Los Havros

New “Department” at the PlayStation Store: The Capcom Storefront- I’m loving what the team is doing for the PlayStation Store.  I admit that I’ve forgotten whether this is applying to all versions of the Store, or just the US version.  My brain’s scrambled these days!  I’m particularly impressed with all the dev replies in the [...]

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GI.biz interview: Ray Maguire- Chock-full of info, like why LittleBigPlanet, EyeToy, SingStar etc can only come from first-party developers, and that they must work harder on PS3-PSP marketing.  Much more is covered in the article.  Make sure you read it!  The issue of risk and funding is debatable though.  First-party developers are going to take [...]

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Sony promises better moderation system for LBP- Good stuff, this is how it should be.  Deleting users’ created levels without any constructive feedback or explanation is just not on.  Hopefully there will be no more community problems like this again with LittleBigPlanet, as it is detracting from what is otherwise, a superb experience.

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The flip side of the coin- I’m refering to the bottom half of this article.  Sure, LittleBigPlanet isn’t perfect, as many other games out there aren’t.  It’s still tremendous fun though.  Some of these things can be fixed, but other issues are down to reasonable community moderating.

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Criterion Announces Burnout Paradise Legendary Cars- I’m going to have to look more into this before making a firm judgement on the ‘hover car’.  But right now?  Seems ridiculous.

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Don’t bite the hand that feeds (aka Konami financial results show incredible reliance on PlayStation)- Some choice quotes: “So long as PlayStation can offer these kinds of numbers, Konami may continue being one of Sony’s greatest partners”, “Xbox 360 is home to most of Konami’s multiplatform efforts, and that’s yielded quite an insignificant return”.  Full [...]

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LittleBigPlanet European TV spots are genius- Wasn’t too keen on the first one, but the second one ‘rocks’.  Get it?  Looks like marketing has found an excellent way of describing the undescribable, and communicating across what LittleBigPlanet is all about.  A job well done, I’d say.

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Los Havros in your language- At http://loshavros.eu/ there is now a language portal available for all your, erm, language needs?!  It uses Google Translate to hopefully give you a rough idea of what I’m wittering on about.  It will cover European languages, and more languages will be added soon.  What do you think: good idea, [...]

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Sony UK boss on DLC: ‘Nothing is ever exclusive’- This is a very interesting interview.  It has allayed most of my fears about exclusives and whatnot.  Seems that whilst Microsoft is engaging in bribery and market restriction, Sony is wisely investing in R&D.  My faith in them has been restored.

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Sony on PS3 price: We’ve a business to run- And people have got food to buy, fuel bills to pay.  I’d say a PS3 could be considered a luxury these days.  In all honesty, I agree that Sony have some fantastic games coming in the pipeline, but the Xbox 360 is sooo much cheaper.  Why [...]

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New Media Manager for PSP- I’m going to have to check this out soon, especially with access to the PlayStation Store now integrated into it.  Interesting that they’ve finally made it free (the standard version, anyway), which I’ve been asking for a good couple of years now.  Bravo Sony.

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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.

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