An unending feud.

All those who know me personally would agree I can sometimes be blunt. Rarely, but it can happen. Now, I'm not down with the whole "it's internet, you can be whomever you wish to be" crap where you can pretend you're a hot 19 year old girl with big juggs from Missouri just looking for a "good time". In fact, it's quite the opposite : I'm not very good at pretending to be someone else online.

Heck, I prefer it this way. More real, truer and sometimes viler. But it's me. Not some cockamamie superhero, superstar or any other sort of character people seem so keen on donning online. Nonetheless, I have no problem with people who do, it's a big uncharted and, as of yet, unruled place as it is, it's normal people re-imagine themselves better. I'm fairly certain internet helped millions of teenagers cope with their immense shyness. I wish this was available to me back in my teen years. Alas, aside from snail mail, nothing of the sort truly existed.

On the flipside, I'm afraid I may have a problem with arrogance from certain individuals online. Especially if they pretend to know absolutely anything there is to know about anything they remotely appreciate or like, trying to influence people in their favor by offering facts, tidbits and opinions on things everyone know are wrong, telling them about it, offer links to show you that your information is erroneous, selectively reading through replies and still try to convince everyone they're right.

You might call it pride, I call it "being too stupid to admit you may have erred on this".

Cue in the Rave.ca website. Its forum section specifically. A certain individual by the name of DJ Bliss has gotten into the habit of using material from this blog to discredit me on the forum there because - I'll assume - he can't also pin me with a pile of contradictions, misinformation and just plain idiocy. Now, this is the web so I know not everyone's a friend on there and I can't honestly pretend that "no, everyone loves me on there" because, let's face it, not everyone's on there to make friends. It's ok, fair game, different people, different strokes.

So I've made it a habit not to judge someone online based on first impressions since, well, there is no body language you can read with characters typed on a keyboard. Just like a battlefield, you musn't overestimate nor underestimate anyone. Each individual holding a weapon has the possibility of inflicting tremendous amounts of damage or just use it for defensive or pacifist purposes, only it's done verbally and the effects/damages are usually calculated psychologically and emotionally.

So at first, I gave Bliss a chance. Then during the course of a few months, we were treated to general arrogance, failed arguments, biased opinions, conflicting informations and even multiple online personalities ( one of them being black ) which, like any good narcissistic person out there, he vigorously denies because, we all know, narcissists are NEVER WRONG nor admit to have faulted. Ever. These people are so convinced they hold the absolute truth about any conceivable thing, it's a wonder why they aren't all f**king presidents or prime ministers. And since most of them haven't achieved most of their impossibly unreachable goals - like becoming presidents and such - they need to spice up their lives and dazzle others with lies about how they're an inspiration to an entire nation or a public figure like, let's say, Nelson Mandela. Needless to say, you're a pretty boring person if you try to convince others you're something as implausible as, say, an astronaut, an arms dealer, a Ultimate Fighting Championship champion or something along those lines, but it's even worse when you pretend to be an inspiration to Nelson Frickin' Mandela. Yeah, that certainly does not sound one wee bit narcissistic in nature. At all.

So what's a guy to do when someone you barely know and rarely contradicts himself, is trying to prove you wrong on a forum, others are sort of starting to take that person's side and it's really starting to make you look bad ? Why, you go through his blog to try and find some incriminating out-of-context comments to slap online so as to make that person look just as worse than you. At least, that's the idea.

So Bliss claims high and proud that I am threatening him and others because I said " I don't get much time on my own as of lately to sit down in front of any computers and type away on my blog about what ails me, how sad or happy I am and how bad I would like to purchase a medieval torture device and use it on several people (oh hai Bliss/Hammish!) " in my previous post here. How he was able to determine I wanted to use such a device on other people ON THIS MESSAGE BOARD specifically can only be attributed to his immense god-like powers of deduction, I suppose.

I guess I should be happy someone reads on here but this just feels like someone rummaging through dirt to find something to eat : it's pretty damn pointless.

To make matters worse, the guy leaves a comment on my previous post plugging his own insipid excuse of a blog. Well, you can't really call it a blog since the only thing readily accessible on there is publicity involving, you guessed it, him and his awesome miracle-healing DJing skills.

Having been a DJ previously, I know they have to be adaptive, change tracks on a whim according to what is "felt" on the dancefloor, open to suggestions, energetic, passionate and most of the time emotional about how they DJ, what they play and how they play it. None of those qualities are found on this blog : it's impersonal - in a "Here's my bio, here are my mixes, here's where I'm mixing tonight and.....well, that's it" way - , devoid of any interaction on the part of those who visit, bland, emotionless and of all things, there isn't even an embedded flash radio to listen to mixes and tracks, the LEAST you could do for your fans or for those who've heard about you and want to learn more. If this guy is half as popular as he claims to be, you'd think he'd invest a little more time on his official page. Apparently not.

