And in case you’re wondering what I’m up to, here’s my character Xight on there.

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Now this is surprising to me, because when I was growing up I hardly knew people interested in video games as much as me.  Especially the girls of my class, they seemed more interested in guys, surfing,
tricked out cars, or the latest brand purses etc.  Yet here they were, a gaggle of girl gamers talking about the latest features, games, and how awesome bashing a zombie’s head in with a shotgun feels. The guy was just sitting there, and judging from the way the girls were going on about the games it would seem he’s the one left out.  How I wish now that I had been born into their generation where playing video games is the ‘in’ thing, instead of feeling like the old 30 year old guy stalking the high school kids.

I sat there in awe of what was transpiring.  Here was an event taking place that would have been monumental back when I was growing up.  Yet these people had no clue as to the significance of what was being said.  It was like it was common knowledge that girls liked to talk about how funny a corpse blows up in Fallout 3 when you have a certain skill.

I thought girls shuddered at the site of a bloody, gory, rotten demon getting chainsawed in half by an overly large guy in a power- suit.   Yet here were a bunch of girls giggling about how to get the most blood to splatter from doing so.

Now that I’ve mentioned it, I think one or two of those girls work at one of the local GameStop store too.  When did this change all happen? I used to work at a Software Etc before it was a GameStop, and recall one or two girls there.  However I also recall them being quite a bit younger as well.  The older crew was the standard nerdy looking old gamer/comic book types that stalk the mall with our vast knowledge of comic book heroes, D&D, and Magic the Gathering rules.

I’m not saying the change to the new generation is a bad thing.  No, it’s an excellent change, but I feel a pang of sadness as the guys of this new generation will be able to enjoy the company of one the opposite gender as easily.  So where’s all the 30ish female gamers on Maui, and why aren’t they stomping Destruction on the Azazel server with me in Warhammer Online.

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Portrait of Frankenstein

Ding!  As of Monday night Minimoses has finally hit renown rank 40, and received my first extra Mastery point.  Its probably not a big deal to a lot of you who run scenarios or open RvR often, but for me its a pretty big accomplishment. 

I’m not sure why but its taken me alot longer than most to get to renown rank 40, even though I’m a Runepriest.  Our guild party has been running Lost Vale, Crypts, Warpblade, and Bastions for gear alot so usually by the time I get home the scenarios have stopped.  Which is kind of a bummer, because I want to keep getting more mastery points.

Although on the plus side I think we’re doing alright for progress.  We’ve killed all of Sigmar’s Crypts, Grey Seer Quol’tik,  Warlock Peenk, Skull Lord Var’Ithrok (Last boss in Bastion Stair after Kaarn), Ahzranok in Lost Vale to name a few that I’ve blogged about.  Currently we’re cock-blocked at the spider boss (Dralel the Whitefire Matron) in Lost Vale.  I’m pretty sure we can down her, but its realy the annoying fact that we have to reset the instance each time when we wipe.  I currently have 4/6 Sentinel pieces,  but never wear them due to the fact that the set bonuses are so out of whack.

So if you didn’t know this already, starting at renown rank level 40 you get extra career Mastery Points at every 10 renown ranks.  Which if you ever get to renown rank 80, you’ll have a total of 30 Mastery points compared to 25 when you just hit 40.  Sweet deal.

Hopefully the server will be as active as its been the last few days.  I’ve been pleasantly surprised by how the game’s population is doing after the WotLK launch.  I was worried when I was comparing Warhammer’s subscriber stats to World of Warcraft via Xfire last month.  Maybe people just level too fast in WotLK, and came back to Warhammer.  On our server (Azazel) though Destruction can’t seem to get their head out of Tier 3 like ever.  Maybe they finally leveled into tier 4 so I can actually get into scenario queues after hours.

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Yes, none other than Ozzy Osbourne himself in a World of Warcraft commercial.  Yes the one and only mischief make who had shot 17 of his family’s cats, and bit the head off a bat during a concert.  He even argues with the director like Mr T. does in his commercial, which I thought nice match up.

