THAT NEW NEW SITE SON!!!

HAD TO DESTROY AND REBUILD THE SITE. ANYONE WHO IS A REGULAR HERE (YES ALL 4 OF YOU) SHOULD UPDATE YOUR BOOKMARKS AND GET SENT THIS WAY..
PHRESHPHREAK.BLOGSPOT.COM

NEW SITE DEALING WITH EVERYTHING I LOVE... AND YES IT IS JUST ME I DIDNT GET SOME JOB THAT ACTUALLY PAYS ME TO BE AN ASS ON THE NET... WELL NOT YET ANYWAY...
LATER...

Phreak's PhreshNess

Yes I am him and he is I. The Phreak has made his return to the blogosphere with this new installment of a (hopefully) weekly blogging blunder, called Phreak's PhreshNess, where I will post links to anything in consider dope or phresh, (that's cool or amazing to the non-hip-hoppers).
Today's installment is all about the HYPE!!
Yes its a new AMIGM mixtape for your ears brought to you be the one and only Hype man! The name of the mixtape is What the hell is Hype!?
This mixtape fetures the likes of up and comers like:
Kaiser Sose, J Swift
Also throwin in the mix some veteran names like:
AZ & Killa Mike.
The tape is dope and also giving underground artists a chance to shine. Too Phresh!
Download here.
Listen free to AMIGM Mixtape radio here.
Think your nasty with your pen game? Then contact Hype here.

Under Construction... Coming Back to Blogging... Again

So time has not been on my side for no reason what so ever. For the 2 readers that actually visit the site and take their time to read my rambles... I do apologize.. Life has been kicking me around both work and school... On a more personal note I am expecting my first child in September, so most of my time... and money.. have been spent getting me and my girlfriend settled in our own home while buying things for the new gamer to be when he finally decides to jump out of his mother's womb. I have gone on hiatus before and came back for only a few months only to jump back into the swing of things for a few more months again, but now I am taking time out to realize that I really miss writing, both from the blogging side of things as well as the more personal side. I have decided to take the blog to a new level, for those of you who have noticed I have changed the outlook a little bit and have been working on new ideas for the blog. For the last few weeks I have been brainstorming for the site and working a lot of details out. So in closing be on the lookout for new posts as well as new updates. I hope to add music downloads, reviews, rants, and more in just a few weeks.
So yes the site is under construction and yes I will be returning to blogging in just a few short weeks!

Blog Banter: Frag the Girlfriend!!

Welcome, welcome to Blog Banter, the monthly blogging extravaganza headed by bs angel! Blog Banter involves our cozy community of enthusiastic gaming bloggers, a common topic, and a week to post articles pertaining to said topic. The results are quite entertaining and can range from deeply insightful to ROFLMAO. Any questions about BlogBanter should be directed here . Check out other BlogBanter articles at the bottom of this post!

Today's Blog Banter topic is: Gaming with your significant other

When I first got this e-mail I thought to myself "how many times have I really got to game with my significant other?" and even though it has only been a few times, those few times can actually be worth all the hardships that may come with them. Usually most women and I stress the word MOST do not play video games of any kind... Well save for the occasional Mahjong or Online Spades. Due to the fact that most do not play the same kind of games that you play you have to take the time out to teach them the basics. That in itself could prove to be hilariously fun or a huge mistake. Most people whether man or woman do not like the idea of learning or feeling like a noob in anything. After the hour or so it takes to get the basics down the following time spent tends to be worth while. Most women will look toward a gamer thinking that he is a nerd. When allowing them to get in to our world they tend to see the allure of gaming. Not only is it fun but tending to be rewarding. When playing a game of any kind of siginificant other you tend to learn things about one another. For instance the first time I taught my current siginificant other how to play Halo she had a rough time getting use to the up down left right way of things, but after she got more of the hang of it, she started to have fun with it. She loved the idea or chasing me around with a high caliber weapon pointing it directly at my face and pulling the trigger... And I must admit that there is something about chucking a grenade at your girl and watching her virtual body fly through the air.... but please refrain from saying "that's for saying you have a headache bitch!!"... Not good... For every guy or girl out there if you are a gamer and your significant other is not take the time out to spend time with them, teaching them, and playing with them. Everyone loves to spend time with loved ones so take the time to get that quality time... while killing each other... Love is great isn't it?



