The Shadow Corporation

Modern Warfare 2: Booster Justice 3 by TheSandyRavage (MW2 Gameplay Mont...

2010-07-22T14:08:00.000-04:00

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2009-01-15T16:02:00.001-05:00

Sorry Have not been around...

2008-10-31T17:55:00.002-04:00

I restarted SC obviously.. if you didnt notice the URL change. I know I said I wouldnt but I knew from then I would bring it back.

So see www.theshadowcorporation.net for details on joining. I will be posting here agin so stay tuned?

A film by DJthergood

2008-09-21T15:08:00.000-04:00

A film by Gladyar

2008-09-21T15:03:00.001-04:00

And the Haters Beat goes on...

2008-08-25T18:02:00.003-04:00

I dont care what people think of me.. I am who I am. I love who I am. I enjoy life to its fullest and try things no one else has either thought of or was to fearful, insecure to try. I am sorry all of you think I was some evil guy. But if you think about it not one of you can come up with a single good reason why your all hating on me.

The New War..or old War?

2008-08-22T03:29:00.001-04:00

2012 The Next Evolutionary Step

2008-08-05T17:58:00.001-04:00

In Mayan days they were Obsessed with time and the sun. They were so concerned with it they made it a lifestyle. They were said to predict the future of man and when each Species takes the next evolutionary step. With each passing of the Sun the calendar moved to different combinations and the elder Mayans would read from it.. they would care for their own and were friendly to all comers.

They would ritually sacrifice their own to the sun each day.. then smear the blood upon their omens. The Mayans believed in man to have different eras. Every 356 years this era would end and a new era formed. This era.. Is set to end on 12/21/2012.. And it is believed that a new evolution of man will emerge.

The streets of New York.. 02/28/1989.

“Mom, can I have an ice cream cone?” a small child asks his mother with a respectful tone.

“itll spoil your dinner.. no.” she replies then grabs the 7 year old’s hand and walked away from the ice cream stand.

The child.. respectful of his mother contained his anger in is head by screaming “I want oooonnneee… Mooom get me one NOOOOwwww!!!!”

His mother stops walking for a second… the small boy waits and looks up in puzzlement.. “OK lets get a small cone”

Happy that he got the vanilla soft serve cone. He happily licked away at it, never giving a thought to the coincidental event. The boy didn’t know it.. But he was special.. Very special.

12/12/2011

“beep beep”.. “text message has arrived” emanates from the pocket of fine Italian slacks. A man grabs it from his pocket.. his hair cut perfectly short with a perfect part.. His face clean shaven, even eyebrows trimmed to girlish standards. Text message reads “Meet me at the corner bistro on fifth.. lunch with the Polo ad rep” The man flips closed his key pad and dials a number onto this same device.

“Ill be there in 15 minutes”

“ohh, where are ya?” the voice of a man on the phone replies

“East side”

Laughs” You’ll never make it here in 15 minutes.. Ill stall the client”

“Bet on it” presses end on the cell phone and then jumps into a waiting car.. tips the valet from the hotel and revs up his Enzo Ferrari and burns the tires…

The car sounds like a revved out motorcycle as he weaves in and out of traffic .. into tunnels the motor revs and echos through the city. The sleek black car looks out of place as it flys through back alleys and short cuts. He makes a hard right turn grabs the e-brake and power slides it up to the valet.. who jumped back thinking he would get hit.. The man steps out and hands the valet a 100 dollar bill, the valet responds “ Thank you Mr. Orian.”.. for the last time Victor call me Keith”.. “ok sir”

Orian enters the bistro.. and is immediately seated.. leaving waiting customers on the waiting bench. 2 men sit with him one older and round the other bald and very thin.

The round man taps his watch.. “you said 15 minutes.. you meant it.”.. Time is very important John not only to me but my clients as well” Hello Mr Wally” Keith responded. “Very nice to finally meet with you Mr. Orian.. you are an elusive man.” Mr wally gayishly conveys.

“as you”

“ I am having issues with the magazine spread we talked about earlier.”” We wanted to have a 2 page spread only, but John feels that a 3 page spread is the better solution.”” Of course the price that you estimated before this is doubled.” I am not sure we want to go in that direction” Mr Wally conveys.

Keith rubs his chin… “If john says its needed it usually is..” Keith flips through the pictures almost sarcastically. “ I think you will need the 3 pages .. to really convey the line of scents, it would fit better in our layout as well”

Mr Wally kicks back in his chair and in disgust” I think your both nuts and the cost doesn’t justify the benefits.”

Keith stares at his client.. his eyebrows furl and he blinks for a sec.. in his mind he screams…”You will take the proposal and approve it!!!!” in the loudest voice he can muster in his mind. His face blushed.. a small amount of sweat tainted his forehead.

Mr Wally.. folds his arms..and leans back into his chair..”Let me see..” he picks up the layouts again. Looks over them ...”Ok lets do it.” I don’t know why I want to... but hey lets do it”

John grows a great big smile and his grayed eyebrows rise into his forehead. “HAHA!! Great to hear” And shakes Wally’s hand. “Ill have the papers sent over” John grabs his blackberry and starts to text information. Their lunches arrive and Wally looks over at Keith and says ...”You’re a different kind of guy.. I wonder what makes you so different feeling?”... Keith responds... “I get that a lot”.. Wally crosses his legs like a horny women” I bet you do...” and laughs in a sexual manner. Keith just ignores it.

