Foxnews has an article up today in which an MIT researcher predicts marriage to robots will be legalized by 2050. He says it's only a matter of time before electronic sex dolls are indistinguishable from real people. We may even see some primitive attempts in the next 5 years. You can read it yourself.
I, for one, am totally pumped. Think about it. It's all of the perks (hehe) with none of the shopping trips, nagging trick questions, dinner parties, formal occasions, chick flicks and whatnot. I could even get one that looks like Morgan Webb!
The article states “The main benefit of human-robot marriage could be to make people who otherwise could not get married happier, 'people who find it hard to form relationships, because they are extremely shy, or have psychological problems, or are just plain ugly or have unpleasant personalities,' Levy said.”
The entire video gaming community should be ecstatic.
This adds a whole new level to what we do. I'd like to take this time to step up and personally offer to be the content editor for all future sexaroid related entries here on the RFgeneration.com database.
Posted on Oct 15th 2007 at 07:56:49 PM by (Tynstar) Posted under Pets, Cats
Well my second blog is for sad news. But at least this time I am not pissed! Kari's cat Nikki has to be put to sleep. She has cancer really bad in her abdomen. Since she is 17 years old and any surgery would probably kill her we have decided not to go that route. She has been diabetic since 2005 and has been getting two insulin shots a day.
The last month or so her health has been going downhill. So we take her to the vet and her diabetes is OK but now her liver levels are off the chart. She starts 2 liquid meds and a pill in addition to her insulin and potassium supplement. The vet says if this helps the liver levels will drop pretty fast. You might be asking yourself what is a liver level. Well for a cat it should be around 130. Nikki's was off the scale and the vets scale goes upto 999. So she is on these new meds for a week and her level is still off the chart. In that week she looses a pound. Well that really sucks she is now on a second pill.
Just a recap that's 1 pill, 2 liquid meds, insulin, potassium supplement and wet food in the morning and at night 2 pills, 2 liquid meds, and wet food.
Ok back to the vet we go after another week on the new pill. Success! Her liver is doing better. It is now in the 800 range still really high but coming down. She gained a little bit of weight back also. So we are happy.
That was last Wednesday. Over the weekend we notice she is walking funny, not eating, and she is sleeping more then normal. So Kari calls the vet this morning and they say bring her in. The vet seems really concerned. Kari leaves Nikki and the vet and they are going to do a bunch of tests on her. The vet says she looks great but only the front half. She is purring, alerts and seems happy. The back half not so good. She is having a harder time walking now even since last night. So Kari leaves her there and heads in to work. I get a call and Kari is crying. Nikki has cancer real bad. There is a huge lump in her abdomen. The vet is sure it is cancer. We knew do to her liver being messed up that cancer might be the cause. It was a huge let down since the good news last week.
So tomorrow at 3:00PM we have an appointm%nt to put her to sleep. It sucks really bad but it is what is best for her. She has had a great live and we don't want her to suffer. Kari has had her all 17 years. This is the only bad part of being a pet owner. She might be gone but she will never be forgotten.
And God asked the feline spirit Are you ready to come home? Oh, yes, quite so, replied the precious soul And, as a cat, you know I am most able To decide anything for myself.
Are you coming then? asked God. Soon, replied the whiskered angel But I must come slowly For my human friends are troubled For you see, they need me, quite certainly.
But don't they understand? asked God That you'll never leave them? That your souls are intertwined. For all eternity? That nothing is created or destroyed? It just is....forever and ever and ever.
Eventually they will understand, Replied the glorious cat For I will whisper into their hearts That I am always with them I just am....forever and ever and ever.
My birthday is in less than a month and my gran and aunt have "given" 200 for me to buy something special for my 21st with. I say "given" because the money isn't the present. Whatever I buy will be wrapped up and handed over on my birthday. I've decided on another watch (I have four already) but I don't know what else to buy with the other ~100.
I've been interested in a pair of 5.1 Headphones for a while but the one I would like is 75 at the cheapest of only two places I can find selling them. Would a very expensive pair of headphones be a good present for myself? I'm probably only looking for reassurance but I could easily be talked out of it because of the price. They're called Sharkoon X-Tatic.
I don't want to buy more games because they get old quickly and aren't really "special". But then would headphones be "special" just because they cost a lot? I don't want to make my gran and aunt feel like they've wasted some money on me.
