Isaiah's Tech

After my last exam on Monday, January 26, i will be starting my new blog. The new blog is expected to take the layout that i have on this current blog. Meanwhile, this blog's layout will change. I'm foreshadowing this blog to have a layout consisting of 3 columns. I'm also going for a more techy look, hopefully i will be able to fulfill that. I look forward to my new blog and what i will be writing about. I hope that some of my readers will go and check it out too.

We have not heard anything about the World of Wacraft movie in months. But finally, Blizzard community manager, Nethaera, steps up to the plate and mentions that it is still in production. Although, he did not give any more information about the movie, it will still be interesting to check out this movie. I'll probably watch it with my girlfriend, even though she won't have a clue as to what's going on. She also won't be reading this anytime soon, so it's pretty safe that i am writing this here. I can't wait to see how high-resolution it will be. Maybe if this WoW movie is a success, we might even see a Starcraft movie, but that's just my wishful thinking. I can't wait until this is released, which will probably be in 2010 - 2011. I hope it will be worth the wait.

Yes, that is a giant Wiimote that you see on your left side. This would cause massive amounts of injury to another child. Thankfully, it is just an edible chocolate cake. This custom cake [$360] was made for a 9-year-old boy's birthday. "The chocolate cake with mousse filling was coated with (edible) rolled fondant, depicting the Wiimote's buttons in perfect detail-including even a properly shaped expansion port in the bottom." But, i disagree just a tiny bit, since the 'A' button is not clear like the controller's is. This is still a sweet [tasting] cake. A near-perfect duplicate. I now want a PS3 cake for my 19th birthday. Very childish, i know.

The upcoming Xbox 360 exclusive, Halo Wars, will be playable on February 5th. For now, only in a single-player demo. The release date will be as follows: "Feb. 26 in Asia, Feb. 27 is Europe and March 3 in the Americas." Canada may not be on the list, but its release date, up here, will also be on the 3rd of March. Personally, i am not a fan of RTS's (Real Time Strategy's) on consoles because they are better and much easier to play on computers / laptops. It's all about Starcraft 2 for me because i don't even have an Xbox 360.

Yves Guillemot of Ubisoft has just said that they are preparing for the new console generation, which they expect to hit consumers in between the years of 2011 and 2012. Ubisoft are looking to "take advantage of a company that could bring more technology to us, or new brands so we have now enough to help us to grow the company." I'm pretty sure what he said does not make complete sense, since his English is not that great, but i'm sure you get what he means. It's either that or some typos from IGN, but i trust IGN enough. Anyways, look out for the Xbox 360, Playstation 4 and the Nintendo Wii 2 because it may be in the near future.

WoW Movie is Still in the Making (and picture): http://www.worldofwar.net/blog/comments/wow-movie-still-going-ahead/
Giant Wiimote Cake (and picture): http://i.gizmodo.com/5137897/brooklyn-pastry-chef-crafts-perfect-gigantic-wiimote-cake
Halo Wars Demo (and picture): http://kotaku.com/5138022/halo-wars-is-golden-demo-drops-february-5th
New Consoles Expected in 2012: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/947/947671p1.html?RSSwhen2009-01-23_013500&RSSid=947671

So, i watched about 30 minutes of G4tv's live stream of their views of the best products at CES. I was originally going to blog about it live, but i really just felt like listening for a change. I also already missed 15 minutes of it, so there wasn't really a point. It was interesting to see the hosts in-sights on all different kinds of products and, in the end, i learned a lot more. Since, i didn't write down any notes while i was watching the live stream, i'm just going to pull some information from g4tv's official site. Some of their winners in the Mainstream Technology were: the Sony Walkman X Series, the Neo FreeRunner Android Phone and the Nextar GPS. In the Media Technology the winners were: the SlingPlayer Mobile / DISH Network Sling ViP 922, the Linksys Wireless Home Audio System and the LG LHX 55" Slim Wireless HDTV. In the last category, the Maximum Technology category, the winners were: the Boxee Software, the Checkolite Lamp Speakers and the Pogoplug. I'll just do a brief summary about each product quickly, since G4tv is still currently uploading the rest of the press conferences that took place today.

At Microsoft's press conference one of the speakers mentioned that Halo Wars was going to be released on February 28. This is, apparently, a mistake and is still going to be released on, the scheduled, March 3. All that aside, Microsoft wanted to show off their Real-Time Strategy game, Halo Wars, at this year's CES. They made it a memory all right. Apparently, the Xbox 360 showcasing Halo Wars at CES came down with the RROD (Red Ring of Death) virus. Microsoft commented and said that this was, most likely, due to an overheating problem, since they [the Xbox's] were left on for a significant amount of time. Still, epic.

G4TV's Best of CES (and pictures): http://www.g4tv.com/ces2009/bestofthebest/index.html
Halo Wars RROD: http://www.gamertagradio.com/vbportal/forums/showthread.php?t=9140

Hilarious news that i just found out. Reading my Google Reader, i just saw one of the funniest things. Apparently, this 'war' started on metacritic.com, regarding Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 gamers. The ongoing war is that 360 fans have been down-ranking Playstation 3 games and Playstation 3 fans have been doing the same towards the Xbox 360's games. On the site, users can view their opinion on each game, review it themselves and they can also rate it out of 10. Bad news for the regular non-fanboy readers, who actually view the opinion of other people. When Killzone 2, a Playstation 3 exclusive title, was able to be reviewed by the fans just moments ago, the 360 fans downranked the game. Right now, it is at a 6.3 / 10. In revenge, the Playstation 3 fans have striked back. Halo Wars, which is an Xbox 360 exclusive, currently has a very, very low rank. A mere 0.8 /10. While i was reading this, i was laughing. But, when i pushed all of the jokes aside, i figured that this is completely immature. It's actually quite sad that this is happening because people go on metacritic.com for a real review because some people actually base buying a game on another person's view of the game. I remember, back in my gamespot.com days, i used to look at a professional and user review / ranking of the game. If people continue doing this, metacritic.com may actually lose readers or views of their site, as a whole. Metacritic probably has to take some serious action soon, maybe [first] deleting all of the 0 / 10 reviews on Halo Wars and other games that have this similar problem. Sucks for Halo Wars though.


Playstation Fan Revenge original source (and picture): http://playstationgameruk.wordpress.com/2009/01/04/disappointly-playstation-fans-get-there-revenge/
Halo Wars on Metacritic: http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/halowars?q=halo%20wars#users

I refreshed my Google Reader, as usual, and found more release dates on Xbox 360's Halo Wars. So, here's an exact quote from techtree.com. "Microsoft has provided 1UP with the release date, wherein Asian countries will get to see Halo Wars on February 26, while gamers in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa will get their hands on the game on February 27. North Americans might be a tad miffed since their release date is pushed ahead to March 3." So, yup, looks like everyone overseas is getting the game before us, North Americans.

So, i finished my Religion review and i never got to take my nap. But i will after Nikki's, my girlfriend, laptop dies. It'll die soon, and in the mean time i will do a quick little blog to pass some time.