i’ve been using twitter out of necessity -> @zorztastic

Also, happy 7th birthday EVE Online!

Also, I have chosen final candidates for top 5 most underrated movies (action, horror, etc), rock songs, and more.  Just gotta type em out.. probly do that soon.

in the meantime, have a Salad Wrap c/o the Sniper Twins

Another top 5 post is coming this weekend

I finished Batman..  have 2 classes above lvl 20 and 2 classes above 15 in Global Agenda.. finished RE4, Doom, Wolf3D, Attack!, Defend!, and Inotia2 on my iPhone.. and I’ve been working… supid work, taking time away from things that really matter.

I’ve also been watching a ton of movies (as I usually do when I play casual games) and one of my buddies sent me a great list of plot summaries -> http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2009/04/uncomfortable-plot-summaries/ The comments have some gems too.

25TH HOUR: White New Yorkers commit crimes against both law and ethics; feel bad for being caught, rather than for doing it at all.

300: Gays kill blacks.

8 MILE: White man successfully coopts black culture to impress other whites.

A CIVIL ACTION: Underqualified lawyer doesn’t listen to clients, royally botches case.

A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES: Social deviants make life difficult for genius.

A CRY IN THE DARK: Dogs eat baby, confusion follows.

ALIEN: Ship fails to deliver cargo, crew don’t get bonus.

ALIENS: An unplanned pregnancy leads to complications.

AMADEUS: Man with health problems receives help from rival.

AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON: Tourist causes riot.

ATLAS SHRUGGED: Selfish industrialist destroys economy.

AUNTIE MAME: Spinster exposes child to sexual fetishists, socialists; thwarts marriage to good Republican girl.

BATMAN: Wealthy man assaults the mentally ill.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: Peasant girl develops Stockholm Syndrome.

BENJI: Family abandons beloved pet, forcing it to engage in a dangerous cross-country journey.

BEOWULF: Colonists hire assassin to drive natives from land.

BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA: Redneck trucker kills Chinese immigrants.

BILLY ELLIOT: Union worker turns back on strikers for personal gain.

BLADE: Obsessed loner stalks minority group.

BLADE RUNNER: Man with no apparent skill stumbles into escaped robots, fails to kill most, fucks one.

BLAKE’S 7: Terrorists fight government, die.

BOOGIE NIGHTS: Deformed boy goaded into life of crime.

BOTTLE ROCKET: Mentally unstable man fosters friend’s descent into mental instability, finds love.

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S: Pretty redneck girl fools socialites, flirts with gay gigolo.

BREWSTER’S MILLIONS: Black man abuses line of credit.

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: Teenage serial killer destroys town in fit of semi-religious fervor.

CHANGE OF HABIT: Rock star regrets not looking closer at contract with movie studio.

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY: Deranged pedophile big-business industrialist tortures and mutilates young children.

CHASING AMY: Homosexuality proved to be passing fancy and sign of sexual deviance.

CHEERS: Alcoholic cuts lime in bar as penance for his womanizing ways.

CHINATOWN: Father desires closer relationship with his children.

CHRISTMAS VACATION: Incestuous relatives teach family the meaning of Christmas.

CLERKS: Aimless loser remains in dead-end job, abusive “friendship.”

CLOAK AND DAGGER: Spoiled teens discover drugs make them special.

CONAN THE BARBARIAN: Petty thief murders religious leader.

CORALINE: Misfit discovers she is special person in a secret world just beside our own.

CRANK: Drug addict spends last day in orgy of rape and violence.

CUJO: Family neglects to give family pet rabies shots, pays price.

DAREDEVIL: Blind man pisses off crime boss, gets all his girl-friends killed.

DARK KNIGHT RETURNS: Aging sadist corrupts, endangers minor, facilitates murder, destroys superhero comic books for 30 years.

DEADWOOD: Pimp and rapist charms frontier town into eventual fire-based disaster.

DEBBIE DOES DALLAS: Cheerleaders develop valuable entrepreneurial skills.

DEEP THROAT: Medical anomaly earns woman new friends.

DELIVERANCE: Tourists experience local hospitality.

DEMOLITION MAN: In a future where crime is completely eradicated, a black man steals and murders.

DIE HARD: Dysfunctional cop saves marriage by murdering foreign national.

DIRTY HARRY: Police incompetence allows murderer to go free.

DOCTOR FAUSTUS: Scholar leans nuances of contract law.

DOCTOR WHO: Elderly man serially abducts young women.

