Yahtzee!

Yahtzee at Zero Punctuation is apparently getting slammed by angry fans (or former fans) because of an allegedly racist comment he made at the end of one of his more recent clips. The video is here. If you aren’t devoting all of your attention to the act of listening, you may very well miss the comment. Yahtzee talks incredibly fast.

To jump right to it, Yahtzee says that he is “white enough to afford all of the consoles”. Ultimately, I didn’t think this was that offensive. It just plays up the stereotype of the fatcat Caucasian businessman; a stereotype that many comedians are likely using in comedy sketches right now on television or in a club somewhere. If you can grasp the grievance, you may be too sensitive.

Check out this blog post on the matter. The post is not interesting. The comments are though, especially those who point out that Yahtzee’s normal fare is equally insulting of other groups (homosexuals, women, mentally handicapped individuals) but we all just take it in stride.

People really are too sensitive.

Kaz!

A lot of interesting comments coming from the PS3 side of things lately.

Kaz Hirai has said that ”[Sony’s] competiion is not Microsoft or Nintendo” and ”third parties were confused by the PS3”.

From these articles, I get the impression that Sony’s business model involves gargling the testicles of the rest of the industry. I mean…they are working the exact opposite angle of Nintendo. The Nintendo Wii is a game system - pure and simple - that was made to fulfill one purpose and draw in everyone, thus expanding the market. Sony - on the other hand - has built a system that is meant to serve many purposes and is competing with not only Microsoft and Nintendo, but also every Blu-ray maker and home entertainment manufacturer the world over. Nintendo has made a new share of the market and engulfed it all. Sony has tried to secure a tiny piece of five or six markets, and has done poorly in that respect.

I mean, really. How does that make sense to them? How does that make sense to their shareholders? You think someone would have been fired by this point over the PS3’s lack of focus…after all, between the two articles Kaz Hirai is saying that the PS3 is competing with more than just Nintendo and Microsoft because of what the machine is capable of but the PS3 is also - exclusively - a video games console, a fact which he reaffirmed at the TGS.

Confusing stuff. By now, I would have prepared my resume and started fishing for jobs at Nintendo. :P

So, I switched out of CS 330 and into ENGL 306A: Intro to Linguistics.

It is actually a really interesting course so far. Kind of easy. I hope it stays that way. And I’m amazed that I know some words that English students don’t. It inflates my ego slightly.

Anyway, to review, I’m enrolled in:

MATH 235: Linear Algebra II CS 234: Data Types and Structures MTHEL 206A: Intro to Mathematics Education ENGL 306A: Intro to Linguistics PHYS 112: Physics 2

Hurray. Tuesdays and Thursdays are my burdened days (since I have four lectures on those days). Monday, Wednesday and Friday only has Linear Algebra.

I like this term. So far.

People seem to think that the “Oh my God, you’re watching something that really happened!” concept will really sell movies. The fact of the matter is that the Blair Witch Project stunk, Cloverfield was kept aloft only because of an interesting twist on the played out monster movie genre, and this movie - Quarantine - has nothing going for it.

As a horror movie, people have gotten back into the gore movies and psychedelic thrillers. Simple zombie-like creatures jumping out of the shadows is not terrifying anymore. Hell, zombies are now required to sprint like madmen in order to be terrifying these days.

Watch the trailer at the link provided above. I dare you not to laugh at the idiocy.

One of my roommates had a friend over. Odd fellow.

Thought that this dance group called the Jabb-a-wockys (or something to that effect) was a reference to Star Wars (Jabba the Hutt and Ewoks) as opposed to the Lewis Carroll poem.

Later in the same evening, he was watching American Idol with a few of my roomies. Some guy sang I Shot the Sheriff, and they commented that it sucked and that no one should ever make a reggae version of that song. Ha…ha…ha…

If he was being sarcastic, it would have been funny, but my roommate agreed with him.

Odd fellow indeed. Reminded me a lot of Liam’s friend, Ben. Well, you know. From the few choice instances. They talked the same and acted the same. Seemed to have the same liking for alcohol and schooling. They looked similar. I think Liam should ask Ben if I Shot the Sheriff should have a reggae version, and see if he gets it. :P

First day is done.

Went to Math 235 and CS 330. Linear Algebra II was a bust on the first day. We didn’t even cover the course outline. What a waste.

Went to CS 330 for 7:00. Biggest waste of time. First of all, the prof is crazy. Second of all, the course material is boring as hell. Third of all, the prof has the quietest voice that you could possibly conceive, so she is impossible to understand and she pauses every three seconds because she thinks people aren’t listening. It is probably more a problem with the fact that they aren’t aware of you talking.

Hopefully tomorrow will be better. Tuesdays and Thursdays are - strangely - my busy days now. I have Physics, CS, and MTHEL back to back…to back. I’m looking forward to MTHEL 206A, and meeting all of my fellows in the Teaching Option.

Moved in.

Exhausted.

Didn’t sleep last night.

I need to find the closest grocery store to University and Regina.

Everything seems so far away, although I can make it to campus faster from where I’m living now then I could from CLV. Explain that. I dare you.