Editorials
Hey folks, just a quick note to let you know that we're bringing on another writer to the staff: Mr. Chris Claxton hails from the dreary island of Oahu and is our new resident expert on all things movie-related. Welcome aboard! no comments
Merry Christmas everyone! We hope that Santa brought you everything you wanted. If he didn't, keep in mind that Steam is having a huge daily sale until the New Year, and Gamefly is having their big end of the year event, and games at Gamestop are buy-2-get-1-free right now. no comments
The world may not know your age, but we still can celebrate your special day nonetheless! no comments
Here at Easy TowersTM, we don't normally celebrate the birthday of our readers, but we figured we'd make an exception this time for reader Dirk Davie for two reasons:
1. He just turned 20, and we figured that deserved a send-off.
2. Living in Australia is hard work - just ask Giang!
I mean, we here in other parts of the world assume that Australian life is all sunshine, surfing, meat pies and drinking beer, but it's way harder than that. For starters, there's the threat of being boxed by kangaroos. Or the constant terror of being attacked by a drop bear. Or randomly running into Rolf Harris whilst going about your daily business (OK sure, Rolf Harris is a legend, but be honest - you wouldn't want to share an apartment with him, would you?). So stressful!
So we decided to honour Dirk's birthday in the only appropriate way we know how; with a good old-fashioned game of knifey-spooney! You go get the beer, I'll go grab the cutlery! no comments
As you may have already guessed, today is Tyler's birthday, so please join us in wishing him many happy returns. Whereas we would normally use this as an excuse to post the most homo-erotic picture we could find, and turn his birthday into a cavalcade of gay jokes, this year we decided to do something special for Tyler's birthday, and we managed to convince the cast of Futurama to sing Happy Birthday to him.
Click on the link below to see the awesomeness in all its glory.
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The argument between whose premium online service is better is somewhat fallacious. If you break down the features of the premium services, as well as their free counterparts, you'll realise the different strategies of Microsoft and Sony within the space. After the break, you can take a look at a table comparing all four services and how they stack up against each other.
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As you'll no doubt be aware, it was my 30th birthday yesterday, and in between bouts of crying, warm milk and rocking chair-induced sleep, I started to wonder about what life would be like if it were an RPG; or more specifically, what kind of status awards you would receive for reaching such a milestone birthday. Here are some of the ones that I came up with, but feel free to leave a comment if you can think of any good ones to add to the collection.
+1 Wisdom
+1 Hairy Eyebrows
-1 Attractiveness to women
+1 Back problems
+1 "Ooh, are those hard candies?"
-1 Dress sense
+1 Titanium hips
-1 Bowel control
+1 Fear of technology no comments
Yes, the man who has kung-fu-ed his way into our hearts (and our stomachs) turns.. umm… old(er) as we speak, at GMT +1. Please wish Steven happy birthday, because he does so much for the site. Did you know Steven actually recorded the last podcast by himself by recording 4 different tracks of him mimicking our voices? AMAZING. It's a real shame I didn't buy him anything. Real shame.
Knowing Steven, he's probably already out partying with Horseboy, Gerald Butler and Macbeth. Sorry, invite only. I would know because I wasn't invited. That's okay because in Easy Mode tradition, I baked you a penis cake. And this time, I wasn't tempted to eat the whole thing. Well, maybe just the tip. no comments
I can't say I was surprised when Xbox Senior Vice President Don Mattrick lifted the veil (the veil being the shell of an Xbox 360 Original) to reveal a slimmer, sexier and sleeker new look for the Xbox at Microsoft's latest press conference at E3 2010. It replaces an ageing system that bears its mid-00's roots on its sleeve; organic edges, creamy white shell and circular motifs don't quite have the relevance and impact in the new decade. It's also worth mentioning its mechanical integrity. For Microsoft, the refreshed version hopes to at least alleviate (if not solve) the ubiquitous RROD, but also jumpstart the Xbox brand in an unprecedented gaming lifecycle. It's a tried and true strategy in the console wars, made prevalent by Sony's PS2 and inescapable by Nintendo's DS. While design may be only a piece of the grand puzzle, it represents the face of a new era in Xbox and for many, its first impression.
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"Oh, how cute! You can play Pac-Man on the Google.com home page!" Yeah, real fucking cool, you idiot!
FACT: According to sources like The Atlantic and Wolffram Alpha, the total accumulated time humanity spent on the cute time-waster was 4,819,352 man-hours and around $120,000,000.
So yeah... good one Google.
But it's cool. I didn't want that salt water internal combustions system anyways, guys. The next World War that comes along and wipes out a couple continents, I'll just rationalize the loss of life by telling myself "There was nothing we as a species could have done... I mean, we could never give up things like browser-based arcade classics to focus on world wide unity. Don't be crazy, Tyler!".
(Yeah I wrote this at work, SO?!) no comments