Another thing : Facebook.

First off, DJ Bliss is such an original name, there are about 6 DJ Bliss on Facebook at this date. One from Dubai (United Arab Emirates), one from Canberra (Australia), one from France, one from Los Angeles, and one from Mississauga, Toronto and Montreal. Yeah, you read right : 3 DJ Bliss in 2 canadian provinces alone. That being said, if you clicked on every link in that last phrase, you will notice that all of these Facebook DJ pages are public and viewable by anyone... except for our good friend DJ Bliss in Montreal. According to Facebook " DjBliss only shares certain information with everyone. If you know DjBliss, add him as a friend on Facebook. ". So, it seems Bliss is SELECTIVE about who gets to be his fan... or not. Such accessibility as a DJ. Somehow, I can't help but think that "hey, you can like me... but only if I say it's ok and add you as my friends". I'm sure blocking your DJ's Facebook page must do wonders to get you booked by out-of-town promoters. I'm sorry but word of mouth goes only so far and in today's society, if you can't have a strong internet presence to match your real life reputation, you're clearly one step behind everyone else.

The MySpace page is just as laughable btw. Bliss' general info pompously lists under Sounds Like (which we assume will list another breaks DJ or artist which shares the same type of musical inspiration ) : "Good music expertly put together". And under the category Type of Label : "major".

Wow. I swear I saw the exact same entries on SuperGreg's page. As you know, he too is "NUMBAH ONE !"

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Well there you have it. Hopefully one day Bliss gets bored enough or angry enough at me to come sifting through my posts to find something incriminating, finds this and freaks the f**k out. If not, no big loss, I had a blast writing this.

As for me, your humble servant, I shall depart as this will be my last entry in this here blog.

I'm moving on to a bigger project which will also have a blog intergrated with way more flexibility than here ( sorry Blogger ). Those who need to know where I'm off to, please e-mail me.




Anyway, it was fun, kids. Our time together was brief but oh so colorful and hopefully, some of you appreciated it enough not to troll the sh!t out of this blog by taking everything here so literally, copy-pasting some parts of it and posting it in a message board somewhere, totally out of context, just because you're frustrated and can onlyresorts to elementary school antics to win arguments online.

Hasta la Vista everyone.

Well, it's been a while, I know.

I've neglected this blog and I apologize.

But hey, good news ! It'll be happening a lot more often.

I don't get much time on my own as of lately to sit down in front of any computers and type away on my blog about what ails me, how sad or happy I am and how bad I would like to purchase a medieval torture device and use it on several people (oh hai Bliss/Hammish!).

But REJOICE ! I shall indulge more often now that I am a proud owner of a JesusPhone. Yes. You heard...read right. A HezusPhone.

Let me talk about that for a second. I'll be quick, I promise. I cannot start to describe how much overated and glorified I think the Apple brand is. I cannot count the number of heated Mac vs PC debates I've participated in where I'd make sure to signify my disdain for people who believe you absolutely need to purchase a Mac for graphics design purpose, to which I'd retort that Photoshop on Mac is the exact same sh!t as on the PC, nothing different, and potentially your crappy graphics design output is a result of your own poor design skills, not the platform you are using. Your awesome design won't be more awesome if you do it on a Mac as opposed to a PC, it'll just have been conceived on a machine the "artist" thought justified to shell out a grand more for the exact same processing power... just because "real graphics designers use Macs".

Frankly, you're a goddam fashion victim if you believe this to be true and I can smell your American Apparel clothes from here.

Regardless, the iPhone managed to captivate my attention. I researched it and found that nothing is currently comparable to this thing. No. Don't even try and talk to me about the Blackberry Storm, the HTC Diamond or anything else that has a touch screen. I work in tech support for a cellphone provider, I can assure you I KNOW about what's out there currently.

The only thing that comes closest to it is Android phones. And even that's closer to a PDA than an iPhone.

So yeah, I shelled out my hard earned cash to get one of these over-hyped devices and got a über-expensive data plan for it...

... and I haven't been disappointed. Man, I wish I could say I have been but I'd be a lying SOB if I did.

Of course, it's not foolproof, some applications will crash occasionally but hey, what phone doesn't ? Hell, I troubleshoot phones with the Windows Mobile platform on them and either they just won't load or they are horribly slow. I swore by PDAs not so long ago... until I got my hands on this machine.

So yeah, not that I can blog on the go, I should be able to update this page more often.

So, standby for more incoming transmissions. None professing my love for the iPhone, thankfully. LOL.

Talk to you sooner than later, kids. ;-)

... when stuff happens.

As you can see there is a clear lack of updating done here. Does that mean it's dead ? No. More like undead.

So what's up ?