After lunch John and Keith walk to the parking lot to acquire their respective cars.

“How you do it ill never know.” John Boasts

“Its all about how you say it. Your tone of voice.” Keith brags... Then smiles as his Black Ferrari is pulled up by a valet. John looks at the car in envy. “and here I though I was successful driving my Mercedes.” Keith lights a cigar.. enters the car. Burns the tires and heads out into the night.

John shakes his head.. “I gotta borrow that car some day.” Hands the Valet a ticket and waits for his car to be retrieved.

Next week …

The dates draw closer to the next piece of the puzzle.

This is Last Gamer Standing

2008-07-27T01:14:00.003-04:00

This is Last Gamer Standing This is Last Gamer Standing This is Last Gamer Standing

Podcast ressurection

2008-07-16T10:12:00.002-04:00

Hello all,

Well I got with Prophet the other day and we decided to bring back Last Gamer Standing!! I know your excited... so am I.

Check out www.lastgamerstanding.com for details and archived shows.

We will stick to the same format and will update our blog with details with news from around the gaming universe.

This week we will be blowing out all the details for Xbox at E3, so stay tuned to our website and send us your emails with questions comments, and or ideas.

Hello all...4th of July, End war beta ending and SC

2008-07-04T23:41:00.003-04:00

Its 4th of july and the fireworks are blowing up. Sounds Like I am in the middle of a warzone. Had a couple burgers and dogs and played with my nephews. new Haven put on a great show tonight and the other towns threw up some sparks in tandem so it added to the festivities.

I have been playing the End War Beta and I really like the game. Its an RTS game so only a small few can get into it. The game's Voice recognition is really good and very impressive. The test ends in a few days so I think its ok to talk about it now. But to be safe I will keep details about the tech tree and other stuff to myself ;)

I actually ws thinking about SC and how I miss it. Some of you guys expressed the same to me. I am really sorry things turned out the way they did. its unfortunate that a small few ruined it for the majority.

I miss alot of people and miss the teamwork that was automatic when playing games. I know that the splinter groups are still going strong and I am glad that they are. TF Gaming is looking good although the site isnt really updated.. but thats expected most people are lazy. FDK is looking ok but suffer from lack of members. All in all though seems everybody from SC is still in touch. I also see alot of SC members still carry the SC tag.. :)

I was thinking today of building a new clan.. Just thinking. But I think it would be age restricted and I would enact a no Drama rule and dumping the democratic system in favor of a 1 leader dictator as requested. But I am not totaly sure about that.

I guess I just miss the whole running a clan thing. i also miss doing a podcast as that was really fun to do. I would love to do that again even if I dont run a clan. Podcast was cool.

Ill post again soon. See ya guys round. Send an invite chumps.. ill be online more now that my schedule is settling down a bit.

SEE YA IN THE FALL

2008-06-16T20:16:00.002-04:00

I prolly wont be online for quite some time.. I am jaded to the whole online clan thing, so I guess my interest has wained a bit. Ill be online here and there prolly playing SC4 and the End War beta but, other then that I am gonna be MIA.

Ill blog a bit though so ill still be around. See ya in the fall when the weatehr gets cold and I end up locked inside the house.

good luck all!!

Ryan has me reminiscing about my old street racing days

2008-06-07T16:52:00.003-04:00

Its been forever since I went out and raced.. I am gonna go back to it and have some fun building and wrecking a car again!! I havn't been to e-town in forever!

here is some pics from when I was running round town. wish I had some vids but.. :(

A Loser in the midst

2008-06-07T10:43:00.002-04:00

Somebody hgacked my gmail account and has been sending emails to me which are quoted below. Only 1 person has this account password and LOL@him. Serious this person calls me a loser and spends time sending me emails. Serious only loser is this person. Read on and laugh.

Oh Why! Oh Why! I say Oh Why do I Foul Things Up in my life....? What is my major malfunction...? My name is Glenn and I can't help myself from screwing up over and over again.....? Why do you suppose this is.......?????????//

Forward

Shadowtsi to me

show details Jun 3 (4 days ago)

lol... umm Actually i JUST WON A JOB THAT PAYS IN EXCESS OF 60,000 PER YEAR.. SO i THINK i AM JUST FINE.

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On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 8:02 PM, Shadowtsi <shadowtsi@gmail.com> wrote:

Oh Why! Oh Why! I say Oh Why do I Foul Things Up in my life....? What is my major malfunction...? My name is Glenn and I can't help myself from screwing up over and over again.....? Why do you suppose this is.......?????????//

Forward

Shadowtsi to me

show details 7:32 PM (15 hours ago)

Oh My! Imagine that.....??? Money in my hands is like drugs to an addict. I just don't know how to control myself and just know deep down inside i will get myself into lots of trouble...!!! In fact since i always screw things up in my life i wonder how long it takes me to get fired from my new job. Probably after i spend all the money i think i will be making and go even deeper into debt!!! Why oh why do i always mess up my life and 2nd chances like this...? I just don't know why my brain is messed up and why i can't control myself......?????? Will i ever straighten out....? I am so sick and tired of ruining my name and reputation as glenn morano. Maybe this time i will finish something i start and will last just a little bit longer before they throw me out back into the street where i really Belong!!!!!

