Well here we are another week of 2012 in the books, so what did we learn?
Apparently you can sue yourself…..kinda.
In an ongoing saga for the great Stan Lee, he is now being sued by himself….kinda. He is actually being sued by a company he started…..then left…..which actually bears his name. I wonder in the courtroom if there will be Stan Lee then an evil Stan Lee? That would be wicked….the full confusing story can be found here http://www.movieline.com/2012/03/07/stan-lee-vs-stan-lee-the-epic-legal-follies-of-a-comics-mastermind/ for those of you interested.
What the?! I thought I had the new iPad?!
Well, not me, I never would be able to afford one, but for millions of Apple users and fans the iPad 3 was released this week to….well…I’m not really sure. There are some improvements over the iPad 2, but not to the extent most had hoped. Most of my Apple friends say they’ll wait for the 4th one. I mean it’s nice and the new display is awesome, although calling it a retina display is a bit confusing, I thought it had to do with retinal scanning for security. I’m sure it’s going to sell, I mean for 10 years Apple could’ve sold a ketchup popsicle to a woman wearing white gloves in the desert, but the latest iPad just doesn’t seem to be a huge jump. While the new feature set is nice, better rear camera, better and faster graphics, better display etc, I think the biggest feature is that it caused a price drop for the iPad 2’s. Which means more people will probably be giving them a look. For the full specs take a look here http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/the-new-ipad-3-everything-you-should-know/
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a Bat!
Batman Year One Deluxe edition is being released on March 14th. For those that don’t know, year one is critically acclaimed and is one of the most important in the Batman saga. It’s obviously about the crime fighters first year, one thing that makes this issue special is that it’s written by Frank Miller, with artwork by David Mazzucchelli. So if you’re a Batman fan, this is a must have. For more info check out http://firewireblog.com/2012/03/08/batman-year-one-deluxe-edition-new-printing-due-on-march-14th/
They do exist! Well maybe.
So, in Peru a mummy was found, nothing new there, except that it has an elongated skull. Yup, this things skull is almost the size of its small body and as usual everyone is baffled. Did I mention the larger than normal eyes also?
An anthropologist believes it to be a child of under 2 with an enormous head which possibly a human sacrifice. Let’s be real for a minute, chances are it’s just a deformed human, but I’m sure that crazy greek dude, Giorgio A. Tsoukalos from Ancients Aliens (I love that show) will be talking about it soon enough!
Check out the full article at http://reinep.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/mummy-with-giant-head-discovered-in-peru/
I just bought the game! What do you mean there’s already DLC that I have to pay for!?
So the hotly anticipated ending to the Mass Effect trilogy, Mass Effect 3, was released this week…..along with the first DLC (downloadable content) Some people see this as just another way to get more money from the already popular game by offering the DLC at launch. We as gamers are always surprised to see a patch needs to be installed for a game that just came out, but to have DLC on launch day just makes it seem like we bought an incomplete game, jeese, give us a month to think that our 60 bucks bought a full game before you release the DLC! Anyway that’s just my thought on it. As long as it’s not important to the finale I guess no one’s twisting your arm to buy it.
“What do you mean there’s already DLC?”
Glad you’re back from the injury, now if you would look at this pink piece of paper…….
It was announced this week that after 14 years the Indianapolis Colts decided to release Peyton Manning. I guess the main concern was the amount of surgeries he had, but in 2011 they signed him to a 5 year deal, worth 90 million dollars. I guess the prospect of another injury was too great for a team that went 2-14 last year. With Peyton gone and their Superbowl winning coach, I guess it’s time for rebuilding. I’m sure Manning isn’t retiring anytime soon and plenty of mediocre clubs would pay millions more for him. For more about it check out http://anomicofficedrone.com/2012/03/07/peyton-and-the-colts-part-ways/ and http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d82777827/article/peyton-manning-colts-part-ways-in-most-appropriate-fashion
“Seriously, I always thought you’d get cut before me!”
From the “What the hell?!” department…..
Conservative Christian Pat Robertson wants Marijuana legalized. Yeah I know of all people right? His arguments actually make sense on this one though. He talks about the cost of the war on drugs and even thinks the US has gone too far when it comes to drugs. Pointing out how many juveniles are being locked up for years over a joint, unless you’re rich of course (he points that out) He also says that he believes it should be treated like Alcohol. He even points out that since 2006 47,515 lives have been claimed in Central and South America (granted not all are related to Marijuana) Any way, if you’d like to read more, and I’m sure some of you would like too, here’s the full story http://20poorandfabulous.com/2012/03/08/pat-robertson-wants-marijuana-legalized/
“Is it 4:20 yet?”
What’s it take to be an internet star?
Well apparently not doing an informative beer show on Youtube, blogging about beer or this blog either. Apparently you need to be a rebel leader for 20 years in Africa kidnapping and terrorizing villages oh and keeping them as slaves, normal and for sex. In an effort to catch him a video about Joesph Kony was released on Youtube. The 30 minute video shows his atrocities and had 32 million views by Thursday. For more on Kony check out http://www.freep.com/article/20120309/NEWS07/203090359/Hunt-for-jungle-militia-leader-Kony-goes-viral-aiming-to-get-him-arrested?odyssey=nav%7Chead or Wikipedia him. If you want to check out the video of this scumbag for yourself, take a look here http://youtu.be/Y4MnpzG5Sqc
“Joseph Kony, putting the infant back in infantry since 1986”
Take him down Red 1!
12 years ago a little game called Counter-Strike was released, well, to be fair it was a Half-Life mod. It quickly became one of the most played PC online tactical shooters ever, in fact many still play the original today. Then a few years later Counter-strike Source was released, bringing a new level to the genre of tactical shooters. Not only were the graphics better, but using the Source engine made the physics way better as well. Even though the Call of Duty and Battlefield series have kind of taken the lime light, both Counter-Strikes are still played today. Now, 12 years after the original, Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment are releasing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. One of the coolest features? Cross platform play across all supported systems! Yup, whether you have a Mac, Windows machine, Xbox 360 or PS3, you’ll be able to blast your friends full of holes. I for one can’t wait. For more info and a trailer check out http://store.steampowered.com/app/1800/
“Here Kony, Kony, Kony.”
It really is bigger on the inside.
So apparently the babies room, formely my computer room/office/catch all is a T.A.R.D.I.S (Time and Relative Dimension In Space for you non Doctor Who fans) because it seemed to bigger on the inside. For the last for weeks I have been sorting through 15 to 20 year old crap and throwing out countless garbage can loads. I then moved the rest into a much bigger space in the basement….which apparently couldn’t hold everything, so I went through again and finally the basement is about 90 percent done. How an 11×11 room wouldn’t fit in a 40×20 space is beyond me. How I accumulated that much junk is also beyond me, I guess old John is less tolerant of crap and throw more away then young John did.
“Yup, there is 25 years of crap in here, including a Sony sports cassette walkman and a socket 3 486 motherboard! Old Skool bitches!”
So yeah, that’s it for this week, it’s actually kind of a lot isn’t it? So I hope you learned something and enjoyed it. Thanks for reading!
John