Cables? We don’t need no stinkin’ cables

HD is great. Anyone who hasn’t experienced high definition TV needs to right now. So understandably, people have been anticipating the launch of the next generation game consoles which take advantage of this technology (sorry Wii) for quite some time. But somehow, Sony disagrees. Apparently high definition isn’t that big a deal for them, even though they’re touting the Blu-Ray playing and 1080p resolution of their PS3. I say this because in both versions of the Japanese release of the PS3, there haven’t been any HDMI cables (the cable needed to carry a high definition signal from the machine to the TV) bundled in the box. Instead, Sony has included composite cables. Cables that barely take full advantage of STANDARD television. Obviously this has been done to keep the already ridiculous cost of the PS3 down and increase accessory sales, but c’mon…for around $400, throw in some cables. If you’re interested Sony, I can personally tell you it won’t cost that much. And you just might have ::gasp:: satisfied customers on your hands. Revolutionary.

Slavery, WOW!

Digital slavery, that is. Apparently in China people have been forcing children into slave-like labor to mine gold within the World of Warcraft (WOW) online video game. Once they’ve accumulated this WOW gold, they sell it to other players throughout the world so that they can up their scores and ranks. Pretty crazy stuff. Human nature’s evil side shining through? Or a case of opportunistic entrepreneurs?