PlayStation Home redesign revealed
In August it was revealed that Sony had big plans for PlayStation Home. And those plans have now been revealed in more detail.
Home, the virtual world built into the PS3, is morphing into a social gaming hub. Although there are already plenty of games in Home, both free and paid-for, the new update is going to change things up in a big way so that Home itself acts like a giant game. What’s more, each section will be divided up by genre of game, making it easier to choose your favorite destination.
Home began life as a virtual world in the mold of Second Life. And it worked extremely well. However, unlike those nerdy types who use the likes of Second Life, Home was inhabited by gamers. Gamers who got bored very quickly after exhausting the limited options open to them. How many games of pool can you play or movie trailers can you watch before passing out from the sheer monotony of it all?
Sony has been adding new elements to Home slowly but surely, with new areas being added, existing ones updated, and even complex and involving games such as Xi and Sodium. And it has finally realized it’s this level of interaction which is the future of Home. The new Home is launching soon, and in an Official Playstation Blog post the director of PlayStation Home, Jack Buser, posted this video previewing what PS3 owners should expect.
I have to say I’m impressed. I like what I’m seeing. This is Home 2.0, where there is actually loads of stuff to do. The whole thing is now a metagame with quests to take part in and tasks to perform. And there are new multiplayer games which at least look more interesting than FarmVille or Mafia Wars.
I’m not saying I’ll now be a daily user of Home, but perhaps weekly. And I’ll at least check it all out after the new version launches. I just wonder how long until they change the name from Home to Game. Wait. If they do that I’m totally claiming credit for the idea.
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November 1st, 2011
“Redesign”-the guy in the video
Are you kidding me? That’s nothing more than just an update or patch I should say. A redesign would feature new physics, a realistic atmosphere where the sun isn’t up 24 hours day, the ability to play music/videos/photos from your PS3′s harddrive in your psn apartment, etc.
I could go on and on but it’s not worth my time. I’m with you dave…maybe I’ll log into PS Home every week or so just to see how the “redesign” is doing.
I bet $40 bucks it will still be in Beta stage though
lol. I’ll admit the theme park towards the end looked nice. If they could add some roller coasters, arcades, elevators, and everything essential of a theme park I’m in! 
It’s too bad Microsoft doesn’t have this. Top that CAD!
November 1st, 2011
Looks pretty impressive. I still probably wont use it, but it appears way better than before.
November 1st, 2011
LOL. . pharnc pretty much said what I was thinking.
I’ll definitely check it out though, just in case it has some gem of a game hidden away with all the tosh.
November 1st, 2011
And if they include some free to get trophies, all the better.
November 1st, 2011
@Godless
“I’ll definitely check it out though, just in case it has some gem of a game hidden away with all the tosh”
I’m part of the beta and Home already have a few “gems” in it. In the main hub you can play one of the best indie game (Cogs) of this generation straight from home
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogs_(video_game)
November 1st, 2011
@Phranc
“And if they include some free to get trophies, all the better.”
I think the lack of trophies is one of the reason most hardcore gamers don’t even bother with Home.
November 1st, 2011
I’ve never really been interested in Home all that much.
November 1st, 2011
But twilight , you’ll get lots of male attention on home.
http://gamer.blorge.com/2008/12/14/playstation-home-already-plagued-by-sex-is-this-a-problem/
Linked video had me in stitches. .
It was like watching carter snakes in the breading season.
Fucking hilarious, and what’s really funny is that nothing has changed.
So get yourself logged in, and take part in a virtual dry humping session LMAO
November 1st, 2011
“what’s really funny is that nothing has changed”
LOL – yeah, you keep making fanboy claims. nothing has changed.
November 1st, 2011
Godless,
Actually, I think I will pass on all the fun. Ivan told me that most of the Ps3 perverts hang out in Home. Lol. Seriously though, I went in Home awhile back. I found it to be a little creepy with all of the people walking around.
November 1st, 2011
Roca
“LOL – yeah, you keep making fanboy claims. nothing has changed.”
Eh!. .”fanboy claims”
So are you denying that a female avatar will get mobbed by male teenage arseholes on Home?
well I hope they’re teenagers, if they were older, it would be more concerning.
I’d give any female around 2 minutes before it was like frog mating frenzy.
It’s always been one of those things that brings a smile to my face every single time I have logged in to Home, Please tell me your not going to deny it’s a reality.
Nothing fanboy about this claim. . .I could even go so far as to say it’s a fact.
November 1st, 2011
Twilight
I’m discussed by the behaviour on home.
It’s one of those things, where you have to laugh at it or you’d end up getting pissed off at them
If I were a girl, Id be really put off by the amount of retards behaving badly.
