How Far is to Far?

Browsing through some web sites I came across this picture and I got to thinking.... have sony and xbox taken things to far? I mean, whats the point in getting one system when there is a good chance upgraded hardware will be released months after your initial purchase and turn your premium system to second rate in a few seconds. phew! now that I am done with that rant let me open this up for discussion! What do you think about the state of this next-gen rat race to be the best?

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Grand Theift Auto

By David M E Taylor

Grand Theft Auto has always been a franchise that likes to bathe itself in controversy, shower itself off in heated debate and deodorize in wild accusations. Whether it is the intentionally amoral gameplay or the amazingly unsexy "hot coffee" debacle, GTA has proved time and time again that there's no such thing as bad publicity.

Gamers on both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 are eagerly awaiting the latest instalment in the GTA series later this year, and when the real sequel to GTA III, the amazingly-named GTA IV launches (there have been several spin-offs since GTA III, such as Liberty City Stories, etc). The web was alive with downloaders recently when RockStar finally allowed gamers their first peak at the game in the shape of a teaser trailer.

Within hours though, while gamers dissected the footage, politicians leapt in to criticize. What were they criticizing? The fictional setting, Liberty City, which resembles New York. A lot. City politicians were aghast at the idea of a piece of fiction portraying violence on the streets on New York, apparently being ignorant of pretty much the entire work of Martin Scorsese.
"Setting Grand Theft Auto in the safest big city in America would be like setting Halo in Disneyland," said City Councilman Peter Vallone, chairman of the Council's Public Safety Committee to The New York Daily News. He's not the only one to have a go, either. Spotting an opportunity to look good, a spokesman for the mayor had a go too: "The mayor does not support any video game where you earn points for injuring or killing police officers."

Oddly though, New York City hasn't seemed to have had a problem with movie companies setting their violent and action thrillers in the city, with roads closed for the Die Hard 3 film, for example. Had RockStar turned up with millions of dollars in order to shoot the city for textures for the games, would there have been praise galore for the realism the game offered?
All of this criticism, of course, ignore the whole "it's fiction" nature of the game which leads to the question of whether future novelists, film makers, animators, artists and games companies will be asked not to show the city with any violence in it. Because fiction has to reflect reality apparently, somewhat destroying the point of fiction.

As to the trailer itself, there's not a hint of violence. It's undeniable that the game features a fictionalised version of NYC. As the GTA IV preview in P3Zine, the free PlayStation 3 magazine shows, but already game commentators are theorizing that GTA IV will feature more realism and less violence without repercussions, as RockStar has supposedly been talking to ex-cops about how much harder organised crime is to get away with these days.

RockStar has repeatedly pushed GTA IV with the tagline "Things will be different" a phrase echoed by the main character in the trailer, but it appears that criticism of the franchise is not going to any different this time around, starting before the game has even appeared. It's unlikely to damage sales. Even in NYC.

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360 getting a blue ray drive?

Could the 360 be getting a blue ray drive? well it seems that there are reports out saying that the 360 may see a external blue ray drive. However, as for now the 360 is sitting back and watching ps3 and seeing if any further developments in demand for blue ray/ consols develop. Hd right now is the perferred format for the xbox 360. I guess it was said that the console would never build the blue ray drive into the console because it would limit consumer options after a purchase of a 360. The use of external devices gives more flexibility to their product.

got any next-gen?

Hopefully nobody has to resort to doing this on a friday night!!

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Cheats for xbox 360

I finished beating the game and then
To enable the cheats for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter you must be in an active game. Press start during the game to enter the pause screen.
While the game is paused hold the following buttons and enter one of the codes below:
Hold Back Button, Left Trigger, and Right Trigger after doing this you can begin to enter the codes below!

All Levels Unlocked Y, RB, Y, RB, X Note: this code is input at the mission select screen, the rest during gameplay.

Scott Mitchell is Invincible Y, Y, X, RB, X, LB
Unlimited Ammo RB, RB, LB, X, LB, Y
Team is Invincible X, X, Y, RB, Y, LB
Health at 100% LB, LB, RB, X, RB, Y

I will post some of the Gost recon strategy guides later for any other requests please leave a response and I will get anything you need up and on the blog!

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WoW Guide - Becoming Addicted to an Online Game

I thought this was an intresting article for all of you wow players out there! have a read and let me know what you think. I have recieved some requests for more guides and stuff so if you are one of those people who wanted more guides Click Here!

By Lisa Wimes

Yes, even gamers have the same needs as every other person: a social life, fun stuff and regular day to day stuff like attending school or working at a day to day job. Normally someone plays a game just to get a break of the daily routine, just to relax. One might watch some TV in the evening, watch their favourite series on their computer, yet others take the risk of giving WoW a try. That’s where it all starts... You start playing because you’re just plain bored, but a few days later you’ll find yourself being totally sucked into the game, not allowing yourself to do anything other in your spare time.

New players often underestimate the exact type of game which WoW is, and even more important: the time it actually takes to accomplish something in the digital world. They go online to finish just a quest or two, but end up playing way longer than intended. Blizzard obviously did a great job when it comes to creating both a balanced and addictive game play. You’re kept busy with constant chains of quests, storyline after storyline, and before you able to realize it, you’re several hours further.

Most games prevent you from actually getting addicted to them, due to the fact that there’s a certain end of the game. WoW allows you to keep on evolving further and further though, even past the so called end of the game. Building up and maintaining your professions will certainly cost you a lot of time, and other players and guilds will also keep you busy with ‘raids’. A raid usually costs several hours to complete normally, but the urge to keep pushing and improving your character and gear is enormous.

You’ll soon be confronted with problems when you stop improving your gear endgame, as other players won’t stand still, making you weaker in player versus player (PVP) battles, as WoW is based a lot on the actual gear and not on gathered skill points. Even if you dislike raiding a lot, Blizzard still has a special function available though, which will make you good against other much better equipped players. They’ll reward you with points and marks, where you will be able to buy your own new great from certain NPCs (computer units). All to make sure you won’t get bored and keep on playing.

Addicts often state quitting WoW isn’t as hard as it seems, and that they can quite whenever they want. That’s exactly where the problem is located though. The problem of addictions in general is that they simply don’t -want- to quite or stop. Gaming addictions are a pretty new phenomenon and aren’t often easily recognized, which makes it even harder to break the actual addiction.

Are you a WoW Addict? Check out my WoW Guide site for the best WoW tips, guides, videos and reviews! Stop wasting your valuable time and learn how to level, gold farm and grind at an insanely fast speed.

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Make a little extra cash playin vids!!

Whoa I thought this was some trick but after I talked to my buddy who works at microsoft he said it was pretty legit. anyway check it out you can make a good amount of money beta testing in your area. Luckliy I live here in seattle so I am pretty close to microsoft and nintendo america headquarters. Here is the site if any are interested. www.gamertestingground.com hope you get one of the jobs!