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…
01/06/2014
I still call Niko for GTA V DLC, after watching this what do you think?
01/06/2014
I’ve played Watch Dogs for the past day (16.1% Progression!), here’re a few of my thoughts on the title so far, my largest criticism is that it isn’t GTA 🙂 Watch Dogs don’t sprint Towers, it’s an Ubisoft open world adventure, how can there not be towers to liberate(!) No clipping experienced on the PS3, I was prepared for the worse I’m not using guns often, that’s cool and makes…
31/05/2014
Watch Dogs is currently installing on my PS3, the nearly 2 year wait is finally over… and I don’t know if I should be excited, or ready for a little disappointment. There have been brief reviews of how unimpressed some players have been, take Metacritic’s user score of 4.5, and the first couple of publisher opinions not too much better, which is the juxta of most game’s scores on (pre)release.…
30/05/2014
Another couple of fun Wolfenstein easter eggs “Mond, Mond, Ja, Ja”Edit When Die Käfer was formed by four Englishmen from Liverpool in Nazi- controlled Great Britain, they were faced with a choice: either start singing in German or face banning and detainment by the Nazi regime. Die Käfer chose to adapt to the times. They changed their name and learned how to sing in German. Currently, they’re touring Europe to…
30/05/2014
The PirateBox has come of age! A testimony of the hard work David and Matthias for making this project happen. What it offers: easy to install, simple instructions, only a couple of files even a version for Android available on Google Play cheap, components can be purchased for ~$35 US full, 4chan like, message board acts as a streaming media centre! I’m currently upgrading from the last version I had…
26/05/2014
I came across this informative, dated, but still valid, article today, with simple instructions of how to disable geolocation when using Firefox • Type ‘about:config’ in the address bar without the ‘ ’ • Discard the warning by hitting ‘yes’ •Scroll down until you reach ‘geo.enabled’ or you can simply search for ‘geo.enabled‘ • Doubleclick the item and it will change from its default value ‘True’ to ‘False’ • Scroll…
25/05/2014
I’ve been playing about with aliases within Ubuntu Aliases are a way for you to customize the commands by giving them aliases (nicknames). You can use them to remember hard commands or make short names to long commands you just hate to type. To setup aliases, right-click and create an empty file in your home directory and name it “.bash_aliases”. Notice the period at the beginning of the name that…
24/05/2014
Currently installing Wolfenstein: The New Order, from the masters Bethesda, on the XBOX It’s been too long since I’ve played an original enthralling title, and Bethesda have not let me down to date! Before I begin, I have no issue with real people in the target of my online single player aim. I acknowledge that some may find zombies easier to liquidate with a shotgun, personally I don’t care. That…
23/05/2014
I’ve been tempted back to XBOX Live Gold by this great June give-a-way. 3 free games Dark Souls Charlie Murder Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition Then as a genius bit of promotion and marketing, the digital upgrade to Ultra Street Fighter IV will be sold for $15 This means loads of scrub Shoryuken n00bs online to beat up with Blanka News: Capcom Drops Full Change List for Ultra Street…
I want this tune played at my funeral 🙂
19/05/2014
I was so stoked today when I opened up Google, to search out a SQL solution, to find a small Rubik’s cube in the top corner of the screen. After clicking on the cube I was even more blown away to find a fully scrambed digital cube to solve 🙂 I’ve now have my solve time for a real cube to just under a minute, although I didn’t have time…
Typical that Microsoft begin to give away free games after I quit my Gold subscription. The main reason I quit paying out was that they had given nothing away in the ~8 years I’d had an account… ah the irony. May have to sign back up? I enjoyed the outer World hyper realsim of SR:3, and sure the multiplayer game will be well manned now evey Gold member has a…
This is an interesting move, sure it will drive sales and profit for all involved If your company’s primary way of accepting online payments is via PayPal, then your Android-using customers are about to get some good news. Starting today, users in the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Finland, France and the Netherlands will be able to use the online payment service to purchase apps from Google’s…
This is to be my next techy mission, time to put some thought into game content: top five tools to make games This article could be a good barometer to forecast my success 🙂 hackathon – make a game without code experience And here’s the 2d project guide… looks like I may have to use Win7 for this, although I’ll give Wine and Virtual Box a try first
13/05/2014
Came across this cool site: Pingdom It tests the load speed of a site and components, like Ii give a shit about the load time of this site, but a cool tool for other projects 🙂
30/04/2014
So it been a slow game month, although I’ve found other distractions! The geek activites that have kept me occupied recently: launch of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr), there are a few cool features installed Kali Linuxon Virtual Box, and have been playing with some of the packaged tools podcasts… think I’m late to the party of this one it took me from the mid 80’s untill the last week…