Showing posts with label Stupid News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stupid News. Show all posts

Friday, October 05, 2007

Stupid News of The Day!


Or rather it's my attempt to actually post something this week and not actually spend a great deal amount of time writing. Yes, I've been a bad blogger but university work and...um...Team Fortress 2 (it works now) must come first sometimes!

Rockstar are supposedly pissed at the 'Grand Theft Scratchy' section in the upcoming The Simpsons game.

"I was always under the impression that when you do parody, it's a sign of respect... If we make fun of Grand Theft Auto, we're not going to hurt the sales of Grand Theft Auto... But yeah, we've definitely had some reactions - we've had to pull stuff from the game", The Simpsons lead designer Greg Rizzer revealed to us in an interview earlier this week. - CVG


Isn't Rockstar being a bit hypocritical here? The GTA series makes parodies of everything but when it comes to someone making a parody of their game it's not allowed? Also I was under the impression that parody is legal in the USA.

It's probably just some lawyer who doesn't know much about the content of either game but, still, it's the principle of it all. Won't somebody please think of the children?

EA upsets games companies with The Simpsons
- CVG (Via Kotaku)

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Second Life to Charge for Names.

SAN FRANCISCO - The online fantasy world "Second Life" will soon introduce the virtual equivalent of vanity plates, allowing residents to customize their characters' first and last names.

"Second Life" spokesman Alex Yenni said the feature, likely to cost $100 up front and $50 a year, would debut by the end of the year....

...But nearly everyone has to select from a rotating stock of surnames — conventional surnames such as Geiger, Felix and Lancaster, or futuristic, foreign or odd ones like Cioc, Stenvaag and Pugilist. - Yahoo! News


You'd have to be mad to pay $100 for your own name on a glorified chat room. Yes, I've been pretty positive about Second Life in the past but I guess opinions change. I haven't logged on in months due to the horrible lag and less than glorious presentation.

`Second Life' to charge for names
- Yahoo! News.

(Via Kotaku)