Wednesday 14 April 2010

I am 21 in 8 days

I am.

Means I can look down on young people.

Anyhoo, nothing much has happened. Pub shut down for about 4 months, then reopened, been watching a lot of Jerry Springer, and downloading manly things.

Started using my facebook account and twitter.

OH.

My knee. My left knee is fuuuuuuuucked beyond belief. Like, when I walk, the right kneecap feels like a normal functioning kneecap, however, the left one, now, this fucker is off the hook. Not only does it feel unsatisfyingly soft when I walk on it, it also pops every so often, and at the right angle, feels kind of crunchy. This is not how a knee should feel.
I blame work.
I know I blame work for everything, but I really do blame work.
You see, when cleaning shelves (lol he works in a shop) I have to kneel down on said knees. That, coupled with the scrubbing and whatnot, adds a little movement and rolling onto the knee, which has arsed the shit out of it.
So it hurts to walk long distances.
Which sucked on monday because I went for an 8 mile walk. Shit was intense.

Anyway, one other thing I want to bring up is the hilarity that is Infinity Ward/Activision shenanigans.
If you don't know what happened, Activision (big game publishing company, devilspawn, see Guitar Hero and CoD) fired the 2 heads of Infinity Ward (game developers, see CoD:MW + 2) Vince Zampella and Jason West, who were pretty much the driving force behind the studio, under false pretenses (according to Activision, they were doing bad things, irony). Now, Vince and Jason took Activision to court for not paying royalties ($26 million each), however, Activision went all pussy and said they voided their contract.
Anyway, they didn't get their money, and Activision have filed a countersuit.
Now, here's the fun part. Vince and Jason have now joined Respawn Studios, started by Activisions rival, and the ex-antichrist of videogames, EA. Since then, 9 other members of Infinity Ward, including lead designer and lead programmer (2 quite important jobs) have resigned, and are now rumoured to go and join Vince and Jason at EA.
What does this mean, I hear you say? Well, now, Activisions biggest investment and franchise (CoD) has barely got a studio to make it, and their rivals, EA, now have some of the most talented people in the industry.
And people said Robert Kotick was smart.