Xbox Next (the newest Xbox) will block used games! No good things to come
January 25th, 2012 | Author: guru
We are shocked to reveal Gamespot and kotaku have confirmed fears that the upcoming new Xbox successor will block all used games, which not only devistates an entire resale subculture but this directly affects all gamers! Ps4 is said to be considering the same “features”.
Will game prices be lowered you ask? Not likely says MS publishers.
Check Out the heated comments and chaos over at gamespot. Looks like every game you buy better be good or it’s trash! So long consoles hello greed! This will simply force more hackers to rip out the blocking code while normal gamers are left asking ” maybe I should just go outside and play!?”
For you suckers who still want this console you can look forward to blu ray and a konnect 2 (snore) and empty mp servers
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Merry Holidays from Gametoast
December 10th, 2011 | Author: guru
Well some of us made it into the beta for the new Star wars mmo , i did but ive been too lazy to login, lol. im sure it goes live soon and we will all hear about it. Anyway as you see we dont post on the main page ever so its likely me and 5 people will read this. If you want to have a christmas tree contest and be a part of GT XMAS TREE 2011 you can post your pic and best tree as voted by the gt community gets the new ranks of GT XMAS TREE CHAMP 2011, we can all post pics in the forums and whoever we all vote has the best tree. make a contest topic if there isnt one and start posting today! we will decide on or around dec 22 – 25th!
BE safe out there folks its cold and wet and be sure to watch ELF and CHRISTMAS STORY since tv shoves them down your throat every year LOL. peace Guru~
Battlefront Funnies
August 25th, 2011 | Author: MrCrayon
Hello Gametoast. I have been away for a bit, so I should probably explain myself: I’ve been outside in the glaring Canadian sun. While I collect the last few days of summer, I decided to take a moment and give you guys something special. Are you ready? Are you ready for this? I don’t think you are. Now? Well, here’s my question for you Gametoast:
Nice? I thought so. Here’s another…
Satisfied? No? That’s too bad (sorry). I like doing this, but I honestly like doing a lot of things too. Some days I feel like a did a lot, but then I realize, no. All I did was make maps. Shaking this feeling is a simple matter of shaking the habit. Habits can be made, so they can be broken. Gaming is great, but so is making movies (I’m going to start a youtube channel if anybody cares) and so is baking cookies and hanging out with family and my rabbit. Especially my rabbit. A visit to the museum works too I guess…
There you have it Gametoast. I did it. Now I shall go back into the Canadian su-…oh. Its snowing already. Oh, Canada why do you hate me?
Star Wars Xbox 360 Bundle! Im getting 2 of these!
July 28th, 2011 | Author: guru
On December 31, 2011, Microsoft will release the Xbox 360 Limited Edition Kinect Star Wars Bundle, which includes a white R2-D2-themed 320GB Xbox Console, a white Kinect sensor, a gold C-3PO-themed wireless controller, and a copy of the Kinect Star Wars video game.
You can pre-order this limited edition bundle now! And seriously, if this is something you’re looking at now and thinking “WANT!” then definitely pre-order, as I’m sure this will not only sell out, but most likely get put into backorder before the release date.
Oh, and if you’re worried about the price going down after you pre-order, Amazon has a “Pre-order Price Guarantee” where if the price decreases between your order time and the end of the day of the release date, you’ll receive the lowest price.
* Xbox 360 Console: Bring the Star Wars characters you know and love into your living room with this custom R2-D2-themed Xbox 360 console with custom sounds.
* Kinect Sensor: Includes the first ever custom white sensor. Immerse yourself into the Star Wars universe with full-body gameplay. Xbox 360 Wireless Controller: Includes custom C-3PO-themed Xbox 360 Wireless Controller.
* Kinect Star Wars game: Enter the Star Wars universe like never before. Use the Force like a Jedi, become a champion Pod Racer, pilot iconic ships and much more.
* Kinect Adventures game: Get off the couch and into the game in a whole new way. You and your friends and family will jump, dodge, and kick your way through 20 pulse-pounding adventures set in exotic locations.
