This is for all of the World Of Warcraft fans out there. I hope you realize that Blizzard is yes indeed a brilliant company, but the players… are very simpleminded people. Just to throw this out there, I do know what I am talking about. I have played the game all the way through, and I have played both factions on different types of servers, so please no comments saying the game isn’t that bad and I just haven’t played it long enough.

So Blizzard is a multi million dollar company, at least. They make the bulk of their money off of WoW… for now. They plan on dominating the gaming industry this year when they release Diablo 3, StarCraft 2, and the WoW expansion, Cataclysm. They also supposedly have a completely new MMO in the works that will replace WoW, and they still have Warcraft, Warcraft2, Warcraft3, The Frozen Thrown, StarCraft,  Broodwar, Diablo, Diablo 2, and Diablo2 XP?, out making them money as well as a few smaller other games I believe. They’re filthy rich. I will admit that all of their games at one point have been great, and some of t he worlds most played MMO’s ever…  So it is not like they need a way to make more money. But instead, this month they released a few lines of code that created this… “mount” for their World of Warcraft players, and instead of the players going and playing the game/earning it, you can pay $25 to have it. And that is the only way to obtain it.

Blizz claims they have like.. 11-12 million players but there is not quite that many. That is counting trial accounts and not taking into account that there are some serious junkies out there with multiple accounts. So there may be 11-12 million accounts, but players… 8 million, maybe 9. They keep getting players because they keep dumbing the game down and make it easier and easier so that people think they are “good at it”. Well… it turns out nearly 1/9-10 players bought the mount… the first day it was released. In 24 hours blizzard pulled in $25 million from this mount. We are talking about a few lines of code for a video game…

I must give it to Blizzard. What better way to get a rich company even richer before they become the richest ever! Taking advantage of their stupid player base and all these children who have their parents credit cards. Really? 25$ for a mount? that is more then the game costs you monthly to play. That is nearly half the cost of the original game itself. I guess all I want to know is… Why?

P.S. I also want to thank my friends who got me to see just what  WoW really is, and that there are Bigger and Better games out there.

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Lady Gaga is the most popular topic in the internet right now. She takes first place in almost all social media popularity contests. With her catchy songs, vivid wardrobe,  and wild music videos, admit it, she’s popular. And whether or not you like her, its confession time; she gets a TON of attention. I admit, I am not that big of a fan of her music. Sure, admitting it gives her even MORE. Giving people you don’t like attention is far from what your intentions are… but if you do not like Lady Gaga, here are some things to reconsider that actually make her just a little different then every other celebrity out there.

Lady Gaga is personal. She does not pay other people to run her Facebook and Twitter accounts. No. She updates them personally every day, more then once. Some of you are thinking that is a lame reason to like a celebrity, but think of what this means now… Lady Gaga appreciates her fans. She isn’t out there performing for her own personal gain, she is doing it because she loves to do it, and she attracts a HUGE fan base that she does NOT take for granted.

Lady Gaga isn’t afraid to go over the top. Keeping her fans in mind, but not being a sell out, she creates some wild and graphical videos. She’s not afraid to wear her vivid and exposing clothing, either.

Lady Gaga does more then just music, because she can and she wants to, not because she is in it for the fame it brings her, she’s in it for the enjoyment.

So go ahead, hate on the Gaga, but its nice to see a celebrity use their popularity for good and not evil. She is the first artist EVER to get a BILLION video views for her music videos. She hit 7 MILLION in just 3 days with ONE of her videos.

I understand I probably sound like some crazy fan, but I am just trying to show a different perspective that the media shows, but not all together. This is the bigger picture.

