IN A WORLD WHERE SPARTANS LIVE A LIFE OF WAR, ONE SPARTAN WILL RISE UP AND BECOME…
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I’m not a big fan of Adam Sandler, but this video is hilarious and somewhat disturbing. Shhhh, don’t tell.
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I reviewed the best game on the iPod a few months ago on Macapper. Here’s the review:
iPod games up to this point have been lackluster and unoriginal. The card and board games I have seen before don’t seem to be worth the $5 asking price. Harmonix, the creators of Guitar Hero and upcoming Rock Band, are out to change that with their new iPod game, Phase.
Phase is the first music based game on the iPod (unless you consider iQuiz music based) and takes advantage of your existing iTunes library. No paying for overpriced downloadable content like on the consoles. With Phase, a playlist in iTunes is created to upload the songs you want to play during the game. Uploading takes a little bit longer because more song information is needed, presumably to align the game play with the music. Phase does come with music (including a song by Freezepop for the GHII fans), but picking your own music makes it so much more fun.
Game play is simple. The left, center, and right buttons are for matching the green circles and the scroll wheel is used to follow dotted blue trails. The mixture of the two controls make this game challenging, but enjoyable. There are the usual difficulty levels and the harder the difficulty the better the game plays with the music you’ve uploaded. There are two game types, “Quick Spin” and “Marathon.” Quick Spin is for playing quick games and the Marathon game type is for playing songs that increase in difficulty. I tend to play Quick Spin the most, Marathon takes much longer to finish.
Phase plays beautifully on my 5.5 generation iPod and will also play on the new iPod Classic and Nano. Apple has still left out games on the iPhone and iPod Touch, but I don’t think this game would be the same on a touch screen. Phase’s ability to play any song proves that custom songs can be done on the iPods, so it’s just a matter of time.
Harmonix’s Phase is in the iTunes Store now and well worth $5. This music game is perfect for Guitar Hero fans or someone who wants more out of their music library.
Phase was and is still is a great, cheap, time-waster for the iPod.
I don’t know how long this has been out, but my favorite energy drink is back!
One of the biggest mistake I have made when blogging is advertising. When I first started blogging, I had every sort of advertising program possible. Then one day it hit me, advertising is worthless if you don’t have frequent content. After considering my blogging situation, I decided to cut back. Now I’m only using Google Adsense and I’m making more than what I used to.
My advice to any blogger is to always have more content than advertising. 3/4 content and 1/4 advertising is the maximum amount of advertising you should ever have. Another tip is to make have advertising that doesn’t get in the way of your content. You won’t make as much, but your readers will be happier and more likely to come back. Google Adsense is a perfect ad program to put in a blog.
If your advertising hopes have faltered consider going ad free. You might be paying for monthly hosting, but if you love to blog that shouldn’t matter.
Finding the best deal used to involve flipping through pages of Sunday ads, early morning wake ups, and driving from store to store. Today, you can still do that, but you won’t find the best deal anymore. Shopping online is the best and easiest way to find a deal, but here are some tips to follow when buying online:
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The five applications Apple released in an upgrade for the iPod Touch are not free. They aren’t even reasonably priced. They are however overpriced at $20. I still bought the upgrade, not because I needed it, but because I must have the latest and greatest.
The apps included are maps ($.63), weather ($.15), stocks ($.12), notes ($.68), and the only one I use, mail ($.86). So I spent $20 on a mail application that I really didn’t need? I thought so, until I dug a little deeper and found features that make it worth it better. (Also included a break down of what they really are worth)
New “Hidden” Features:
The upgrade should be priced at $4.77.
*The “estimation” is not based on anything and for good reason.
I like movie trailers. They really get me excited for a movie, even when the movie could possibly suck, ie Fantastic Four (yeah, I know). I heard about Teeth and I couldn’t believe the story, until I saw the trailer.
