Now here’s the thing, while people think Nintendo is taking the risk, in actuality Sony is. The PS3 will make or break Sony’s much touted Blu-Ray discs and Cell processor. Soy is banking so much on the PS3 to make these technologies standard, that they stand to have the most to loose financially if it flops. Now obviously the PS3 is gong to sell well in the gaming market, but will it succeed in making Blu-ray the standard or will it be UMD discs all over again? The $600 price tag hurts it for getting it under the tree for Christmas when the Wii is almost three times as cheap and the box360 most likely getting a slight price drop around that time. No doubt about it that the PS3 boasts the most power, but how much more life like can things get? and then there’s the software factor to figure in.

There weren’t too many surprises shown on the software side of things. We were kinda expecting teasers for the usual sequels. Let’s Break it down by what caught my eye…

On the Xbox side of things the Halo 3 trailer was awesome. Not much was revealed of course, but we do know the covenant has taken over most of earth only to discover forerunner technology buried under Africa.

Dead or alive Xtreme Beach Volley Ball 2 looked good and titillating as always.

On the Nintendo side of things Super Smash Bros Brawl looks killer, with online play and for the first time ever third party characters.

And finally Metal Gear Solid 4 and Final Fantasy XIII really stood out for the PS3.

That’s about everything worth showing a video for. The other big announcements were for world of Warcraft’s expansion the Burning Crusade. The Draeni were announced as alliance’s race. It’ll be interesting to see how this is worked into the storyline and how well the race will be integrated into the alliance.

I, as you can see, am a big online gamer. Particularly MMORPGs. So of course I play world of Warcraft. In most online RPGs I play the wizard or mage type class. Magical ranged damage is my favorite. Well my class is due for a review next patch and today they showed off the tweaks being made. I’m not entirely thrilled over the changes. I think I’m going to go a heavy frost build like this one. The new 10% critical strike debuff looks really cool, but I’m worried about frost immune mobs. Of course the same patch introduces a frost and shadow dungeon, most likely making my build useless forcing me to try an elementalist or fire build. I’m REALLY tired of having to deal with resists. The Hunter class is looking really alluring, but after all the time and items I’ve gotten on my mage re-rolling would be hard. E3 is this week so lots of gaming news to come!

In other news I had a small variety of computer issues that kept me from writing here. First Comcast, my ISP, decided to update their DNS servers and that screwed up our internet connection. I finally fixed it by doing a hard reset on our router. Next I got a new keyboard and mouse. The batteries in my old mouse weren’t lasting a whole day so I got a new one. My keyboard gets really dirty cause my hands sometimes leak from their bandages. I got a new roll up rubber keyboard which, as you can see by the amount of typos on this post, takes a lot of getting use to. You can wipe it clean with a damp cloth and it’s spill proof though, big pluses.

People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.

A legend tells of a test where Muramasa challenged his master, Masamune to see who could make a finer sword. They both worked and worked and eventually, when both swords were finished, they decided to test the results. The contest was for each to suspend the blades in a small creek with the cutting edge facing the current. Muramasa’s sword cut everything that passed its way; fish, leaves floating down the river, the very air which blew on it. Highly impressed with his pupil’s work, Masamune lowered his sword into the current and waited patiently. Not a leaf was cut, the fish swam right up to it, and the air hissed as it gently blew by the blade. After a while, Muramasa began to scoff at his master for his apparent lack of skill in his making of his sword. Smiling to himself, Masamune pulls up his sword, dries it, and sheathes it. All the while, Muramasa was heckling him for his sword’s inability to cut anything. A monk, who had been watching the whole ordeal, walked over and bowed low to the two sword masters. He then began to explain what he had seen.

“The first of the swords was by all accounts a fine sword, however it is a blood thirsty, evil blade as it doesn’t discriminate as to who or what it will cut. It may just as well be cutting down butterflies as severing heads. The second was by far the finer of the two, as it doesn’t needlessly cut that which is innocent and undeserving.”

My parents called today from their vacation, everything is going fine. I’m really glad they can do stuff like this now without worrying too much about me.

I’ve been messing with my Flicr account and have it set up to interface with this blog. It’s such a cool photo sharing website.I’m almost finished personalizing my new smart phone. More on that to come soon! I’m going to try to get the remaining sections of this site up, working on one every week or two.

My parents are leaving for a 2 week sailboat cruise around the US/British Virgin islands. Mom is of course hesitant about being gone that long with just Steve here to the my dressing changes. Dad booked time in a tanning salon prior while Mom laughed at him for doing so, we’ll see who has the last laugh. I’ve been decking out my new cellphone and I’ll have a review up shortly.