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• The earthquake that hit Haiti was… 7.0..
• The earthquake that hit Baja was… 7.2..
• The earthquake that hit Chilie was… 8.8..
• Now stop and think about What has gotten the most media coverage?
• The earthquake in Haiti had a 16 mile radius from the epicenter. That is less then 30 square miles felt and were affected by the quake, and almost half of that… is just the ocean.
• The Mexicali quake was felt from Tijuana to LA to Phoenix.
• The U.S government has donated $131,014,571 to Haiti. That does not include what other “Help the Haitians” funds have donated.
• The Mexicali quake is estimated to take about $300 million to get things back to where they were.
• The Chile quake is estimated to be about $75 Million…
• With the exception of those who live in the affected areas of the Baja quake, it has barely been covered the by the media. The rest of the country and world is under the impression it was a minor quake, 3.0 magnitude.
• Total, there is just under a Billion dollars in damages between the entire affected area of the Mexicali Quake.
• There have been casualties and serious injuries, despite what has been said.
• The Haiti Government is asking for $3.8 Billion to rebuild. Thats not how much it costs in damages, thats what they want to “rebuild”.

Just food for thought. They all have a light side and a hard side hit. They’re all equally as devastating and detrimental, so its time they all get attention.

San Diego, California

Southern California

Chile

Haiti

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Growing up, I had most of the things that most kids had. My family was not normally wealthy enough to afford them as soon as they were released, but nevertheless, after they had been out for a few months to a year, I finally got mine. When my brother and I opened up our Christmas presents and had realized we now had Walkmans, we were the coolest kids ever. We though walkie talkies were cool, and then we got ourselves a Walkman?? We could now play tapes whenever we wanted, so long as dad would buy batteries. As they became dinosaur technology, personal CD players became the new cool thing. Many new things came and have gone, CD’s, 8track tapes, record players, personal CD players, BoomBox’s….

More recently house phones have disappeared, tube TV’s, computer monitors that are not flat screen, computers that have less then 2 gigs of ram… Everything is changing. Apple gave us Mac, the iPod, the iPhone… and now.. the iPad. I hate the iPad.  Why can’t you just read a book? I thought the iPod was cool… till it kept freezing cause I can’t take the battery out to reset it. It then conflicts with my computer, and used to wipe out my music completely. The iPod touch was cool cause you could play “tap tap” on it (tap Guitar Hero), and look at pictures landscape or portrait style… but then came the iPhone. “The phone that does it all” is what people were calling it. If you had one of these devices, it was your cellphone, house phone, music player, computer, GameBoy, PSP, phone book and encyclopedia all in one. And then came the Apps. I also hate apps. Sure, some of them are cool.. for 5 minutes. Cracking open Glow-Sticks and Light -Saber duels can be entertaining as well,  but how long can you honestly be entertained with that? Sure there are some “helpful” apps, like the Swine Flu Scanner….

Ok, to the point: iPad’s. Eventually, books will become a word thrown right along side with Walkman, Boom Box, a TV over 50lbs, bell bottoms, and roller skates. To have a book will mean you have an expensive very old collectors item, and don’t know what to do with it. Apps will eventually be for ‘just the iPad’, everyone will want to buy an iPad, and apple will attempt to take over the world.

Conclusion: Assuming  this is true, Cellphones and Microwaves cause cancer, then i suspect the iPad does too. If you notice, people with apple products have more options available to them. It’s a plot, the Android/Blackberry are trying to fight it and they need help. Don’t buy products with fruit on them. It is a monopoly. Plus, who wants a product you can’t take a part if it breaks? They are designed to break so you can’t fix them and you are con’d into  buying a new one. Think about this- what is going to replace the iPad when it becomes old and junk? Will we like whats next? Will we spend thousands of dollars on one, and will it be a secret plan? Vicious cycle. It ends today.

Thats my Random Babbles of Apple and products with names that have an ‘i’ in front of them.

Die. Plz.

UPDATE: Yet another reason to hate the iPad. You go out and spend 700$ on this ipad. First, you do realize you can buy a VERY nice computer for $700, right? We’re talking 6-8gigs of ram upgradable to 16, four quad processor, nice video card, 1TB hard drive, windows 7…. and you people want an iPad? Ohh man. What the hell? And THEN, you have to spend MORE money to get anything you want or need on there. You can’t even multi task on these things. the “tabbed” browsing app pluss any other stupid app you need to make the ipad run… yeah, + $100. So just to be able to look at more then one thing will cost you $800. *Oh yeah, my computer does that already, so does any lap top. Not to mention my laptop has a key bored & I can access the battery if I have to. & Windows on a Mac? Crazy. Crazy Lame. apple. YOU FAILED!*

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Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. plan on releasing a remake of Godzilla in 2012. Not that there hasn’t been 100 Godzilla films already, they’re going to make… another one. Not even a new plot and twist, just.. remake it… again. I smell fail. Sure, Legendary and Warner Bros have put out some amazing films together such as Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Hangover, 300, and Clash of The Titans. Can they pull off another Godzilla film?

