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Sat, 25 May 2013 18:51:09 -0400

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angelfire93: Alright, if you’re a consumer and you’re...

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:41:53 -0400

angelfire93:

Alright, if you’re a consumer and you’re considering picking up the new Xbox One console, then please, take a moment to listen to me. Before we begin, no, I am not a fanboy or a hater. I have no console Bias. I have a PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, and a Gaming PC. Each has their pros and cons but now onto business.

DO NOT BUY AN XBOX ONE. Why? See the reasons below:

Xbox Requires an internet connection. Here’s how it works: Every 24 hours your Xbox will try to connect to Microsoft’s servers for verification. If it is unable to connect, sucks to be you. You’re blocked from playing even single player games until it can connect.

Source: http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-does-require-internet-connection-cant-play-o-509164109

Do you like renting games, lending them to a friend, or even borrowing them from a friend? No longer possible. Every Xbox One game you get must be registered to your Xbox live account to be played. After that point it will only work for you. No one else can use it unless they pay a fee. Essentially it works like this. You pick up a used Xbox One game from somewhere or someone, pop it into your console. The system verifies it’s been registered to your account. Uh-oh, it isn’t! In order to play it, you have to pay Microsoft a fee, which is currently slated to be full retail price. Doesn’t matter how scratched up it is or how cheap you got it at gamestop or from a friend. You aren’t just buying the physical copies anymore. You’re paying Microsoft for a LICENSE to be allowed to play that game.

It is worth mentioning Microsoft is exploring ways for you to trade in and resell your used games. This is rumored to mean that you can sell your digital license to play the game (registration) back to microsoft, likely for microsoft points. You can then trade in the game at gamespot for some cash if you like. Either way, as it currently stands, the new owner would still have to pay a fee on top of the price of actually buying the physical copy.

Source: http://www.technobuffalo.com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-fee-for-buying-used-games-full-retail-price/

Is it worth mentioning that Microsoft if shafting Indie Developers as well? Where as on Playstation Network or (whatever the Wii has) Indie Developers can self publish their content easily. Playstation even encourages this. Microsoft however forces these Indie Devs to enter publishing deals with them to be allowed to market their content. You don’t go through them, you don’t get to sell what you developed.

Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/22/indie-devs-cant-self-publish-on-xbox-one

I’m not quite done yet! Now, I’m sure you heard a lot about “TV TV TV TV SPORTS TV TV SPORTS SPORTS TV.” Yes, the Xbox is slated to be able to stream live tv, live sports, etc. So let me ask you this. You obviously already have something like cable or DirecTV. Do you really want to shell out hundreds of dollars more and pay a monthly subscription fee to have another television provider? Yes, I said hundreds of dollars, and I don’t mean the cost of the console. To view live TV from the Xbox you are required to purchase ANOTHER separate device for it to work. Why would you even consider shelling out more money for something you already have anyway? Even if you didn’t, DirecTV is cheaper. Or you could even subscribe you Hulu.com and watch live tv on your computer. FOR MUCH CHEAPER. You essentially have to buy another cable box if you don’t have one. And if you do… what do you need the Xbox One for?

Source: http://www.vg247.com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-live-tv-available-in-us-only-at-launch-requires-separate-device/

So far we’ve discovered that the Xbox One is not really a gaming console, at least… not a consumer friendly gaming console. It’s being marketed as an all-in-one home entertainment system. Something to replace all of the other devices in your house. But there are drawbacks even to that. Put on your tin foil hats for this part folks. Take from it what you will, all I’ll say is… possibilities…

The Xbox One’s features will not function unless the Kinect is plugged in and active. This is not an optional piece anymore.

Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/21/xbox-one-will-not-function-without-kinect-attached

So imagine your Kinect piece breaks? Tough luck, no more Xbox for you. But you know what’s worse?

Pay attention, because this is important. The Kinect is always watching. Always listening. Even when the system is off.

Yes. One of the ways to turn the system on is to audibly say: “Xbox On” while the system is off. The Kinect, which is always on, hears you and turns it on. Now this might seem like a cool feature, but did you know Microsoft patented a feature that would allow the Kinect’s camera (It’s no longer just a sensor, but a camera) to spy on you for the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America?) While they may not actually do this, it is actually possible for them to do this now. It has a camera, and a microphone. The Kinect is always on. It is ALWAYS listening, ALWAYS watching.

An idea has been tossed around that by using this feature, it will allows game developers and movie produces to set a limited amount of how many people can be allowed to view the entertainment. So as a hypothetical example, you and three friends are watching a movie, which is the maximum allowed. A fourth friend enters the room and the Kinect’s sensor registers the fourth individual. The movie stops and you a prompted to pay a fee so that the extra individual may also view the film. Again, that is NOT currently the case, but these are the ideas currently being tossed around with the system’s current capabilities.

