Like really, as if the worst games of recent years were already plagued with fake reviews like some of the worst Steam games were taken down and then reinstated with fake reviews and changed names for instances, how about Whatsapp being mistaken for a game? Whatsapp the game? LIKE SOME STUPID MORONS THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE PLAYING GAMES WITH WHATSAPP! THIS IS A SLAP ON THEIR FACES FOR THIS SORT OF IGNORANCE!
I don't care if that is more or less a fake or real news or something to you from my recent discovery at Neowin but I was already annoyed even more than before from this year's Lunar New Year days and especially for sometime after Lunar New Year where Singtel users like me were knocked out of internet access! So, the real annoyance was that while I was working on something, be it a Game Maker game or perhaps a music arrangement/remix or something, those home morons had the guts to tell the elder aunts that I was playing games or some sort. Their continued ignorance and presence continued to piss me off and there will be no guarantee of peaceful celebration of future Lunar New Year then and especially when it comes to DJ practice which I sometimes do with my DJ controller. Even if they looked at my computer screen, they couldn't know what I was actually doing by then as if they told others that I was playing. Such ignorance from them was the reason on why I didn't bring my laptop computer along this year and their manipulation of the others as I fear it is going to make me miserable like I may end up suffering from medical torture because of them.
So, the situation stated above may be why you shouldn't annoy me with ignorant rumors about me or something else. NOBODY cares for morons like those who take Whatsapp for a game. We CARE for respectful and superior people although those morons who have been annoying me as stated above might think that I have communication problem or some kind and it is a future offense to deny the consequences you're given by someone whom you have disrespected. You should realize your actions done to that person, NOT think that there's something wrong with them.
Even as an adult or elder person, you should have decent attitude and knowledge of what's actually going on and what is someone actually doing. And if you think or talk to others that some DJ doing DJ practice is playing games or something, that DJ will have an indirect "Fuck You" delivered to you for stupidly disrespecting them. You'll be scolded indirectly with the use of that DJ's brain. The same goes to the music producer producing something in the bedroom. So a lesson is that you should know what that person you're intercepting is actually doing before you say anything from your mouth.
So for Whatsapp, they didn't have time to investigate those morons doing fake reviews like that on the app and it was up to Google to do the investigation themselves. Those fake reviews popped up on Whatsapp from February to March and thankfully, other Google Play apps weren't invaded with such. Those posting fake reviews like that don't deserve to be respectful adults and we don't have time and breath for fools like them.
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Beatmania IIDX Gameplay Report (March 18)
I guess that I had already done additional music arrangements that can be viewed on my YouTube and Soundcloud accounts and it looked like it was the time to go to the arcades again. This update included the existence of the Expert Mode in Beatmania IIDX Sinobuz along with its Classic Class feature as well as the new song playable in this period, Crew, as part of Beatnation 10th Anniversary. For Beatnation 10th Anniversary, the campaign is said to be for Japan only which you have to play Beatmania IIDX 30 times with your E-Amusement pass to proof that you have done that 30 times during the campaign period according to the campaign's official website. Next, you have to proof that to the game center staff with your E-Amusement pass if you want to get the CD of the song. One thing to bear in mind that each Beatmania IIDX cabinet has 4 copies of the CDs.
Since the campaign is like for Japan only, I don't think this is going to count for overseas Bemani players no matter how many times you have played Beatmania IIDX or perhaps the song, Crew, during this campaign period so that you overseas players DON'T NEED to play the game like 30 times. It's like asking for SGD60 for 30 credits in which each coin out of 4 for a credit costs $0.50. So that is like $60 for 120 credits in total for this campaign. Do you want to contribute to those in-game events for arcade games to the core?
Since the campaign is like for Japan only, I don't think this is going to count for overseas Bemani players no matter how many times you have played Beatmania IIDX or perhaps the song, Crew, during this campaign period so that you overseas players DON'T NEED to play the game like 30 times. It's like asking for SGD60 for 30 credits in which each coin out of 4 for a credit costs $0.50. So that is like $60 for 120 credits in total for this campaign. Do you want to contribute to those in-game events for arcade games to the core?
Sony Micro Vault USB Flash Drive obtained
I must admit that I might have used those USB Flash Drives for live Linux OSes and it can be resource consuming. Some of the USB Flash Drives were like rendered useless or something and the others were already losing life points because of that. So, I guess that I bought another USB Flash Drive that is 8GB. The retail shops have those security stuffs stuck in front of the products that are in stock for purchase to prevent shoplifting but as a customer who wants to buy stuffs like the USB Flash Drive and the USB HDD, the best bet would be to ask the shopkeeper about the stuffs you want to buy. This kind of security has been everywhere in every retail shop that sells the computer gadgets and accessories.
