Will Wright & Game Theory

For those of you interested in the psychology of games, WIll Wright is the developer behind Spore and The Sims series. Here, in his presentation to the CHM (Computer History Museum) Will, argues for the possibility of video games to aspire feelings /emotions like guilt and honor. Feeling/Emotions which had until recently been excluded by other more linear media such as literature and film.

Perhaps the coolest game video I've ever seen.

This is simply amazing and the fact that it was done in a virtual world without any physical feedback...wow!  The coolest part was when they were playing Danger Zone.

My Avatar

Here's my avatar...not as fat as he should be though.

Hello World!

Here is my Avatar, as I finally got my xbox back from the red rings of death camp. I expect comments telling me, that that is not what I look like or something along those lines. 

Boxee is the Shi*

So many of you know that my favorite product in the world is the Apple TV. I genuinelly see a future in online distribution of media content, so much so that I am constantly trying to find a way to ditch cable. Recently Boxee realesed and Alpha version of thier software that "allows" streaming content on Apple TV from Hulu. So far I have enjoyed it, and aside from my fiancee's shows like Grey's Anatomy and John and Kate plus 8, I have yet to watch tv via cable. I get NBC, Fox and others directly from Hulu and what I dont get on Hulu, I can get on iTunes for $1.99 an episode. 

Now Boxee has support for Netflix, which is pretty sweet. So not only can you get Netflix streamed to you PC, Xbox 360, now the Mac, but now even cooler the Apple TV. If you dont have an Apple TV, think about it. Blu-Ray as I said is just a last effort for optical discs, the future of media, I believe, is in online distribution. And Apple TV is one of the best options for this. 

Check out Boxee, and if you want an invite post a comment with your email, I will get you in. 

http://www.boxee.tv/

SCORE!

I just got an email saying that Netflix streaming is now on Mac! How sweet is that?! eh, it's late. If someone wants to comment with the details, feel free.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Announce!!

For all of those Call of Duty 4 fans out there, great news, this evening an announcement was made for the release of Call of Duty: Modern Combat 2.  Looks like we'll be back in the trenches in the Fall 2009.

Who are you...?

Today a few of us were talking about the avatars in the NXE and how closely you can make your digital self resemble your real life persona. Although it was touched on briefly, I though it would be kinda cool to show your avatars off. Log in to xbox.com and manage your profile and you will find a picture of your avatar which you can copy and paste to a new post.   So what do you think?

Fine, I'll post.

So some people have been bitching at me that I don't post enough, so I'm posting.  This post has nothing to do with gaming, but it does deal with technology.  I'm working on the take-home portion of a final exam in aircraft performance, specifically the Boeing 757.  The question I pose is this:

What is the stall speed of a flaps 5 takeoff with the gear in the up position given the following data:

ATOG: 193.8

HW:  10 kt

V1: 138

Vr: 141

V2: 146

I will accept a numerical answer or a chart reference where this information can be found.  There's your freakin post, Will.

Leopard Loving....

Tired of dealing with anti-viruses? or dealing with viruses themselves? What about those beautiful BSOD's? or random application crashes? Well fear no more! I'm here to tell you the good news about an alternative to this line of operating systems known as Windows. What is this alternative you say? It's commonly known as OS X. And guess what...it's cheap! Yes you read it right. Absolutely cheap. No more shelving out piles of cash for a product that seems to cause more headaches and pains than not. All you need is an active credit card, some hard drive space and a little bit of time.

Today's Unix distro I'll be talking about my favorite: OS X. It's developed by a full-time team of developers who are always working to make it better. It supports both 32-bit and 64-bit processor machines. The reason I like OS X so much is that it's easy to install and setup on a computer. You have various options when it comes to installation. You can either install it alongside a windows installation, so you can dual-boot between the two. Not only that, I never have to buy or install an antivirus because all the virus makers focus on guess what...Windows! There's so much more to tell but I think I might have written too much. I'll be following up this post with more tips and tricks that can be done with OS X. If you're interested to learn more don't hesitate to ask in the comments.

P.S. No offense to windows lovers, but thought I would use this opportunity to get the word out about alternatives to Windows.

Ubuntu Loving....

Tired of dealing with anti-viruses? or dealing with viruses themselves? What about those beautiful BSOD's? or random application crashes? Well fear no more! I'm here to tell you the good news about an alternative to this line of operating systems known as Windows. What is this alternative you say? It's commonly known as Linux. And guess what...it's FREE! Yes you read it right. Absolutely free. No more shelving out piles of cash for a product that seems to cause more headaches and pains than not. All you need is an active internet connection, some blank cd's and a little bit of time.

Today's linux distro I'll be talking about my favorite: Ubuntu. Ubuntu is backed by Canonical, so you can be rest assured that it's not some random guy's version of linux. It's developed by a full-time team of developers who are always working to make it better. It supports both 32-bit and 64-bit processor machines. The reason I like Ubuntu so much is that it's easy to install and setup on a computer. You have various options when it comes to installation. You can either install it alongside a windows installation, so you can dual-boot between the two, or install it as an application inside of windows(requires at least 4gb of space for storage), or you can run it off a 1gb usb drive. Not only that, I never have to buy or install an antivirus because all the virus makers focus on guess what...Windows! There's so much more to tell but I think I might have written too much. I'll be following up this post with more tips and tricks that can be done with Linux. If you're interested to learn more don't hesitate to ask in the comments.

P.S. No offense to windows lovers, but thought I would use this opportunity to get the word out about alternatives to Windows.

A friendly reminder!

 I was reminded last week by Newton 3.0 , that some features in the NXE may still be unknown or just not used to yet.  If you login to xbox.com and go to the Xbox Live Marketplace page, you can que up downloads for either game content, or video content.  This is your Xbox tip of the day.

Fat and Happy...

Hello everyone.  Hope you are all fat and happy from the Holiday.  Hope Black Friday wasn't too dangerous for anyone, and you all got some amazing deals.  Did we all get to 80 with our WoW characters?  What did you do with your time off this last week?