DONNIE DARKO: Hallucinating teen crushed by airplane engine.

DRACULA: Immigrant clashes with locals.

E.T.: Out-of-control pet causes mayhem, sadness.

EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE:  Part-time mechanic involves girlfriend in illegal fight club, risks life of best friend and endangered primate.

FALLING DOWN: Life is difficult for white men.

FANTASTIC FOUR: Scientist exposes friends, family to dangerous radiation to assuage ego, becomes embroiled in rivalry with former room-mate.

FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF: Amoral narcissist makes world dance for his amusement.

FIELD OF DREAMS: Schizophrenic builds ball park, almost kills girl.

FIGHT CLUB: Deranged sociopath guides yuppies to their deaths.

FIREFLY: In an analogue of the post-Civil War west, a white man on the losing side bosses around a black woman.

FRANKENSTEIN: Scientific advancement proves unpopular with general public.

FREAKS: Acrobat learns value of community.

SERENITY: Men fight for possession of scantily clad mentally ill teenage girl.

GHOSTBUSTERS: Unemployed college professors destroy hotel with nuclear weapons.

GLADIATOR: Convict murders head of state.

GLENGARRY, GLENN ROSS: Sales job proves difficult for some.

GONE WITH THE WIND: Rich, white slave owner enjoys getting raped, miscarries.

GOOD WILL HUNTING: Underemployed genius squanders prestigious job opportunity to chase trim.

GREEN ARROW: Rich white man with Robin Hood fetish goes vigilante.

GREEN LANTERN: Policeman beats up his girlfriend.

GREMLINS: Distant father ruins son’s life, puts entire town at risk.

GROUNDHOG DAY: Misanthropic creep exploits space/time anomaly to stalk coworker.

HACKERS: Cybercriminals on revenge kick destroy innumerable jobs.

HAIR: Hippie dodges draft, dies ironically.

HALLOWEEN: Babysitter’s relationship with murderer places children in danger.

HARRY POTTER: Celebrity Jock thinks rules don’t apply to him, is right.

HE GOT GAME: Escaped convict attempts to embezzle only son.

HIGHLANDER: Elderly immigrant destroys property.

IRON MAN: Alcoholic rich white man with technology fetish goes vigilante.

WAR MACHINE: Alcoholic rich white man gives weapons to black man.

IT: Children use horrific murders as excuse to run train on young girl.

JFK: Family man wastes life for nothing in crusade against homosexuals.

JUDGE DREDD: Fascist thug in bleak dystopia is cheered.

JUNO: Teen fails to get abortion, ruins lives.

JURASSIC PARK: Theme park’s grand opening pushed back.

KARATE KID: Boy gains acceptance through violence.

KILL BILL: Irresponsible mother wants custody of her child.

KINDERGARTEN COP: Incompetent left in charge of children, who are eventually fired at by convicted felon.

KING KONG: Endangered animal stolen, shot.

KING OF KONG: Dick battles loser over trivia.

LA CONFIDENTIAL: Rapist joins thug in foiling police corruption scheme.

LABYRINTH: Girl is negligent baby-sitter.

LARS AND THE REAL GIRL: Retarded man doesn’t know what sex toy is for.

LASSIE COME HOME: Family abandons beloved pet, forcing it to engage in a dangerous cross-country journey.

LOLITA: Man encourages step-daughter to take chances.

LONE WOLF MCQUADE: Alcoholic assaults local businessman, ruins marriage.

LORD OF THE RINGS: Midget destroys stolen property.

LOVE ACTUALLY: Prime Minister risks war with United States over a sexy secretary.

MARLEY AND ME: Out-of-control pet causes mayhem, sadness.

METROPOLIS: Efficient society undone by unions.

MICHAEL CLAYTON: Attorney works against client’s interests.

MILK: Uppity queer dies.

MIRRORMASK: Misfit discovers she is special person in secret world just beside our own.

MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL: British comedy troupe inadvertently creates language lab for nerds.

MULHOLLAND DRIVE: Lesbian relationship is harmful.

MY GIRL: Boy killed by female friend’s irresponsibility.

NEVERWHERE: Misfit discovers he is special person in secret world just beside our own.

O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU: Southern musicians encounter massive flooding and government incompetence.

OBSERVE AND REPORT: Emotionally disturbed man gets woman drunk, rapes her.

OCEAN’S ELEVEN: Gang of career criminals commit act of terror to facilitate robbery and romance.

OF MICE AND MEN: Migrant farmer murders mentally handicapped friend.