Seagate Backup Plus Portable Drive 1TB obtained
The old USB HDD which is the Maxtor branded one is working fine although there were recent times that it was plagued with errors that corrupted various files away like the ISOs of the operating systems to be used on the VMs as well as the virtual hard drives used for those VMs. It is still fine using VMs with virtual hard drives stored on the USB HDD but since it's all consumer level stuffs, don't expect superior reliability as seen in the enterprise-level storage devices. Not to mention that the old laptop computer I previously used whose hard drive was messed up like there are no plans to get it repaired as no repair shops fix the old computing stuffs anyway. The better bet will be to replace it with the SSD but then, I may have to buy a retail copy of the OS to install on it if that's the case. The workaround will be to use the USB Flash Drive containing Ubuntu Live and then start doing virtualization stuffs from there with the virtual hard drives being stored on the USB HDD. Needless to say, I'm not sure if the ESD Wrist Strap is needed or not for hard drive replacement.
There are already tons of USB HDDs containing the bonus cloud storage for sale but I chose the one without that bonus as I already had my Dropbox and Onedrive cloud storages in use. Not to mention that there are other bonus ways to extend your Onedrive cloud storage if you have one. The good thing about the Backup Plus Portable Drive I bought is that it has the ability to transfer wirelessly from your mobile device to that USB HDD provided that it is hooked up to the computer with the services needed for that feature enabled. In addition, you can also add the cloud storage accounts to that program that came with that USB HDD.
There are already tons of USB HDDs containing the bonus cloud storage for sale but I chose the one without that bonus as I already had my Dropbox and Onedrive cloud storages in use. Not to mention that there are other bonus ways to extend your Onedrive cloud storage if you have one. The good thing about the Backup Plus Portable Drive I bought is that it has the ability to transfer wirelessly from your mobile device to that USB HDD provided that it is hooked up to the computer with the services needed for that feature enabled. In addition, you can also add the cloud storage accounts to that program that came with that USB HDD.
Monday, March 13, 2017
Gunslinger Stratos series
Perhaps, Gunslinger Stratos series is the true demonstration of what Taito Type X3 system can do. The actual specs used for the series are Core i5, 8GB RAM along with Windows Embedded Standard 7 64-Bit and 1080p arcade gaming. What's less difficult is that you can see the on-screen specs of Type X3 system instead of the sticker of the Type X2 actual specs. You can see the graphics card along with the amount of RAM the Type X2 uses when booting up but that's not enough.
The game itself is the online 4vs4 third-person-shooter where you use dual gun controllers like it's a combination of the arcade rail shooter and actual controller elements. You're supposed to defeat the opponent team to win the game by emptying the opponent team cost. The way you decrease the opponent team cost/health gauge is to defeat one of the opponent team members. The gameplay may be comparable to other TPS games on consoles and computers but the rules here may be different as you're supposed to decrease the opponent team's health guage to win by defeating opponent team members. Knocking one opponent team member out causes that opponent player to respawn at a specified position similar to how TPS and FPS games work in multiplayer modes.
Story-wise, it's about two dimensions trying to collide with each other, causing mysterious disappearance and the only way to prevent this is to send the participants back to the year 2015 for VS-team battle. There happens to be two versions of the same team except that they belong to different dimensions. Defeating alternate selves is the way to prevent that serious catastrophe from happening but at the cost of the disappearance of the defeated team's dimension. A simple story like this along with the gameplay rules is one effective strategy.
The second game has the Overdrive-like feature and the third game has the Cross-Link System which enables the entire team to activate it together. There's also the PC version, Gunslinger Stratos Reloaded, which was discontinued. It is a fun answer to the arcade version but I guess that the even PC version is for use in Japan only. The only thing the US website of the franchise offers is the animated adaption which is kind of awful to be frank as the gameplay of the series is extremely effective and fun to the core that the story is less important. If the game's important factor is the gameplay even though it has story with animated cutscenes and such, depending on the game genre, an animated adaption may or may not happen.
If you come across and watch the animated adaption of the franchise before discovering the games themselves, shame on you. You should know that it is a game franchise that started 5 years ago for the arcades unless you want to be ignorant about this introductory part of it.
