If you are a gamer, you will know that today is huge because Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 has been released. Reviews have been high for the Xbox 360 and PS3, and it is no surprise that some PC gamers are giving it low scores.
Here are some quick reasons why PC gamers got screwed:
- 16 maps. The max amount of players on any map is 9v9.
- No dedicated server support. Infinity Ward’s IWNet protocol controls everything. This means no mods and no customizations whatsoever.
- No console. You can’t even kick people.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. If you search Google News right now for Modern Warfare 2, there are thousands of headlines on this.
One headline that really got my sight was this one: ” Modern Warfare 2 Shunned by Several Digital Distributors Due to Steam ‘Trojan Horse’.
What does that even mean? If you bought this game retail from the store, you are FORCED to install Steam in order to play this game. The Steam protocol ensures your game is updated, anti-hacked, and everything else that comes with it.
Per Direct 2 Drive, an online distributor, they will not carry this game because of the inclusion of the Steam client. Below is their statement:
“We believe strongly that when you buy a game from us, you shouldn’t be forced to install and run a 3rd party software client to be able to play the game you purchased,” D2D explains in a statement masquerading as a listing for Modern Warfare 2 in its store. A representative later told Kotaku “We don’t believe games should force the user to install a Trojan Horse.” Source
What makes it worse is that if you had pre-ordered the game on Steam, you will have to wait until November 12, Thursday to play the game! What is even more hilarious is that if you went out to the store and bought the game instead, you will be playing it online right now. The retail version of the game also has Steam, so it makes absolutely no sense why pre-order purchasers are getting screwed over right now.
This signifies that DRM is not all it is cracked to be, and even innocent gamers are getting punished. With no dedicated server support on PC side, it is expected the game is going to be released online via torrents and some hacker group will figure out a way to mod the game and get dedicated server support going. It is just a matter of time.
Read more about the Steam debacle here.
It goes to show that Steam is not always welcomed, and when you have to tie gamer’s hands behind their back and force them to use a 3rd party client against their will, it makes you wonder if it is even worth the purchase.
Ever had it where you were in the video store, but had no idea what to rent? Or maybe you were at the library, and had no idea what type of books to read next?
Sure, there are categories or genres that define these categories, but what if you want a recommendation? You friends don’t know what you want, or maybe they do make a recommendation but it sucks? I’ve been in that boat before.
You may offer a suggestion to a friend about something that you liked, but they hate it. One example of mine is Napoleon Dynamite. Some people just don’t get it and call it stupid. However, I find it pretty funny. Get my drift?
Anyway, if you go to Tastekid.com, it is a search engine where you basically tell it what you like, and it will give you results similar to your interests. Of course, the more you feed it, the better the results. In the above picture, I typed in a favorite movie of mine, “Pulp Fiction”.
The results were astonishing! I have seen ALMOST every single move there except “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” and “Mulholland Drive”. Now the next time I am in a mood for a movie, I know exactly what to check out!
Even more surprisingly, the movies that Tastekid recommended to me, I actually enjoyed them!
Similarly, if you type in a musical artist, say Linkin Park, it will give you similar artists. There is a 90% chance that the results coming back you will like for sure. If not, then I’d say you have a very distinctive taste that no website can satisfy except yourself.
So what are you waiting for, give it a try and let me know if it is right on or bogus.
Let’s face it, it is going to be huge. Analysts are predicting it will make somewhere around $500 million during launch week, which isn’t even bad at all!
There will be many stores with the midnight launch: Best Buy, Meijers, Gamestop, and etc. Are you going to get your game on launch day? In fact, some stores have sold it early and that is why there are a bunch of gameplay videos on Youtube. In fact, the game had been leaked on Xbox 360 per torrents a week early, so people have been playing it since then. Now the real thing will be here. Are you ready for what could potentially be Game of the Year again?
And who could forget the very controversial level where you are a terrorist in an airport and your goal is to take out civilians? Infinity Ward sure knows how to bring up controversy.
What is even more controversial is the loss of dedicated servers for the PC version. Tons of gamers have fouled outrcry against it, fearing that this does not give them modding capabilities and less control over their games. Infinity Ward begs to differ, but we all know this is their own secretive way to charge for DLC content in the future.
Nonetheless, Modern Warfare 2 so far seems to live up to the hype!
Below is a badass video where if you get 25 kill streak, you get a tactical nuke that wipes everyone off the map and equals instant win!
See the launch trailer below:
Introduction
Talks about why people hate abortions, why people like abortions, why they are good and bad, and basically being really touchy about this subject. Now I understand that this is a big debate, so don’t be shy to post your opinion. Please TRY to flaw some of my theories!
