Andrew Hughes

People all have there ways of dealing and/or releasing stress. What is your way? I talked to a couple of friends about how to get rid of stress. Some of the answers are pretty funny. I am trying to get a couple more responses before the post.

Andrew

According to this article, ARTICLE, the PS3 stole Nintendo Wii’s controller and lost the rumble feature. LOLLERSKATES!!!

Who da fuck is even going to buy a PS3? I am not.

Andrew

taken from: XBox Hacker.net

Xtreme firmware for TS-H943 Xbox 360

Here it is, the long awaited World first Xbox 360 backup firmware modification to boot all game backups!

Features

Boots all Xtreme Xbox 360 backups
Boots all Xtreme Xbox 1 backups
Boots all Xbox 360 originals
Boots all Xbox 1 originals on Xbox 360
Xtreme0800 extraction firmware enables drive to function natively under Windows without any hardware conversion/adaptors
Use on Xbox Live at own risk

Technical details

Reads Xbox 360 security sector from PSN 04FB1F (Layer 0)
Reads Xbox 1 security sector from PSN 605FF (Layer 0)
Security sector must be extrated using Xtreme0800 360 firmware for Xbox360 games and Xbox 1 games
Will not boot Xbox 1 backups made with Xbox1 605b 0800 firmware (maybe in future release)…

Please read on at : XBox Hacker.net

I said it a while back, XBox 360 will get hacked. Never say never in the entertainment industry.

Andrew

I thought I would talk about the wedding today.

I got there a couple of minutes late. Only 4 minutes. We had a meet and greet thingee and started taking pictures. I do not mean to act like Junior High, but I had no idea what the heck was going on. I did not think they thought the pictures thing through. I felt that was the only thing they did not think about. I have seen some where no one knows what is going on. After the pictures were taken, everything ran smoothly. Good job guys/gals!!!

I ended up talking to Don most of the night. Don is a good friend of Jared’s. I guess they met on EQ [Everquest] and have been friends ever since. I talked to Travis [I used to work with him at the Showplace 14] for 30 minutes or so. It was nice to catch up with him.

The service was 8 minutes long. Jared and Ame beat our record of 15 minutes… FAGz! I joked with Jared about nailing one of the bridesmaids, but I could not do that. I thought about fuckin with some chicks head, but I do not want to scar them for life. I was going to try and get his friend laid, but again I did not want to scar a chick for life.

There was this chick who was trying to get Don and I out to the dance floor. She fought us for a while and we went out on the dance floor. I should have asked for head and maybe a power fuck. She was not that hot. I am though. After the first dance Don and I bailed and that chick stopped us again. She then said, “There are lots of hot single girls.” I then pointed to the ring and said, “I am married…” Don then goes, “There are laws that prohibit me from hooking up with these chicks.” LOL!!! lollerskates; lollerhaust!!! I almost pissed myself when he said that. Before Jared left, we made him do a keg stand. He was really messed up after that. LOLlerskates! I ended up leaving 20 minutes later.

It was a very nice service and I would like to thank both Jared and Ame for letting me be apart of their special day. I wonder when I should let them know that I am buying their old car. Soon? Nah, next time he calls me.

Andrew

Congrads Jared and Ame!!!

I am glad to take part in a very awesome day!!! [I will talk about it more tomorrow]

Andrew

taken from: Bungie.net

First up – Bad news for about 200 of the most serious bridgers, standbyers and boosters yesterday – we banned them. Better, newer tools allow us to spot network throttlers and other CRETINS more easily. There will be plenty more bannings before we’re through. It’s not hard to detect, but we like to be careful about who we ban. So if you’re boosting with a modder, or a bridger, stop. Stop because it’s stupid to cheat at a video game, and stop because you will get banned and yes, we can tell. I don’t understand people who will cheat to get a rank number they know they didn’t deserve. Clowns. Anyway, enjoy being banned.

taken from: Bungie.net

YES!!! YES!!! They finally nuked those fucking bridgers!

Andrew

Microsoft –
Still no reason to go out and buy an Xbox 360.
I loved the Halo 3 trailer. It still does not come out until 2007 though. I think I will get a 360 then.

