A video from EVE Online Fanfest, with the devs acting all gangsta.

(I'm still a sucker for Scandinavian accents.)

Microsoft: FUCK YOU.

Broadcom: FUCK YOU.

Linux support forums: I love you guys, don't ever change.

George Lucas: FUCK YOU.

Mass Effect was possibly BioWare's most anticipated CRPG ever. I have held off on buying the PC version because it comes with unreasonably invasive SecuROM DRM, which under some circumstances limits you to three installs, ever, and periodically "phones home" to make sure, I don't know, you aren't on the NSA's Supervillain Watch List or something. ( ( Read more... )

I stopped at Best Buy on the way home today. They managed to correctly diagnose the problem with my laptop (although I have to wonder how long it took them to determine "it doesn't work" was an accurate description) Fortunately, the intelligent and capable dude (I found his name is Mark) was available to help me; he gave me a lot less guff than the ( Read more... )

These guys give "geek" a bad name.

Here's the story. Mid-day Wednesday I dropped off my two fried computers (Gateway desktop, Falcon laptop). I've had bad experiences with Best Buy before, but the nearest Circuit City is an extra 20 minutes away, and I wanted to go to lunch with some co-workers. So... what the Hell, thinks I. The guy behind the ( Read more... )

OMFG

I just soiled myself.

Well, not really, but pretty much anybody who reads this LJ has probably heard me whine about my desire for a space MMO that isn't EVIL Online... and it looks like I just might be getting one, finally. Plus the still-undisclosed work-in-progress from Spacetime StudiosI am happy. This actually makes up for the otherwise ( Read more... )

Dig it: The producer of the upcoming Transformers movie has secured the film rights for City of Heroes.

Oh yeah! Yeah! Eat it, WoW players! EAT IT!! (^_~)

Of course, that doesn't really mean a movie is on the way. Film rights to intellectual properties are traded about in Hollywood like baseball cards. For example, Asimov's Foundation has been a ( Read more... )

I've been meaning to post about this forever. But then, distractions and flood and everything. Anyway, back in April I let my World of Warcraft subscription lapse. It wasn't a hard decision at all, since I hadn't played in over a month; the game simply didn't interest me any more. Everything I wanted to do and everybody I wanted to play with were ( Read more... )

Ninety bleeding minutes on the phone with Verizon. I don't feel like relating all the gory details, but here's a quick summary of the call. You know, when I first wrote this, I put in all kinds of high-larious references to madness, suicide, and murder, but ultimately I didn't want you to think I was exaggerating about any of the other points.

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