Archive for March, 2009

Activision: Modern Warfare has taken on a ‘life of its own’

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Activision: Modern Warfare has taken on a ‘life of its own’- Release date of November 10th of “Modern Warfare 2″ – sans “Call of Duty” branding.  Need to add this game and its predecessor to the pile of games I’m going to have to play and complete!

Tags: Activision, Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 2, release date
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A rant about the popularity of social networks and new technology

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

Warning: article is very long.  A hot cup of your favourite beverage is advised

I’m going to deal with a couple of social networking sites that you’re all familiar with: Facebook and Twitter.  This is the result of when I once went off on a rant about social networking, and afterwards I thought I’d better write this stuff down before I forgot it.  Honestly, it’s some good stuff!

Facebook: My, how you’ve changed

My relationship with Facebook , I’d imagine, is what some marriages  can end up like.  You marry someone, and then they change until the person who you’re with is not the person you married.  Yadda, yadda, yadda…  I suppose what I’m trying to say, is that Facebook has undergone so many iterations now that its getting ridiculous.

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Tags: BBC, Facebook, Mobile phone, New media, On the Web, Online Communities, rant, Signal-to-noise ratio, social network, Social network service, twitter, Web
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Average Home session is 55 minutes long

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

Average Home session is 55 minutes long- For what it is, I can’t fathom why people love Home so much.  I understand why it’s meant to be so good, but I can get my fix of social interaction either within games themselves, or Facebook etc without suffering from: constant disconnections, hefty file sizes for areas which take ages to download, rude people, or paying through the nose for a virtual t-shirt.

Tags: Facebook, Home, Online Communities, PayStation Network, PlayStation, PSN, Social interaction, Social media, social network, Social network service, Web
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