* 320GB Hard Drive: The largest hard drive available on Xbox 360, Xbox 360 Wired Headset, and Xbox LIVE Token for exclusive downloadable content
Map Spotlight: Death Watch Bunker
July 21st, 2011 | Author: Eggman
Modder AQT recently released a real gem – version 2.0 of Endor: Death Watch Bunker. The map is loosely based on the Death Watch Bunker from the game Star Wars Galaxies and, as its name implies, features the Death Watch, a splinter group of the Mandalorians.
Order your copy now! Star Wars™: The Old Republic
July 21st, 2011 | Author: guru
The wait is over. Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ is now available for pre-order. Order now to lock in your Early Game Access.
Experience the newest and largest Star Wars MMO ever and by pre ordering you can even get a weapon enhancing color stone that non pre order customers will never see!
Fun fun fun fun! Which class will I pick! Fun fun fun fun
Battlefront Funnies
July 19th, 2011 | Author: MrCrayon
And suddenly, Qui-Gon began to realize that the yoga classes he had taken weren’t so stupid after all.
“Ok, so we can travel the galaxy in mere seconds, bend light to make a deadly sword, create huge planet sized space stations; and we STILL use floppy discs?”
Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
June 2nd, 2011 | Author: guru
The revamped Star Tours opened a few weeks ago at Disney World, and now its open at Disneyland in California. Here is a nice look into the opening line area and snippets directly from Tatooine and other varying scenes right from Star Wars with YOU in the pilot seat!
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Tours:_The_Adventures_Continue
Sony Online Entertainment hacked to shreds! check your bank and credit!
May 5th, 2011 | Author: guru
As a result of the Billion Dollar hacks made from upset hackers this past 10 days (relating to Sony Sueing a teen for hacking its sony PS3 gaming network to edit his game stats) on the seo network of games and sites.
If you play any SEO games online (SWG, Everquest, EQ2, Matrix, you should immediatly go to your bank and check that there are no false charges on your account. Sony has stated over 24 million accounts and credit card info has been leaked or taken by hackers from “overseas”.
Go here to see the reports directly from SOE on how to verify your account and secure your credit from the account hacks this week. http://www.soe.com/securityupdate/
May 4, 2011 update from SEO
We want to thank you again for your patience as we work to get the SOE services back up and running. We received several questions and comments relating to the criminal attack to our network and would like to address some of the most common questions today. We are also going to continue to post updates to this website with new information as they become available.
We appreciate your continued patience and feedback.
When will SOE’s services be back online?
We have been working around the clock to restore operations as quickly as possible, and we expect to have some of our games and services up and running soon. However, we want to be very clear that we will only restore operations when we believe that the network is secure.
How is the SOE intrusion related to the PSN/Qriocity intrusion? Was this a second attack on SOE?
While the two systems are distinct and operated separately, given that they are both under the Sony umbrella, there is some degree of overlap in design. The attacks were similar in nature. This is NOT a second attack; new information has been discovered as part of our ongoing investigation into the criminal attack in April.
How is SOE planning to notify customers whose data may have been stolen?
We are sending out customer service notification emails to the email addresses we have on file for the accounts that were affected. These emails will be sent by Innovyx, our third party email distributor, and will contain either ‘soe.innovyx.net’ or ‘soe.sony.com’ in the sender field.
SOE initially thought no data was extracted, what changed?
Essentially the perpetrators used sophisticated means not only to access the data, but also to cover their tracks. We committed to continue the investigation and in doing so, uncovered further information that we did not have when we initially believed the data was not stolen
Emulationism and It’s Reverends
April 5th, 2011 | Author: Grev
This is an article I wrote for the school newspaper for the April issue. Enjoy.
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On February 22nd, 2011, the game Bulletstorm came out to rave reviews. The premise? An over-the-top shooter with emphasis on the return to wild macho 90s game themes: wild violence, disproportional women, and goofy one-liners.
