News/Rumors about GTA V
April 20th, 2012
Several rumors about the next Grand Theft Auto are spreading on the web and some seem very truthful. Here are some...
The main character is a rich man named Albert who moved to Los Santos to start a family. We can also see him in the trailer of the game. It is him on the top photo.
The map covers Los Santos, not the whole San Andreas. It would be five times larger than Liberty City and will be separated into three areas, like the other games in the series.
There will be planes that are flyable. Cars and weapons will be customizable. It will be possible to add nitro to his car and a silencer to his gun.
The police pursuits will be more realistic. At 1-star, the police chase us on foot, unless you're driving. At 6 stars, the army is deployed. The police used a stun gun if your weapon is not drawn. From 4 stars, even if you evade the police, they'll search 24, 48 or 72 hours someone matching your description.
More details in this YouTube video.
In the weekly flyer, Future Shop is offering a $20 discount towards the purchase of GTA V, when you buy Max Payne 3. The latter will be available on May 15 while Grand Theft Auto is scheduled on December 31, according to Future Shop and Best Buy Canada.
Is our future boring?
In the '80s, the movies promised us a future to dream for. Flying cars that drive themselves, clothes that adjust to fit automatically, robots that do our boring chores... Yet we are in 2012 and we have none of those futuristic inventions.
We have beautiful inventions like cell phones, touch pads and electric cars, but nothing near what we imagined.
Fortunately, Google is working on great projects to make us dream again. After the driverless car, here we are presented Project Glass, a pair of special glasses that allows for virtual applications to be displayed before our eyes.
The project is ambitious and seems to work with Street View. According to rumors, these glasses could be on the market within two years for the price of a smartphone.
It's interesting, but I question how we use this product when you already have glasses?
A video parody has already been made.
Stand Up - Official music video of Bully
Bullying in schools is the subject everybody talks about these days and on April 13, a documentary on the subject opens in theaters. The Ontarian Mike Tompkins was chosen to make the Official music video of the movie.
Can Seth MacFarlane do anything wrong?
Ted tells the story of John Bennett and his beloved teddy bear who came alive after a wish made during his childhood. After 27 years together, he is forced to let him go.
If you like Family Guy and American Dad, you probably know Seth MacFarlane. Finally we see a feature film he wrote and directed and in which we find the same style of absurd humor.
Love it or hate it, there is no middle ground. For fans like me, we already like it.
A bad joke to make!
Ward from Louis Delisle on Vimeo.
Wednesday morning, Mike Ward put this video on his Facebook page with the following comment:
The most relevant criticism you will hear about the Bye Bye.
I was really curious to hear so I watched it. At first, I was disappointed that this was only a silly joke and I found it bad.
I love Mike, but the joke is not funny. You should never wish illness to anyone. He says he hates having to justify his jokes, but this was a bad one. The only fact that he said it was evil to say should have convinced him that it is not something to wish. While wishing the opposite of health, wishing the flu would have been perhaps less punchy, but more appropriate and funny.
As for Fallu's wish of gonorrhea, it is not better. Some might see it as a bad comment about his homosexuality.
Some have found it funny, others not. For my part, I think it could have been funny in a show where people expect this type of humor. And why not use a fictitious person.
In the present context, it was just inappropriate.
Happy 2012!
Phew, the last 2 years have been rather difficult on the wallet, but I made it through. Fortunately, health and labor were at the rendezvous. Indeed, I am healthy. My heart is fine and the state of my lungs has not degraded.
As for work, I'm pretty overwhelmed. To lower my stress level, I decided to take a week off. During this period, I've decided to watch the DVD of my favorite puppet TV series such as Fireball XL 5, Thunderbirds and Joe 90.
Watching these shows makes me happy and gives me ideas for projects. These puppets inspires me a great web project I want to achieve for a long time and it should take shape in the next 2 years. This is a very bold project. It doesn't pay, but it''ll be a lot of fun. The end result should be impressive. At least that's what I want.
Happy New Year to all!
Let it be a good one for you all!
Intimidation and acceptation
This topic is the flavor of the month in Quebec and it reminds me a lot of repressed memories. I haven't talked much about it, but I feel the need to share it with you, my readers.
I am suffering from Friedreich's ataxia, a degenerative disease which affects the muscles and coordination. Throughout my life I had some mourning to do. Some were very difficult to do, but I managed to pass over.
At school, some people laughed at me because I was walking awkwardly and I fell more often than "normal". Some people called me names while others were straight to the point by calling me disabled.
I never felt accepted and for years I thought I was was the one not accepting myself. I thought that if I started high school all over again with the wisdom I have today, everything would be different.
When I went to my high school reunion, I thought everything would be different and I was proud to show the kind of person I became. I quickly realized that nothing had changed and that those I called my friends were still not ready to accept me as I am.
For a long time, I have lacked confidence. I'm still not super confident nowadays, but I am better aware of my weaknesses as well as my strengths. I know I'm capable of doing many things.
As Mike Ward said in his video, I never stopped evolving. And that made me a different person. Yes, feeling apart hurts, but it's just a rough time to go through and it makes us grow. Suicide is not the solution!
I am proud of the person I grew up to be and I have nothing to envy to others.
There is something missing in my Lucky Charms
Dear General Mills Canada,
I love your cereals. My favorites are the Honey Nut Cheerios. Despite being 28 years old, I also love the Lucky Charms with their excellent marshmallows. This morning I was excited to open a brand new box of these delicious cereals. However, a terrible surprise spoiled my fun: My box contained no marshmallows!
I could not believe it. Is it a competition where there is a box without marshmallows and lucky who found it wins a prize? If yes, what is my prize?
I thought that such an incident could never happen. There is no quality control in your factory? Why do I have a box of Lucky Charms without marshmallows?
I'm not the kind of person who sues. But I'm the type who tells everyone about it. And even if I was suing, what would be the reason for my lawsuit? Because I did not feel the joy of having marshmallows in my cereals?
I do not want money, I just want the marshmallows I paid for and be assured that this kind of incident won't happen again. Because honestly, Lucky Charms without marshmallows, it's not very good.
sincerely
Jean-Sebastien Proulx
01/12/2011: A copy of this letter has been sent to General Mills Canada
03/12/2011: We bought another box without marshmallow at the same grocery
16/12/2011: I received a letter from General Mills with coupons (estimate value $7)