November 1st, 2011
@Godless
you tent to make claims without any basis. The link you posted was from 2008, when Home launched and there wasn’t much to do in it…so there were chances that many teenagers will chase female avatar because they were bored and had nothing to do. Since 2008 many thing has change, including policy on privacy which can get you banned for molesting others.
That was 3 years ago (as always, your ‘facts’ are outdated, VGChartz anybody?)…log in now and you will notice this kind of behavior don’t happen anymore…maybe on rare cases.
Wonder why this is not news anymore.
Like I said…you keep making fanboy claims. nothing has changed
November 1st, 2011
By the way, Ps3 fan in denial (that would be you Godless) I am still waiting on you to answer my question about the Need For Speed demo.
November 1st, 2011
Godless is totally right here! I went into Home recently and there’s still about 10 male avatars swarmed round a female one busting off dance moves and “where you from”s lol.
November 1st, 2011
So that’s why godless made his Home avatar female. It all makes sense now
November 1st, 2011
@oldschool
I’m not saying this things don’t happen (things happen even on Farmville) but they don’t happen as often as they did in 2008. Did you see every female was surrounded by a group of guys when you visit home?
November 1st, 2011
Phranc – “So that’s why godless made his Home avatar female. It all makes sense now”
as usual, Godless goes out of his way just to prove how flawed all PS3 products are… The 30-minute tea and how his dog was so impressed with Uncharted 2 that he even tried to play it by grabbing the dualschock 3 and unpausing the game.
classic
November 1st, 2011
“So that’s why godless made his Home avatar female. It all makes sense now ”
Dammed. . .busted
What can I say. .I’m an attention whore
Roca, it still happens all the time.
Twilight
I must have missed the need for speed demo thing, what was the question?
November 1st, 2011
Since you like racing games as well, I was just wondering what you thought about demo of this game.
November 1st, 2011
I like the need for speed hot pursuit game, but I didn’t like the need for speed shift games, either of them
Car handling is way too twitchy and unpredictable (very challenging on harder settings), I think if you were to put some time and effort in to it,the game would reward you, but I ‘more of an instant gratification kind of gamer.
I would rate Grid as being more fun, if a bit more arcade like, though still pretty hard if you switch off the assists
November 1st, 2011
Godless,
I didn’t like the demo. I didn’t like the handling of the cars. I have yet to really enjoy a Need For Speed game. Of the racing games I have played, I like F1, Forza, and Gran Turismo the best. I haven’t tried Grid yet.
November 1st, 2011
Yeah, sorry Roca but I went on 2 weeks ago and it was still full of pests. It seemed worse, probably because the Ps3 is cheaper so more kids use Home.
November 1st, 2011
““what’s really funny is that nothing has changed”
LOL – yeah, you keep making fanboy claims. nothing has changed.”
Just because people dance they say its a hump fest. Typical Godless bs lies.
The idiot in the video is obviously retarded. You shouldn’t make fun of him. Specialy when we have so many resident retarded xbots on this site.
November 1st, 2011
You guys don’t know what you’re talking about. PS Home can be an entertaining place if you’re not afraid to socialize. Grant there are some nuts there but there are nuts everywhere.
You can meet some interesting people in Home.
November 1st, 2011
grant=”it”
there=they’re
November 2nd, 2011
Twilight
If you like racing games, then you should like Grid
I still rate it as the best racer there is, by a long way.
1st week will have you biting the controller in rage, then it’s like a penny dropping, and the handling seems to suddenly become totally intuitive.
Once you are at one with the game, it’s fantastic, and there is no other game that plays like it.
It’s one of those games that feels like it’s realistic, but you can pull off moves that in the real world would be much harder to do. add to that it has a really nice range of cars. A fraction of what Forza & GT5 have but enough in each field, that you can pretty much do the same kind of races you can do in either of those games.
Formula 1000 trashes GT5 carting hands down, and with the Formula 3000 being almost up there with the new F1 games (also by codemasters) the game is hard to beat.
and the best thing about this game is the damage modelling, No game yet even comes close to what has to be the most realistic, if sometimes a little dramatic crashes.
If you’re planning a look at it, I’d recommend the 360 version, as it performs a little better, and the online servers are still up & running, PS3 has stopped supporting the game online.
If you’re not planning online then either version plays well enough.
November 2nd, 2011
Some Grid action
But you’ll see better crashes of your own in the fist few games.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L-_eIQ8Dbk
November 2nd, 2011
Personally, the best racer this generation have been ModNation, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Motorstorm 2 and Dirt 3. They might not be the most realistic but they certainly offer the most fun.
November 2nd, 2011
Godless,
I just checked your link out. Yeah, the crashes/damage models are spectacular. I’ll have to get around to checking this game out. You definetely know your racers Godless.