A lot and nothing at the same time. I go about my life as everybody else : busy, working and busy working. I do try to find the time to entertain and amuse myself as much as possible, otherwise I turn into one complaining loudmouthed mofo who won't shut up. Stress and tiredness does that to me.

So anyhoo, as much grandiose as my previous post was, I'm not sure if I'll be able to find the time to do such elaborate posts. But I'll start posting new stuff here in the next few days since it has slowed down a bit at work. Thankfully.

I should also find a way to get rid of the cobwebs on my Photoshop interface and get a real nice looking blog going.

I like this interface but it's nowhere near as awesome as what I'd like it to be. That might involve a move to Wordpress, I'm not sure, I'll let y'all kids know about that in due time.

In the meantime, check back periodically, I'll post new stuff more often.

C ya soon. ; )

I've yet to follow up on my desires to do a complete post of Music, Games and such as explained in the previous post since I'm super busy at work.

Current mood : hungry
Current track(s) : Entire Murderbot - Ruff In The Bunny Fizness
Current Game(s) : - Boom Blox


Let's just pretend this is Call of Duty 4 and I just got sniped in the head. Then I slump to the ground in a messy pool of blood. Much like that game and the more-often-than-not 15 seconds before you respawn and start being sniper fodder again, I pondered what I had done wrong, what avenues I have taken that lead to my demise.

And came to the conclusion my blog is a big fuming pile of cow turd.

Once I was finally able to clean the mess and get the stink out ( I can still smell it. DANG), I have decided to make this more interesting. No, I will not lower my standards and offer a " rate those tits " plugin or a " shoot the dart in Dubya's forehead " flash games. That's what Facebook is for. No, I have decided to offer a bit more content to try and please my audience ( read : to get more hits, dammit ). Ok, I wanna please me. If you don't like it, there are many other bland boring lifeless blog pages for your perusing needs.

So yeah, my posts will be devided into several sections from now on. Get used to it >:). I promise I'll make nice looking images to seperate the sections. In the meantime, enjoy ! Oh and see that blue bubble that reads " Hi! " at the bottom of each posts ? It's the " Leave a comment " button. DON'T CLICK IT, it's highly dangerous, poisonous and radioactive ! I leave it up to you to do the right thing.


This section won't have any names. In fact, next posts won't even start with that nifty bar I just created. It'll start with the CURRENT stuff and I'll start throwing a fit right afterwards. To get some steam out, you know ? So here goes :

- Will get a car soon. Yes. After much unnecessary delay, I will finally be able to go to a f**king shopping mall, buy some stuff and NOT HAVE TO CARRY A SH!TLOAD OF BAGS HOME. Hey, f**k off : I desperately tried to be good to the environment by taking public transportation but this city's transit company can't plan for sh!t. How many times have I been late as they closed the entire subway line because of some flames in one garbage can in ONE subway station. How is a fire even possible if there is NO SMOKING ALLOWED inside the stations ? Also, try explaining to your boss that you're late because the bus that leaves once every 30 minutes AT RUSH HOUR, mind you, has decided to leave 10 minutes earlier for sh!ts and giggles and that your workplace is in the middle of an industrial neighborhood where two highways cross, a public transportation's no man's land. I have f**king tried to have patience but I've given as much as I could give.



Yes, that "MUSIC" thing sucks, doesn't it ? I'll get around to that shortly. I'll also revamp the section here. Now, on to beatz :

:::: MURDAHBOOOOT ! BOMBACLOT ! ::::
Type : Absolutely insane jungle with gangster hip-hop and reggae rhymes thrown into the blender.
For months now I have been addicted to downloading the Drum & Bass Delirium packs from the ReleaseLog website. It's a compilation of Drum & Bass available once or twice a month. Yes. Illegal music. Makes you feel like a renegade, eh you iTunes b!tches ? The latest installment contains Murderbot's latest album, " Ruff In The Bunny Fizness ". Who, you say ?

A scrawny kid from Chicago named Christopher Shively aka Chrissy Murderbot or Murderbot for short. As his album's name and picture here implies, he's not to be taken seriously. Hell, even his musical styles range from jungle to dubstep to house to grime to every-style-that'll-make-you-shake-your-booty-on-the-dancefloor. His Ruff In The Bunny Fizness inflicts severe brain damage and hightens your serotonin levels simultaneously.

I have so many other tracks to listen to on my MP3 player but I can't. Stop. Listening. To. That. Album. It's driving me crazy. The good kind of crazy, thankfully. I've always loved jungle but fill it with trashy gangster hip-hop lyrics and audio clips of reggae and with upbeat melodies and jazzy basslines and you've got the something more addictive than rocks of heroïn-laced crack. From the jolly grin inspiring style of Rub-A-Dub Soldier and insane jungle beats to the funky gangstah-sh!t extravaganza of OnlyWorld, Murderbot delivers the audible jungle equivalent of smoking some demented ganja, getting a BJ by a supermodel and playing GTA IV at the SAME TIME. Listen :

:: Murderbot - Rub-A-Dub Soldier

:: Murderbot - OnlyWorld


More stuff to come soon. :)

Ah- HA !