Other participants!
Gaming with my wife, You could be doubling alone, Next Gen Killed Our Gaming Relationship, Forced Perspective, Playing With My Toys, From Gaming Geek to Heroes Freak, My Lady and Gaming, Gaming with your significant other, Gaming Together, Maybe?, Girl Gamers = Hawt, Gaming with my significant other, Move Over Hott Boy, I Want to Play, Valentine's Day is for Gamers, Frag the Girlfriend!!, 'Til Mongoose Do Us Part

The Cool Nerd & The Return of Hip Hop...

Hip Hop basically raised me (for those of you that don't know me personally) I grew up in the late 80's and early 90's so I was present to the time of hip hop's golden years. My first purchased hip hop album was Nas Illmatic. I played that cassette in my walkman till it snapped... then bought another one and played it till it snapped... rinse, wash, repeat. I went along to later buy even more hip hop albums (Big Daddy Kane, Eric B & Rakim, Kool G Rap, Jay-Z, Biggie, & of course, Tupac) I was a child of hip hop where the lyrics meant something, they painted pictures, told stories, and made you move, not only with your feet, but your soul. I felt a one-ness with hip hop even tho I was a white boy alot of it spoke to me (not having a father, being broke, around drugs), but I found myself consistently pondering about my self.. I'm a white boy, gamer, anime crack addict... basically a nerd... How could someone like me love this music? I came to find out that I loved the music because it was passionate, truthful, & moving... Most that are quick to down talk hip hop don't take the time to listen beyond the cursing... Real MC's are putting their soul into these tracks... its not just a "gotta make a hit" mentality... its "this is me, love it or hate it" and thats the way I have always lived my life... As hip hop grew older I watched the (so-called MC's) destroy the foundation of what was once great... the mainstream was once littered with talent and lyricism (biggie, pac, rakim, etc) but became littered with glorifying violence, no skill, and just clashing words together... My heart became broken... I folded into the "underground" to find the passion again... and was greeted by great MC's.. such as Apathy, Celph Titled, AotP, Lupe Fiasco (who was still doing Faherenheit 1-15th mixtapes), Joe Budden (who spent sometime in the mainstream), Joell Ortiz, Crooked I, Charles Hamilton (who is now prepping a big release sometime in 09, I know that shits gonna be sick man!!!)... Then something happened that I never thought would MC's like Lupe Fiasco, Charles Hamilton, Kanye West, Pharrell, Clipse, etc. Made their ways into the mainstream... I couldn't believe it... Just to be honest... Lupe embodied what I had been called my whole life "the cool nerd" and he was part of the rebirth of hip hop in the mainstream... I almost shit myself... seriously...
I know that hip hop is more of an opinionated arguement since everyone and there mother has an opinion, but in mine... Hip Hop was dead... and now its seeing a rebirth unlike anything I had ever thought would happen.. the views of the MC's are changing... yet staying the same... not too much into just the street life, but into even more real life...

Blog Banter: LISTEN BITCH!!!

Welcome! Welcome one and all to the latest edition of Blog Banter! What is Blog Banter you ask? Why slap the shit out of yourself for not knowing and after bowing down to the greatness that is the Blog Banter sit back and think about how cool you really are... You think your up to the task of being as cool as the rest of us Blog Banter members? Well.. your not, but you can try by contacting BS Angel over at Hawty McBloggy if you think you are up to it!

Today's topic is: If you could ask for one thing this year from the gaming industry as a whole, what would it be and why?

