Your Right to Resell is in Peril

October 29th, the Supreme Court is scheduled to determine if you have the right to resell your own property. Depending on how they rule it may become illegal to resell your iPhone, PC, Car or Truck, clothes, or even your home without first asking the manufacture of that product permission to do so, which they may decline to give.

Earlier this year a lower court determined that products made in other countries do not fall under the "right of first sale". The "right of first sale" is what gives you the right to resell your own property. If the Supreme Court upholds this ruling, which Obama and the Entertainment Industry is pushing them to do, then it would become illegal for consumers to do that if any part of that product was manufactured in other countries.

With pretty much every piece of electronics from TVs to iPhones being made overseas you would lose your right to resell them. A large number of cars and trucks are made overseas. Your old clothing could of been made in another countries. Your furniture. Your books. If this is upheld it would put an end to Ebay, Craiglists, even the local yard sell. It would also make it beneficial to manufactures to move all productions outside of the US, and damage our economy.

Help convince the White House and Congress to support our right to resell the things we own. Visit http://www.youvebeenowned.org to send a letter letting them know how you feel about this situation. Read more On "Your Right to Resell is in Peril"!

Brutal Legend

Went to Best Buy yesterday to buy Brutal Legend. It's a pretty fun game with a good mix of action, RTS (Real Time Strategy), and driving elements. The majority of the major confrontations are Stage Battles which are the RTS segments. But unlike most RTS games your still in complete control of Eddie and can blast enemies with your guitar, or beat them with your axe. You can also do co-op movies with your units.

I bought the Xbox version and if anyones interested in a stage battle my gamertag is zirocstormkiler.



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Manga and Video Games

Picked up some new manga and video games this week. Got the final volume of Karen (AKA Chibi Vampire). I was a little disappointed in the ending, not because it was a bad ending, but because it wasn't the way I hoped it would end. And that's all I'll say since I don't want to spoil it for anyone. Also picked up Rosario to Vampire volume 5. This is a really good series, and I need to get around to watching the anime soon.


Other manga acquisitions were Negima!? Neo, and Higurashi Cotton Drifiting Arc volume 2. I wasn't a huge fan of the Negima!? anime, but I think they are actually doing a good job with the manga and look forward to reading future volumes. Higurashi was a good read to. The next volume will be the Cotton Drifting Answer Arc, the Eye Opening arc. I can't wait for Manga Gamers release of the visual novels the manga is based from. This is also another series I need to watch the anime of.


I also got a couple used games from Gamestop. I had been reading about Crackdown 2 in last months Game Informer, and it sounded like it would be a really good game. So I decided to go get the original Crackdown to play it before the sequel comes out. A friend of mine talked me into getting Two Worlds, which from what little I've played so far seems almost like a cross between Oblivion and Diablo. Both games feature co-op play and if anyone's interested my Gamertag is Ziroc Stormkiler.

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XBox 1 vs 100 Beta Starts June 1

The beta season for the US version of XBox Primetime's 1 vs 100 begins Monday, June 1st at 10:30PM ET. The program is hosted live by Chris Cashman and will be free for XBox Live Gold Subscribers. The show will run for 2 hours and players can log in anytime during the show for chances to win Microsoft points or other prizes. Each round one player is selected to be "The One" and 100 players selected to be "The Mob". Everyone else logged in during that round are "The Crowd" Your best chance for winning prizes is being selected as "The One" or as a member of "The Mob", but a video of the Canadian beta showed the top 3 scorers of "The Crowd" winning points each round as well. Also you earn entries into a sweepstakes drawing just for being logged in and playing along.

This is a very interesting concept. I do wonder how much it will cost after the Beta season, because they seem to emphasize that the "Beta Season" is free to Gold subscribers. Which might mean there will be a fee for future seasons. Will just have to wait and see on that one. I'll be playing along Monday night, and my gamertag is ZirocStormkiler if anyone else is going to be playing.

Here is a look at the Canadian Beta from Giant Bomb


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