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gamerspirit: kimoida: I did it… I’ve finally caught them...

Sat, 25 May 2013 03:46:15 -0400

gamerspirit:

kimoida:

I did it… I’ve finally caught them all…..

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU THINK YOU’D NEVER SEE

vexarion: ifyoucarryonthisway: i need a job where i work one hour a week and i get paid a thousand...

Sat, 25 May 2013 03:45:08 -0400

vexarion:

ifyoucarryonthisway:

i need a job where i work one hour a week and i get paid a thousand dollars a minute

partybarackisinthehousetonight: mermaidpirate: partybarackisinthehousetonight: if you’re ever...

Sat, 25 May 2013 03:44:31 -0400

partybarackisinthehousetonight:

mermaidpirate:

partybarackisinthehousetonight:

if you’re ever feeling lazy just remember that the ancient greeks believed their gods lived on top of a very climbable hill but no one even bothered to check

Did you really just call Mount Olympus a hill?

sorry. BIG hill

if i was a doctor

Sat, 25 May 2013 03:44:15 -0400

if i was a doctor
hot guy: i sprained my wrist
me: okay take off your underwear

the-milk-eyed-mender: flamingflarez: pink-haired-archer: nepet...

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:42:25 -0400

the-milk-eyed-mender:

flamingflarez:

pink-haired-archer:

nepetaquest:

angelfire93:

Alright, if you’re a consumer and you’re considering picking up the new Xbox One console, then please, take a moment to listen to me. Before we begin, no, I am not a fanboy or a hater. I have no console Bias. I have a PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, and a Gaming PC. Each has their pros and cons but now onto business.

DO NOT BUY AN XBOX ONE. Why? See the reasons below:

Xbox Requires an internet connection. Here’s how it works: Every 24 hours your Xbox will try to connect to Microsoft’s servers for verification. If it is unable to connect, sucks to be you. You’re blocked from playing even single player games until it can connect.

Source: http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-does-require-internet-connection-cant-play-o-509164109

Do you like renting games, lending them to a friend, or even borrowing them from a friend? No longer possible. Every Xbox One game you get must be registered to your Xbox live account to be played. After that point it will only work for you. No one else can use it unless they pay a fee. Essentially it works like this. You pick up a used Xbox One game from somewhere or someone, pop it into your console. The system verifies it’s been registered to your account. Uh-oh, it isn’t! In order to play it, you have to pay Microsoft a fee, which is currently slated to be full retail price. Doesn’t matter how scratched up it is or how cheap you got it at gamestop or from a friend. You aren’t just buying the physical copies anymore. You’re paying Microsoft for a LICENSE to be allowed to play that game.

It is worth mentioning Microsoft is exploring ways for you to trade in and resell your used games. This is rumored to mean that you can sell your digital license to play the game (registration) back to microsoft, likely for microsoft points. You can then trade in the game at gamespot for some cash if you like. Either way, as it currently stands, the new owner would still have to pay a fee on top of the price of actually buying the physical copy.

Source: http://www.technobuffalo.com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-fee-for-buying-used-games-full-retail-price/

Is it worth mentioning that Microsoft if shafting Indie Developers as well? Where as on Playstation Network or (whatever the Wii has) Indie Developers can self publish their content easily. Playstation even encourages this. Microsoft however forces these Indie Devs to enter publishing deals with them to be allowed to market their content. You don’t go through them, you don’t get to sell what you developed.

Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/22/indie-devs-cant-self-publish-on-xbox-one

I’m not quite done yet! Now, I’m sure you heard a lot about “TV TV TV TV SPORTS TV TV SPORTS SPORTS TV.” Yes, the Xbox is slated to be able to stream live tv, live sports, etc. So let me ask you this. You obviously already have something like cable or DirecTV. Do you really want to shell out hundreds of dollars more and pay a monthly subscription fee to have another television provider? Yes, I said hundreds of dollars, and I don’t mean the cost of the console. To view live TV from the Xbox you are required to purchase ANOTHER separate device for it to work. Why would you even consider shelling out more money for something you already have anyway? Even if you didn’t, DirecTV is cheaper. Or you could even subscribe you Hulu.com and watch live tv on your computer. FOR MUCH CHEAPER. You essentially have to buy another cable box if you don’t have one. And if you do… what do you need the Xbox One for?

Source: http://www.vg247.com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-live-tv-available-in-us-only-at-launch-requires-separate-device/

So far we’ve discovered that the Xbox One is not really a gaming console, at least… not a consumer friendly gaming console. It’s being marketed as an all-in-one home entertainment system. Something to replace all of the other devices in your house. But there are drawbacks even to that. Put on your tin foil hats for this part folks. Take from it what you will, all I’ll say is… possibilities…

The Xbox One’s features will not function unless the Kinect is plugged in and active. This is not an optional piece anymore.

Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/21/xbox-one-will-not-function-without-kinect-attached

So imagine your Kinect piece breaks? Tough luck, no more Xbox for you. But you know what’s worse?

Pay attention, because this is important. The Kinect is always watching. Always listening. Even when the system is off.

