Rambling about Mr. Robot and Riot

I was so happy on Thursday when I was able to make it into the Mr. Robot panel.  This season looks like it will be just as good if not better than the last so I’m glad to finally have had the opportunity to watch the first few episodes.  I was not disappointed.

Another thing that was not disappointing was the fact that Riot actually acknowledged they had a problem with their patching process.  Wow, put those together and I had a very positive experience.

Mr. Robot was great!

I watched the first 3 episodes of the second season of Mr. Robot last night and as expected, it was a wonderful continuation of the tale.

What happened during Elliot’s missing time? That appears to be the focus of the season along with how the aftereffects of 5/9 change the world and our little group of hacktivists.

As usual with this show, when I am finished with an episode I always feel more paranoid, but this season, things seem even worse. The whole smart house scene was crazy – the more things we connect to the Internet and let computers run for us, the easier it is for someone to get in and change how things function. I may be a gamer, a software engineer, and a computerphile, but I am not going to hook my house or car up to the Internet anytime soon. Someone has to prove to me that the security is there to prevent exactly what happened in the smart house scene. It’s one thing to have a television show point out that someone can adjust your thermostat or music if you have a smart house, but even now, perverts take control of laptop cameras to spy on people. I’m gonna let security catch up to all the cool things before I jump onboard.

Riot admits problems

After complaining and having to deal with the past 2 crappy patches for League of Legends, Riot has finally acknowledged they have a problem.

Acknowledging that you have a problem is the first step towards solving it so hopefully Riot is on the path to fixing this annoyance. It’s just finally a relief that they actually recognize they’ve been part of creating and exacerbating the toxic environment in their game. Let’s hope there’s a quick fix.