And what other class for him is there besides an undead warlock with multiple succubi around him.  Maybe a Deathknight, but I like the whole surrounded by seductive females thing they got going on in the commercial.

So without much further ado, here’s Ozzy Osbourne’s World of Warcraft commercial:

YouTube [Link]

So who’s Blizzard going to make a commercial with using their new Death Knight hero class?

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Associated Press video on Machinima and their interview with the makers of Spartan Life via Halo.

The Machinima channel on Youtube with some nice Machinima vids.  This channel has quite a few pieces of machinima with Halo.

And finally Monty Oum’s “Dead Fantasy 2″ machinima.  This one is definitely a must see.  The guy uses characters from Final Fantasy, and Dead or Alive making them go all out against each other in an 11 minute brawl.  I swear they need to make a video game like this.

Dead Fantasy is an excellent piece of work, but for some reason I couldn’t get the gametrailer version to work correctly.  The above video can be found in better quality here, and he even made one with no sound effects here if you don’t like the grunts etc from the girls.

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This one was a prize from Ellissa Bar for entering in her contest that I mentioned last week.She was also kind enough to send me a Warhammer Poster too =).  Also to my suprise, this poster is double sided.  How I’m suppose to hand thing up is a little confusing if I want to show off both sides.  Unless I hang it from the lamp in the middle of my room like Warhammer Heraldry.

I’m sure not complaining though this stuff definitely rocks.  The mug is even a handmade piece of pottery from a Warhammer Launch party.  Mucho Gracias Ellisa!

For those of you who missed out, don’t worry.  There is still Alienware’s $3000 pc gaming computer contest that you can still enter.  If you’re interested in that one go read my contest post here.

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So here’s the story, about how I managed to snag one of these things for free.  Every year in Maui we have a county fair.  And usually my friends and I go there to eat the food since its usually pretty good, and only available during fair season.

As usual, we walk around the fairgrounds to go visit the various tents, and shops that people have set up there.  You know the 500LB giant pumpkins, the blue ribbon cows, Aunty’s prize winning orchids etc.  We end up walking by this stall over at Time Warner, and they got some kind of game set up.  My friend, and I figure what the heck, let’s go try it out.

Turns out its a photo memory game that was recently setup for Time Warner Oceanic Cable via ActiveVideo Networks/Tag Networks that they were promoting at the stall.  The object of the game was to look at a photo memorize it, and then answer a question regarding the photo via the tv remote.  Sometimes it was easy as, “Was the person in the photo female?”  Other times it was as obscure as, “Was the surfer’s right foot forward?”.  The first couple of us who tried it out was having some fun with it, so I’m sure that this new feature will be great for families to spend time together.

The game so my friend had scored alright for just fooling around.  Up comes my turn, and I scored a perfect for the first 10 rounds, and got all the bonus rounds correct.  When the total score came up I had scored top 3 for the State of Hawaii supposedly, and the guy there was like “Wow, there’s a good chance I’ll probably be calling you up with that score”.  I was like yea whatever, I never win anything in contests, and off we went on our merry way to go stuff ourselves with some fair food.

The rest is history.  I get a call to come pick up the TV from the same guy at the stall, and here I am blogging about it.  Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go pick up a set of HDMI cables so I can use this 40″ screen on my computer to play Warhammer Online with. =)

As for the specs of the TV I won here they are if you’re interested:
Sony Bravia S-Series KDL-40S4100 40-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV

Video

• Video Signal : 480/60i, 480/60p, 720/60p, 1080/60i, 1080/60p (HDMI™ / Component), 1080/24p (HDMI only)

Weights and Measurements

• Dimensions (Approx.) : 39 3/8 x 27 1/4 x 10 7/8 in (997 x 689 x 276mm) with pedestal; 39 3/8 x 25 3/4 x 4 3/8 in (997 x 652 x 111mm) without pedestal
• Weight (Approx.) : 50.1 lbs. (22.7kg) with pedestal; 43.9 lbs. (19.9kg) without pedestal