And so you thought I was dead. You wish but no. I'm alive and bitching !

In fact, that big burly italian guy you sent after me did not complete his tasks as I foiled his plans before he could complete his mission. Well, what did you expect from a cheap hitman ? Not only that but he misplaced his gun when he tried to " wack " me, he told me not to move he'd be right back. And bam, you just made a few extra grands by not fullfilling your contract.

Two words about that : colossal FAIL.

Anyway, I just thought I would take this opportunity to lay waste to more unsuspecting innocent kilobytes and just write all sorts of inane crap like what you're all used to. So here goes :

- so yeah, I moved recently, it was ok, my new place rocks the crap out of yours and there's nothing you can do about it. Cry me a river, will you ? I SAID IT'S BETTER THAN YOURS. You don't wanna argue with me on that. Do you have 2 roman columns in your living room ? A bath with a seperate shower ? A skylight in your bathroom ? A big kitchen with black ceramic tile counters ? I though so. That so wants to make me buy a digital camera and post pictures all over here and put it in your face. Serves you right.

- I have a cold. And colds suck unbelievable ass. But I've always been the generous kind so I feel I should share the love by sneezing on as many people as humanly possible. Just to spread the love, you know ?

- I can't wait to buy a friggin' HD tv. F*ck. Everyone's got them. I've got a big ass tv with rabbit ears, for crying out loud. I really should get down with that whole " 21st century " vibe everyone seems to be on right now. Get with the times.

- which brings me to the absence of new gen consoles. I WILL get a Wii, then an Xbox 360, I will pay for a goddam Xbox Live subscription and I will LIKE IT. I like PC games as much as the next guy by I can't wait to play games in HD without having to bother about system requirements.

- where the f**k is summer ? Canada is awesome but it's got its seasons all screwed up. How many countries you know have 8 month winters and the remaining 4 a season called " sprinsummautumn " ?

- I will get a car soon. Absolute personal delivery. Yes, pollution this, extra costs that, gas prices this and insurance that. I'd like to see you want to take a nice relaxing walk with your beloved in a forest OUTSIDE OF TOWN without a car. My idea of a romantic getaway doesn't involve taking the smelly cramped up suburban train, bus and taxi to the middle of nowhere. There is also shopping to be done and I need a TRUNK, dammit.


That is all for now, more soon as I get angrier. LOL.

It has come to my attention that...

... well, nothing came up to my attention, really.

I'm moving, I'm tired, I'm working a lot and sometimes not at all while I'm working. Go figure.

Ifind myself posting a lot again on Rave.ca recently and I never had so f**king much fun there especially when you hook up with an old friend. I can finally talk with an actual INTERESTING co-worker (we are in different compagnies but damn it feels familiar in a sea of call center drones).

Yeah, Rave.ca. Who would've thought, right ?

I've been posting on message boards ever since I got a computer. Considering I was raving extensively in the last few years, it was logical to me that I would spend my time posting on ones that were "rave" themed. I've been on so many. I started on something called Vrave. That required the use of Windows' Telnet program :



I had to key in a specific address on a university server lord knows where (Arizona or Utah or something). This was before message boards. It was awesome, it was like a real-time chat.


Then came Raveweb, where you could witness first hand how extensively deformed the mind would get on designer drugs.

Then came Technodium, a site for ravers to get info that featured forums to get in touch with other ravers, like Raveweb, but just opened the doors to flame wars and general bitching. The era of the jaded Montreal ravers was born. I posted there so often, I couldn't count. My posts were always informative, as unbiased as possible but always mature, precise and incredibly lenghty. I would just go on and on and wouldn't shut up.

I was angry at the rave scene's inability to pick up it's own poop and stand tall and proud, all the kids cared about was hearing whatever loud music was playing and was just an outlet for them to be fucked up on 14 different drugs away from their rooms, backyards and their parents.

Then came Rave.ca (or Ravewave not so long ago) where I started the same cycle of trying to get newer ravers to hear the voice of old school by posting long winding posts about " how the rave scene was better and that ", " how raves should be this " and so on and so forth.

Then I got hooked up with my girlfriend and forgot about message boards for a while.

Now, I'm at work. And for the first time, I have access to the internet. And I can't start to say how awesome this is. And in times of extreme boredom, I've decided to post there again. And I must say I'm having more fun now than ever.

Why ? I've dropped the whole " listen to the voice of reason " bullshit. I don't have time to educate kids about a scene I've dropped a while ago. I couldn't care less if kids are too stoned to throw raves anymore. Got back to snorting K in your basements, losers.

