Clocking out

Been so slow lately, haven;t found anything blog-worthy. Plus with all the holidays not much news is abound. I started playing Gears of War, sh!t that’s a good game. I’m thinking of playing online co-op to a serious extent. Though i don’t like how gamers are being forced to choke down the whole online experience as Microsoft and EA are doing, just because it works on the consoles, no reason to make us do it. Also, since when the heck did trainer makers start charging for them? It’s supposed to be pro bono for cheats, who the hell do these guys think they are?

Onto my next beef. These days we think we’re all that with our digital this and auto timed that, TiVo, gaming communities, Superb gaming tools etc. But some places we seem to be over tech’ing a bit. Mainly, with clocks.

For example, my phone has one, as does my watch (no sh!t), as does my PC, my TV, my Fridge, my car, etc etc. Now, these are all fine, not everyone wears a watch, i don’t these days, why should i? I have a phone. And my TV needs oen cos i program stuff, as does my PC, same reason. The car as well, just for the ease of use. Now we get to the pointless ones; the fridge, why? What kind of lifeless life are you living that you need to program your fridge? Next, the Head Unit. Did some nincompoop think that the guy buying a $150 head unit not have a car with a clock? And more, The MP3 Player. What kind of loser are you that you don;t have either a watch or a phone and really on your mp3 player, and even more so that you don’t already have an alarm clock?

All these seem to point that we’ve run out of new and exciting things and have reverted to what i remember was an episode of the Simpsons, the where Homer’s step-brother comes to him, and homer suggests instead of trying something new, just take something existing and put an alarm clock into it. We’re seeing that with the most advanced equipment on the planet nowadays, i pity us.