Nintendo 3DS Preorders coming soon!

IMPORTANT: Nintendo 3DS presorders are rumored to be coming out on the 26th, the day after Christmas. Amazon has started a mailing list where you can sign up to be alerted to when Amazon Preorders begin. If you would like to be on that list, click here to go to amazon and sign up.

Gamestop is also rumored to start selling Preorders on the 26th. You will have to put some money down on it in order to preorder the 3DS, somewhere between $10 and $50 dollars. The exact amount will not be known until they official announce the preorders.

If you are interested in getting a Nintendo 3DS, I really recommend preordering yourself a copy early. Amazon will ship them out, so if you want to do the overnight thing, you might have to go with gamestop. 

Apple trying to destroy hardcore quality fanbases?

As much as I hate to admit, but Apple is trying to get of hardcore quality fanbases by getting them to switch to their products, which are just good enough for the masses. What do I mean by hardcore fanbases, well let me explain.

Movies: Apple does not currently support Blu-Ray and only offer's movies in 720P instead of 1080P on the itunes store. Also, most movies on the itunes store do not include any bonus features which you would find on a blu ray disc. So basically, Apple is offering you the cheap way to download movies. 720P is still pretty good, but apple does not even give you the option for the higher quality. But since most people prefer the convince of downloading it, they will go with Apple's way, and miss out.




Videogames: According to recent statics, many hardcore gamers are moving from the Nintendo handhelds to iphone and ipad touches for their gaming delight. The iphone and ipad can provide some nice gaming, but its not as feature rich as the Nintendo DS. Plus some of the games don't seem to be built that well either. But people will pay because its cheaper and their iphone is always with them.

Why would you want to use a ipad as your main game machine?

Music: Apple tried to lunch their new service Itunes IP, which was a cool add on to music albums, but it hasn't really taken off. If you still want the best music experience, your not going to find it on itunes. But why do so many people download music, cause its easy. 82% of America is lazy, and would rather download a album then go up to buy the CD. Itunes music has gotten better, but it still is top by CD's. It would be nice if they offered higher quality as a option to buy.

The CD ani't dead, yet

Computers: Have you noticed that apple computers are not that high tech anymore. Not only are they missing Blu-ray and USB 3.0, they seem to lack that awesome punch they had back in the day. Back then, Apple was pushing ground breaking technology, but now they are just trying to keep up with everything. PC's have the better quality in features, the only reason why Apple Computers don't break down as much is because they use old technology which has pretty much been perfected. Even the ipad fails in its feature list, but people today just don't want to cutting edge. 

Ipad, it could be so much better

I don't know about you, but I'm getting sick of Apple cutting concers just to make a quick profit. For how much money you spurge on one of their machines, you should be getting some high quality, you know?

Steve Job's promise MobileMe will get better, but will it?

Oh MobileMe, what a joke you have been. For those of  you who don't know, MobileMe is Apple's email, contacts. and calendar syncing service. Which sounds good, if you got 100 dollars to burn to each year. For the average user, that is way to expensive! Plus, Google offers email, contact and calendar sync, all for FREE. According to users, the google accounts are a little bit more reliable and have less issues then mobileme. Sounds weird huh, shouldn't it be the other way around?

MobileMe, Bad Name, Worse Logo

So why should someone pay for mobile me when you can go somewhere else like google? Well, there is that Idisk thingy which lets you share files between computers right? Well, DropBox beats you there to, and 2GB of file sharing is free. Plus DropBox is a more reliable service and has more features.So mobile me strikes out again. 

The only feature that was worth your while was the Find My Iphone, but now, that is free. So a big part of the mobileme packege is free.

The last thing I will comment on is Iweb, which Apple gave you a free web address to make a website with. Which I have to admit is pretty cool. But guess what, iweb wasn't updated in the last Ilife upgrade.So you'll be using a outdated service. And once again, compared with services like Web's and Wix, why pay 100 dollars for this?

Iweb, are you dead?

So as you can see, MobileMe is pretty much a complete rip off while you can use Gmail, DropBox and a web creating service, all for free. Steve Job's responded to a email not to long ago saying that MobileMe will get better in 2011.

But what does that mean? Are you talking about new features or just making it run faster. I mean come on, what else was he going to say? As a salesman, he is not going to tell people that it is going to stay the same.

But MobileMe, is either going to have to drop its expensive price tag, or add some real kicking features if it wants to complete with the rest of the web. It's sad that apple is behind this failure, because of their attention to detail and drive for new technology, I really hoped that MobileMe would not be a ripoff.

The Warrior's Way Review ~ It tries, but just doesn't reach its potential

When I got out of this movie, I really didn't know what to think of it. Some parts I liked, and others where just disappointing. It's a weird blend of East meets West.

On one end, you get a epic battle scene at the end of the movie, but before that, there is barely any action. Which might make the movie seem slow from those expecting more action.

Speaking of the battle scene's, they are pretty visually cool, if like flying ninja's, cloud puffs of blood, colliding bodies and sword fighting. It's over the top violence fun, and there are a lot of dead bodies everywhere in a few scenes.While these scenes are fun, we have seen this type of fighting done better and more epic in other films.

