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Comment on "iGoogle, I owe you my life."

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:06:06 -0500

I absolutely LOVE iGoogle. I only found out about it a couple weeks ago when I saw people on what I thought was Google, but with a cool banner at the top. When I went to set mine up, I couldn't believe how much easier it was going to make my internet experience. But there was one problem. I now get all my info within about 5 or 10 minutes and have trouble looking around and finding other sites to kill my time with. It really sucks for procrastinating.

- Kevin Dull

Comment on "I got 1 life. I don't need a 2nd."

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:12:28 -0500

I agree with a lot of what you said, but I think games like second life and WoW have a good effect on some peoples lives; especially ones that like to use their imagination. Virtual worlds allow people to do things that they have always wanted to do, but would never in real life. I do however think that virtual worlds are going to have a much larger use/impact in the future.

- Robert Haney

Comment on "Die Hard 4 means its not a huge huge threat?"

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:08:02 -0500

That was really a great movie and addressed a real problem. I really think that this is something that we are going to have to look out for in the future. Just like Executive Decision predicted terrorist hijacking planes and using them as a weapon, I think this movie is predicting something in the future. I really hope we can spot it before it happens.

- Tom Smith

Comment on "I got 1 life. I don't need a 2nd."

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:36:56 -0500

I agree with nick on this one. The site as it is seems totally useless. I can see how if you like to write scripts or design games it would be a convenient to test a concept, but as for mass appeal I'd say its hopeless.

- Ben Reddington

Comment on "Video Games equal Video Brains"

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:37:49 -0500

You've reminded me about this article. Chrono Trigger, a better investment than Apple.

- Jason Weaver

Comment on "Die Hard 4 means its not a huge huge threat?"

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:50:32 -0500

Nice blog . . . Die Hard 1 and 2 were definately the best tho. I do agree that the Government has security tatics installed to stop cyber crime and what not, but then on the other hand, I figured they would have stuff to prevent 9-11. So who knows what can happen.

- Arne Weiland

Comment on "Die Hard 4 means its not a huge huge threat?"

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:48:15 -0500

- Arne Weiland

Comment on "Die Hard 4 means its not a huge huge threat?"

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:47:42 -0500

- Arne Weiland

Comment on "Die Hard 4 means its not a huge huge threat?"

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:47:01 -0500

- Arne Weiland

Comment on "Virtually Not There"

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:33:21 -0500

I, too, created a family only for the purpose of locking them in a room with no doors or windows. However, I also gave them a stove and encouraged them to set the place ablaze.

- Nick Cherry

Comment on "I got 1 life. I don't need a 2nd."

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:30:58 -0500

I agree. Not particularly useful at this point in time. I'm sure this type of technology has a future, but I don't know if this is the best way to present it. Maybe rather than creating a new digital world, we could start working aspects of the game into existing applications, enhancing what we have rather than trying to form a new digital world in one big bang. I think the WeeMee characters you can design for AIM is a good example - adding a level of customization and moving a step toward human interaction, but not losing sight of the purpose of the instant messenger.

- Nick Cherry

Comment on "Video Games equal Video Brains"

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:52:26 -0500

I missed Chrono Trigger when I was a kid. I heard it was epic though.

- Greg Georgia

Comment on "Graphics so real it's like your actually there! Wait you are!"

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:45:49 -0500

I haven't been able to put my finger on the appeal of all the recent games focusing on common real-life activities either. Maybe you live in Antarctica, and the -100° temperatures make outdoor baseball a little unpleasant? Or maybe you live in a warring city, and because of the comparatively large size of bowling alleys, it's unsafe to go there because they might be bombed? Or maybe you live in the Sahara Desert, and the lack of grass and constantly shifting terrain make it difficult to play soccer? Maybe not. I don't understand why they don't make these virtual reality games as trippy as possible and throw players into realities more fun than the ones we're currently living in.

- Nick Cherry

Comment on "Video Games equal Video Brains"

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:22:37 -0500

I agree with you that video games now are not what they used to be. I was also obsessed with Sonic and Super Mario. Once I got into college my love for video games slowly faded away mostly because of not having enough time. I agree that the games now take to long to load. Even though the games have grown in memory, the systems have also gotten faster. I agree that the game industry has put too many videos and update breaks in the games. I hope that in the future games will not have as many breaks for videos or updates. Hopefully future games will be as fun as they used to be.

- Kevin Ahrens

Comment on "Video Games equal Video Brains"

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:12:03 -0500

Haha. This is hilarious coming from another film student. I think that the video game era would like to be considered an artform, but I think it really falls short. I think that cool graphics and CGI are what have commandeered(hope Im spelling right) our young children's minds. Its all about how cool Grand Theft Auto is and how cool WOW appears on both PCS and MACS. Now I must admit that some video game creators have made an attempt to and some type of cinematic or oratory storytelling to games today, but none that are too crazily amazing.

- Aundrea Posey

Comment on "To Catch A Predator Catching Predators"

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:04:45 -0500

This has an interesting title, " To Catch a Predator Catching Predators"! Love the show by the way. I agree with what your saying but to a certain extent. I understand that they're are still people who actually use Facebook as a networking tool and site. They look for people who share definite commonalites such as food, books and movies. Now I don't actually dismiss people because they don't have Do The Right Thing in their favorite films category but some people actually use this method to reach out to others, which is quite interesting but it can also be stalkerish. I actually had a stalker from Facebook, which serioulsy had me considering walking around and being escorted by campus police. They had checked out most of my likes and interest. They approached me on the streets but I had no clue it was them until I met up with who I thought was another random guy from Facebook in which it turned out to be him. The point is while some people use networking sites in good taste, there are alot of people who choose not to : )

- Aundrea Posey

Comment on "The King of Kong"

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:40:18 -0500

This is interesting because lately I've been trying my luck at this side scroller game "I wanna be the guy", an ode to all the classics. It's hailed as the most difficult game of all time. No lie. You can find it here: http://kayin.pyoko.org/iwbtg/

I wonder how this guy would measure up in a game like this. I'm warning you though, the game is absolutely reeeeediculous.

- Augustin Kline

Comment on "Willyougotopromwithme.com"

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:18:16 -0500

During certain conversations with individuals that type speedily, my roommate (not an individual who types speedily) sometimes prewrites/types significant parts of his conversations in Word, anticipating how the recipient will respond and trying to manipulate the conversation so his next handful of sentences (already packaged and ready to go) will be of use. Yes, a very different means of communication.

And great narrative, by the way. You should, like, direct movies or something. 8^)

- Nick Cherry

Comment on "Willyougotopromwithme.com"

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:06:33 -0500

Amusing article man. When I was in high school, I asked a girl out on AIM too. Unfortunately she said no, but I used an excuse like "I was just kidding" or "Opps, I sent that to the wrong person" to get out of the awkward situation. Since AIM isn't a face-to-face conversation, we had the ability to manipulate the messages into our desired intent. With AIM, people lack the non-verbal cues expressed in face-to-face conversations, which could be a good or bad thing, depending on the situation.

- Arne Weiland

Comment on "The Great Debate - Fair Use"

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:31:58 -0500

Good debate . . . I give the win to you guys. I especially like and agree with the Mr. Rodgers quote "I just feel that anything that allows a person to be more active in the control of his or her life, in a healthy way, is important".

- Arne Weiland