24/06/2014
It’s quite easy to make a Raspberry Pi a Tor Proxy, just order the parts from AdaFruit, and work through their easy to follow guide. Or if you’re Gen Y, there’s a YouTube video 🙂 But this isn’t why I’ve acquired a Raspberry Pi! I access Tor via a Arch Linux VirtualBox machine, booting a live version of Tails on my PC, and Orbot on my Android devices. What I…
4.4.3 arrived earlier this month for my Nexus 4, I’ve missed root access, but only just got around to implementing it today. This time I didn’t want to go the windows way, so I used 3 great resources: bernaerts.dyndns.org chainfire.eu Team Win Resources I’m linking this as a reference, as I’m going to have to repeat this exercise in the near future due to the imminent roll out of 4.4.4:…
As a break for my aged fingers from Street Fighter, today I installed 0 AD, described as A free, open-source game of ancient warfare, on Ubuntu. I’ve been a fan of Civilization, in each incarnation, so I’m quite excited to try this high quality open-source title. Feature of the 0 AD, from the site: 0 A.D. (pronounced “zero ey-dee”) is a free real-time strategy (RTS) game of ancient warfare. Lead…
17/06/2014
I’ve been playing some version of SFIV for a while now, but today the question hit me: Whats the difference between Battle Points & Player Points? Here’s a succinct answer from a google search: PP stands for Player Points. BP stands for Battle Points. PP is essentially your overall skill as measured by the game and your wins and losses, regardless of what character you’re using. BP measures your skill…
16/06/2014
As a public service announcement, here’s a reminder that Street Fighter iv is now free on Xbox live, for gold members, until the end of the month! As a long time fan of the game I’m stoked that new players will have the pleasure of experiencing SFiv for the first time. For those who are new to the series, and even maybe the genre, here’s a great guide to start…
16/06/2014
Useful Linux command line string to show current DNS server: nm-tool | tail -n 8
Kotaku Australia: How You’ll Play Far Cry 4 With Friends Who Don’t Own It. This is interesting, I remember some PSP games having this function nearly 10 years ago. This way of sharing seems more about the promotion of the title, than the fun of multi player gaming. The “sender” will receive ten “Keys to Kyrat” which he can send to ten PSN “friends” of his choice. The “friend” will…
13/06/2014
As a big fan of the series I was keen to get into Trials Fusion, and all I can think is each next title takes it a step back from the simplistic beauty; complexity is added to ‘upgrade’ and ‘appeal’ Find the voices a mix between Gladys and the sublime media of Bioshock… except more annoying, and not as funny. FMX mode is a nice addition, where traditonal MX tricks…
11/06/2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTMhGg5mtp8 Looks like another console I may need to pick up 🙂
10/06/2014
I grew up with Rik Mayall on TV, from hearing of school mates getting to watch The Young Ones while I was too young to be awake at that hour, to me and my brother being able to recite every Bottom show, including the live perforamnces, from start to finish. Here’s are 2 of my favourites though, The Comic Strip… Four men in a car A Fistfull of Travelers Cheques…
10/06/2014
For those who loved the first person parkour Mirror’s Edge, the sequel is a must play title. The environments and movements look fantastic, but do they look next generation? I’m hoping that the game play, and difficulty, have not been dumbed down too much for popular appeal. Another reason to purchase a next gen console too 🙂
10/06/2014
PlayStations recent announcements at this year’s, E3. inVizimals The Resistance—> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GuXXAnqV_c The Order 1886—> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8MYYvA-EIo Bloodborne —> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfYyJtyLf0o Killzone Intercept —> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVuPlXc0ZW4 Minecraft —> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPrZsjyJnLE&feature=youtu.be LBP3 —> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg0gEY34jfk&feature=youtu.be BigFest —> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLHFAKQh_Is&feature=youtu.be Uncharted trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4BC48aem60 inFAMOUS —> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTNNLvs_q-Y TLOU —> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmP2QLKJFr0&feature=youtu.be Set Maker for Playroom —> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwxEaw2na0k Everyone has gone to the Rapture —> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZOMJf9y8qs Entwined —> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4eB4jlcqs0&feature=youtu.be DRIVECLUB (Tuesday) —> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCHbRjsgXqE
08/06/2014
phew, the release of Shadow of the Collosus for the PS3 was the sole reason I picked up the console. Thinking The Last Guardian may influence my decision to the Sony machine in the next gen too Sony reveals the cancellation of Team ICO’s long-running project during an internal meeting last week… The game has been in development since 2007, and was formally announced at the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo…
08/06/2014
Fantastic; after a year of information leaked regarding the NSA, and other security organisation, mass surveillance of communication, the tide of change has begun! As the Fight for the Future guys state: it’s up to us to protect our privacy and data! If you care introduce SSL on your sites, but more, encrypt your communication. Chat secure – is a free and open source encrypted chat client for iPhone and Android that…
‘Earlier this month, at least three U.S. states reported that a hacker had broken into electronic road signs above major highways, with the hacker leaving messages for people to follow him on Twitter. The Multi-State Information Sharing an Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) produced an intelligence report blaming a Saudi Arabian hacker that the organization says likely got the idea from Watch Dogs, a new video in which game play revolves around…
07/06/2014
So with the news of the recent launch of Ultra Street Fighter IV, I have found a token that grants 48 hours of Gold membership to xbox live, I’ve had a few fights to test my connection and setup (7 wins from 8, my Blanka still kicks arse 🙂 ), and the Ultra update is currently downloading. So to fill in the time, and to get my game up to…
07/06/2014
This was a fantastic campaign that began yesterday (a year after the Snowden NSA leaks), from Fight for the Future, to encourage the users of the web to step up their security. A coincidence that I set up unique IP, and HTTPS with a self signed cert for this site yesterday 🙂 Block mass government surveillance and take back privacy! Share this so we can reset the net everywhere.
06/06/2014
Phil Spencer from Microsoft posted on twitter today: June #XboxOne software dev kit gives devs access to more GPU bandwidth. More performance, new tools and flexibility to make games better But what does this mean? Eurogamer questined Microsoft: Microsoft has confirmed that this boost in performance is in fact due to Kinect being stripped from the package. When asked if the two were related, a Microsoft spokesperson sent Eurogamer the…
Quite sad about this, of all the original consoles I have in my collection, my PSP-1000 is one that I still occasionally break out. I have fond memories, from across the globe. Sometimes tropical exotic locations. Often in transit. Special simple gaming moments with this device. Let the death march toll: patta, patta, patta, pon I remember paying over $100 USD for a 1gb memory card, this was before I…