A Bit Conspicuous

It was bound to happen. Maybe it already did and I missed it. Nevertheless here it is.

For a mere $10 you can change your sex in an MMO.

If your store needs a 5 page long confession including tips on how to properly shop there, something is wrong.  I’d rather just waltz into Best Buy and get what I want, or if it isn’t an impulse buy, get it online.

In reality though, I don’t trust other people to take care of their discs, so used copies don’t hold much interest for me. I’m certainly not willing to buy a used copy to save a meager $5 off of the new price.

Tips 21 and 22 are pretty good, but I would change them to “Don’t buy third-party peripherals ever.” I worked at an independent used game store through high school. The third-party stuff always feels cheap and breaks quickly.

Internet Duct Tape has a post up talking about GreaseMonkey, how to install it and how nice it can be.

I thought it was funny though, that upon following the link to Userscripts.org you are greeted with a large red banner that gives a dire warning:

“A malicious user is uploading scripts that steal cookies.

Extra caution is recommended when installing recently uploaded/updated scripts.“

The resulting thread is full of good information on the topic, as well as a good number of poor souls who aren’t tech savvy but were using GreaseMonkey. It is too bad that Userscripts.org has to deal with malicious people. Thankfully it is just a case of people grabbing scripts, adding code to farm cookies, and re-uploading them as a new version. Shouldn’t be hard to track, but it still creates somewhat of a minefield for the users.

GreaseMonkey looks like a very nice plug-in for Firefox, but it should come with a good warning for the less technical people. User created content and plug-ins are definitely good in the long run, but you do have to be a bit wary.

NBC is bringing back the American Gladiators.

We all knew this day was coming, the idea is too much to resist.

Many a Saturday of my youth was spent watching this show.