Technology: It’s part in my downfall

Technology: It’s part in my downfall

Smart devices are now are cropping up everywhere and almost anything that can socially connect you or stream you something can be a considered a smart device, I’m necessarily going to be talking about the devices themselves so no crap about which is better iOS or Android no, I will be talking about the continuous bewilderment of just how mad companies will go to make you buy their product or download their app and lets face it we all fall for it and if you don’t you will in time.

So what is a Smart device? I’m not going to be scientific here but all I will say is that for something to be considered Smart it has to do something well…Smart. Easiest is of course the mobile phone or tablet, a device used to let you call or text people but many of us hardly do that any more of course not! Not when you’ve got a Smart Phone! It does email, web browsing, game and a shit load more that I’m not going to bother to list cause you already know!

The way I see it is for something to be Smart it will have to be meet the following criteria:

1. Can be connected to internet and can communicate with your other devices (i.e smart phone…obviously)

2. If it doesn’t connect to the internet, then it can be still Smart it just means it can do something else other than what it was originally designed to do (i.e a pen that records your deepest darkness thoughts…)

3. Provides you pointless information that isn’t necessary but hey it’s Smart so it’ll tell you anyway (i.e Suggestions and shit)

4. Sells you something on top even though you already bought it or it’s Free then it pisses you off until you buy something (i.e in app purchases / micro transactions)

There is probably a lot more set criteria in the professional world but to me that’s all you need for it be considered Smart to the people and that’s even if it’s a damn toaster (and they exists!)

Reason for this is cause of science and innovation! It’s not, its more like ignorance and blissfulness but still even you say to yourself I don’t need that or that’s pointless you’ll want to see it in action or even end up buying or wanting it anyway, we all do it, more so than others. This is why we receive the same product annually but with new features or slightly better specifications than before! It’s because it sells why stop? Stop when it stops selling and then release a S model or model with a higher number on the end or just stop supporting that device until they say “Hey, isn’t it about time you got the new model?”

I have a terrible habit of wanting but not necessarily owning. It’s just one of those things in life where we think, If I had this I could do this and that and I can fucking draw on it so I’ll start drawing or I’ll get this so that I can post my social status using my voice or whatever is going through your mind at the time of you seeing that particular new device you think I bet I could do great with that.

What happens next becomes just a repeat next year when they announce the new model at double the price and you ask isn’t that nice? Cause it can do things you couldn’t do before!

Moving on being a bit serious I want be actually be a bit technical about technology, just to kind of show you that I’m not just a rambling idiot.

Over the years I’m amazed at far we’ve come with technology from all manufactures and designers, It can be at times mind blowing, in past few years, we’ve gone from what can be considered your PC being the most powerful device at home to the device that is in your pocket being just as powerful or in some cases more powerful. This is down to companies focusing on what people want and that is everything at hand on the go.

In the early days I would never consider a PDA or mobile phone a PC replacement, but now I could happily go days without using the PC and just use my phone or tablet. This is why we want them be faster and more powerful and more recently bigger with better battery life (defiantly on this one).

Now though there has to be a limit and I don’t even think the manufactures know their limit but they’ll keep pushing them pixels on their displays until our minds explode PPI (pixels per inch) madness and to be honest I love it. I love just far and crazy they can go, we’ve got 5″ 1080p displays soon be a crazy 5.2″ 1440p displays, we got tablets and laptops with retina blowing 4k displays and processors with quad and eight cores processors with dragons that snap and it will keep going as long as your pockets are deep.

Now, I know many don’t care and sometimes I don’t either but when the time comes and you hold long enough some company will launch a product which will make go I fucking want it! And nowadays it comes from the people you’ve never heard of and that’s why I love the rise of the Chinese market, they’ve hit it head on, and I’m not talking about their Apple or Samsung knock off’s. The rise of new Smartphones and Tablets from Chinese companies like Oppo and OnePlus that match or even better the big dogs for prices that make you question whether they’re too good to be true, it’s just incredible and I wish the bigger manufactures do it more often without actually gimping the product to sell it for less.

The thing that I love about them is that in the same way as Indie game developers create big projects in small teams, you can see the care, attention and even love put into it and you know they’re clearly not in it for the money when you see the price.

It’s becoming a nice trend and I want to see more, but regardless when you see something that’s so good and you can’t help but want it’ll be always our downfall.

Good night.

 

The monotony of gaming and now for something completely different!

Finally I’ve decided not to give up on the first post and continue to actually post something. Something I think is worth talking about, I know this is just me dribbling on and doubtful anyone will read but hey ho here I go.

As the title goes I’m finding myself with the monotony of gaming. Which basically means the constant repetition is slowly becoming tiresome. However, I’m suggesting in anyway this affect all gamers or games, this is mostly regarding myself and it’s a horrible thought.