I'm using my jadedness for evil now, I'm edgier, meaner and probably 1000 times more fun than the self-righteous moron I was back then. Why try to instill knowledge upon people who just don't give a f**k ?

I've learned a lesson. I shouldn't use the internet for propaganda like so many others. It's an outlet for my emotions, a place where I can drop a big pile of crap and witness how people react. No, I don't diss or hate people... I play the mirror : I throw jokes back to their faces tenfolds.

And you know what, it feels great. Very liberating. We should all try to be less stubborn little bastards online and laugh a little...

... then maybe the world wouldn't look so bland and dark.

I have one of my good friend's DJ Indica latest set called " ElectroSynthesis Avin' It Techno Mix ".

The set itself is a well deserved shot of Acid Techno / Acid House adrenalin and something that sits very nicely on my MP3 player.

I have a problem though. He used a sample at the beginning of his set that has drilled deep into my brain. So much so, I'm found repeating and reciting it all the way to work. I plan on finding it and using it next time I spin somewhere...which should be in the next 20 years or so. From what I can tell, it's an excerpt from a deep house vinyl by D² and the track is called Therapy. I HAVE to find this.

You can listen to the set HERE and see what I'm talking about. Just click the second link in the list there to hear it. You might wanna crank the speakers up for this.

Just to give you an idea ( and for those who don't have access to speakers or are, say, at work ), the sample is some guy ( presumably a Detroit DJ called Dan Diamond ) either on a phone or a recorded interview or something discussing his love for music. What he says mirrors what a lot of DJ, like myself, feel about music. It goes as follows :

...when I go to a nightclub, you know.
I'm not going for the fire that coming out of the walls...
Yeah..
I'm not going there to go be in the VIP area and drink fancy f*cking champagne...
Nah...
Nah, I'm not going for none of those reasons, to tell you the truth, you know...I'm just going for the music.
I don't need big breaks and a big song with a buildup, lights and smoke... f*ck all that, man. I don't need none of that sh!t.
I just need some good music.

I got enough problems of my own, man, with women and...jobs...DJing...making music, you know, so when I do go out, man, I just wanna have a drink and just sit back, man, and be by myself and just nod my head to some good music, man. I don't wanna be f*cked with, bothered (not sure about that part in italics)...lights and...dressing nice...
...I'm just a regular guy, you know, who walks into a club and wants to hear a groove...
All different types.
My life ain't gonna change tonight. With years and...years and... (don't know if it's like that on the vinyl though)
'Cause right now, all we need to do isjust ...bob our heads to this groove right here. You know.
'Cause all you need is a kick drum and a good bassline and a hithat.
You don't need any of that other shit, man. It's aaall confusion.
I was gonna let this groove play and let you understand that...I'm all about the music...



Just plain awesome. And inspiring...

Man...I have something in my eye...*snif*...crap.

Didn't your parents teach you anything for f**k's sake ??????

2 things : either I'm getting increasingly older or increasingly f**king irritated. Please tell me it's the latter. Read on...

Shopping used to be fun for me. Now, it's an excercise in patience and futility. Now, wherever I go, I feel like stopping to walk and yell at the top of my lungs. I won't go into details as to what physical injuries I would inflict on most of the people that cross my path in malls and stores.

The issues are as follows :

- Respect. Since when has it become socially acceptable to cut in line without ANY valuable reason ? What makes it so that YOU don't and shouldn't wait in line like everyone else ? What social status do you possess that allows you to bypass the line to the cashier ? That's right : NONE. Because there is NO social status that allows you to do that. I don't care if you are the f**king mayor of New York, my Glock won't discriminate when I pop a cap up your a$$. Get back in line and WAIT YOUR F**KING TURN.

- Politeness. Am I just an old romantic hag or am I the only human being who actually holds doors and gave my place in public transport to older people, pregnant women or the handicapped ? And since when does it become socially acceptable to rush to get a vacant place on a bus before an old man gets there ?

- Egotism. Everyf**kingone for himself. Look, I'm all up for doing stuff that makes you feel good but when it affects negatively everyone around you, I don't agree. I'm sorry but I feel lying about your 6 year old son dying of cancer to buy a f**king Wii shows a total lack of godforsaken humanity. If it's for your 6 year old son then why the need for an extra controller, the Wii Blaster and the purchase of Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition ????? Couldn't you just stop at being the World's biggest a$$h0le ? You had to insult our intelligence as well ?

R-E-T-A-R-D-S.

You know who you are. And I hate you. All of you that fall into these categories, you don't deserve my sympathy.

...

Venting feels good. It's part of the healing process.

Endure, f**kers.

Review 1 : Gears of War PC

Ok. Obviously I played the 360 version beforehand. The very first time, I wasn't too impressed with the game mechanics. This occured just after playing Rainbow Six : Vegas where I was truly impressed at how easy it was to run for cover, get behind cover and aim from behind cover so I wasn't too sure about the whole " press X to get behind cover " thing...

