Posted in Gaming on Jun 27th, 2009
I would like to announce with much fanfare that I have finally fired up my copy of Grand Theft Auto IV and I’m aiming to play right through it. For me, that is quite an achievement. The game has just been sitting there, gathering dust for over a year at my current estimate. Partly I [...]
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Posted in Asides, Gaming, Online on Jun 24th, 2009
Sky Broadband sorry for PSN problems- I suppose that explains all the problems that I’ve been having with the PSN. Sky Broadband is my ISP, so hopefully this problem has now been solved, yet I seem to have always had connectivity issues with the PSN. I’ll see how all of this pans out first before [...]
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Posted in Gaming on Jun 21st, 2009
I have waited till I completed the game in full before offering up some final thoughts on Prince of Persia, and I’m glad I did, as I can now visualise the game as a whole and in the right perspective. I think the easiest way to go about it, is to direct you to GameSpot’s [...]
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Posted in Asides, Gaming, Web on Jun 7th, 2009
Yet Another Awesome PS3 Exclusive – inFamous- Matt Brett reviews inFamous which has made me want the game even more! Very insightful review and well worth a read with your favourite beverage. I’ll be picking this beauty up myself soon.
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Posted in Gaming, Web on Jun 7th, 2009
There’s been a couple of games that I’ve been really excited about for a long time now that are currently on the horizon, and will be with us later this year: Assassin’s Creed 2 and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. With E3, we’ve all been deluged with plenty of information about both games. Here’s a round-up [...]
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Posted in Gaming, review on May 26th, 2009
I was given the wonderful opportunity to try out Bejeweled 2 , which has been ported to the PS3 and has been available on the PlayStation Network for just a couple of weeks now, joining the Xbox 360 version on the Xbox Live Arcade. What am I doing looking at a relatively small PlayStation Network [...]
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Posted in Gaming, blog on May 25th, 2009
With recent talk of gaming slumps reverberating across the blogosphere, I read them and can totally relate, having to effectively abstain from any meaningful amount of gaming for the past few months and feeling my self-worth as a gamer shrivel.
So I tried to rack my brains for the antonym of ’slump’ and the best I [...]
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Posted in Asides, Gaming, News on Apr 25th, 2009
Access to Uncharted 2 Multiplayer beta with inFamous- Well, this confirms the Uncharted 2 multiplayer rumours. Still, I’d have much rather had a single player demo of Uncharted 2. I guess this is better than nothing. See also: all of Kotaku’s Uncharted 2 coverage.
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Posted in Gaming, Online on Apr 22nd, 2009
Welcome to the final article in my series on PlayStation Home. Over the past couple of weeks I’ve looked at different aspects of Home, but I’ve dodged answering what exactly Home is, and where it might be heading.
People have been complaining that PlayStation Home simply lacks things to do, content etc. And we’re all told [...]
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Posted in Asides, Gaming, News on Apr 21st, 2009
PlayStation.Blog details PSP Firmware (v5.50) Update- Tighter integration with the PlayStation Network via the Information Board just like the PS3, but Trend Micro web security for the browser?! Fair enough I suppose, the web can be a dangerous place.
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Posted in Asides, Gaming on Apr 21st, 2009
DS Chinatown Wars flops badly, selling under 100,000 units- I can’t say I’m surprised; the DS just has the wrong gamer demographic for the Grand Theft Auto series.
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Posted in Gaming, Online on Apr 18th, 2009
As the penultimate article in my series on PlayStation Home, we now delve into the mysteries of Xi which pushes the limits of what you’d think possible from a virtual world merely for socialising.
What gets me most about Xi, is the sheer genius of it all. PlayStation Home as a cohesive online world has the [...]
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