EA Q3 reporting

Things we learn from this:

• All Points Bulletin got delayed. This is the Crackdown MMO game.
• Dead Space 2 isn't going to come out for the PC.
• Another unnamed Dragon Age title now on the list.

Miss me yet?

There is a billboard along I-35 near Wyoming, Minn., with a huge photo of former president George W. Bush and this question: "Miss Me Yet?". It is currently unknown as to who paid for this.

64-bit Windows dominating 32-bit

Results from the Steam January 2010 hardware survey show Win 7 64-bit in twice as many places as 32-bit.

We have to keep in mind that this is going to be game-centric people being a Steam users survey, but where gamers go the rest of the world follows. I'm not joking with that statement, its why its so important for an OS to support games.

It didn't take anywhere near this long for general adoption from 16-bit to 32-bit back in the early 90's, 64-bit has had a long road to travel.

MSI Dual-Screen netbook/eReader

This one is very cool, as you can see its really two linked 10" screens. It also has a typing mode where one side becomes a semi-full keyboard.

I think its to big to be a good eReader but I've very impressed anyway. There is rumor of a 7" screens version which might be more reasonable on the size.

MSI is trying to get it to market this year but I doubt it's really going to make it. No word on price yet.

I believe I will likely own one of these.

Samsung Transparent Display's 14-inch notebook

One step closer to the displays seen in Avatar and other SciFi flicks. I don't think I would want to use one for a length of time but its cool none-the-less.

We should see these in stores sometime this year.

BioShock 2 Syringe Pen

LOL nice! $35 at the Take-Two store.

Star Trek Online thoughts

I want to like this game. Really I do. And I think I'm selling it short by not giving it more of a chance. I have a feeling that there is some really neat things further into the game.

The problem is I can't force myself through the mind numbing start of the game to get to all that neat stuff.

It feels a lot like Champions Online covered in a Star Trek veiner. And while I'm sure the space combat gets cool further down the road, its really mind numbing to start. The away missions start off dull but I can see potential for better there as its a form of squad based combat never before seen in an MMO.

I also feel like the game is yet another patented Cryptic single player MMO experience just like Champions Online is. Guess I've never really been able to understand the single player MMO concept... wouldn't you just make/play a single player game? I really feel like Cryptic is the likely suspect for having wrecked this game.

Anyway, I hope I can force myself to dig back in but I'm not really a fan of investing time into something that might be cool later.

Amazon blinks

Macmillan totally called Amazon's bluff and unfortunately consumers are the ones going to pay for it as $10 eBooks draw to an end. We have to assume that with Macmillan's victory that other publishers will be emboldened to make the same demands which ultimately means more and more new eBooks will sell for $13-$15.

Redbox and studios at war

The $1/night DVD rental machines aka Redbox and movie studios are in a war that I was unaware of.

In the latest clash studios have somehow gotten retailers like Wal Mart and Target to limit the number of DVDs a person could buy because Redbox employees were going in and buying them out to stock the machines.

Read more by clicking on the title link of this post.

1404/Dawn of Discovery release date

North America is digital download only for release on Feb 25, 2010. Releasing both a "gold" product containing both original and expansion or just the expansion alone. Price or where it will be sold online has not been revealed yet.

I can live with that.

Sword of the Stars 2 presentation

Dynamic speaker he ain't.

Mass Effect 2 thoughts

ME2 is doing very well at 2 million copies sold in a week. To bad I can't say I care much for it. I really enjoyed ME1 but ME2 has been a struggle to hold my attention.

ME1 wasn't exactly a hard-core role-playing game but it was good enough to be entertaining. ME2 however moved more towards a lackluster FPS style and depressed its overall RPG-combat elements. I think this was a mistake. I know they did it in the interest of making it easier for the masses to understand and likely its a good commercial decision but I doubt I'm going to be able to force myself to swallow much more of it.

Spock mystery

The guy that played Spock in 2009's Star Trek and also a voice in the upcoming Star Trek Online MMO, has publicly stated that he is taking a Trek break for at least two years.

So....how does the Star Trek sequel come out in 2012 then?

Hitler on iPad

I had not thought about the fact that it wouldn't have flash support!!! Arg! I'm not even going to buy this as a toy now.