I’ve just seen a new DVD boxset in HMV with all four Alien movies, both Predator movies and Aliens vs Predator (AVP), marketted as “The Aliens & Predator Ultimate Collectors Edition.”
This at the same time that AVP2 is in cinemas (and being panned by critics by the way).
I just don’t get it. Why would you sell a box set called the “ultimate collection” when it’s already out of date, as AVP2 is missing from it.Ok, we’ve officially gone mad as a country.
First there was the insurance comparison websites. Then came the mortgage comparison sites, quickly followed by ones that compare credit cards, car loans, holidays, and online shopping prices.
But I’ve just seen the last straw. A website that compares online casinos and recommends ones which are fair.
I mean…..come on! It’s bad enough that more people are gambling these days, and more of them are going online, but now we have to recommend places for them to gamble?!?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!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.
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?It’s just Halloween now, and already the Christmas adverts have started on TV. I’ve already seen several shops with their Christmas sections out and heard Christmas music blaring out of one shop.
For once and for all, heed our call: It’s too damn early!!!