The game itself is the online 4vs4 third-person-shooter where you use dual gun controllers like it's a combination of the arcade rail shooter and actual controller elements. You're supposed to defeat the opponent team to win the game by emptying the opponent team cost. The way you decrease the opponent team cost/health gauge is to defeat one of the opponent team members. The gameplay may be comparable to other TPS games on consoles and computers but the rules here may be different as you're supposed to decrease the opponent team's health guage to win by defeating opponent team members. Knocking one opponent team member out causes that opponent player to respawn at a specified position similar to how TPS and FPS games work in multiplayer modes.
Story-wise, it's about two dimensions trying to collide with each other, causing mysterious disappearance and the only way to prevent this is to send the participants back to the year 2015 for VS-team battle. There happens to be two versions of the same team except that they belong to different dimensions. Defeating alternate selves is the way to prevent that serious catastrophe from happening but at the cost of the disappearance of the defeated team's dimension. A simple story like this along with the gameplay rules is one effective strategy.
The second game has the Overdrive-like feature and the third game has the Cross-Link System which enables the entire team to activate it together. There's also the PC version, Gunslinger Stratos Reloaded, which was discontinued. It is a fun answer to the arcade version but I guess that the even PC version is for use in Japan only. The only thing the US website of the franchise offers is the animated adaption which is kind of awful to be frank as the gameplay of the series is extremely effective and fun to the core that the story is less important. If the game's important factor is the gameplay even though it has story with animated cutscenes and such, depending on the game genre, an animated adaption may or may not happen.
If you come across and watch the animated adaption of the franchise before discovering the games themselves, shame on you. You should know that it is a game franchise that started 5 years ago for the arcades unless you want to be ignorant about this introductory part of it.
Love Live School Idol Festival After School Activity for arcade
As a rhythm game, it looks quite suited for me to play on like I treated it as an arcade game of some kind when playing on my Android tablet ever since its international release 3 years ago. Unfortunately, there have been problems with this kind of games on IOS and Android that altered players' behaviors negatively.
In the case of the arcade version, it has elements from the mobile version like drawing cards from the machine representing characters in different dresses, team set-up and other stuffs. During gameplay, there will be card effects although in different ways than in the mobile version and the arcade version uses physical controls and is more difficult in gameplay. Like other rhythm games on the arcades, you will need the Nesica card if you want to make the progress count. Also, the arcade version features in-game graphics for gameplay in a similar vein to Project Diva series. Certain songs in the arcade version have the new dance choreography you can't see elsewhere. The others already have their own via the animated music videos as well as the ones taken from the TV animated series and the animated movie.
Unfortunately, the information for the arcade version may be scarce when trying to use the keywords in English in the search engine as if there's no English speaking wiki for that version. But, from what I know is that there may be Challenge difficulty in addition to Expert difficulty and the notecharts are obviously superseding and different than the mobile version. The UI engine seems to be at the same level as Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage or something in which other idol-themed music games on mobile follow with the same kind of UI layout for gameplay. Like Beatstream and DJ Max Technika series, the arcade version of LLSIF has double screens and the one on top is for seeing the dance thing in action while the bottom one focuses on gameplay.
Lastly, if you want to know about the system specs of the machine the arcade version uses, you can look it up in Wikipedia or something. From what I saw on social media and video sharing sites, the arcade version uses dual graphics cards and the graphics card is different than the one the Taito Type X3 machine uses and it turns out that the game uses Taito Type X4. Like Taito Type X3, Type X4 has different spec options. Unfortunately, the amount of information about Taito Type X4 is kind of small not because things are so technical or something but it seems that ignorance about the arcade version's existence is a problem. If the arcade version makes it to the US via Round 1, it may solve that problem but it's not the same for other countries although it's already better for the arcade version to stay in Japan as there are already tons of idol-themed music game and animated franchises which are outnumbering everyone non-stop like hell. I think the over-popularity of Idolmaster and Love Live franchises is the reason for such existences of other franchises but it may seem that certain fans' behaviors had been altered so negatively that they did certain things in public that landed themselves in serious trouble. Examples included threats of stabbing, being a public nuisance via delusion, showing off too much fan-tribute accessories in their possession or even suicide attempts over disbandment or retirement of a group or something. Those are NOT how you become a fan of a particular idol group or individual you like.
The arcade version is more or less published by Square Enix and it may mean that it runs on a Taito-branded arcade system with the Nesica service, similar to other Square Enix games on the arcades that make use of it although one of them uses the Playstation 4 based arcade hardware instead of the Type-X series system.
- Microtransactions - A DLC-like item that can be spent in unlimited ways, allowing you to get premium currencies and other premium items you can't get normally. It can result in an unnecessary waste of money, putting buying a normal game to shame. You could have used thousands of dollars to buy something else.
