Archives for 2006

taken from: InformationWeek.com

A new password-stealing Trojan targeting players of the popular online game “World of Warcraft” hopes to make money off secondary sales of gamer goods, a security company warned Tuesday.

MicroWorld, an Indian-based anti-virus and security software maker with offices in the U.S., Germany, and Malaysia, said that the PWS.Win32.WOW.x Trojan horse was spreading fast, and attacking World of Warcraft players.

If the attacker managed to hijack a password, he could transfer in-game goods — personal items, including weapons — that the player had accumulated to his own account, then later sell them for real-world cash on “gray market” Web sites. Unlike some rival multiplayer online games, Warcraft’s publisher, Blizzard Entertainment, bans the practice of trading virtual items for real cash.

“Win32.WOW is a clear indication that malware writers are targeting anything that involves money,” said MicroWorld chief executive Govind Rammurthy in a statement. “Bucks may be smaller compared to a Trojan that steals bank accounts or credit card numbers…[but] cyber criminals are not complaining as long as the target is soft and numbers are high.”

The Trojan spreads via traditional vectors, such as e-mail and peer-to-peer file sharing, added Rammurthy, but it has also been watched while it installs in a drive-by download from gaming sites’ pop-up ads. The surreptitious installation is accomplished by exploiting various vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Web browser.

Identity thieves have aimed at Warcraft previously. Just over a year ago, players were warned about a campaign that collected passwords from a bogus log-in site.

taken from: InformationWeek.com

Again… I was just about to re-up my sub to WoW…

Andrew

taken from: Reuters.com

A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Wednesday approved a bill that would ban Internet gambling, estimated to be a $12 billion industry.

The legislation would update and expand an existing federal law to cover all forms of interstate gambling within the United States, and would bar a gambling business from accepting payment in the form of credit cards, checks, wire and Internet transfers. It would also prohibit gambling on an estimated 2,300 Internet gambling sites.

Shares of some British-based gaming companies fell on news that the bill had progressed another step. PartyGaming Plc and 888 Holdings tumbled about 5 percent each on the London Stock Exchange.

The bill was approved on a voice vote by the House Judiciary subcommittee on crime. It will go to the full committee for consideration.

However, it remains unclear whether the legislation will reach floor votes in the House and Senate. Congress has a relatively short schedule this year because of the November congressional elections.

“Virtual betting parlors have attempted to avoid the application of United States law by locating themselves offshore and out of our jurisdictional reach,” said Rep. Bob Goodlatte, a Virginia Republican who wrote the bill. The offshore companies use Internet sites that are “unlicensed, untaxed and unregulated,” he said.

Under U.S. law, interstate gambling over telephone wires is illegal and other gambling is banned unless regulated by the states.

taken from: Reuters.com

And I just reupped my sub to WoW.

Andrew

partically taken from: GamersDaily.net
Please read their full article!!!

CPU: Codenamed “Broadway”. Developed by IBM. Suspected to be twice the clock speed of the Gamecube”Gekko” chip.

GPU: Codenamed “Hollywood”. Developed by ATi.

RAM: Rumored to have 96mb to 128mb 1T-SRAM. Developed by MoSys.

Storage: 512mb of onboard flash memory. Supports flash cards to expand storage.

Controllers: Supports 4 wireless controllers, therefore up to 4 players. Details below.

Online: Wireless online net service.

High Definition: At this point in time HD display is not supported.

Other: A couple of USB ports, plus some other ports. Backwards compatibility with the GCN controller + Wavebird.

Compatibility: Uses standard DVDs for Wii game storage. Is backwards compatible with GCN disks, and is able to emulate and play NES, SNES and N64 titles. Also possible of emulating and playing titles from other console brands, such as Sega consoles.
Online has became another big factor in modern day gaming, and the Nintendo Wii will prove no exception. Nintendo have been offering their free WiFi service on the Nintendo DS for some time now and it’s immensely popularity has forced Nintendo to include it in the Wii.
We’re almost forgetting that the Wii is just another gaming machine, and it wouldn’t be anything but a sexy little box without games to enjoy on it.
Many games have been confirmed for the Wii and developers have taken full advantage of the possibilities.