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On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Shadowtsi <shadowtsi@gmail.com> wrote:

lol... umm Actually i JUST WON A JOB THAT PAYS IN EXCESS OF 60,000 PER YEAR.. SO i THINK i AM JUST FINE.

On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 8:02 PM, Shadowtsi <shadowtsi@gmail.com> wrote:
Oh Why! Oh Why! I say Oh Why do I Foul Things Up in my life....? What is my major malfunction...? My name is Glenn and I can't help myself from screwing up over and over again.....? Why do you suppose this is.......?????????//

Forward

	from	Shadowtsi
to		Shadowtsi@gmail.com
date		Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 10:37 AM
subject		Re: WHY AM I AN IDIOT.............!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mailed-by		gmail.com

hide details 10:37 AM (5 minutes ago)

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On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 7:32 PM, Shadowtsi <shadowtsi@gmail.com> wrote:

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On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Shadowtsi <shadowtsi@gmail.com> wrote:

lol... umm Actually i JUST WON A JOB THAT PAYS IN EXCESS OF 60,000 PER YEAR.. SO i THINK i AM JUST FINE.

On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 8:02 PM, Shadowtsi <shadowtsi@gmail.com> wrote:
Oh Why! Oh Why! I say Oh Why do I Foul Things Up in my life....? What is my major malfunction...? My name is Glenn and I can't help myself from screwing up over and over again.....? Why do you suppose this is.......?????????//

Way I see it .. you hacked my email account.. you take time out of your day to insult me secretly.. you have no life except to send emails. Find a girl or something move on. Your not even a real doctor your an xray tech and dont own any property in vermont. Serious jason get over yourself. I bet your whole life is one big fat lie. At least I am real.

Good News and Bad News

2008-06-03T09:34:00.000-04:00

Good News First...

I got that job at Shell!! All that is left to do now is do a physical and some tax paperwork and I am all good!! The Job pays alot.. more then 60 per year. I am really excited and eager to move up from my current inspection job.

Tha Bad News..

I will not be reopening SC as a clan. I have thought about it long and decided not to pursue it any longer. I felt very unappreciated and was painted in a negative fashion by most involved. It was a great idea that was ruined by members who were either jealous or just malicious. Regardless of all this I just don't want to invest any time or money into it, because its a lost investment and its not as fun to do it as it once was.

I am sorry to those who believed in the concept and tried to further it.. I appreciate all the work the members did to further the concept and make it one hellava clan during its time. You guys who believed and understood made the clan.. and I hope good memorys. I consider you all my friends and I hope to run into you on Live in the future.

To the splinter groups who copied my concept, well I guess I would consider that a compliment on a successful clan system. I am glad that you can use my philosophy to bring success to your group. I am glad I inspired you to create your own groups based on my system and wish you the best. For those SC members who would like to be part of a community similar to SC try www.tfgaming.net or www.fdk-clan.tk as they both have the same system as SC.

Meantime..

I will continue to write on this blog, mostly because I enjoy it. But to also maybe give you some information that you would normally not have access to. I hope that this blog will serve people who read it and help them in any small portion.

see ya

LMAO!!!!!!

2008-05-30T12:34:00.000-04:00

Nother Cool movie

2008-05-30T01:07:00.000-04:00

Jet Li in new Mummy movie :)

2008-05-30T01:05:00.001-04:00

Found this interesting.. GI Joe fans.

2008-05-30T00:58:00.001-04:00

watched this last night.., warning not for the brainwashed robots.

2008-05-29T14:19:00.000-04:00

My interview today

2008-05-29T14:10:00.000-04:00

well I went to my interview.. it went well I think. I answered questions directly and honestly. I made great eye contact and I feel satisfied what they wanted. I am in competition with another person who I think is also high on the list with me. I am hoping to hear sooner rather then later but the company is usually slow in its hiring.

On an SC note.. I see that Tf gaming is up and running good for them! They copied almost everything in SC .. which is pretty lame IMO. But thier site is nice.. jhadow is a good web designer and he did a good job on it. I am not sure what to do regarding SC anymore.. I am not sure if I should keep the same formula or majorly adjust it. I liked that it was a democratic clan run by members as that is a great idea. But I think limiting the power of the elected leader is essential.

Its still early though. I am investigating other methods of web site tools that I think will be better then the joomla platform. I also think using frontpage is probalbly better to. I will most likely shut down the server I have now and move onto a better more user friendly server as tripod is kinda garbage.

I have not moved forward in GTA 4 .. its getting boring now .. only thing I find fun is the GTA Race online.. which is alot of fun. I will be moving onto Soul Calibur 4 when I can get my hands on it. I am excited to play it.. although I am worried about the new fight mechanics and mainly the new Critical finish moves which I think took away from the game. I hope it doesnt become a whorefest with people online using that move. We will see...

till next time see ya guys.

Tommorrow is da big day..

2008-05-28T19:50:00.001-04:00

2nd interview with Shell .. wish me luck.

