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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

RAGE IMMERSES PLAYERS IN EPIC POST-APOCALYPTIC WORLD

Raleigh, NC - September 21st, 2011 - Award-winning soundtrack composer, producer and recording artist Rod Abernethy has crafted the original music score for id Software's post-apocalyptic world in RAGE™, the latest game from the acclaimed designers of such classics as the Wolfenstein®, DOOM®, and QUAKE® series. Abernethy brought an immersive hybrid approach to scoring the highly anticipated blockbuster, employing traditional acoustic instrumentation and mixing experimental electronic sounds. RAGE is scheduled to release for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on October 4th in North America and October 7th in Europe. RAGE is a groundbreaking first-person shooter set in the not-too-distant future after an asteroid impacts Earth, leaving a ravaged world behind. You emerge into this vast wasteland to discover humanity working to rebuild itself against such forces as raider gangs, mutants, and much more. Rod Abernethy's genre-bending compositions for RAGE enhance the anarchic and desolate atmosphere of the environments as well as underscoring the intense combat encounters with its hostile, twisted characters. The expansive score features various styles including: western acoustic guitars, dissonant orchestral music, eerie soundscapes and industrial electronic manipulations, all affected with an edge of danger, isolation and fight for survival mode. Tim Willits, Creative Director for RAGE at id Software: "Rod has created an authentic music palette for RAGE and delivered a unique score that elevates the immersive quality of our game." Christian Antkow, Audio Lead for RAGE at id Software: "Rod has an uncanny ability to take a hint of an idea and make it flourish into a fully formed composition that adds the final layer of polish, helping to bridge the gap from a game to a complete cinematic experience." Eagerly awaited by the gaming community, RAGE is already being touted as one of the industry's most innovative first-person shooters, winning numerous awards at E3 2010, including 'Best Overall Game of Show' from IGN and three 'Best of E3' Game Critics Awards including 'Best Console Game'.  Featuring intense first-person action, vehicle combat, an expansive world and jaw-dropping graphics powered by id's revolutionary idTech 5 technology, RAGE promises an experience like no other.  For more information visit www.RAGE.com.

505 GAMES’ SUPREMACY MMA AVAILABLE TODAY

Gamers Can Now Get Their Hands on the Most Brutal Underground Mixed Martial Arts Fighting Game Ever

Woodland Hills, CA – September 21, 2011 – Global videogame publisher 505 Games and developer Kung Fu Factory today announced that their brutal, no-holds barred approach to the mixed martial arts genre, Supremacy MMA™, is now available in North America for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. Supremacy MMA brings the brutality of unsanctioned, amateur and unlicensed MMA fighting to videogame fans that can follow the rise of several fighters and their individual stories as they work toward supremacy.  Created in a fast-paced arcade style, the game gives players the opportunity to stylistically dispatch their opponents by choosing from a cadre of hardcore fighters, each with a unique MMA style. Fans master their abilities to perfectly execute fantastic fight sequences and become invincible in every match-up with a dizzying array of kicks, gravity defying moves and brutal finishing blows. "Supremacy MMA delivers fast-and-furious gameplay and underground aesthetics over the slower simulation-style presentation found in traditional MMA games," said Ian Howe, President of 505 Games, North America. "This unique style evokes a feeling of competitive compassion like no other game, featuring the hard-working underground MMA fighters and the dangers that they face every day, including broken bones and other serious injuries." Supremacy MMA is armed with arcade-like speed and real in-game fighters such as former UFC champ Jens Pulver and K1 kickboxing legend Jerome Le Banner, as well as the first female fighters in an MMA game, Felice Herrig and Michele Gutierrez. "The Kung Fu Factory team is excited to offer a new level of strategy, fun fast combat and true-to-the-sport brutality in an MMA game," said Ricci Rukavina, director at Kung Fu Factory. Download the Supremacy MMA launch trailer  here, or check it out on YouTube, set to Betraying the Martyrs' song "Liberate Me Ex Inferis" from the band's debut album Breathe in Life. Rated 'M' for Mature by the Entertainment Software Review Board (ESRB), Supremacy MMA will launch in Europe on September 23.  For more information about Supremacy MMA, please visit the official website www.supremacymma.com and YouTube page and then follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Friday, March 18, 2011

The Secret World New Video

So many teasers of the Secret World, so long to wait. When it hits the shelves I'm all over it. What class are you going to play?