And the world reacted accordingly. On February 8th, Fox News printed a pre-emptive article warning parents about the “Bulletstorm on the horizon.” In particular, Fox warned about the potential for young children to emulate the sexual innuendos and “ugly, graphic violence” in the game. One of the experts called in by Fox News was Carole Lieberman, who testified: “The increase in rapes can be attributed in large part to the playing out of [sexual] scenes in video games…” Dear Ms. Lieberman, when you refer to the “increase in rapes,” are you referring to the 6.2% decrease in forcible rapes between 2009 and 2010? Or are you referring to the 3.3% decrease between 2007 and 2008? Perhaps you are referring to the U.N. records that list more countries with decreases in rape than increases? Or perhaps the title “Is Bulletstorm the Worst Video Game in the World?” is an inflammatory title meant to create panic in the audience?
Emulationism is not a term that can be found in the dictionary. The best definition is that it is the belief that people are negatively affected by overexposure to an artistic medium that presents ideas that do not fall into the predetermined notions of “normal”. However, with the increasing number of people converting to emulationism, it is a term that should be in the dictionary, in the news, and on warning signs, as it presents a mindset that spawns hate for that which pushes the envelope on the acceptable. It is a mindset that propagandizes narrow-mindedness. It has the potential to encroach on ALL artistic mediums. And as a force capable of creating a cultural sterility, it is extremely dangerous.
Emulationism has specialized its reverends to oppose all mediums. Jack Thompson and FOX News are particularly well-established reverends of the belief. However it is unfair to blame all who dabble in emulationism. When reviewing the film The Good Son, Gene Siskel felt disgusted, saying in an interview with ABC that “here you have America’s favorite kid throwing a dummy off of a little bridge over a roadway, causing an accident. That scares me. That I think is highly irresponsible, to show a youngster doing something like that. I think that is likely, if kids go to see the picture, to cause an imitation.” He seemed fairly concerned. He probably meant well. However, there are several flaws in his standpoint. First of all, The Good Son is a rated-R movie, not intended for kids. The idea that kids will watch the movie in the first place, and then emulate a prank, which in the movie terrifies and disturbs the protagonist, is unfathomable.
The targets of emulationism have generally been new and popular mediums; in more recent times, the mediums under scrutiny have been rap, video games, and film. If one were to research further back in history, one would find that in their time, novels and books had also been accused of leading women astray and destroying families. It seems as though each generation has a need to scrutinize the entertainment of choice of the next. Emulationism is a rite of passage of sorts for any new medium.
However, regardless of whether or not emulationism is a passing phase, it has the power to stifle creativity. If at the inception of a new medium, that medium is challenged for its ideas and presentation, there is a chance that the medium will buckle under the pressure of its critics and collapse. In an age when the philosophy “better safe than sorry” directs our actions, it would be safe to say that parents concerned about the effect of a medium on their children would be glad to assault a medium for its content.
There is also an emulationist assault on media regarding hotly debated topics, a highly hypocritical assault. In recent history, games that have attempted to portray war in its true form have been put down: 2010 DICE game Medal of Honor attempted to include the Taliban as a playable side – the game was banned by the U.S. military for fear of dissent. 6 Days in Fallujah, a game based on first person accounts of the war in Iraq was put on hold and was never released.
In this respect, emulationism is particularly dangerous: as it attacks all which is not in the realm of normalcy, any new idea can be subject to attack. For example, sexuality, crime, and relationships in films, games, and music, is likely to be attacked and can in turn, push musicians, filmmakers, game developers, and other artists, from tackling relevant issues such as sexuality, crime, and relationships due to fear of emulationist backlash. Is the sacrifice of meaningful art worth the “protection” of society from relevant issues?
However, while emulationism is dangerous, it would be unfair to call it baseless. Perhaps it’s fair that some people complain that certain films and certain music and certain games trivialize real issues like violence. Perhaps we, as a society, could benefit from less songs trivializing violence and creative negative stereotypes about women. Perhaps we could use a few less games presenting macho heroes with a vocabulary limited to expletives. Perhaps with a few less movies glorifying war, we could try to actually understand and prevent future war.
But it’s really up to the artists. Don’t give in to the pressure of emulationism and its many reverends. It is up to you to push the envelope on your art, on your genre. After all, the artists most remembered are those who break the mold and challenge conventional wisdom: Voltaire and Socrates come to mind. So who will be the Voltaires of music? The Socrates of game design? It is up to you to create meaningful art for future generations. This is your duty, and it cannot be stifled by anyone. So in the face of emulationism, keep calm, and carry on.