Now usually when I’m not playing a game I’m aimlessly wasting my time on social media, news sites and of course YouTube, but this now is becoming more and more frequent for me and I sort of blame myself for not indulging into more diverse games. For example while I waste my time loosing faith in humanity whenever I see a idiotic tweet such as “Just breathed in and exhaled..I like air” I feel ashamed that I have to find something to watch to keep my sanity which usually leads me too some Top 10 video on YouTube then I feel the fool. So playing a game is the next best but this leads to another problem.

Just like how you shouldn’t think too much about remembering your pin number you shouldn’t for games. I’ve mostly find myself enjoying and playing a game for longer when I’ve just jumped into a game and started playing. If you sit there staring at your wide collection of games whether it be your Steam games or console games just pick one and play it, don’t think too much which to play just do it.

This is basically working on Impulse. Impulse is the sudden urge to do something or some cases buying something. We all do it and more frequent than others, I admit I do it a lot when buying shit off the internet you just can’t help yourself, I’m not talking about big expensive stuff just the little things that wouldn’t normally buy but you think fuck it it’s only 3.99.

So using that same method in gaming is good. My biggest problem is sitting down and blankly staring at my steam games and thinking and thinking over and over about which to play and when I do select the game I want to play I end up playing it for like 15-20 mins or if it’s a multilayer game I do a couple of matches and boom bored now back to YouTube!

That this bad when it happens and we all do it the typically oh I can’t be arsed attitude and even happens when it’s games you enjoy and want to complete, no encouragement can be the worst part of gaming.

Even now when I’m typing this post up if I think too hard about it and I get stumped I feel like almost giving up on the idea of posting something, but then again I kinda think fuck it I don’t care if no one reads this I must write this up!

So continuing on. I’ve noticed a terrible trend in myself, when I get tired of a game take Call of Duty for example, terrible example I know, that game is pretty much the image used for the definition monotony but work with me; I must try and find something similar to fill in that void, now I do play other game genres’ but when I’m in a mood for an FPS I stick to something like that, fast paced and time killing. I think to myself well Call of Duty has gone to shit anyway’s might as well jump onto Battlefield 4, a game which is still not fixed months after it’s release should be better…never mind; plus to be honest with Battlefield I get tired of running around finding fuck all people to shoot at might as well as a walking simulator. Then there is Titanfall, the CoD / Battlefield crown taking killer which again…gets tiresome after a fair while especially if your team sucks! but it’s not just FPS games this happens on, can be a number of different games regardless if it’s a new or old title.

So what’s the best to thing to do? Or should I say what should I do? (as he said ignoring you all) Well in words of Monty Python, Now for something completely different. I’ve recently started jumping on the Indie trend and not in a dick way like many hipsters do. It’s more about finding something new and different, I’ve started playing different indie titles like Hotline Miami (Amazing soundtrack by the way), Luftrausers, Surgeon and Goat Simulator. Whenever I play these, I just find amusement and I become generally entertained and not bored or sick after playing for 10 minutes, I find myself playing for quite sometime and even completing some in a short period of time but I don’t bitch about this game is only 4 hours long what a fucking waste, it more of case of that was fucking fun! Let’s play that again! They are wonderful and it pleases me to know that many more Indie titles are becoming more well…mainstream (damn hipster) It really brings out a side of you that normally wouldn’t bother with certain indie titles although I do enjoy many of newer and nicer indie titles, some just in the same way as AAA titles can be just as shit.

So there you have it, a long arse dribble of a post about my gaming habits. I could of go on for longer but if I did would of gradually would of gotten bored myself and start going off course and repeat myself and repeat myself and…

I’m undecided on the next topic, depends on what mood I’m in or whether I feel like bitching about something. I will point out, I already made a silly mistake in my first post by saying I’d start tomorrow and now 5 days later I actually post something different, so anyone does start reading my blog, I’ll tell you know I’ll post something as and when I can.

 

 

First Post!

Well I decided to create a random blog. I’m still yet undecided on which direction I should take with it. The tag line of course does start with Randomness so it would be mostly filed with this. While the Comedy will come as an when and the gaming of course will be all the time! Whether I’ll blog about it I have no idea!

One thing I will point out is the title of the blog itself; Laminate Evil, why? Cause It’s a random set of words that combine are funny also Bill Bailey is amazing and I thank him for giving me a title of my blog! (I do hope he hasn’t copyrighted it then I’ll be scared)

Anyway’s that was my first post, more to hopefully come. Personally I don’t particularly care if no one reads this, I rarely read back the shit I write up anyway’s but if anyone does then I appreciate it and surprised you actually found this sifting through all the others out there more probably worth your time than mine. None the less I thank ye.

Oh I forgot to mention I won’t just be doing typed up randomness all the time, I will also include some drawn up randomness as well, so look forward to that…hurray!

That’s it now first post done, don’t want to dribble on. I will start properly tomorrow so grab your laminator and a cup full of evil and lets Laminate (some) Evil!