While thinking about this question I had a few different reactions, but the only thing that I could come up with is this: FUCKIN LISTEN TO YOUR FANS!!! You know... those people that help build the gaming industry? I know that the gaming industry has become a business and you have to make profits to keep games coming out, but did we really have to cross over into the mainstream business models? I love being a gamer due to the fact that we are usually looked upon as the outcasts or different in some ways. Gaming was once a niche market that finally was discovered and boomed with amazing potential. The thing I loved most about gaming was the variety. I remember the days of Genesis and Super Nintendo. I have had so many conversations about this golden age of gaming and I still here about games that I never had a chance to actually play. It kinda bothers me that I might have missed out on some pretty tight work gaming, but the fact that there was so much quality (and horrid) games to choose from made the gaming market so appealing. It was a time in which there were some big shot titles (mainly Sonic and Mario games) but so many avenues to explore. Original and refreshing titles came out in almost ambundant fashion, there wasn't many rip-off titles (even tho they did exsist it wasn't many). Now my beloved gaming industry has flirted with the market of "business ethics" which in truth turns into "make what makes money and nothing more" long gone seem the days of quality and orginality and now we have stepped into the reality of hostile take-overs and with most of these take-overs or buy-outs we have almost lost some huge titles. Ghostbusters was dropped and almost had no home to go to. This I could not understand, sure Ghostbusters was an early 90's money making goalith that may not fair well with the 21st century, but the hype around this game alone should've made the publisher keep it. The fans were outraged... and amongst this outrage you figured a smart business would pick the title back up and forge ahead to capitalize on the profit margins, but, alas, they did not. Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena almost met the same fate as well. Not to mention what Epic did to Gears of War 2's multiplayer... It seemed as if Cliffy B and the staff made the multiplayer game THEY wanted to play. Yes they addressed some main concerns about the current problems that just about every Gears player complained about and promised to make it better. Instead we the gaming public, the fans, were greeted with a polished piece of horse jizz. Gears went from being about actual skill with the weapons to hide with the lancer then chainsaw (this they call tactical play... God we all got dicked with this one) true they improved the campaign beyond anything I could have thought (the campaign was truly amazing), the storyline was great, the battles even greater, the multiplayer promised to be a huge tit blonde with cat eyes, long legs, no gag reflex, and was going to tie us to the bed and ride us till we were raw and irritated. Instead we were greeted by a underage black shemale with a 13 inch cock shoving it roughly into our throats and ass while forcing our mothers to film it while being bonded down with leather covered chains on our favorite gaming chair.
In closing if the gaming industry would just settle down for a second and remember why we all started this journey then maybe we could make a new golden age of gaming one that both the old gamers and new age gamers could be proud of.

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Is that more Blog Banter goodness??? You bet your sorry ass it is... Check out the rest of the gang RIGHT NOW!!!
What I want in 2009, The "Roxanne" Edition, Dear Gaming Industry, if the industry gave us all presents this Christmas, Demands for the industry, Santa, Don't Bring Me Toys I Have To Share, All I Want for Christmas Is…, My Wish for the Year, Crossing Over, Checkpoint Unobtained. errr., Loading Requests, LISTEN BITCH!!!, One Wish, Dear Video Game Industry More games like Portal and Braid, Imagine, Dear Video Game Industry, A Wish for 2009!

Banned Accounts, Life Shit, Zombies, & Chainsaws...

