I’d like to take some time out of this exciting Friday night to comment on the Playstation 3 launch. People are going nuts, riots are breaking out, and resellers are making a good amount of money because of the console. There are a lot of “hardcore”, “true”, “real”, “old-school” gamers that hate that most campers know little more than how much the system is selling for on ebay. It comes with the territory. Videogames have been big business for years now, and the industry’s growth, for the most part, helps to improve the quality of the products being put out. It also creates a demand too high for the supply.
I don’t really know where I’m going with this. Anyway, don’t be mad at resellers. If you’re gonna blame them, go ahead and blame the crazies that are paying so much for them. Also, don’t say things like “they should just get jobs,” because most jobs don’t pay $1000 for staying in one place doing nothing for a night. If you weren’t able to get a PS3 and actually wanted one to keep and play because you like good games, then you aren’t missing much. Just play your 360, it’s been having a pretty good month.
Game of the Century
…was the Rose Bowl ten months ago. Go Michigan! What matters more is whether or not WSU will continue to dominate us in the sports that matter. I’ve gotten too many text messages from Russ saying things like, “Good luck good game today!” followed a few hours later by “Sorry you guys lost!”
Television
This week’s episode of The Office might be the best in the series’ history. The show just keeps getting better. Friday Night Lights was really good the first three weeks. It hasn’t gotten better than that, but it’s not much worse either. I’ll be amazed if they keep up the good work for an entire season.
Jay-Z and The Game
Doctor’s Advocate is a better album than Kingdom Come. As high as the expectations were for Jay-Z’s return, he’s one of the few artists that would be able to meet them. And he didn’t. It’s not terrible, it’s just not great, especially considering how he killed guest verses during his retirement. “Black Republican/Militant” with Nas is better than any song on Kingdom Come. And the Gomez Brothers need to be deported for being so greedy with the song and yelling over like 80% of the track.
School
sucks.