G-slate coming to T-mobile April 20th


It's speculated that the G-Slate will be released on April 20th. Who's going to be in line for this device?

I'm going to break down and get it when it's released and trade in my Galaxy Tab. My mouth just waters looking at the video. I was going to hold out for a quad core processor but being a techie I need the latest and greatest.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Art Institute of Vancouver one of the Top Ten Video Game Design College


According to Princeton Review & GamePro Media, The Art Institute of Vancouver, BC, Canada is listed as one of the Top Ten Video Game Design College. As a matter of fact they came in at number 4. The list started out with 150 colleges in the US and Canada and they whittled it down to 10 based upon a set of criteria the college must meet. I'm not going to go into all the detail on how they made it into the top ten but let's just say the competition was fierce and the criteria was intense.

If you want to see the list of schools that made the top ten then head on over to GamePro Magazine.

Go Canada!

Kingston Technology Revenue = $6.5 Billion in 2010


Now I know you have heard of Kingston Technology. If you have not you probably have been living under a rock. Looking at the numbers they must be doing something right to have that type of revenue. According to the press release "the $2.4 billion increase in sales over 2009 was attributed primarily to a rise in average selling price (ASP) and increased shipment volume."

Increasing the cost of the product would be one of the major factors, especial if the demand is present. Great Product + Great Marketing = Demanding Customers = Company Meeting the Demand = Satisfied Customers = Increased Sales = Small Justified Price Increase = Increased Revenue.

It's a numbers game people and timing is everything!

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Will Sprint buy T-Mobile USA?



It's been the buzz in the tech world and it's all over the news. Will Sprint buy out T-mobile USA? I sure hope not! For the longest Sprint and Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile) have been in talks so it's hard to say if it will happen. Today Sprint's stocks have risen 5% at the news of the buy out.

Let's face it, both companies have problems. T-Mobile has a marketing problem and not so great a selection of phones. I must say that I am loyal customer of T-Mobile. Some people are calling this a win situation. I'm calling it a fail situation. Two struggling companies coming together equals one big struggling company with plenty of resources to fail.

Why am I saying that the merger will fail? Let's look at the track record. T-Mobile's 4th quarter sales where down. The Phones T-Mobile offers suck. They both have problems attracting new customer and combining the two current marketing departments would fail. They need new blood that understands the market. Not only understands the market but listens to the customers. Sprint fails and T-Mobile struggles with this.

3 years ago I had Sprint and I left them for T-Mobile. I hate Sprint with a passion. Here is a list of why I hate Sprint:

  • Customer Service Sucks!
  • Pricing/Data Plan Sucks!
  • Phone Selection Sucks!
  • Company as a Whole Sucks!
What can T-Mobile USA do to attract new customers? How can they improve their marketing? I don't have the answers.

Ok, so if they merge what will the name be? Will they continue to call the company Sprint? or will they change the name. Let's have some fun with this... Trint Mobile? SpriT Mobile? Tnt Mobile? Or how about a new name... SpurT Mobile?

One thing I do know is that if Sprint buys out T-Mobile USA I will be taking my family plan and my 4 phones over to Verizon!

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Jon4Lakers fun posts

@Jon4lakers is having a contest he is giving away an xbox 360. All you have to do is post... anything you want at www.technobuffalo.com I mean anything as long as it's clean. So I decided to have a little fun with the post and just do random stores off the top on my head. So I figured that I would re-post these very short stores lol (don't mind the spelling, they where very quick posts):

Story 1:
John sat on the beheaded corpse of an enemy and looking out over the battlefield. It was a long hard fight but his team finally won. John took a deep breath, inhaling the stench of decay and blood. He found it quite interesting that this alien species took sport in watching two different races fight to the death. He wondered to himself... is this what I was made for? Is this the type of life I'm meant to live? He heard one of his comrades come up behind him "Hey John, that was one nasty fight. I thought we were all going to die till you did what you did." Till I did what I did rang in his mind...