Audio Features

• Alternate Audio (Digital) : Yes
• Audio Mode : Dynamic, Standard, Clear Voice
• Audio Out : Yes
• Auto Mute (on no signal) : Yes (RF only)
• Auto SAP : Yes
• Digital Amplifier : Yes
• Dolby® : Dolby® Digital (for ATSC broadcast)
• Stereo System : MTS

Video Features

• 24p True Cinema™ Technology : Yes (HDMI only)
• 3D Comb Filter : Yes
• CineMotion® Reverse 3:2 Pulldown Technology : Yes
• MPEG Noise Reduction : Yes (non-selectable)
• Picture Mode : Vivid, Standard, Custom
• Wide Mode : Normal, Full, Zoom, Wide Zoom

Display

• On-Screen Contrast Ratio : 2,500:1
• Viewing Angle (Right/Left) : 178/178
• Viewing Angle (Up/Down) : 178/178
• Screen Size (measured diagonally) : 40″
• Native Resolution : 1920 x 1080
• Display Resolution : 1920 x 1080p

Inputs and Outputs

• AC Power Input : 1 (Rear)
• Analog Audio Input(s) (Total) : 5 (1 Side/4 Rear)
• Audio Out : 1 (Rear)
• Component Video (Y/Pb/Pr ) Input(s) : 2 (Rear)
• Composite Video Input(s) : 2 (1 Side/1 Rear)
• Digital Audio Output(s) : Optical Digital Output – 1 (Rear)
• HDMI™ Connection(s) (Total) : 3 (1 Side/2 Rear)
• PC Input Format Support : Yes (see manual for exact formats)
• RF Connection Input(s) : 1 (Rear)
• S-Video Input(s) : 1 (Rear)
• PC In (D-Sub) + Audio In (Stereo Mini) : 1 (Rear)

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I know I’m not the only one who doesn’t like politics in games.  Though other people disagree with me and love the idea of politics in games.  However it seems like the general consensus of that bill board in game is wondering wether or not you can get your car to land right smack on Obama’s constipated face.  Granted I think the game will sell out for people wanting to do just that, but does Obama’s campaign really want that?  By the way, if you want to find the place where Obama’s billboard resides so that you can see if you can crash into it, here’s some instructions on how to find it in Burnout: Paradise Xbox Live

Electronic Arts is also putting up Obama ads in other games such as Madden 09, and NBA Live 09.  What’s next?  I’ve been playing Warhammer Online alot, and that one is also part of EA.  Does this mean we’ll see Obama’s face in Warhammer?  Maybe a Obama Vs McCain scene like this:

I just couldn’t help myself.  Here’s a gif file I made on what the Obama/McCain debate should talk about since they seem to want to get into games:

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So without much further ado here’s the video from vimeo:

Warhammer RVR Kauppaneuvos Lava golfing Ironbreaker from Kauppaneuvos on Vimeo.

I’ll have to thank the guys over at Dead Workers Party Network for that video link.  And another thanks to them for mentioning my Tome Tactics Guide on their podcast.

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Check out this job listing and see if you would like a job playing Warhammer for $10/hour.

Job Description

Do you love to play and paint Warhammer? Do you wish that you could make money while doing it?

Then this job just might be perfect for you.

We are looking for two part-time employees to help run our Welland Warhammer Club and store.

Responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):

-participating in the club
-teaching beginners how to play
-taking orders for items not in stock
-taking purchases for items in stock
-helping run larger events (such as tournaments)
-run regular smaller events in the club (e.g. campaigns, 40k bike racing, kill team)
-actively participating in the hobby, including collecting and painting your own models

Compensation includes $10 per hour as well as an employee discount on all products that we sell.

To start off you will most likely be working 5-10 hours per week, but as demand increases and we open more nights, your number of hours will increase.

Right now you will be expected to work Saturdays and some evenings.

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Other Job Requirements

• Requires own transportation.

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Minimum Requirements

In order to apply for this job you must:

-actively play, collect, and paint your own Warhammer armies (whether Fantasy, 40K, or Lord of the Rings)
-be willing to continue expanding your collection
-absolutely love Warhammer so much that you want to help others get into the hobby and learn all they can, and run fun events

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