November 2nd, 2011
“…log in now and you will notice this kind of behavior don’t happen anymore…”
“I’m not saying this things don’t happen”
Hey Godless, here you go. Backpeddling at it’s finest, just thought I’d help
November 2nd, 2011
“Formula 1000 trashes GT5 carting hands down”
That’s because GT devs are under the assumption that go-kart wheels are made of ice, and if you dare to go over 45 mph, you should be subjected to spinning like a mad man riding a carousel on a bender.
The bloody twats… haven’t done anymore kart racing after what was required. It’s bollocks.
November 2nd, 2011
@Birdman
you never change…you’re misquoting me as usual (very childish)
I said “log in now and you will notice this kind of behavior don’t happen anymore…maybe on rare cases.”
You also didn’t quote the entire sentence in the 2nd quote which clearly states – “but they don’t happen as often as they did in 2008″
Wonder why you didn’t quote the last bit…I bet you did that on purpose.
I did say it happen on ‘rare cases’ meaning it doesn’t happen as often it did back in 2008.
talk about cherry picking
November 2nd, 2011
“talk about cherry picking”
You want to?? LOL.
“I bet you did that on purpose.”
100% correct.
Actually I had the full quote, but whilst reading over what I was going to post, I thought it’d be funnier to leave out those parts. However, even with the full quote it doesn’t change the fact that, when presented with facts, Roca backpedals faster than anyone on the planet
As evidenced above.
November 2nd, 2011
@Birdman
first of all, I didn’t backpedal. My first post clearly states that it still happen on ‘rare cases’. Before (back in 2008) that’s what most people do since there was nothing to do in Home…today I mostly see people exploring and enjoy all the free games.
second of all, oldschool and Godless’ experience might be different from mine since Home is region based and they are both from EU.
“I thought it’d be funnier to leave out those parts”
Like I said, you misquoted me as usual
November 2nd, 2011
Well, technically ‘misquote’ means I quoted you inaccurately. In reality, I quoted you perfectly, ellipses and all.
Perhaps you mis-spoke?
“second of all, oldschool and Godless’ experience might be different from mine since Home is region based and they are both from EU.”
Then refrain from typing in absolutes. You disagreed with Godless, but when Oldy backed him on it, you backpedaled. Easy to see that.
Oh and if ‘someone’s experience may be different from yours’, why do you argue against it in the first place?
Something to ponder, young grasshopper.
November 2nd, 2011
Roca
“second of all, oldschool and Godless’ experience might be different from mine since Home is region based and they are both from EU.”
Are you implying that we in the UK are more prone to being virtual sex pests/offenders than our US counterparts?
Roca, your the king of cherry pickers here, so don’t start bleating about it when it gets turned against you.
November 2nd, 2011
Nice Ownage there Birdy
November 2nd, 2011
“Well, technically ‘misquote’ means I quoted you inaccurately. In reality, I quoted you perfectly, ellipses and all.”
A misquote is when you quote part of what is said to give it a different meaning.
November 2nd, 2011
“A misquote is when you quote part of what is said to give it a different meaning.”
BZZZZT. Try again.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/misquote
“Roca, your the king of cherry pickers here, so don’t start bleating about it when it gets turned against you.”
I’d say Queen of cherry pickers, because he tends to “bitch” about it if it happens to him
November 2nd, 2011
@Birdman
“Well, technically ‘misquote’ means I quoted you inaccurately”
exactly what you did on both quotes. not quoting the full sentence to try to imply I meant something entirely different.
Birdman – “You disagreed with Godless, but when Oldy backed him on it, you backpedaled. Easy to see that”
Actually, I disagreed with both.
I said to Godless – this bahavior (again, I was talking about the video) don’t happen anymore..maybe on “rare cases”
I said to oldshool – this behavior(again, based on the video, not their experience) don’t happen as often as they did in back 2008 – meaning it still happen, just not as often (hence rare cases)
Birdman – “if ‘someone’s experience may be different from yours’, why do you argue against it in the first place?”
You are either looking for some attention or didn’t get what I was “arguing against”. My original comment was specifically about the video Godless posted about. That was not HIS experience and he was simply trying to make it seems as if that’s what Home is all about…so get your facts straight before making stupid claims.
@Godless
another claim without any basis (good’ol Godless)…try harder next time
November 2nd, 2011
@ Roca:
I am not European! That’s an insult of the highest order! Lmfao!
You do have a point, most the Home pests are probably French.
November 2nd, 2011
@oldschool
*oops* Sorry, I thought you were European.
LMAO – gotta love the French
November 2nd, 2011
@birdbrain
Same thing idiot. Partial quote is quoting them wrong.