- Gatchas - A luck-based feature that draws random items including super and ultra rare items through premium Gatcha features using premium currencies. There are tons of ways to get premium currencies but that depends on the game.
- Performance perfection - A torturous behavior coming from the player no matter how technically competent the device is.
- Frustration factor
- Grinding
In the case of the arcade version, it has elements from the mobile version like drawing cards from the machine representing characters in different dresses, team set-up and other stuffs. During gameplay, there will be card effects although in different ways than in the mobile version and the arcade version uses physical controls and is more difficult in gameplay. Like other rhythm games on the arcades, you will need the Nesica card if you want to make the progress count. Also, the arcade version features in-game graphics for gameplay in a similar vein to Project Diva series. Certain songs in the arcade version have the new dance choreography you can't see elsewhere. The others already have their own via the animated music videos as well as the ones taken from the TV animated series and the animated movie.
Unfortunately, the information for the arcade version may be scarce when trying to use the keywords in English in the search engine as if there's no English speaking wiki for that version. But, from what I know is that there may be Challenge difficulty in addition to Expert difficulty and the notecharts are obviously superseding and different than the mobile version. The UI engine seems to be at the same level as Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage or something in which other idol-themed music games on mobile follow with the same kind of UI layout for gameplay. Like Beatstream and DJ Max Technika series, the arcade version of LLSIF has double screens and the one on top is for seeing the dance thing in action while the bottom one focuses on gameplay.
Lastly, if you want to know about the system specs of the machine the arcade version uses, you can look it up in Wikipedia or something. From what I saw on social media and video sharing sites, the arcade version uses dual graphics cards and the graphics card is different than the one the Taito Type X3 machine uses and it turns out that the game uses Taito Type X4. Like Taito Type X3, Type X4 has different spec options. Unfortunately, the amount of information about Taito Type X4 is kind of small not because things are so technical or something but it seems that ignorance about the arcade version's existence is a problem. If the arcade version makes it to the US via Round 1, it may solve that problem but it's not the same for other countries although it's already better for the arcade version to stay in Japan as there are already tons of idol-themed music game and animated franchises which are outnumbering everyone non-stop like hell. I think the over-popularity of Idolmaster and Love Live franchises is the reason for such existences of other franchises but it may seem that certain fans' behaviors had been altered so negatively that they did certain things in public that landed themselves in serious trouble. Examples included threats of stabbing, being a public nuisance via delusion, showing off too much fan-tribute accessories in their possession or even suicide attempts over disbandment or retirement of a group or something. Those are NOT how you become a fan of a particular idol group or individual you like.
The arcade version is more or less published by Square Enix and it may mean that it runs on a Taito-branded arcade system with the Nesica service, similar to other Square Enix games on the arcades that make use of it although one of them uses the Playstation 4 based arcade hardware instead of the Type-X series system.
Thursday, March 9, 2017
6th KAC Live Stream
Thanks to Round 1 reviving some arcade scenes in the US in the modern way, it seems that DDR is back there with DDR A and DDR A is said to be the first DDR game to have the E-Amusement support. The success of the location testing of DDR 2014 in the US might have led to the official availability of the sequel, DDR A and it looks like the players from US were welcome to take part in 6th KAC.
At first, the competitors from Japan and Korea have been quite fierce that they had a higher chance of winning in 6th KAC but a surprising miracle came from the US KAC finalists for DDR in which one of the finalists had won the championship by surprise. Another interesting thing about that finalist from US, Chris, was that he had the legendary skills in Guitar Hero as well.
What I don't like about the live stream is the misbehaviors from the nerds in the chat session on YouTube. They had been spamming it with political, cursing and even other disgusting stuffs. And someone had the guts to comment about the characters from Sound Voltex at the *****graphical level. *Sigh* That person should be kicked out of YouTube or even better, the Internet for this. Such stuffs I saw were no jokes nor trolls. Another stupid thing people had been spamming the chat was the simulators of the official rhythm games. For me, I don't think such topics like that are pretty much allowed. Why the hell do you want to play those simulators when you're actually interested in the official and actual rhythm games, then?
Unfortunately, even if the KAC finalist from the US had won the first place along with DDR A being in the US thanks to Round 1, it is already too late to undo the damage for other parts of Konami when they announced Bombergirl for the arcades that was being location tested in this year's JAEPO. I already fear that there's no such thing as cancellation of such arcade games like Bombergirl which is the controversial spinoff of Bomberman. At first, the announcement of Super Bomberman R had people think that Konami is making a comeback but no, it's not a clean comeback all along when Bombergirl for the arcades was announced. It's so controversial because of unacceptable contents although Bomberman is the kids-friendly franchise. To explain this further damage Konami has done in detail is a different tale.