More yoda gameplay footage from SC4

2008-05-27T01:16:00.001-04:00

vantage point

2008-05-26T03:53:00.000-04:00

I dream about flying

2008-05-24T01:49:00.001-04:00

I dream about flying alot..

It was a cool foggy night .. the kind of temperature that every one looks for after a long hot summer day, the kind where you would cuddle closely with a loved one and just sit and enjoy. I flew from a dead end street with traditional New England multifamily houses surrounding me. The street was wet from the fog and the mist can be seen passing by the street lights. I was free.. I flew among the trees staying low. I was afraid that if I went to high I might fall. I dodged low lying cable wires and struggled to maneuver around them contorting my body so I wouldn't touch them. I angled to the ground and hit the pavement.. my boots slid across the wet asphalt.

I invited my friend Nate to watch .. mostly because he didn't believe me that I had this ability. So I caught up with him toward the end of thi same street

"Heeeey man wats up!!"
Nate, "Hey man.. lets see this bullshit."
He brought his girlfriend Francine with him and she had a scowled look about her, she of course didn't believe me either.I said," Dude its a manipulation of gravity.. I cant go directly upward but," with a confused feeling I said "I can slingshot one way then gain momentum to climb higher almost like I am warping the gravity."

Nate "Show me"

I moved one way almost as if I jumped but didn't bend my legs to do it then slid the opposite way rising into the air .. just below the tree lines. I skipped along like I was a skipping rock on a lake and landed back to where he was.

"Ohh Myy Good.. we have to study this!! figure out how your doing this!!" Nate said
Fran was in amazement and was utterly speechless. When I landed Fran was in a driveway.. she wasn't a fat girl but was definably not a skinny girl. I dropped next to her and said "c,mon lets go for a ride" She hesitated at first and then smiled. I took her in my arms and again.. went to sling shot forward then back.. But I messed up and tryed to go straight upward. I rose 2 feet and just dropped. I looked at her with a smile "its not you I swear.. I just messed up." I didn't want her to think it was her weight at all. She went to let go and I wouldn't let her.. I wanted to prove to her it had nothing to do with her weight. She wasn't that heavy anyway.

I grabbed her tight sling shotted forward and then went back and we were airborne. She whistled with fright and joy. I stayed close to the ground withing sight of Nate. I circled around and then landed next to him and returned his darling to him.

"that was absolutely amazing" Nate said
"I know right!!" I responded.
" I have been able to do it all my life" I went on to say

Nate grabbed my shirt collar with both hands.Looked at me with a serious face and said "tell no one of this until we figure out how your doing this" with a quiet low voice.
"come to the lab tomorrow"

"OK" I said.. "but for tonight.. I am going to fly around and enjoy it"

I rise 1 foot from the ground move forward then back and I rose slowly I shot a quick wink goodbye.

"Tomorrow!!" Nate yelled while cupping his hands over his mouth so I could hear him.

The night was beautiful..warm but not humid a perfect New England night, light fog rolling over the city as I rose higher into it. I rose higher and higher... breaking through the low lying cloud of mist and gases. Above the fog was stars .. the moon..spectacular display of celestial objects. I fell back into the pea soup fog and followed the street I started from and came across a large wide warehouse. The roof had too many lights for its own good.. They were not fluorescent lights but the soft orange and yellow lights that you would see in the northeast. I swerved right and toward the main road. As I followed the road I heard the faint sound of a car. It was a convertible.. Mercedes CLK convertible. Filled with 2 men in their 20's with a beautiful girl about 19 years old. I was flying in the opposite direction and the girl noticed me and yelled

"Whats that!!"
The car screeched to a slow and made a quick turn onto a highway entrance and sped off as the driver looked at me then the road.. this was one of those entrances where it was a long road until you actually got to the highway.

I though to myself.. "hehe lemme go and fly above them down the corridor until they reached the highway." Just to mess with them a bit. The girl was in the back seat and stood up to look at me.. not a shred of fear but of curiosity as to what I was. I flew closer to her, enough to see her eyes and her hair was brunette with natural looking blond streaks in it. She was wearing a skirt made of school uniform fabric and a White blouse top That was unbuttoned by one button. I couldn't hear what the driver or his friend was saying as I was fixated on this girl. Her hair blowing in the breeze from the car. She reached out for me..like a baby would their mother. Opening and closing her hands. I swooped down forgetting completely what Nate had just said to me I clutch her hands, they were like as if her skin was made of petals of a rose.. soft.

She didn't even fear one bit of me. I first grabbed her arms and she hung from me kicking her feet as if trying to climb onto something to get a better grip. I angled my self down and told her to put her arm around my neck. Then I put my arms under her legs with a quick drop in altitude to sorta kick her into my arms. Her hair was just as beautiful as I expected.. it smelled of flowers from her shampoo.. her skin was soft and her body warm.

"whoooooo!!!" She yelled.

