From the British hit, The IT Crowd, comes a spoof of the MPAA commercials attacking piracy.

You would have thought Sony would have learned from EA’s mistake. Apparently though, Sony just isn’t that smart.

This from LaserSharks

On the Halo series page at Wikipedia, an edit originated from Sony Computer Entertainment casts aspersions on Microsoft’s Halo 3. In the Halo 3 section of the Halo page, Sony added “(Halo 3) wont look any better than Halo 2.” (See the first and second story images attached below.) Since then, the Halo page has been corrected and locked from further vandalism.The WikiScanner discovery is reported on Wired’s ‘Threat Level’. The report and IP address have been checked by Wired senior editor Kevin Poulsen, (i.e., see the third attached image for Poulsen’s comments; “Sony insults Halo 3″ is the second report after the Walmart report.)Finally, the forth and last image was taken from a ‘Whois’ search at the RIPE.net database for “217.18.23.2″, the IP address recorded by Wikipedia as having edited the Halo page. The query shows that 217.18.23.2 is registered to SCEE (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe) Liverpool Studios in Great Britain. The result also shows the studio’s physical address, phone number, and email address.

Fanboys. We all know one, and in all probability are one (whether we will admit it or not). We defend our chosen system like it’s our lively-hood. We’re never willing to take a step back and look at something for what it really is.

Why?

Why are we (as fanboys) so willing to overlook the inadequacies of our chosen system(s)?

If we keep blindly defending our system of choice, if we continue to push aside it’s faults, it’s cost, it’s manufacturers laziness (whether it be MS not testing the 360 properly, or Nintendo giving us last gen graphics) we will end up sending those companies one message: “It’s ok, you don’t have to make it perfect, just average”, and in the end, it will be all of us who lose.

Xbox 360 is a great gaming console. The graphics are top-notch. The available games are diverse. But how many people can say theirs lasted more than a year?

Nintendo Wii. They really did break some new ground with their controllers. It’s great fun. I played Zelda through 2 times in a row. But is that enough? Is it ok that Nintendo just took a GC, prettied it up and gave it motion sensors?

So, why is it so hard for us to fight alongside our “rivals” when they are pointing out a manufacturers mistake?

Pride.

We’ve just spent our hard earned cash on something, and then someone has come along and pointed out why we were silly to do so. We feel the need to defend our choice. Are we right to do so? Sure. But that doesn’t mean we should let it go as far as to justify the faults. No fault is justifiable. We as the fans should be the First to paint the picket signs.

So please, gamers, get past your pride. When someone puts down your console, they are not putting you down with it. Separate yourself from emotion and look at things as they really are. We deserve better than what we are getting.

First let me start off by saying: Happy Farther’s Day to any Dads out there!

How did Farther’s Day get it’s start?
This was a question I seriously pondered on my way home from a party last night.
I had always assumed that Mother’s Day was created first, and that Father’s Day came about afterwards just because it would be unfair to have a holiday for only one of the parents.

So I was a bit surprised to find that it was more the opposite.

Mrs. John B. Dodd from Spokane Washington was the creator of this wonderful day. Her farther William Smart fought in the Civil War and was widowed after his wife died giving birth to their sixth child. He raised his six children on his own on a rural farm, and when Mrs. Dodd grew into adulthood, she realised the strength and selflessness of her farther and wanted a way to honour him.

She spoke with the ministers of Spokane and convinced them to hold a special service at the church dedicated to farthers. The year after that the whole state of Washington began to celebrate Farther’s Day.

I guess you could say that started the “snowball effect”, as now more states and organizations wanted an annual Father’s Day celebration for the whole country. They began lobbying Congress to declare such a holiday. The idea of a “Father’s Day” was approved by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916, but it was not official until President Calvin Coolidge made it a national event in 1924.

-So there you go. Farther’s Day: a day not to be missed.