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST: Disruptive mental patients treated.

PILLOW TALK: Gay man tricks woman into sex.

POLTERGEIST: Pot-head parents lose child, ruin property values.

PREDATOR: American military-industrial complex ruins first contact with alien life.

PRETTY BABY: Young woman’s modeling career encouraged.

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: Woman with gold-digging mother nags wealthy man into marriage.

PYGMALION: Urchin cured by social betters.

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK: American yahoo murders soldiers and desecrates religious artifacts for money.

RAISING ARIZONA: Convicted felon seduces police officer in kidnapping plot.

RAMBO III: The United States provides arms, equipment and training to the terrorists behind 9/11.

RATATOUILLE: Vermin infest restaurant until it is forced to close doors.

RAVENOUS: Coward is seduced by cannibal, destroys army outpost.

RED DAWN: Despite shock-and-awe tactics, a superior occupying force is no match for a tenacious sect of terrorist insurgents.

RISKY BUSINESS: Privileged rich kid gets everything he wants with no consequences.

ROAD HOUSE: Bouncer becomes vigilante, murders local businessman with karate.

ROBIN HOOD: Disgruntled veteran protests taxes.

ROBOCOP: Female officer’s incompetence leads partner to be murdered and enslaved by corporation.

ROCKY: White man beats black man.

ROSEMARY’S BABY: An unplanned pregnancy leads to complications.

RUDY: Diminutive athlete patronized.

RUSHMORE: Teen molests teacher, is expelled. Finds love.

SCARFACE: Immigrant finds running his own business stressful, dangerous.

SCHINDLER’S LIST: Wealthy industrialist expands not-for-profit ventures.

SCOTT PILGRIM: Emotionally immature musician sleeps with high-school girl.

SE7EN: Homicide detectives unable to prevent even a single murder by admitted serial killer, killer gives cop head.

SHORT CIRCUIT: Rogue scientist steals top-secret government weapon.

SIGNS: Jesus trumps science.

SILENCE OF THE LAMBS: Incompetent manipulated by several murderers, stumbles upon suspect completely by accident. Creates situation that allows serial killer to escape.

SLEEPY HOLLOW: Veteran harassed.

SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT: Redneck bootlegger makes mockery of law, sanctity of marriage.

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS: Layabout stepdaughter shacks up with seven miners.

SOPHIE’S CHOICE: Mom loves one of her kids way more than the other one.

SOUTHLAND TALES: Traumitized vet destroys universe.

SPIDER-MAN: Nerd gets bitten by spider, complains about how this ruins his life for years to come.

STARDUST: Misfit discovers he is special person in secret world just beside our own.

STAR TREK: Over-sexed officer routinely places crew in danger.

STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE: Meglomaniac can’t let go of past glory, drives successor to suicide.

STAR TREK III: Military officers steal vessel and destroy it to eliminate a handful of enemies while engaged on an extremely vague rescue mission.

STAR TREK IV: Interplanetary fugitives poach wildlife from a past age to cover up an act of genocide.

STAR TREK VI: Racist military commander past his prime nearly ruins galactic peace.

STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE: Religious extremist terrorists destroy government installation, killing thousands.

STAR WARS: EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: Boy is abused by midget, kisses sister, attempts patricide.

STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI: Handicapped mass murderer kills septugenarian, is lauded.

STRAW DOGS: Immigrant clashes with locals.

SUPERBAD: Boys plan date-rape, sleep together.

SUPERMAN RETURNS: Illegal immigrant is deadbeat dad.

SWEENEY TODD: Businesses flourish when freed from stringent regulation.

TAXI DRIVER: Modern dating proves challenging for working class man.

TERMINATOR: An unplanned pregnancy leads to complications.

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: Tourists have difficulty with regional cuisine.

THE CAT FROM OUTER SPACE: College professors help illegal alien evade authorities.

THE CONVERSATION: Paranoid schizophrenic follows worst possible career path.

THE CRYING GAME: Hairdresser bonds with client.

THE EDGE: Men bond in Alaskan wilderness.

THE EXORCIST: Jesus trumps science.

THE FIRM: White lawyer learns hard work is irrelevant.

THE GOLDEN COMPASS: Critique of Catholicism upstaged by polar bear fight.

THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY: Nameless drifter kills American soldier over stolen money, hangs friend.

THE GOONIES:  Physically abused, retarded man finds love with overweight preteen.

THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY: Family abandons beloved pets, forcing them to engage in a dangerous cross-country journey.

THE MATRIX: Hacker is given perfect justification for mass slaughter.

THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS: Dangerous insurgent invades neighboring country.

THE OFFICE: Incompetent boss routinely endangers employees, passes fire-worthy blame, sexually harasses subordinates; is seen as “hero” compared to people who just actually work.

THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST: Mel Gibson fulfills fantasy of showing a Jew beaten to a bloody pulp and killed on-screen.

THE PROFESSIONAL: Hired murderer sleeps with little girl.

THE STEPFORD WIVES: Woman has difficulty adjusting to suburban life.

THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3: Civil servant insults and shoots foreigners.

THE THING: Unexpected visitor imposes on workers, their dogs.

THE UNTOUCHABLES: Murderer indicted on technicality.

THE WICKER MAN: Isolated religious community revitalized by newcomer.

THE X-MEN: Minority group seeks overthrow of social order.

THERE WILL BE BLOOD: Kidnapper commits murder several times.

TITANIC: Crazy old widow disregards lifelong memories of husband, children, and grandchildren in favor of that one time she fucked a bum.

TOP GUN: Pilot routinely endangers Air Traffic Controllers.

TORCHWOOD: Bisexual is inefficient manager.

TRAINSPOTTING: Statutory rapist and junkie sifts through human waste, gets enormous sum of money.

TRANSPORTER: Repressed homosexual kills employers.

TWILIGHT: Girl gives up college for stalker.

BREAKING DAWN: Native American guy is romantically obsessed with ex-girlfriend’s baby.

TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME: Father becomes more involved in teenage daughter’s life.

V FOR VENDETTA: Dystopian government overthrown by faceless conformity.

VERTIGO: Stalker drives woman to suicide.

W.: Unspeakable disaster afflicts America. Then terrorists attack.

WALL-E: Obsolete robot disrupts big business, disrupts lives of millions of innocent civilians.

WAR OF THE WORLDS: Immigrants face difficulty acclimating.

WATCHMEN: Homosexual destroys New York, blames God.

WEEKEND AT BERNIES: Two employees take advantage of their boss’ hospitality.

WONDER WOMAN: Princess from isolationist culture lectures Americans on equality.

WORLD TRADE CENTER: Rag-tag group of underdogs succeed at a massive undertaking despite overwhelming odds, credit success with faith in God.

Anyway, back to Global Agenda… all you fans of tribes2, tf2, ut2004 assault, and wow pvp will love it… it’s like tron2.0 done right with mmo lobbies and great action.  Come join!

I also have lots of games which I bought during the holiday sales which I haven’t even tried yet.

Pretty much, I’m just too busy to give a shit about updating a site like this…   I do have some posts already outlined that are personal and original but I just haven’t gotten around to typing them out yet.

Anyway…  I just wanted to wish the world a safe, healthy, and happy new year.

-AdDiCt-

P.S.  I have started to use new names in certain games as there are way too many “addict” players out there.  So recently, for new games that are not tied into Steam or by id or Epic, I use “Zorz” (or “zorztastic” if the names must be over 5 characters long).

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid271557392?bctid=38333390001

lol, wow

#5.  Deckard Cain – Greetings

I don’t expect anyone besides fellow Diablo fans to understand this song or it’s reason for being on this list, so if you’re not a fan of Diablo then proceed to #4.

Deckard Cain, from the Diablo video game series, is one of those helpful NPC’s that you always go to when you return to town.  Obviously this song is not nearly as good as the rest on this list, but it deserves to be included in any Diablo Universe geek’s collection.

#4.  Star Wars Gangsta Rap

This classic rap was one of the first viral internet videos in the 21st Century.  It’s also one of the best fan made Star Wars properties ever  (outside of Ryan vs Dorkman).  Details of this video and rap can be found here.

#3. “Weird Al” Yankovic – White & Nerdy

Official Video -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEzGIuY7kw (Embedding is disabled)

Not only is the beat and melody totally phat, but the lyrics and rhymes are badass for a “nerd” song.  Normally I wouldn’t support nerd songs as I consider myself a geek, but this song is way too awesome not to have on this list.

#2.  Sniper Twins feat. Rob Collier – “Computer Friends” [Stack the Memory]

This is one of the coolest and most original geek songs I’ve ever heard.   Granted for most of it they are talking about macs… but that aside, this song is still totally awesome.  Props to the Sniper Twins for awesome new music that I can relate to.

#1. “Weird Al” Yankovic – It’s All About The Pentiums

Official Video (better audio but worse video)-> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky-JTAPhmUo (Embedding Disabled)

There was never any song made with lyrics as great as Weird Al’s parody of Puff Daddy’s “It’s All About The Benjamins (remix)”.    And even for a 10 year old song, it’s still relevant to today’s technology.  If you don’t like this song, then you are not a geek.

“Play me online, well you know that I’ll beat you.  If I ever meet you, I’ll control-alt-delete you.”

Amazing, and the sof2 style knife throw is excellent.

HOWEVER, MW2 is a travesty to the reputation true multiplayer FPS games. Fucking IW.net is the most worthless piece of shit ever.

update: Also, BC2 is so much better than MW2.

Orig source: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/94096-BlizzCon-09-Blizzard-Talks-Diablo-III-In-Q-A-Session

Where’s the Paladin? Is there going to be a cow level? Key members of Blizzard’s Diablo III team took fan questions in a Q&A session today, and, believe it or not, there were productive results.

It’s just a feeling, but the impression I’m getting from the way Blizzard’s talking about Diablo III, this game isn’t coming out for a long time. Not next year for sure, maybe not even the year after that. How hard can it be to make a game where you just click things and get loot? I’m not going to try to say that it’s easy – that there’s a lot to consider was made clear enough during the Q&A session Blizzard held with fans this morning at BlizzCon.

Unlike the “QQ&A” sessions for certain other Blizzard games out there, there was actually quite a bit of interesting information that came out of reasonably sensible questions here. Some of the highlights follow:

What’s the deal with Diablo III’s PvP? Lead game designer Jay Wilson was conclusive when he said that Diablo IIIwon’t support an option to “go hostile” at any time in Diablo III, since it works against players working together, which is what Blizzard wants. That being said, Wilson said that Diablo III will “support PvP better than any of the other previous products did.”

How will Diablo III work with the new Battle.net? Blizzard’s mostly working on Battle.net as it relates to StarCraft II right now, so there will be some time until they can actually start thinking about how it relates to Diablo, Wilson said. Yeah, this game’s not coming out until 2013.

Will The Monk be able to do Ryu-style Hadokens? Don’t rule it out.

Will Necromancers show up? Blizzard here seemed to offhandedly imply that Necromancers won’t be a playable class, which I think most of us have figured by now anyway. That doesn’t mean there won’t be Necromancers in the game, though. They may very well show up in the game’s world, as part of the story.

Will Paladins show up? Similar answer to the Necromancer question. Blizzard says that they’re trying out the idea of making characters you played as in previous games into story characters in this game. So your D2 Paladin might show up in Diablo III. However, there might be more to it than that. Blizzard has “long term plans” for Pallies, Wilson added, saying that “stuff is going to happen.”

Will there be Hardcore Mode?: “We definitely want to do Hardcore again,” Wilson said, calling the permadeath mode the “only way to play, right?” The team doesn’t have any specific ideas about how to do it yet, though.

Are there plans to support UI add-ons?: Your user interface can be customized to your heart’s content in WoW, butDiablo isn’t the same game. Blizzard has no plans to support add-ons for Diablo.

“We feel very strongly what makes Diablo works is simplicity – simplicity of controls and UI design,” Wilson said. “UI mods are wonderful things but they vastly change the simplicity of controls and user interface, don’t want to do that withDiablo.”

Items, Items, Items: Randomly generated items will be the heart of the item system in Diablo III, but unique items with pre-ordained stats will also be prominent, maybe providing one-of-a-kind combinations of stats, properties and gear that could prove useful. There will also be items that are unique to each class (like the Wizard is the only one who can use orbs). These class items will be “cool, signature” items, like huge gnarly axes for Barbarians. They won’t be the only items you’ll want to carry though – they’ll work for different builds, depending.

More Items: Items will be transferable between characters, presumably more user-friendly than making a game, dropping some gear and then logging out and logging back in with a different character. As for how you get items the real way – by killing bosses, specifically – whenever you kill a boss in a party, each player will get his/her own drops, that only he/she can grab (old news but worth saying again). No getting ninja’d or frantically clicking hoping you get the drop.

It all sounds quite promising, but there’s a lot of “we’re planning on this” or “we’re thinking of that” and not much “we’re doing this.” Oh yeah, and nobody asked, but there is no cow level.

Sweet… but not for a couple years… hopefully theres a few more ladder resets in d2 before then.

YAY!!!