Everyone knows that in May it is E3 time. Everybody who enjoys gaming news and all sorts of previews for upcoming games will get their fill for the next week. This year, I am paying close attention to the Xbox360 since I own it. I am also interested to see what Sony’s vision for the future will be. As well, how will everyone reacts the the underpowered Wii. All the talk of games may seem like a lot of fun but its still a business. I have always wanted to enter this business but I don’t think I have any of the necessary skills for me to join. Maybe I could be an analyst since I like to analyze over the decisions that companies make and the consumers reactions to them.
Nick sent me a link to this picture. His interpretation meant something negative towards Wii. My interpretation was that Sony is going to be getting into copyright issues soon since Fox owns the rights to Edward Sissorhands.
I thought that this article in the New York Times shows about a real breakthrough in the battle against childhood obesity. It is becoming sick these days seeing how many children are overweight in our society. Then, the parents of these children aren’t doing anything to stop it. With this step being taken by the schools, I think that the widespread obesity will disapear. I hope that Canada will follow suit and the world will become a better place. When I was in China, I saw very few people who were overweight, and it was extremely rare that saw a person who was obese. I’m sure times are changing over there and their obesity rate is bound to rise, but maybe we should be examining more closely the food that we are eating.
Today I finally got my $50 USD rebate in the mail from Western Digital. It was for a hard drive I bought from Futureshop on boxing day. It seems like a really long time to wait for a rebate, as during the last five months I could have invested that $50 in something worthwhile.
The problem with the whole thing started when I bought the hard drive online from their boxing day ad. I purchased it as soon as the ad came online which was midnight EST. The thing was, on the invoice or receipt it said 9PM PST. So when I sent the rebate in the first time Western Digital complained back to me that the hard drive wasn’t purchased in the time period that the rebate was available. So I told futureshop the problem and they told me just to complain some more to Western Digital. This wasn’t what I would call excellent customer service. So I ended up writing a letter explaining my situation and sending that in with my rebate again, probably 2 months ago. That brings about the conclusion of the rebate.
The interesting news from today was the governments budget. It talked about taxes cuts and tax credits. I’m sure that I’ll be able to take advantage of both and be able to save myself some money. This take about money got me thinking. Why am I still buying stuff from Canada? Today one American dollar was worth 90.7 cents Canadian. The most interesting thing about this is if I were to go to the United States and buy stuff, and come back to Canada I could save myself some money. I’ll use the Creative Zen Vision M as an example: On Walmart.com’s webpage the price is $282.72 USD, meanwhile on Futureshop.ca’s webpage the same item is $379.99 CDN. If we convert the American price to Canadian using today’s rates we will see that the price is in fact around $312. This would save me $68. Almost as much as it would cost me in gas for the trip down. Now all I need to do is make a list of things I need to buy and get down there and go shopping. Can anyone say, “Roadtrip” ?
I thought I would compile a list of recent DVD releases worth checking out. The list includes releases from the last couple of weeks and is just a summary based on what kinds of DVD’s I would want to buy.
Battlestar Galactica – Season 2.0 Volume 1 – Overall this is a great series. This is the first half of the second season. Very interesting story and plot development. This is Sci-Fi at its finest. Definitely worth checking out. Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children – Interesting story. Different graphical style compared to older movie. Story is better than previous. South Park Season 7 – Not much is needed to be said. South Park is a great series that continues to be funny. Highlight episodes from this season include “Christian Rock Hard” where Cartman makes a band, and then the “Crips” where Timmy and Jimmy join the Crips. As well it also brings back a return of Kenny from his absense of Season 6. Aeon Flux – This movie is set in the future where 99% of the worlds population is killed from a virus. Those remaining people survived from a cure made by some group who then goes on to lead these people for hundreds of years until a rebellion takes place. Thats where this movie takes place. This movie should be checked out by those who like science fiction as well as those who enjoy stories set in the future.
With a new job fast approaching, I should have lots of time in the evenings to play games. I decided I should make a list of games I will buy so I don’t end up forgetting anything. A game I know I am going to buy right away is The Elder Scrolls : Oblivion. I had a really great time playing Morrowind and this game is the same style and everything. It has received good reviews so far and should provide me with a really large amount of gameplay. After this, I think it will be about time for another shooter type game, so I will probably go with Battlefield 2 : Modern Combat. This is another game that has received positive reviews. I really liked the looks of the PC version of Battlefield 2 so I’m sure I will like this. Hopefully by this time I will be well into June. If I am, I want to pick up MotoGP 06. Playing the original MotoGP on Xbox Live was a lot of fun, also the fact that I really like racing games sure helped.
– Overall this is a great series. This is the first half of the second season. Very interesting story and plot development. This is Sci-Fi at its finest. Definitely worth checking out.