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A moment to remember.
Friday, 25 February 2011
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
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Tuesday, 22 February 2011
Friday, 18 February 2011
Monday, 14 February 2011
A billion,
Pete 
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Can you spell ‘politicians?' |
I hope this goes around the UK
at least 100 times.
at least 100 times.
What the hell happened?????
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Thursday, 10 February 2011
Guitar Hero Gone: What Went Wrong?
The premiere plastic guitar game just flamed out. Activision, beset by falling sales, has decided to shutter the division that created Guitar Hero and its sequels.
It’s an ignominious exit for a title that was once touted as the first great game franchise of the 21st century. Guitar Hero was created in 2005 by indie studio RedOctane, in collaboration with Harmonix, which had previously found success with the Karaoke Revolution franchise. Karaoke Revolution, where players plugged microphones into their consoles and were scored on the accuracy of their singing, was the first game to show a significant number of videogamers were interested in making “music.” RedOctane’s Guitar Hero proved they were equally interested in shredding a plastic guitar. Activision purchased the franchise in 2006 for $100 million; to date it has shipped more than 25 million units for a roughly $2 billion ROI. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock made $1 billion on its own. Harmonix went on to publish the highly successful Rock Band franchise, which added drums, microphones and keyboards to the plastic guitar mix.
How the mighty have fallen. The holiday season was a disastrous one for the music game genre. First Harmonix was sold by Viacom to a consortium of shareholders; the terms were undisclosed, but it was reported to be a fire sale. MTV Games, which collaborated with Harmonix on Rock Band, was shut down. Guitar Heroes: Warriors of Rock, the sixth title in the series, received lackluster reviews and even more lackluster sales. Activision posted a $233 million net loss for the fourth quarter. Its decision to lay off the 500-person Guitar Hero division was, Activision said in a press release today, “due to continued declines in the music genre.”
So what stopped the music? The first culprit: oversaturation. There are just too many games competing in the genre (Band Hero and DJ Hero, anyone?), with too many pricey controllers. A Warriors of Rock guitar bundle will set you back $80. Considering many of the controllers do not play nice with similar games, that’s a lot of dough to drop on pretend jamming.
Secondly, there’s the novelty factor. The dynamics of the game changed little from one title to the next, despite the introduction of innovations such as a touch-sensitive slide bar on later guitar controllers. At a certain stage, users are going to be more interested in picking up a real guitar. The series also felt like it was running out of great rock anthems for users to emulate. Reviews of Warriors of Rock complained that the set list seemed dull and full of synth-heavy tunes.
Finally, of course, Activision isn’t going to stop actually selling Guitar Hero titles any time soon. If you’re interested in becoming a maestro of the pretend Gibson, you can still pick up the Guitar Hero back catalog and buy extra songs online. Guitar Hero and Rock Band may one day be seen as a classic party game, pulled out of the closet at holidays and special gatherings, the way we play Monopoly or Scrabble today. Maybe it’s time you introduced Grandma to the plastic guitar.
via mashable.com
Harrier final flypast over Downing street
From: dave.wall@microlighting.flyer.co.uk
To: dave.wall@microlighting.flyer.co.uk
Sent: 08/02/2011 21:30:15 GMT Standard Time
Subj: Harrier final flypast over Downing street
What Do You Think?
..and he probably does all the time. What the heck, he's almost ninety, and at that age you don't hold anything back even if you wanted to!
Did Philip Fart?
What do you think?
The expressions are priceless!
Look at the Queen's face!
A fart is a pleasant thing,
It gives the belly ease,
It warms the bed in winter,
And suffocates the fleas.
A fart can be quiet,
A fart can be loud,
Some leave a powerful,
Poisonous cloud
A fart can be short,
Or a fart can be long,
Some farts have been known
To sound like a song......
A fart can create
A most curious medley,
A fart can be harmless,
Or silent, and deadly.
A fart might not smell,
While others are vile,
A fart may pass quickly,
Or linger a while......
A fart can occur
In a number of places,
And leave everyone there,
With strange looks on their faces .
From wide-open prairie,
To small elevators,
A fart will find all of
Us sooner or later.
But farts are all bad,
Is simply not true-
We must never forget.......
Sweet old farts like you!
Kinda brings a tear to your eye - right?
Why not send this on to other old farts and bring a smile...or....tear to them!
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Friday, 4 February 2011
Thursday, 3 February 2011
Snow Sense of Humor: Blizzard Pics to Make You Smile - That's Awesome
Published in Weather and tagged blizzard, forecast, Groundhog Day, Harry Potter, Obama, Oprah, P Diddy, snow, Snowmageddon 2011, weather
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