I smiled knowing that this is like a dream for her as well as for me. We flew back up the highway corridor and made our way back to the warehouse I saw earlier. The roof was lit up with almost a candle light of a million candles.I slowly descended to the roof.. carefully put her legs down then she let go of my neck. She turned quickly and her hair caressed my face and the smell of flowers caressed my senses. She turned and walked to the edge of the building. I stood quietly and looked over her. She was an amazing looking girl. Perfect in every way. Her body was that of a 19 year old girl as she was. I walked up behind her.. put her hair in my hand and sniffed it as if I was an animal. She angled her head and smiled.. turned to me with her arms on the rails of the building. Her eyes where hazel.. her nose small and flat. Her lips and mouth so small. Her skin was perfect in every way. soft uniform with no imperfections. I grabbed her hand.. and lead her into the middle of the roof of the warehouse.. the fog still surrounds us and the mist of it rolls around our feet. I look into her eyes.. and still with no words spoken.. I kiss her. It was sweet..like the first kiss.Soft on the lips.I kissed her again and then held her head as I kissed her neck. Her arms wrapped around me and in my mind.. it was as natural as ever.

I kissed her neck again.. and again. I held her head in my hands. I gripped her head with firmer grip then moved my hands to the back of her neck to support her head as if it was the only part of her body. I moved to her soft cheek..

I paused.. looked at her, her eyes were closed in anticipation of another kiss on her cheek. I studied her skin..moved my thumb across it to see if it was actually real. I moved closer.. then closer her breathing became heavy and her body just limped in my arms. I moved closer to her face opened my mouth and bit the flesh from her as if I was biting an apple...blood running down my chin I bit again.. crunching her teeth in my mouth.. I saw her skull exposed and her teeth still embedded in it. swallowing her blood and feeling a satisfaction of it filling my stomach. I bit mouthfuls of this girl's face and ate it as if it were fruit from god. I moved my hands to either side of her head and pressed in..with a pause as I strained her head popped and her blood and brains spilled onto the rooftop... I sopped her blood with her flesh as if It was Sunday sauce. Cleaning and eating every part of her...ripping her rib cage open and slurping the soft innards, I was bent over and ate her like I was a jungle beast and she was my prey!!

Bam!!! I woke up.. my breathing heavy.. I stood up in my bed.My head stuck to my pillow as if it was Velcro from the sweat.My heart was racing and my mouth dry. I stood up and walked into my kitchen. There was bottle of Foxon Park soda on the table from the Calzone order I had for dinner.I swigged the last drop of it. Grabbed my pack of cigarettes and pulled one out, my hands shaking in disbelief. I paced my living room 3 times before lighting the cigarette. Making sounds like.."Whaoo" with the mix of my heavy breathing. I opened the sliding glass door to my deck and went out to smoke. I hear people in the other condos and realized it was 145 am. I looked at the grass and held my head. I puffed twice.. looked up and realized that fog had rolled in , it swept passed the courtyard lights and I can see the mist from it... the night and temperature was the same as my dream.

Ya.. pretty sick stuff I know. I just had this dream, I can actually feel pain in my teeth.. I must have gri9nded my teeth while I was sleeping. I am not going to be able to sleep now.. So Im going to play some GTA 4 and prolly smoke another cigg.

Soul Calibur 4 Yoda and Vader gameplay demo

2008-05-23T04:57:00.001-04:00

Ya im gonna kick yur butts

2008-05-23T04:49:00.001-04:00

XBOX 360 Spring Dashboard update news !!

2008-05-23T04:25:00.000-04:00

Its not pretty.. seems they took care of them selves this time round..

here is some highlights...

Source

In this exclusive interview with general manager of Xbox Live Marc Whitten, Next-Gen gets all the first details on big changes to the service—including that there will be no spring dashboard update, and that underperforming XBLA titles will be removed.

According to Whitten, XBLA titles that have been out for more than six months, have a Metacritic score of less than 65%, and have a conversion rate of less than 6% will be eligible for desliting. Microsoft will give three months of notice before these titles are removed.

Whitten also told us that there would be no spring dashboard update for Xbox 360 owners this year, saying that resources were instead focused on “building the proper infrastructure and scale for the service.” There will however be a change to DRM policy and a tool released next month that will allow 360 owners to re-license content to a single console—finally fixing the issue that forced gamers playing XBLA games to be connected to Xbox LIVE if their 360 broke down and was replaced.

Could you describe the changes we can expect to see in the Marketplace in the near future?

Well probably the biggest change I can share with you today is a series of new policies along with a new internal approach and investment in the Xbox LIVE Arcade business going forward. While the service has had a lot of success and now boasts over 130 titles, we think it is time to continue our focus on quality over quantity. This means that we need to allow developers more time and more space to make even bigger and better games. So we are officially increasing our XBLA game size limits dramatically from 150mb to 350mb. We are also giving publishers more flexibility in how they price their games and opening up a new 1600 Microsoft Points price point for some of these now bigger and better games. This week we already have seen a title that is taking advantage of this and getting great response, Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One. In addition to allowing these bigger and better games we will be delisting older underperforming titles in order to keep the service focused on a section of high quality games. Finally, we are also going to be putting our money where our mouth is here and are launching a new fully funded 1st party studio which will be focused on high quality digital content creation.

Last year Xbox 360 owners got a spring dashboard update in early May. It's now late May and you still haven't announced anything regarding this year's update. Should 360 owners be holding their breath for it?

