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Well its April Fools Day 2009, and we’d better be ready for the barrage of productivity wasting distractions that always seem to crop up on what is becoming the web’s favorite holiday
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I’ll bet that anyone reading this story can share many fond memories of their original Nintendo console. For some, it may have been a member of the family. While we all can remember the old “pause the console until tomorrow morning because Ghouls N’ Ghosts is too freaking hard” technique, the Nintendo console at the focus of this article would have consumed twenty years’ worth of electricity. I wonder how much that would cost? I think I’ll have to consult my recent Duke Power bill for the rate conversion. Anyone know what the amperage was for the original NES?
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The Winston-Salem Nimrod Chapter had the pleasure of heading over to Raleigh on Valentine’s Day for a meet-and-greet with Troyski. We decided that the best way to deliver Troy’s GameStop gift card – his prize for winning our Super Bowl pool – would be to hand it to him in person! Horribly shocking, yet utterly refreshing.
Troy suggested we meet at a place called Rush Hour Karting just south of Raleigh, not too far from his home. Us Winston Folk hadn’t driven Go Karts in a great long time. Funk, D Eye, Aezuriel, and ParadoX piled in the back of my truck for the ride down I-40, all the way to a quaint, fairly nondescript warehouse-looking building. Troyski brought along two of his brothers making for eight in our group; which was perfect for a Sprint Series. The Sprint allowed for a warm-up and qualifier, followed by a 10 minute race. We went through a brief orientation (Safety First, D Eye…) before helmet selection. They gave all of us “head socks” to wear with the communal helmet, and required that we all wear neck braces. Aezuriel topped out the XXXL, but had to make do as XXXXL helmets are a special order kind of thing.
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So I’m a few days late in bringing this tidbit to the attention of my fellow Nimrods, but I only find it fair that I share my obscure fascination with this game.
I’m an old school Resident Evil fan… I hearken for the olden days of Umbrella Corporation when creepy ass dogs would jump through windows in the creepy ass mansion you’re inexplicably exploring. I have to admit that I’d fallen off the bandwagon after RE:2. Haven’t played any iteration since. Several versions looked cheesy, but only now has my interest been re-piqued.
I’ll be checking out this demo just as soon as I don’t have a paper to write or a test to take. For those who’ve already downloaded it, please share your impressions! This demo just might be enough to suck me back into wicked cool fold of Umbrella Corp.
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Chalk up another unashamed victory for money grubbing lawyers and stupid teenagers. In 2007, 17-year old Daniel Petric shot both of his parents – killing his father – after they took away his copy of Halo 3. The good news is that the judge dismantled his insanity defense. The bad news is that the judge ruled there to be a serious mental defect of another nature:
And I firmly believe that Daniel Petric had no idea, at the time he hatched this plot, that if he killed his parents, they would be dead forever.
This author would like to make note that Microsoft has sold well over 8 Million copies of Halo 3. There’s no way to accurately measure the number of trade-ins and subsequent re-sales. Bottom line is that tens-of-millions of people have played (and continue to play) this game, myself included. A teenager acting out of gross negligence isn’t anything new, either.
While this story has a tragic ending, I’m dismayed to see our judicial system conclude its findings the way it has.
[Image courtesy of Joystiq]
[Full story on GamePolitics]
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On January 16th 2009, electronics superstore Circuit City issued a press release gavelling another nail in the coffin of the current economy. Beginning Saturday January 17th, the company will begin liquidating its assets in order to pay its creditors and pass quietly into the footnotes of business history. The announcement does not come as any great suprise, However, it potentially signifies what may be the official beginning (and the first overt casualty) of the U.S. recession on a blue-collar level, a downturn that has been flagging the economy since early 2008.
Circuit City had hoped to use the Christmas Season, and Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, to reorganize itself sufficiently to stay in business, a feat that pudits hoped would buoy concerns about a consumer level recession. While Circuit City will not have been the first company affected, or even bankrupted, by the recession, its closing foreshadows the future of Economics and expectancy for 2009 and perhaps the next 3-7 years.
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I wanted to take a moment to toot Team Nimrod’s horn. I know that Forza Motorsport doesn’t fit the bill for every Nimrod, but we do have one heck of a contingent. There’s a bit of buzz in our forums about resurrecting a weekly “Forza Night”, and I’m all for it – despite my complete lack of virtual driving competency. You’ll find a calendar entry (to the right) detailing this week’s race info, with a link to the forum thread for more information.
Back in July several of our drivers had the opportunity to take on Turn 10 (the game developer) head-to-head. Please continue reading for the excerpt direct from forzamotorsport.net’s weekly Pitpass Report.
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Skeptics and fans agree that Sony has whiffed more than a few times with the PS3. This 2008, however, closed with a significant boost to the console’s profitability. A small part of this has been a very successful model of micro-transactions. Another has been a resurgence of interest in franchises that were mostly overlooked the first go around, when the user base was significantly smaller. Games like ‘Drake’s Fortune’ might have faded into obscurity, if not for the release of a trophy system on the PS3.
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Dear Fellow Nimrods:
If you peer closely enough at the image above, you’ll see that our site traffic is up 27,600%. Frankly, that’s awesome. Keep up the good work.
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