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This is a new form of protein – it is a true hydrolyzed whey protein and you get 100% absorption and the best is no waste and no gas or bloating. Think about it you take a regular isolate blend 25 – 32 grams of protein per shake and then your body has to break that down and digest it so you end up with about 15-18 grams of protein and you crap the rest out, now proto whey they have shrunk the protein down to di-tri peptide size molecules and now your body doesnt have to do anything to break it down and can shuttle all the protein to your muscles and feed your body not the toilet!

Follow this link (http://www.smarthealthstore.com/pdf/protowhey_new.pdf) for an article regarding this new form of protein .

I will be trying the Power Crunch Bar which contains 13 g of protein per bar .

This is a story from a programmer that worked for 3D Realms a company that had been working on Duke Nukem Forever which recently went out of business. There’s an interesting story in this link written by that same programmer regarding how some of the big guys in the industry run things. Whether it’s true or not who knows but it’s a good read.
http://gamingisstupid.com/2009/05/06/the-chair-story-revival/

http://ps3.ign.com/objects/848/848449.html

Sony’s Free Realms MMO is a free massively multiplayer online game. Similar to popular titles like Everquest and World of Warcraft it places a player in a massive online persistent world with possibly thousands of other players. It separates itself from the other games by providing a game with no monthly fee and a light-hearted atmosphere and environment.

Although just in beta at this time, I don’t see this game being popular outside of casual gamers. It’s sugary-sweet visuals and almost child-like play mechanics are likely a bit soft for hardcore or more mature MMO players. I wouldn’t consider myself a hardcore player so that might be out of line but I played WoW for over a year and I don’t believe I can see myself playing Free Realms.

The visuals are cartoony, a blend of western and eastern styles, with spell effects and animations being average. Understandably graphics are generally the last thing that receives attention but I can see the direction it’s heading in and it’s a bit too cutesy for me. Customization doesn’t appear to extensive for the face/body although the different jobs have unique looks and equipment. The menus are bright and vibrant but a bit cluttered. Still to be fair they are relatively easy to navigate.

Socially everyone appears pretty friendly, more so than a large number of other MMO’s on the market. I haven’t tried grouping yet but it seems straightforward and easily arranged. I’ll touch more on this if I play the game more.

Gameplay is very simple and there is a lot of hand-holding from the very beginning. If you’ve played any MMORPG before you’ll instantly know the controls and if you never have (which is the demographic this game seems to be aiming at) the game is unforgiving in it’s effort to ensure you know how to do the basics. Encounters are handled in different ways, allowing you to choose different jobs to deal with these encounters such as cooking food to empower a faery to chase off goblins or become a bruiser to help the same faery thump the goblins. Some jobs such as cooking, have minigames associated with them to learn particular skills. If you’ve ever played or seen your gf/wife play, any of the 1500000 casual games out there such as Farm Frenzy or Diner Dash, the minigames are completely reminiscient of these. Again this seems to cater to the casual gamer market that Sony appears to be gunning for.

Leveling is handled via jobs, therefore leveling and skilling up is done within the respective jobs and switching from job to job is painless and quick which is a pro. The jobs are diverse and the biggest attraction. The minigames are rather fun if a bit simple, and include things like tetris-style games or mouse-based point and click games.

+simple and responsive controls
+jobs are varied and minigames are fun
+different ways to approach the game

-graphics are lacking and visual style isn’t as mature
-gameplay is overly simple
-may not appeal to hardcore gamers

This opinion may change if I end up playing more but at the moment if you wanted a free MMO to play with a more mature taste I would recommend Requiem: Bloodymare. A horror/rpg MMO game that appeals to an 18+ market.

When I head to work every morning, I park my car in the same parking spot. And, every morning I see the same blue SUV parked in the adjacent parking spot. I notice the SUV every morning, but I have never seen the driver who drives that vehicle.

Last week as I was getting out of the elevator, a bohemath of a woman walking in front of me, taking up the entire pathway in the underground parking lot. The scene remind me of an over-sized 18 wheeler moving a house with a parade of cars behind the truck.

So, we make it out to that parking lot I unlock my car door, place my laptop in the back seat and look at the parking spot next to me (now is empty as the woman the size of  a Caddilac Deville had already sped out of the parking spot) and noticed an image of a blue wheelchair on the ground.

The next day, when I pulled into the parking lot, I made it a point to take a look at the dashboard of the blue SUV out of curiousity. Low and behold, no sticker. A few days later, I was speaking to the lady who is charge of the assigning the parking spots for our company and handicap parking spots came up in the discussion. Apparently, there have been several complaints about the handicap spot in the underground parking garage being occupied by those who are not legally handicapped (no sticker was approved by the ministry of transportation).

There is this fat chick who parks in the handicap spot every day, because her only physical challenge is the inability to NOT devour a KFC family pack in 1 sitting.

Being fat is not a handicap, it’s a choice you’ve made. You’ve chosen to eliminate the word NO, when it comes to second and third helpings of dessert. You do not have the right to park in the physically disabled persons parking spot because you’ve decided to eat yourself to 400lbs!

I’ve been accepted into Sony’s free MMO Free Realms, a fantasy MMO that’s going to focus on a more mainstream audience. Thoughts to follow.