
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Marketing Genius (Bravo Blizzard)

Sunday, September 14, 2008
Gas Prices
Thursday, September 11, 2008
How bout that gas...

Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Warhammer Online Open Beta

So I encountered an old friend that I haven't spoken to or seen in a little under a year today. We talked for about 3-4 minutes about what we were both up to.
He said he has been playing and loving the Warhammer Online "Open Beta." He simply had to mention it and somewhere in my iffy memory's bank of information I recalled, that just started yesterday didn't it? He said yeah and that he was loving it so far, getting to level with pvp and the way that queueing for and entering/exiting the instanced pvp activities was handled.
As my previous post pointed out, I was already keeping an eye on and interested in Warhammer so this was essentially enough to seal the deal for me. I decided that I was coming home and downloading the open beta right away. So I head to the Warhammer site to start what I assume will be a rather sizeable download before I go workout.
When I got to where I expected the download link to be, I was instead apprised of the way this so called "open beta" was actually being run. It turns out you have to have been accepted into the closed beta or have a copy of the game reserved at one of various retailers to be eligible for this "open beta." All I've really got to say is that sounds like a dicey use of the word "open."
All and all, no love lost for Warhammer or anything. Still the same amount of anticipation, still the same excitement, still the same hesitance to jump on in. But I'm definitely disappointed in that use of the phrase "open beta" when it sounds to me more like a closed beta with an additional way of entering the beta program (pre-ordering the game).
For the time being, I'll be experiencing the open beta vicariously through my old friend.
Saturday, September 06, 2008
Gaming in September
I'll be quite frank, I'm a gamer. So when revolutionary (or at least potentially revolutionary) games are on the verge of being released, I get excited. I can even feel some excitement when a huge release is coming out and it's a franchise that I personally don't care for (Metal Gear Solid 4 is probably the most recent example of that).
In the case of MGS4, it marked another one of those rare games that had the potential to encourage fellow gamers to step into the next generation of gaming consoles. I made my plunge by getting an XBox 360 last year when Halo 3 and Madden were releasing around the same time. And then that had me owning a 360 in time for Guitar Hero 3 and (the then unknown) Rock Band release. Not to mention Assassin's Creed and Call of Duty 4. Just lots of good games from lots of good genres.
At any rate, this is about gaming in September of 2008, so more about what's coming up in the next few weeks instead what has already happened.
To help break down this mass of game titles on various gaming platforms I'm about to throw out, I've decided I need to group them somehow. So, I'm going to giving a rating for my anticipation ranging from 5-stars down to a theoretical 1-star, but if my anticipation is 1-star, I'm not gonna waste my time writing about it. So, about 5-stars down to 3-stars. Starting with the biggest and the best...
5-Star Anticipation
- Rock Band 2*(this link starts playing music, just fair warning... to stop the music, there's a music off control in the upper right of that webpage)
- Spore*(a video with sound starts playing on this site after you select your country)
- Disgaea DS
4-Star Anticipation
3-Star Anticipation
Honorable Mention
So, there's the quick listing of what I'm looking forward to seeing get released this September. I believe I'm gonna spend a few more posts elaborating on what I'm looking forward to most about the games. But that will be something for me to do in the coming days.
Friday, September 05, 2008
Google Chrome
Right now I'm downloading Google's internet browser, Chrome. After seeing the initial screenshots, I was unimpressed. But it has gotten good reviews, so I'm gonna download it and at least see what it's working with. It is a first release beta so I'm not particularly expecting amazingness, but I'll at least get a look at what they have in mind.
The browser I use in my day-to-day surfing is Opera. But I have Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 3 and Opera 9.51 all installed. And now we're gonna be adding Chrome to the mix.
First of Many
This is the first of post of what will hopefully be many. I haven't run a website in years. And as I thought about if I'd like to freshen up on html and css to make a new one, I decided I didn't. And then to go along with that, I couldn't think of any particular topic that I wanted to make an entire website about.
So this is kind of like the compromise. I get to hit the ground running with a general layout made by somebody else and I can talk about whatever random topic I feel like talking about.
So, here is a little insight into One Man's Mind.