As you may be able to telll this is no the regularly scheduled College Case Study…there is a good reason for this. Currently MyUniSpot is going through a change of power. It will be changing over to a different host in addition to going through some changes with its looks. The site should be up and running again with constant post in the next couple of weeks. I apologize to the fans that we have developed. We will be back soon. 
Konibaasu
In this week of Judging a Game by its Demo, things are going to be done a little different. The new demos that have been released has made me quite upset. After looking at “Up” “X Blades” and “Bionic” I am sick to my stomach. Not only were these games remarkably horrendous, but I also waited almost 3 weeks for a demo to show up. So due to my long anticipated wait for a demo to review and then be presented with a crap filled basket of games I am going to this review slightly obscure compared to the previous reviews. Instead of breaking down each game with my in-game experience, I am instead going to list the top 5 things I hate about each game because they don’t deserve a full review. So here it goes:
X Blades:
1. This game is full of horrible dialogue that makes the game seem like it was made by a 3rd grader.
2. An unexplained opening video that leaves you sitting there asking yourself, “What was the point of that?”
3. The aiming mechanic of the game is horrible. When it comes to multiple characters, you cant easily distinguish your target.
4. The camera control is not intuitive, it will be very difficult to navigate around the horribly designed environment.
5. Just another button mashing titty game.
**Positive: Hot girl with lots of weapons. Sweet, but not enough to play the game. [2 hot warriors out of 10]
Written by:Konibaasu
AC/DC: “Anything Goes” I swear, the next critic that complains about every AC/DC song sounding the same should get a clip in the teeth. Formulaic or not, you just can’t argue with the combination of sandpaper-like vocals, bluesy power chords, animated lead guitar, thudding eighth notes on the bass and metronomic, no-frills, no-fills drumming that just makes you just want to bang your head and rock out. It’s genius, and it’s worked since 1974. And yeah, yeah, I know these guys are hurtling toward retirement age. Who cares? They still rock! Spot On!
Asher Roth: “I Love College” Gotta love that “I’m nice right now” spoken intro. I also somehow think that the drunken stutter immediately afterward is real. If that’s the case, well, perfect! The funky instrumentation is superb - especially the wah-wahed lead guitar fills - and I must give Asher props for doing his own thing and not trying to jump on any particular bandwagon. The somewhat literary tone to these accessible lyrics show that Mr. Roth has a knack for observation and storytelling on par with Ray Davies and skillfully captures the mood of a campus bash vividly enough to remind me of the stories my brother told me about his days at Vassar. Spot On!
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James Conrad
Michael Vick was released on March 20, 2009 after serving 21 months in jail. Vick plead guilty in August of 2007 to a federal charge of bank rolling a dog fight operation in his Virginia home. In December 2007, he was sentenced to serve a 23 month federal prison term; 3 years of prison time in Virginia on other charges was suspended upon condition of good behavior. With loss of his substantial NFL and product endorsement income, Vick filed for Chapter 11 reorganization bankruptcy protection in July 2008, with liabilities of $20.5 million and assets of $16 million. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Frank Santoro said the plan requested up to $1 million in cash to paid to creditors but did not believe Vick could immediately produce that amount of money in a short amount of time. Santoro suggested that Vick should do away with two houses and three cars he intended to keep in the rejected proposal. Read the rest of this entry »
Written by:Roger Rabbit
You either love her or hate her. You may have seen her cuteness on the Mickey Mouse Club. At the young and naïve age of 16, she became not only a pop star, but also a sex symbol. She was one of the lucky girls to date Justin Timberlake. And, her life slowly went downhill after meeting a guy who changed her life for the worse. She is the famous Britney Spears!!!
The interesting thing that I have noticed is about 95% of the guys I know hate her, and about half of the girls either love her or hate her. I asked a few people what they think about Britney and here are some of the quotes (the first two are from guys and the last two are from girls). Some are really harsh! Read the rest of this entry »
Written by:Misty
This case is about a professor. It is a firsthand account from the young student who sits next to me. She is a beautiful young student who does nothing but complain about our professor. The professor herself is extremely irritating and asks questions of the class that do not require answering. I asked the cute girl next to me to write me a manifesto about our assumptive/unintelligent/pretentious/ridiculous/candy coated professor. The following are her words:
I understand the humor in being pretentious but I just cannot understand my history professor. The first day of class she spent 30 minutes explaining how she is not racist despite the excessive amount of racist terms she is going to use. If this isn’t considered hypocritical I don’t know what is.
The real kicker about my pretentiously hypocritical history professor is her uncertainty about everything she teaches. She asks the class a rhetorical question like, “Has anyone ever been on a train?” She asks this after a small spiel about the transcontinental railroad. Pausing for an uncomfortable amount of time, she asks again until she finally says, “I’m sure some of you have,” under her breath. The only reason I heard the latter is because I sit in the front row.
She is fat, old, and claims to have been an anti-war activist in her golden years (the sex/drug plagued 60’s). She cannot lecture without holding a lollipop and treats the entire class of 110 students like we are mentally retarded. As soon as the lecture on trains ends, she goes into war. TIME WARP! All of a sudden she stops speaking like a pretentious bitch person and passionately orates. The funniest part of all this is that, despite spraying the first three rows with saliva; she is also flicking her lollipop about like a gavel. With every inflection of speech she knocked the thing on the desk and returns it to her mouth. UNSANITARY! The room is hot and the students just gawk as saliva coagulates into small sticky patches of sugar on their faces.
She e-mailed me this piece in confidence that i would not show the teacher…so I posted it on the intanetz.