November 2nd, 2011
From England pal. We’re our own little island. I hate when people say we’re EU lol.
November 2nd, 2011
Original quote:
“This is most definitely NOT the best film ever, in fact it’s one of the worst”
Mis-quote:
“…the best film ever…”
Lmao does anyone remember that for the Dirty Sanchez movie? That made me laugh when they done this.
November 2nd, 2011
?N-idiot (see what I did there?)
No, it is not the same. I quoted his exact words, and used ellipses to show that there was more to what he said. It was not partial quoting. Misquoting is putting words in parentheses that he didn’t say, not saying what he really said.
Quote mining is the term you guys are looking for, but I didn’t even do that. What I did was humourously point out that Rochelle did exactly what he said he wasn’t trying to do– saying that ominous behavior “don’t happen” in Playstation Home.
@Oldy, that practice is called quote mining, which is purposely leaving out the rest of the quote leaving no context and making it seem as if the erroneous position in the quote mine is the one the speaker holds. Not only did Roca think it “don’t happen”, he thinks it’s region specific. All I did was point out that he said it doesn’t happen, and then when you pointed out it did happen, he backpedaled. Simple as that.
Again, you’re all talking to an ENGLISH major– I know the definition of misquote. You lot are totally misusing that word. The term you’re looking for is “quote mine”, but even still, that isn’t what I did.
“You are either looking for some attention or didn’t get what I was “arguing against”. My original comment was specifically about the video Godless posted about. That was not HIS experience and he was simply trying to make it seems as if that’s what Home is all about”
Let me make it clear for your stupid self– your original comment was that lewd behaviors do not happen anymore (or as often) in Home, because Godless said it happens all the time(and it’s true. My PS3 is NAT American. Prove me wrong. I have a capture card now). Then when Oldschool backed him, you CLEARLY said
““I’m not saying this things don’t happen”
but your original words were
“kind of behavior don’t happen anymore”.
Regardless of the rest of your words, these specific words are in clear contention with each other. And again, if this isn’t what you meant then why did you feel the need to say Godless and Oldy are in Europe so their experiences would be different? You clearly were trying to validate your nonsense but until Oldy came to his defense, you were CLEARLY ARGUING AGAINST SOMEONE ELSE’S EXPERIENCE and then tried to say they have different experiences because of their region because you were proven wrong.
LMAO, man you’re a sniveling, dishonest, backpedaling, cherry picking, worm. Wouldn’t piss on you if your head was on fire
November 2nd, 2011
@Birdbrain (good ncaissie) Your high IQ doesn’t help you in a real debate…try to keep up with the whole argument and stop misquoting other…very childish and immature (understandable based on your previous zombie apocalypse comments and your facebook pics)
November 2nd, 2011
Bird I weren’t commenting on your and Rocas argument, it just reminded me of the Dirty Sanchez clips. It was done for comical effect, I just found it funny.
November 2nd, 2011
I weren’t backing Godless or taking sides. Just saying I spotted some pest action in Home. Like I said, it had to be the frenchies lol.
November 3rd, 2011
“@Birdbrain (good ncaissie)”
Lol remove your tongue from his twat; that joke is older than your boyfriend.
“Your high IQ doesn’t help you in a real debate”
I wasn’t aware this was a debate. You have to have a valid point to debate something
“try to keep up with the whole argument and stop misquoting other”
Misquoting other? Huh? And again, you don’t even know the words you’re using. When I misquote, you can call me on it. Still haven’t done it.
“understandable based on your previous zombie apocalypse comments”
So…saying a zombie apocalypse would be cool is…childish? LMFAO hahahahahahahahah I can’t…stop…laughing…at…you… lmao!!!
*wiping tears away*
Ahem. So you’ve seen my Facebook now? I’m curious as to what you mean by childish though… My pictures are either funny or normal.
Rochelle, the ever subject changing ponce. Whenever his arse is handed to him, he backpedals, cherry picks and tries to change the subject. No wonder you get handled by CON so easily. Step your game up fruitcake.
November 3rd, 2011
“So you’ve seen my Facebook now?”
Nevermind, never gave you my web address so you’re lying. But hey, what else is new Rochelle?
November 3rd, 2011
LMAO
I’ve got to add this thread to my favourites.
Roca getting owned, but keeps getting up for another round. .Ssssweeeeeeeet
Roca give it up for gods sake.
I make a relatively minor Quip about the behaviour of the retards on Home.
Posted a link with a funny clip, and said several years on, it’s still happening.
Now you being a rampant fanboy, jump in like banana man and start trying to claim it’s not true, like you’re defending Sonys honour or something.
My post was not really a dig at Sony or PSN home, but at the retards that frequent it, & behave like twats.
I actually think home is a fantastic Idea, just a pity it’s so full of desperate virgins, trying to hit on virtual females (probably males in drag)
Odds are when MS launch their equivalent it will be just the same.
There, do you feel any better about it now.
Please don’t get up again, I’m starting to feel sorry for you now.
Roca
You know when someone knocks an pesky wasp to the floor then steps on it, then takes their foot away and the wasp is downed, but still kicking.
So they stamp on it a few times, then do that stomp and twist combo thing. But the poor wee blighter is still alive and angrier than ever, with its now twisted little stinger still trying to sting you.
You’re that wasp dude LMAO
November 3rd, 2011
@Godless
You’re the laughing stock of this site…say whatever you want if helps sleep better at night.
I know what I said and I still by it. You guys are trying to twist what I said with misquotes because you two feel the need to “win” arguments after being humilated many times by other members of this site. Birdman gets owned by CarlB (& few others) all the time and Godless gets own by his own comments lmao. pathetic
Oldschool understood what I was trying to say and I’m not backpedaling out of my original comment since I still stand by it…
@Birdman
“Nevermind, never gave you my web address so you’re lying. But hey, what else is new Rochelle?”
Yes you didn’t give to me, you gave it to everyone here because you needed some attention and was in need of some friends.
LMAO – for a guy who claim to have an IQ level of a genius you seem to have a bad memory (or you’re lying once again). You posted your pathetic facebook page on this site and iirc it’s http://facebook.com/birdman or something similar.
No wonder you get handled by CarlB (all the time), jojo, oldschool and others on every single subject. Look at you right now trying to “win” this argument by misquoting me….grow up a lil.
“SMH”
@Birdman
“So…saying a zombie apocalypse would be cool is…childish?”
saying you’re trained to survive the zombie apocalypse is very childish….just as childish as you saying you outrank CarlB because you’re a “Capt” LMAO…the funny thing is that you actually believe that.
November 3rd, 2011
LMAO @ Godless!!!
I know exactly what you mean about the “stamp and twist” lmao
But yeah that exactly describes Rochelle. He never gives up, especially when he loses. He’s like a Saiyan from Dragonball. He feels his losses make him stronger
@Shelly
Yeah, because I need friends lmao Keep telling yourself that fruitcake. Carlb never could handle the B-man. He uses your tactic of misdirection, albeit much more refined than you. Hell, a rock is more refined than you. But get off his dick for a second, this is between me and you. You’re mad because you got called out for backpedaling again lol Who’s really pathetic here? The guy that can’t admit he’s wrong or the guy who’s calling him on it?
Your name should be Roach-a ’cause you’re always running away when light is shed on your ridiculous comments.
“saying you’re trained to survive the zombie apocalypse is very childish….just as childish as you saying you outrank CarlB because you’re a “Capt” LMAO…the funny thing is that you actually believe that.”
Again, a fail post. Trying to change the subject again, but what the hell, I’ll bite.
*sigh*
Wait, no I won’t. Get bent Rochelle the roach-a.
November 3rd, 2011
“But get off his dick for a second, this is between me and you”
oh the hypocrisy…You started riding CON’s dick. You seem to forget things pretty quickly Mr. Genius (sarcasm)
Now you’re riding Godless’ dick and based on your facebook pics I’m pretty sure you swing that way.
Since you simply can’t hop off my dick I’m guessing you’re still mad because I deleted your pathetic ass from my PSN friend list and you’re just trying to get my attention. You’ve been doing it ever since I deleted you….You’re a person in need of some attention. You are a sore loser (jojo can back me up on that)…
Like I said. I’m not backpedaling since I still stand by my original comment.
“Again, a fail post. Trying to change the subject again”
what subject am I trying to change? I’m simply replaying to everything you’ve said. YOU ASKED ME “So…saying a zombie apocalypse would be cool is…childish?” but you are too stupid to know the difference between trying to change the topic and a response to a question (genius?? lmao) Seems to me that you’re the on trying to avoid your own “I’m trained to survive the zombie apocalypse” BS.
Now yo
November 3rd, 2011
“oh the hypocrisy…You started riding CON’s dick. You seem to forget things pretty quickly Mr. Genius (sarcasm)”
LOL.
You know, by calling me a hypocrite on this subject, you’re inadvertently admitting you were on Carl’s dick lmfao
“Now you’re riding Godless’ dick and based on your facebook pics I’m pretty sure you swing that way.”
Scamming on guys now Rochelle?? Tsk tsk, I didn’t even know you were looking at my pictures.
Oh wait, you CAN’T look at them without being a friend.
ANOTHER fail post. We should call you Ricky Hatton: a failure.
“Since you simply can’t hop off my dick I’m guessing you’re still mad because I deleted your pathetic ass from my PSN friend list and you’re just trying to get my attention. You’ve been doing it ever since I deleted you….You’re a person in need of some attention.”
Wow 2 fails in the same post? I’ll explain. I’ve been talking shit to not only you, but everybody even before we were PSN buds. You deleted me BECAUSE I was talking shit lol so you think I started AFTER you deleted me? You’re a fucking shit-for-brains NOBODY.
A NOBODY.
I’m a sore loser when you rage quit. LMFAO.
And you’re clearly stupid.
“what subject am I trying to change? I’m simply replaying to everything you’ve said. ”
See what I mean?
And I didn’t ask you anything, it was rhetorical. But then again, I keep forgetting, I’m dealing with someone with Autism or something.
Stop “replaying”.
November 3rd, 2011
Roca
What is it with you accusing these guys of riding my dick..
Wait I think I got it. . .you’re jealous dude
You’re a closet homo, and you fancy a piece of my ass
LMAO
November 3rd, 2011
Hence the name “Rochelle”
November 3rd, 2011
LOL
Rochelle the roach-a
Classic
November 3rd, 2011
first of all, Birdman was the first one to talking about dicks..
I’ll let you guys talk about dicks and homos. I don’t even want to be part of this converstaion with a 40+ year old loser and an immature boy in its early 20s who’s trained to survived the zombie apocalypse and goes around calling himself “Capt”..
November 3rd, 2011
Bye bye Rochelle. We will revel in the fact that your bitch ass got owned and is now running away from the thread.
Oh and I hear they make soap on a rope these days, but knowing you, you’d still drop it on purpose.
Yippie kai yay motherfucker
November 3rd, 2011
“Yippie kai yay motherfucker”
kids these days..
that’s probably most importat phrase your learned during your training to survie the zombie apocalypse.
“SMH”
November 3rd, 2011
So punny, mr punnyman.
I thought you were going?
Run along little bitch, no one wants you here. Go get owned in another thread. You know I’ll be there Rochelle.
November 3rd, 2011
“I thought you were going?”
well you thought wrong (as usual)
“You know I’ll be there Rochelle”
I know you will as I already stated “I’m guessing you’re still mad because I deleted your pathetic ass from my PSN friend list and you’re just trying to get my attention. You’ve been doing it ever since I deleted you….You’re a person in need of some attention”
keep the name calling and the insults coming…it only shows how immature you are and how desperate you’re for some attention.
November 3rd, 2011
Lol desperate for attention…from my computer screen? Damn dude, you have a twisted view of life, I know that much.
Keep it pushin’ Shelly. You’re done here.
November 3rd, 2011
Bird, please dont take this the wrong way because I do genuinely like you but being trained for a “zombie apocalypse” is kinda stupid lol. It’s never going to happen.
You may as well hang garlic over your bed and say you’re trained against Vampires pmsl.
November 3rd, 2011
Yeah it is stupid. Rochelle is making a big deal out of something I said in half-jest.
What I really said was I feel prepared for a Zombie Apoc because I’m athletic, smart, know zombies inside out and I own a gun.
I never mentioned being trained. I think you’re the one that actually used the word ‘trained’ because you brought up the military, if memory serves.
And yeah, scientifically, a ZA is almost doomed to fail before it could start. Key word is ‘almost’ though. The movie Contagion showed how it could theoretically happen. I personally believe there are too many factors against it though…
November 3rd, 2011
“What I really said was I feel prepared for a Zombie Apoc”
Same diff, you’re like my Mrs, overly technical lol.
“know zombies inside out”
Know one knows zombies, there has never been a zombie. Just interpretations of what a zombie could be. Who’s to say a gun would even hurt a zombie?
Anyway how is Contagion? I’m a big Soderberg(spellings probably off) and look forward to seeing it. Plus I think “MATT DAMOOONN” is a class actor.
You been getting my PSN messages you ignorant shit? Lmao I’ve sent two I think and no reply.
November 4th, 2011
Lol what does “same difference” even mean?
But it’s not the same thing though. Being trained and being prepared are two different things.
Stockpiling water= being prepared.
M4A1 range= being trained.
“Know one knows zombies, there has never been a zombie. Just interpretations of what a zombie could be. Who’s to say a gun would even hurt a zombie?”
Zombies aren’t real. They’re fantastic creatures; made up beings. They only exist in media. So, if what we call a zombie were to appear, we would know how to deal with them, because well, we know zombies. We made them up, so we know the rules. That’s what I’m saying.
