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This is the new Gamercard, via Major Nelson.com As announced previously on Major Nelson’s blog, today is the day that a mandatory dashboard update will roll out. Upon turning on your Xbox 360, you will prompted to download the update which will re-enable the “boot to disc option” on the dashboard. Another update will be coming to Xbox.com on January 20 that will change the way your gamercard looks and included in this update is the removal of “gamerzone”. via Major Nelson View the full article

Sony who had previously apologized to users for the Playstation Network and Sony Online Entertainment security breach is now playing the blame game and has turned their attention once again to the infamous “hacktivist” group, Anonymous. Yesterday, Sony called out Anonymous and said that they are to blame for the reason that the security breach happened, because Son’y defenses were down while dealing with previous attacks from Anonymous. Anonymous fired back at Sony in a press release for Congress stating that they had nothing to do with the credit card theft. “While we are a distributed and decentralized group, our ‘leadership’ does not condone credit card theft, We ar…

Bad move, Nintendo. Nintendo is using Youtube's Content ID system to make this happen. The service searches Youtube for video or audio that matches a company's content, and then gives them control over that Youtube submission. “Identify user-uploaded videos comprised entirely OR partially of their content, and choose, in advance, what they want to happen when those videos are found,” the official page states. “Make money from them. Get stats on them. Or block them from YouTube altogether.” So if you're creating a walkthrough or a Let's Play video of a Nintendo game, that video will now be monetized by Nintendo. They make the money from it, not you. Read on http://…

Today's Daily Deals Asseta Corsa (early access) 29.99 (25%) Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (pre order, releases Jan. 9th) 19.99 (33%) Space Hulk 10.19 (66%) The Stanley Parable 8.99 (40%) Monaco 2.99 (80%) Dishonored 7.49 (75%) Dead Is…

Anyoneelse watching this? Every year it gets better in my opinion, lots of good stuff. Command and conquer generals 2 using frostbite 2 engine. The new naughty dawg game look looks like could be promising.

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier just does not want to see the light of the day. According to Ubisoft both Driver: San Fransico and for the second time the highly anticipated Ghost Recon: Future Soldier are being delayed. Ubisoft says that both Driver: San Fransico and Ghost Recon: Future Soldier will be releasing now sometime in their 2011-2012 lineup. There have been comments as to why both games have been delayed and why Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is now on it’s second delay. G4tv.com View the full article

https://twitter.com/#!/BasRuttenMMA/statuses/65960520074797056 Effing love, Bas! So bad ass. lol

Chris from The New Hobbyist decided that he wanted to upgrade his home security and in doing so created the “Attack Creeper”. The “Attack Creeper” is mostly compiled from cardboard, an RC Car, and the guts being different electronic items ranging from a motion sensor to an Aurduino board that you can purchase pre assembled or you can put it together yourself. <br> <br> To see more such as pictures of the process and to check out the places where Chris hides his “Attack Creeper” to scare people like the bathroom tub, please check out The New Hobbyist. Tweet This Post View the full article

http://gizmodo.com/5969697/astronomers-discover-earth-planet-near-us Earth 2!

Evidence that would have exonerated a husband of murder charges over his wife. He spent a quarter of a decade in prison because some asshole DA wanted to further his career. He also has to pay out a whopping $500 and can never practice law again. Please read this. This is what's up with our criminal courts in America right now. The so called defenders of law get away with slaps on the wrists while everyday citizens get the full force of the law. http://www.statesman.com/news/news/ken-anderson-to-serve-10-days-in-jail/nbmsH/

Looking to get a new Xbox 360 this holiday season? Major Nelson announced on his blog, the Xbox 360 Holiday 2010 Bundle. The bundle which will be shipping to stores “over the next few weeks” featues the sleek redesigned Xbox 360 250 GB console, a copy of Forza 3, and a redeemable code for a full game download for Alan Wake. The bundle costs $299. View the full article

So I'm used to seeing Google. I've seen Alexa hanging out. Heck, once or twice I even saw Ask Jeeves (LoL). But today I see that "Facebook" is now checking out our site.