Godzilla and films that follow the same idea (a large lizard terrorizing cities and eating the citizens of the town) and the most recent of the Godzilla string of movies has not done that great. There was Clover Field, Godzilla: Final Wars, The Return of Godzilla, Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, Godzilla vs. Mothra, Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla, and many more. Even Jurrasic Park went Godzilla.  He was originally created by the Japanese after the nuclear bombings occurred in Japan. He was supposedly created from the nuclear waste and radiation.

Godzilla has many names, many cities to terrorize, and many movies to star in. Unfortunately, the only thing a remake of Godzilla can really offer is a sweet 3-D affect, and if Legendary and Warner Bros produce another movie in 3-D that is actually 2-D…. (*cough* Clash of the Titans, *cough*) It will be just as bad as the previous 15 Godzilla movies that have come to us since 1954.

Godzilla, Godzilla, you do not need to be re-made.. again. At least for another 20 years. Can’t anyone come up with a new story that is not predictable and hasn’t been done in the last 30 years? A  movie longer then an hour, a movie that keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire time and does not have 3 movies before it that everyone has seen and were not that good to begin with? I’ll await this Godzilla remake. They have 2 years to get it right. We’ll be waiting…

P.S. This is going to be Godzillas 29th Film since his first appearance in 1954.

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Here goes my second review, for Clash of the Titans.

This movie is a remake. It’s a remake of the 1982 movie which won 2 Saturn awards, one for best motion picture and one for best supporting actor. It was nominated for 5 other awards.

The plot follows the myth of Perseus and his quest to battle both Medusa and the Kraken monster to save the Princess Andromeda. It’s a battle of Zeus vrs Hades, and they fight through the beasts and Perseus.
Here is what I thought of the movie:

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So back in the day… If you were single, and wanted a good time and meet a new girl, you’d head to the bar. You would find yourself a girl who looked interesting and who was perhaps into the same things as you… and buy her a drink. You then would have some time to get to know her and see if she likes you. If all is good, you can buy her another drink, or move on.

Well, that is the trend of the past. The new trend to pick up chicks is.. well, gameCrush. GameCrush is a dating website full of hot chicks… no wait, its a gaming site… wait! Its both! Yeah. Thats right, you get to play games over a date. It’s $6.60 for 10 minutes with a girl. Equivalent to what it would cost to buy her a drink at a bar.

“Gamecrush put an ad on Craiglist awhile back asking if girls wanted to get paid to play video games. It looks like the girls who play are just like your next door neighbor, except they actually get a cut of what you pay. “Playdates” (as the girls are called) can set their moods to “flirty” or “dirty”, and will be evaluated by the boys to go up in ranking.” - PopCultureMaiden

For now, it is just Xbox, but $6.60 for a game of halo with a gamer babe is a damn good deal, according to what I’ve heard. Guess this is the new dating world. And it’s here to stay. It is so popular that when it launched, 3 days ago, it had so much traffic it actually crashed, and is still down. That is right, people are actually paying to just talk to these girls. I think this sounds like some easy money, and i’ll go sign up myself. Can’t wait till they have PC games! Get paid to play games like StarCraft, World Of WarCraft, Counter Strike and Call of Duty..? Ooh hell yeah!! I would assume you can expect prices to rise. Better get your share your hands on the gamer hotties now!!

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Here it is, straight from the can, the ingredient to a can of VOLTAGE MOUNTAIN DEW!

CARBONATED WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, NATURAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVES FRESHNESS), CAFFEINE, SODIUM CITRATE, GUM ARABIC, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PROTECT FLAVOR), BROMINATED VEGETABLE OIL, PANAX GINSENG ROOT EXTRACT, BLUE1, RED 40.

