Now, proceed with caution… you may not like the results. If you really want to see an extensive history on your online activities, simply head to your nearest search engine (Google) and type in your username, and hit search. Now, you can see quite a vast history. And if you have posted comments in the past, then take a read over them… they may be amusing. I did a simple Google search on my given name, and it yielded quite a number of results (not all of them actually applied to me, but there were still quite a few). Then I did a Google search of my online username that I use everywhere, and the difference between the two was staggering.

I recently enlightened a colleague to this fact, and the reaction on his face when he saw his online history was quite amusing. What does your history look like?

I took the time to play with some friends today, and it was a great game. I really enjoyed it, it is quite balanced and has a bunch of great small mechanics.

This game is definitely one of the best games I’ve played on the PC in a while. And its not one of those free-to-play games with micro transactions, it is 100% free – which is the best part.

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SPOILER ALERT

When the movie has finally gotten to the point where Nicolas Cage’s character has arrived at the coordinates that he was supposed to, you find out that aliens were involved. Its as if they are this automatic goto when you don’t know how to end a movie and you’re a horrible writer. If you ever have a chance to hire the guy who wrote this, don’t… or better yet, do and then fire him a few hours later for being a horrible writer.

Its very rare that I don’t enjoy a film, so this film definitely deserves a 4/10 score (and I’m trying to be generous).

And before anyone says anything, I know that this sounds like a paid advertisement,  but I promise you that I’m not getting paid – I was really just that impressed with everything and had to give them a plug.

A simple Google search on the matter will turn up lots of results. If you spend anything more than a quick glance into it, you’ll find that Bioware has helped raise money for Child’s Play Charity, Naughty Dog sponsors a kennel (not for publicity), Ubisoft helps raise awareness regarding challenges faced by disabled persons, Activision has their charity push and CODE, Zynga donated money to Haitian charities.

With just these examples (which literally took me less than 15 minutes to find with Google) it is quite clear that the video game industry are not scrooges when it comes to charity. Sure, maybe the movie industry donates more money but that doesn’t mean that they are automatically more charitable. What about the video game companies that do the good work for the sake of doing the good work without saying “Look at me! I’m doing charity” and call attention to it. Dollar amounts are an easy way to measure how much you’ve done, but don’t forget that giving time is just as important (if not more) as donating money.