Treyarch would tell you...

...but they'd have to kill you. That's right, Call of Duty fans everywhere, rejoice! The 7th installment in the series has been announced for this fall, titled "Call of Duty: Black Ops". Treyarch is treading the shady path of deniable ops, moving into the almost untouched realm of the Cold War. From the looks of the (two) trailers that are currently available, the game is going to feature mission all over the globe including (but not limited to): Vietnam, South America, the Ural Mountains, some secret arctic lab, even visiting the siege on the Iranian Embassy in London, 1980. The game is going to span a number of years, officially stated by one of the developers as going from the 60's through the 70's, from the viewpoint of multiple characters as the last several CoD titles have done. Other than new locations and characters, a host of new weaponry with which to destroy your enemy is available. The modified military crossbow is a notable addition, using arrows that essentially have grenades at their tips. In the latest trailer, you can also catch a glimpse of incendiary shotgun rounds, labeled as "Dragon's Breath".


And that's just single player! The multiplayer looks stellar as usual, featuring huge scenes of action, including the gore and limb-blasting from World at War. Co-op is included as well, and will be "different than anything you have experienced before", according to a spokesperson from the studio. A persistent rumor is the return of the hit "Nazi-Zombies" mode, also from World at War. As an avid player myself, such a feature would be most welcome indeed.

Step by step analysis of the two trailers can be easily found on YouTube, if you wish to know more. Suffice to say this game is shaping up to be truly awesome. Already we see ultra-crisp graphics, dramatic story-telling, and some awesome feature. This game is going to be great. I mean, when the dude in the poster looks that bad-ass just sitting there, it basically has to be. For more information, visit the Treyarch website at www.treyarch.com.

EDIT:: Sorry guys, I meant to have this post up weeks ago. My computer was being weird and wouldn't let me post anything, but everything is back up and running now. Sorry for the delay! I will post more about the game as information becomes available.

The sky is the limit? I think not!

Holy shit, we have lift-off! The U.S. Airforce has successfully tested a scramjet engine, achieving a burn time of almost 200 seconds. This is almost 20 times as long as the last record of 12 seconds. The vehicle that was being used was able to reach Mach 6 speed! That's right, six times faster than the time it takes for you to hear the music coming from your speaker/headphones.

A scramjet is a type of ramjet engine that uses the high velocity of the vehicle itself to ingest air, rather than use the big turbines most jet engines use to compress air. This means less moving parts, less chances of failure, and faster speeds overall. Such engines will be ideal for flight above the Earth's atmosphere. This was reportedly the first of four tests to be conducted by the Airforce. The implications of this breakthrough are nothing short of immense.

The death of a game studio

Call of Duty fans everywhere are getting nervous over the fate of Infinity Ward, the brain behind the hugely popular Modern Warfare series as well as several other titles in the CoD franchise. The official story is that Activision fired I.F. over a legal dispute involving unpaid royalties from the Modern Warfare 2 release. Flash to several weeks later, and people are leaving the studio on droves. Is this the end for Infinity Ward?

If that turns out to be so, that would mean no more Modern Warfare titles, and no Call of Duty titles set more recently than the Cold War, because of the exclusive rights I.F. has over anything modern and futuristic. As excited as I am for Call of Duty: Black Ops, it would be awesome if they didn't do to that war what they did to World War II (I.E. crank out game after game after game with the same basic story, albeit a different twist).

This isn't the first mistake Activision has made recently, either. Modern Warfare 2, touted as the most anticipated game in history, came out slightly less than satisfying with a multi-player system filled with bugs and glitches that players take advantage of, as well as the recent map-pack release with only 3 out of the 5 being actual original maps, and porting the other two directly out of the first Modern Warfare. I would say that I predict massive hits to their fanbase, but all one has to do is look around the internet for a minute and one can clearly see extreme hostility towards Activision. I would not be a bit surprised to see Black Ops outsell MW2 simply to spite Activision, regardless if it is a good game or not.

Hold in there Infinity Ward, we'll see you free from Activisions tyrannical grasp yet!

P.S. Black Ops actually looks pretty damn cool, check it out here.

The Red Scare: not just for Russians anymore.