...but I eventually got around that and truly started enjoying what a great game GOW is. And thankfully, that translated insanely well into PC. Granted, the PC version has some slowdown issues where the game seemed to freeze for about 1 or 2 seconds but that only occured ( at least on my system ) when entering new areas, as if the game sort of " preloads " the upcoming level in advance. That works well because I suffered no slowdowns DURING a heated firefight, where you want your system to be stable and not freeze while you're getting your arse handed to you or when trying to snipe a running target, for instance.

My PC can't run at optimal resolution for this game but regardless, the graphics were pretty damn comparable to the X360 version even at 1024x768 ! Gameplay is always more of a concern than graphics for me so the game looking so good ported to PC was an added bonus.

The game itself should define a new standard for straightforward no-holds-barred first-person shooters : the cinematic feel and atmosphere was captivating, the voice acting was intelligent and incredibly well done, the motion capture is just incredible and the general pacing of the game keeps you on your toes long enough not to get comfortable.

Marcus, Dom, Baird and " the Cole Train, baby ! " made me wanna be the fifth protagonist. An awesome ride.

/10

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Review 2 : Call Of Duty 4

I started playing that game yesterday so it's still very fresh in mind...and I honestly cannot stop thinking about it. This game is everything I loved about Battlefield 2 combined with new elements I cannot push aside.

I'm also running this game at the default settings so I have no idea what resolution it is at currently. Probably 1024x768 as well. All I know is that the gameplay is so awesome, I haven't cared to notice the graphics. There aren't enough such well done tactical shooters out there for me and this game just hits the spot.

Regardless of whatever rating Medal Of Honor : Airborne got, it redefined the genre for its simple " parachute anywhere and play then and there " ( which, for the record, despite reviews saying it was damn near impossible to drop where you wanted because you'll get killed almost instantly, I've done it countless times in MOH:A and in fact enjoyed the extra attention I was getting as I was sniping germans while being shot at by squads and tanks while lying in a spot where I wouldn't get hit. Yes people, surviving in games is based on hiding from your enemy...especially if they ALL saw you parachute on that rooftop ) mechanics. No, obviously you CAN'T attempt this in COD4 but my point is, it's incredibly immersive ( AND FUN ! ) to sprint through an open field where your squad is engaged with an enemy one and flank them going through houses and corridors and drop the hammer from behind.

And again, some reviewers complained about poor NPC A.I. in your squad. Hm. I must say, only 2 games come to mind for good to excellent friendly A.I. behavior and that's THIS game and Rainbow Six : Vegas ( who's A.I. is so well done, you can actually send your squad in and they'll clear an entire room of 15 enemies themselves without your assistance ). Of course you get the occasional " GET OUT OF THE WAY !!! " situation where a squad member gets in front of you as you're zooming to pick an enemy off.

Here's what I think : players should stop being so damn fussy. If you bring it into context, REGULAR HUMAN BEINGS are also known to get in your line of sight from time to time. Why ? Because, like our computerized counterpart, we don't have eyes behind our heads. So while being prone, aiming and just moving a few inches on either side, it's possible you'll unvolontarily block the view of ANYONE standing behind you.

I'm assuming it is pretty difficult knowing your entire squad's positions while you're trying to stay behind cover to aim and snipe 3 guys unloading full automatic rifle clips at you and 2 taking positions to fire their respective RPGs at your sorry arse behind the remnants of a once gloriously strong and protective brick wall now being slowly reduced to rubble to enemy fire.

Go fight any war and try that for yourself and see if you have the nerve not to get in a team member's line of vision while REAL bodies are flying everywhere and you can actually do something no game can make you experience : smell the mixture of dirt, blood, guts and brain starting to cake on your uniform as you squatting down behind cover, soiling yourself and praying for a miracle.

All in all, that game kicked so much unbelievable @$, I feel dirty I *cough cough* " borrowed " a copy of the game and am probably going to purchase this one to play online.

Yes. It is THAT GOOD.

/10

I'm with Garfield : I hate mondays. Why ? Because every bad thing that happens on a monday is ALWAYS amplified.

The bus is always more packed on a monday, receiving bills sucks more, people piss you off more. The weather is always worse, it's always colder, cloudier, windier, snowier and just generally worse.

It's right after the weekend. You know, the weekend. The time of the week that you truly enjoy, see friends, your family, do activities you can't ( or won't ) do during the week, have an amazing time socializing or chilling with your boys/girls or have some one-on-one time with your boy/girl.

Then comes monday. The day that recalls you to your desk job reality like a swift kick in the gonads. The day you have to start your daily routine all over again. And start going to bed early because of work.

Yeah, I guess if mondays were cancelled, I'd hate tuesdays...but until that day arrives, I'll endlessly hate mondays.

