6/30/2005

AMD is suing Intel claiming unfair business practices, Sherman Antitrust, yadda yadda yadda. What the hell are they thinking? I guess this is like the nuclear option for them but I am afraid it will blow up in their face.  

First, they announce a super high-end gaming processor to compete with the Intel Extreme Edition. But the EE was discontinued just as fast as it was made and now their super high end chip will cost even MORE than the EE? People buy AMD because you're cheaper than Intel (at least I know I do as do a lot of others).

Now they file antitrust against Intel when
a) you're market share is INCREASING
b) you probably don't have the cash for a long drawn out battle. They just lost money last year!

Perhaps I'm short-sighted but are they doing this to get a quick settelment, do they have some insider info about Intel (some nasty notes between board members perhaps?) or is AMD really wanting to roll these dice in order to get more into the OEM market? Admittedly there are sweeter deals there but if this whole move fails it might distract buyers, shareholders, and the general public away from their past success and leave you without anything to show for it.

AMD will have to get Dell, HP, Gateway and other makers to get up in court and say, "Yes, our sole supplier of chips is bullying us." Just how well will Intel take that especially since the court process for such a large scale case could take 3-5 years and PC manufactuers judge their production cycle in hours.

How's this for longevity?  Falcon 4.0, released in 1998 but a company now long gone (Microprose), has another major mod made for it called Allied Force.  Here's the interesting thing: the game still, after 7 years, still looks gorgeous.

A DVD of E3?  I've seen some stupid DVDs, but that takes the cake. 

6/25/2005

Dear dumbasses at EA and Dice Entertainment:

While I think you all have upped the ante for online shooters and have even surpassed Enemy Territory, where was it decided during production to NOT INCLUDE A GODDAMN BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTER YOU DAMN RETARDS!!  IDIOTS, STUPID STUPID IDIOTS!!

6/24/2005

After playing Battlefield 2 for a few hours tonight I feel pretty comfortable in saying that this game possess some bizarre glitches but remains consistently fun.

6/23/2005

Who's a bad ass? This guy!

Neverwinter Nights continues to make expansions. The saving grace of this new one? Pirates!!

Quake Wars has a few things that might make it better than Battlefield 2.  First, it's Quake and Enemy Territory combined. Second, the graphics. Third, it uses the Doom 3 engine and Splash Damage is making the game.   

6/21/2005

Cripes, the game isn't even on the shelves and there are reviews already for BF2! My dedicated server is up and going: 204.57.80.55  Get in there and fight like man.

6/18/2005

So now that Sony will be handling the Matrix Online game does that mean Sony is the Architect?

Ok, so when the upped my meds here at the asylum I realized that Battlefield 2 demo was actually pretty good.  It appears most people are still struggling with the whole team concept but that's not so bad.  When you can find someone who can pilot a Cobra gunship, you really have a tool of death that is only matched by the Grim Reaper himself. However, such people are few and far between so far.  More importantly, the game now supports Punkbuster which, while not perfect, keeps the majority of cheating to a minimum. I think I'll be picking up this game. 

As an extra bonus point EA and Dice went ahead and released a dedicated server component for the demo. My server can be found at 204.57.80.55. Enjoy!

"Batman Begins" is the most faithful adapation of the comic books to date. There are a few little gripes but all in all it's a great show.  Christian Bale is the best Batman to date.  Others prefer Keaton but I'm sorry, Batman does not have a receding hairline with widow's peak. 

6/16/2005

Marc Andressen did good things back in the 90s with Netscape and more importantly sold out when the going was good.  But now, he wants to make video feeds for bloggers. This can only lead to more evil in the world since we don't need to see:

• Teenagers emoting online about their cats or boyfriends
• Lonely bloggers sharing their house with us
• Socially inept bloggers in their underwear

Nothing good can come of this. Please shoot Mr. Andressen now. 

6/15/2005

Ladies and gentleman, as prime publisher/writer/waterboy for the Sanitarium I have decided that from now on, any story pertaining to piracy on the modern open seas will henceforth be put on this page.  Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, gets me more giddy than reading about modern day piracy.  Screw Depp and Bloom in Pirates of the Caribbean, piracy in the 21st century is real piracy. Except for these guys.  But you can understand the logic.  Let's look at the main points of the equation

1. Pirates hijacking an oil tanker or a cargo ship full of shit from Ikea!

2. Pirates with rocket launchers.  

3. Look at part two again. PIRATES WITH ROCKET LAUNCHERS!!

= Friggin AWESOME!

