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Bored. Yup. The formerly exclusive Grand Theft Auto IV dlc is finally being released on the PS3 and PC.  This is good news for me and other ps3 only gamers or pc only gamers. It should be anyway. If you comb through some forums or comments posted on this story you'll see that this news along with all other gaming news gets turned into a fanboy flamewar waged by the most moronic of our sect. Its really pitiful. I liked gta4. I don't care that IGN scored it a 10/10. There was a lot of backlash over that score, and I didn't really understand it. It offended some because it was the first 10 IGN has given to a game since Orcarina of Time. A great game by the way. I get how some people can get so attached to a game or system that they feel the need to defend its non existent honor, but that defense is irrational.  Many gamers were bothered that this new iteration in the gta franchise lacked more of the superfluous activities they had become accustomed to having, such as base jumping, the rampage challenges, character customization and other mini games. These activities were enjoyable, and for many, including myself, helped extend the game play. GTA: San Andreas in particular was loaded with these features, so naturally fans assumed the next gta would include even more bing a next gen title. It did not. And they were angry. Mostly. As I said previously I liked gta4. Really liked it in fact. I appreciated how Rockstar narrowed the focus of the game, concentrating on crafting a strong story, and a living city to coincide with this story. It was very character driven. GTA has always been a mature game, but this time around it was more to do with plot elements than shooting hookers. This was lost on younger gamers who shouldn't be playing the game anyway. That's not to  say all who were disappointed with gta4 were immature, but upon reading the arguments brought forth by those who were disappointed, its clear many are. There is also the ps3 fanboy. So many ps3 gamers felt betrayed by Rockstar for giving the xbox360 the dlc exclusively that they wanted the game to fail, or were determined to downplay the quality of the downloadable episodes. And that's what we're seeing now. Or that's what I'm seeing. So many saying they never finished gta4. So many saying they have no interest and that Rockstar are wasting their time. And so many mocking Microsoft fro paying 50 million for excusive content that is no longer exclusive. Not that 360 fanboys are any better. Perhaps I should just stay away from N4G. None of my recent posts seem to have a cohesive point. Oh well. Hey guys, want some taffy?

Leno is a demon

Yes. Yes he is. I am watching his hideous song and dance on Oprah right now and it is causing violent reactions within me. I think I blacked out once, and I've vomited at least four times. I should be taping this in order to pick apart the bullshit spewing from both their mouths but I am not. This interview is a joke because Oprah and Jay are friends and she has taken his side. She basically just said as much in the interview. She didn't understand why so many fans have turned on Leno. She said she doesn't understand why people believe Leno stole the show from Conan when it "wasn't yours (Jay's) to steal. It was NBC's". That's right bitch. Generally people don't steal shit that belongs to them. Leno did steal the show. Before I continue proving this I need to touch on some thing Jay just said for the third time. Jay believes Conan's ratings are to blame for him being removed from the Tonight Show. Conan didn't have the ratings, so he shouldn't be the host. Jay Leno didn't have the ratings at 10pm, so he should get a better show and time slot back? Really?? That's logic.

Anyway, moving on. I was away unbeknownst to you, the reader. I posted something on Oprah's site. She had a poll before her interview in which 96% of people were in support of Conan. After the interview, 49%. So you can imagine how the interview went. I suppose Oprah is patting herself on the back. After reading some of the comments left by her viewers my eyes shriveled to raisin like proportions and then imploded. Oprah's kool-aid is quite the concoction. It's clear most people have not read this. It's an interview from November '09. when asked whether or not he would go back to 11:35 time slot,  Jay says "If that's what they wanted to do, sure. That would be fine if they wanted to." Actually, Jay asks himself a question then answers it. He does it constantly throughout the interview. Would i do this? Am I feeling this? Do i wear pants? It's annoying. It makes him seem disingenuous, which i suppose, he is. Jay was hoping this exact debacle would happen. Instead of actually retiring, he decided to hang around the network and do a crappy show. He also says in the interview that it takes time to build an audience. He says this in reference to Conan. But he's apparently changed his mind because in the interview with Oprah he thinks Conan couldn't cut it. Fuck. Y'know, I don't really feel like I'm proving anything. I don't think I can. I don't hate Leno. Well, I kind of do now. But I don't think I can prove him to be an evil demon. That's just my opinion. He should of stepped away, and gone out with class, instead of this. He's snatching away opportunity from a younger generation. Bah! I'm done. This is not what I want to be writing about. My trophy card is updating again. I'm going to go play Uncharted 2. J.D. Salinger is dead. I'll end this by pasting the comment I left on Oprahs site.
No one expected Conan to do Jay's numbers coming in. But the abysmal ratings of the Jay Leno show at 10pm affected the affiliates news ratings which affected the Tonight Show. Jay seems to want us to believe that since Conan didn't pull the ratings, he shouldn't host. Why should Jay be essentially rewarded for failing at 10pm? When Leno took over the Tonight Show in '93 he was losing in the ratings to Letterman until '97 when Hugh Grant appeared amidst his prostitute scandal. That one show gave Leno a huge amount of exposure and led to his ratings dominance. Conan's show never had the opportunity to garner such support. Not Until the end. Conan killed in the ratings the final week. I'm against Jay because back in '93 the same things were being reported about Jay. Talk of his backroom deals and backstabbing manipulation in order to take over the Tonight show. Back then it was decided that most of the blame should fall on the network. But here we are 17 years later. How can the same guy, be involved in the same scandal twice, and not be to blame? I think its insulting when Jay and Oprah say that we, the audience don't understand how television works. They seem afflicted with the cynicism that Conan hates. I know how television works. I'm aware how a lot of crappy industries work. But I'd rather watch and support an artist who bucks those trends, who defies that cynicism, and decides to go against the flow of sludge that plagues said industry. That's why I'm with Coco.

Keep Fucking that chicken

Its been along time since I've written anything. I've been busy. I suppose. Or not very motivated. I'm really only writing this now so this blog doesn't get deleted. There's a few things I want to touch on in this post that no one will read. First, Jay Leno is a douchebag. Do not be fooled by any talk of Leno having little to do with O'brian getting bumped. Leno planted seeds. He could have retired as promised. He also could have stepped aside honorably and let Coco continue, but he did not. I'm too lazy to post links to articles supporting what I've just said. If one is so inclined, they can google.

Second, there have been a few so called God of War clones popping up. There was that atrocious Conan game a couple years ago. Most recently there is THQ's Darksiders and the upcoming Dante's Inferno from EA. I've played the demo for Dante and platinumed Darksiders. I suggest you give Darksiders a chance. It was a surprisingly great game. It blends well elements from GOW and Zelda to make a unique experience. Unlike Dante's Inferno. That game is an exact copy of God of War. Granted, I've only experienced a half hour of the game but it doesn't even attempt to be its own entity. It's as though developer Visceral games played God of War 2 and said "let's make this game again!". The controls are the same. The style of the cut scenes are the same. The only real way to decipher the difference in the games is the severe lack of quality found in Dante's inferno.

And finally my Trophy card has refused to update. I'm looking into a new one. Yup. That's all I have. I admit this post has not been finely crafted like my others. My mind is not focused. The Vikings lost, and I'm still a little torn up about it.