Here’s a list of the confirmed games so far:

* Super Mario Wii
* Super Smash Bros. Wii
* Metroid Prime 3
* Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Wii
* Animal Crossing Wii
* Killing Day
* Splinter Cell 4
* Madagaskar 2
* Legend of Zelda Wii
* Mario Kart Wii
* Donkey Kong Wii
* The Darkness
* Possession
* Madden NFL 07
* Suda51/Grasshopers Studio Title
* Minoru Nakai Title
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
* Two Titles from “Artistic Quality”
* James Bond 007: Casino Royale
* Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
* Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
* Sadness
* Avatar: The Last Airbender
* Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
* Pangya Golf
* Elebits
* SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
* Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam
* Red Steel
* Bob Ross: The Joy of Painting
* Spider Man 3
* Raid Over The River
* Midway Wii Project
* Disney/Pixar’s Cars
* TNA iMPACT!
* n-Space Wii Project
* Kid Icarus Wii
* Blitz Games Wii Project
* Camelot RPG
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2007
* Sonic the Hedgehog Wii
* Trauma Center Wii
* Cooking Title

partically taken from: GamersDaily.net
Please read their full article!!!

E3 is only days away now… Boner… Right here.

Andrew

Here is what I got that Joey said from WWE Raw last night:

“You want to apologize? Like nothing happened. Like you didn’t knock me on my ass in front of millions of people worldwide, and I’m gonna come down there and work with you. I’m not coming back, and now thanks to the magic of live television I’m gonna show the whole world, why for seven years in ECW I was the unscripted, uncensored, loose cannon of commentary. Six months ago, WWE called me, I didn’t call this company because I was looking for a job. I didn’t need a job. WWE called me because they had humiliated and fired…again, Jim Ross. So I get JR’s spot, and from week one, week after week I’ve got an ongoing lecture about the differences in professional wrestling and sports entertainment. I’m not allowed to say ‘pro wrestling’, I’m not allowed to say ‘wrestler’. I have to say ‘sports entertainment’ and refer to the wrestlers as ‘superstars’. I’m told to deliberant ignore the moves and the holds during the matches so I can tell stories. Well ignoring the moves and the holds is damn insulting to the athletes, the ‘wrestlers’, not the entertainers who leave their families three hundred days a year to ply their craft in that ring. Here’s the best part, because I’m not a sports entertainment storyteller I get pulled from Wrestlemania, and the reason I’m given is, is because I don’t sound like Jim Ross who’s the guy they fired in the first place. That makes sense, right? So I swallow the bitter pill, I’m a company guy. I get bumped from Wrestlemania. Then I get bumped from Backlash? I’m not good enough to call Backlash!? In ECW, I called live pay-per-views on my own, solo, no color commentators dragging me down. Wasn’t done before me, hasn’t been done since. But I’m not good enough to call Backlash because I’m not a sports entertainment storyteller. Well you know what? I am sick of sports entertainment. I am sick of male cheerleaders. I am sick of boogers and bathroom humor and semen and I am sick of our chairman. Who likes to talk about his own semen, he mocks God… he mocks God!!!!! And makes out with the divas all to feed his own insatiable ego. I am sick of sports entertainment, and most of all I am sick of you fans who actually buy into that crap! This sports entertainment circus! I never
needed this job, and I don’t want this job anymore… I QUIT!!!”

I know it is only 2 hours after the incident, but is this real? I doubt it. I think they would have cut the feed Joey was on. ECW? Wait and see.

Andrew

Here are the Chicago Bears draft picks this year… I hope they turn out to be good.

2 10 (42) Danieal Manning CB Abilene Christian (from Buffalo)
2 25 (57) Devin Hester * CB Miami (FL)
3 9 (73) Dusty Dvoracek * DL Oklahoma (from Buffalo)
4 23 (120) Jamar Williams * LB Arizona St.
5 27 (159) Mark Anderson * DE Alabama
6 26 (195) J.D. Runnels FB Oklahoma
6 31 (200) Tyler Reed OG Penn State (from Seattle)

Has anyone heard of these guys?

Andrew

So I was not the sharpest crayon in the box. I left my contacts in my eyes for 3 days. This is not unusual for me. I have left my contacts in for 2 weeks at a time. This time was different… I got some type of infection in my eye… It is bad… I have to got back in a couple of minutes to get them looked at again. My eye is still bothering me, but I think this should be the last visit.

Andrew

taken from: Gamespot

EA Canada QB details popular pigskin franchise’s debut for Nintendo’s new console; with new controller, popular football series won’t be just about pushing buttons. Exec says EA Rev games won’t be straight ports.

