Panelists discuss whether controversial decisions by the Robot Congress and President Executron indicate robots have too much control over our lives.


In The Know: Are We Giving The Robots That Run Our Society Too Much Power?

So, with the recent announcement that WB and New Line have gone Blu-Ray only I gave buying PS3 serious thought last night. I drove over to Circuit City and came face to face with and 80GB PS3 (so I can still play GoW and SC3) with credit card in hand. Afterall, if Blu-Ray is going to end up the dominant movie format as it seems it will be then the PS3 is the best way to go since I can play games as well.

That got me thinking... Games! Of course! That's what I love about consoles anyway. So I walk over to the rack of PS3 titles and take a look. The first thing I notice is there aren't very many. And the few decent titles I see I already own for my 360. So what is there I can get that only my new PS3 can play? Heavenly Sword? Sure! I heard the cut scenes were excellent and the game wasn't terrible either. Ok, so what else... Lair... hmm... no thanks. Warhawk, I have fond memories of that game on PS1 so that's a possibility. What else... (I have a 2k limit that's absolutely melting the plastic in my hand) UT3?! Awesome! But wait... I have it for PC already. Then, nothing...

So I thought ok, what's coming that I can only play on PS3? Because, after all, if it's coming to 360 as well I'm getting it for that because I hunger for achievement points and most of my buddies are on LIVE. So, MGS4 is coming but then again I never cared for the franchise. Killzone 2? Meh, I have a bazillion shooters already and I've yet to see anything compelling about it. And so far as I'm concerned that's about it.

Now I'm thinking, "Wait a second, there are virtually no games for this thing. So, uh, what's the point?" Now, I'm depressed. Sure, I can play cool Blu-Ray movies with it but it's capable of so much more! It'd seem like such a waste. With my 360, I'm already using it as a movie player (have the HDDVD drive), media center to get music and anime off my PC. I rent movies from the marketplace, etc.

So basically, the PS3 purchase will end up being a 500 dollar movie player. Um no thanks. Maybe eventually when it's a lot cheaper but if that's all it's gonna be then it's a waste. So I just bought Soul Calibur Legends on Wii for my fiance (she loves all things Soul Calibur and kicks my ass in it) and called it a night.

Anyone else see this ad and wonder what exactly the message they were trying to convey was?

Awesome undies for that significant other (or yourself if you're of the female persuasion). They won't stay locked for long!

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A glimpse into the future of the many dilemmas our robot overlords will face.

(I'm not sure if this "Embed YouTube thing is working so here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hNDZ79MDC0