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Jack Thompson… even when disbarred… you always find a way to act stupid.

On Friday, Game Politics reported that Jack Thompson is planning a revolt against Take-Two Entertainment stock with hopes of dethroning their chairmen, Strauss Zelnick. But… even though this sounds like a stupid move… it’s not the stupidest that happened on this subject.

One of the staff members at Game Politics that goes by the name Dennis McCauley had a rather… odd e-mail exchange with Jack Thompson. In the e-mail… Jack Thompson says that the recent crash in Take-Two stock was God’s doing. Let’s read the e-mails… shall we?

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From: Jack Thompson
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 6:44 AM
To: Dennis McCauley
Subject: Spin this, Strauss…

GOD STRIKES TAKE-TWO DOWN

Take-Two dropped $2.35 to $9.72 in extended trading after the announcement and fell as low as $9.60. The shares… have declined 35 percent this year. The results contrast with comments Zelnick made in an interview on Nov. 3, when he said sales of the company’s video games hadn’t been hurt by the recession…

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From: Dennis McCauley
To: ‘Jack Thompson’
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 6:52 AM
Subject: RE: Spin this, Strauss…

So, if T2’s business reverse was God’s vengeance, does that mean that God struck you down too when you were disbarred?…

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From: Jack Thompson
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 9:10 AM
To: Dennis McCauley
Subject: Re: Spin this, Strauss…

…If you had any understanding of the Bible and of God you would understand that persecution comes Christians’ way, and we are blessed by it. There is no blessing for Zelnick, who is not a Christian, when he gets what he deserves…

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From: Dennis McCauley
To: ‘Jack Thompson’
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 6:54 AM
Subject: in relation to your Take-Two shareholder revolt…

…Are you saying that problems for Christians are blessings, while problems for non-Christians are vengeance from the Almighty? Also, how do you know what Zelnick’s religion is?

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From: Jack Thompson
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 7:11 AM
To: Dennis McCauley
Subject: Re: in relation to your Take-Two shareholder revolt…

Here’s another passage of Scripture that you don’t understand and never read: “All things work to the good for those who love the Lord and are called according to His purpose.” That group would include me and not Zelnick. Zelnick is not a believer in the Gospel. How do I know? Because the man who got us together [secretly in Manhatten in 2007] is a Christian, with a massive ministry in Hollywood and the rest of the entertainment industry. It was because of the spiritual aspect of this struggle that he got the two of us together, and Zelnick failed the test.

If you knew anything about the Gospel, you would understand further that Paul, whose writings are considered part of the canon, tells Christians, not unbelievers, that we are to “count it all joy” when trials and tribulations come our way.

I have been persecuted for my faith, not because I did anything wrong, by those committed to evil. Glad to clear it up for you. And as it now stands, Mr. Zelnick’s problems at Take-Two are minuscule [sic] compared to the eternity of punishment that is coming his way unless he repents and accepts Christ as I did 32 years ago this month. You might do well to read the Gospel of John yourself. Come to think of it, I’ll write Strauss about all this and send you a copy…

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Jack… can you do us all a BIG favor and stitch your mouth shut so we don’t have to hear the stupid crap that comes out of it? Thanks.

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The Wii remains one of the hottest Christmas gifts long after its release. The lower price and the interactive nature make it a wonderful toy for the whole family to enjoy.

The console does skew more towards kids and younger families, but honestly, there’s enough variety and pure good gameplay to make a Nintendo Wii a great choice for anyone of any age who love games.

1. Wii Fit

Careful who you give this too, you don’t want to intimate they need to lose weight.This is a blast though, using the Wii balance board and software to keep track of your weight loss goals and to streamline certain exercises. It’s nothing you couldn’t do on your own, pushups, lunges, yoga, but it does offer input, instruction and motivation. Wonderfully practical, and somewhat engaging “game” that will be a great introduction to fitness for those who often find it boring to work out. Some mini-games to keep the interactive levels high.

2. Animal Crossing: City FolkSort of a Sim City for kids, Animal Crossing: City Folk has you build the game.You can do it yourself, with friends or family in your house or even with other friends online. You move into a house, furnish and build it as you like, help to build the town, interact with everyone and everything, and even use the game’s microphone to chat to friends over the internet.This game lets kids be in charge of everything and does it extremely well.

Animal Crossing: Let’s Go To The City (Wii)

3. Wii Music

This isn’t like the other music games out there, but it is a wonderfully creative way for kids to unearth the beauty of music. You use the Nintendo Wii controllers by shaking them around in time to either complete tasks in mini games or just to jam with friends.You play everything from the Theme to Zelda to Carmen, loads of classical choices in between. And the instruments? Well, yes, there’s guitar and drums, but there’s also tubas, banjos, flutes, recorders and even cat and dog suits. Very heavy on the cuteness, very heavy on musical exploration, very big on fun.
Wii Music (Wii)

4. Ultimate Band

This is like the other music games out there, without all the clunky peripherals and price. Ultimate band plays rhythm-based hit songs from big artists, but just using the Wii controllers to play the songs. Sure it’s not as deep or realistic as Guitar Hero or Rock Band, but is essentially the same concept and still offers a fun musical experience in a social setting.
Ultimate Band (Wii)

5. Disney’s Time Out

Like last year’s Smarty Pants, this is a trivia/Quiz game, but, as the title suggests, with a Disney flavour. From the Mouse family to newer faves like Lilo and Stitch and the Lion King (with Aladdin as your host), trivia questions and mini games make this a fabulous way for kids to get into the competitive spirit.More than 5,000 questions are included on all things Disney.