(The question marks in front of numbers are supposed to be pound signs)
5 minutes later: I found the headphones on a computer website I like to use for only 65 + postage which is actually free for me because of a deal with another site I use.
The Saturn Database is slowly being completed. I am putting all of the UPCs, Part #s, and Ratings in, but we still need scans!!!
Check out the Image database and see what scans are missing. We need just a couple Front and Back Scans, Quite a few Manual scans, and some game scans. Let's get the database finished!!!
With more of the database finished, it will be easier to see if you have that ultra rare Mortal Combat variant that you have been wanting. Finishing the database is all good!!!
Also, site appeal will go up, and more members may actually register! The big collection guys such as izret, tan, and nes_rules have done so many scans its not funny, so even if you can't do scans, try putting in part numbers and such, on any game for any system. Give back to the best gaming site there is, RFGeneration!!!!
Edit: Im soooooo sorry i forgot to put you in there Tan! Lets give him a round of applause!!
Well I sold a lot of my collection. I decided it was time to start over. And, here is what I got:
Nintendo Wii: *First Wii* *First console of this gen*
Let me start by saying if you are going to get this system, make sure you have another system with tons of games you like in your set up already. Don't get me wrong, the Wii is awesome, but the lack of games gets to you very fast. I got my home and opened the box, played Wii sports for a while, and while it was fun I wished I had bought a game. Then the next day I went to rent Zelda, and I will say it is awesome. Everyone says it does not feel like a real Zelda, but it's just all the OoT fanboys finding something to wine about. If you have a Wii or GCN, go try this game out. I ten bought Metroid Prime 3 (Coming up later in the post). Now that there is no games I want to play besides Super Paper Mario, I am left with nothing to play. I am looking forward to SMG, Brawl, REUC, and Fire Emblem, but that's it for this year. I can say while I am not upset at my buy, I will be picking up a 360 very soon.
Metroid Prime 3
Well all I can say is this game gets the GotY from me. Great graphs, voice acting, gameplay, ect. Go pick this one up.
Here we have it. That game of the century! Well, not quite, but we do have a fairly pleasant little game here to feature.
This game, Dolphin, is a fun concept that uses one of the smartest animals on the planet as it's hero. Well, he would be a hero if the game actually had a story line. In Dolphin you are trying to get away from the evil giant squid that is chasing you. There's even a way to make the chaser become the pursued! Give the game a shot and then post your high score in our Atari 2600 scoring thread!
Our featured image is for Gopher by US Games. I've never played this game, but look at the cute little guy eating a carrot. Precious. If anything, maybe it'll give you a good laugh thinking about Caddyshack or something.
The featured hardware is the Wico Command Control[Ball] for the Atari 2600. Ever use this controller? It was surprisingly easy to use and the metal design of the stick made it very easy to move around. It almost felt like 360 degree motion.
Lastly, our featured collection is of GagaMan. Although he doesn't have Atari 2600 things listed, he at least has a great Sega collection kicking. Check it out!
Well, that's another week of features from us at RFGeneration. Is there something you'd like to see featured? Please send me a message, and maybe you'll get to see it up on the front page! Thanks again for taking a look and remember to keep it tuned in to Channel 3 here at RFG.
My last day of work at my old job was the 6th of September. I was made redundant because the charity ran out of money and had to close down. I'm still waiting for my redundancy pay to come through but they say it should be less than six weeks from my application (About the 13th/14th of September). I haven't really been looking for another job until the last week.
My old employer referred me to a careers advice group who gave me some details about a catering job at the local football stadium. I said yes to them passing on my CV, which I didn't know I had.
Some friends have been looking out for me and have suggested some possible jobs. One of them was at a school as a food technician, preparing ingredients for classes. I didn't apply for that because of my phobia of schools.
Another one was at a theatre about thirty miles away as a marketing assistant. I'm going to apply for that because it sounds interesting. It would be proof reading programmes and posters, archiving press comments, distributing posters, etc. (Feel free to correct any mistakes I make)
Today I signed on for Job Seeker's Allowance. Yes, I'm sponging off the givernment [sic] but at least I'm actually looking for a job this time. I was on it two years ago but I was so drugged up I shouldn't have been looking for a job at all. I need to apply to two jobs a week to be able to get any money.
I got home this afternoon to an email from the football stadium asking me to go for a job interview in two weeks.
