Epileptic Aftermath Episode August 6 2008

This will be the last episode of the month unless someone else has the cojones to host and record another show.

Topics

*Cern's Large Hadron Collider Might Make Half-Life 1 Reality - A Reddit (social news website) user, Mad_Gouki points out that CERN's anti-mass spectrometer could cause a resonance cascade. Such of that in Half-Life 1. His post on Reddit concerning this has lead to an actual crowbar being sent to CERN labs. [Video Game References]

*Halo Movie Talk Resurfaces - Stuart Beattie, script writer for Pirates of the Caribbean, has created a script based on Fall of Reach, a novel which detailed the events leading up to the first Halo game. This script has gotten movie bods so hyped up that Kasra Farahani, artist for Spider-Man and Hancock, to create concept art for the film's eventual pitch to Microsoft. [Video Game Movies]

*EA Promises to Stop Making Crappy Games - John Riccitiello, CEO of Electronic Arts, has gone out and stated "I think what redeems our industry is quality, and I think we take a step back every time we take a license and exploit it with a crappy game." He also said EA was wrong to assume Xbox 360 and PS3 will lead the current generation, and promised as many as 40 games are in development for Wii and DS. [Interesting]

*Thailand removes Grand Theft Auto IV off store shelves after teenager robs and stabs cab driver - Teenage cab driver killer claims he was recreating a scene from the game. Thai government sends requests to all outlets and shops to pull the game off their shelves and replace them with other titles. A senior official at Thailand's Culture Ministry said the murder was a wake-up call for authorities to tackle the issue of violent video games, and urged parents to pay closer attention to what their children played. "Today it is a cab driver, but tomorrow it could be a video game shop owner." [WHAT THE FUCK]

*World of Warcraft's Recruit-A-Friend Goes Live - Blizzard kicks off its new "Recruit-A-Friend" initiative, where WoW players receive rewards based on how long they get someone new to sign up for WoW. If a WoW player gets his friend to sign up for 30 days, the WoW player recieves 30 days for free. If he gets his friend to sign up for 60 days, that person recives the "Zhevra", a new mount. Blizzard also announced that for every two levels of experience your friend earns, they are able to grant one level of experience to any one of your characters of lower level. [GOD DAMN]

*Space Combat Simulators on the PC are Still being Made (YES!) - Dark Horizon, a PC Space Combat Simulator, actualy exists. Dark Horizon is a space combat adventure where the player fights for survival through 22 missions of space combat. The title is laced with RPG elements such as original weapon and equipment creation, several modes of combat and advanced ship customization. Dark Horizon also offers joystick support. Comming out September. [FUCK YEAH]