We have taken a different approach this spring and spent a lot of our time and resources of building the proper infrastructure and scale for the service not just today but also into the future. So while most users will not notice any significant changes to the dashboard this spring, I can tell you that the team will be releasing a new digital rights management (DRM) tool next month that will allow you to better consolidate your licenses for downloaded content to a single Xbox and allow you the freedom to be able to play your content both online and offline.

owell no clan blade scaled back arcade..well sorta. Meh Live is not what is used to be.

Good news!!!

2008-05-21T23:07:00.001-04:00

although not official.. I PASSED THE TEST!!!! I got word from people in the harbor (where we all work) that I passed the written exam for Shell!!! So its a 90% chance I have the job!! I am very excited.. this is life changing stuff, significant increase in pay! As you can tell I am happy.

Onto SC.. Ok so I have been thinking and talking with members on what should be done. Some good ideas some old ideas. But overall I dont see why we cant use the same formula with better explanations of functions should quell the BS that went down. As I said before any members who keep their tags will have a higher position automatically. I will treat the loyalists as elites of SC and keep the addition of clan tags restricted. Meaning there will be clan members allowed to not have tags when they are a part of SC.But, they will be a lower class of SC in a sense. I have spoken already with a few clans about joining SC and creating an association of clans. Alot of them liked the idea especially the fact that there will be a center for them to shape the future of what we do. It looks like we will hold similar values and system but the associated clans will have free will to do as they please.. meaning they can boot,restrict or whatever they want to do. The SC members will always retain the same rights (vote to kick, vote for leader and so - on. But within the associated clans they can do w/e they want and think is best for thier crew. Just some things I am thinking about. Nothing is set in stone.

So thats what is up for today. I am gonna jump on GTA 4 with nate and drnegative and get some game time in. So ill see yall tomorrow.

Metal Gear Solid 4' confirmed for Xbox 360

2008-05-20T17:17:00.000-04:00

source: Source

Metal Gear Solid 4' confirmed for Xbox 360

Wednesday, May 20 2007, 10:47 BST

By David Gibbon, Gaming Reporter
'Metal Gear Solid 4' confirmed for Xbox 360

Formely announced as a PlayStation 3 exclusive, Konami's Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots will now also be released on Xbox 360, with a cut-down Nintendo Wii version also a possibility, according to online reports.

The new game in the multi-million selling franchise will feature objective-based missions, while Xboxliveaddicts claims the Xbox 360 version will also include exclusive content and gameplay not offered in the PS3 edition.

Starring the infamous character Solid Snake, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, as with other titles in the series, is being created by renowned designer Hideo Kojima.

A Konami spokesman said of the PS3 edition: "The game is set after the events of MGS2 and players will reprise the role of top secret agent Solid Snake with appearances by characters throughout the MGS series. With the addition of online capability, MGS4 is a leading product and will signal the dawn of a new gaming era for the MGS series."

The firm also added: "MGS4 brings a totally new concept and situation, resulting in the toughest Metal Gear infiltration mission ever devised."

Industry insiders claim publisher Konami is also in talks with Nintendo to bring a cut-down MGS game to the Wii.

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots will be released in 2008.

2008-05-20T03:02:00.001-04:00

Script is being written

2008-05-19T15:35:00.000-04:00

Well I am in character profiles.. and there is a few. I am working on creating a decent back round for each while not being repetitive. The movie is looking like it will be bigger then I thought. The camera work will be the worst I think.

I went out to New Jersey last night for work related stuff. OMFG lol.. I was in Liberty City. There were so many likenesses and made me realize how detailed GTA 4 is. From the aircraft taking off near the turnpike to the little lights in the sky moving about.. to the plus shape buildings that are the projects. It was all there. I have been to NYC quite a few times. But, after playing GTA for a while and then going is surreal. The cars were the same too.. saw a lot of 300 ms and various other regular cars. The city was really stunning .. well I am always impressed when I go to the city anyway. I love when on the pike the jet liners seem like they are going to land right on the highway.

I was thinking about SC last night and if I even want to bring it back to what it was. I was thinking fresh start as I see allot of the ex members are now removing their tags. Its a sad site to see.. and shows me who is loyal and willing to stick it out till the fall when we restart. So what I have been doing is... If a member removes their tags I remove them from my friends list. Simple... not that I don't wanna be friends, you can send a friend request to ShadowTSI if you would like. That is my personal account and carrys my friends.

When I do start back onto SC we will have the same URL and sorta the same website just a modified version of. I will retain what was good and dump what was bad. Record keeping will be minimal and there will only be 1 roster to keep track of. I also will restrict people from tagging up unless they still have their tags from the original SC. I will also be doing more things that will benefit the whole XBOX community rather then just SC members. So expect some differences .. and less restrictions on using our forums.

well thats it for today. see ya tomorrow.

I came up with a good movie idea!!

2008-05-16T13:07:00.000-04:00

Well I came up with a great movie idea. This idea will require about 20-30 hours of filming depending on cooperation from the people who want to be a part of this. I dont want to divulge the idea here on the blog I would rather show the finished product here.

So if you want in and some of you already said you wanted in contact me this weekend. we can start very soon. I am going to start writing it tonight and have it done pretty quick.

Camera angles and vide game manipulation will be difficult. The game I will be using is not machinima friendly so its gonna be a rough road. Also voice actors will record seperatly as well so we have nice clear voices for the film. So we wont be using the live mics for that.