But I know naff-all about cooking, despite two years of working in a kitchen.
Update 15/10/2007: I found out the job at the football stadium isn't actually working in the conference rooms I was originally told it would be. It's going to be flipping burgers on match days. Great. I'll go to the interview anyway because I need to show I've been doing something for the Job Seeker's Allowance.
Posted on Oct 8th 2007 at 07:05:34 PM by (Nukie) Posted under rant
I was over at DP a few days ago, going through the forums like so many of us do, when I stumbled over a thread about a new forum for sealed game collectors. While I don't understand the appeal of it, it's not my collection why should I care? What amazed me, as it always amazes me, is that a community of people who collect video games would lash out at a smaller niche group of people who collect sealed video games.
The thing that really pissed me off about it was the arguements against it and the attmepts to make people collect the way others do. I personally collect more nintendo stuff than sega, sony, or other stuff, but I don't try to tell people who want to collect genny games that what they do is dumb and that they should collect NES instead. Why do people who collect a certain way, albeit out of the norm, get chastised for what they do?
After confirming the 40gb PS3 last week, Sony, apparently has another system up its sleeve. That's right. ANOTHER PS3 MODEL! This time, it's 160 GB.
According to a rumor posted on some ineternet forum (reliable isn't it) reposted on Com Net Slash, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan is going to be releasing a new 160gb model of the PS3 this November. Here is what the rumored model of the PS3 will contain...
“The PS3 160gb will have a slightly upgraded Wi-Fi and Bluetooth receiver. Also the PS3 will be available in both Black and Silver, come with an unamed Blu-Ray movie, demos and trailers packed onto the HDD and a voucher for 2 PSN titles for the first number of customers”
“At the moment the unit is only confirmed for release in Japan. A date has not been fully specified but is expected after November”
3 ethernet ports? What are they going to do with those? Is the PS3 going to be a router? 2 HDMI ports? That's what Sony promised back in '05! I do like the sound of the 2 free PSN titles and the HD being loaded with demos and trailers.
Is this real? Well, I kind of want to say it is, but I really think 3 ethernet ports and 2 HDMI ports is a little over the top, however the rest seems very plausible
I know I've knocked Microsoft in the past for having so many models, but goddamn Sony, 5 PS3 models in the course of a year? That's almost one every other month.
As a reminder that small, 17 person teams, can make a game that looks far better than anything ever seen in gaming, I present Project Offset from an independent developer named "Offset Software".
After looking at this video you'll say "Gears of What? Crysis? Killzone Who? Those are *SOOOOOOOOOOOO* last gen."
Here's a link to an "HD" version of the trailer: <a href="http://www.gametrailers.com/remote_wrap.php?mid=22926" target="_blank">http://www.gametrailers.com/remote_wrap.php?mid=22926</a>
And the game itself doesn't look like just a gigantic graphicsfest. There seems to be some real substance to it. Check out Project Offset's site to learn more about the game.
"It was like a goddamned hardware launch only the following morning the mass of those proprietors overrun by game dorks just hours earlier would be rich with bloom; their walls stacked to bear out those morsels to which Bungie executives owe their Hummers, Audis and yes, the occasional EVO."
"I laugh freely at those droves for reasons that start with a grasp of the mildly absurd and stretch on into infinity. Is this not a video game we are talking about? Was the game immediately preceding not critically panned, publicly questioned and, dare I say it, as ugly as that lizard baby from V: The Final Battle? "
" I’ve always seen it as sort of a console nerd’s answer to real FPS gaming. There were other console FPSs before Halo, but Halo was the only one I got 13yr olds bragging to me about p0wning. Halo is the default go-to game for people who want to pretend they are hardcore gamers but really have a fair amount of difficulty determining whether or not the television is actually on."
"I’m just saying that I’ve popped off my share of heads, and done so with Jesus Christ’s own mouse and keyboard. He lent it to me for smiting fools. That’s right, Jesus plays UT. WWJD? WSAD."
"I think console FPSs are for boys who pee sitting down. BOOM; head-shot."
"Now that we’ve established the rules of this universe, I’d like to crack it in half by telling you that I absolutely enjoyed the HELL out of the Halo 3 campaign. I think it is a tight bit of FPS on an engine that absolutely drips with refinement."