Source for listening: http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4352596/the-xbox-one-is-always-listening

Source of spying: http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/139706-microsofts-new-kinect-patent-goes-big-brother-will-spy-on-you-for-the-mpaa

Now, just two more things and I’ll be done here!

This isn’t really a good or bad thing, but it’s annoying. It also explains how they can prevent you from playing a used game if you didn’t pay their fee. Xbox one no longer plays games off the discs, you HAVE to install them to the hard-drive in order to play them. I believe PS3 also has you do this (on a number of games but not always it seems), except that PS3 isn’t trying to Nickle and Dime you at every corner. It also seems according to this article there is something related to the Online portion at the beginning of this post. The option is there for Developers to require the Xbox to always be online to play their particular game. Well, it seems PC gamers and console gamers have one thing in common now… DRM.

(At least pirates on PC can bypass DRM easily. Not an option for Consoles.)

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4352314/xbox-one-hard-drive-game-installs

And last but not least, another annoyance… Xbox One will not be compatible with any and all current headsets. Nope, companies will either have to make new headsets altogether specifically for the Xbox One, and they have to adhere to what Microsoft wants. Look forward to price gouging.

Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/22/xbox-one-incompatible-with-current-gaming-headsets

Oh, one more thing… If you have an Xbox 360, don’t get rid of it. Why? Well if you want to keep playing your old 360 games you’ll need it. The Xbox One isn’t backwards compatible. At all. Not only that, but President of Microsoft’s Xbox Division Don Mattrick insults the very notion of backwards compatibility! He calls it: “Backwards thinking.”

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4350662/new-xbox-has-no-backwards-compatibilty

Source of insult: http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/22/4355984/xbox-one-backward-compatibility-backwards-thinking-don-mattrick

That is all I have to say currently folks, and I hope you took the time to read this far. I’ll conclude with the following… please… PLEASE do not buy this console. Paying for this supports greedy and anti-consumer business practices. Speak with your wallet, and pass up the Xbox One. No matter what games it might have that you want, even if they are exclusive. Do the right thing and make a statement. Refuse to be nickle and dimed like this. Refuse to be seen as a mindless consumer who will buy anything tossed to them.

We won’t know much else until after E3, but as it stands now, the PS4 or a decent gaming PC is the best way to go.

If you are willing to do so, please spread this post around. Liking is not even remotely necessary, but do please share it if you agree with and acknowledge what you’ve read here. The more people know, the fewer of them waste their money.

Thank you, kindly.

~Dylan Jordan

(Originally posted on Facebook by one of my friends. He brings up many valid points. Mind you, I haven’t been a fan of Xbox in a long time and I will most likely get a PS4. But this confirms further for me that I won’t be getting an Xbox one any time in the foreseeable future.)

fandom-mused-fandom-games: THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT HAS A...

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:30:54 -0400

fandom-mused-fandom-games:

THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT HAS A THREAT OF NOT BEING INCLUDED

1 note = 1 pixel for your fandom’s symbol (shown above) in an art piece I’m making

If you would like to see all of the fandoms, look through these posts

IF YOU DON’T SEE YOUR FANDOM, send me a message saying what fandoms I missed and I’ll add them

If you would like to know more about the project, read this post

FOLLOW ME TO KEEP UPDATED ON THE PROJECT/SEE THE FINISHED PROJECT

Looks like I might be moving again.

Sat, 25 May 2013 02:21:37 -0400

This time I’m going to be living with a grandmother that needs help arousend the house. At this point it’s better than where I am now.

I miss having a place that I could genuinely call “home”…. Too bad I’m not going to call any place home for a while.

farewell-decency: silentcartoon: wyvernsdreams: capntightpants...

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:28:29 -0400

farewell-decency:

silentcartoon:

wyvernsdreams:

capntightpantstotherescue:

lokisblueeyedcowgirl:

brittneykay92:

I don’t care if it’s “not your type of blog”, I’m shocked and disappointed that my dash isn’t flooded with prayer and best wishes for all of those in Oklahoma.

You still have a home to sleep in tonight, and your life is not literally uprooted. Let’s have some decency here and let everyone effected know that all of America is rooting and praying for them to come out on top of this disaster.

I don’t think you guys understand. It was TWO STREETS AWAY! The 7-11 LITERALLY 250 yards from my house is flattened! There is nothing left! Though I don’t need anything personally, my community does. Please. If you have anything to spare, please send it. It will not go unappreciated.

Guys, my house did get flattened. Just… reblog. Sometimes, it just makes us feel better to know that someone cares.

My home is literally three streets away from where it all happened… how it managed to not be flattened is anything short of a miracle…

Our community is really suffering right now, its just… please guys…

I’m actually very disappointed in tumblr that this isn’t getting more attention. Tumblr seems like the perfect place to spread awareness about this and yet…nothing. People are suffering, they’ve lost their homes, they’ve lost loved ones, they’ve lost a whole community that was a childhood home to most of them.

