious and as someone who works in game development building a game like this without a proven team is virtually impossible. While we have heard this game will be released in Europe first maybe they will be the guinea pigs for all the bugs and other crap that will be in here. Or, maybe we’ll be sitting over here all jealous they get to play.
Prediction: Until a release date is set, this game is vaporware.

It’s getting near the end of the week which means you desk jockeys are starting to fidget and get extremely bored with all your menial tasks out of the way. So I come today to help break up the monotony with a video of a hot babysitter. I know, this will be the first babysitter video you’ve watched that you don’t have to lube up for but you’ll enjoy this funny one. Read more »

Do you ever feel small and insignificant?

No? Well then, check this out.

Yup. Humans built that. And it’s our eventual demise.

The Gary’s Modders continue to astound with great Source engine videos.

Check out what happens when the red TF2 team has to get real jobs. Read more »

Regardless if you are an EA hater like myself or not you had to of been impressed with Skate. A revolutionary console game that showed you can be in control the first one was a great starting ground for which will undoubtedly be a very successful franchise for those corporate bastards to feed off of. We finally get our first glimpse of Skate2’s footage so check it out. Read more »

If you’ve ever had the displeasure of watching any of the X-Men movies you’re well aware that the only reason it’s even semi interesting is Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. So it comes as no surprise that he’s got his own flick in the works and some of the footage was leaked at Comicon. Ryan Reynolds is in it too? Instant classic.

Remember this Halo 3 marketing giant?

Well, a real game just made it much more bad ass. Read more »