Los Havros

From this Wednesday onwards, I’ll be leaving these digital shores to lead the life of a relatively low-tech person.  For my flat in Liverpool, I’ve signed upto a mobile broadband contract with Three which will give me lower internet speeds than I am used to, and a monthly usage limit of 3Gb.  Whilst I have [...]

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This is an important announcement for all my readers.
I will be manually importing blog posts from blog.cityintheclouds.net to loshavros.co.uk as the automatic import tool thingy doesn’t seem to be working.  So if you see new posts popping up, then don’t worry; they’re simply being moved across.
Why is this happening?  Los Havros is the spiritual successor [...]

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Everything you wanted to know about PlayTV but were afraid to ask- A very comprehensive Q&A about PlayTV.  Well worth a read as these guys pull no punches with the questions!  I’ll be picking up PlayTV when it comes down in price, and when I get round to fitting a bigger hard drive in my [...]

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LittleBigPlanet launch swag- Free, Limited Edition Spacesuit and rare “I was there Week One” T-Shirt have convinced me enough to place my preorder!  Nah, seriously- I already know this game is going to be amazing, I just needed that extra incentive to acquire it sooner rather than later.

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All the headings you see below are scattered thoughts and opinions of mine.  They don’t necessarily follow on from each other.
In the beginning
Well, where to start?  I guess I’ll mention first that Ensemble Studios has to be one of my favourite developers due to their sterling work on the Age of Empires series.  I grew [...]

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LittleBigPlanet Trophies List- Looks like an interesting challenge.  I can’t wait to get this game!  It should be a real experience, and the community aspect for getting some of the trophies looks compelling.  Contender for game of 2008?  I think so.

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“Because every soldier keeps a diary, right?  Right?!”
Sure, Warhawk has been on the market for about 12 months, but its online community is thriving.  The servers are full of veteran players, but the addition of trophies and the brand new expansion packs have kept the game fresh and interesting.  I’m a new Warhawk player and [...]

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Ensemble Studios to Close its Doors Once Halo Wars is Completed- This is shocking news, and very disappointing (to me, at least).  Even though a new studio will be formed, the name ‘Ensemble Studios‘ will be fondly remembered by PC gamers and continue to be much respected for years to come.

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I just felt compelled to write this piece as I’ve directly had issues with iTunes and now, all my issues have just melted away, like ice in the spring you might say.
Let’s rewind to 2006, shall we?  Windows Media Player 11 was released and it debuted with a new visual look, which was nice.  Anyhow, [...]

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I’ve installed WP-Polls, and I thought that as my blog is a few months old, and growing in popularity, I would take stock of everything.  So, ushering in this new era of community participation with polls I thought I’d ask you to rate how I’m doing with regards to the content I write about on [...]

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2008 iPod Reviews: iPod nano 4G and iPod touch 2G- The always-excellent Mr. Paul Thurrott delivers a detailed and informative review of each device.  I thoroughly enjoyed reading this article with a cup of tea.  You might too

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Apple fixes BSOD problem it caused with iTunes 8- Apparantly iTunes 8 can cause a blue screen of death to a PC running Windows Vista if you quite reasonably want to plug an iPod in.  It sounds like a real pain to reinstall everything… but only if you need the fix.  I’m quite scared to [...]

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