Today I’m going to talk about…game cases.

Think about it. Has anyone been unhappy with the way DVD/Current Gen Game Cases are designed?I myself think the cases are WAY too big. I mean, think about it… why do games use DVD cases anyways? And why do DVDs have to go in bigger cases? They’re the same size as CDs! Perhaps they’re afraid people will mix up DVDs with their audio CDs. Come on, people know how to read.

I recently got my girlfriend a PS1 as was amazed at how cool the PS1 games are packaged. They’re comfortable to carry and whatnot, and they’re not overly sized in any way. Just normal jewel cases. You see.. PC games, PS1 games, and dreamcast games cases are the way to go. I feel that if things continue like this…CD’s will get smaller and smaller and the cases will get bigger and bigger. Pretty soon we’ll be lugging around cases bigger than the consoles themselves.

Ah yes, the gamecube. Disks 3 1/2 in diameter. Tiny disks. And they decide to put them into DVD CASES. It’s just a retarded. To assist my point, I will show you a few photos.

You see, this is what a GCN game case looks like right now:

Pretty unusual isn’t it? I mean…WHY DOES THE MINIME OF CDS NEED A FULL FLEDGED DVD CASE? Maybe it’s trying to stand up to the big bullies of Microsoft and Sony. However, this is the equivalent of a tiny kid stuffing cotton balls under his T-Shirt to make his muscles look bigger than the bullies. They’re not fooling anyone.

However, you say, that Nintendo has a memory card slot? OF COURSE! IT’S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE ROOM FOR THE MEMORY CARD AND ONLY A DVD-SIZED CASE CAN ACCOMMODATE BOTH THE CD AND THE MEMORY CARD! Observe.

I rest my case. (haaahaaa…shut up)
In conclusion, I just want to say that most gamers don’t care. Including myself. I just find it very interesting the way things work nowadays, and pointed something to your attention so trivial that you might never have noticed it.

I also plan to blog a lot more. My next blog will be soon.

So I’m assuming many of you have read that debate on violence in video games. If not, you can read it here. Anyways, I saw in the EGM after that that Jack Thompson, the person against violence in video games, had his email address on the internet. I found it and sent him a thoughtful email:

Hi.
I read the Electronic Gaming Monthly article “Head to Head” and would like to comment on it.
First, of all, let me say that I completely agree with you on a few points. Video Games rated “Mature” should require ID to buy anywhere. However, I am curious about the last thing you said in that interview:
“We are going to sue video game manufacturers, platform manufacturers… We’re going to sue the industry for its recklessness, for being so short sighted …Congress may ban the games altogether…”
I do understand why these violent games should be monitored, but not put out. Like it or not, the average gamer is 29 years old. There is no reason to put them out altogether, nor do platform manufacturers have any control on whether Mature rated games are sold to children. For example, alcohol is not sold to kids under a certain age. Sure, kids still get a hold of it, but is that the beer company’s fault?
I’m just wondering where you stand in this sense.

Mike D
So I come back to my computer several hours later. I check my email. There’s a response! I open the email and stare at it.

not interested
That’s it. That’s all there was before “Original Message” He didn’t even punctuate it. You’d think if a guy was gonna put you out he’d at least punctuate it and answer in complete sentences.

But here it was. Two words. Now it’s interesting to wonder how much of the email he actually read. Was it up to “hi?” or perhaps up to “I would like to comment on it?” It’s interesting how this person feels so strong on voicing his opinion that he blocks out all opposition in his mind so that he is justified. If you’ve been reading these interviews like I have, he’s related people who don’t have his views to Satan and Saddam Hussien.

But enough about his response, what about my point? Had he have read my point, would it have made a difference. Although I’m sure the absurdity of his ideas has earned him numerous amounts of spam from the gaming community. GAMING ISN’T JUST FOR KIDS ANYMORE! THE AVERAGE GAMER IS 29!!! WHY PUNISH THE ADULT GAMERS BECAUSE THE KIDS CAN’T KEEP THEIR HANDS OFF THE GAMES?

It seems that in present time, you’re not responsible for yourself anymore. Jack Thompson has this same mindset. If you snap and kill a lot of people, It’s not your fault. It’s the video games! They’ve been desensitizing you and telling you what to do! Let me sue them and you won’t have to worry about going crazy again!

Jack Thompson,
This goes back to your response… not interested. You have had very little success in this matter. Because we’re not interested. The judges, the gamers, we just don’t care. There’s so many holes in your logic that they don’t agree with you, very little people do. So maybe you should think twice. Read an email or two. Try to listen to anyone with a point of view that’s not your own… just for once.

not interested

Okay, here’s what happened today:

I was booting up the Tetris on the school server. I programmed Tetris in visual basic and put it on the server - everyone loves it. I added a top-scores board that is buried within the center of the server that everyone in the school saves to. Unfortunately, a lot of people feel the need to express their names with swears. Some popular ones are “Mike N = fag” and simply “f***” So here I check the top scores and stare blankly at it:

[My Girlfriend] IS A HOAR.

Hoar. What the heck is a hoar. I made the courtesy of looking up “hoar” in the dictionary.

hoar adj.
white or grayish in color.

Now, I am assuming this person has made a mistake. My girlfriend happens to NOT be whitish or gray in color. Now this individual seriously needs to brush up on their vocabulary.

Or perhaps they meant whore. The definition for which is:

whore n.
A prostitute.

Now I also happen to know my girlfriend is not a prostitute. If they did mean this, I really want to kick their testicles so hard that they will choke and die on them. But since I don’t know who it is… And I happen to be a little weak, I have found out an alternative. As soon as I confirm who this is, I will put this on the top scores board (and make sure it stays there):

[Illiterate Individual] IS A WHORE.

Note the correct spelling of whore. I can say this: It is very sad that an adolescent boy cannot spell “whore”