Goodbye Old Friend
What is it about the iPod that makes it so attractive? It's wonderful backlight, easy to use software, the gigabytes of storage? Thing is all of these things are available in other, cheaper mp3 players. I believe the biggest draw is its design. Too many times have I heard people compliment the way it looks and coo in its presence. So beautiful is the design of the iPod that it has inspired other artists. They look alright, but I hope they create a new design that will astound just as much as the original did for their next generation. Isn't it great that art still makes a difference in this world? It is only when aesthetic value gets out of hand that it gets bad. Oh business people of Apple, why must you plague the world with your unnecessary money sinks. Yes, that's right. iPod socks. Why? I don't know. Who? I don't wanna know who. Wha? Exactly. Moving on.
Halo 2 has been out for a good . . . couple of days and oh how insane it is. In the first day alone, Microsoft was able to sell 125 million dollars worth of Halo 2 games. To give a little perspective, The Incredibles made 70 million dolars in its opening weekend and it's the best they've ever done. That's over the course of three days and Halo 2 was able to do better in 24 hours. Visiting the Gamestop on Broadway between Waverly and 8th Street, I stumbled across the Woolley and found that not one second of his shift could be spared for a decent conversation because so many people were buying Halo 2 among other games three days after its release! MTV calls it the "Halo 2 flu." I say "shut up MTV."
In other Microsoft Xbox news. The next Xbox system is aptly going to be called "Xbox Next," but here's the interesting thing they're going to be releasing three different versions of the Xbox. "Xbox Next" will be a regular 'ol next generation console, "Xbox Next HD" will have a hard drive in it, and "Xbox Next PC" will, get this, be a low end PC. Gamers made fun of Microsoft in 2001 joking around about Xbox being a PC, but they never thought that it would come true! It'll have a hard drive and will ultimately be a media center. You can attach a keyboard and mouse and access the internet, listen to music, watch movies, look at photos, and burn CDs. Smart move by Microsoft? I don't know, only time will tell. I know that Sony has plans to make its next system an all-in-one media center like this one, but is all of this really necessary? Sony's move to include a dvd player in the Playstation 2 back in 2000 was key to its success and perhaps expanding the abilities of their next generation systems is the next logical step. But even with all of this, I'll never leave my good 'ol bud Nintendo.
I can always trust Nintendo to bring me rock solid games. Quality over quantity right? Like the new upcoming Gamecube game Resident Evil 4. It's going to be awesome, but I can do without the special edition controller. Hopefully some kid won't try to hack me to bits with a piece of plastic come January.
And now I'd like a moment of silence . . . . . Goodbye Winamp, you were always good to me.
Winamp Mourner
Genuine Otaku
Halo 2 has been out for a good . . . couple of days and oh how insane it is. In the first day alone, Microsoft was able to sell 125 million dollars worth of Halo 2 games. To give a little perspective, The Incredibles made 70 million dolars in its opening weekend and it's the best they've ever done. That's over the course of three days and Halo 2 was able to do better in 24 hours. Visiting the Gamestop on Broadway between Waverly and 8th Street, I stumbled across the Woolley and found that not one second of his shift could be spared for a decent conversation because so many people were buying Halo 2 among other games three days after its release! MTV calls it the "Halo 2 flu." I say "shut up MTV."
In other Microsoft Xbox news. The next Xbox system is aptly going to be called "Xbox Next," but here's the interesting thing they're going to be releasing three different versions of the Xbox. "Xbox Next" will be a regular 'ol next generation console, "Xbox Next HD" will have a hard drive in it, and "Xbox Next PC" will, get this, be a low end PC. Gamers made fun of Microsoft in 2001 joking around about Xbox being a PC, but they never thought that it would come true! It'll have a hard drive and will ultimately be a media center. You can attach a keyboard and mouse and access the internet, listen to music, watch movies, look at photos, and burn CDs. Smart move by Microsoft? I don't know, only time will tell. I know that Sony has plans to make its next system an all-in-one media center like this one, but is all of this really necessary? Sony's move to include a dvd player in the Playstation 2 back in 2000 was key to its success and perhaps expanding the abilities of their next generation systems is the next logical step. But even with all of this, I'll never leave my good 'ol bud Nintendo.
I can always trust Nintendo to bring me rock solid games. Quality over quantity right? Like the new upcoming Gamecube game Resident Evil 4. It's going to be awesome, but I can do without the special edition controller. Hopefully some kid won't try to hack me to bits with a piece of plastic come January.
And now I'd like a moment of silence . . . . . Goodbye Winamp, you were always good to me.
Winamp Mourner
Genuine Otaku
posted by Genuine Otaku @ 10:07 AM
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