Unbeknownst to the majority of the world, prisoners in the UK are fully allowed to play their favorite video game consoles while they serve their sentence. It’s obvious that we no longer live in a world where going to prison means having to endure horrible atrocities, but instead are rewarded with getting to play the latest and greatest video games while prisoners wait for their sentence to end.
Unfortunately for inmates, it was announced today that their precious gaming consoles would be taken away, amidst fears that the consoles could be used to conduct horrible amounts of terrorism. Prisoners will have to return to playing Gin Rummy and Go Fish.
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After only two months since it’s release, Apple has decided to slash the price of the iPhone by $200! The decision came amidst terribly poor iPhone sales since it’s initial release and the lack of sales since forth. Apple’s aggressive advertising campaign has been mediocre and word-of-mouth advertising has been filled with phrases such as, “buggy video support,” “no MP3 ringtone support,” “lack of games,” “absolutely no third-party application support allowed,” and “one in ten iPhone shipped defective.”
Regarding the price-drop, forum users are pissed. “I just bought the fucking phone last month and this month, it’s $200 less! Bullshit! No place around town would honor retroactive price drops, so now I look like a fucking idiot.”
Jeremy Ball said, “I am a totally dedicated Apple fan so I made sure to buy the iPhone the day it was released. Now I am treated to a ridiculous $200 price drop only two months after my purchase. What the hell?”
Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ response was, “First, I am sure that we are making the correct decision to lower the price of the 8GB iPhone from $599 to $399. There is always change and improvement, and there is always someone who bought a product before a particular cutoff date and misses the new price or the new operating system or the new whatever. This is life in the technology lane.”
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I think I will stick with RIM’s Blackberry.
It was revealed that Kratos from the God of War II toy line will feature a removable “angry face” head. Many toys these days come with inter-changeable limbs for different poses and some are starting to come with different heads that feature different expressions. “The removable head is pretty much a must-have for the God of War II series,” said June_Krypt. “Kratos typically bears a demeaning sneer or is totally pissed off. I love it!”
Joe Perry, Aerosmith’s lead guitarist said in an Interview that the band has been working with Activision on the Guitar Hero 4 project. “I don’t know much about the technical part of it but artistically we’re working hand-in-hand,” said Perry.
Ironically, Activision is fully denying the account, claiming his comments are a rumor. Ok, Activision, whatever you say.
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Thanks to the incredible success of the Transformers movie, Hasbro has green-lighted the production of the live-action GIJoe movie, scheduled for release in 2009. Stephen Sommers is set to direct a cast of approximately 30 core GIJoe & Cobra characters in the movie. Unfortunately, Hollywood has de-constructed everything that makes GIJoe wholesome, and the abbreviated name now stands for “Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity.” In the movie, GIJoe is an international force of operatives based out of Brussels, that work together to defeat the evil Cobra organization led by the Scottish arms dealer, Destro. There is no word on whether or not Cobra Commander will make a cameo appearance in the film or not.
Many GIJoe fans are completely outraged by the development choices in the film. “This idea of Destro being in charge is an abomination,” said Pit_Viper via TNI. “If I were in charge of Hasbro, the second a writer came to me with a script in which anybody other than Cobra Commander is the main bad guy they would of fall through a trap door into a pit of pirannahs. I mean having Cobra Commander being the head of Cobra is a non-brainer. You don’t have to be a Joe nerd like us to complain about this either. Everyone that knows anything about G.I. Joe is going to be bitching. Cobra Commander has made appearnces on Family Guy and Robot Chicken. He’s a pop culture icon. Having him playing second fiddle to Destro is crap.”
Hollywood bastardizes this stuff all the time. A dirty Internet rumor is also claiming that Will Smith will play the roll of Duke.
The Chinese media is praising Chinese pirates for translating the new J.K. Rowling book, “Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows” within hours of the English release. The pirates acquired the books as soon as the bookstores opened and teams worked round the clock in shifts, translating the book, eating a steady diet of instant noodles.
The most famous teams include the Hogwarts Institute of Translation and the International Wizard Alliance. The latter is an online club of more than 2,000 core members, led by a 15-year-old boy known as “wizardHali”, whose call for naming July 21 the “World Harry Potter Day” has won the support of more than 100,000 netizens.
Chinese media outlets are praising the groups for their finely-tuned efficiency in getting the material spread all over the Internet.
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Their efficiency is matched only by their ability to consume vast amounts of noodles.
In addition to the 7-inch action figures also to be released, we saw a glimpse of the upcoming Metal Gear Solid Kubricks at the San Diego Comic Convention.
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Gotta love the detail on those weapons and accessories. Now, where’s my Castlevania Kubricks at?
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In today’s day and age, you can never be too safe. Living in a world of terrorism, Al Qaeda and Sony root kits, living a cautious and contained life is pretty much essential to healthy living. And that’s where the Spartan Burgler Defense kit steps in. Keenly disguised as a table, the defense kit quickly disassembles to become a warrior’s best friend: a Spartan Shield and Spartan Beat Stick, ready to strike at any unsuspecting villains. Defend attacks with the Spartan shield and then parry a blow forward with the make-do sword-bat. Mix it up with a shield-bash, side-slash combo attack and you’ll be screaming “This is Sparta!” in no time flat.
