I've seen both newspapers butcher facts, make inaccurate statements in court stories and overall fuck up, but never have I seen the TS so subtely, yet strongly, give the birdie to the ER.

The Mirror put it very well to say this had nothing to do with inaccurate info so much as personal animosity. I noticed the TS throw their reporter energy toward the courts after Wilkinson came on board and started reporting the hell out of it.

In what seemed to be a desperate and face-saving move, the TS sends wordsmith-Thadeus Greenson, Environmental Jockey John Driscoll, newbie Sean Garmire and at times Donna Tam and Jesse Faulkner to the courts, filling the newspaper with crime, crime crime and less community news.

Perhaps this is a re-emergence of years past, when both newspapers threw punches at one another on a regular basis. Certainly, the ER has shaped up recently in terms of its reporting after getting bitch-slapped by the TS for the the past year or so. Perhaps that looming threat, and new leadership, provoked TS leadership to begin calling out the ER on its otherwise trivial errors. Time will tell how heated the future will get.

Battlefield Heroes™ is a brand new Play 4 Free game from the people that brought you the multi-million selling Battlefield 1942™ and Battlefield 2™

It’s a fun cartoon-style shooter which caters to players of all skill levels – easy to pick up and play, but with deep character development

It will be released for the PC as a free download in 2008

Now it’s just set for release in 2008, in general, while it was supposed to be released in summer 2008, which is now over.  Shame on you EA.

Looking Good, EA. Just hurry it up!

Anyways, this cartoon-styled shooter reminds many of Valve’s Team Fortress: 2, and some fanboys have been complaining like children about EA copying.  This is in no way true.

On the official "Heroes" website, it now states:

Battlefield Heroes™ is a brand new Play 4 Free game from the people that brought you the multi-million selling Battlefield 1942™ and Battlefield 2™

It's a fun cartoon-style shooter which caters to players of all skill levels – easy to pick up and play, but with deep character development

It will be released for the PC as a free download in 2008

Now it's just set for release in 2008, in general, while it was supposed to be released in summer 2008, which is now over.  Shame on you EA.

Anyways, this cartoon-styled shooter reminds many of Valve's Team Fortress: 2, and some fanboys have been complaining like children about EA copying.  This is in no way true.

Firstly, I feel actually following the programmed rules of the videogame is a sign of honor (no cheating, no hacking). Secondly, focusing on the opposition rather than betraying your brethren is another display of honorable actions (no team-killing). Basic stuff right there.

Then there's the tactics you employ. This is where things get very tricky.

For one thing, there is "terrain-exploiting," or using glitches, errors, mistakes, or otherwise obtaining access to various areas of the battlefield that otherwise you cannot physically reach on your own without using another player's assistance (man stack-jumping) or by jumping on a niche in the wall like a lightpost or antenna (Call of Duty 4 is notorious for this, and they still haven't been corrected). This I consider dishonorable, as other players do not expect you to attack from otherwise inaccessible areas of the battlefield, such as outside the map.

Additionally, there is the idea of attacking a player when he is not physically playing, i.e. "away from keyboard." If a player is immobile and standing in a spawn area, or a section of the battlefield that I happen to encounter, and I determine he is not playing or firing on me, then I will not attack. I held my fire on a player who wasn't playing in Halo 3, and I let him go until he returned and fired upon me. My friend who initiated this discussion felt I should have killed him outright, but I disagreed with him.

Lastly, I feel that if one is engaged by a weapon which he can match in strength and defeat (such as a Halo 3 Assault Rifle), he should make every attempt to do so; he should not run and thereby he should engage in close combat and attempt to defeat his enemy. The only times I can see a legitimate reason for breaking contact with the enemy is if you're being attacked by a shotgun, Mauler, Gravity Hammer, or sword. Any other time, the honorable maneuver is to directly engage and return fire on the enemy (unless you're being fired upon by a sniper rifle or Battle Rifle from long range, but the idea of weapons falling into the discussion of honor is still open to interpretation).

So, what about you guys? If there can be honor in a real-world battle, can there be honor in a videogame battle, a virtual contest?

Indo direto ao ponto, uma questão interessante foi levantada numa entrevista da 1UP discutindo sobre a possibilidade da "fisicalidade" do Mirror's Edge ser incorporada em futuros jogos do Battlefield, confira a resposta abaixo:

1UP: Você acha que existe alguma chance de habilidades como correr na parede, ou algumas dessas idéias de movimentação, poderiam ser portadas para um futuro jogo da série Battlefield?

OO: Eu não tenho certeza sobre correr pelas paredes, mas certamente as outras habilidades para uma maior sensação de fisicalidade no mundo: a corrida, o pulo, passar sobre obstáculos, e escorregar. Sim, definitivamente vamos tentar incorporar elas nos futuros jogos da série Battlefield.

