Posted in Asides, Technology on Oct 30th, 2008
I’m loving all the new Windows 7 info- This week, the 2008 coverage of Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference has been geek heaven for me. I’ve been reading Paul Thurrott’s excellent Windows 7 Preview series regularly, waiting in anticipation for each new instalment. Really interesting stuff.
Bill Bailey - News Themes- I was watching Bill Bailey’s ‘Part Troll‘ (2003–2004) tour on 4Music last night. I saw it a few years back, and was especially impressed with his hilarious take on the BBC News theme. After seeing it again, I had a search for it and found this. Classic.
Grand Theft Auto IV PS3 Trophies this Monday- As a gamer who hasn’t spent much time on GTA IV at all, this is the incentive I need to sink some hours into it. With many gamers who have already completed GTA IV not fancying playing through it again for the Trophies, is this a stroke [...]
Global approval process in the works for PSN- Sounds like great stuff, making it even easier for developers to get their content on the PlayStation Network (PSN). The PSN is one of the great, open online networks out there: no fees, no overly restrictive requirements on developers and no need for publishers.
Three Speech Title Round-Up- It just goes to show what great games are going to be released on the PS3 in the next couple of months or so. My favourites I’m looking forward to though? Has to be Resistance 2, LittleBigPlanet, and BioShock. Those are my dream three. Right there.
Premium Themes on the PlayStation Store- I suppose new content like this is good as there’s always going to be someone out there with money burning a hole in their pocket. Personally though, themes don’t appeal to me. I like the clean, elegant XMB that is there as default. I’ve even got rid of my [...]
Three Developers Explain LittleBigPlanet Level Design to a 7-Year-Old- Kotaku shows why LittleBigPlanet will open the PLAYSTATION brand to such a wide audience, and why the rest of the gaming industry should be afraid. There’s also some neat level design tips for the rest of us!
MTV Multiplayer interviews John Smedley- If you like your news thick and fast then this interview certainly provides that. For anyone with a passing interest in Sony Online Entertainment (SOE), this is essential reading. Whilst SOE aren’t the darlings of the MMO industry, what they’re upto deserves attention.
Coming Out of the Shadows: Rusty Buchert Talks Latest Project- Sure, when it comes to games consoles, I’m quite biased. But if this is not innovation of the art form, I don’t know what is. Innovation these days seems to be on the PS3 and the Wii.
See the Official PlayStation Bluetooth Headset- An informative video of the new headset. My only gripe, is why was this not available sooner?! The Xbox 360 has had a unified online strategy, and the hardware to back it up from day one!
GTA IV gets Trophy patch- I must admit, this news really took me by surprise. Considering such games as Race Driver: GRID and Resistance: Fall of Man were not going to be patched, I had resigned myself to the fact that GTA IV would also not be patched. Sooo….. this is great!
UK PS3 install base over three times what it was a year ago- This is good news, but the Xbox 360 remains very strong in the UK (Microsoft: Xbox 360 outselling PS3 two-to-one). The PS3’s strong games lineup is in no doubt- I think this all has to do with price point at this stage. [...]
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