My gender lets me down(again)

I always wondered why gamer guys were usually a lot more... let's say... sexually lacking in their daily lives. I was fairly certain that it had a lot to do with the fact that most of us have the social skills equivalent of a leek when interacting with the opposite sex.

A PS3 specialist website, www.PS3pricecompare.co.uk dared to tackle this social issue. They did a non-scientific study concering sex and videogames by questioning 1,130 men who were in relationships. And as you can imagine, the results were depressing.

According to the study:

When asked "Which would you prefer; sex with your partner or an evening playing video games?", 32% of men said they would prefer to play video games.

But that number shot up when the question changed to include "new video games".

[...]72% of those questioned - said they would forgo sleeping with their other halves for the chance to play a brand new game.


Wow, guys... REALLY?!

Link: Third 'prefer video games to sex'

Awkward moment(in scenario writing) in a beloved old school RPG

I always loved this certain scenario in Final Fantasy IV. Not because it showed the true power of Golbez and how outmatched Cecil and his crew were. And not because it showcased the powerful(and sexy) return of Rydia from the dead(complete with leather, thigh-high fuck-me boots). And it certainly wasn't because it demonstrated the dire circumstances our hero was in for. No. I loved it because a gigantic hand of Golbez appears and takes away the crystal VERY VERY VERY SLOWLY in front of our heroes and they do nothing about it(The hand even takes a ZIG-ZAGGY way towards it!! It didn't even take the shortest distance!). Talk about awkward writing.

Note: Fast forward to 4:10 in the video to watch in horror as Golbez's hand SLOWLY takes away the crystal.

Another JRPG, another engrish opening song

Ok, I like Bonnie Pink. I like a lot of her work. But this engrish opening song of Tales of Vesperia by her just isn't working for me. I thought publishers had learned never to do engrish opening songs again after that godawful Grandia 3 opening song, but I guess I was the only one who actually found that shit awful. Weeaboos probably eat that shit right up. I mean, if they didn't, why would they bother with such terrible engrish songs right? At the very least they coulda just ripped out the godawful lyrics and just made it into an intstrumental like Suikoden Tierkreis' opening.

40 year-old California man tries to "WoW" 13 year-old Utah girl

40 year-old California man, Robert Lavern Davison was arrested by the FBI and was brought to Utah to go before a judge for allegedly luring a 13 year-old Utah girl to go to California. Centerville, Utah Police Sgt. Von Steenblik said Davison and the girl met while playing World of Warcraft online on their computers and from there they started chatting in the game, then e-mailing, then talking on the phone and was about to meet up in California to be able to go to infinity and beyond.

Man oh man, look at the guy's pic. Holy shit, I've seen my fair share of neckbeards when I go to Anime Expo yearly but this guy takes the cake. And what IS that on his belly? Is that a pressure ulcer? How the fuck can you get a pressure ulcer when you're able to walk and move around voluntarily?! Is he such a fat fuck that he can't even be bothered to move his fat belly off his computer desk surface to alleviate the shear on his skin while playing WoW? It looks like he hasn't bathed since the printing press was invented. To think that all those months I played FFXI that some, if not a majority, of the players I played with look like him just sends shivers down my incredibly sexy spine.

Let this be a lesson people!! As my friend, Nam says, just say "NO" to "MMOs"! Unless it's Star Trek.

Link: California Man Accused Of Using Internet To Lure 13 Year Old Utah Girl

Microsoft gets in on the rhythm game bandwagon

Microsoft announced today their Guitar Hero killer app; Alpine Legend. Now my friend, acquaintance, bum I know off the street, Ramon can finally relive his fantasy of blowing into something long and hard every waking moment AND earning achievement points while doing it.

Link: Microsoft asks players: "Are you ready to blow?"

New DS add-on announced

Japanese Nintendo fansite; N-styles.com has unveiled a new add-on for the Nintendo DS. This add-on will help make your DS into a usable cel phone. Although the link provided is in Japanese, I think the pictures of the peripheral speaks for itself.

Link: 通話機能を搭載！「二ンテンドーDSPhone」を発売

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Kojima announces the next protagonist in the new Metal Gear Solid.

Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima released a new video today depicting the new protagonist in the next installment of the MGS series. The video shows the aforementioned protagonist kickin' ass and takin' names in ways that may seem a bit familiar for those who have played MGS4.

Link: Kojima's April 1st announcement