I have also decided that this site will employ a rating system for when I review games.  Unlike other sites that pussify their reviews by keeping it on either a 5 point scale, a star scale, or a scale of 1-10, the Sanitarium will now base it's reviews on 1 to 2,333,222,634.  This scale will be logarithmic, random, and exponential all at the same time. For example, if I give a game a score of 5,000 then obviously a score of 5,001 means the game is one trillion times better than a score of 5,000 but is still shit compared to a game with a rating of 3,273.  

I will also include a section for each review called the MASSIVE SELLOUT QUOTE which I will readily sell to the publisher to put on their game boxes or magazine ads.  Finally, I will include a HEY DUMB ASS WEBMASTER READ THIS SECTION for all the gaming review sites that blurb all other gaming websites so the doofus admins know which part to quote when they put up their link about my reviews.  A good game will probably have something to the effect of, "GameX will make you pray to your gods for a sequel/trilology while sacrificing your own young to appease your pious leaders." A bad game will have a quote such as: "Fuck dis crap, I could've used that $50 on a stripper."

That's right folks, sweeping content changes, same shitty layout. 

I guess two million gold miners can't be wrong.  World of Warcraft is the largest MMORPG going right now.  

Version 6.0 of the Total War Realism mod is almost here. Some people have a hell of a lot of time on their hands.  

Because benchmarking a game on a PC spec no one can afford makes a shitload of sense I now kinda hate AMDZONE.  G'damn an 3800 Athlon 64 and a 512Meg video card? Come on folks, use something reasonable!  Despite that the framerates still suck pretty bad too!

I mean a 6600 ain't nothing to scoff at but only 43.56!!  And they used 1280x960? I thought standard was 1280x1024.  

6/13/2005

Real job kept me away from my fun job here. Real job pays, this does not so there's the math of it all. 

Fans of the prequels who have never seen the original were shown them "first" three movies.  Read the Q&A.

Most planets discovered around other stars have been gas supergiants. But now a rocky planet was found and it is relatively close.

Well hopefully the main Internet will clear up now that Triple-X will be online soon.

6/6/2005

A Far Cry expansion in the works. Let's hope it avoids the biggest problem of the first game and have no mutant monkeys. 

Herbie the Love Bug is sad. However, the rest of us greatly enjoy Ms. Lohan's features. 

An interesting breakdown on the vicious cycle AMD faces in it's fabrication process can be found here. Basically, the OEMs like Apple, HP, etc. need production capacity NOW but AMD can't provide it, and AMD can't provide it till they get OEM support.   Well, us enthusiasts still love ya AMD!

6/3/2005

The knots in my stomach tighten with each passing day as the approach of Battlefield 2 becomes inevitable.  Do I dare install it and try it at least or do I continue on my unabashed and shameless snob mentality where I believe if a shooter doesn't have Nazis or some sort of anti-cheat software it's value equals that of used toilet paper.  I think the path shall remain the latter. 

Well I know what to watch next week on TV. Infinium Labs will be debuting their Phantom console.  I am guessing they will back out at the last minute or have some technical problem that will force them to only show a shiny box. 

Thank goodness for the planned rollout of a security roll-up package for Windows 2000. The last time installed Windows 2000 it took SP4, all sorts of IE6 updates, and then 40 more Windows 2000 patches that came AFTER SP4.  Yeesh.

6/1/2005

Who said tech people don't have any say in things.  You mess with us and we'll shut down the stock floors! Unite my fellow pocket protector brethren!

So Lawrence Taylor, a convicted drug user will be the spokesperson for the new NFL Blitz game.  Yup, we are an officially screwed up country. Next Reggie White will give a speaking tour for the Moral Majority. 

I don't care what they say, this movie being made is NOT DOOM. 

Hackers, cheaters, and those who don't appreciate a real multiplayer game can rejoice as Battlefield 2 has gone gold. You can hear the 12 year olds warming up their scripts and aimbots even as this site is published.