Why People Hate Abortions
Well, most people answer this question by simply saying, “it’s against my religion.” It is against the will of god, only god should be able to take a life. I have seen people sit outside abortion clinics for days on end and just throw their lives away protesting. Well first off, have you ever thought that people are not the same religion as you? If you are an abortion protester then go protest other religions; anything besides Catholicism. Second and foremost, people maybe hate them because they believe in murder. Well listen here: Why don’t you go stop your children or grandchildren from masturbating?! This might seem as a far-fetched thing to do, but after all they are just killing what was to become a baby!
If anyone is looking for an invite to this great site visit the link at the bottom of this post. It’ll link you to my google docs , which asks for your email, then I’ll send you an invite immediately. Join in on the fun at Lockerz to get Free prizes. See you on Lockerz.com!!
-Hail2King
What exactly is Lockerz all about?
Lockerz is the place to go to buy the coolest stuff , watch exclusive video, discover new music, play the hottest games, hang out with your friends – and get rewarded for just about EVERYTHING you do on the site. One other thing you’ll love about Lockerz are PTZ (or “points”). PTZ are Lockerz’ currency that you earn whenever you buy, watch, play, share, invite friends, or even just show up on Lockerz. Redeem PTZ at the PTZ Place for great prizes such as computers to video games and all other electronics goodies.
So how exactly do you get points?
Well to get points or “PTZ” as lockerz likes to call them all you need to do is log in everyday for your daily 2 points and answer a “Daily” question. These questions are usually simple yes or no answers such as do you have a tatoo, or do you like rock and roll or rap music. It’s really quite simple to build up points quickly. I’ve been a member for around a month now and already have over 100 points which I can redeem for a video game or something else but more on that below.
Revisions:
11-7-09: Initial release.
Very popular to what the blog had done for the Demonoid invite trading ring circle, I am going to do the same thing now for the Google Wave invite.
After waiting for 2 months, I finally got an invite but not from Google, but from a fellow Lifehacker reader. I had literally spent two weeks posting and trying to get an invite, with absolutely no responses. Last night I got an invite after two long months of waiting, and I am so eager to help the rest of you get onto the Google Wave bandwagon.
I will not bore you guys with the details. If you are a L4D fan, you know exactly what this is. If you are (or aren’t) a L4D player and you don’t know what this campaign is, then let me fill you in.
Basically, this is a 5 year campaign that has finally come into reality. This is based off of the zombie movie Dawn of the Dead (2004) where a team of survivors are in a world full of zombies, and their goal is basically travel from town to town and survive.
A popular part of the movie is the “Crossroads Mall”, and man this team has nailed it right on in this campaign. Never have I seen daylight in a L4D map before, and with such great custom music, sharp textures, and randomized puzzles! There are literally tons of easter eggs in this map, and to those who have donated some money to help with the developer’s computer get fixed have their name featured in the map.
Nonetheless, lets get to the more important stuff:
DOWNLOAD DEAD BEFORE DAWN NOW!
To make it easy, we have a link to it on our L4D site at http://www.tinyurl.com/l4dguide. Always go there for the latest L4D 1 patches and news.
Here are some mirrors for the actual map:
Megaupload Part 1 ; Megaupload Part 2
See my gameplay video below:
I missed doing weekly updates, and with a lot of stuff going on in my activities, I thought I will start bringing back these blog updates because there are easy to get out of the way, as well as let you guys know what I am thinking and what I have planned for the future.
In fact, I love writing these updates because it is really the only time I can vent or talk about a particular idea that is in formulation, so with that said let’s get started.
Ever since I got this game since Tuesday, I have been playing it non-stop each day and this game is great! The Gearbox team is hard at work on a patch to fix some of the bugs, but overall the presentation is great and slick.
However, when playing the game you have no idea if the mission you are on is a main mission or a side mission. With 130 side missions, and approximately 45 main missions, do you want to spend your time on a side mission when you could be doing a main mission instead? Below is a list of the missions, and I take no credit for it.
You can thank user Deadeye_Leone here.
How much do you rely on technology today to get through your day? Do you have an alarm clock? Odds are it is digital, and it is programmable to wake you up at a certain time of day.
Now alarm clocks are getting sophisticated. Take mine for example: It has a built in time synchronization in it where it can check the satellite in space and automatically adjust the clock time per my time zone. What is real cool is that if you unplug it, and then plug it back in it will automatically reconfigure itself, and it will even adjust itself for daylight savings time! Even better, no need for 9Volt batteries to keep track of the time.
So where am I going with this? As great as technology can be at times, it can work against you in times when you don’t realize. This past week on Monday, I got up at 7am. I pressed the snooze button a few times, and then finally got up and left for work at what I had believed was 8am according to my clock.
