We here at MediaWhoreNetwork have been following the buildup of the two giant cloud computer gaming companies since we were founded back in 2008. Right now it’s Dave Perry’s Gaikai vs the guys at OnLive. The promise of not needing any high end computing system / graphics card to play some of the most awesome PC games or console games out on the market is very promising, but at the same time very scary for guys like me who collect games with a passion.

Take that you bastards, I hope you enjoy having this stupid ass song in your head for the rest of the day.

It’s bad enough that the company doesn’t even come close to what Netflix can do when it comes to streaming video…but when I hear news of the movie rental chain having to close 500 stores, it’s time for us to let the store go into the woods to die a solitary death like all good old dogs are supposed to do.

The first time that I saw Call of Duty 2 running on the Xbox 360, I knew then that the next generation of consoles were going to impress the hell out of me. I never had lusted after a new console as much as I did with the 360. It was something that I felt that I NEEDED in order to survive as a gamer. Hell, even games like Perfect Dark: Zero looked magical in comparison to the games I was playing on the first Xbox and PS2 at the time.

That was nearly 5 years ago.

Some people put pictures of their families, or have one of those tear the day off calendars with funny jokes, some keep potted real/fake plants, all are acceptable in my book. Then you have the boring people who stock nothing but piles of paper, and work related crap all over their desks and cubicles, stapler and tape dispensers sitting on top of them to keep it from flying all awry.

Me? I mix it up, keeping GI Joe Mighty Muggs to protect my pictures of my son that rests on the desk from those who may try to do evil to my workspace.

Alright readers,  this is something I wrote a while ago when Geek Dad Report was only hosted on one site, and I think should serve as a good introduction of the column to MediaWhoreNetwork.  Mind you  it is fairly long, as I put a lot of heart and soul into the piece.  I hope you enjoy it and the columns to come.

It’s looking like the rumors that Apple and AT&T were going to disconnect their relationship while everyone was standing around in a circle getting hot and buttered about the iPad release are faltering.

So, it’s the 2nd of February already eh? Another year, another chance for a bunch of pagentry assholes to cart out a groundhog in front of a crowd of thousands and pretend that the little bastard can predict what we’re up against when it comes to mother nature. If you can’t tell, I’m delightfully jaded.

This weekend, I actually plan on going to see a Avatar (the Cameron flick) in the theatre for a third time. I can’t even tell you how many other movies that I’ve ever seen 3 times in the theatre, because I honestly think this is the first time I’ve done something like this in my adult life.

Well, really what more can I say about these games…there’s just nothing but ass & titties in this game. That and ice cream stealing. I don’t get it really, aren’t Redtube and Pornhub are so easily accessed via the PSP web browser? Worst thing is…will we ever get a brand new Dead or Alive that isn’t Xtreme, Volleyball, or Paradise?

I’m all for lookin at scantily clad ladies, but in this game’s universe, I’d prefer to see them beating up on each other…with their breasts all jigglin and stuff. Ok my rant’s over, feel free to put your hands wherever deem appropriate.

Fox Broadcasting, in all of its super-intelligent glory made a horrible mistake when airing an episode of Fringe a week or so ago…I just didn’t realize it until I started clearing off my DVR last night. They aired a never before seen episode of Fringe from season one, right in the middle of the second season!

When I used to go on family road trips, especially the ones to visit relatives, I would bring along my NES and a good handful of games to keep me from bashing my head against the wall in sheer boredom. Considering that my NES is still chilling in my basement and is still working after 20 years, the current generation is much more feeble compared to the hearty cart based systems.

This was a road trip, if we ever flew anywhere, I’d still make sure to bring it but I’d surround it in my luggage with clothes and pillows to prevent damage…still works after all of these years. Too bad I can’t say the same for one of the readers of the Consumerist who had his Xbox 360 taken through the nine levels of hell before arriving at his destination.

Well, my expectations of the VGAs weren’t even high to begin with. A respectable video game award show is far from happening, the closest we have being the videogame BAFTAs over here in Blighty. However, lapdog Geoff Keighley was claiming that there were 12 exclusive reveals at the show, such as the first look at Halo Reach and Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands as well as games we hadn’t even seen yet. So with that, I just had to watch it out of morbid curiosity at least. The only difference being that I was watching this at 1-3am instead of 8-10pm like in America. Hit the jump for my impressions on this  ”awards” show.

(This article going up recently is purely coincidence) – Gibbo :)

Every year in Europe, Microsoft host their annual Xtival “festival”. For one weekend, Xbox Live Gold is free to anyone. Not only that but there are game competitions for some of the biggest titles around right now as well deals on films to watch and music videos from some of the “biggest” bands in the world. What could possibly be wrong with Xtival? Well, it’s not as great as it sounds.

For starters, it’s absolutely pointless, especially for people such as myself, who already have a gold account. But instead of just hypothesising, I’ll go through each area of the “festival”. First up we have the game competitions. Now, I looked at all of the games listed on the Xtival page and not one had any kind of legitimate prize, other than who has the biggest e-penis. I ask you, what makes these competitions any different from just playing on Xbox Live regularly? I don’t need a “competition” to goad me into playing some more The Beatles: Rock Band thank you. Not only that, but these competitions will only bring out the people who are really dedicated to these games. This means they’re probably going to be a lot better at the competition games than you (but more emotionally scared in life). It’s always fun to have a close game but it’s never fun to be constantly outmatched by someone else and you’ll end up just feeling miserable and worthless. You could say that you’re playing against serious people instead of your typical Xbox Live degenerates but in my opinion, there is no lesser of two evils in this situation. It’s either get annoyed at people just being dicks or get annoyed at people taking the game way too seriously.

Square Enix right now has three flagship series that currently makes them their healthy doses of money: Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and Kingdom Hearts. In an effort to make even more money and appease the people who are clammoring for more and more games to come from the power-publisher, Square Enix talked to Yahoo! Japan regarding their plans to make that magic number of three, turn into six…eventually eight.