“We have had to take the SOE service down temporarily. In the course of our investigation into the intrusion into our systems we have discovered an issue that warrants enough concern for us to take the service down effective immediately. We will provide an update later today (Monday). We apologize for any inconvenience and greatly appreciate your patience.” – Sony Online Entertainment Home This statement can be found on the home page of Sony Online Entertainment’s website making many question what is truly going on behind the scenes at Sony’s camp, because according to Shack News Sony originally reported that SOE’s servers were safe as they were kept seperate from the Pla…

http://www.fanboyscouts.com/collections/merit-badges Pretty cool. My brother, Absinth, sent this to me. It's kind of nerdy, but I'd want the Kobyashi Maru merit badge. LoL

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/north-korea-leader-kim-jong-il-died-15185456#.Tu6rKxeJrPo

I'm a day late, but Happy Birthday anyhow!

http://youtu.be/3fDrMal-qes CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta cuts through the smoke and travels around the world to uncover the highs and lows of cannabis. This is an important documentary, since it'll open other doctors and researcher's eyes. Cannabis has a stigma that blinds even professional people in the medical field.

Three-time Emmy winner James Gandolfini has died in Italy at the age of 51 of a possible heart attack. According to HBO, he was on vacation at the time. The “Sopranos” actor appeared recently in “Zero Dark Thirty” and “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.” He had been working on Fox Searchlight’s “Animal Rescue,” now in post-production, HBO show “Criminal Justice” as well as CBS show “Taxi 22.” http://variety.com/2013/more/news/james-gandolfini-dead-of-sudden-stroke-at-51-1200499141/

So I finally got my beastly new system yesterday. Here are the full specs: http://www.ibuypower...aspx?eid=122969 So far I've been able to play Just Cause 2 at max settings at a 1920x1080 resolution at 45 frames per second. It's... beautiful. :') Here are some images. The next thing I need to get is a nice chair, and eventually a new desk. Also a UPS (Uninterrubtable Power Supply) would be good. This monster makes my Xbox and Wii look pitiful. I barely even have space for it, so this setup is mostly temporary. Being very sick, with a bad headache, painfully sore throat, and lack of energy, has exacerbated my lethargy so I haven't bothered cleaning up, there's just …

Today’s Dumbass of the Day or the Dumbass Move of the Day is courtesy of Games on Demand, Xbox Live’s digital download service. Announced today were the latest additions to the Games on Demand service and it is an example of sheer stupidity and outrageous prices. If you have yet to get your hands on Infinity Ward’s Modern Warfare 2, you can purchase it on Games on Demand for a whopping $59.99. Keep in mind that this game released November 10, 2009 and can be purchased on Amazon for $35.00 and a used copy can be purchased at video game retail king GameStop for $23.00. Also available for purchase are Aliens vs. Predator for $30.00 and Rapala Tournament Fishing for $20.00.…

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http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/18/2957782/console-firmware-updates-could-yield-energy-savings Pretty crazy, never really thought how much of an impact the consoles made on energy consumption.

February 1st will see the new DLC for CoD: Black Ops. Contents? Four "new" maps (I say "new" because they're based on locations in the singleplayer campaign) One new zombie map. Cost? $15 FML. I'm getting so sick fo $15 DLC. We paid SIXTY dollars for the game already, and got FOURTEEN multiplayer maps. This will be an exclusive download for Xbox 360 users for a little while before it migrates around to other consoles.

If you haven't heard about this 'recent' mystery of birds dying off, black bird or otherwise, check out Google. Here's an example - http://www.google.com/search?q=million+dead+blackbirds&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a t’s absolutely shocking news: The U.S. Department of Agriculture has publicly admitted it is responsible for the mass poisoning of tens of millions of birds over the last several years. It’s all part of the USDA’s program called “Bye Bye Blackbird,” and we even have the USDA’s spreadsheet where they document how many millions of birds (and other animals) they’ve poisoned to death. Definitely read on…

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