Electronic Arts hasn’t unveiled its full lineup of games for next month’s Electronic Entertainment Expo yet, but one title that the publisher has confirmed will make its debut at the show in playable demo form is that of it flagship franchise on a new console. The ever-popular Madden franchise gets the call for Nintendo’s next-gen console and is tentatively titled Madden Revolution. It’s important to note that the game isn’t simply titled Madden NFL 2007 for the Revolution–that’s because no gamer has seen a Madden quite like this one.

For the first time in years, development on a major console version of EA’s marquee franchise football series is being taken outside the doors of the company’s Orlando, Florida-based EA Tiburon studio. The game is instead being handled north of the border, by a special Revolution-focused development group within EA’s Burnaby, British Columbia studio.

Given that EA has dedicated a specific group to Revolution development, it stands to reason that the game will take advantage of the console’s unique capabilities. While many details will have to wait until E3 kicks off, GameSpot was given an advanced scouting report that said that the gameplay will make extensive use of the Revolution controller’s motion-sensing capabilities.

Players will hike the ball by mimicking a quarterback receiving the ball from the center, and then pass it to a receiver by making a throwing gesture with the free-hand controller. The faster the passing motion, the more of a bullet pass it becomes (in previous Madden editions, bullet passes were made by holding the passing button down longer).

Kicking the ball will be accomplished by sweeping the controller up as if it were a kicker’s leg striking the ball. A fast, level swing will make for a hard, straight kick.

The Revolution controller will also come into play when running the ball, as jerking the controller left or right will make the ball-carrier juke to either side, while shoving it straight ahead will make him stiff-arm the opposition.

continues at Gamespot

Madden 2007 for Wii is going to fucking rock!!!

Andrew

“Introducing … Wii.

As in “we.”

While the code-name “Revolution” expressed our direction, Wii represents the answer.

Wii will break down that wall that separates video game players from everybody else.

Wii will put people more in touch with their games … and each other. But you’re probably asking: What does the name mean?

Wii sounds like “we,” which emphasizes this console is for everyone.

Wii can easily be remembered by people around the world, no matter what language they speak. No confusion. No need to abbreviate. Just Wii.

Wii has a distinctive “ii” spelling that symbolizes both the unique controllers and the image of people gathering to play.

And Wii, as a name and a console, brings something revolutionary to the world of video games that sets it apart from the crowd.

So that’s Wii. But now Nintendo needs you.

Because, it’s really not about you or me.

It’s about Wii.

And together, Wii will change everything.”

WE… WTF!?!

Andrew

Hello all! As most of you know, I have podcasts available in iTunes, Odeo, Yahoo, and more. If you want all the feeds on one rss feed, I do have that available.

Kewanee Sports League – “http://podcast.86productions.com/Shows/Kewanee_Sports_League/KSL_rss.xml”

Vertebreaker – “http://podcast.86productions.com/Shows/Vertebreaker/VB_rss.xml”

Used Car Theory – “http://podcast.86productions.com/Shows/Used_Car_Theory/UCT_rss.xml” (Not Ready Yet)

n00b c0mb0 – “http://podcast.86productions.com/Shows/noob_combo/NC_rss.xml” (Not Ready Yet)

All Shows – “http://podcast.86productions.com/rss.xml”

Thanks!
Andrew

Brain Age for the Nintendo DS…

GET IT!!! I just played it for over an hour and PWN3d it. Here is the deal… I makes you think about issues at a fast rate. I am going to start playing it again. It is frickin awesome!

Andrew

First post since being in Southfield, MI. First off, I would like to say this Credit Acceptance is a GREAT program and I cannot wait to start it up.

Next… It was nice to see my wife. I have not seen her in a while and I really missed her a lot. I just wanted to be close to her. Time to catch up on my DVR.

Andrew

4:20 DUDES!!!

that is all.

Andrew

After a long and boring drive to Southfield, MI, I am FINALLY here. It took FOREVER! I did have a lot of things to listen. I listened to 4 wrestling podcasts, TWiT, diggnation, and more. So far this hotel is not worth 200 a night, but we are only paying $89.

Stupid Eastern Standard Time…

I am really lonely. It is the first time I am REALLY far away from Heather. You never know how much you love having something until it is gone.

Andrew

Well it is coming tomorrow. I am taking the long drive to Southfield, MI. I guess it is taking 7-8 hours to drive there. I will be using my 7 day trial of TomTom. I hopefully will have a link up here so my friends came track my way there. I got tons of things to listen to and jam to. This should be a great trip!

Andrew