But when there isn't a battle scene, your left with the film's odd plot. Basically, Yang decides to give up his Warrior way of life after refusing to kill a young child. By refusing his mission, his own clan has turned on him, so Yang heads to a old western cirrus town to seek cover.

There, he discovers the joy of building friend ships, growing flowers and living the simple life. Along the way, he meets a girl called Lynne, who has a tragic past, and builds a relationship with her.

Now you better like this western circus town, cause 90% of the film takes place here. Which isn't quite a bad thing, but I was hopeing the film would change location a little more often. The plot is pretty clichéd and predictable, but what else would you expect from the lame title. Plus there is narrator which has to explain the whole beginning of the story for you.

The visual scenes are nice, there are a lot of pretty sunsets and cool camera shots, but it doesn't quite make up for the rest of the film. If your expecting something mind blowing, this isn't it, but if your looking for some weird circus characters, the joys of watching slow build up's and epic climax battles, then you will be entertained.

I give it *** out of *****


(There is a part with a gravestone that saids "Died at age One" in the movie which I laughed at, just because it was a pretty big gravestone for a baby)

Nintendo 3DS ~ Peeking at upcoming games

The Nintendo 3DS is already building our excitement up for the new year.Not only is it bring 3D graphics,its bring 3D graphics to some of our favorite titles. Harvest Moon, Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, Ninja Gaiden, Super Monkey Ball and more are sure to come.

Today, we're going to take a loot at the featured games that Nintendo has on their website for the 3DS.

Kid Icarus: Uprising ~ If there is one game that stole the Nintendo 3DS show at E3, it was this title. Not only bringing back a series long forgotten in time, it will also be one of the first games to push the 3D limits. Kid Lcarus is being created by Project Sora, which is a fairly new game developer, but has helped out on the Super Smash Bros series.

Kid Icarus Uprising features both air ground fighting as well as air born gameplay. Think of Star Fox Assault, but better. Nintendo has described the game as “a fast-paced and action-packed blend of aerial and ground-based shooting built on elegantly intuitive and streamlined play control. Boasting game play that is easy to pick up but incredibly deep, the game is sure to satisfy novice gamers as well as fans who have been clamoring for a new installment in the franchise.” Kid Icarus looks like to be a great platformer as well as a shooting game.

It will be great to see Icarus battle it with Medusa and other baddies when it hits the Nintendo 3DS early in its life time.

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 3D ~ For those play-stations fans, this one should please. Athough this is a reboot of a PS2 game, producer Hideo Kojima said that he would developed some new stuff for the Nintendo DS3 version. The details on what content would be added are still unkowen. 

Hideo also stated that the demo showen at E3 was just a sample of what could be done, and not a representative of the final product. So the game is clearly just not a direct port. It will be interesting to see what contend makes it into the final cut. For those of you who haven't had a chance to play this game, you'll be in for a cinematic videogame  treat that you soon won't forget.

Nintendogs + Cats ~ This game will be a sequel to the old Nintendo DS Nintendogs. Not only will it include cats, for those cat lovers out there, but the game will make use of the Nintendo 3DS's cameras for facial recognition technology to interact with the pets.For example, if you put your face up close, the dog may do the same. Or if some else steals your 3DS and tries to play with your dog, your dog may run away.

But other then the 3D tech as well, I think we can expect the same. This is the type of game for those pet lovers and people who have time to waste or just for those who parent's don't like real pets.

Can you say AWWWWWW

Animal Crossing: Not to much to say about this one, but it will be updated version where you play the mayor of the town. As the mayor you got to make sure your town is happy, because what else are you going to do?

A lot of people at E3 have talked about the 3D effects on this one, saying that it adding a cool depth effect when playing. It will be interesting to see all the new features they input into this one.

And that pretty much wraps up this preview. I talked about Resident Evil Revelations in a other blog post, so I won't talk about that. And all the other titles on the plate are still pretty early in the dev department and don't have to many details out about them.

But the Nintnedo 3DS's library is looking to be shaping up to be a great one.

ipad 2011 Predictions ~ Reasons why you should wait!

The ipad, oh how it was mocked. But now it leads the tablet industry and is one of Apple's best selling gadgets.Trust me when I say, is that Apple will have plans to make you want to throw your old ipad away for the new 2011 model. Here are my predictions, on what we can expect to see next year.

Release Date: Apple will release Ipad 2.0 sometime between January and April. Knowing Apple, they won't let it sit for long once all the holiday madness is over. That's how they get you. You buy a Ipad for Christmas, and then shortly next year, they make you regret it.

Camera, For Sure: This is a no brainier, but the Ipad needs a camera. Since Apple is supporting this new Facetime feature, they will want to extend support for the ipad to. You can expect one on the front, and most likey one on the back. Not sure what specs the cameras will be, but expect iphone quality or better.

Retina Display, possible: The screen will most likely approve its quality, but its still questionable if it will go Retina. Apple has been bragging about the tech on its Iphone 4, and it may want to make this move to complete with other ereaders like the Kindle. Depends if Apple can make it work at this time, and do it with low costs.

