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So I was reading up on Redux’s new energy drink, Brawndo (as seen in Idiocracy) when I heard a knock on my door. I looked out my window to see a UPS guy dropping off a rather large package at my door. What was it but a case of Brawndo, 5 full days before it is to be released to the public! I can’t thank Jamey Kirby and the rest of the Redux staff enough for giving me the privilege of being among the first to try this incredible new energy drink.

The taste is nothing short of excellent, and is strangely reminiscent of AirBorne lime flavor, for those of you who’ve tried it. That said, the flavor is much stronger and better. I quite like it.

Again, thanks a million to the Redux staff for this. Brawndo is among the best tasting energy drinks in my opinion, if not #1! Thanks for bringing this electrolyte-packed wonder to the world 500 years before it was supposed to happen!

Just 5 days until Redux’s new energy drink, Brawndo (as seen in Idiocracy) hits the market. I’m excited. The website’s up and now taking orders! Check it out!

I should start this by saying Command and Conquer 3 is a very fun game. The campaign has an enjoyable storyline, and the graphics are definitely not the best, but definitely not the worst either. I’m pretty happy with the graphics

With that out of the way, it’s time for my gripe session.

Note first that I am enjoying this game on a very nice Mac Pro, Quad 2GHz Xeon processors, 7300GT graphics card, and 2 gigs of RAM running OS X 10.5 Leopard.

1 - The load times are excruciatingly long. I don’t know if this is because their programmers suck, and don’t know how to properly port the game to Mac (or better yet, code it in a cross-compatible way to begin with) or because their programmers suck and don’t know how to optimize their code. I’m talking about 2-5 minutes here, just to load one map. With my processor it should be doing it in nothing flat, and if not then at least under 20 seconds.

2 - For the mediocre graphics on this game, it is very demanding of your system. My Mac Pro ought to be able to handle the high settings on here, but I guess their artists like lots and lots and lots of unnecessary particles and polygons or something, because I can only run it on close to the lowest settings. I don’t know anyone who has a system who could handle this game at its full potential. And I know some hardcore gamers, whose computers rival what NASA’s got.

Okay, so sorry about all that negativity, but I had to get it out somehow

Update: I looked into it a bit, and it seems these issues are results of the fact that EA believes Mac users are not really human, and therefore it’s okay to scam them with a total piece of shit for 60 damn dollars. The PC version is cheaper, and sucks less. When I have money, I will go after companies like this. EA, just wait. You have about a year, and I’m going to bring your whole worthless company down. Just wait.