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• 10Jul 08

  E3 Predictions

  There's only 4 days remaining until the big gaming giants Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft make their press conference speeches at E3 2008 and, to show my appreciation for this period, I've compiled a list of predictions of what we might find this year!

  So, cynicism aside (or not), here's what I expect/believe/wish to be announced at this years event:

  Nintendo

  • Kid Icarus trailer is shown and will be playable on the floor. Release date to be early 2009 (that's late 2010 for us Europeans) Mario and Zelda will take a break this year.
  • Animal Crossing Online for the Wii is announced but is not playable. Another 2009 release date.
  • Voice chat is announced (...I joke, I joke. Sorry, I'll be serious)
  • Nintendo resolves the data storage issues of the Wii (haha...sorry, I couldn't resist)
  • In conclusion- more waggle for your wii-mote and another lecture of how they conquered the casuals.

  Sony

  • Team Ico show a very short teaser for their next game. Release date TBA
  • God of War 3 is displayed in its full HD perfection and lots of scarlet blood splatters the screen to reveal a 2009 release date.
  • The PSP gets some PS3 spin offs like Resistance and Uncharted.
  • In conclusion, Sony attempts to step up to the mark and reveals some exclusives for their systems. No price cuts and not much focus on statistics as they seem to lack many to flaunt...

  Microsoft

  • Alan Wake finally gets some attention and another trailer is shown. Release date either to be 2010 or TBA.
  • Gears of war 2, Fable 2 and Bioshock 2 are re/announced and trailers are shown. Fable 2 and Gears 2 will be playable on the show floor. Release dates will be 2009 for all three
  • Microsoft reveals 'new, 'innovative' motion sensing technology for the xbox 360.
  • In conclusion - not a lot of new content for the 360, but a lot of statistic throwing and a talk on how this year they will 'conquer Japan'(like how they've been saying since 2001

  • Posted Jul 10, 2008 4:07 pm PT
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• 27Jun 08

  Why I Hate Employment Agencies

  I really dislike recruitment agencies. The so called "consultants" are usually rude, arrogant and salesey. They are only interested in getting you in to register with them, they then promise you the world and you don't hear from them again, unless they want to flog you some job they can't get anyone else to do and think you will go for it because you are desperate or don't have 5 years plus experience in the particular field you are interested in. They will hardly ever put you forward for permanent work because they make more money out of you if you are just temping via them. They lie to you about the jobs and what they involve, making rubbish jobs sound like they are more high profile than they really are and they even lie about the salary / hourly rate you will get, if they think it will get you to say "Yes, please send my CV to that company!". Their philosophy is: "Get them to agree to it and worry about the details later!"
  
  My experience of recruitment agencies has been a very dissapoiting one. I have been lied to, treated as if I were an idiot, pushed around, patronized, insulted and told off for calling or emailiing them every once in a while to ask if they actually have anything for me! Today I was even told by one of these "high-flyers" to "not call" her or "email" her please "about jobs that are not relevant" (i.e. I had applied for a job she felt was too senior for me) as this was wasting her time and she was very busy! How rude. She even had the audacity to leave this message on my work voicemail!!! And she was from one of the biggest agencies...
  
  Please feel free to share any bad experienecs you have had with recruitment agencies, as it would be really 'therapeutic' to hear from fellow 'sufferers'. :-)

  • Posted Jun 27, 2008 7:08 am PT
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• 17Jun 08

  I Can't Believe He's Still Single!!!!

  Being unemployed and on summer holidays, i have an incredible amount of spare time on my hands. I've now got a horrible method of filling this spare time with looking at desperate dating ads in the paper. You know the "single, 52, looking for a woman younger than me to aid in my mid-life crisis" type ads and i found one which um, was interesting to say the least.

  Looking for a princess who is also an exhibitionist and submissive. I am 45 yrs old, 6'4" and 230lbs. I would like to meet a woman/women smaller and younger than me. By that I mean 40 or younger, 4'9" to 6'0" slender to ample. Positive & happy with themselves. Looking for a lady who does not mind leaving the lady at the door, as the sub enters. They can be shy and yet kinky or bold as can be and kinky. Involved or interested in Bondage, Blindfolds, Clamps, Candle Wax, Chains, Collar and or Lead/Leash, Oral, Pain, Role Playing, Spanking, Talking Dirty, Whips and being naughty in public. I am a voyeur who enjoys watching men and women jockeying for a better position to see what they saw or thought they saw.
  
  Domination of a submissive does not include getting you into my 3 bedroom 2 bath 1 dungeon home two hours after we meet for the first time over coffee. Thats a gift you must earn. To earn a trip into the dungeon, you must open your mind. Your picture gets mine, as well as cam, after we have chatted and both are interested.

  ....whoever that princess was, who was permitted entrance to his 3 bedroom 2 bathroom 1 dungeon home, is a lucky lucky girl. Wow, just wow.

  • Posted Jun 17, 2008 5:25 pm PT
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