Some of you I bothered with these books and those of you not in the know, I will explain :

The first 3 Halo books published a certain time ago. I'm not a big fan of reading books. Not because I dislike it but because I can't find anything interesting enough to read.


About 2 years ago, I was walking around randomly at the downtown Indigo library and found these books on the shelf. Having just completed Halo 2 with my good buddy Stéphane, the storyline was still fresh in my mind. A bit convoluted though : try starting, going through and completing an entire video game in about 6 pot fueled sessions on for size. But I'm nowhere near a fan of fiction books based on a video game or superhero universe.

I read the back cover of the first book of the 3-part series and was intrigued. Paperback books are generally cheap so I gave it a go.

And I was hooked. And blown away.

I finished the book and went back to buy the 2 last ones. I witnessed the calculated birth, upbringing and some of the most extreme missions John-117 ( aka Master Chief ) went through in his existence.

So I'm currently playing through Halo 3 and the saga continues. But I also found out today that 2 NEW books are out, one in april ( which flew over my head apparently ) and one that was released Oct.30 2007.

Needless to say, I will have to buy these two books very soon as the first trilogy rocked my world and made me still believe in reading books. Eric Nylund, who wrote most of the first trilogy, just astounded me with his literary style so I cannot wait to read Ghosts Of Onyx.

I am installing Gears Of War as we speak, I just hope it runs ok on my PC, even if I have to lower the resolution, I don't mind. The gameplay is just incredible, after getting a taste on the 360.

Speaking of which, my friend Ricky might just sell me his 3o buying the Elite. I don't need all the extra stuff so I'll manage with a regular 360. His price is just unriveled. Let's just say it'll be under 200$. Pretty f**king sweet. I should mention I have NO next-generation consoles yet.

And I'm still looking for a Wii despite the good news...

Started playing F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate. After playing Timeshift. Bad mistake.

Why ? Well, F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate lets you slow time to gain an advantage on your enemies. Problem is, you slow down a bit too. Timeshift gives you the possiblity of slowing, stopping and even REVERSING time. Not only that but when time is slowed or stopped, you still move fluently at regular speed ( while everything else around you is either slow or stopped entirely ).

There is something REALLY satisfying in STOPPING time before you enter a room with 2 enemies talking to each other, go through the door, kill one of them, back up to the previous room, restore time and hear the remain guy go " Wait ? What ? How did THAT happen ? ".

The fun part lies on the fact that the game producers considered that time HASN'T stopped for the guys. One minute they're engaged in a conversation about being assigned to " check on a bunch of pipes deep in these godforsaken sewers " then in an instant, one of them becomes bloody and falls dead where he stood. Just plain awesome.

FEAR on the other hand, is a bit dated so only timeslow is available and the overall game, so far, is pretty bland. Even the levels are incredibly bland. You'd think they'd be able to polish it up a bit in the full year it took to create Perseus Mandate but no. At least, not so far.

I've played about 45 minutes yet and BARELY anything scary so far...which is what the game should be about.

I'm kinda disappointed, honestly.

I'm getting Gears Of War PC. Now THAT I'm looking forward to.

Indeed. I haven't recently heard anything more terrifying than this.

What, you ask ?

Have the poles finally melted ? No but we're slowly getting there. Is Britney pregnant again ? Dear God no but it would be scary indeed. Is the government finally going to invest money in the health care and educational system ? No, that's not terrifying, it's damn near impossible.

No, people. It's much worse : the XBOX 360 OUTSOLD the PS3 in Japan last week.

I still can't believe it. I'm in shock. I can't honestly wrap my head around that concept. The world is at war ? Fine. Eco system's going to Hell ? It was to be expected. But Microsoft, an american company selling more consoles in Japan than a Japanese one ? That's nonsense. Utter nonsense.

At this point, I'm expecting anything to happen. Unbelievable.

On a lighter note, I'm currently downloading F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate and if the previous add-on and game is any indication, it'll be awesome.

I'm currently looking into getting Gears of War and Call Of Duty 4...if my cpu can handle it.


Oh and by the way, I'd like to take a minute and congratulate everyone who reads this blog : you officially are the most bored people in existence. With the vastness of the almighty internet today, if you choose to spend a few minutes here every now and then, either you should seriously have your head examined or you are the bestess and coolest peeps I know. Or both. Yeah. Probably both. And I thank you for that.

I wish I had some dirt or anger to let out but I don't. I'm too tired and I'm going over to my friend's house later today so I got nothing but love, w33d and the prospect of video game playing to look forward to later today so it's aaaaaaaall good.

I should post more, I know. I'll try too. See y'all soon.

P.S. : I've recently discovered, downloaded and have on my video-capable MP3 player a slew of Code Monkeys episodes. That show unbelievably rocks, it's insane. Check it now if you are half the video gaming geek I am. I'm seriously addicted. More on that later.

