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New Blue October Song: The Chills

noreply@blogger.com (fredbob3) — Tue, 17 May 2011 00:24:00 +0000

Take my hand,
Maybe we should run away,
Maybe we should disappear,
Leave everything behind.

Let the useless things,
Boxes labeled memories,
Of sudden health emergencies,
Yeah, we could leave those things behind.

Show me,
Show me arms that reach,
For all we can be,
Through understanding,
Kind forgiveness,
I face the past,
As what I witnessed.

(Chorus)
Why do I only feel the chills when they are real,
I only hear your words that you say are true,
But you keep thinking it over,
Thinking it over,
You can catch me if you, wanted to.

Now why you gotta say goodbye,
When you know you could have come with me,
No, can't afford to leave and stay,
We're gonna have to just build one way,

So tell me,
Tell me all things you told me we could be,
Through understanding, try forgiveness,
I face the facts as what i witnessed.

(Chorus)

Why do I only feel the chills when they are real,

I only hear your words that you say are true,

But you keep thinking it over,

Thinking it over,

You can catch me if you, want.

Why does the heart always have to break,

(When you try and wait to hard,)

Have to break,

(Does she see right through you?)

Have to break,

(Our communication, in the conversation,

it breaks down)

And there'll be nothing to talk about.

(Absolutely nothing,

Just bla, bla, bla,)

(Chorus)

Why do I only feel the chills when they are with you,

I only hear your words that you say are true,

But you keep thinking it over,

Thinking it over,

You can catch me if you, wanted to.

PSN Coming Back Online (FINALLY)!!!

noreply@blogger.com (fredbob3) — Sun, 15 May 2011 00:22:00 +0000

About half of the PSN services are coming back online, refer to this page for more info on when exactly your state should be online.

Google Chromebooks In A Month!

noreply@blogger.com (fredbob3) — Sat, 14 May 2011 20:48:00 +0000

Google announced the other day that Chromebooks will be coming out June 15th, or at least you'll be able to order them June 15th. These are the specifications of both the Samsung and Acer models they announced.

Specifications

12.1" (1280x800) 300 nit Display
3.26 lbs / 1.48 kg
8.5 hours of continuous usage ¹
Intel® Atom^TM Dual-Core Processor
Built in dual-band Wi-Fi and World-mode 3G (optional)
HD Webcam with noise cancelling microphone
2 USB 2.0 ports
4-in-1 memory card slot
Mini-VGA port
Fullsize Chrome keyboard
Oversize fully-clickable trackpad

Specifications

11.6" HD Widescreen CineCrystal^TM LED-backlit LCD
3.19 lbs | 1.45 kg
6 hours of continuous usage ¹
Intel® Atom^TM Dual-Core Processor
Built in dual-band Wi-Fi and World-mode 3G (optional)
HD Webcam with noise cancelling microphone
High-Definition Audio Support
2 USB 2.0 ports
4-in-1 memory card slot
HDMI port
Fullsize Chrome keyboard
Oversize fully-clickable trackpad

As you can see, they both have an Intel Atom Dual-Core Processor, about a 12 inch screen, dual band Wi-Fi and 3G, HD Webcam, HD Audio, 2 USB ports, 4-in-1 memory card slot, Chrome keyboard, and a trackpad.

The only difference I can see is that the Samsung's battery power lasts about 2.5 hours longer than the Acer one, and the video output connection, either HDMI or Mini-VGA.

I think I will wait until i have money to buy a Chromebook with everything here, 8+ hours of battery life, and HDMI output.

Modern Warfare 3 FINALLY Announced!!!

noreply@blogger.com (fredbob3) — Sat, 14 May 2011 01:21:00 +0000

Just hours after new details on the game came to light, Activision has launched the first of likely many teaser trailers for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 via Facebook. Subtitled "America Under Siege," the all-too-brief clip drives home the fact that a focus of the modern combat occurring in this installment will be the USA's own front lawn.

New Blue October Song Lyrics: The Chills

noreply@blogger.com (fredbob3) — Fri, 13 May 2011 22:43:00 +0000

I have been listening to this song non-stop since it was debuted yesterday.These is the lyrics of Blue October's new song The Chills. They may not all be right, so if you see a problem, be sure to leave it in the comments.

Take my hand,
Maybe we should run away,
Maybe we should disappear,
Leave everything behind.

Let the useless things,
Boxes labeled memories,
Of sudden health emergencies,
Yeah, we could leave those things behind.

Show me,
Show me arms that reach,
For all we can be,
Through understanding,
Kind forgiveness,
I face the past,
As what I witnessed.

(Chorus)
Why do I only feel the chills when they are real,
I only hear your words that you say are true,
But you keep thinking it over,
Thinking it over,
You can catch me if you, wanted to.

Now why you gotta say goodbye,
When you know you could have come with me,
No, can't afford to leave and stay,
We're gonna have to just build one way,

So tell me,
Tell me all things you told me we could be,
Through understanding, try forgiveness,
I face the facts as what i witnessed.

(Chorus)

Why do I only feel the chills when they are real,

I only hear your words that you say are true,

But you keep thinking it over,

Thinking it over,

You can catch me if you, want.

Why does the heart always have to break,

(When you try and wait to hard,)

Have to break,

(Does she see right through you?)

Have to break,

(Our communication, in the conversation,

it breaks down)

And there'll be nothing to talk about.

(Absolutely nothing,

Just bla, bla, bla,)

(Chorus)

Why do I only feel the chills when they are with you,

I only hear your words that you say are true,

But you keep thinking it over,

Thinking it over,

You can catch me if you, wanted to.

PSN Is STILL Down!

noreply@blogger.com (fredbob3) — Sat, 07 May 2011 02:57:00 +0000

THAT is how I feel. Sony, they only delay everything!

Who here remembers the long wait we had to go through for PlayStation Home? It was cool in the closed beta, now it sucks! Actually, now it's gone! That wait was a bit excessive. If I remember correctly, we waited almost a year and a half for it, and they cut out all the features that made it cool, like voice chat, because it was a "strain on [there] servers"! Strain my ass! They have enough money, put some more into that! Then and only then will you get people to actually enjoy PS Home.

Now, believe me, I'm not against Sony, it's just, come on. I bought my PS3 when they were $400 the February of 2009. For those of you that weren't here, it's the year they made them $300, and boy was I mad then!

On the other hand, it could be a smart move. Sony heads have obviously heard the rumors of the attack that's supposed to happen this weekend. They could be keeping the servers down for that. I doubt it though.

Well, I guess I'll just go back to playing Half-Life online on my P.O.S. PC. This is Fredbob3 singing off of this rant.

Free Hugs!!! (Seriously, in Portal 2)

noreply@blogger.com (fredbob3) — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 23:47:00 +0000

Yes, I know that the PlayStation Network is down, and yes I know it is probably because of some hackers. But long story short, there's a PSN Trophy and Steam Achievement for "hug[ing] 3 people on your friends list" called Friends List With Benefits, and I am willing to friend (and hug) people that need the Trophy/Achievement. Also, if you want, we can help each other on the game, I am on Section 4 of 5 in the co-op mode at time of posting. I'll update this when I have my Trophy/Achievement, and when i can be a tutor for people who need to learn how to complete Portal 2 co-op.

Portal 2 Lab Rat Comic Part 2

noreply@blogger.com (fredbob3) — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:14:00 +0000

I have downloaded and compiled Part 2 of the Portal 2 Lab Rat comic. Click here for it. Or you can also click here to go see the comic hosted by the first uploader IGN.

Free Realms (PS3) Page On Facebook

noreply@blogger.com (fredbob3) — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 23:06:00 +0000

Come Join our PS3-version-specific Free Realms page on Facebook! This is sure to be the central place for all the people who like Free Realms on the PS3 to come and share all the news, tips, friend names, and updates. Come join our page now! the link is in the bar on the side. ----->

FREE Battlefield Play4Free Veteran's Weapons

noreply@blogger.com (fredbob3) — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 23:00:00 +0000

I have a four different codes for four different Battlefield Play4Free veteran's weapons. If anybody wants them just send me an email at fredbob3@gmail.com.

FREE Battlefield Play4Free Beta Codes

noreply@blogger.com (fredbob3) — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:26:00 +0000

I have access to 5 free Battlefield Play4Free beta codes, if you want
one of them, just follow this blog, and send me an email and I'll give
you one. Tomorrow, I'll check my email and if your email matches up
with my list of followers, I'll give you one. That's it, simple as
that.

My Life With PlayStation

noreply@blogger.com (fredbob3) — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 23:47:00 +0000

Today, I watched the YouTube video posted below. By the time it was over I had a build-up in my chest of pure, awesome, epic, respect and pride. For you see, I have been with PlayStation since day one, September 9th 1995, even though I may not remember it since I was only almost 1-year-old at the time. About 3 years ago I got deep into gaming. No I was never that cussing 12-year-old you always hear about online, because at that time I only had a PS2, and PS3's weren't out in the U.S. yet. I love PlayStation so dearly I bought all their systems, and am devoted enough I own only their systems. My game console history has been PlayStation, PS2, PSP, and now PS3. I have only the latter two now, but if it were up to me, I'd have all four. Enough dibble-dabble, into the footage.

Yes, now you see what I am talking about? You reading this now should feel exactly the same way. Peace, Love to all PlayStation lovers out there, I wanna here you're stories in the comments.

Solace

noreply@blogger.com (fredbob3) — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:50:00 +0000

Solace is a free Indie game for the PC that looks a lot like a cross between Everyday Shooter and Flow. It's still a good game, especially for it's low price, did I mention it's FREE!!! Here's the trailer.

We're Back In Full

noreply@blogger.com (fredbob3) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:38:00 +0000

We all have full time internet access now, besides school. There's been a lot of news since we've been gone, like:

PS3 being hacked, almost
inFAMOUS 2
Killzone 3

So, let's go in order.

PS3 being hacked: thanks to much help from George Hotz, in early February 2010, the PS3's hypervisor was breached. I said almost because there was a lot of nothing about it until about a month ago. Then there was PSJailbreak, which cost money like $40. Then there was a lot more ports. Now, what I'm looking forward to, PSGroove, which will supposedly let me hack my PS3 with my hacked PSP.

inFAMOUS 2: New sequel to the 2008 best-seller, inFAMOUS, inFAMOUS 2 will follow Cole out of Empire City into a New Jersey like city called New Marais. There was a lot of dispute over the makeover Sucker Punch gave Cole, including a new facial structure, and hair. Don't worry, they put him back, mostly. He looks a lot like his old self now. He will have all his old powers, and learn new telekinetic powers.

Killzone 3 will be released on February 22nd, 2011.

Download Chrome OS Zero

noreply@blogger.com (fredbob3) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:23:00 +0000

If you have used the Google Chrome browser, you probably like it for it's speed, stability, and security. Would you like an Operating System just like it? Chrome OS, based on the Google Chrome browser, was released last November in a source code form. people scrambled to put it together into an OS, and many more people scrambled to get their hands on it. 2 months later, you can now get your hands on better, smaller builds. One was released 10 days ago called Google Chrome Zero. You can get that build here. It was built by a man screen named Hexxeh, and is supposed to be very good. I will post an update with a small preview once i have it downloaded.

What Is The Formula For The Best Game

noreply@blogger.com (fredbob3) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:32:00 +0000

I was playing the new Codemasters racer Fuel, and thought "Hey, I know what would be awesome. If this games cars had damage." Then i thought how to organize that idea into a list for developers to get the idea of what we want. So, what would be the formula for the best game ever. I have a few Ideas.

The Chimera and weapons from Resistance + The Terrain and scale of Fuel + Car Damage + Car Weapons

Rage - the freaky looking mutants + Ratchet and Clank Weapons Robots and/or aliens

Leave comments of your ideas of the best games.

Black Mesa: Source has been Delayed!

noreply@blogger.com (Sploopidy) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:13:00 +0000

In 2004, the Black Mesa team started working on a Half-Life 2 mod called Black Mesa, and it was going to be a remake of Half-Life (1998) with increased graphics. (Read more about it at www.blackmesasource.com.)

The team proudly promised over their five years of working on the mod that they would release it in 2009 through it's "when it's done" approach. However, leader Carlos Montero recently announced over the Black Mesa forums that Black Mesa, despite their efforts, would not be releasing Black Mesa this year. The developers say that they will try to release it as soon as they decide they are finished with their end results. Until then, make your bets about when it will release, and hold onto your crowbars.

Spike TV's Video Game Awards

noreply@blogger.com (fredbob3) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:45:00 +0000

The VGA's were on last night. Did you watch them? I did. I'll save you a lot of looking, Uncharted 2 won Game of the Year, NOT CoD:MW2. Even though Uncharted 2 is an extremely awesome game. Does it really deserve more than MW2? You tell me.

Google Wave

noreply@blogger.com (fredbob3) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:42:00 +0000

First off, I am in and have invites. Secondly, I have noone to talk to, so I am bored. If you want an invite, i'll email you one. If you don't know what Google Wave is, go here and watch a youtube vid on it. That's all for now!

Has this occured to anyone else?

noreply@blogger.com (Sploopidy) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:09:00 +0000

Chrome OS Is Out!

noreply@blogger.com (fredbob3) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:40:00 +0000

Okay, not a full official build. The source code for Google's Chrome OS is out and people have made some different types of builds, most (if not all) for virtualbox and vmware. Still its exciting, this time next year we will be able to see how far it has come along and get official releases, already installed on netbooks. That's what I'm waiting for, Chrome OS to be already installed on a computer specifically designed for it. Are you excited for it? Are you a good coder and will help Google out? I know if I could code, I would definately make my own stuff for it.

The Orange Box

noreply@blogger.com (fredbob3) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:54:00 +0000

One thing you have to think about when buying a game is the ratio of money spent to time played. One of the best looking ratios is for The Orange Box at $20 for 20 around hours.

The Orange Box includes Half-Life 2, one of the most critically acclaimed games ever, plus HL2: Episodes One AND Two. There's 3 of the 5 games right there.

Then there's Portal, a strategy-platformer with good graphics. Portal is a game where you have a gun that instead of shooting bullets, it shoots portals.

Lastly, there's Team Fortress 2. If you've never heard of the game, then your probably thinking it's an RPG. It's not. It's an awesome online multi-player shooter with crazy weapons.

Basically, if you like shooters and a little comedy in them, The Orange Box is a great buy. Especially for how cheap it is, $20. I got it for $15 at Game Exchange.

PSP Go

noreply@blogger.com (fredbob3) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:16:00 +0000

I want one so bad! The problem is, I don't want to pay for stuff with a credit card on at $20 increments. Solution: HACK IT! I plan to get one from Lockerz (email me for an invite), and when i do, I'll be on top of the hacking news for you! I should have one by Oct. 21 so after that, and after i figure out how, I'll make a guide. But shh! It's a secret, we cant let our government overlords know about our plans!Just wanted you to know about my next buy. I only want one if they can be hacked, but since i am getting it from Lockerz instead of paying for it, I might get one anyway (just for Motorstorm).

New PS3! $299! And 3.00!

noreply@blogger.com (fredbob3) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:56:00 +0000

Big news from Gamescom, the E3 of the UK! Sony just annouced that they have dropped the price of the PS3 (something that has been expected for months, and it will certainly help there system sell) and will release there long awited PS3 slim Setember 1st.

Another good thing is they have announced firmware update 3.00 that has revamped the XMB and has added animated backgrounds. They have also replaced the Information Board with a much cooler What's New section, and shortcuts to the "latest and greatest" in the PSStore. IN additon, there is now a mini PSN status display telling you how many friend are online and if you have any messages.

Music

noreply@blogger.com (fredbob3) — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 02:12:00 +0000

When I started this blog I had the idea that it would be about music and video games equally, but I realized that we have only been posting about games. So, here is whats going on with the music in my life, I love Blue October. Maybe you have or have not heard of them but i love them! Here is their song Say It.

Blue October - "Say It" Official Video