I don’t want everybody to panic, but it has come to my attention that the Sci Fi channel’s popular television show Battlestar Galactica is more science than fiction. To put it plainly, the general storyline in the show is based on real events. The show itself is actually a way to prepare us for the eventual arrival of the Human and Cylon fleets.

For those that haven’t been following the show, basically, there were 12 colonies way out in space that were attacked by robots called Cylons. These machines obliterated the 12 colonies. A small fleet was able to escape and have been in search of the 13th colony, Earth. The fleet has been continuously chased by the Cylons, as the Cylons are very interested in Earth as well.

Those events, previously thought to be just a fabricated storyline for the show, are actually real events. The show was actually created by a few people from a scout ship to help prepare us for the fleet’s arrival. There was a previous Battlestar Galactica television show, which was also meant to prepare us, but the fleet’s arrival had to be delayed due to the Cylon’s finding their trail.

The new show is meant to re-introduce us to what’s going on so that we’ll have a partial understanding of the situation. Though we have been given no dates on when the arrival may happen, we are told to expect it within 10 years. The reason for masking the show as a fiction was due to the fact that they didn’t want to shock us or send us into panic, but rather give us some background information (even if we thought that info was purely fiction).

Unfortunately, the scouts themselves don’t know the current situation with the fleet, as they have been here on Earth for about 5 years, so their information is old. As such, it is unknown exactly what Earth must do to prepare; if it’s a war we must prepare for or somehow make plans to evacuate.

Hopefully the television show will shed some more light on Earth’s role in this war.

Tags: Battlestar Galactica, science fiction

MySpace, the online friend network system, and AdultFriendFinder, the online adult matching service, have announced a partnership that will bring about a new website named “MyAdultFriendSpace”. The new site will be an online community similar to MySpace but for adults only, emphasizing adult oriented features.

Some key new features include:

Minimum Age Requirement: One of the biggest issues with MySpace right now is the public’s outcry of older people contacting teens and how it could potentially lead to online or even offline sexual conduct. MyAdultFriendSpace will avoid this problem by setting a minimum age requirement of 21 years and will actually do a credit card check to verify age.

Detailed User Profiles: Each person’s profile will include more detailed information such as sexual orientation, preferred positions, length, girth, etc. Users will likewise be able to search on any of those criteria to add new AdultFriends.

Hot Posts: Like MySpace, each user will have the ability to make personal posts, similar to a blog. The posts can be rated by users for how hot the post is. Similarly, the hottest posts will be posted on the main website for all to see. The posts will be tied to different categories such as Personal Experiences, Sexual Frustrations, and What I Like in Bed.

Sex Links: Each profile will be linked to other profiles that the person has had sex with. Included with the link will be detailed tags such as the STDs transferred, how each side rated the sex, and if either party became pregnant (with a % change that the male in the link could be the father).

Top Lists: MyAdultFriendSpace will have a number of “top lists” that will display the top users, posts, etc. for certain categories. Lists that have been confirmed so far are:

• Most Sexually Active - This list will show the users that have the most sex links for a certain time period. Included next to each user is the likelihood of STDs and babies.
• Horniest - This list is a complicated algorithm that takes into account previous sex the person has had and compares it to any “drought” that are currently experiencing. The idea is that a person that used to have a lot of sex, but is currently hitting a dry spell sexually will probably be very horny.
• Freakiest - People that make the top of the freaky list will have sex links with a variety of different people. The freaky people will have sex links with all genders, races, heights, and weights and will have experienced many different positions and locations.

The deal between the two websites is likely to benefit both parties in the long run, though the initial response seems to be quite negative. The MySpace community is in an uproar over the announcment as they fear that their profiles have basically been sold to an adult service. However, MySpace representatives assure everybody that the user profiles will be only be sent to the new community if the user opts in. The reps also stress that by adding a separate MySpace related community that is adult oriented, they hope to clean up the MySpace community and make it a safer place for teens.

Well, this year’s E3 is finally over and there’s still a ridiculous amount of information floating around. We here at Almost True News have put together a list of notable gaming tidbits that’ll hopefully shed some light on this year’s E3.

