04/07/2014
For the first time on the Nexus 4, I’ve installed a Custom ROM, and to date this was my largest fail yet. I didn’t brick the device, although the password for the encryption I’d set up was continually rejected 🙁 I had to wipe the device completely, to remove drive encryption, and start Cyanogen 10.2.1, the last stable build based on Android 4.3.1, which is apparently more secure than later…
02/07/2014
Good, bad, and great news 🙂 Good news; my Onion Raspberry Pi kit arrived from Adafruit Bad news; I fried the board plugging in the USB connectors wrong in error Great news; I picked up another Pi, I’ve installed tor successfully, and can wirelessly access the Onion network. thttpd is installed, now working on building an Onion server 🙂 Here’s a great guide I used to install thttpd on the…
29/06/2014
I paid for the Street Fighter Ultra costumes. I feel like I validated the pay to play Capcom business model, but I don’t regret it for a minute:
29/06/2014
Shit, I’ve just purchased the last Ultra iteration… but I’m still excited by the prospect of Street Fighter V coming to PS4 and Xbone 🙂 Excerpt from EventHubs, info courtesy of sponichi Updated: Capcom’s Yoshinori Ono addressed Sports Nippon’s report today and said that the “pay to win model is not accurate and isn’t something we’re planning for. “Sorry for the confusion! We’re still in early planning stages and will…
28/06/2014
I haven’t played Grand Turismo 6 in a couple of weeks. Booted it up today to find a ~1.5 Gb update! I sometime miss cartidges
28/06/2014
I came across an Eurogamer today telling how the insightful, original, indie dev, Pippin Barr has released a new free web game, based on the The Junior Mint episode of Seinfeld Here’s a link to the game, enjoy, the tasty fresh: Junior Mint
27/06/2014
Why have I never heard of this site before? http://fullcirclemagazine.org/ It’s a free online magazine, focussed on Ubuntu, and featuring articles on programming and applications
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…
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