"1. Console FPSs suck for anyone with a PC and, um, skill. If you can’t find a way to make sense of this you can take your purse, capri pants and subscription to Teen magazine and go home.
2. Halo 3 is Halo: Combat Evolved, only it has actually evolved into what they wanted the first time through. The crappy excuse for a story is evidence of this.
3. At the end of the day, the game is a badass good time if you want to get into a quality ass-kicking situation, even if it reminds you of UT2004 just a little."
This one criticizes commercial game sites and their reviewing of Halo 3 and other hyped up games.
"A few years back I gave The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay a 10. It was a beautiful and brilliant game that melded numerous genres into a fluid, exciting, and wholly unique experience. From what I can see, no one is claiming that Halo 3 does anything like that. The consensus seems to be that the gameplay is mainly just a minor refinement of Halo 2; that there are some level design issues later in the game; and that the experience lacks the "newness" of Halo. 1UP.com even went so far as to say, "...in Halo 3, the big 'oh wow!' gameplay moments just aren't there"—but they gave the game a 10/10 anyway. Now, having not played Halo 3, I can't say personally whether it's as great as it's being made out to be—I'm only saying that the press has, in my view, done a poor job of substantiating their ratings."
I put in almost 10 hours today and will still probably get bitched out tomorrow when i go into work tomorrow.
I came in a little early to help because the store is swamped with tourists(3 day weekend zOMG!!!) and was asked by the manager to stay an extra hour till the store closed(midnight) so i could help get everything done by a reasonable hour.
Since my coworker decided to spend much of her shift yakking on her cellphone with all her "boyfriends" and another person we work with i made an exacutive decision and left after restocking the coolers which were close to empty again.
Leaving her to sweep, mop, clean everthing, front and face everything, inside trash and all reports.
And i just bet i will once again be the one written up for not staying late enough. I am the only person who gets anyshit about how i do my work and the only person who has been written up in christ knows how long. But i am the only person who gets everything done when i work aloe, comes in to help with the work load when they need it, and spends more than half my sift actually working.
And yes compared to how much i could have ranted and raved this was short and to the point if not a little scatterbrained and fragmented....
Another month, another round of submissions made! This post is intended to thank those members who have helped to grow our database. This last month saw 2992 submissions. Of those submissions, 2295 submissions were for the games database and 697 were for the hardware database. In addition, 391 images were added to the database last month.
We'd like to thank everyone for the submissions that they make. A special thanks goes out to those members who submitted more than 50 pieces of information. Those members are Tan, Tynstar, James, eaglebeak99, Funk_Buddy, Pop Culture Portal, OatBob, ApolloBoy, NES_Rules, and Mezmoron. Tan also had the largest number of submissions made, with 874. Congratulations on taking the top spot! It certainly is appreciated.
Any submission made by a regular member must be approved by a staff member, and this month, Tan also took the top post for approving submissions, with 540 approvals. OatBob and Tynstar round out the top 3 approvers, and we are thankful that they and all other staff members helped to approve your submissions. Thanks!
Lastly, I'd like to thank Tynstar for all the items that he helps to fix in the database. Scott, has been great, fixing errors and inconsistencies that can not be fixed using the edit scripts. We are appreciate for that!
Thanks for the submissions, and let's try to submit many new submissions this month!
So i am going to try and fly back to Mass end of November sometime before Thanksgiving and drive back to Texas in my own car(FINALLY MY CAR WILL BE MINE AGAIN!). Tickets leaving Corpus look to be in the 290-310$ range. Ones leaving out of San Antonio are 80 or so bucks cheaper but the money spent on gas would kill any and all savings probably plus some since SA is over 3 hours away.
ANYWAYS THE INTERESTING PART: I know the first time around there were a bunch of people who had mentioned i had been relatively close by them. Once things get more solidified maybe on the way back to Texas i could meet up with some RFGeners.
I want to try and get 2 weeks off so i can spend almost a week @ home(MA) and take an easy week drive back to home(TX).
So if you litter the states in between there get in touch. It would be cool to meet up with some of the other members. Hell i could probably get a Trip Tik from AAA and have destinations thrown on there to hit on my way down.
Right now i think my trip will look something like this picture: This is just a preliminary map of course...
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After confirming the 40gb PS3 last week, Sony, apparently has another system up its sleeve. That's right. ANOTHER PS3 MODEL! This time, it's 160 GB.