Notes From Rehab 2

Another Liberal Suspended

In response to reports on salon.com of his remnant alcohol use and frequent in-office plant urination, The Redertainment Corporation Of America has announced the indefinate suspension of liberal satirist and general loudmouth Hunter Red.

Rodger Red, President of The Redertainment Corporation Of America, released the following statement:
"When the reports of Mr. Red's flagrant rule braking hit the internet, we knew we had to take action. We hold our employees to the highest of standards, and if we find anyone has broken that standard, we act swiftly to bring that employee back in line.

It is unknown how long Hunter Red's suspension will last. It may last days, it may last weeks, it may even be permeant.



Only Imagine

I can imagine being in love.
I can imagine meeting someone,
Dating someone,
Developing a relationship with someone,
Becoming intimate, on many levels with someone,
Giving my heart to someone,
In turn, receiving the heart of someone,
Living for someone,
Having my day revolve around someone,
Becoming a more complete person, more than I could have become alone, thanks to that someone.
I can imagine being in love.
I can imagine.
I can only imagine.
Only imagine.



2 Business Days Later

The Redertainment Corporation Of America is proud to announce the end of the suspension of Hunter Red, and his return to work starting Tuesday. When reached for comment about his, Mr. Red said:
"What? What suspension? I'm in fucking rehab, you god damn moron! Now, go away! I'm trying to balance my motherfucking chi."




Exactly!




Noxee

On Thursday I received my Boxee Box. The Boxee Box is supposed to be a device that pulls TV shows from many different websites (Hulu, Fox, CBS, ABC, Netflix, etc.) and put it on my TV. I bought because I find the concept of putting internet television on my HDTV.

Setting up the Boxee Box is really easy. Plug the power plug in, connect via a HDMI cable, connect to your wireless network, and you're ready to go. I went through my current Hulu subscriptions, found those programs on Boxee (most of them), and put episodes from those shows in my Boxee queue. I also found episodes of South Park and How I Met Your Mother on Boxee.

I tried watching South Park, the last of the three part Mysterion episodes, and it worked well, but I couldn't reverse or fast forward very well. Then I tried watching the Family Guy Halloween episode, and it didn't work. I tried watching an episode of House, and Terriers, and Fringe, and Skins, and The Inbetweeners, and How I Met Your Mother with no success. In summation, the only show I was able to watch somewhat effectively is South Park.

I thought that maybe this was the Boxee service as it currently is, not the service I played around with when it was first in beta. So I launched the Boxee program that is on my laptop. I found that you can play programming from Fox's online service, and USA's online service. So there is probably a difference between what is allowed to be on the Boxee Box and the Boxee service on PC.

I paid $200 for the Boxee Box. I paid extra for one day shipping. I was eagerly anticipating receiving my Boxee Box and experiencing the glory that is internet television on the glory that is my HDTV. I am now questioning why I bought this thing. It does not currently work as advertised. I am told that the people behind Boxee are working on workarounds to allow more content to be viewable on the Boxee Box, however I find that unacceptable. If my Xbox 360 didn't work as advertised when I took it out of the box, I would have seen it as a waste of my hard earned money. Therefore, the Boxee Box is currently a waste of my hard earned money. I want this to not be the case, and I look forward to utilizing my Boxee Box more like how it was advertised, after all, I PAID $200 FOR THIS THING!



Starting on December 3rd, and following every Friday untill Christmas Eve, staves of The Black Robin Christmas Carol will be posted as regular blog posts on redertainment.com. That is all.



The Third Annual Four Star Gaming Awards: Nomination Special

Hello! Anthony Severe here, picking up the slack for Hunter Red, who is still in a rehabilitation facility in Park City, Utah. The time has come for the process to start for The Third Annual Four Star Gaming Awards. The nomination process is now open, and you the reader can participate! Simply submit your winner in any, or all, of the catagories listed below. You can even submit the reason why you think your choice should win. Nominations for The Third Annual Four Star Gaming Awards will close on Monday, December 20th, with the award ceremony scheduled for Monday, December 27th. You can submit your winner to the following places:

Twitter: @Redertainment
Facebook: Send a message to Hunter Red
Email: redertainment@live.com
Or submit a comment or reply wherever you are reading this.

Award Categories
Game Of The Year
Xbox 360 Game Of The Year
Playstation 3 Game Of The Year
Nintendo Wii Game Of The Year
Downloadable Game Of The Year
Biggest Gaming Disappointment Of The Year
Best New IP Of The Year
Non-Gaming Thing Most Deserving Of An Award

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