USB looking slim: If Apple is going to play the camera card, it may still want to hold onto this one. Apple and Steve Jobs like to keep control of the ports, and adding USB would make room for Third Party accessories. Which would be good news for us, but not so good news for Apple. It may happen, but I doubt it will at this early in the game.

Thinner and Lighter, yes, barely: Apple will probably be able to slave a tiny bit of space off the ipad cause they like their stuff thin, but not much.You can expect more disk drive space, and a faster processor. As those are given. Its also a good chance the gyroscope senors will be updated as well for better gaming and tilting.

That is what you can expect from the upcoming Ipad. Facetime? Yes Cameras? Yes Retina Display? Maybe USB? Unlikey

It's clear that Apple won't play all of these features, as they will want you to buy gen 3 when the time comes. But the 2nd generation of  Ipad is looking to be a pretty stable well made tablet which will work for most people. 

Predictions are great, aren't they?

2011 Movies ~ A Sea of Sequels and maybe a few rare gems

We all know that the 2010 summer movie season was a little less bang then usual. Will 2011 save the summer blockbuster season, or will we get another year of lame Sequels and dumb down mainstream movies?

Let's start with the Sequels, cause you all know Hollywood loves to cash in using any short cuts it can.

Final Destination 5 ~ Really? Like, Really? We need another Final Destination? Looks like Eric Heisserer thinks so.For those not  familiar with the past FOUR movies, its about a bunch of kids who try to escape death's design, but in the end, death always seems to get them. This time the film is going to open up with a bridge scene and is going to be in 3D, of course. The 4th movie just felt like the idea of Final Destination was getting kinda old, and I don't really see how the 5th one is going to save the series.

Final Destination, Following Saw's Footsteps

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ~ I thought this movie series was dead after the third movie, but I guess Disney decided to pull a Indiana Jones move to release number 4. In fact, Jonney Depp is looking for the fountain of youth and fights Black Beard. This is more of a reboot kinda, as some of the old characters are getting replaced with new ones. (Such as the villain). So this title holds promise and might give some fresh air to the Pirates of the Caribbean series. 

Kung Fu Panda 2 ~ Yes, our favorite Jack Black talking Kung Fu Panda is back for another round. This time with the Kaboom of Doom. It appears that a Peacock, is trying to get of Kung Fu, so the Jack Black Panda and his fighting force must join together to save Kung Fu. Sounds like crack? Maybe, but if Dreamwork's  is able to pull off the story like they did with the first one, this might be a great family movie. But Dreamworks is going a little sequel crazy. There is two more How to Train Your Dragons in the work and plans of Kung Fu Panda turning into six movies. Someone, please help us!

The Hangover Part 2~ Did you ever wonder if the characters from the Hangover where able to attend the wedding and get married? Well if you would like me, I was hangover on cola and didn't care. But here comes Part 2, which picks up right after the first movie leaves off. This is a attempt to make more money because the first one did so well. I don't think the Hangover needs a sequel, and I doubt it will be able to live up the first one. After seeing Due Date, I just don't have high hopes for this Hangover.

And a Sequel you'll forget

Scream 4 ~ Oh Wes Craven, he really enjoyed the fail piece of crap that was My Soul to take. Please, enlighten us with some more Scream. The film series was suppose to stop after the 3rd film, but hey hey, some one gets the idea to do another. This just seems like more Sequel trash to me, and after seeing My Soul To Take, I really don't think Wes can pull this off. 

Scream for Sequels

Cars 2 ~ Finally, a sequel that has some promise. Cars, powered behind the awesome team that is Pixar, may be a good sequel. Seeing how they handled Toy Story 3, I think Pixar will be able to do the same for cars. Judging from the trailer,  it looks like things are more epic then the first movie with chases, evil spy cars and more. Pixar has not made a bomb yet, so we have something to look froward to here.

Transformers: Dark Of The Moon ~ Oh Michael Bay, please give us more explosions and CGI robots. Well, our wishes have come true, as there is a third film coming into the series. Expect, Hold on Megan Fox fans, she has decided to leave this sinking ship. Thus there will be a new relationship love interest in this sequel. This time the film will be about some space race between the USA and Russia. But be sure to expect all of Michael Bay's trademarks. 

Spy Kids 4: All The Time In the World ~ That's right, remember Spy Kids? Well, looks like they are trying to reboot this dead series. Taking place 8 years after the last film, Spy Kids 4 will focus on new characters this time. Although there will be appearances from a few old buddies. What can I say, who has all the time in the world to watch all these insane sequels?

Old school 3D, bitches

X-men First Class: ~ Like we need another X-men movie, and to make things more confusing, its the fifth film in the series, but a prequel to the first three movies. But a Sequel to the 4th film, which was also a prequel, and, uh, forget it. >____>

Well, there you go. Your summer movie forecast is going to be filled with a rainstorm blizzard of Sequels. And it won't stop there, there is a Paranormal Actively 3, Happy Feet 2, Puss in Boots (which is more a spin off, but STILL) Alvin and the Chimp-monks, and and and..............................................................