The Game of Life........

Hello again,
I just thought i'd write down my thoughts about some thing that interested me. Today, i was in a contemplative mood when I was on the bus today, just gazing out of the window with my MP3 in, wondering where i want to be in the future. I was just thinking of various different things i could be doing with my life in the future. Banking?....Boring, Teacher?.....Too many bratty kids, What about an stock market job?....24Hr day, No play. So what can i do with my life? Then came a revelation, i started to think about a game that i used to play, called StarWars Galaxies (with expansion pack). What a Geek, i know, but i really loved it, Why?. In this massive online world, i existed not as Average Joe from Ilford, but CARBONATOR, A ruthless Bounty Hunter from the criminal underworld of Nar Shadaa. I was thinking once again.... That person is me? i have created him? he is modeled in my Image and plays by my rules, even if he is only an online creation. But its funny how noone creates Joe Blog's, a human from London, Earth who walks around with a kebab instead of a blaster rifle.
But the crunch is? This game, for me, got addictive, beacuse i started to become someone, notorious within this galaxy. beacuse of my hunts, I had an online Bank with around 10,000,000 republic credits in (which is a heck of a lot). Similar things have been said from players of games such as the world of warcraft etc. Who start to love their online identities. People seem to become facinated by themselfs, in online gaming worlds in which they know they will never be in, but yet provide some joy i knowing they are someone. To cut a long story short i think that the market for online gaming will become popular, quickly. Now as a Media studies styden i realise that a lot of this is comercialised and about making money but regardless, It may end up more popular than anything we have ever seen before.

I am predicting a Playstation 3 for christmas, and critics have rated the online community already as one of the best features of the system. I Will investigate this further if my prediction comes true. I will speak about the online Gaming side of things which is what i have decided to focus my Blog on. I also want to post a blog about Ergonomics which will come along shortly as a kindof one off blog for anyone who's interested.

Tell me your thoughts on my articles please, comments much apreciated.....

Robotic Cars? What Next?????

Yehh, the title pretty much sums up this article.
For homework i recently logged on to the Beeb's technology page, and what should i see infront of me??

I decided to copy this article onto this post for you.

A driverless car called Boss has scooped a $2m prize in a Californian race for robotic vehicles.

Does this sentence remotely surprise you? That now there are cars that drive themselfs!
Boss successfully drove around an urban environment, avoiding other cars, and covering 60 miles (85km) in less than six hours, all without any human control. The modified Chevrolet Tahoe was one of six cars that crossed the finish line, from a pack of 11 robotic vehicles. The race was organised by the US military's Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency, and is designed to develop unmanned vehicles that could be used in battle situations. Automotive manufacturers say the technology could eventually lead to self-driving cars. (That sounds familiar??, wasnt that how the Internet started?? The American Military Needing something to communicate or fight for them?? whoever patent's this technology could be in for some serious CASH.) (Then A senior person in General Motors sais "Imagine being able to talk on the phone, eat your breakfast, handle your emails, and leave the driving to the vehicle," he added. "That would be pretty phenomenal. It's going to a big breakthrough. It's technology that's on the way to 'having cars that don't crash'." He believes cars with that level of intelligence could be on the road by 2015. (So my friends, by 2015 you may not even need that super fast fiesta you always dreamed about as a computer may be able to do it for you. But what springs to mind for me is, if technology is designed to make our lives easier, as this surely is, then surely we are all going to be very, very, very, fat by 2020. Also isnt there a certain fun in driving? Dont you love being behind a wheel and driving? I cant wait to pass my test and drive a car beacuse thats been my dream for a very long time. and also cars that drive themselfs, Lights that turn themselfs on?? what will be actually be able to do ourselfs arnt the next generation going to become almost dependant on technology. Ergonomics is the study of technology being implanted into a human to improve various features. To me this sounds absurd and already the topic of a heated ethical debate. If i ever have children theyre probably going to think i used to live in the dark ages.
Anyway, just thought id comment on something of interest to me really. Hope you find it remotely interesting and next post to follow soon. Comment me if you have any thoughts about what i have said in any of my blogs.