VX2

Over the last two days I spent close to six hours attempting to eliminate one of the worst adware programs ever devised: VX2. It not only tries to install malicious software and redirect your browser (yes even Firefox), but it actually attempts to hijack your machine, by screwing with the recycle bin, anti-spyware programs, and even restarting at random. After many attempts I finally found a solid solution. I can safely say that VX2 is eliminated.

Still, I feel like a chump. How the heck does the CS major get infected with such horrible gunk? Shouldn't he know better? Yeah I should, and in this case, I definitely shouldn't have fallen for the trap that caused all of it to happen. Guess its just another lesson one must learn

more on the PSP

I was afraid Sony would try to push style over funtionality with the PSP, and it looks as if Im' not far off. Considering Kutaragi's comments.... well, sorry bud, but if that's your idea of a game system, count me out.

eight is enough

Random Thought: my roomate and I were discussing what the perfect size for a college class is. The size where the professor gets to know you, you know your classmates, and the atmosphere is the perfect mix of strong lecture and casuality. We determined it to be a size ir around 6-10, give or take a few extra on the higher end of the spectrum. Any Less, and the professor will see everyting you do in class, and with such a small size will probably expect even more from the students than normal. Any greater, and you tend to feel like a number, and getting to know a prof. can be difficult when they are flooded with students after every class, all asking for the same extension. The atmosphere of the class is also far to cold; since not everyone knows each other, most just sit quiet before, during and after class, making the entire event silent and boring.

oh, and I hate the eagles. A lot.


Update: Just played the demo for the new Punisher game. Pretty much generic Max Payne wannabe minus the grittiness or the bullet time. The only interesting thing about it is that you can torture/kill victims in some interesting ways, but only at certain times, which makes it nothing more than a novelty. That's all I can really say considering the demo lasted me all but five minutes.

Run Away!

I thought the new semester meant getting away from the snow. Now the forecast says a possible 10 inches could fall in the Baltimore/DC area. Is Mother Nature chasing me or something?

In other news.... well there isnt' much to say. first week back was slow, and once you've done the drill a fwe times a new semester just feels like business as usual.

It only seems to make sense that the worst day of the year happens to be a monday.

2nd semester

back in Baltimore

woot...

WHFS

HFS, one of the best rock/alternative stations in the Baltimore/DC area, had now become a spanish pop station. HFS was one of the best stations I've ever listened to, hell, one of the only ones. Its loss, as well as the loss of the incredible HFStival will be felt by many a college puke.

The world smells like teen spirit no longer....

The horror

Just picked up Resident Evil 4, in what will probably be my last game purchase until the summer (unless I end up getting a possible on campus job). I'll update with impressions tonight.

Update: So very, very glad I decided to pick this up rather than wait a while. While RE4 hasn't had the same flat out shocking moments its predecessors have had, the overall tone is downright creepy. The graphics, superb: forget the videos on the 'net, you haven't seen this game until you've seen it on a real TV screen.

Its the combat however that truly shines here. Capcom has struck the perfect balance between realism and the unreal. The unreal includes:
-headshots don't always kill
-Leon won't fall off of dangerous ledges

the real includes:
-locational damage that actually works, enemies that are rarely constricted to borders or boundaries, and an environment that is highly interactive (yes, you can shoot the fish, and eat them t00). Simply put, the game behaves in ways you would expect it to were it a real life scenario, and this makes great. When you realize that few games come close to achieving this in the ways RE4 does, you truly begin to appreciate what it offers.

For a long time, I believed no game this generation would touch Metroid Prime. Then Half Life 2 came out. Still, I was confident no console game would touch Prime. Its sequel, while not quite as amazing, wsa certainly more fun. After only 4 hours of play, I'm truly beginning to think that Resident Evil 4 will challenge both of them. And it may just win.