Story 2:
"With each dieing breath I breath I will fight till the essence of my being fades away into the black and my lifeless body drops at your feet." John was always a poet when it came to dark dismal epilogue. Even in the face of death he was overly dramatic. The creature squatted in a dark corner of the room looking at John through beady red veined eyes. John tried to see past the darkness but the creature positioned itself in such a way to take advantage of the shadows. All John could see was blood shot eyes looking at him. No other sound came from the corner but John knew this creature well. He had fought against their kind. He could picture the hunched back, elongated arms and short powerful legs. John had just stepped out of the shower, he had a towel wrapped around himself. His children could be heard playing in the den. He stood frozen in place the creature was wateing for him. "So what do you want?" John asked "Do you have a message for me or have you been sent to kill me?"......

Story 3:
"give me the game pad!" Jon screamed at his younger sibling, his face turning red with rage. "you've been on the xbox for over 3 hours!" He stood up with his hand on his hips trying to display an air of authority but rather looking like an out of control child.

"What do you mean I've been on for over 3 hours?" his younger brother retorted not taking his eyes off Black Ops. "3 hours is nothing compared to when you were on for 29 hours straight and pissin in that jar you have hidden under your bed."

Jon's anger swelled at that comment and he lost all control. "If I can't play neither can you!" he quickly grabbed the xbox and threw it at the 52 inch screen. "Awwww crap!" Jon screamed, before he could gain control of his anger the xbox slipped from his fingers, like slow motion he watched it go through the screen.

Jon's younger brother sat with wide eyes, in shock from what he just witnessed. "Dad's going to kill you when he get's home from working his part time job."

Jon knew what that TV meant to his father. He worked a part time job cleaning port-o-potties for the homeless just to pay for that TV. Jon ran upstairs and started packing his bags.

Jon's younger brother followed him upstairs. "where are you going?"

"Away from here!" Jon heard the confusion in his brothers voice. "I have 3 hours before he get's home, I'll be long gone by then."

Post 4:
Jon and Kim left the restaurant, they had only 10 min. before the bus showed up.

"It was cold outside." Kim said. It was cold outside, the temperature was -10 degrees. "I wish this bus would hurry up and get here!" Kim complained about everything, the food they ate, the waiter, the people in the restaurant and now the cold.

"Look" Jon said with a sly look in his eye, he was tired of hearing her complain "The food was good, the waiter did his best... I know it's cold out here but your going to have to suck it up. I can't help it our car is down and you did not want to cook so we had to go out to eat."

"Just shut up." Kim replied "You know it's that time of the month and I don't feel like hearing your mouth! When I get home I'm calling my mom to come pick me up, I can't live with you anymore."

Thank God! Jon Thought to himself. I'm happy to see her go! She was a leach anyway. Jon decided to have some fun with her. "Look I'm sorry" He was lying, he was not sorry. "I know it's cold. Why don't you stand behind me, the food gave me bad gas..." He was enjoying this "The smell may be real bad but the heat will warm you up."

Kim lost it. Jon took a hard right across his face. "You sick excuse for a human being!" Blood trickled form Jon's lip. She knocked a tooth loose and his head was spinning. Kim stomped off headed back to the restaurant. It was worth the pain to see her go.

Friday, January 21, 2011

AT&T Galaxy Tab Overclocked

On XDA Bauxite has successfully overclocked the Galaxy Tab to 1.2ghz. I'm sure the device is capable of exceeding that. I hope this opens the door for the Tmo version to be overclocked.
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Sunday, January 2, 2011

Galaxy Tab Best Wallpapers

I use 3 wallpaper apps that work great with the Galaxy Tab. they can be downloaded for free from App Market.
1) Flikie (very nice user interface!)
2) Featured Wallpapers
3) Backgrounds

Zedge is good but the wallpapers don't take up the entire screen.