Nintendo

• Wii Remote: Perhaps the most talked about item at the expo was Nintendo’s Wii remote. It was revealed that it’s capable of not only motion sensing technologies, but also has the ability to play sound, release smells, produce immense heat or extreme cold, rumble, and can produce small electric shocks.
• Smash Bros. Brawl: Nintendo revealed a few new playable characters for the highly anticipated Smash Bros. Brawl. Among those announced; Meta Knight (Kirby), Mike Tyson (Mike Tyson’s-Punchout), Sub Zero (Mortal Kombat), Solid Snake (Metal Gear Solid), Green Pipe (Mario), and Pit (Kid Icarus).
• DS Ultra Lite: Though the DS Lite has yet to be shipped in the United States, Nintendo announced that the next version, the DS Ultra Lite, would be out by this year’s holiday season.

Microsoft

• Live Arcade Update: Microsoft announced that Live Arcade game downloads were outnumbering store bought game sales by over 40 to 1. With that, they’ve decided to discontinue producing large scale games to be sold in retail stores. Prices of Live Arcade game are expected to raise over the coming months.
• Gamertags: It was discovered that Microsoft’s popular “gamertag” information is currently being sold to 3rd parties.
• Xpod: Microsoft concluded their press conference by revealing their portable gaming device dubbed the “Xpod”. It is expected to play XMD format movies, Mp3z, act as a phone, and will be the backbone to the newly announced Microsoft Live Anywhere technology.

Sony

• Press Conference: Sony had a really good openning press conference that has left everybody feeling very excited, especially with the $600 price tag and “borrowed” Wii technology.

Tags: E3, Sony Playstation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii

You have have noticed a lack of stories posted for a few days. The reason for this is two fold.

1: E3 is hitting us this week and everybody’s attention is most likely on that. I could go about posting “almost” true news about the games and hardware, but then new announcements would be released that’d make any news here posted obsolete.

2: I’ve just released a new site, Wii Play, which will eventually turn into an incredibly unique community driven website. However, for now it’s an updating Wii news and information site. I only had about a week to get it up and running before E3 so it’s still lacking a few things. Over the next few months I’ll release a new version of it that will hopefully put a fresh new spin on how sites are done.

I do plan on start posting frequently here again after E3 so don’t worry about me abandoning this site. It’s a fun outlet to write various humorous reports that are mostly fun satires.

Tags: Nintendo Wii, E3 expo

Global warming has become an increasingly heated (pun intended) topic of controversy. It’s arguably the most important concern for environmentalists and is becoming an increasingly important political issue as some citizens begin to panic.

Many believe global warming is caused by the increase of greenhouse gases. The increase is usually attributed to the industrial advances mankind has made through the years, namely transportation, manufacturing, and other fuel burning processes. Some believe global warming doesn’t even exist, that the increase in temperatures and enironmental shifts are all naturally occuring.

Apparently, current theories have all been wrong as the ATNERF (Almost True News Environmental Research Facility) has just release a new report that pin points the real cause of global warming, and it isn’t greenhouse gases. The ATNERF researchers have discovered that the true cause is in fact, the internet.

They have shown many figures and graphs showing how the increase in abnormal environmental shifts, namely global warming, match the increase in internet usage around the world. Big spikes in global warming happen at nearly the exact same time as large spikes in internet usage, such as the release of eBay, Google’s release of GMail, and the surge caused by the relatively new MySpace. Google has actually been attributed with four of the top 10 spikes in recent years.

A Microsoft representative responded yesterday saying “We find these findings to be quite accurate as we’ve been studying the same phenomenon. We’ve always known Google was more evil than us. ‘Do no evil’ indeed.”

Researchers have not yet mentioned any “cures” for this except for people to surf less and watch television more. They also urge gamers to play offline as much as possible.

Last week Microsoft announced the beta of Windows Live Shopping. Right now, when Firefox users attempt to load the page they are greeted with a message saying:

“We’re sorry. Windows Live Shopping Beta does not yet support Firefox.

We’re working to correct this as soon as possible.”

This was not the original message however. Almost True News was able to take a screenshot of the original message which can be seen below (click to enlarge). It is not clear if this was an official Microsoft message or if it was some employees idea of a joke.

There is a rumor floating around that it was actually what the page said during development and that it was supposed to be changed upon public release (which was done, just a few hours late).

No matter what the real reason for the original message is, it’s yet another nail in the coffin for Microsoft’s PR.

Tags: Windows Live Shopping, Microsoft, Firefox