What would matt do?
You know what I’d do? I’d travel completely across the country to see if I can’t find a better life for me and mine. I’d go with almost no money, with some help from my friends, and hope for the best.
Why?
Well, that’s a good question. And the answer is because nothing else fits.
I’ve been living in FL for another 11 years (I grew up here and then moved back) and I don’t like it anymore. I don’t like the economy build on the flesh trade (tourism), I don’t like the angrily-waiting-to-die mentality many have here. I don’t like that I can’t find many like minded people. Mainly though, I want my family and I to live in a place that brings joy every time we go out in it. I want to visit more places than different swamps or beaches (though, it’s hard to get too upset about beaches). We want mountains, snow, hiking, camping, kayaking, etc. Heck, I’d like it if it didn’t take a clean 6 hours just to get of the state I live in. Don’t get me wrong, FL has some great parts, and some great people, but it’s time to move on.
Here’s hoping I find all of that and more. Or at least I find a job and way to get by for a bit longer so I can plan something else. Because not having a job is great, but not having money just doesn’t seem to work with the rest of society.
So what would I do? I’d move. I’m leaving in 5 days. Me first, and then when I get some funds and a place, I’ll fly the family out. I admit, I’m a bit nervous that everything will work out. I do have faith.
“Looks like a normal spoon, right?”
Go here, read this. My favorite is of course the title, but that the guy wanted to see more the first item is just fantastic.
Dragon Age!
This is just an early writeup, but damn if Dragon Age isn’t an amazing RPG so far. Unless I run into some bullshit of Oblivion levels, this game will be the RPG of this year and next. I’m that enamored.
I only played yesterday and this morning, but I had to drag myself to bed at 2am and snuck in some time before work this morning. The engine is pretty damn amazing, much better than your usual "Loading…" every five feet that Bioware normally does (even though it does indeed of some loading still). The combat is hard, but very fun so far. That pretty much describes the game, hard but fun.
My only complaints so far are that the characters faces don’t match the emotion happening in the game. The story is nothing new, but well imagined…except when big things happen, the NPCs faces just can’t manage to keep up at all. That said, the roleplaying is pretty cool and the dialogue is endless as you want it to be.
Oh, and the usual, we’re giving you 10 different NPCs that are all badass…and you can only use three of them at once. Nah nah! /me kicks Bioware in the shins.
What Would Matt Do: Play. Play and play and play. This may well be the best RPG Bioware has ever released. As a huge fan of Bioware PRGs, that’s a pretty big statement.
P.S. – EA, you didn’t include the Stone Prisoner card in my box. You had better respond to the email I sent and make it right. I know you guys don’t always think so, but customer service is important. That is all.
UPDATE: I finally got in touch with an EA support representative and after checking my account, they enabled the missing Stone Prisoner content. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but go EA! They were actually helpful and nice. /me is stunned.
“We’re CCP! We march on fearlessly!”
Indeed they do.
What Would Matt Do: Well, I guess I’d really like to play the game that they make that doesn’t require me to a good book to read…when they make that game, let me know. Until then, I’ll agree, HARDEN THE FUCK UP!
Wii update 4.2 may brick your console. Is it worth it?
From /. games:
Now, Nintendo has pushed a boot2 update to all Wii users, and the results are what was expected: users are reporting bricks after installing 4.2 on unmodified consoles. Nintendo is currently attempting to censor posts and remove references to homebrew. It is worth noting that the new boot2 does not attempt to block anything or offer any additional protection or functionality. Its sole purpose is to simply replace current versions which may or may not have been modified with BootMii. Another interesting tidbit is that Nintendo is not believed to have any method to repair this kind of brick at a factory, short of replacing the entire motherboard."
So in their haste to combat those .01% Wii users (my guesstimate of homebrew users), they are releasing code that could brick a Wii AND they may not have anyway other than sending in the system to get it fixed?
Why is it all right for regular users to suffer to combat a very small percentage of the users that do things with their console that Nintendo doesn’t approve of? We all know, even Nintendo knows, that you can’t stop piracy/homebrew/etc with mere software updates. The pirates are crafty and will just release a new version of their software. So why does Nintendo spend so much time working against them, at the expense of their bigger customer base?
I don’t know. I hope Nintendo knows. Because this is irresponsible at best.
What Would Matt Do: Wonder why Nintendo is so headstrong to get pirates when they represent such a small part of their console owners… I mean, I know companies don’t like it when people steal their shit. That’s a given. But is this course worth it? What next, Nintendo will start releasing updates that make your promise you’re not a pirate before you use console? Because that’s about how effective these updates are, except regular paying customers are also being hit with the flack.