So, I was just sitting at home on the computer, and my friend asks me if I ever watched Gladiator. I say no, I never found a reason too. Well, my friend basically called me an idiot and told me to watch the movie.

Well, I just watched the movie and........wow.......just wow. I can barely comprehend how amazing I thought the movie was. From the opening sequence, I was hooked. The battle, the scenery, the cast. Everything was well done. The life and story of Maximus was told in such a great way....the dialogue......it was magnificent. The bitter struggle between Maximus and Commodus, the quest for revenge, it was all great. However, nothing hit me as hard as the ending of the movie.
***SPOILER***

I encourage everyone to watch this movie. It is just that good.

Btw, I also made a video on it, check it out in my profile. *warning: spoilers*

So, I had a few problems with my account. I emailed Stardock, and the same day they emailed me back. I was blown away. They fixed my problems within one day. I have never had customer service like that before.

Also, I have now been using Impulse for a few weeks now, and so far I'm impressed. Impulse is kinda like Stardock's "Steam", but with different goals. Its a platform first, and a store second. Although the store is about to get a lot of great games soon. It has games from Epic, The Witcher Enhanced, and will be getting games from THQ now like Company of Heroes, and Gothic 3. All games on impulse are DRM free! Also, another thing I like is Impulse games are just like the retail games, no special things need to be made, no special patches or whatever. Its great.

And then the gamers bills of rights.

The Gamer's Bill of Rights:

• Gamers shall have the right to return games that don't work with their computers for a full refund.
• Gamers shall have the right to demand that games be released in a finished state.
• Gamers shall have the right to expect meaningful updates after a game's release.
• Gamers shall have the right to demand that download managers and updaters not force themselves to run or be forced to load in order to play a game.
• Gamers shall have the right to expect that the minimum requirements for a game will mean that the game will play adequately on that computer.
• Gamers shall have the right to expect that games won't install hidden drivers or other potentially harmful software without their consent.
• Gamers shall have the right to re-download the latest versions of the games they own at any time.
• Gamers shall have the right to not be treated as potential criminals by developers or publishers.
• Gamers shall have the right to demand that a single-player game not force them to be connected to the Internet every time they wish to play.
• Gamers shall have the right that games which are installed to the hard drive shall not require a CD/DVD to remain in the drive to play.

Now, I totally agree with the above. Stardock is taking the initiative along with other devs and companies to bring back PC gaming to glory.

Hail Stardock!

So, freaking stupid Microsoft closes down the developers of one of my favorite game franchises, Age of Empires. Ensemble Studios is gone! WTF Microsoft! Why! It is one of your succesful franchises, how could you do this. And then to close them after they made a freakin console exclusive crap rts known as Halo Wars?! WHY MICROSOFT WHY!!!!!!!

Ok, more seriously now, I don't really see why they were closed down. The AoE series was successful. Age of Empires 3 sold quit a bit, over a million(not sure how much). I'm sure AoE4 would have been sucessful, and Halo Wars is just about to come out. I really wonder what the reasons MS has for doing. Also, I know that they are making a new dev, but it depends who moves, else it might not be the same game we all know and love.