Also, Nostalgia, the spiritual successor to Keyboardmania, was shown at this year's JAEPO with improvements to the physical controller design in which the gameplay is made less difficult thanks to the controller's less realism. Things in Keyboardmania were realistic but as realistic they were, the game was extremely difficult and trying out a real piano is much tougher than that. I have also seen Marasy, the genius pianist involved in this year's JAEPO in which he played various songs from Bemani franchise in the real piano in front of the KAC attendees.
Lastly, besides KAC taking place, there's the similar competition involving rhythm games from multiple developers and it's not the first time crossover songs were made playable. Also, it marked the great end of the Lunar New Year celebration for Bemani fans.
At first, the competitors from Japan and Korea have been quite fierce that they had a higher chance of winning in 6th KAC but a surprising miracle came from the US KAC finalists for DDR in which one of the finalists had won the championship by surprise. Another interesting thing about that finalist from US, Chris, was that he had the legendary skills in Guitar Hero as well.
What I don't like about the live stream is the misbehaviors from the nerds in the chat session on YouTube. They had been spamming it with political, cursing and even other disgusting stuffs. And someone had the guts to comment about the characters from Sound Voltex at the *****graphical level. *Sigh* That person should be kicked out of YouTube or even better, the Internet for this. Such stuffs I saw were no jokes nor trolls. Another stupid thing people had been spamming the chat was the simulators of the official rhythm games. For me, I don't think such topics like that are pretty much allowed. Why the hell do you want to play those simulators when you're actually interested in the official and actual rhythm games, then?
Unfortunately, even if the KAC finalist from the US had won the first place along with DDR A being in the US thanks to Round 1, it is already too late to undo the damage for other parts of Konami when they announced Bombergirl for the arcades that was being location tested in this year's JAEPO. I already fear that there's no such thing as cancellation of such arcade games like Bombergirl which is the controversial spinoff of Bomberman. At first, the announcement of Super Bomberman R had people think that Konami is making a comeback but no, it's not a clean comeback all along when Bombergirl for the arcades was announced. It's so controversial because of unacceptable contents although Bomberman is the kids-friendly franchise. To explain this further damage Konami has done in detail is a different tale.
Also, Nostalgia, the spiritual successor to Keyboardmania, was shown at this year's JAEPO with improvements to the physical controller design in which the gameplay is made less difficult thanks to the controller's less realism. Things in Keyboardmania were realistic but as realistic they were, the game was extremely difficult and trying out a real piano is much tougher than that. I have also seen Marasy, the genius pianist involved in this year's JAEPO in which he played various songs from Bemani franchise in the real piano in front of the KAC attendees.
Lastly, besides KAC taking place, there's the similar competition involving rhythm games from multiple developers and it's not the first time crossover songs were made playable. Also, it marked the great end of the Lunar New Year celebration for Bemani fans.
Wikileaks - Vault7 leak
Again, the reports of the agency-related cybersecurity actions would take you back to the year 2013 when all the cyber-spying stuffs had been exposed by Edward Snowden. They were said to be illegal that it kept people and tech companies concerned that all those actions had been done ever since the past. We know the reason on why they did all this cyber surveillance on people in various countries through the victims' devices but then, we had also seen actions taken by the tech companies in which many of the vulnerabilities had been patched as stated by Apple and Google.
Unfortunately, even with the encryption intact for Telegram, Signal and Whatsapp, there's a chance that CIA can bypass it for data collection purposes. The Year Zero issue is not at the application level and it takes place in many devices and operating systems like routers, computers running Windows, Macintosh and Linux and even if the computers are offline, the data collection can still occur.
More and deep information can be found from the links below:
Unfortunately, for those using the outdated Android and IOS like me using Android 4.x series of OSes, chances are that not all vulnerabilities are patched and that the patches support the later OSes. Microsoft investigated this situation but may need more time and strategy to come up with more solutions.
Unfortunately, even with the encryption intact for Telegram, Signal and Whatsapp, there's a chance that CIA can bypass it for data collection purposes. The Year Zero issue is not at the application level and it takes place in many devices and operating systems like routers, computers running Windows, Macintosh and Linux and even if the computers are offline, the data collection can still occur.
More and deep information can be found from the links below:
Unfortunately, for those using the outdated Android and IOS like me using Android 4.x series of OSes, chances are that not all vulnerabilities are patched and that the patches support the later OSes. Microsoft investigated this situation but may need more time and strategy to come up with more solutions.
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