Yes. One of the ways to turn the system on is to audibly say: “Xbox On” while the system is off. The Kinect, which is always on, hears you and turns it on. Now this might seem like a cool feature, but did you know Microsoft patented a feature that would allow the Kinect’s camera (It’s no longer just a sensor, but a camera) to spy on you for the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America?) While they may not actually do this, it is actually possible for them to do this now. It has a camera, and a microphone. The Kinect is always on. It is ALWAYS listening, ALWAYS watching.

An idea has been tossed around that by using this feature, it will allows game developers and movie produces to set a limited amount of how many people can be allowed to view the entertainment. So as a hypothetical example, you and three friends are watching a movie, which is the maximum allowed. A fourth friend enters the room and the Kinect’s sensor registers the fourth individual. The movie stops and you a prompted to pay a fee so that the extra individual may also view the film. Again, that is NOT currently the case, but these are the ideas currently being tossed around with the system’s current capabilities.

Source for listening: http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4352596/the-xbox-one-is-always-listening

Source of spying: http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/139706-microsofts-new-kinect-patent-goes-big-brother-will-spy-on-you-for-the-mpaa

Now, just two more things and I’ll be done here!

This isn’t really a good or bad thing, but it’s annoying. It also explains how they can prevent you from playing a used game if you didn’t pay their fee. Xbox one no longer plays games off the discs, you HAVE to install them to the hard-drive in order to play them. I believe PS3 also has you do this (on a number of games but not always it seems), except that PS3 isn’t trying to Nickle and Dime you at every corner. It also seems according to this article there is something related to the Online portion at the beginning of this post. The option is there for Developers to require the Xbox to always be online to play their particular game. Well, it seems PC gamers and console gamers have one thing in common now… DRM.

(At least pirates on PC can bypass DRM easily. Not an option for Consoles.)

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4352314/xbox-one-hard-drive-game-installs

And last but not least, another annoyance… Xbox One will not be compatible with any and all current headsets. Nope, companies will either have to make new headsets altogether specifically for the Xbox One, and they have to adhere to what Microsoft wants. Look forward to price gouging.

Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/22/xbox-one-incompatible-with-current-gaming-headsets

Oh, one more thing… If you have an Xbox 360, don’t get rid of it. Why? Well if you want to keep playing your old 360 games you’ll need it. The Xbox One isn’t backwards compatible. At all. Not only that, but President of Microsoft’s Xbox Division Don Mattrick insults the very notion of backwards compatibility! He calls it: “Backwards thinking.”

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4350662/new-xbox-has-no-backwards-compatibilty

Source of insult: http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/22/4355984/xbox-one-backward-compatibility-backwards-thinking-don-mattrick

That is all I have to say currently folks, and I hope you took the time to read this far. I’ll conclude with the following… please… PLEASE do not buy this console. Paying for this supports greedy and anti-consumer business practices. Speak with your wallet, and pass up the Xbox One. No matter what games it might have that you want, even if they are exclusive. Do the right thing and make a statement. Refuse to be nickle and dimed like this. Refuse to be seen as a mindless consumer who will buy anything tossed to them.

We won’t know much else until after E3, but as it stands now, the PS4 or a decent gaming PC is the best way to go.

If you are willing to do so, please spread this post around. Liking is not even remotely necessary, but do please share it if you agree with and acknowledge what you’ve read here. The more people know, the fewer of them waste their money.

Thank you, kindly.

~Dylan Jordan

(Originally posted on Facebook by one of my friends. He brings up many valid points. Mind you, I haven’t been a fan of Xbox in a long time and I will most likely get a PS4. But this confirms further for me that I won’t be getting an Xbox one any time in the foreseeable future.)

TL;DR —The XBOX One is going to be a piece of shit and you really shouldn’t even remotely think about getting one.

((Wow… Why would Microsoft do this? they are going to lose a lot of fans.))

I think this just throws Microsoft out of the console race. Love live Sony and Nintendo!

rock-bomber: rock-bomber: rock-bomber: rock-bomber: Weelee! Weelee… Weelee….. WEELEE

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:19:46 -0400

rock-bomber:

rock-bomber:

rock-bomber:

rock-bomber:

Weelee!

Weelee…

Weelee…..

WEELEE

Photo

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:18:37 -0400

jhenne-bean: soupergrrl: marquesadesantos: drappleluv: golden...

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:17:39 -0400

jhenne-bean:

soupergrrl:

marquesadesantos:

drappleluv:

goldenbug0:

princess-potterheadxo:

did she get a haircut

no she’s not in uniform

Is that a new bow?

What the actual fuck

new lipstick colour

I’m thinking it’s the blush application

Def the blush…

bitchouttahell: dannylaceys: therebloggingneverends: forteglyceride: nsfwsb: tumblr does for...

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:16:37 -0400

bitchouttahell:

dannylaceys:

therebloggingneverends:

forteglyceride:

nsfwsb:

tumblr does for social justice what peta does for animal rights

this is seriously the best analogy ever

Okay, can I say something from experience here?

