Hello there children, do you know what day it is?  Why, it’s “Shauna-Gets-To-Be-A-Slacker” Day! So instead of the regular one-badass-per-article standard that I’ve had each week, I’ve decided to do a couple mini-BAotWs just for today. “Why are you so lazy Shauna?” you might ask.  It’s because tomorrow James and I are driving down to Atlanta to meet Bob (aka Dr. DM) to get full media coverage of Dragon*con for all you readers.  We’ll have a TON of new and hopefully breaking news stories and interviews for you while we’re down there, and even more once we get back.  So I have a somewhat legitimate excuse to slack off. HA. Look past the break for a few badasses of the video game world, the film world, and the interweb world.

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So, as you probably know by now, Apple had it’s now routine Fall music event for 2010 yesterday, September 1st. These events for those new to the Apple announcement bandwagon, revolve around Apple’s iPod line and iTunes. This year, as expected, we got refreshed iPod shuffle, nano and touch lines as well as iTunes 10. Apple normally has a ‘one more thing’ announcement that it keeps until the end of the keynote and this year was no exception. Mr. Jobs ended the keynote with a revamped ’2nd generation’ Apple TV, which yes, maintains the Apple TV name and doesn’t encroach on ITV’s branding as was rumoured.

So on the face of it we’ve got some new gear to check out that’s relatively evolutionary, not revolutionary. We’ll quickly run through the ins and outs of each product so you don’t have to wade through pages and pages of prose:

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Well this week we went a little off topic. We start off with a recap of the Power Morphicon. Talk about the awesome star Jing Cervantes. Discuss the Xbox Live Price increase. Figure out what our Pron Names are. Have a Therapy Joement with Joe the Peacock. Jam to some Apple news. Max out on some Weekend Wasteland better known as the Mad Max camping excursion. Go to the movies with the New Movies on demand rumors. Then sex it up with some not so sexy talk.

Topics

• Recap Power Morphicon
• Jing Cervantes
• Xbox Live Price increase
• What is our Pron Names
• Therapy Joement
• Apple Conference
• Weekend Wasteland (Mad Max themed Camping Trip)
• New Movies on Demand Rumor
• Not so Sexy Talk

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Youtuber and AfterEffects Deity freddiew posted a new video showing the very first rocket jump.  Those of you playing games like Team Fortress 2 know that rocket jumping is a bane to many campers and engineers.

“Journey with us through video game history as we witness the first ever rocket jump. My teammates are total noobs. That dude on the turret is also a total camper.”

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When the Wii launched in 2006 it became a huge success, selling out across America and bringing in the casual audience in record numbers. However, the honeymoon has long since passed and those rose-tinted glasses are starting to crack. Nintendo‘s little white system has surely captured the casual market, and acheived record sells. However, the system has certainly garnered a reputation among gamers as your mom’s system, a kiddie system, full of games like ‘Little Kitties Like to have Tea and Dress Up 4″. So here are my Top 5 Reasons the Wii Sucks.

5) Waggle is a gimmick

Early testing of a Nintendogs for Wii

Remember how exciting the idea of playing a Zelda where you controlled the sword was? You imagined angling your attacks perfectly, slicing through enemy’s defenses as you saved the world yet again. Then remember how, instead of that, you ended up just shaking your wrist around for hours on end while sitting on your couch? Games like Star Wars: The Force Unleashed could have been amazing. Instead, I ended up just shaking my hand around wildly, completely at random as my character went through his specific character animations regardless of how I moved my hands.

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