Archive for September, 2008

Pill Popping

Posted in adverts on September 29th, 2008

Phentermine is a drug used to make you lose weight. I personally am not up for pill popping to get weight problems under control. There are those that enjoy popping pills.

The government is all about you popping pills instead of smoking. Take a pill for this and a pill for that. Soon you will be taking a pill to lose weight and one for a meal.

So those that like the energy and the pill popping, this drug might be for you if you care to lose weight. We, as Americans, just love to love things that change our body’s chemistry.

T-Mobile suck now

Posted in Personal on September 29th, 2008

T-Mobile just killed mine and my wife’s phone for not making full payment. Wow. I can’t believe no breaks are given any more. People don’t even take partial payments any more. We are not even behind other than the $37. I’m amazed.

Right now I can get incoming calls. The wife just brought up a good point, The incoming calls may charge us extra.

I can’t even call T-Mobile and talk with someone about it without paying the bill. FUCK T-MOBILE. I should be able to talk with someone about the bill, not just be cut off from talking with anyone. FUCK T-MOBILE!

Being Frugal

Posted in Personal on September 29th, 2008

I have got to figure out a way to be more frugal. Bills are coming way to close to not getting paid. The gas prices are killing me. I just seem to be running out of options.

It is really not just the gas prices. Everything is higher: food, power. You name it. If it is something that you need to live it is just higher. I talked previously about how we have made cut backs in our home. They just don’t seem to be enough.

We have killed our cable now. That is right, no more digital cable for us. Even the home phone is gone. Well they will be by tomorrow. This is in hopes that we can lower our bills.

On top of it all our rent is going up $25-$50 in November. So the money that we save by turning off the digital cable and the phone will almost be a lateral move. No more will be spent, but no less will be spent either.

I just really need to find more ways of making money and saving money at the same time. It seems like some people just don’t have the problem, and don’t feel the pinch. Well I was there at one point, where I didn’t feel it. To many people have gotten scared, and help with the problems that we currently have as a country. I just hope that I’m able to make it though all of this.

Cooler Nights

Posted in adverts on September 29th, 2008

It is a known fact that most babies are born in the spring. The cooler nights keep people inside, even more so when it gets cold. So what are you going to need in the spring besides a baby shower?

You are going to need some baby bedding for that crib. Yes your little bundle of joy can experience the joys of having everything match in their room. From curtains to lamps. Everything can match the crib.

So what are you waiting for. Snuggle down in front of the fireplace and get to baby making. Then you can have the most expensive thing that you will ever own. A baby.

Game Review - Sword of the New World

Posted in Game Reviews on September 26th, 2008

Kevin has told me over and over again that “free” games are just no good. I have always argued the point with him. The term “free” is that it is free to download and free to play. If you want double xp items or something like that, then you will have to pay. Payment to the game is based on people who are really really serious about the game.

With that being said I want to talk a little about Sword of the New World. SotNW is produced by Gamers First. Gamers First produces several free to play games. They are all based on some sort of D&D/MMORPG style combat. Try some or all of them out.

SotNW is a unique game. It has a mix of GuildWars and other MMORPGs aspects. The character creation is lacking. as it is with one of the other games that I tried out from Gamers First but I can’t say that for all games.

What they did was created classes and assigned a male/female model to those classes. The magic classes seem to be female, while the warrior style classes seem to be male. It is not a bad thing, it keeps things simple, and the only thing that really changes are the clothes your wear and weapons. What is good about it is there are only a few models that need to load for everyone playing the game. This takes up less memory and allows the game and load times to run smoother.

The game play is good. You mainly have 3 characters in your group. This doesn’t mean that you can’t play with a single character. With having 3 in your group, and at your control you can just about take on anyone at your level. While I have been waxed quite a few times in the game, it is really about being balanced.

I have been running around with a warrior, elementalist, and a wizard. So I’m out adventuring with my 3 characters. I can now be invited into a group or join up with someone that is also playing 3 characters. This can continue to allow up to 12 people playing 3 characters for a total of 36 characters for a raid or something.

The visual effects in the game are great. I think that mine are a little saturated but I have them turned up all the way and the game runs smooth. There are eccentric parts that are lit up, like in most games today. They catch the eye or twinkle just a little. I would put them with WoW or GuildWars style graphics.

Playing though the landscapes so far had been winding though tunnels or hall ways leading to rooms. I have yet to see vast open areas. This doesn’t mean that they are not in the game, just play style so far has been more dungeon than anything else. That is okay by me though. The rooms are large enough that 9 characters could be in the room and still gain good xp. The maps are large enough that you could have 100 characters in them and still be good.

This game will not suit everyone’s game still of play. I have yet to find a game that I have enjoyed as much as EverQuest, and I can’t even enjoy that anymore. I would suggest you see what all is out there before you buy and continue to pay for the next gen games. Sometimes there is something to what you get for free.