So, I am pretty sure we all know the infamous You tuber CopperCab. For those who don't know, Copper is a "proud ginger" who decided to take offense when South Park made that episode poking fun at red-haired people, within the last few years. He created a video on YouTube titled "GINGERS HAVE SOULS!" and rants about about how unfair it is that he get made fun of by the show makers Trey and Matt. Go check it out on YouTube if you haven't seen it, shit's hilarious.

Alright, so I can understand this kid making the first video, ridiculous as it's premises are. But the resulting series, can't the guy (who's name we now know is Michael) just let it go? It's South Park...if you have a problem with them making fun of "ethnic groups" (yes, I'm pretty sure he believes gingers to be their own separate race) he might as well shout at the sky for being blue. He has come up with the catch-phrase "Ginger! And proud of it!" which he recites at the end of every. damn. video. Showing some indignity is one thing. But dude, you're acting like gingers are being lynched in the streets by angry mobs. Do you seriously think anyone is going to follow behind you while you start your own little carrot-topped army? Especially when your YouTube username is "CopperCab"...I mean come on, that's just begging for stereotyping. If you ever read this Copper, Michael, whatever you want to be called, here are some tips:

1) Stop making videos
-You make videos because you're angry, they make videos because you made one about being angry, you make another video about how angry you are that they made a video making fun of how angry yo-gahhhhhh *froths at the mouth*...nothing further is needed.

2) Stop watching South Park
-If you are really that hurt, don't watch the damn show.

3) The delusions...
-...of you being some horrible mash-up between Martin Luther King, Liefr Eiriksson, and, I don't know, Ghandi. You're not, you never will be, and there is no such thing as "ginger pride".

4) I GET MADE FUN OF IN HIGH SCHOOL!!!! >:[[[
-Oh, you did? I'm so sorry for everything that has been said, you must be right after all. After all, no-one has ever been made fun of in High School before....I can't even continue that charade. EVERYONE gets made fun of in some capacity in High School. It's called life, block-head, get used to it.

5) "WUTUFUWASAA?!" (see the video labeled "DEAR SOUTHPARK...")
- Articulation is nice, especially when trying to convey a sense of intelligence. *snicker*...I'm telling the kid who's trying to start a ginger pride movement to sound intelligent, look at me...Never mind kid, you keep doing that thing you do! :D

6) Get your terms and ideas straight
-GINGER is not a race. GINGER describes a person who happens to have red hair, freckles, and pale skin. You are mutha-fuckin' CAUCASIAN! Get it? You are WHITE, as in the color of your skin, as in the photo-negative of black. Take a biology course, you might learn something.

7) DO NOT...
-Speak for other ethnic groups. The fact that South Park says the "n" word frequently may in fact offend some people, but that does not give you any right at all to guess at how the African-American population feels about this. You are not black, not Mexican, not Asian, you. are. a. whitey. Do not speak for those you don't represent.

There are more, but it is late and I have to be up in a few hours. It all boils down to this kid: You're overreacting to a damn South park episode, trying *cough*in vain*cough* to start some sort of civil liberty movement started. I don't know if you're envisioning a sea of red-haired angst-filled teens, marching down the streets in D.C. carrying "SOUTH PARK MUST DIE" signs over their heads, but whatever your goal is, you're just digging your own grave in the end.

 But hey! If you really want to keep fighting the flamers and trolls on YouTube, if you really want to be made fun of for the rest of your life as "that angry ginger kid" and have to answer why you were such a pussy when you were young to your kids when they find your vid...kids? what am I thinking. Copper, if you're reading, go take some Valium, get laid, and fucking grow up. You're not the first kid to get ridiculed by others online, nor are you the first to be indirectly targeted by South Parks shenanigans. Taking it personally isn't going to improve your quality of living at all, maybe you should consider...gee, I don't know, letting it go?

EDIT 05/25/10::
I am hearing rumors that CopperCab AKA Michael has died/committed suicide. These reports are merely hearsay and more than likely untrue. So please, if you are spreading them, stop the nonsense. It is one thing to poke fun at someone as ridiculous as this, but saying they killed themselves is crossing a whole new line. Thanks :)

What's in a name, anyhow?

No, the name of this blog has nothing to do with the T.V. series Lost, nor with the feature film The Island.
Other than that, I really had no other thoughts, and the silly site doesn't let you post a blog unless you already have a name for it. Anywho, I'll be posting soon.

Another star in the cosmos...

...that is the internet. I guess this can be my test post. In the meantime, Cthulhu wants hugs: