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A while back I had posted in my blog a story called The Cover-Up Conspiracy which was about how the women in the game Soul Calibur IV have breasts that are, well, unrealistically large. Why they chose the large breast look, no one will ever know, but lucky for us all the guys (most likely guys anyway) at gamesradar.com have come up with a nice little video called Boob Physics.

The point of the video is that Soul Calibur IV was released for both the PS3 and Xbox 360 and the video helps determine which console you should buy the game for if you happen to own both systems. They do this buy doing a side by side comparison of how the boob physics work in each console. Yes... this is real.

Although the video is completely stupid it may still be worth watched simply because it is absolutely crazy to think that anyone would WANT to see this in a videogame. Click here to check it out.

Labels: sexism, video games

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This is just a funny video that was on Jimmy Kimmel. Basically they censor random words and blur things out in sesame street and give it an all new meaning. Not being a fan of censorship myself, I think this video shows how ineffective a blur or a beep is because our imaginations can fill in the blank pretty easily.

Labels: tv

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During the Superbowl, I think two years ago, Snickers released the following commercial that many did not like (including myself) because of the standards it places on men and how it restricts the flow of gender, so to speak.

The commercial starts of pretty funny then the whole "do something manly" and hair ripping is ridiculous and only strengthens the hegemonic standards of masculinity.

With the amount of negative feedback they received from the commercial you think they would have learned their lesson, but instead they recently released another commercial which also attacks men (literally) who may not be so confined by gender. Take a look:

Hearing someone say a guy has to do something like a "real man" is like hearing nails on a chalk board because people should be able to do whatever they want to do, so long as it does not hurt anyone else, without fear of being insulted or assaulted.

Unfortunately that will never happen, but you can always boycott companies that promote crap like that. Everyone loves a good boycott.

Labels: consumer rights, hegemony, lgtbq, tv

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Do you have several places your money is coming from and going too? Is it hard to keep track of all of your money? Would you like to take your little check book to the world of the web? Then I recommend the totally free and totally amazing Mint.com!

Currently on Mint.com I am tracking my two credit cards, my checking account, savings account, retirement account, and my student loans. When a payment is due for my CC or (starting in a couple of months) my student loans, it will automatically e-mail me or I can have it SMS me (all optional).

Not only that but it also helps budgetting by automatically categorizing all of your purchases and Mint will tell you if you go over your budget. To lazy to make a budget? Well Mint will make one for you based on your average for each category.

If you are smart your next question would be: "Justin, isn't unsafe to store all of your bank/CC/Loan/Investment information on one website? What if you get hacked?" Mint does not actually store any of that information, so if someone got into your Mint account all they would see is how much money you have (or do not have) and would not be able to do anything malicious. http://www.mint.com/safe.html has more info.

So anyway, this post is now finished, and believe it or not I am not even getting paid to do it. Mint.com is totally free and the above mentioned features are only some of the things it has to offer, and more stuff is on the way. I been using it for a year now, so I thought I would share it all with you.

Labels: internet, money, technology

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I have recently came across the PEW News IQ test, it is a test of 12 questions based around people in current events that have some importance in our lives, like stuff about Paris Hilton. I got 11of the 12 right, the national average is 6 out of 12. See how well you can do! Don't cheat!

http://pewresearch.org/newsiq/

Labels: politics

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Yesterday I donated blood, a pint of that good ol' red stuff to help save some lives. One thing that has always bugged me about donating blood is the pre-screening questions that are in place to disqualify people from donating because their blood is unhealthy to be recieved, or potentially unhealthy to be recieved.

Although it makes sense that you would not want to take blood from a person who has West Nile Virus, the fact that sexually active gay men cannot donate is completely asinine. Not only are gay men not allowed to donate but women who have had sex with a man who had sex with a man are not allowed to donate. The only reason they prevent this class of people from donating is because the high risk of AIDS. They test all blood for AIDS anyway! Why can't the dude just say yes I am gay but I do not have AIDS, simple enough! They asked me, a straight guy, if I had AIDS, I said no, and they took my word for it, apparently gay men are liars? I think it is time the federal government stops supporting myths like AIDS is a gay man's disease, and start focusing on reality.

Normally I would simply avoid the offending organization, sort of like the boycott on the San Diego Manchester Hyatt, but not giving blood means that some poor sap who needs it wont get it, that does not really feel like justice. So that is why I continue to donate, but there has got to be something that we can do to let the government know that their policies are antiquated and myth based!

Labels: law, lgtbq, politics

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Today marked the beginning of E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, basically the biggest convention of the year that has to do with video games. Today was Microsoft's big press conference for their XBox 360, and one of the many things they announced was a partnership with Netflix! What this means is, with a Netflix subscription and a internet connection you can rent a movie from your XBox 360 and watch instantly. No going to a store, no waiting for it in the mail.

This was the smartest move Netflix could make and will any person who owns a 360 and a Blockbuster pass should, and probably will, switch to Netflix because you cannot get any more simple than pressing a button and watching.

Blockbuster has been a company I have never liked, and I will be happy to see them go the way of the Dodo. Another bonus is that it will hurt Apple and the AppleTV. Yay!

Labels: Apple, movies, video games

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