Sony –
Will NOT pay $600 for a game console. Huh, you STOLE ANOTHER IDEA for Nintendo. What is new?

Nintendo –
I am impressed with Wii. I do not like the name though. I think the Wii will be a console that I will be purchasing. I really like the WiiConnect24 feature. I really need this system. DS has a cool Zelda game coming out for it.

Nintendo won this year’s E3. Microsoft really only had one game that looked cool from epic games. I know they will be putting other games soon, but Nintendo did pwn them this year. Notice how I am not talking about last year. Sony likes to say one thing and do another. They also like to steal ideas from Nintendo. I hope the PS3 flops. I would pee myself.

Andrew

For everyone who does not have the links yet, please check out Nintendo Wii’s Home Page.

I am going on record saying that Halo 3 will be a great game. I know I want to talk about Wii, but I just found this out about Halo 3:

Bungie announces Halo 3, the third and final game in the Halo Trilogy. Halo 3 will be released for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 in 2007.
Halo 3 E32006 Announcement Trailer

Nobody saw it coming. Halo 3! Who knew? For the last year or two, people have speculated about what our next project was and surprisingly, in all that time, not a single person guessed that it would be Halo 3. Not one.

FINAL!!! WTF! BS! Bungie is going to fail. You DO NOT PUT OUT ONE OF THE BEST GAMES AND THEN BE LIKE WE ARE DONE WITH HALO. BULLSHIT! I guess I should not even think about getting the XBox 360.

Andrew

It is confirmed… Sony decided to steal ideas from Nintendo. What is new? They have stolen everything else from Nintendo.

Nintendo shrugged off the similarities, with a spokesperson saying “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”.

While the controller looks virtually identical to the current PS2 controller, user wrist movements can also be translated into onscreen movement – “but it’s based upon our industry standard controller, which has been enjoyed by so many gamers,” said Phil Harrison, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios.

I guess it is true… Sony is fucked.

Andrew

Life is my friend
Rake it up to take it in
Wrap me in your cinnamon
Especially in Michigan
…well I could be your friend

White clouds I’m in
A mitten full of fishermna
C’mon Huckleberry Finn
Show me how to make her grin
…well I’m in Michigan

Cry me a future
Where the revelations run amok
Ladies and gentlemen
Lions and tigers come running
Just to steal your luck

A rainy Lithuanian
Who’s dancing as an Indian
Painted in my tiger skin
(Especially in Michigan)

Double chins and bowling pins
Unholy Presbyterians
Land is full of medicine
I find it when I’m slipping in
….into Michigan

The tainted new librarian
Who fainted when she tucked you in
Let’s float away like zeppelins
(On stoic gusts of Northern wind)

Out on the farm we’ll be
Swimming with the mother duck
Deep in the mitten where
Lions and tigers come running
Just to steal your luck

Life is my friend
Underwater violins
Order now from Ho Chi Min
A porcelain that comes in twins
…When I’m in Michigan

Throw me in the looney bin
‘Cause I can take it on the chin
The cleavage of your pillow skin
(Is moving like a violin)

I really am liking this song from Red Hot Chili Peppers. Please go buy the album.

Andrew

On Saturday, I went to Jared’s bachleor’s party. It was very interesting. We first went to the Red Dragon to eat. I must say the food was pretty food! We then went to a bowling across the street. I sucked it up. I could not even hit the friggin pins. Fuck dat…

Speaking of bowling… Jared’s good friend Mike hit 8 strikes in a row. DAMN! Congrads dude.

We tried to play “gooffie golf” but they would not let us play. I did not realize this but Pekin has a skate park. Of course we had to see it. Those punks sucked it up. Screw that…

So here is where the night went by VERY fast… We went to Kouri’s and then Goodfellas. Drinking and Drinking and Drinking… That is all I can think of right now. Oh Don and I PWN3D Jared and Mike in pool and darts. lollerskates

Any ways, it was a good time for all and I cannot wait for the wedding on Saturday.

Andrew

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