I will list the positions needed to make this all happen as soon as I am done writing. We are looking to try and release 30 days from now. So all that said your in this get ready.

The story I chose is really good and pays homage to an older movie that I loved. Its a straightforward flick and I have some clever ideas on how to make it happen. Its gonna be really good.

Ill keep you all updated.

I beat GTA 4!!!

2008-05-15T00:25:00.000-04:00

Well not 100% but all of the story missions are done. I will move onto the rest soon. Story was ok.. I wasnt into this one as I was into the others. But it was ok. The missions were great.. not too hard quite easy infact. Now I have to do all the races and cop missions as well as LJ's drops.. that should get me to 100%

Oya.. funny thing. I get this random text message VIA live.. "ur life sux". So im like ok.. if my life sux how bad is this person's life he took time to send a message like that. So I see him online and send a private chat.. The dude does the worst British accent to try and hide his voice.. OMFG.. wow this dude's life must suk worst then I thought. I mean.. If i didnt like some one or that person did something to me.. I would ignore them and move on. not dwell on it and send hate messages. Its really not that serious or important. Cause most of the time when people insult you its because they have a bad life and want to make themselves feel better by insulting others. Its like an ego boost. Im cool with that.. cause insults rarely get to me. Ok so Im talking to one of the SC guys and I tell them the story. They were like what was the gamertag. I said ticklesurprise.. he lol's and is like that was SC lestat. OMFG the drama whore who caused all of the probs with SC. Soo right im laughing cause this dude was like F-SC F-U shadow .. ok you dont like me I get that. Normal people when they dont like some one usually stay away.. leave the room generally try and stay away from the person they dont like. But this dude took time out of his day.. sent the message and then.. on top of it all faked his voice so I wouldnt recognize him. LMAO.

Onto whats going on.. nothing new with SC its still too early for that. But I am thinking about it.

I have to take a written test for an position with Motiva enterprises( owned by shell oil) that is like an extremely high increase to my current pay scale. enough to seriously maintain my lifestyle and more. So I am super nervous about it. I took the test before and apparently failed it. So I should do better this time around. I service this facility for inspection services so everybody knows me and what my skill level is. So pretty much all I have to do is pass this test and the job is mine. The terminal manager even said "we are all pulling for you.. everybody wants you to work here." So that is good. I just have to pass the test now. Wish me luck on that.

Dont forget you can leave comments here on the blog so feel free to post up.

Ill see ya tomorrow.. I wont get results on the test till a few weeks from now. Ill let you all know what happens.

well its tuesday and about a week since we closed down

2008-05-13T23:51:00.000-04:00

I thought I would be depressed about it.. but seriously freed up alot of time. I am not going to think about SC until September... so if your looking for a date that is pretty close to one.

I reached passed the 65% mark on GTA 4.. I am on a pretty coll mission where I have to kill this dude which turns into a huge chase. Cars,boats,dirtbikes helo copters... its like everything GTA has in 1 mission.

Everybody is asking about the video project. I have a coiuple ideas but want to see if the guys interested can hack a project like this. I am not looking to goof off and make funny only to the people that are in it. So with that said, expect a loooong boring process with great outcome results. We will be doing the project for more then a couple days.. maybe more if it needs it. We will be taking a shot.. then prolly redoing the shot again. I am still torn on whether to write a script (which will need actors and multiple cap cards, as well as good dialog.) or using the radio show idea which will only need body actors. Either way with the people that did show interest, I expect a good movie.

well im off to watch a movie.. See ya next post.

noon monday.. start of the work week.

2008-05-12T12:13:00.000-04:00

So my Monday went right into it.. sample at 6 am. Done easy.

now onto SC.. what has been discussed is a board of members simlar to XO's except they would be voted in. Same idea as discussed before. We refined it a bit.. and I want to discuss it further. But sounds good so far.

We were also talking about restricting the SC tag to only the most loyal of members so we dont lose track as we did before. Make getting SC tags very difficult. Any SC members who still retain their tags will find it worth it when we get SC rolling again.

I was thinking about the movie project again.. have some pretty cool ideas on what would be cool to do.. i expressed some of those ideas to people and the idea came back cold. Ok I get it.. ill think of somthing else.

I posted on the Machinima Forums that I can be a voice or body actor.. just to check it out. See how ti goes and would be cool to be in a well developed video.

I hit the 50% mark last night on GTA 4 :). Grabbed some chieves and looking forward to finally beating the game. I let my ingame relationships go.. so I am getting hate messages from ingame characters. OMG.. sooo much spam in my GTA email inbox.. I havnt looked ina while and it was just filled. Serious its not fun in real life either. (GTA Spoiler)Did some cool stuff.. this one girl I was kidnapping.. she kept grabbing the steering wheel of the car while i was nabbin her.. lmao.. I was like bitch!! I eventually hit her with the gun to shut her up and it was easy from then. grabbed a 10 chieve for that.

well I am home for now.. no work to be seen from barges or ships.. so I think ill just play GTA 4 all day. See ya online tonight.

man.. so many SC members want to get SC back running.

