Honestly, there’s so much hype around the NIU shooting that it’s pretty fucking disturbing. Another crack in the pristine finish of the youth culture and people are as always quick to point the proverbial gun at the wrong person. In this case we see the government and of course Jack “can’t stop fappin to my next case” Thompson on the warpath blaming some mediocre playtime of CS in the kids life for the killings that took place.

Seriously now, is this what we have left? A kid is unstable and blasts other students and we don’t wonder what actually happened? We just pick a cheap scapegoat that has been beaten to death and ride it like no tomorrow, that instead of figuring out what was going on around them we get idiots going “dude he played 1.6 4 years ago, thats totally why he killed them, gg lets ban violent games recommended for older audiences” Sadly the flawed mentality forgets to include, the following.

1. There’s no fucking buy zone IRL, you don’t wake up, walk into your closet, hit B and then speed key your inventory for the day together.

2. Source is an awful fucking example to use for violence or “training” anyone who has played it knows the lag and hitboxes are awful and that any idiot using it as a base wouldn’t kill someone with a .45, they’d try to hunt down an AWP.

3. If CS was so fucking influencing on the world, we’d see a whole lot more team flash IRL, something that is severely lacking at the moment.

Honestly, the government and the media need to go fuck off with this stupidity, anyone worth their asdw would be able to tell people that FPS titles aren’t murder sims, and anyone that uses them as some springboard has serious mental problems already that existed before playing.

So to all those fucks harping on gaming being the cause of the shootings, go play a fucking title as a non-biased individual and then judge if you could actually bunny hop/knife run/shift run your way to a massive incident.

It has been far too long. Years have gone by, nations have risen, and fallen, yet there has been one thing missing…. the hero. The avatar, the chosen one. You, the gamer.

It has been far too long since the last challenges were met, bosses defeated, economies developed, players killed. No MMO on the market is even worthy of calling itself an MMO. Fuck you Blizzard. FUCK YOU. god I am so fucking sick of Blizzard. Talk about shattering someones dreams…. then waking that person up with a baseball bat to the head and a nice hot stream of piss to the face. Blizzard took the idea of roleplaying, and turned it into a mindless grindfest cash cow, not your ordinary pop star cash cow…. no no this bitch shoots out gold plated uranium milk. Superman drinks the stuff three times a day, very rich in nutrients… But I digress.. only to say this.

There is hope. Of course we all know Age of Conan is rapidly approaching a release date. It can’t come any sooner. Tentonhammer has a new preview up showcasing the Ranger class.. awesome… This game really looks promising. Leaps and bounds above the current state of things.

Also it appears there have been updates to Darkfall.. Whaaaaat get the fuck out. Vaporware right? Apparently not. Heres a quote from a recent dev. diary

Community: Beta ETA (we all understand possible setbacks that’s nature of the industry but a 1 month 2 yrs or something would be great)

Tasos Flambouras: Previous estimates on beta were honest educated estimates based on facts at the time. Circumstances have a way of changing, so we don’t want to try to estimate again when so many things are in flux. The only thing certain is that we expect everything to come together one way or another within a few months so that our launch can be within the year. When we decide whether to go with a publisher or to self publish we will announce a beta date.

2008 Launch? Lets see it. This game is the closest thing to UO2 we have yet to see. And it might actually be released… I don’t know about you but my nipples are hard.

Lastly, JacktR stumbled upon Savage 2 today. We downloaded the client and jumped in game and I gotta say, its pretty damn fun. The game client is free to download and offers a demo account of 5 hours. After those 5 hours you can purchase an account serial for 29.99, one time fee, no monthly charge. The game play rivals that of any simplistic battleground you will find in World of Warcraft. Like the first Savage, the game play is a blend of First Person Shooters, Real Time Strategies and a bit of RPG element. Think of it like Warcraft 2, only you take the role of one of the units, and fight it out 1st/3rd person. There are squads, and a commander position. Commanders do the building of structures, research and micro management aspects. No Monthly, instant action…. Fuck I hate blizzard….

I saw the movie Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and I highly recommend it. Its amazing. Almost as good as Rambo. Haha so many dead Koreans in one movie, how did they get away with it. Kidding… great movie.