01/11/2014
Grid Autosport Black edition vs Forza Horizon 2 No comparison – that’s the brutal truth when pitting Grid Autosport against its rivals. It boasts a polish, an attention to the raw thrill of competitive motorsport, that elevates it above the merely flashy contenders. This isn’t blind loyalty speaking; I cut my teeth on racing sims, from TOCA’s legendary circuits to Forza’s early bids for Gran Turismo’s crown. Even spending Christmas…
29/10/2014
I’m a couple of chapters into Capcom’s Remember Me – an urban cyberpunk Lara Croft adventure, movie like FMV, William Gibson’s tomorrow’s technology, combat of Batman and Assassins Creed, with its own touch of remix… and then we have the cool finishing move ‘overloads’, that reminds me of Bayonetta’s wicked weave Modern day Paris is stunning, reminiscent of a Final Fantasy city blended with Hong Kong; the only thing it’s…
27/10/2014
While I’m enjoying a kick about, and been scared the shit out of, 2 more xbox 360 games have been passed onto me today, that I’ve been meaning to pick up for a while: Remember Me The place is Neo-Paris. The year is 2084. Personal memories are now digitised, bought, sold and traded. The last vestiges of privacy and intimacy have been swept away in what appears to be a…
26/10/2014
So after a few gym sessions last week, yoga this morning, I deserve some gaming time, and I’ve a few new varied titles to play with… including my back catalogue, I’ve been ticking off Watch Dogs missions. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Learn the story behind Borderlands 2’s villain, Handsome Jack, and his ascendance to power in this new game in the Borderlands series. Taking place between the original Borderlands and Borderlands…
26/10/2014
I had a crisis yesterday, spilling water over my workbench; saved the consoles and PC first, and my cheap keyboard took the brunt of it, showing its dislike for water by having continuous Ctrl. So today went shopping for a new input device. I was at first considering a decent mechanical keyboard, given the time I spend tapping away. Pros love the sound of the clicks responsive nature of the…
18/10/2014
Time to finish off some stories, before the pre xmas launch fest. There are a few on my list, I may not get through them all this weekend 😉 Here’s my list, in no particular order: Wolfenstein: The New Order An amazing story with cool nods back to the original, everything a FPS should be, with no gimmicks. [Rating: 4.5] The Last of Us Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Valiant…
16/10/2014
Yes, even the 2012 Nexus 7 will get updated to Android 5.0 Lollipop Android Central I hardly use my N7 online, so never seen much of a danger of using OFW. Fingers crossed there could be perfomace improvements, worse case I root it and drop on the quickest lit-weight CFW I can find
Since there is no longer a toggle button, users with only breadcrumbs will need to hit Ctrl+L to show the text-entry address bar (and Esc to go back to breadcrumbs) You can also hit the / key and it will show the address bar, but empty (well, except for it beginning with “/“), ready for you to type or paste an address (so if you want to copy the address…
14/10/2014
With This Tiny Box, You Can Anonymize Everything You Do Online No tool in existence protects your anonymity on the Web better than the software Tor, which encrypts Internet traffic and bounces it through random computers around the world. But for guarding anything other than Web browsing, Tor has required a mixture of finicky technical setup and software tweaks. Now routing all your traffic through Tor may be as simple…
13/10/2014
I only got into 0AD a couple of months back, and here’s a serious free update 🙂 Full details here: webupd8 Notable changes in 0 A.D. Alpha 17 “Quercus”: Major Core Combat Rebalance: if you send only one unit type to battle, it fares poorly against regiments of the same size that mix more than one type, e.g. melee and ranged units; technologies as a whole have been made more…
13/10/2014
… or why I’m thinking of buying a Nintendo Think I might just have to settle with replaying the original
13/10/2014
I really enjoyed the previous installment of Far Cry. One of the few games, together with GTAV, and Tomb Raider, that have been compelliing enough to complete the story lines. Saying that, I’m making good progress into Diablo III, and I must go back and finish The Last of US, and Wolfenstein… anyway I digress, allow me to introduce you to Kyrat An introduction to the Lowlands of Kyrat. This…
06/10/2014
I’ve been happily using Cyanogenmod, without GAPPS, on my phone for quite a few months now, and have been more than happy finding none Google alternatives. That is until the last updates on my N7, and Google Voice looks to have appeared 🙂 I’ve been so envious of our cousins across the pond, who have had access for years, now the choice looks to be mine! I was so excited…
06/10/2014
I was playing about installing yet another Linux flavour via VirtualBox; CrunchBang. I’ve been a fan of Slackware for a while, so thought I’d give it a try. It was a pleasent surprise, it worked well from boot, with a nice installation script that gives the option to install all of the bells and whistles extras. It’s feels light, but in a lumbuntu sort of way; not short on functions,…
21/09/2014
Here’s footage of the future version of Ultra Street Fighter 4, the Omega edition! According to this post on Eventhub it’s intended more for fun, than a balanced release… and it does certainly look fun, and will be free 🙂 This will be released in October, together with the v1.04 update: This blog entry also states that a new patch is heading our way in October. The v1.04 update will…
15/09/2014
I found a paste bin with the following USFIV Prize Codes 🙂 Am I missing any? Chocolate-Chip Cookie – 2592B6JIV6CR49 Angry Dog – LPTPV4J9PMLW5B Capcom Fighter – 8TGIXJVLEKEHG8 Best Combo – 82SPR56FW3JX48 Cheers! – 0QLBUU3LB7R8WO Pro Animator – T9N4MH7IIHT3R0 Breath of Summer – H3EO9O5MZTCMLQ Justice till the End – 1H98PF2079P43T Better Luck Next Time! – M42OLW0IHGLGMJ Lightning Blast – XVCXTA1Y16R9AG Bold Cat – OFU11HD1VC3TJ5 Absolute Drama – W0ZSV5SYW2ZEEJ Skillful Brother…
13/09/2014
Finally had the chance to pick up Destiny, and went for the PS3 option. This was solely driven by the next gen console I’m more likely to pick up will be a Sony I’m going through the modern age frustration of transferring game content, installing, downloading updates, launch patches, and a compatibility pack. I had to burn my GTAV installation, to free up space. Hopefully not something I’ll regret, as…
Daigo, a god among gamer’s, AMA on Reddit! Great read, with cool insights
02/09/2014
Finally manged to removed the screws on the back of my Madcatz FightStickPro, and install the octagonal plate 🙂 I’ve had a quick play through with Ibuki on USFiv, and I’m very impressed! Since learning stick I’ve had trouble Ibuki’s Kunai, so never able to pull off her vortex 🙁 This now isn’t an issue, and all half and quarter circle moves were pulled off on the first attempt 🙂…