2008-05-11T15:50:00.000-04:00

I am getting alot of messages with people who are like yo we can do this.. or we can do that. We have alll summer to rebirth what we all loved. But we need to make it so that the drama whores dont ruin it again. So chill. I will let you all know when it is time to work on it. Go out, its summer chill by the pool.. hang with your friends go to the beach and look at breasts.

I have been thinking of things to do over the summer.. and one of them was a movie project. If you want to get in on that def contact me on live send a text message to me. I am not 100% what kind of movie yet. I am thinking about it.

meantime check out some videos on machinima.com, that is where i got my inspiration to do a movie project. i would love to use GTA 4. Let me know if your down.

Meantime it looks like my apartment needs a good cleaning. So.. ill be doing that all day..joy!! See ya later on.

Saturday..

2008-05-10T17:50:00.000-04:00

and a nice day turns out.. a little breezy but nice. I hear the kids playing in the courtyard.. with a nice flower smell running through the house from the dogwood tree.

Went out with glean angel and nate.. along with bigstef got our rip on and played soul caliber 2 all night long.

ryan who is new to that game and usually a push over went on a hot streak with taki which is unexpected cause she is a hard character to use. But he figured out how to flow with the buttons and pulled off nice moves!!

We chatted a bit about SC last night and what our plan should be.. we figured some good stuff came up with some bad ideas. But overall we may be able to open earlier end of summer maybe. Maybe not.

I finally passed the roman stage and moved onto 45% completion of GTA.. cool. I was doing a mission where we had to pick up trash.. and it was so funny. I was trying to shake off the guys holding onto the back of the truck..lol. Ohh and OMG.. I took katie out on a date to an Italian restaurant so i was lemme be cool and pick her up on a motorcycle. So we cruised I was mad careful then we hit the bridge home and this guy changed lanes at the last minute and we crashed .. doood she went flying. I was LOL!! Then she got up and was your a creep!! And walked home. Havnt called her yet to see if she hates me or not. Ill see when I get back tonight lol.

Havta run and do a barge ill be online tonight all night. Catch me there.. lates.

4 pm.. ahhh got some good sleep

2008-05-09T15:52:00.000-04:00

nice.. got some sleep after 3 straight days of oil and barges.. ugg. I feel better now.

Still thinking ideas on what to do.. nothing new. I will be hanging out with arkangel and gleaner tonight and get ripped! We gonna have our weekly firday nite hangout.

I am still playing GTA 4 now and im stuck on the mission where roman gets kidnapped and I have to save him .. I always get nailed right before I leave the wharehouse. Either i get blown up by some weird object or i get killed before i reach roman at all. I tryed to fly in and do it that way.. that didnt work.lol

added some new music to the player.. good stuff.. mix of rock rap and various other music.Good stuff.

I am home now and just waiting to hear from my sister.. have to send out the mother's day package to my mom .. she lives in SC.. isnt that funny!!lol.

ill see ya guys tomorrow.

3 AM and im thinking what the next move would be...

2008-05-09T03:32:00.000-04:00

chatted with some SC members and heard their thoughts on the current situation. I am not even sure if I will bring Back SC to the way it was or adjust it. I received good input.. but this reconstruction will take some thought and creativity.

I do intend to bring back The Shadow Corporation in some form or another. Just bare in mind that this is just idle talk, as we have the whole summer to think it out.

I am still angry with all the drama whores who caused this initially.. but im slowly getting over it. I mean its just video games ya know ..lol Anyway people took it too serious and I think that may have been the problem. One of the guys i spoke with said it was like having 10 defective donors..lmao. If you dont know, SC defective Donor was one of the biggest drama queens we ever had in SC.

So the project has started and be sure look here to keep updated. I added some music to the blog which is appropriate to the site.. but mainly cause they are about shadows in some shape or form. I know im corny.. but the music is really not that bad. take a listen scroll down and check the playlist.

see ya tonight.

Shadow Corporation Summer shutdown

2008-05-08T13:39:00.000-04:00

The Shadow Corporation... what does that mean to you?

To me it means an ideal.. a way to run clans. A fair democratic system which gives any member the ability to run their own squad. Any member the opportunity to excel and learn new skills. It creates a natural structure where no one is in charge but everyone is in charge of it's destiny.

This ideal.. this way of running clans.. has never been attempted before. There is no other clan that exists. which gives its members so many benefits.There is no other clan like the Shadow Corporation. There will never be a clan like it ever.

We all have worked so hard to keep it running through diplomatic and political means giving its members a natural breeding ground to create and encourage leadership, devotion and sacrifice for a rewarding experience in clanning.

It is with a heavy heart, great appreciation for those that conveyed this concept and contempt for those that destroyed it, that I am going to shut down SC for the summer. Its time for a break.. not for me but its members. so they may reflect and hold fond memorys. The summer will not only be great for a personal experience but give SC time to do some much needed maintenance.

Thanks to all the members who made SC happen.. thanks to all who worked hard to keep the concept running and working. I wish you all would hold on to your tags until the fall but I dont expect it. I understand that members would like to part of a clan. But SC will not be open or running until the fall upon release of Gears of War 2.

With my thanks to all the members who truly understood what they had.. I thank you.

PS I will be posting on this blog quite often now. So stay tuned here grab the RSS feeder and get updated on whats next.

I will miss you all.