Romey's Ramblings

I was playing Madden on my X-box the other day (but let’s face it, that’s all I ever do with my X-box from August to Christmas), when after choosing my play I saw the following on my pre-snap screen.

Wow EA, talk about ballsy.  Is it not enough that Madden is the most popular sports [...]

(From the “Better Late Than Never”) file: On the heels of the MPAA’s Indoctrination Piece on movie piracy, the movie industry again demonstrated their complete lack of competence in adapting to changing business models by screwing their customers.  Last week, a story came out in The Consumerist where the movie industry wants to stimulate purchases [...]

Watch this, and feel your blood boil.  Watch as 60 Minutes, a supposed beacon of broadcast journalistic integrity, is spoon-fed propaganda from the MPAA, and eats it right up.

Let me make one thing clear: I don’t support movie piracy. At the same time, I can’t sit here and let the MPAA spread misinformation and scare [...]

Just thought that my friends in Fort Collins would be interested in knowing that the City Council will be reviewing their controversial Occupancy Ordinance, that limits the amount of unrelated adults that can live in a rental home in the city.  What makes this so controversial is that this law seems to target college student [...]

Just when you thought the content providers were started to get media distribution in an internet world, they’ve gone ahead and proven that they still have no idea what they’re doing.  Yesterday at the B&C OnScreen Summit, News Corp’s Chase Carey alluded to the fact that Hulu is going to start charging viewers to [...]