I'd like to start this triumphant return to blogging off by saying FUCK XBOX LIVE!!! Yes FUCK YOU!!! As my 3 readers know... I go by NyghtPhreak... it is the name that generally spells out YOU ARE ABOUT TO GET PISSED OFF as soon as you see it. However thanks to Xbox... it has been deleted... Yes girlies... Deleted... My account was suspended for still unknown reasons... I went to log onto my account after a long retail managing day to hopefully chainsaw all my rage and worries away, yet was instead greeted with a YOUR ASS HAS BEEN PWNED AND WILL CONTINUE TO GET PWNED TILL 11/6/2008... Immediately I ran to my laptop opened my e-mail and was not greeted by an e-mail explaining this audacious act to me... It was too late to call Xbox Customer Care so I ran away... defeated to my loving bed... Upon waking in the morning I decided to call Xbox... I called... waited... then waited... masterbated while waiting... read a book... then got a customer service rep on the phone. After giving all the required information (name, address, live name, last 4 of credit card, urine sample) I was asked my problem I CALMLY (and I stress I was very calm at this point) that I wanted to know why my account had been suspended. They told me "we can not tell you that, it is one of two reasons.. either you violated by putting up something offensive on your bio... or someone filed enough complaints on you" Ok... that doesn't tell me shit... I asked to speak to someone higher up and they repeated the same thing. Upon asking why they can not give said information out I was given a long winded explanation... In which I could not understand... Not due to the lack of intellect... but due to the man's accent... I couldn't understand shit that came out of this man's cock pleaser... The only word I made out was "sir"... I retired... again.. defeated. Chalked it up to I pissed someone off enough that they got my ass.. Touche good sir! Well Gears of War 2 came out like we all know on 11/7/2008... I purchase my copy (which didn't even fuckin work btw...) and again was greeted by YOUR ASS GOT PWNED THIS TIME YOUR PWNED TILL 11/13/2008.... what.. the.. fuck... I had never signed in my account since the first suspension.. I can not understand this... in my rush to chainsaw some unlucky bastards (after exchanging my shitty copy for a working one) I made a whole new account... Thus PapaMydNyght was born... After getting ahold of customer care and going through loop after loop I was told the same bullshit about them not being able to tell me the reason my account is being suspended, I asked to speak to a supervisor and was greeted by "Tim" I believe it was... something really American sounding... but the voice sounded... well.. rather.. Indian.. again... I can barely understand this guy... I try my best to stay calm and explain that I think there is something wrong with my account could they possibly investigate the problem and get back to me? Or could I maybe get back to them? I was told No... (busted my bitch ass) So I filled this man's ear with tactful and calm phrases such as "Fuck your mother, you god forsaken son of a filthy man whore, I pay your fuckin salary with my 50 bucks a month and turn to you for some kind of help and you blow it out my ass... so your not tearing down buildings anymore huh? Your taking American's Live accounts and banning the shit out of them and laughing... Let me guess... Let them have their freedom, let their women roam free, and let them marry who ever they choose, but we... WE MY FRIENDS WILL HAVE THEIR XBOX LIVE!" About this time I'm doing my best Arabian Night war call "LALALALALALALA" When I stop talking I swear to you I had never heard the kind of silence I was greeted by... I thought he killed himself... or worse... hung up on me... I look to my cell phone screen... He didn't hang up... The voice on the other end sounded shaky... I think I made him cry "Sir I'm very sorry..." again the gentleman came out in me again "No don't play that empathy bullshit on me... I'm a manager in retail I understand that shit to its core... I'm cancelling my account so tell me what the fuck I have to do..."
He transfered me to account cancelations and when asked why I wanted to close it I responsed "because your customer service is horrible... I mean I have never asked anything out of your customer care and when I do I was basically slapped in the face, by some poor guy living in the middle of a arabian shithouse working for one bowl of rice a day... cuz you dirty bastards are only good enough to take american money not employ american workers" Upon this time I realized... The woman I was talking to was american... So they trust the arabians with our accounts, but not the money that funds their corporate empire.... America is fucking GREAT!
I still have no idea why my account was screwed over...

On the lighter side... GoW2 is a fantastic single player experience... I was totally heartbroken by the multiplayer "improvements" thanks Cliffy B... for making the game that you can be good in.. but no one else will ever understand...
Left 4 Dead was also released... There is a God... This game is so great I do not know where to begin... Buy it right away...