Written By:Things to learn:
1. Don’t give articles to me to post online
2. Don’t ever take a history class with professor “***”
3. Assume all professors are somewhat biased (racist)
4. Answer rhetorical questions with sarcasm because it is more fun
5. Follow us on Twitter @myunispot
Kuroshirohaiiro
We have all heard it before, the economy is as bad as its been since the Great Depression. Jobs are hard to find and prices just keep on going up. For college students, its even harder. Without a degree in hand, its hard to get a decent job to pay for all the outragous cost of attending school. It has forced many of us to live at home with our parents!!! Not to mention the constant worry of still living with them upon graduation because no one is hiring! It is what I call a tragedy and not until recently could I think of a solution. However, I have found that solution, and it is called AIESEC.
AIESEC is a student run organization that is located at over 35 campuses around the United States. AIESEC provides jobs in foreign countries, self development skills, and an extensive network of over 800,00 alumni. Let me break this down a little bit more. By joining this organization, you are given the opportunity to work well paid internships in over 100 countries all around the world. This is great for students because it gives them a chance to see the world and work at a professional job that they can add to their resume. This obvious leads to an edge over your fellow graduates for a job upon graduation, not to mention, you may even get a job from the company that you had an internship with. I am actually going to Japan to work a marketing internship next year. And one of the great things about the exchange program is that you can go work abroad up to 2 years after you graduate. So if you do graduate in a bad economy, you can just go to another country and work there.
In addition to the chance to work abroad, you also have the chance to work for the local chapter. Although, you do not get paid to work for the local you do gain professional experience that most college students don’t obtain. AIESEC is a business and the local chapters are what keep the business running. The local chapters are made up of an executive board with a president and a set of VP’s and then a few managers to regulate the rest of the AIESEC chapter. All members of the chapter are able to take on any of these positions. Being in any of these positions, you gain knowledge of essentially running a business which is a great skill to have when going out into the world.
Another benefit of AIESEC is its extensive network of alumni. AIESEC was started in 1948 so over the years has generated nearly a million alumni and since AIESEC is such an amazing experience all the alumni are more than willing to help out others who have been in AIESEC. Again, this is just another added benefit upon graduation.
So take a look at AIESEC.org and find your nearest local chapter and jump ahead of your competition upon graduation. You can also leave comments at the bottom of this post if you have any questions about AIESEC. I will respond promptly with a response.
Written by:Konibaasu
Carrie Underwood: “I Told You So” This is a representative specimen of pop country, with bland, safe, sterile production that no well-played strings or steel guitar can redeem. Making matters worse, Carrie Underwood’s piercing vocals - particularly grating on the chorus - push the schmaltz on this Randy Travis song all the way to eleven. Sure, she may be talented, but I think she ought to hand the mike to somebody who… I dunno… DOESN’T let people tell her what to sing and how to sing it. Moral of the story - just because they win on American Idol, it doesn’t mean their musical output will be listenable. In regard to this song - the sonic equivalent of tapioca pudding - I rest my case. Not on!
Ashley Tisdale: “It’s Alright, It’s O.K.” Two minutes into this shrill, whiny song, while craving ibuprofen, I reflected upon how much the music business has become an industry, and in this day and age, I do not use that word lightly. Indeed, one of its major factories has been Mauschwitz… oops, I mean, the Walt Disney Company, a fertile breeding ground for homogenized bubblegum pop stars and their cookie-cutter pop songs. To Ashley’s credit, this song is a bit on the empowering side. I just hope that in time, she takes stock of her career and decides to make music with a little bit more grit and doesn’t pander to psychologically damaged suburban mallrats. Not on! Read the rest of this entry »
Written by:James Conrad
No, this is not some mythological showdown… actually it is. Kobe Bryant versus Lebron James in the NBA finals would be epic. Even though it’s not the NBA finals and these two teams aren’t facing each other, it’s still exciting to think about. It’s going to happen the Los Angeles Lakers are going to face the Cleveland Cavaliers. Kobe is going to face Lebron James in the finals… how much better could it be? Bryant and James are two of the most dominant players in basketball and some of the most athletic people on earth. I could see both of these players being two sport athletes. CLICK HERE TO SEE LEBRON IN THE NFL! CLICK HERE TO SEE KOBE’S SOCCER SKILLS! So the big question is who is better? Lakers fans of course will say Kobe and Cavaliers fans will say Lebron. But who is honestly better? Its tough to say exactly who is better. This topic is likely to spark up a huge argument. It’s one of the most controversial topics right now in the NBA. It’s like comparing Michael Jordan to another player, everyone will be fighting to prove a point. What makes Kobe or Lebron the better player? Rookie year? Their peaks? Championships? MVP Awards? Olympic Gold medals? Stats? All-Star trips?
Written by:Roger Rabbit
To see if movies are hits or fails, I often read movie reviews. But, I have also picked up a faster way…it’s looking at top box office charts. I think it is a good way to pick a movie when I am on the rush. It isn’t as accurate as reading a movie review, but I just compare how many weeks it has been in office with how many weeks it has been released. I usually go on yahoo or box office mojo to look at the most recent charts; I compared it with others, and they pretty much look exactly alike. Since I really like the organization and efficiency of the charts…and to me they are interesting to read, I decided to make my own Top Box Office Chart based upon the most recent weekend Friday May 15, 2009 - Sunday May 17, 2009.
Of these top 10, I chose 3 I definitely want to see…and here is why. Read the rest of this entry »
Written by:Misty