C YA kidz.

It's been around for as long as man's existence.

Violence. For eons, man has resorted to violence to resolve issues. Look at all the wars we've been through. Look at the war in Iraq. Look at Israel and it's perpetual quarrel with its neighbors. Look at what happened to Jesus 1974 years ago.

Nowadays, it's an acceptable media figure. You see it on CNN as we're shown a constant stream of video clips of american soldiers shooting semi-automatic weapons at Iraqis, local news with an endless daily stream of first-degree murders and car accidents, magazines about weaponry and huge billboards of movies where actors are seen in glorifying gun-wielding poses.

But all that's acceptable. All of the above are shown constantly regardless of age and public exposure. Violence-glorifying movies get a PG-13 at best. Movies with nudity get a PG-18 rating. Worldwide television newscasts of suicide bombers, crashed planes and execution-style shot middle-eastern soldiers get no rating whatsoever.

Now, people get all riled up over violence depicted in video games. Manhunt 2 is already banned in the UK and Katie Couric made an eye-rolling entry about it on her Notebook show.

Ok so let me get this straight :

VIRTUAL video game violence where the protagonist escapes from prison and inflicts bodily harm on other equally demented VIRTUAL rapists, serial killers and other various scum : BAD.

REAL innocent lives lost, violent spouses, high-school or university killings and exploded buildings in foreign countries with bodies littered all over the place and family members crying over the loss of their loved ones : GOOD.
Or at least, acceptable.

I'll start blaming video games for our kids being violent when parents get their f___ing priorities straight. Most of them bitch and moan about that game setting a bad example on their kids while they go deer hunting, range shooting and collect guns. But these past times are absolutely NOT RELATED and are fine, of course. As long as you go to church every sunday and you use your guns on other human beings ONLY to protect your family as dictated by the Second Amendment.

Shifting blame on Rockstar Games does NOT excuse parents' lack of control and interest over their children.

It's time to put your pants on people and stop shifting blame on others. Do your f___ing part as a parent and restrict your children's access to certain information. It is NOT society's job to educate and keep a watch on them FOR you. The rest of the world WON'T get involved in your kids growth or education so stop pointing fingers at everyone around you for your failure as a parent.

There is a reason your kids don't talk to you and this conduct of yours plays a big role in this.

Don't believe me ? You parents could actually LEARN something from watching the South Park movie. Yeah, I don't know what's worse : watching the South Park movie or LEARNING something new. Phew. Tough choice.

So by all means, stop blaming canada.

I'm not sure I understand how this whole RSS thing works. I opened a Feedburner account, got my RSS feed to go through there and finally tagged the little icon on the top right there to work. I don't understand what Feedburner can do for me aside from showing me my feed traffic with nifty graphs and such.


If anyone knows and can explain this to me in lament's terms, please comment, e-mail me or whatever, I'd appreciate it. Thank you.


My friends bought Hellgate London, a game set in 2038 London where the forces of Hell are unleashed upon Earth. Yeah, massive flashbacks of Doom here but it's in the future ( big f--king difference, I know ). Not my type of game but I could be mistaken. I'll look into that and talk to them a while.



Me, I'm going to try Timeshift soon, it appears to be a very good game. More my style : a first-person shooter with added perks like time slowing, accelerating and downright stopping. There also seems to be some puzzle solving using these skills which I think is awesome since it doesn't set back those abilities as being just mere " gadgets " but NECESSARY functions of the game.


I'll keep you posted on that game. Tried a couple Portal user maps yesterday. Meh. Ok but nothing groundbreaking.

Tomorrow, I'll be starting Halo 3 at my friend Stéphane's house. I am psyched ! Honestly.

" I need a weapon... "

I'm quite a bit done. I first wanna say that this altered " Black Stripe Blogger Template " by Deziner Folio rox my sox. It's just awesome. Of course, I made some changes but it's fundamentally the same. It's great.

Did I mention it was great ? I'm off for a Halloween party at a couple of friends and I hope you're off doing the same.

It's my time to shine in public transportation as I'll be costumed and looking a bit out of place. I may even be able to steal the thunder of that crazy dude that always rocks, talks to himself, scares old ladies and it's just too goddamn creepy.

Pictures may be up soon, who knows. No, I don't have a camera so they aren't gonna be my pictures. Bite me ( especially if you're a sexy female vampire).

Happy Hallow's Eve, silly maniacs !

New design is up.

Nothing fancy but it works. Until I get bored with it.

That's how confident I am about this interface. Oh well.

Valley girls, be warned : I'm working on a new layout which will not make you wanna puke and bang your head on a concrete wall somewhere.

I know you feel like doing so but please, resist the urge... and come back shortly.

It'll be good, I promise. No, really. I'm not shitting you.

Ok ok, It's up now. Not much to see, I admit but soon. Trust me.

In the meantime,