Contagion was not what I expected. It makes you feel…dirty once you leave the theatre… It was like no one wanted to touch anyone on the way out haha
It wasn’t a bad movie, but I didn’t really enjoy it. But it is an eye opener and provides real science, so I guess I liked that bit.
November 4th, 2011
“You been getting my PSN messages you ignorant shit? Lmao I’ve sent two I think and no reply.”
My bad, it’s probably my girl on my PS3. She doesn’t really know how to work it, and she usually doesn’t tell me I get messages.
November 4th, 2011
“if what we call a zombie were to appear, we would know how to deal with them, because well, we know zombies. We made them up, so we know the rules. That’s what I’m saying.”
Cap, we’ve had this conversation before about golems.
There are no absolute rules for fantastical beings, therefore you cannot “know” the “rules” about them if they ever happen to actually appear in real life.
November 4th, 2011
The dead rising is referenced in the Bible. Just saying if the dead were somehow to randomly rise again then you can bet that the movie “rules” will not apply.
November 4th, 2011
Dead Rising? Isn’t that a game also? I heard it’s EXACTLY like the way it was referenced in the Bible, so if it ever happens, we’ll “know” exactly what to do.
November 4th, 2011
“Cap, we’ve had this conversation before about golems.
There are no absolute rules for fantastical beings, therefore you cannot “know” the “rules” about them if they ever happen to actually appear in real life.”
Yeah but the problem is that for it to be classified as a Zombie (in the sense of what I’m am referring to) has to be like the movie/game/novel Zombie. Zombies are a figment of our imagination, and as such, we know their weaknesses and what they would be capable of.
You’re talking about another kind of creature, one that we haven’t seen, but that’s not what I’m talking about. I’m specifically referring to what we have seen in media as a Zombie.
Butt the fuck out old man.
November 5th, 2011
“for it to be classified as a Zombie (in the sense of what I’m am referring to) has to be like the movie/game/novel Zombie.”
Oh. I get it now. Because movie/game/novel Zombies never change, all abide by the exact same “rules”, and there aren’t going to be any new movies/games/novels with zombies in them in the future that break one or all of them.
Okay junior.
November 5th, 2011
I absolutely love it when you got nothing.
“Oh. I get it now. Because movie/game/novel Zombies never change, all abide by the exact same “rules”, and there aren’t going to be any new movies/games/novels with zombies in them in the future that break one or all of them.”
Clearly by me saying “movie/game/novel [Zombies]” I meant one specific type of zombie that ‘[abides] by the exact same “rules”’.
/Sarcasm
Just by me denoting movie/game/novel zombies I’m obviously saying different kinds of zombies, jackass. For example, the zombies in, say, Left 4 Dead are pointedly different from zombies in Resident Evil (e.g. GAMES). And both of those types are different from the zombies in Call of Duty, with clearly different rules (i.e. shooting them in the head).
Further still, those zombies differ from the ones in George A Romero’s “of the Dead” series (e.g. MOVIES), with clearly different rules (i.e. dying from anything results in being reanimated). Hell, the zombies differ WITHIN G.A.R’s films.
Even more in depth, zombies differ within a series that is across multiple media,. For example in the Resident Evil films, you turn into a zombie by being bitten or scratched. However, in the games, that’s not exactly the case, as you can be bitten and scratched literally thousands of times and never become a zombie.
Beating the dead horse, the origins of zombies fall back into voodoo, so once again those rules are different.
In conclusion, I never said the zombies would al follow the same rules, and clearly you have an understanding of zombies that isn’t outside the realm of a video game or a summer blockbuster. I love zombies. They are my favourite monster, and legitimately creep me out. I know almost every iteration of zombie that has been made up backwards and forwards, from the zombrex and Element 115 kind, to the T/G virus and World War Z flavours. And if new ones arise in media with different rules, then we’ll understand those too.
Zombies don’t exist, Papa Smurf, and most likely never will. However, if they did, it would be what humans have imagined them to be, because otherwise, it isn’t a zombie.
Got it Tommy Lee Jones?
November 5th, 2011
“I’m obviously saying different kinds of zombies”
Thank you for illustrating my point. They still don’t exist, and there are no “rules” for any zombies that have yet to appear in reality, because everything up to this point has been fiction.
Got it Phoenix Jones? (or is it Zombie Marcus?)
“if they did, it would be what humans have imagined them to be”
Yes, because we have already imagined all possible zombies resulting from radioactivity, viral outbreaks, magic, or science experiments.
Not.
“the origins of zombies fall back into voodoo”
Actually, the name “zombie” comes from “zombi” which falls under West African Vodoun, though the origins of such a being can be traced back to the Egyptian Osiris and further in the Sumerian epic of Gilgamesh.