And yet there’s this overwhelming feeling that tumblr just…either doesn’t care or wants to pretend it didn’t happen because it’s just so upsetting.

This is my girlfriend’s childhood home. She’s lived her all of her life. This town is a second home to me, and soon enough, I’ll call myself a resident of there for however long we decide to stay there.

I feel absolutely useless that all I can do is sit here and try to put something together. I should be doing something so much more for a place and for the people that are so dear to me.

She’s holding my heart in Oklahoma, and I’ll try to be there as soon as I possibly can.

This was my home. I spent 21 years of my life here. It’s where I learned to walk, learned to talk, learned to know love. It hurts to think that this site, that constantly tries to bring awareness to all sorts of hurt, worldwide, has, for the most part, decided this isn’t worth it’s time

It hurts a lot to think my childhood doesn’t matter.

sol-of-the-wolves: jazykuun: kitten-burrito: jakesus: starkid...

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:30:48 -0400

sol-of-the-wolves:

jazykuun:

kitten-burrito:

jakesus:

starkidinthestable:

meggannn:

toujourslemieux:

exoyeol:

suju15-4ever:

poopyjenkins:

tyraiko:

pricklylegs:

Look for the leopard..

I would die in the wild

Reblogging this for anyone who everyone who didn’t believe me when I told them the reason leopards have spots is for camoflauge

no fucking way is there a leopard in this picture.

holy fUCK THAT TOOK ME A WHILE TO SPOT BUT YEAH DUDE THERE IS A LEOPARD

I’ve scrolled past this so many times and thought it was a joke. I FINALLY FOUND THE LEOPARD.

i feel so proud of myself for spotting it immediately the first time around but when i looked back it took me like three minutes haha

I was like, bitch there ain’t no leopard here..
Then I saw it..

OH MOTHERFUCK

When I found it I jumped omg.

Found it! :3

spotted it!

I found it really quickly. Lawl

annichu-i-choose-you: LOOK AT THIS BUN So cute!!

Thu, 23 May 2013 01:01:09 -0400

annichu-i-choose-you:

LOOK AT THIS BUN

So cute!!

Photo

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:38:54 -0400

shirohomura: redeh: When you want to be friends with someone but you’re too shy to ask for their...

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:15:21 -0400

shirohomura:

redeh:

When you want to be friends with someone but you’re too shy to ask for their Skype

When you have people on skype but are to shy to talk to them

teacher: describe yourself in one word

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:07:52 -0400

teacher: describe yourself in one word
me: done

Lel

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:58:07 -0400

Lel

slugbox: flesh-odium-illustration: X-box Reveal in under 2...

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:32:26 -0400

slugbox:

flesh-odium-illustration:

X-box Reveal in under 2 minutes.

When they get to the dog part, someone on Reddit commented. “A dog! Someone you will actually care about!

(Cause you know fuck all those humans)”

colladoodycolladoodycolladoodycolladoodycolladoody

Tvtvtv tv tv teevee television tv tv tv tv tv TV TV TV TV tv television tv.

Sadly I never played any Zelda game. I feel that I’m...

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:46:59 -0400

Sadly I never played any Zelda game. I feel that I’m missing out big time from what my “friends” tell me.

msarano: scienceandrollerskates: Good stuff to know! I feel...

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:45:27 -0400

msarano:

scienceandrollerskates:

Good stuff to know!

I feel so bad about my past behavior now ;_;

Good thing I found this. I really want to try sushi sometime.

spoosty: ticktacktoad: brotherhoot: What is your Assassin...

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:37:39 -0400

spoosty:

ticktacktoad:

brotherhoot:

What is your Assassin name?

Hidden Embers

Fallen Blood

Bald Sword.
The fu…?

collegehumor: dorkly: The Sims Career Ladder That’s how you...

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:36:21 -0400

collegehumor:

dorkly:

The Sims Career Ladder

That’s how you climb the corporate ladder.

sfux: i feel like people who eat breakfast really have their lives together

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:19:29 -0400

sfux:

i feel like people who eat breakfast really have their lives together

Photo

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:28:11 -0400

cameronclarke: jessikarp: cryptaniac: bananneli: I wish that there was a socially acceptable way...

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:26:01 -0400

cameronclarke:

jessikarp:

cryptaniac:

bananneli:

I wish that there was a socially acceptable way to say, “I’m having a bad mental health day and need you to pay attention to me,” without alienating everyone.

or: “I’m having a bad mental health day and need to be on my own for a while so please don’t be mad if I cancel our plans on short notice.”

We basically need mental health safe words.

Yeah!

sra-foreveralone:

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:21:05 -0400

sra-foreveralone: