Xbox 360 or PS3

My friend Shaggy is to blame for this article.

"Well, this Christmas I'm contemplating buying some PS3 games, or getting an Xbox 360. But I hear they scratch discs with movement, and they break down frequently. I don't wanna spend 400 on a system overall for a breakdown with a one year warranty! What are you thoughts on the system?"


Here are my thoughts. I am a proud owner of the Xbox360 Pro and have been for a little over a year now and I have been very impressed with it so far. I have taken great care of my system and have only had the annoying Open Tray Error.


The PS3, while a good system, does not meet some of my requirements to purchase. 

1. Media Player- AVI's are a must.
2. Large selection of Games (especially console specific)
3. Reliable Network

Although the PS3 does have a FREE network, I read too many news articles where the PSN is down for some sort of time. Personally I would pay $50 for a reliable network then a free one that seems to not work so well.

Media- I play a lot of videos in AVI format and I can't seem to get them to work on a PS3.

"I want the 360 because all my friends have it, but then I don't want to make my parents buy something that MAY break."

Here are some tips to keep it nice.

1. Keep the 360 in a cool room, or make the room as cool as humanly possible. As long as you aare not in the Sahara or Death Valley without an inter-cooler then you should be fine.
2. Keep you software updated. Every November and sometime in Spring Microsoft releases a big Dashboard update that has many software fixes for known problems.

Also the Interface is a lot better to Navigate on a 360.

Anything to Add?

Bandwagon

I am here to announce that Ben's blog has finally joined the bandwagon of Facebook. After about 4 years of posting, replies, and arguments Ben's blog is going to continue to pursue its main goal. Provide a look into the insight of one single American person and his life while informing the public with interesting news stories.

Also we are on Twitter @bensblog

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Caprica: Stop Waiting

Remember the Comic Con announcement that season 1.5 of Caprica will premiere Jan. 2011? Remark your calendars. Caprica will in fact move to Oct. 5th (Tuesday) and will air alongside Stargate Universe.

Interesting choice of date. Caprica Season 1.0 will be available for sale on Oct. 5th as well. (that sounds like a marathon opportunity)

Sanctuary Moves to Fridays

The Facebook page for Sanctuary just announced that Sanctuary will not be premiering alongside Stargate Universe on Sept. 28 (Tuesday) but will instead wait about 2.5 weeks Oct. 15 (Fridays) to premiere.

SyFy announced that it will host wrestling programs on Fridays effectively killing SCI FI Fridays. Friday programming was then all moved to Tuesdays prolonging some shows (mid)season breaks.

Is this going to be a first step to reclaim SCI FI Friday? The announcement about wrestling was not very positive. friday was always premiere night for the Stargate franchise and Sanctuary as well as SyFy's latest hit Caprica.

Permitted

I also would like to make a late announcement. I am now a legally permitted Driver in the state of Kansas. to become a fully liscenced Driver i must complete 50 hours of driving with a certain amount being during the night. and then I must take another written test then an actual driving test. Woo hoo!

Epic Stir Fry Anyone?

for the 1:30am dinner/snack I was in a serious mood for stir fry so we looked all through the kitchen for the needed supplies. we found everything and decided to make it BD's Mongolian style. give me the ingredients you want and I will make it. Interesting thing, I made mine first and Joe smelled it and fell in love. Then he tasted it and loved it even more. So that was his choice. Thats 2 for me to make.

Then the bum friend of ours, JT decided he wanted some. so that was 3. it took a while (FOREVER) to get the water boiling but all in all it was an awesome stir fry!

Ingredients

Thin Spaghetti

Green Beans

Water Chestnuts

Corn

Soy Sauce

Basil

Garlic Powder

Meat of your choice(we forgot this step but it is awesome without)

Steps

soften the noodles in a pot.

have the skillet ready to recieve

Make the sauce (Soy sauce, Garlic Powder, and Basil)

put the noodles in the skillet and move around A LOT.

add the First vegetable

15 seconds later add the second vegetable

if you want the third wait another 15 seconds.

pour and scrape the sauce mix well.

put on plate and enjoy.

*If you want to add the meat add it before the vegetables

Finales Are Airing. I am lost.

May and June are finale months for network shows. After that begins months of not knowing what to do with myself. Weeds is returning as well as Warehouse 13 and Eureka. But WH13 and Eureka is not until July. I guess the good things is that I can go through my DVR and DVD's and continue reviewing TV shows.

What will be on this summer:
The Good Guys
Warehouse 13
Eureka
Weeds
Penn And Teller BS

News Briefs Edition 1

Aperture Science pimps out both STEAM and PORTAL 2 at the Same Time

Anyone who loves steam and the mack should know this by now. Steam officially came out on the Mac 2 days ago. The expansion was announced about 2 months ago alongside the announcement of a 2nd portal game. Aperture Science sent out this promotional video yesterday showing that you can simultaneously announce your game and the engine expansion at the same time and make it worth watching.

Video Game - E3 2010 - Portal

Law and Order has been sentenced to death (allegedly)

Although it has not been confirmed by NBC, or Universal. Dick Tracy Wolf's people have stated that Law and Order will not be returning for season 21. NBC stated that they are currently in talks and will make a proper announcement when the time is right.

Houston Teacher beats the frak out of student

If you have not heard of this already then I suggest you contact a cable provider to see if they service the rock you live under. A Teacher that works worked at a behavioral disorder school wailed on a student for singing. (if he sounded like Justin Bieber then I might have some sympathy). The video of the assault is horrific and makes you wonder, "why weren't the other teachers intervening?" "were they just that amused and couldn't stop watching?". 

Adieu. Unless updated.

News Briefs

In an attempt to keep you people informed I am Opening a new section. Thanks to the Pitch for the original name (I am stealing it until I can find something better) "News briefs" will be bite sized news stories clumped together and shipped here on a somewhat regular basis.

Twitter has the coolest bug to ever hit the internet

Twitter announced today that there is a bug in it's system. The bug to make anyone follow you. THe bug can be used by typing in “accept [Twitter Username]” and done!.




Example: accept @Camulus


This by far is the COOLEST bug to ever surface