Soo… who knows what all that means? We’ll, Luckily I am very knowledgeable when it comes to Mountain Dew and am here to explain them to you.

1. Carbonated Water - This is why its not only liquid, but has bubbles!
2. High Fructose Corn Syrup – High means there is a lot of it, Fructose is your fruit serving, corn is your vegetable serving, and syrup is.. well, sugar, which is delicious. You eat waffles don’t you?
3. Natural Flavor – That means it tastes good using natural things.
4. Citric Acid – This is actually organic. It helps preserve the product and gives it the little bit of the sour taste the Voltage has.
5. Sodium Benzoate – This one might be tricky, but its actually just NaC₆H₅CO₂. That means its salt, dissolved in water. Yeah, like the ocean. It preserves freshness. That is also stated on the can itself.
6. Caffeine – This makes it addicting, so you keep coming back for all the other good vitamins in this delicious beverage. It also makes you stay awake for important events, such as reading this very article. It is also found in coffee. So don’t tell me to drink coffee instead.
7. Sodium Citrate – These are the sodium salts, refer to Sodium Benzoate for this one.
8. Gum Arabic – This is also an all natural substance. It is harvested in Sudan to Somalia. It was cultivated originally in Arabia and West Asia. So we’re helping the other side of the world by drinking this, we ensure them jobs.
9. Calcium Disodium EDTA - Well, calcium helps your bones grow, and the other stuff in this helps preserve the All Natural Flavors (see 3) in the can.
10. Brominated Vegetable Oil -This is vegetable oil that has had atoms of the element bromine bonded to it. Brominated vegetable oil is used as an emulsifier in citrus-flavored soft drinks to help natural fat-soluble citrus flavors stay suspended in the drink and to produce a cloudy appearance. Its for looks and to help the fat stay OUT!
11. Panax ginseng Root Extract - This is an herbal remedy that in some countries is  used primarily to improve psychological function, exercise performance, immune function, and conditions associated with diabetes.
12. Blue1 - Makes Voltage Blue.
13. Red40 – See 12. Blue and red make purple. Its a light shade of purple. Duh.

Soo, Drink more Mountain Dew, its good for you.

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Sooo, I’ve never written a movie review, but that’s about to change. Not sure if there is a right or wrong way of doing this, so here I go.

I do not want to ruin the movie for those who have not seen it yet, so i’ll describe the movie based on the trailer.

Summary: So there is this dude, played by Jude Law, who is a badass. His job is to repossess artificial body parts such as heart, liver, kidneys, from people who have had them put in, but cannot afford to pay on them. When they get behind on their payments, he cuts them open in the middle of whatever they’re doing, and takes the artificial organs back.

Review: I sat on the fence about liking or not liking the movie for an entire day now, and I’ve finally decided I did not like it. The movie did not keep my attention at all. I was hoping it would hurry up and be over with. It had some cool kick-ass scene and Jude Law is no doubt about it, a total badass, but still. The plot took forever to unfold and it was predictable the entire way through. They then threw a subplot of a romance in there, which was distracting, also predictable, and overall kinda fail. The movie is a remake of a remake, the filming was good, the acting was great, the plot…  is just.. not good. At all. And then the ending…. I would have been okay with the movie if it ended the way it leads you to believe it ends. But I must say, the last 1:30 of a movie is not time to through in a crazy ass twist and THEN end the movie. It kept us all going “WTF!” And not the kind where it left it open for a sequel, no, the kind where it just pissed off the entire audience and was simply there to confuse us and give us no answers.

So that is my review on the movie. I do not recommend going to pay the movie theater money to watch it. However, I do recommend Cop Out <3

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Although this is a little pre-retro, its pretty catchy. Especially for such an ancient black and white commercial ad. But its St. Patricks Day. A holiday secretly dedicated to getting extremely drunk, mostly off of BEER! Compare and Contrast the Videos.

RETRO:

Modern:

BUDWEISER 9-11 TRIBUTE

BANNED BUDWEISER SUPER BOWL COMMERCIAL

Budweisers got some good stuff. Especally that 9/11 tribute. Nice they support America.
Happy St.Patricks Day everyone. Whats it going to be? American Tributes or Catchy tunes?

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