Family Research Council Rages Over SWTOR

An upcoming update to Star Wars: The Old Republic has people with high social values up in arms. The update will allow for same sex romance options within the game. Falling in love with an alien or robot is perfectly fine, as long as one is female and one is male.

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Today’s Bullshit: Google’s New Privacy Policy

If you’ve been watching this site or just reading up on any sort of tech news lately, you’ve no doubt noticed that Google and Facebook are in an eternal struggle for control of the internet. They’ve been rapidly updating their site designs as well as their policies in order to out do each other, but these updates keep coming at the cost of the user’s privacy. Today, Google just flat out sent all of their users an email letting them know that the privacy policy has been changed.

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DEAD: Robert Hegyes

Published by in tv on January 27th, 2012

You don’t even know who this guy was. Welcome back.

Nintendo’s Wii U: Failure to Launch

Published by in games on January 27th, 2012

Not to be outdone by Microsoft’s rumors about the next XBox, Nintendo has been churning out all kinds of rumors about its own next console. Some developers are saying that it will be capable of indescribable features (as in, words, pictures, and video cannot do them justice). Others are saying that the horrible name “Wii U” will be dropped in favor of something that sounds less like baby speak. And on top of all of this, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has confirmed that their next console will be out this calendar year (though he leaves the possibility open for them to not finish by year’s end because he’s a pussy).

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CNN North Florida GOP Debate Drinking Game

Join us tonight at 8pm eastern to drink away the sorrows implied in our nation’s self destruction, with the Tears of Time CNN & University of North Florida GOP Debate Drinking Game. Complete list of rules after the break.

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Newt Gingrich: The Mind of a Child

As Newt Gingrich rises in the polls, so do attacks on his political views. As attacks on Gingrich increase, Gingrich’s attacks on his attackers increase. While his slams against democrats gain him popularity within the republican party, what he fails to realize is that the country is unfortunately not inhabited entirely by republicans.

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Ravens’ Defensive Coordinator Fired, Hired.

Published by in sport on January 25th, 2012

I don’t usually care about sport enough to even read into it anymore than what’s shoved in my face. “Breaking News” today, however, as the Ravens fire Defensive Coordinator Chuck Pagano for doing a poor job, the Indianapolis Colts take the opportunity to hire him as the Head Coach.

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Next Xbox to be Six Times as Powerful.

Rumors leaking from the belly of Microsoft claim that the next Xbox will be Six times as powerful as the current generation Xbox 360. At first glance this seems like a great increase in power, but if you look just a little bit into these claims you can find the disturbing truth. (Update After Break)

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John/Cue\Publik’s Top 5 Affordable Gear Picks of NAMM 2012

Editor’s Note: John/Cue\Publik brings us his top picks from the National Association of Music Merchants 2012 convention. He is a regular contributor and founding member of one of our partner sites, GrimeyRepublik.org, a vibrant hip hop community site. Check them out for great news, reviews, and exclusive tracks.

Tis the time of year for all of the music equipment manufacturers we’ve clicked “Like” on decide to flood our walls with all of their glorious new gear. Every year there’s definitely a few things that grab my attention but this year had some especially awesome stuff. I’d like to highlight some the pieces of equipment that I consider to be the most interesting. I’ve had no problem keeping it to relatively obtainable equipment as you can see there’s plenty of dope stuff to get for under a grand.

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Deep Wing Discussess: The State of the Union Address

Welcome to the first official Deep Wing discussion. Deep Wing is live coverage of a topic by several Tears of Time Editors, giving you the deepest insights from the broadest range of wings. We will begin posting regarding the State of the Union Address around 8:45 PM Eastern, 7:45 PM CST. Hit refresh every few minutes to get the Deep Wing coverage updated “in real time.”

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Tonight: Deep Wing Discusses “The State of the Union Address”

Tonight at 9 PM Eastern/8 PM Central (and you can do the math to figure out whatever other time zone you’re in), the “President” will be addressing the union with information about its current status. Most of you reading this probably had no idea this was evening happening tonight.

Tears of Time will be Deep Wing covering this event with live commentary and dissection of the nonsense that is happening. Expect coverage to begin around 8:30 PM Eastern/7:30 PM CST. To view the coverage, just go to the post above this one (when it goes live) and hit refresh every now and then for up to the minute nitpicking from all of your favorite Tears of Time staff members.

Tyler Perry’s “Meet The Browns”: Is Enough Enough?

Published by in tv on January 22nd, 2012

Over two months ago, we brought you word that Tyler Perry’s “Meet The Browns” was finally canceled. If you’re still unsure about the show being canceled, here is the definitive word: Yes, “Meet the Browns” was canceled. A show that no one had asked for based on a movie that no one had asked for based on a play that no one had asked for has been cancelled. And yet despite this, fans of the show keep arriving on our site looking for answers to their burning questions. “Why was Meet the Browns cancelled?” several Googlers ask. “Was Meet the Bworns chanslords?” others inquire. Let’s get to the bottom of this.

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DEAD: South Carolina Voters

In a ‘stunning’ turn of events, hundreds of recently deceased voters rose from the grave to vote in ‘recent’ South Carolina elections. Few details are available at this time. Stay tuned for updates.

DEAD: Joe Paterno

Apparently God only hates you when you get caught

DEAD: Sarah Burke

I only know you because you died.

DEAD: Etta James

It would be delightfully inappropriate if they played “At Last” at her funeral.

Review: HTC Rezound

Make: HTC
Model: Rezound
Carrier: Verizon

So I take the phone out of the box and turn it on. Beautiful, now let me plug it into the charger and fill that fat battery all the way up. Oh, what’s this HTC? Did you not get the memo? We decided on a universal charger. What the fuck is this shit?

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Google’s Personal Results Create an Insular Internet Cut Off From Society at Large

Published by in tech on January 19th, 2012

The idea is simple: search what your friends search, see what your friends see. Want to know what your friends are saying about topics you are looking for? See it right there in the search. Sounds great, eh?

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Crybabies Cry Over Paula Deen’s “Hypocrisy”

You know that fat lady on TV that sits around all day making foods full of sugar and butter? You know who I’m talking about. She’s fat and she makes fattening foods on Food Network. SNL does parodies of her regularly. Welp, turns out she’s a diabetic. Type 2, AKA “the fatman’s disease.” How could this be possible?!? Might it have to do with eating sugary, buttery, fat filled foods?

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Media Bias and the Boneheaded Establishment Attempt to Halt the Progress of Ron Paul

According to the bean counters at the Pew Research Center, if Ron Paul went 3rd party he would split the Repiblican vote. This information was skewed by USA Today as they are attempting to trick people into not voting for Ron Paul. They’re presenting the story as “a vote for a 3rd party will ensure Obama’s victory,” the subtext of which of course being “voting for Ron Paul is voting for a person who can’t win, so don’t throw away your vote.”

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