Gaming and How to Kill Your PC
A little status updates for the masses. Masses is probably the wrong word for my audience. That's fine though, masses works.
Suprisingly, a dead CPU and a good CPU look really similar...
About a month or two ago, my computer broke. That's not why I stopped posting though. I usually post from work or a coffee shop somewhere. That statement is significant because I haven't been able to do any PC gamings since then. However, I correctly guessed the issue and replaced the CPU. My computer is now back and better than ever.
Here's a couple pro-tips when building a computer:
How (Brag) Rap Music Made Me A Better Person
I need a red hoodie now...dopeness
There's this notion that there's too much brag rap in music these days. Odd, that I didn't near a note of that until Kanye and Jay-Z dropped 'Watch the Throne.' I reason this is because 'Ye and Jay are two of the best rappers in the game today ('lest I say ever and start a war). I guess nothing really matters until the biggest names make what amounts to an entire album where they brag about how much richer they are than you. "Can't you see we gettin money up under you?" "Can't you see the private jets flyin over you?" Jesus Christ, thanks for reminding me how I just paid $13 dollars for an album where you just insult me and talk about how much you REALLY don't need more money.
Flying Lotus is Dopeness
Oh my goodness, I've been looking through my old posts. Man, I wrote a lot of trash. The sad part is, I look at how well I write now and I'm ashamed I'm still this bad. The titles were atrocious as well. Just everything bad. I don't want to delete them because one day I might need to remind myself again how horrible of a blogger I used to be.
I'm sorry for all of you who may have been reading since the beginning.
The BET Awards and How It’s Ruining My Life.
Let me first state that I am horribly unproductive. I procrastinate like crazy and I constantly shame my family name. However, I like to believe I waste my time in a somewhat positive manner. I'll scour for blogs in topics I'm interested in. I'll read up on company reports for stocks I'm not buying (since I don't have a portfolio or broker account). Despite the many time-wasting things I'm doing, I feel like at least I'm collecting somewhat useful information. That's my rationale and I know it stinks.
What I don't get is why the BET Awards exist. Normally, I wouldn't care that they're on and that millions of people are watching them. However, it's now impacting my Twitter feed (which I've become addicted to). Why are all these people, many of them my friends, watching this garbage?
I Hate NBA 2K11
This is what I go for everytime I start Association.
I also love NBA 2K11. There's a level you can achieve in 2K where playing the regular games against a computer is probably the worst way to spend your time. I hit that level about two years ago. I now live for NBA 2K's Assossication mode. Creating a team is where real simulation happens for me. Finding players that work well together while maintainin a budget. Creating a dynasty is what drives me.
Don’t Learn Korean Part 2
I've been reading a blog post and his tactic was to always make dramatic titles. I'm trying a bit of that because I'm bored and up for something different. I don't need more readers for this crappy blog. I don't put ads up so there is little reason to build a reader base. That explains the title, on to the content.
My intensive Korean class at the YMCA is finished. It was approximately 10x better than the first one. The girls were hotter (yes that the first thing), the class was more frequent, it was generally more humorous, and I made a couple new friends.
State of the Industry: BioWare
I promised my friend I'd talk about the things I don't like in the gaming industry. I'm going to start with what is probably my biggest love-hate relationship in video gaming: BioWare. I guess these days, I should call them EA/BioWare. However, I don't have a love/hate thing with EA. It's all hate. Hate's a strong word but with EA it might not be strong enough. So we'll just reference the company as BioWare.
Sony can’t survive in the mobile market.
Or at least, not the Sony that we see today. When you have to push change-resistant statements like the quips we're getting out of Mr. Tretton then you have a company that's doomed to fail. No matter how you look at it, people want less things to carry around not more. No one interested in mobile gaming is going to buy a PS Vita and a Sony Xperia Play. Forget the wallet damage, I don't have that much space in my pockets.
Jumping Off the Ledge
All of us are here to tempt fate.
I have very strict, 'no stupid shit' policy. Which is why, earlier in the year when my friend asked me to go parasailing I told her: "No thanks." Think about it, you're essentially jumping off a mountain and hoping everything works and you don't die. Yeah, I'll pass on that one. When asked to go ziplining I was hesitant. In fact, I almost declined.