O lançamento do Mirror's Edge é aguardado para o dia 12 de Novembro deste ano, para PC, PS3 e XBox 360, a data ainda não é certa, mas a estimativa é essa.

  “For the Lord, the God of Israel says: I hate divorce and marital separation and him who covers his garment [his wife] with violence. Therefore keep a watch upon your spirit [that it may be controlled by My Spirit], that you deal not treacherously and faithlessly [with your marriage mate]”(Malachi 2:16).

The majority of marriage problems begin in the mind.  That is the battlefield, Satan is telling all of kinds of lies that affect your feelings and therefore it is difficult to listen to the Truth of the word of God.  You may think you cannot be in your marriage any longer, you may believe the lie that you arent happy, you may believe the lie that you should have never married, but the fact of the matter is that they are lies.  Remember I have said this before, the enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy.  If he can destroy your marriage, he can destroy your family and continue until he has reached cities.  We must take a stand against the enemy and not listen to his lies any longer and put our marriages on the solid rock of Jesus Christ.

Why do I share this with you?  There is a movie coming out on September 26 that is called “Fireproof-No partner left behind” it is about just that…marriage.  I urge and exhort you to go with your spouse and support this movie, you may need to see it or you may not but you may know somebody who does and this is the perfect opportunity to invite them to see a movie that can change their life and their marriage.  Remember live by the word and not by your flesh.

For more information, click on the link to the left and it will give you theatres, show times, ticket prices, etc. Or visit www.fireproofthemovie.com

When I married my husband, it was pre-9/11.  We never thought of him going off to war.  We expected seperations, but not like it is now.  The morning of September 11, 2001, my husband and I were on leave and visiting family.  We were on the west coast and were still in bed.  We were awaken by our family that we were staying with after the plane hit the Pentagon.  Up until then, they thought it was a horrible accident in New York. 

As many of you, I watched in horror as the second plane hit the World Trade Center and as the towers fell.  My emotions were all over the place.  First of all, I'm a New Yorker and part of my state was attacked.  I was shocked, angry, confused and worried.  To top it all off, I was pregnant and my hormones made it worse.  I also knew at that moment, ours lives were changing forever.

Being a military family, our lives changed quickly.  We cut our leave short and went home.  Before we left, we could drive through the gates on post, flash our IDs and roll on through.  Upon arrival after 9/11, every vehicle was stopped and only people who belonged on post we're allowed on.  We were asked to step out of the vehicle and our car was searched.  The commissary and exchange were closed because they were running out of stock and delivery trucks were not allowed on post yet.  Our mail was slow.  Barricades were erected.  First they were temporary and later things were re-designed and they were made permanent.  Now, every time you enter a military installation, your ID and IDs of all in the vehicle are examined.  Instead of all vehicles being searched, they pick a few a day.  But the mood has changed.

15 months after the September 11 attacks, my husband deployed for the first time.  He was sent to Kuwait prior to the ground forces entry into Iraq.  He was there to help prepare for the war.  Our daughter was 11 months old and had no clue what was going on.  Originally, his orders were for 6 months.  As he tells everyone, he did 11-1/2 months on a six-month deployment.  This is when I changed.

Even though I had always been an independent woman, I had just moved to a new place, had a new baby and my husband left for war.  I spent the year worried about if my husband would be injured or killed.  Our friends were there too.  Our communications were limited.  And in the beginning, mid-tour leave was not in place.  I became stronger then I ever thought I could be.  My faith has been strengthened and I often thank God for giving me the strength to be by myself.  I became a single married parent.  I can handle all the household chores and take care of the automobiles too.  My view of the world has changed.  I am very accepting to all types of people, but I often worry about just who around me would want to destroy my home.  Any why shouldn't I?  This war is not like other wars where you can identify the enemy.  Trust is hard in a place that the enemy could be anyone.  This was most evident when a friend of my husband was killed by a soldier in his unit that was Muslim and decided once he got to the battlefield to throw a grenade in one of his comrades tent. 

The changes from war are numerous and not only from the battlefield.  They come to the home-front as well.  While I am able to adapt to changes with my family.  Others are changed in a more permanent way.  The families of soldiers that do not come home or come home severely injured have other changes.  While we continue to move forward in our lives, always remember those that served and changed for your freedom.

Published by: Electronic Arts
Developed by: DICE Sweden (Digital Illusions)
Release Date: December 31, 2008
Genre: Online Shooter

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Great news for Battlefield:Bad Company fans.
A new patch will be released in the near future by Dice with some cool features.

What will be in the patch? Well, bug fixes like server lag and VOIP issues (full list here), three weapons (previously only available through pre-ordering, playing the demo or signing up to the newsletter) and... oh yeah... TROPHIES!

Source - PS3 Fanboy