Why Hate Wikipedia?

Wikipedia's front page.

A lot of people bomb Wikipedia by saying it's an unreliable source of information. I say why?

This myth started because Wikipedia is a worldwide collective project. People can come and write pretty much write, edit, and delete anything.

There are and will always be those few annoying people who just come and be a nuisance. But there are, in fact, who truly do contribute to the database.

If you've ever checked the previous edits section, you can see all the edits made to a Wikipedia page. Few know that Wikipedia is intensely moderated by Wikipedia contributors and staff. You might ask how can they monitor millions of web pages at once. I don't know how they do it either, but that's simply how that works.

In a heartbeat, I can search up whatever I want and the chances are there's a relevant Wikipedia page about it. Usually, it doesn't display any junk, and it the information is summarized for everyone's convenience.

And here's the kicker. If you don't trust something on Wikipedia, there are citations that lead you to the source of that information so you can check for yourself.

I don't mind Wikipedia. Not sure why a lot of people don't like Wikipedia. Just throwing it out there, that Wikipedia is a nice place to get information quickly.

Blogger's New Dynamic Look

I am having so much fun with Blogger's new dynamic template.

A quick shot of my new blog.

I've generally ignored Blogger Buzz's updates, until it's first update on dynamic views. I then started a new blog about a subject I've been thinking of talking about for while now, flash games.

With the new dynamic template, my new blog about flash games is beautifully made with plenty of dynamic features and views. It is very limited with customization options, limited to only being black and white without any gadgets. Fortunately, the Blogger Buzz touched on the subject and said that much more customization options will become available in the near future.

In the meantime, feel free to check out my new blog's first posts.

Gears of War 3, I'm Just Getting Started

After spending a day at a friend's house, I decided to get Gears of War 3 since it made a good impression on me. I haven't played any other game since.

Gears of War 3 was a very pleasent surprise for me. I've only ever played Gears of War 2 for a few hours, and I've never seen the original Gears of War. After learning a bit about the Gears of War 3 (that intro video is very nice), I've found that the plot and history is well developed and is going somewhere, unlike some other very average video games.

It surprises myself when I think that Gears of War 3 might even be able to combat Halo: Reach. In gameplay anyways, nothing really can beat Halo's long and sophisticated plot.

I greatly enjoy playing on Gears of War 3's Horde and Beast game modes. Horde reminds me of Call of Duty's Nazi Zombies where you would survive waves of waves of enemies. It's great that horde mode shares many similarities with Nazi Zombies, as well as having fun characteristics of it's own.

Horde mode, like Nazi Zombies, has a currency that is awarded when you slaughter enemies. The money earned can go toward buying weapons (on the floor, not wall), or even fortifications to defend yourself from Locust and Lambent invaders. This adds a whole other level of gameplay and planning, and planning is only in games that are well made. There's even a boss wave every ten waves to spice things up a bit. In my opinion, that kinda beats Nazi Zombies by about a mile and a half.

Beast mode is also very entertaining. Instead of playing as desperate human survivors, Beast mode allows me to play as a Locusts themselves and try to rid twelve waves of humans. Beast mode is almost like Horde mode, except flipped.Stranded and COG Gears would set up fortifications and defences, while arming themselves with weapons as well to try to fend off you and your team of Locusts. With a variety of Locusts to choose from, you can choose any character to reflect your personal tastes.

I've also forgot to mention that Horde and Beast mode allows up to five players to be on a co-operative team, upping Nazi Zombies four players. Just saying.

Online matchmaking is truly difficult. I find that whoever is proficient in using the two shotguns in the game generally win each game, though I guess skill will eventually come with experience. Online multiplayer is very balanced. You team levels are usually split as even as possible, and NPC allies come play with you when real matchmakers can't connect to your game.

Occasionally, I'd have to wait several minutes before joining a game of any sorts. I have noted that all my games so far are not affected by lag. All my games have run smoothly so far, and I believe that to be well worth the wait.

I truly am excited to own and play Gears of War 3. It might be a bit hard for me right now, but hey, I'm just getting started.

Falling in Love With Triond

I think I'm falling in love with Triond.

Triond lets me publish articles about pretty much anything, which is awesome just by that. Although I'm having relative success on my Runed Games blog as well as Decent Gamer blog, they are very niche restricted. For example, when I write on Decent Gamer, I generally only write about gaming-related articles.

On Triond, I can spawn multiple articles about a single subject. For example, if I were to write a review about a movie, I could also write about what I liked and disliked of the movie, I could critique it, I could talk about the special effects used, and I could go on. Articles on Triond don't have to be super-long, but just relative to the subject and in some way useful or entertaining. What's great is that Triond publishes my articles on subject-related websites, so I get quite a few pageviews for each article everyday, accumulating to a decent profit.

So far I'm loving Triond. If you want to visit my profile on Triond, just click here. Keep on reading!

This Blog's First Post

Welcome to Terrence's blog.

I surf the internet with the screen name The 604 and I own and right on several other blogs and websites.

In all honesty, this blog is really the byproduct of several failures. I seem to have problems placing my personal thoughts on the internet while balancing my other niche-specific blogs. This isn't my first attempt at making a personal blog. I've tried managing a blog named The 604 HQ which ultimately turned out to be a total mess. I've also tried to manage another blog that won't be named.

I won't be surprised if this blog won't last either, but I will try my best to maintain this site. I hope you enjoy  my thoughts and ideas in future posts.