Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Fight Night Round 4: Prime to Surpass Round 3


Set to Release in 2009
Fight Night Round 3 developed by EA Games, collected much acclaim for its realistic visuals and gameplay. The game sold enough copies on the xbox 360 and playstation 2 & 3 to join a selective group of games that earned the labels of "Greatest Hits" (Playstation) and "Platinum Hits" (xbox). EA plans to release Round 4 in the summer of 2009.
Better Graphics, Better Gameplay
Hard to imagine, but trailers of the game already indicates that the sequel will easily outdo Round 3 in terms of visual details and graphics. The developers promises even more realistic gameplay with the slogan that "no two punches are ever the same." Punches won't be simply a hit or a miss anymore. The punches will have varying degrees of contact and impact depending on how the punch was thrown.
Expanded Roster
Round 3 had some complaints such as leaving a number of boxing superstars off its roster. Round 4 will undoubtedly include more boxers, with Mike Tyson (Not Seen in Round 3) sharing the game's cover with Muhammad Ali. Fight Night's recipe for success, realistic visuals and gameplay, remains intact and is simply built on. EA got themselves a winner.

Check Out Game Trailer -> Youtube

(AP Photo/Marlene Karas)

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Adderall: Steroids for School


Study Pills
Adderall, a prescribed drug meant for people suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), are being abused by non-ADHD students as magical study pills. Students that cram for tests the night before tend to be the more frequent advocate of adderall.

Fun Studying
I have heard claims that people's studying and reading ability increases after taking a pill. Focus intensity levels will be maxed out and instead of taking 4 hours to read 50 pages, it'll be like 2 hours. The word "fun" is often associated with studying on adderall.

Is It Fair?
Is taking an adderall pill cheating though? Taking steroids to enhance one's physical attributes in baseball is considered cheating, so why wouldn't taking a drug to increase one's mental attributes cheating also? I'm sure student's grades will never have asterisks next to them like some steroid tainted baseball records, but using adderall to study has become a common accepted thing among students like how steroids was with baseball players before the league and government started cracking down on users.

(WikiCommons Photo/Twirligig)