Hey Jellybean 4.1

Do you have an Android? Just a few short years ago I would have said you were dumb if ya did, but Google has made amazing strides to making the Android OS amazing to say the least. Better than iOS and the iPhone? Understatement.

He is cute no matter what.

I say better than the iPhone and if you take a look at it, you have to take that with a grain of salt, that's right, its only better than an iPhone on a low spectrum. High end Android devices such as the Samsung Galaxy SII, the Nexus, the SIII, and HTC One X blow the iPhone and the operating system out of the water. Sadly the Android tablets that are out cant hold a candle to the iPad, but aren't very far behind, and I don't want to start a comparison war either. At both ends both devices appeal to a certain individual, and I'm okay with that. Its about what you like as an end user. Anyone tries to steer you different is just a fanboy. Enough, lets talk about Jelly Bean for a second, and I mean a second.


I don't know what little tweak Google decided needed to be done to Ice Cream Sandwhich, but it was for the better. Google now is a SIRI like novelty, but what sets it different from SIRI is it doesn't sound like a speak and spell trying to posses and rob you of you're idiocy. There are a million sites that talk about what Jelly Bean can do, and why they love it. I'm not here to review it, I'm here just to say it is out and I like it, and liking it is an understatement honestly. JB is very smooth on the GNeX as I like to call it, which I wouldn't have thought could be smoother than ICS, but Google did a good job. Cards, Beam, to list a few coming in tow, will make users want JB soon for their device, and from experience I only feel for them because I have it. 


To defend Apple's iPhone a little. The iPhone is amazingly built, there is no doubting that. The retina display, and the shape are stellar. Until Apple realizes that the OS needs an overhaul, I fear Apple may lose in the end. Dont even get a bigger screen iPhone, and that's fine, but something must be done to you're OS and the way it is displayed. Truth.


~Thanks for stopping by~
Luke

Ghost Recon Future Soldier Broken

I love video games, and I will defend them til the end. I remember when they were going up in price and I said "I wont pay that price!", every new generation system I said that, and I never held up to my claim. I've been through a lot of systems in my life time, the list is endless. Lately, I feel like I'm being played for a sap. 

Sixty Five dollars is a lot of money these days for a game that might get you 6+ hours of enjoyment. Some may say, "well, a book only last as long as it takes you to read it." Although that is true, you want more for $65, a book is far cheaper. Whatever the case might be, for what a system cost, and what the games cost you expect to have a good experience. good, great, amazing experiences is what I usually get from these gold nuggets of creativity. Usually. Currently a game has not only pushed me to write this blog, but has even had my best friend say enough is enough, and yank it out of his system and say hes done.

Ghost Recon Future Soldier, oh you wicked marvelous piece of garbage. First off, I was never a fan of the Ghost Recon series, I tried many and was just never my flavor. I have always been a fan of First person shooters (FPS) since I touched Zero Tolerance for Sega Genesis. This Ghost Recon came out at a good time. The summer game releases are stale and boring, so this game seemed good to try. Let me start off by saying the graphics are amazing. The fun I was having playing cooperatively with my friend was top notch, and seemed like something I really needed to experience as I was bored with the other typical gaming such as Call of Duty. The environment, the graphics, all of it were just breath taking. Until. Yes, until all the glitches kicked in, the textures not loading, the corrupted saves. 

New tactic: fight from underground.

Normally I can deal with this, because you either load a previous save or turn it off and turn it back on and the problem fixes itself. No, not this piece of garbage. Thats right, garbage. the game is broke. My buddy and I tried everything, loads, turn offs, everything. The problems just either stop for a minor amount of time and show back up, or they just get increasingly worse. In a mission, I snapped the neck of an invisible man, this was after I loaded the game back up from the ammo box that I got stuck on. Oh, and this was all while my friends character was running around with no arms. when the arms did appear he looked as though he was trying to pull a Goose and Maverick and fly his fake F-14 around. 

To the checkpoint, here we couldn't walk up the stairs to get to the next part of the mission, where this terrifying vehicle was going to get us, which was also invisible and shot at us. Luckily by the good graces of guess work, we blew it up. Note, we loaded this part many times as well. when we finally got through that, all I can say is enemies shouldn't look like they are wearing Sears Roebuck blue jeans. the textures would never load. Loads, and loads later, we just gave up completely. Why? Especially being so close to the end. All we had to do is go to Moscow I think and should have been almost there. With reloading the games as many times as we did, we already wasted 3 hours. Sad. 

All in all, I hope others don't have this horrible luck. I'm sure other people haven't, but as much as you pay for games, they should be flawless for every user. I just searched and found a bug report form by the developer. I doubt they care, but maybe it will help them in the long run. It is just sad to say the least.

I have to take a stand in a personal war. It is personal to me for the simple fact that I love technology. Especially technology that is in the form of mobile devices, tablets, and personal computers. Not Windows, not OSX, personal computers, ya know, what makes it yours. Mac vs. PC is the most dumbest statement ever. PC is personal computer, which means my iMac is a PC. Fanboys drop dead on site nt that statement, and I'm glad. DIE! I hate all of you.

If I sound bitter, I am. This Apple vs. Android thing is driving me insane. Why? Because I stated it above, it is personal to me. It is my passion that I can no longer enjoy. Apple, Android and Samsung have ruined it for me. I no longer feel the love from all sides of the spectrum. I just want to get a flip phone and call it a day. I loved Apple devices until Apple stopped making Apple devices and started making the Apple brand.

The Apple brand is just the same thing they put out before, tweaked it a little bit and told you that you must buy it cuz you would be stupid if you didnt buy it. Android, and I am not trying to sound biased here, but they atleast still create. Apple decide that creating was a lost art they never felt the need to revisit. I have an Android phone for a reason, because I dont want to be like the 75 year old women next to me in line. Or the 13 year old girl that thinks she is better than everyone because her parent sdont want to pay attention to her, so its just easier to give her something to shut her up. I own an Apple iPad for a reason, becaus eit is the best tablet on the market. Didnt push the envelope on creativity much, but atleast it is still supreme. I own an iMac for the fact that I dont like to get malware and viruses or replace it once every year or 2, and yes that has been my experience with Microsoft OS's. NOT PC's. Get it right.

Here is where I stand, do I care if you like it or not? NOPE! Not for a god damn second. If I am reading a text message from my wife while you are standing next to me do not pull out your device and try to compare it to mine, for I will more than likely punch you in the fucking face. You know why I'm irrate? 3 times today I have heard someone compare their life to their phone. Its been an iPhone everytime.

I dabble on both sides oif the spectrum. DO NOT tell me I am being biased. I will chew you down about fifty pegs. End of story.

Luke