November 5th, 2011
“Thank you for illustrating my point. They still don’t exist, and there are no “rules” for any zombies that have yet to appear in reality, because everything up to this point has been fiction.”
No, thank YOU for illustrating MY point. They are fiction. This is the point. If what we call ‘zombies’ were to appear, I feel I am prepared for them. Nobody is talking about something that has yet to appear Carl, this is what you’re failing to understand. You persistently go off the topic, and you do so haphazardly. It’s annoying talking to you because you do this with nearly every topic you discuss.
For example:
“Yes, because we have already imagined all possible zombies resulting from radioactivity, viral outbreaks, magic, or science experiments.”
These have all been explored. Stupid.
Zombies are reanimated dead corpses of humans (in the case of Resident Evil, dogs and birds can be zombified). Find me a means of reanimation for what we consider a zombie that doesn’t deal with magic, science, viral/bacterial/microscopic life forms, or radioactivity.
You won’t, and these have all been explored thoroughly. Sorry, but as per the status quo, you got nothin.
“Actually, the name “zombie” comes from “zombi” which falls under West African Vodoun, though the origins of such a being can be traced back to the Egyptian Osiris and further in the Sumerian epic of Gilgamesh.”
Mr. Wikipedia strikes again.
November 5th, 2011
“I feel I am prepared for them.”
Well, I guess “feelings” are what matters most in your probability of surviving disastrous circumstances.
Good luck with that.
“These have all been explored. Stupid.”
Of course, that’s why you “feel”… “prepared”. Because they have been “explored”.
Good luck with that.
“these have all been explored thoroughly”
Of course they have.
“Mr. Wikipedia strikes again”
Yes, that would be you.
November 5th, 2011
Yes, use misdirection because you have no point Mr. Wiki.
It suits you, oddly. Using Rochelle-esque tactics.
Good going, braah
November 5th, 2011
I humbly bow down before your massive zombi genius backed by years of serious research of movies, novels and games, Lord Phoenix.
November 5th, 2011
And stay there.
November 5th, 2011
A Zombie is a reanimated corpse, that’s it. Movie rules say shoot them in the head and they eat brains. A real Zombie(stupid I know) might only be killed by silver or eggs. Movie rules say how to kill them. The bible reference of the dead walking again, doesn’t mention how to kill them.
No one can be prepared because know one knows how it would go down. No one.
November 5th, 2011
ZomBird knows.
November 5th, 2011
My point, Oldy, is that zombies are a figment of George A. Romero’s imagination, and every iteration thereafter has followed his mold, slightly changing or improving on the design. This, and ONLY this is what I’m talking about. Saying “Zombies in real life could be different” is disingenuous and misleading.
Why? Because when you say “zombie”, you are referring to what is in the media, and not something that has yet to appear outside of the media. You simply can’t say that. What has yet to appear, no one knows, and it therefore cannot be classified as “zombie”.
So, I say this: zombies as we know them, people like me know them inside and out, and if they were to appear, we’d know exactly how to deal with them. You say movie rules say how to kill them. I say movies made them up, so, at least as of right now, movies are the correct way.
P.S. It’s like saying the Asari in the Mass Effect universe wouldn’t have their biotic powers or live to be over 1000 in the real world. That’s pure nonsense because then they wouldn’t be “Asari”, just a random blue alien. Zombies adhere to certain rules in their given story, and if they were to appear, they’d stay with these rules. If they didn’t, THEY WOULD NOT BE ZOMBIES.
Full stop.
November 6th, 2011
Zombie in real life = unknown
Why? Because regardless of former IMAGINED rule sets, you still wouldn’t know which one’s would apply right off the bat without experience, or if they were an admixture, or if some unknown factor changed everything about the formerly IMAGINED rules.
’nuff said
November 6th, 2011
When I say Zombie I don’t mean “Media Zombie” I mean the dead rising as mentioned in the bible. It seems more likely that people would prepare for that apocalypse than a movie apocalypse. More people believe the bible than a movie.
G. Romero just gave these walking dead a name(I think it was him). The word apocalypse is a biblical term, not a Romero one. When you say Zombie Apocalypse, the. You’re referring to the biblical apocalypse.
No one is prepared for any apocalypse. Have no illusions about that Bird. If me and Carl say we wouldn’t be prepared for one then you definitely wouldn’t.
November 7th, 2011
Lack of confidence, I’d say pal.
November 8th, 2011
We would say lack of arrogance in the military.
Americans were scored number one internationally in confidence, but it didn’t get them that far on the other tests… maybe you could be like that guy on the bike in the vid I linked below… very confident indeed. (Guy on bike vs building = Zombird vs the Zombie Apocalypse)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bppyXEXj_6E