mother fluffin kanye

Kanye West has been quoted as saying that he wanted less fans. He said it was because he wanted a core audience that understands him instead of a bunch of money and fans who like him because he's the latest trend. Really Kanye, you dont want bunches of money? He says more money is more responsibility. Ill just throw this out there kanye, ill take the money. Ill take it.

Borderlands

A new game was released recently that goes by the name of Borderlands. Its a rough around the edges post apocalyptic FPSRPG. No, FPSRPG is not a random jumbling of letters it actually stands for something. It means first person shooter rpg, which pretty much translates into a gun game that you can level up in. But the one thing that seperates Borderlands from most other games that have come out in the past few years is that it is good. It is great. It is awesome. I will be playing it for a long time to come. Inspired by Mad Max, Borderlands translates the feeling of a total wasteland that you must overcome and possibly rebuild. The sheer amount of weaponery available to you is unbelievable. Advertisements for the game stated there were "70 bajillion weapons", and im starting to believe they may not have been lying. Co-operative gameplay is stressed as vitally important in Borderlands, and with good reason. There are 4 classes, and you can have up to 4 players in a game. This can lead to some serious battles with the opposition, that raises in intelligence, toughness, and sheer brutality as more people join into your games. I really feel that Borderlands is going to set the precedent for lots of games to come, and i can only hope that creative developers continue to raise the bar on the quality of their games.

Domo Origato

So microsoft has announced a new product to attach to your xbox 360. Its callad "Natal", and its going to completely revolutionize the gaming industry. Natal is a motion capture device that you place somewhere around your television, and it is the most ridiculous piece of technology i have ever seen. It has full motion capture in real time for your body and the bodies of those around you. It also has facial recognition and voice recognition to help correctly "communicate" with each player. It adjusts itself automatically so that anybody can step in and play at any time. Most importantly, however, is that it lets you play the game with your body instead of any sort of controller. Gaming is now completely, unbelievably accessable to anybody. All you have to do is stand in front of the screen and play! Its the kind of thing you have only seen in arcades and disneyland, except it will be available for retail use in any home in america that wants it.

Sweet.

The quest for entertainment

In my neverending journey to conquer the realm of videogames, i have recently taken to buying used games and selling my old ones. While there are many websites that cater to this target market, i feel that the salvation of gaming still lies in good old fashioned game stores. Big chains like wal-mart are excluded from this of course, and stores like gamestop are key examples of what im talking about. They provide used games at discount prices and even take your old games to use as credit towards new purchases. They offer big discounts if you put old games towards approaching release titles, and give you stacking bonuses the more you trade in. I have recently started visiting my local gamestop more than i used to, and gotten to know the people who work there fairly well. The level of service you get from people who understand the games and share your passion is something you cant get from an online store, and its a factor that i will always include in my purchases. Gaming is meant to be a group effort! It isnt about sitting in your room by yourself, its about passing that controller to your buddy when you die. Teaming up to conquer unstoppable evils. Facing off in epic battle! The more the merrier.

Long Time no Blog

Well summer has finally come and gone for all you school going kids, myself included, and its back to the tedius grind of class after class after class. I suppose I have it easier then most what with being in a more open ended field. Video and Audio are fun considerations for a career choice, but i would recommend that nobody else ever join these degrees ever so that i may continue to entertain dreams of one day getting HIRED in this rapidly filling field.
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Charles in Charge

I have been spending a lot more time with my brothers lately. After moving back home from Western to attend gaston college i have been seeing them more and more often then i have for the past few years. I realized one very important thing over these past few months, my brothers rule. We all get along so well, we almost never fight, and we always seem to have each others backs in tough situations. My younger brother and i live at home, and our older brother lives just over a half hour away. We all get together a few times a week to just hang out and play, and we have some of the most fun i have ever had in my life. Its great, and i love my family.

End of the Year

Well the semester is winding down, and i must say I have had a great time these past few months. Now that im actually getting into classes that pertain to my major im doing much better then i used to. The workload seems more managable when you're having fun doing what you love. I find it odd to think that i used to dread getting up and going to clas every day, but now its almost a relief to get to go shoot film or edit movies. Im having a blast doing this kind of stuff, and really look forward to more in-depth projects. I have all these ideas for new films to make and i cannot wait to put them together. The most enjoyable thing i did this semester was definitaly for my video production class. I was allowed to make any kind of movie i wanted, and having that kind of creative freedom was increadible. I loved taking my vision and making it into a corporeal thing! Hopefully ill get to do more stuff like that in the future.