You knwo this is worthy of a post! Its uncanny!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq3peQ1KciA

Things will never be the same, will they..?

This is a straight copy from this article on MegaGames.com

It's not uncommon for fans to question why a certain movie was released on some high definition format and not the other, but Michael Bay's answer was not that common.

On his official forum, Michael Bay was asked why the Transformers movie was released on HD-DVD and not Blu-ray. The famous Hollywood director's answer was that Microsoft is behind a scheme to sabotage both high-definition disc formats.

"What you don't understand is corporate politics. Microsoft wants both formats to fail so they can be heroes and make the world move to digital downloads", Michael Bay said. "That is the dirty secret no one is talking about. That is why Microsoft is handing out $100 million dollar checks to studios just embrace the HD DVD and not the leading, and superior Blu Ray. They want confusion in the market until they perfect the digital downloads. Time will tell and you will see the truth."

Paramount, the studio behind Transformers, and DreamWorks signed an exclusive HD-DVD agreement on 20 August 2007. Several news sources reported that the two studios received $150 million in financial incentives for their commitment to HD-DVD.

Similar allegations were made a month ago by 20th Century Fox's president Mike Dunn at a Blu-ray festival. At the time, Kevin Collins, director in the Microsoft Consumer Media Technology Group, said that "the [Blu-ray] camp's claims about Microsoft's desire to have a format war are baseless. Microsoft has over 100 people working on HD DVD interactivity and we believe that HD DVD is the next-generation optical format."

If you ask me, I'd say this sounds very likely.

While I don't believe a word Mr. Brannan says. I am not going to leave this site.

Not only because I think IGN's page is just messy. But because of the editors that are left. Yeah, it hasn't been the same since Greg, Bob, Carrie and Rich left, and now Jeff was, shall we say "encouraged" to leave... Its going to be different. But that's life. The fact is that I still care for, and will follow these editors.

I hope Jeff strikes big where ever he goes. And I will still follow him where he goes (If possible of course) And it will be interesting to see how things will go here. It's still possible to check other reviews, and compare the two and than make up my mind about that.

The editors and programmers (also known as slaves) on GS aren't to blame, the heartless suits on CNet are.

I would like to say that I hope we all are wrong, and that Jeff has left on other reasons.

What can I say, I sort of kinda dislike GS right now. I mean, Jeff is the most knowledgeable person in the world when it comes to games(GregK is a close second). And he's always been really honest, spoken straight from the liver all the time. You might not agree with some reviews, but who agrees with a critic all the time?

I don't really know how to take this. This is a CNet act, because he was EIC of GS. So the people that could fire him would have to be from CNet. This is probably because Eidos has a huge campaign for K&L on GS, through CNet. Will there ever be a honest review on GS again... can we trust them?

I like the editors on GS. They are great people that know games and have a strong opinion. But I guess the only way you can really be sure is to wait and see.

Will miss you Jeff...

Well, it's that time of year when the roads here in Norway get icy, and the sentence "oh my god, that was close!!" is constantly used. And that's exactly what happens to me, well sort of. I was happily driving home after I had purchased Mass Effect. Now, steel ice is some of the most interesting surfaces to drive on. And it should be tried. Anyway, the car took a 180 on me and went ass first into the snow before I could even start thinking about doing something. When the car finally stopped skidding I was about 5 meters in a grain field. Well, I called for help. And though myself pretty lucky.

Ore was I? There is something incredibly embarrassing about sitting in a car, 5 meters(about 16 feet) in on a snowy grain field for 40 minutes waiting for that goddamn tow-truck. Unlike the steel ice, this should not be tried. But all in all I guess I was pretty lucky. The car didn't even get a scratch. Something that is pretty amazing.

How ever, playing Mass Effect now. It's pretty good; only wish I could get my self to save more often. I am currently on my 3rd try on the big plant thing. Looking very promising though.