Archive for May, 2006

I’m Not Made Of Money

E3 is in full swing right now and if you’ve never heard of it, stop living under a rock! At E3 Sony announced it’s plans for the PS3. As read from the 1UP.com article,

The next-generation console will come in two models — but both will include a hard drive, unlike Xbox 360. The base model will retail at $499 with 20 GIG HD. Those with a little extra disposable cash can pick up a premium version loaded with a 60G GIG HD for $599 at launch this November.

Lets see, $500 starting price to play games…right.  The most common argument that I’ve heard arguing for the $500 cost is that “it’s BlueRay!”  OK.  Its BlueRay.  Its also $500 dollars!  Sure, BlueRay is superiour to HD-DVD however HD-DVD appeals to many people where it matters, their wallet!  I’d like for BlueRay to dominate, however the price tag will undoubtly be their undoing.  Beta anyone?

Oh, I almost forgot.  Nintendo’s Wii is going to sell for around $250, at least that’s according to an article in EGM.  I must admit I was perplexed when Nintendo changed the name of the console from Revolution to Wii however you just gotta love the saying, “hand me a Wiimote and let’s play ___”.

Macs And PCs

We all need something to make us laugh every once and a while.  It just so happens that Apple has made something funny for everyone to enjoy.  So please, enjoy.

Rustered Iron

The other week was the five year anniversary for Betsy Buhler, the CBC Media Director. So if you’re in the media department and it’s your boss’s five year anniversary what are you to do? Well, the guys at the media department knew just what to do. Enjoy.

Bond. James Bond.

Well, here it is. The trailer for the new James Bond movie, Casino Royale. I enjoy the James Bond movies as much as the next guy. There are great movies with great actors such as Sean Connery, Roger Moore, and yes even Pierce Brosnan. At the same time there have been some horrible Bond movies out there. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service anyone? Now we have Daniel Craig as Bond. I don’t know if this is a good thing or a bad thing. The Bond series is old and needs to be done away with to maintain some form of dignity. I can only hope that Casino Royale doesn’t kill the series.

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