OK, that’s it. TV has officially gone mad.

I’m watching a documentary about Titanic on Channel 5 now. It started at 8pm and by 8.05….we were into the first advert break.

Five minutes into the show and we’re cutting to commercial! They’ve barely had time to explain their theory about the sinking yet!

Easiest 1000 Xbox 360 Gamerpoints Ever

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/18/new-avatar-game-awards-1-000-gamerpoints-in…

This is a great example of truly lazy gamerpoint creation.

I don’t mean the gamers are lazy. I mean the people who made the game.

For anyone who hasn’t seen the game, the points are given out like candy. The game is a game of a Japanese TV show called Avatar, which is getting to be pretty big over there. I think Toonami show it here. The video shows the character standing in a corner as the guards rush towards him, and throwing energy balls at them. The gamerpoints are given out for so many hits without being hit, and since the guards cannot get close enough to you before being struck down, there’s never any danger you won’t get the achievement.

There are only seven achivements in the game, worth either 150 or 300 points. Literally all you have to do is stand in a corner holding the B button down. It really does take only a few minutes (if you skip the in-game videos).

It’s pretty bad design that you could collect all gamerpoints available in the game before completing the first level.

Name-ology advert

Am I the only one disturbed by the advert on TV for a love compatability test?

Basically, you text your name and your partner’s name to them and they give you a “compatability rating”.

Which is all good and well and a bit of fun.

But the advert shows a woman using the service to choose between two almost identical men that she’s interested in.

Does that sound right to you?