I’ve had this game for two days and I’ve played it for three. If you’re a fan of movies like Tombstone and Fist Full of Dollars, and you love free-world games like Grand Theft Auto, then I’m wasting my breath because you already own this game. Hands down this is the greatest wild west game of all time, and one of the best games period. The sheer number of possibilities and to what length they are detailed is simply impressive.

It’s in just the right market, too. Those of us who grew up watching Clint Eastwood gun his way through the wild west in classic spaghetti westerns are all adults now, and are now offered a chance to experience the west as we knew it.

My only curiosity is why our hero can’t swim, but I’m sure it’s for reasons of balance. Still, it’d be cool to see that ability offered in the sequel whoa, almost forgot that this is a sequel to Red Dead Revolver. It’s fine if you don’t remember the first one as it wasn’t as deserving to be. And so this very appropriately titled sequel, Red Dead Redemption, is available at obscure Gamestops. Don’t bother looking for it at popular Gamestops near you, which means you can also forget about Target or Walmart- it’ll be sold out guaranteed.

Apple used to be a little guy, and so it is incredibly disturbing that they nazi’d their way into a little guy’s home and grab all his personal stuff. For the security of the nation involving stolen missles, sure, I’d turn a blind eye for that.

But this is a phone. If by chance Apple is short a million dollars of its mark when the 4.0 iPhone comes out, our economy isn’t going to collapse so breaking into a guy’s house is a little overboard. They were way off on their mark for iPads and- let me check- yup, the sun is still outside.

I’m not even sure how Apple even managed to get a search warrant. The guy didn’t break into Apple and physically steal the phone- an Apple employee left it at a public restaurant. What are the rules to getting a search warrant to trade secret theft? Are there any rules? Shouldn’t it say only if the suspect trespassed on your facilities or bypassed your security, you are granted a search warrant? So what did Apple write down- wouldn’t they have to lie?

Because if I was the judge handing out the warrant, and I read Apple’s statement and it said “our employee got drunk and accidentally left the phone at an Elephant Bar” that doesn’t count. Yes, I know the definition of theft under “loss” but lol, this really shouldn’t count. To say that this is anyone other than Apple’s fault is ridiculous.

If someone broke into your facility, went past your laser security and took the phone- ok then you can be angry and ask for a search warrant. But if you yourself went into a restaurant, put a trade secret on the table and walked out- if you came back and it’s not there blame yourself. You have only yourself to blame. It’s like I’m at a camp and I leave my sandwich in the tent, if a bear comes to take my sandwich that’s my fault. I really wish a bear didn’t take my sandwich, but you know what, I really shouldn’t have left it out. To steer blame away from Apple is one of Steve’s best techniques. He’s mastered it.

Well to everyone’s surprise, Apple managed to lose yet another iPhone- a 16gb one this time. A lot of suspicions arose of course and some even questioned the publicity around the first incident but here’s my theory. Apple really did lose a phone and they really did have a guy’s house broken into like he had stolen warhead blueprints. Someone at Apple (or possibly, many at Apple) didn’t really like how Apple handled the Gizmodo thingy so they deliberately sold another prototype to an offshore techsite where hopefully Apple can’t reach them with their gustapo. Shrug, just my two cents.

My prediction. Apple will probably lose a third iPhone. And this time, the rebels will probably be more successful at keeping the rebel base plans further away from the clutches of Vader. To them, I say good luck. And may the force be with you.

Are you a mac user or a mac empathizer who has recently found yourself hating on Flash even though you’ve enjoyed using it for years and years and years? Like you hate it for some reason (you probably aren’t clear why), but you’re still gonna watch Hulu or Youtube tonight? It’s most likely due to Apple’s ongoing propaganda to sway focus away from their products not being able to play Flash.

You may hear things like “Flash uses too much battery life” or “Flash is 100% proprietary” but keep your poise and your hat on as we take a look at some facts.

First of all, Apple criticizes Flash for being 100% proprietary, and that’s…   that’s just golden.

Secondly, Flash uses too much battery life- or in Apple’s words, uses more battery life than H264. I’d have to disagree on the basis that the difference would be negligible because most major sites use Flash to play H264 and so it’s no longer entirely software driven as Apple is claiming Flash to be.

Lastly, Apple claims that Flash wasn’t designed for touch interfaces- touch interfaces cannot utilize stuff like the rollover effect and therefore would have to be rebuilt for touch interfaces. Bull. That’s 100% bull. A lot of the Javascript on websites also use rollovers, and the links work when we touch them on our iPhones. Did those have to be rebuilt? Why would Flash links have to be rebuilt? All it is, is you lose the hover state. It’s impossible to get the hover state anyways on a touch interface so why would we have to rewrite them?

Apple is also saying that with H264 and all the fun apps and games available in iTunes, we don’t need Flash.

Who’s we? We, as in everyone on the Apple hill? ‘Cause I still enjoy visiting the mountains next door from time to time. It would suck if Apple just put up a fence around the perimeter so nobody can leave. But well, seems like they’re building that fence now.