First of all, sorry for no new updates lately. Anay and I have had a lot of things to do. Now, on to teh review!

Fracture is the new third-person shooter from LucasArts. Yes, the same LucasArts who made the ever so disappointing Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. The demo came out the 18th of September and I finally got it and beat it.

The big hook of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was that The Force was a powerhouse of… well… power. The big hook in Fracture is what they call Terra Deforming. Let me clear it up for you:

Terra Deforming is the opposite of Terrforming. Terraforming is the act of creating terrain, hence the terra. Terra DEforming is the act of destroying terrain. Here’s an example.

The Terra Deforming in Fracture is actually real cool. It’s easy and quick to use (coughunlikeforceunleashed’sforcepowerscough) and you can use it in a variety of different ways. You can use the Left Bumper (I played it on my Xbox 360) to lower (if I am correct) the ground and the Right Bumper to raise it. That easy. Of course, there are the weapons that Terra Deform in a more fancy way, but to just do a simple raise or lower, that easy. The shooting is very good. It’s just what you would expect from a shooter game. Now, when you mix those two, it makes for the need of a strong mind. You can raise the ground to act as a wall to fire from or you can lower the ground and hide in the hole. You can raise the ground around an enemy to trap him or lower the ground he’s on to make him fall. You can use it to your advantage in many different ways.

Now, with all this said, it’s not all good. The demo suffers from the same fate as The Force Unleashed, IT’S. TOO. SHORT. You can finish it in about 5 - 15 going straight through. Now I took about 20 -30 minutes because I explored a bit, messed around with the weapons, and even found a few secret areas. It was also a bit too easy, but I was only playing on normal.

So, from what I have played, I would say this would be a rent for me when it comes out. It’s fun, but not so fun that I am like “I NEEDZ IT!” It still needs some tweaks and if they tweak it right, it will be a good game. Fracture comes out October 7, 2008 on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

So, UC Irvine professer Bonnie Nardi is awesome. She managed to get $100,000 to research (get ready) World of Warcraft. Yes, she was funded to study a video game. One question, why the heck am I not going to this school?

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Yes, the frontman of The Police, Sting, will be a PLAYABLE character in Guitar Hero: On Tour, or how I like to say it GHIV (Pronounced Gee, HIV). Not sure if he will be as mobile as the OLD Sting or the Sting we have right now. Let’s hope the first one, might break his hip. No, I’m just kidding! You know we love you Sting!

Update: So now the list of playable musicans from the real world as of September 6, 2008 is:

Hayley Williams (Lead Singer of Paramore)

Jimi Hendrix (Lead Guitar and Lead Singer of The Jimi Hendrix Experience)

Ozzy Osbourne (Lead Singer of Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne)

Zakk Wylde (Lead Guitar for Ozzy Osbourne and Black Label Society)

Billy Corgan (Lead Guitar and Lead Singer of Smashing Pumpkins)

Sting (Mentioned Above)

Travis Barker *Rumored* (Drummer of Blink-182 and +44)

Ted Nugent *Rumored* (Lead Guitar of The Amboy Dukes and Lead Guitar and Lead Singer of Ted Nugent)

Update 2:

Ted Nugent has been confirmed and is even a boss!

Well, if any one watches the Daily Show, you saw how on Thursday’s show, Treyarch gave Michael Phelps the first copy of Call of Duty: World at War. At least, that’s what they WANTED you to think. Read what one developer from Treyarch said about this “fake” exchange.

“As it turns out, Michael Phelps is a big Call of Duty fan, so we wanted to give him the first copy of CoD:WW. It’s well deserved Michael!…Now what you didn’t see is the “I O U” card that was contained within =D… Yes, unfortunately the game isn’t quite finished yet, but it’s close. We’ll be sending Michael the first disc off the production line though later this year, we promise!”

Well, THANKS. I just don’t want to be there when Phelps finds that out and beats the crap out of you with his gold medals.

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I will be getting Mercs 2 today, so in about a week I will review it here for all of you! So don’t buy it just yet until you hear/read/see my review because every and any game could be bad, but I have high hopes. I loved the first one.
P.S: I am getting it for Xbox 360.

At G4TV.com, John Manalang posted an interesting post on The Feed: What makes some one a Hardcore Gamer?

I highly suggest you check it out.

LINKY!

New Max Pyane Trailer

So, I played the first Max Pyane and when I heard they were gonna make a Max Pyane movie I was worried. The storyline was so cool and I was worried it wouldn’t translate well. Then I heard Mark Wahlberg, my hopes got a bit higher. Then I saw the first trailer. Then I knew it, it was gonna be AWESOME. Now they just released a new trailer for it and it looks even cooler. Here’s hoping the final product is as good! *crosses fingers*

One of the Greatest Game Ads Ever.

‘Nuff Said.