Links For 5-12-2010

Funny

Worst possible "date" ever...I don't even... FML (serios). I came across this linked on the 2+2 poker forum. (It was in a thread about taking bathroom breaks during long sessions. Some people use "pee bottles" rather than just sitting out for a few hands and going to the bathroom.) Anyway, I nearly wet myself laughing at this. If it's fiction it's hilariously brilliant. If it's fiction than it's tragically comedic.

Things that can make you feel like an idiot almost instantly. This made me laugh too.

Man goes on f*cking mad rampage after playing a Wii game. I think it's because he realized that he had a Wii instead of a 360 or PS3. (I'm kidding Wii owners.) So much for "violent" games making people get violent in real life. The amount of violent titles for the Wii is pretty small.

Tech

What sites future employers are checking when looking at you. Hint: basically it's everything.

FCC lets Hollywood turn off your output jacks More importantly, this also allows them to decide what you can and can't record on your DVRs: MPAA successfully kills TVs record button.

Cable worries about Web video as fee disputes grow. This is exactly why cable companies have bandwidth caps. To eliminate competition. (It also has the nice, at least for them, benefit of allowing them to not upgrade their equipment on their oversold nodes.)

New anti-piracy software scans and blocks illegal content from displaying on your monitor. Who will be dumb enough to knowingly buy this?

Entertainment

Has NBC found its own PRISONER with PERSONS UNKNOWN? This looks pretty good, even if the "bunch of strangers wake up after being abducted and have to figure out what's going on" concept has become really shopworn over the last decade.

QUANTUM OF SOLACE Definitive Edition DVD coming this July. It'll need to have footage not in the theatrical release for me to consider buying it again. I can live without behind the scenes junk or commentaries.

Frank Frazetta dead at 82. Seems like more and more of the old time greats of comics and fantasy art are dying off lately.

Video Games
Zombie czar George Romero wants to make a game. Considering how awful his last few ...OF THE DEAD movies have been (especially the new one), I don't think he could make a good game.

RESIDENT EVIL 5 producer not doing RE 6. I thought the next game in the series was supposed to be an all new direction anyway, so wouldn't it make sense to get somebody new to oversee the game?

ALAN WAKE 2 plot is all set. Guess they better hope the first one isn't a sales dud, huh?

Report: “Xbox 360 and PS3 price cuts this year”. If this is true, then I'll be happy to wait a little longer to replace my dying Xbox.

Fallout: New Vegas Collector's Edition A Safe Bet For Fans

EA "not going to be happy" until it steals shooter market from Activision. Well, they've already made a huge step in that direction by getting Respawn. Speaking of which, here's some of the latest Activision/Infinity Ward stories, presented without commentary...

Infinity Ward

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Says Infinity Ward Working On "Next Project," Comments On Studio Tension

Infinity Ward Not DOA, Says Kotick

Activision Confirms Infinity Ward's Next Game Will Be Call Of Duty

Activision "Had No Choice" But to Fire Infinity Ward Execs

Remaining Infinity Ward Employees Working on New Modern Warfare 2 Map Pack

Two More Infinity Ward Developers Become Respawn Employees