Schooltables on the Burnside.

Oh, hi!

My bad on not saying anything for two months. The whole "moving" thing has all been said and done, the whole "transferring" thing has been said and done, too, and yeah.

I suppose I should say I'm all settled in, but the fact of the matter is that there are things I'm still not "settled" on. I'm (for the most part) already bored again. Crazy, eh? That didn't take long at all. I haven't been skating in forever, I work roughly 45 hours a week in addition to 10 hours of school. One can imagine how little of other things I get to do; namely... sleep.

Not really complaining about the whole thing, it just sucks that the whole sacrifice-this-for-this deal is back up and running again. As far as money goes, I'm back on track for the time being and I've already paid off my copy of Modern Warfare 2 for the release on 11/10/09. (Hell yes)

But that's enough about me, this blog is about OTHER PEOPLE! People who manage to fit food in their mouth, but have a hard time accepting that ODST is not pronounced "Oddist;" people who can't seem to understand that if we were basing the next Call of Duty on what numbered release it is, it would actually be CoD9; people who are so FUCKING stupid that they think that there is a justification behind EA maxing out your credit cards with shitty release after shitty release of the same game!

So what should I jump on today... (checks current articles)
OH! Here's a good one!
http://kotaku.com/5363583/is-gamestop-a-best-buy-for-best-buy

Best Buy commented on their current "acquisition target" we all know as GameStop, you know, those guys who sell used games... you've probably heard of them.

The fact of the matter is that because of how well GameStop is doing in this awesome recession we have going for us, Best Buy doesn't have the money to take them. Period.

And yet, despite this piece of information provided by Owen Good, your general populace of Kotaku fuckfaces comment their laments and fears of this actually happening.

"Great. If Best Buy buys out GameStop, I'll have to worry about being pestered to buy pointless warranty plans for my video game purchases."


"Geek Squad AND used game badgering? I can see it now-
Excuse me sir, but would you like to get the used version of X instead? Its $2 cheaper! And would you like to purchase a Geek Squad installation for just $14.99? We'll handle removing your current disk, inserting this one, and updating the game to the newest version for you. Also, would you like to buy an extended 2 week warranty for $9.99? It guarantees that you'll be able to swap the game out for another copy of the same game in case this disk doesn't work. Personally, I'd get all three. That's the best value."

"Noob question... but is Dow Jones a real person?"


Awesome.

You commenters are the turds that come into stores and buy one $4.99 piece of shit GameCube game and probably use it to masturbate through the little hole in the middle.

I'll let you in on a little secret; GameStop already offers those fucking "warranty's" that you think are so useless to you. Not that I'm supporting them at all, but those warranty's are also known as the Dumbshit Coupon. GameCrazy's got them, too, and they're much better than Gamestop's; it basically means that you can wipe your ass with the disk and start it on fire, and they'll still replace the game for you at no additional charge. Saves you a hefty sixty bucks that you don't have to spend when your stupid ass props your 360 over the kitchen sink. Saves you a lot when your inbred child comes stomping in the room demanding its share of the moonshine, only to step on and break - in - half your treasured copy of Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2005. Saves you a chunk when you pick up your system and shake it while it's running because you can't use your hard drive to mass transit child pornography photos to your recently played list.

Personally, now I see why Best Buy put out that $129 offer to help you plug in your Playstation 3, the sooner none of you have money to pay for these things, the sooner the shittier side of gaming will just die out. Not that I'm offended when you come into a store and blow your entire paycheck on game stuff; no, no, I think that's just rad, I just find it appalling that someone can say that they're not willing to add some kind of protection policy on their games, and then complain that the very service is OFFERED. You spend all your money on these beautiful things we call an escape from reality, yet you won't tack on an extra $1-60 (this is including hardware warranties) to guarantee that you have something that works for an entire year, perhaps even two if it includes a manufacturer's warranty? Well, I hope that in the future, you can make that difficult choice between your daily dose of Happy Meals and a used copy of Scaler, turd.


So Jen's starting one of these to post stupid things that people say to us on XBL. I think that's fucking awesome. The problem is that I'm worried that there's going to be too much for her to write down and keep up with! With that being said, I think I would like to commission an acquisition of The Herp by whatever she names her blog. We could use the whole "Multiple Authors" thing to allow her, myself, and possibly even JR to write down the stupid stuff we hear and then we can comment on it ourselves afterward. YEAH!

Well, now that I've lost track of time by searching my name in Google, I'm just going to cut this post a little short. Go to hell, Lutzka.

Geo