Monday, October 24, 2011

COD MW3 Ear Buds......are they really worth it.

So Call of Duty Modern Warfare3 (COD, MW3) is almost here, and the other day as I went into Game Stop, I noticed they had a sweet looking set of ear buds that were in a COD MW3 box. As I stood there admiring these items of pure sweetness, i asked the guy at the counter how much they were, because I would have loved to own a pair of these. Then came the reply that shocked me, they cost $89.95. I just looked at him and said that no one was going to buy them, he agreed with me and said they only had about six sets and he had a feeling that they will end up being sent back to the manufacture.
The cool thing about these ear buds was the fact that they are in the shape of a 9mm round casing. Now it you have no idea what a 9mm case is, it's the brass part of the bullet that either stays inside the revolver or is ejected our to the side of the weapon it's being fired from. Now these buds aren't like the ones you would get at any other store though, they are a special edition earphones that are made from black aircraft-grade billet aluminum and come with a changeable set of silicone green tips to make sure you can find a comfortable fit for your ears. That from what I've read so far is the only difference, an aircraft-grade aluminum. Even so i don't think they should be a penny over $30 at most.

Monday, October 17, 2011

X-box 360 disk read error.........


Ok so if you have an older x-box360 you might know about the disk read error, if you do not have one you may have heard about this error. Well my system has had the issues a few times, now one way to solve this by yourself would be to turn off the system and unplug the power cable, take apart your system, and remove the cover that is over the disk drive.
when you do this you will see that the laser isn't all the way in the front or back of its' track, it'll be in the middle of the track and this is what will give you the disk error. All you will have to do is seat the laser towards the back of its track. After you do this it is time to reassemble the system plug it in and power it on, it should work like a champ now. The reason you might get a disk error is because you may have shut down your system improperly, i.e. shut it down while watching a movie or playing a game. Now if you really want to help your system out, when you have it apart take a soft clean brush and perform a good dusting. Having a low powered vacuum will help here as well.

Monday, October 10, 2011

Call of Duty and HALO


So there is just under a month until the next Call of Duty game is released.
The Call of Duty series have been one of the most widely bought first person shooters for most of my friends, although those that love HALO don't really care for it they will still play it. The only down side of flipping from HALO to C.O.D.(call of duty) is the controls. They very by allot, but it is fun if you have someone who hasn't played a first person shooter before, and you have them play HALO for about twenty minuets then switch to C.O.D. The thing I like best about C.O.D. is that you don’t have power ups or shields like you do in HALO, it's more like life. With the exceptions of some factors, for example in real life a 9mm pistol has a max effective rang of about 50 meters, but in the game you can get a kill from across the map which can be a few hundred meters. Also in the game some of the weapons are misrepresented, in the game they have the 240B. A belt fed fully automatic machine gun, in the game when you fire the weapon the carrying handle bounces like a kid with fire ants in his pants. If that were to really happen you would immediately stop firing and replace the barrel because the handle should never do that.
All in all though they did a very good job at getting military accuracy. Most of the weapons and equipment are close to the real thing and some of the lingo in the game matches up with the real thing.

Monday, October 3, 2011

come one, come all, get your suppressors

Have you ever wanted to get a suppressor for your assault rifle or hand gun, but couldn't due to Michigan laws? Well now you’re in luck, earlier this year Michigan passed a law that allows you to buy a suppressor. many people don't see the use of a suppressor and that if you have one you are more prone to use it for illegal activity. Now some people may take that rout, most wont. The point behind getting a suppressor is to "silence" the firearm, and in doing so it helps reduce the effects of the defining noise that would normal come out of the barrel and cause slight disorientation to someone who isn't accustom to firing a gun.
Many people don’t know how a suppressor works, so for those of you who do not here is a little description of how it works and who created it.
A suppressor works in much the same way as the muffler on a gas combustion engine. In fact, both were developed around the same time by Hiram Maxim. The primary function is to cool and slow the escape of hot, high pressure, combustion gasses into the surrounding atmosphere. As a practical example of how this works, imagine two inflated balloons. If you were to pop one of the balloons with a pin, the air inside would rapidly expand into the surrounding, lower pressure air over a very short time period. The result would be a loud pop. Take the second balloon and simply release the neck. It will putter around through the air as the higher pressure air inside slowly escapes through the neck into the lower pressure surrounding air making much less noise.
Suppressors are used by the military and law enforcement for their snipers. As well other government agencies may use them from time to time depending on the situation they are in. But they are not very common or practical for every day shooting, for one when you attach a suppressor to your weapon you are reducing the distance the bullet will travel for one and you are adding on extra weight to the weapon as well. That’s why you mainly see snipers with them on their riffles and not the ground pounders that are busting into the house or whatever it is that are doing. Also a sniper will not have the suppressor on the riffle all the time, the “silencer will remain off the barrel until they are in position that way there won’t be anything extra hanging off the barrel to get caught on anything.
For most people the closest they will come to using a suppressor is in video games like Call of Duty and many other first person shooter games. Now if you decide to make or buy a suppressor just remember to get a license to carry and poses it or you will be looking at around a 10 year sentence and the surrendering of all your firearms and forfeiture of all future weapons you acquire. As well you could be slapped with a $250,000 fine due to the NFA (National firearms Act.)