When I first joined tumblr I literally knew NOTHING about racism, or cissexism, or transmisgyonny even. I’m a white kid who grew up in a mostly all white town and believed that while racism still existed it was mostly gone in the world and wasn’t that big of a deal any more. I had no idea what cissexism even was or what transmisgyony was EVEN THOUGH I WAS TRANS because I’m a trans* male for once so I never experienced it and I had INTERNALIZED so much cissexism and transphobia into my own brain that I seriously didn’t think it was that much of a big deal.

You know what changed my mind about all these things? Tumblr. I followed people who were from other countries, cultures, races, sexual orientations, gender identities, etc. Through their blogs I got to learn about how they experienced the world differently and while I will NEVER understand what it’s like to be a person of color or a trans* woman I HAVE learned what privilege is and in what ways I had it. I learned that certain things I had been saying/doing were actually racist or homophobic or transmisgyonistic. NOT to mention that I learned about things that I hadn’t even thought about like fat shaming and rape culture. That’s right, before Tumblr I had NO idea what rape culture even was and I learned that things I had been saying were actually contributing to it.

You know what I also learned about through these so-called “social justice blogs”? HISTORY. I learned about history that wasn’t filtered through the white-washed lens of a history text book. I learned that there were in fact people of color in Europe back in Mozart’s day, that there were women pilots in Russia who helped bomb the Germans in WWII, how the oppression of the indigenous people of Australia breaks almost every law of the Geneva convention, and that -HOLY SHIT- Africa actually is made up of many countries which have internet„ clothing, water, and a middle class!

I was ignorant before Tumblr, disgustingly so, and even though I know that I’m still VERY ignorant when it comes to the world I’m learning, and MOST of my learning is done through Tumblr because here people who don’t normally have a voice are able to make posts and have other people who don’t experience the same things they do SEE them, and if those people choose to (and they SHOULD choose to) then they can LEARN from the posts they see and become a better person.

“Social justice” Tumblr helped ME PERSONALLY become a better person. So go on, say that people blogging about their oppression doens’t teach anyone anything. I fucking dare you.

Also, PETA is horribly sexist, classist, cissexist, racist, and ableist, and comparing a community of largely marginalized people who are hurt by PETA’s actions to PETA is a really really shitty thing to do.

commentary.

tibets: willow smith uploaded this at 6:30 in the morning

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:05:26 -0400

tibets:

willow smith uploaded this at 6:30 in the morning

Hikigaya siblings

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:57:07 -0400

Hikigaya siblings

dyke-lesbian-andro-queer-photos: unatheblade: Style...

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:53:06 -0400

dyke-lesbian-andro-queer-photos:

unatheblade:

Style inspiration for Nessa. I don’t know what you call this exactly. Androgynous swagger? I want to be friends with all of these people.

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ibuprofanum: Armor leggings

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:51:35 -0400

ibuprofanum:

Armor leggings

STFU, Conservatives: Mississippi could soon jail women for stillbirths, miscarriages

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:51:35 -0400

STFU, Conservatives: Mississippi could soon jail women for stillbirths, miscarriages:

robot-heart-politics:

thepeoplesrecord:

May 23, 2013

On March 14, 2009, 31 weeks into her pregnancy, Nina Buckhalter gave birth to a stillborn baby girl. She named the child Hayley Jade. Two months later, a grand jury in Lamar County, Mississippi, indicted Buckhalter for…

i-am-asdfghjkl: gr8-writing-tips: siuilaruinofthegale: omgwtfd...

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:50:12 -0400

i-am-asdfghjkl:

gr8-writing-tips:

siuilaruinofthegale:

omgwtfdenny:

endlesswitch:

don’t let the ficwriters see this

What did you say

“Her eyes gleamed in the light like irradiated blue topaz.”

this is the most beautiful list of eye-descriptors i have ever seen in my life

“Her eyes shined like a jewel, sort of a Padparadscha mixed with White Opal Star Shine in the middle.”

thefrogman: I suppose it would be like deciding to eat a giant...

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:48:13 -0400

thefrogman:

I suppose it would be like deciding to eat a giant piece of banana and then changing your mind a bunch of times.

thisiselliz: oh shit

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:39:27 -0400

thisiselliz:

oh shit

bakerstreetmarauder: If someone tells you a racist, sexist or homophobic joke, don’t get mad at...

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:39:24 -0400

bakerstreetmarauder:

If someone tells you a racist, sexist or homophobic joke, don’t get mad at them. Just tell them you don’t get it. Keep telling them you don’t get it until they are forced to explain why women/minorities/homosexuals are stupid/etc.

Then just walk away.

everythingelsegoesherethen: nerdfighter13812: itsxandy: disney...

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:41:01 -0400

everythingelsegoesherethen:

nerdfighter13812:

itsxandy:

disneymoviesandfacts:

According to the animators for Flynn, he’s meant to be 26 years old, thus making him 8 years older than Rapunzel, who is 18 in the film - the largest age gap between any other Disney couple.

Kida’s 8,800-ish with Milo’s 32, that’s… an 8,768 year age gap?

Can we just appreciate that Milo’s reaction is basically how tumblr girls feel about the men they stalk?

I CAN’T EVEN DENY IT OH MY GOD

heyfunniest: this comment speaks to my soul

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:40:54 -0400

heyfunniest:

this comment speaks to my soul