New Star Trek Trailer Makes Me Say “Wait, Star Trek Isn’t For Dorks?”

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Chu Boi
on November 18, 2008
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So I used to watch Star Trek: The Next Generation when I was like eight years old. That’s it. I never paid attention to any Star Trek era before or after that. Generation only held my attention because I had this weird idea that Patrick Stewart was cool at the time, that Worf guy had crazy sh*t on his forehead, and the one black guy had sweet shades. Other Star Trek story lines lacked these important features so I had no reason to follow them. Plus, nothing really blows up, does bad-ass martial arts, or dodges bullets in Star Trek; why would a kid even watch it? Oh, and Star Trek fans are dorks. No, really. They make Star Wars geeks seem somewhat normal.

The fact that the new Star Trek movie is being made by master of the cocktease and reaper of my frustration while watching Lost, J.J. Abrams (also of Cloverfield fame), officially put it on my radar. A new trailer showed up on the interwebs the other day and now… I need to watch this movie.

Abrams has made me an unexpected offer I can’t refuse:

  1. It’s got the guy from Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead in it. HUGE selling point for me, that guy’s hilarious.
  2. I saw like five things blow up within one minute, very unlike Star Trek which is a good thing.
  3. It’s got Harold from Harold & Kumar in it.
  4. It’s got the guy from Heroes who cuts people’s heads open. Heroes might suck right now, but that guy cut people’s heads for fun.
  5. Sexy people are getting laid…in a Star Trek movie.

Add these to the expected, classic J.J. Abrams “what the f*ck just happened?” plot and I believe you have yourself a good movie on your hands. May 8, 2009 can’t come soon enough.

The Only Headset You’ll Ever Need

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Chu Boi
on November 17, 2008
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Buying Gears of War 2 the other week meant I had to get a new headset, a must for Horde mode. This will be my fourth one in my 18-month Xbox 360 career, one statistic I’m not proud of. The previous three either stopped working, got stepped on, or both. Looking back at my experiences with the Microsoft Wired Headset I’ve come to a simple conclusion: they suck. Yeah, I eventually stepped on the first one but the sound quality was like the latest season of Heroes: somewhat decent yet complete ass from time to time. I took extra special care of the last one but then the microphone just decided to stop working on me. At $20 a pop I expect it to actually function for 3 months. Luckily, I performed extensive online research before purchasing my latest, and hopefully last, headset. I was tempted to splurge on the official wireless headset but I encountered customer reviews claiming its mic went on strike after a few weeks like my third one. I then came across the Plantronics Xbox 360 Live Headset X10 at Gamestop. This might just be the only headset you’ll ever need.

The sound quality is an obvious step up from the official wired headset and is borderline phone quality stuff. The mic piece is anything but flimsy and will surely put up a greater fight against my clumsy feet than the previous ones. I haven’t been very careful with it at all lately, either; it’s been lying around the living room floor for a while, and for it to survive this long with my friends and I lazily lounging around is an impressive feat. Since I have a fairly large noggin the over-the-head structure doesn’t fit me, but if your dome is of regular nature you shouldn’t have a problem. My buddy has the same model for a while now and he’s had no problem so far. This headset has passed my two-week testing period with flying colors and gets Chu Boi’s “dude, buy it” nonchalant phrase of approval.