Sunday, December 25, 2011
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Propaganda and Dupes
Lets pretend I am not "any politics" at all. Right or left. Even center. I find myself perplexed at anyone stupid enough not to understand that talk radio is the epitome of "propaganda". The true essence of it. Every now and then though I run into someone that is of that vein of thinking, but is into many of the "things" I am that unfortunately put you into the criteria of "liberal" thinking like it or no. I don't get it. It is completely illogical. No, it's more than that ... it's plain bat shit crazy. These people worship the hide of totalitarianism, but want their ... eh heb, freedoms too. Propaganda is someone basically telling you something you want to hear that isn't necessarily the truth, but is typically an inflamatory reactionist reasoning that is meant to play your emotions to the benefit of a specific person, group, politic, and or movement. A tool and a fool as I like to call them. Worse, these people you venerate on talk radio or left or right wing news profit in the millions of dollars on your reactionaryism. You become a means for money and power, and you are a dupe. Nothing more. Personally, I want to be my own person with my own mind. Fuck philosophers, pundits, and their like. As I have said before just because you like what you are hearing doesn't mean it is the truth.
Doomsday on Politics
So much passion lost only to be regained in the form of cynicism. In the coming year I am working towards staying a bit further away from political opinion, because well politicians make me sick no matter who they are. Disappointment abounds. I mean I still hold that people are being idiots to fall for this phony "libertarian" sentiment that is being pushed by the corporate fascist giants of this nation and the world via their bought media (Foxnews, CNN, ect). I am not against being ones own person or small businesses, but what these so called Tea Partyers are going for is none of that it is pure totalitarianism wrapped in a bow of "capitalist free enterprize banter" that is complete bullshit. So I stand for the working class man and woman, I stand for small business, and I still stand for civil and human rights. I do believe however in fiscal responsibility, and to be honest always have. Currently I have no plans to vote in the 2012 election unless either Obama does something about influence pendling of the 1% on our political system or someone else runs that will. Right now ... no.
MMORPG Guide (Pre-Star Wars Old Republic)
At this point I can say I have played a little more than half a dozen MMORPGs out there. World of Warcraft is still the king, and now up until level 20 it is free to play. About five hours of entertainment. Lol! Otherwise it is the traditional $14.95 a month. Ok here is my run down of MMORPGs.
Star Trek Online: Was the dud that I expected it to be. If you are a hardcore Treky then maybe it will be fun for awhile until your blu-ray of season 5 of Deep Space 9 Arrives. (2 out of 5)
Warhammer Online I consider another dud. I just can’t stand against the power of WoW sorry. (2 out of 5)
EVE Online … I get lost in space far too much. Not meant for everyone. It is a space faring MMORPG. (can’t rate this one)
Champions Online: An excellent free to play/ pay for perks MMORPG that is a change from the hum drum of fantasy rpgs. You’re a super hero in the city! Customizing characters is excellent. You have to pay for some classes though. (5 out of 5)
Lord of The Rings Online: Also an excellent free to play/ pay for perks MMORPG stands well against WoW, but just not enough. Fun though especially if you like that universe. (4 .5 out of 5)
Everquest II : I just started playing this one. It has a difficult learning curve, and seems you have to “buy” everything for it being a free to play/ pay for perks … the crafting system in this game is like running a slot machine at a casino so its nuts. It is kind of fun though. (3.5 out of 5)
DC Universe Online: Free to play pay for perks game feels kind of arcadish in the way it plays, which isn’t a bad thing because it makes it different enough to be valid. The character customization is ok, but it could be better. Especially the color options. It’s kind of fun, but not exactly Champions Online. I give it a (3.5 out of 5)
Rift Online another Pay to Play It is fun for a while, but once the thrill of constant small and large raids wear off then … well there you are. It has a lot of what other fantasy MMORPGs have, but so what. (3.5 out of 5)
Runes of Magic: Free to play pay for perks … I kind of like this one. It was one of my first experiences outside of WoW playing a really good Fantasy MMORPG. It isn’t WoW by any means, but it has enough originality to be a nice one.
Wizards 101: I didn’t get it. Perhaps the Pokémon crowd gets it. It was a bunch of repetitive fiddle faddle meant obviously for little kids. I had hoped I could get past that fact. Nope. I won’t rate this one to be fair.
Fiesta Online: Another Anime kind of free to play pay for perks game that is full of cutesy characters, but is at least interesting, and different. It’s no WoW, but if you’re an Anime fan it’s worth a look. I won’t rate this one either.
So that is it for now. Well, I think Star Wars Old Republic came out yesterday ... beware WoW ... beware.
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