Binge gym sessions
03/08/2013
It’s awful, I can manage to lay off all week. Then the weekend arrives It’s not just peer pressure, but a need. Something I have to do… visit the gym 😉
Beat Hazard Ultra Come Home to XBLIG
02/08/2013
I loved the original Beat Hazard, one of the first games I was shown on Steam, and the sequel has made it back to XBOX live. I played through the demo with a crazy grin on my face, hope to review the full game in the near future, 400 Microsoft points well spent Cold Beam Games is excited to announce that the music driven arcade shooter Beat Hazard Ultra is…
July August 13 game releases
31/07/2013
Here’s a list of recent and upcoming games, courtesy of allgame.com A couple grab my eye that I wasn’t aware were coming, I’ll find out more release info and share.
Kerbals at War
31/07/2013
After deleting all of the mods I had installed yesterday, this video shows me of a future where I’ll install them all again 🙂
No-one does pre-launch like Rockstar
30/07/2013
The guys at Rockstar really know how to build up an interest in titles pre-launch. Here are a few screen shots from GTA V, with the tease of multi-player info being available in August. I find this a good deal too, as I’ve always enjoyed the tongue in cheek guides… wonder if there will be an app version? The Signature Series ($24.99, 400 pages) features a complete walkthrough for Grand…
Snapshots from space
30/07/2013
With the release of KSP 0.21 my love of space travel has been reborn! I’ve deleted all mods, additional parts, MechJeb, and gone vanilla. Now I’m enjoying the challenge, and having more fun… next step the Mun, or maybe docking? 🙂
xkcd – 6 words
29/07/2013
xkcd, NASA and KSP… these guys know how to generate traffic 🙂
Android where art thou
29/07/2013
Still no Android 4.3 for me on either of my Nexus devices 🙁 Update: It arrived this morning for my N4 🙂 Update 2: Half way through the day and I’ve noticed a considerable improvement in battery life. One great reason to update, looking forward to seeing how this improves the N7 usability Update 3: Aug 1st finally receive the OTA update for the N7, off to tinker
http://kotaku.com/watch-the-biggest-space-fight-in-history-go-down-944457494 As cool as looks it’s still not enough to entice me back to Eve. Sad to see the Reddit guys get beaten though, I’ll catch up on the politics and gossip later. Here’s a link to a word from the front line /r/Eve/TheFountainWarof2013 And here’s my favourite KSP guide Scott Manley‘s Fountain War Diary… I love his passion and excitement, punctuated with his little giggles. I find watching this…
Second look in the Mirror
28/07/2013
Wow, who is not excited by this? The graphics look fantastic with the first person view signature white / red colour pallet, and Faith’s moves look more stunning and fluid than before. Although Mirror’s Edge 2 will be a first-person action adventure, it “will be a different Mirror’s Edge than you have seen before”, according to Patrick Söderlund, executive vice president of the EA Games Label. And if this isn’t…
Game Abuse
28/07/2013
After the retro music of D-rock this afternoon, I was surprised to come across another blast from the past via Ubuntu Software Centre, a game I first played back in the late 90’s Abuse Here’s the intro from the wiki, last updated 2 years ago! Kudos to Sam for keeping it alive. Abuse is a dark 2D side-scrolling platform game developed by Crack dot Com in 1995. It features beautiful…
D-Rock Oblivion
28/07/2013
Writing the last post on Space Marines took me back to some distant memories, and I started singing an old favourite ‘Get out of My Way’ 🙂 The band D-Rock, a hard metal British group released the album Oblivion, with lyrics inspired by 40k… this was one of the first CD’s I purchased! & TIL that Brian May played guitar on a couple of tracks too, Get out of My…
Steam into Space
28/07/2013
And this time I’m not posting about KSP, although I am enjoying the new 0.21 updates Space Hulk is available on pre-order from Steam, release date 15th August. This was the board game that won over causal players, the ones who would watch you play a game of Blood Bowl, but would never commit to rolling up a team. The Space Hulk scenarios were quick and fun, not too much…
spam spam spam
27/07/2013
I’ve finally been able to end spam subscriptions to the blog with BestWebSoft‘s Captcha plugin for WordPress. No more stream of hotmail sign-ups by spam bots 🙂
26 days later
27/07/2013
Nearly a month has passed since Google Reader was taken away from us 🙁 I’m still officially in mourning, and have yet to find a decent replacement. Currents is my go to now for news feeds on my Nexus devices, but it’s just not the same. So I decided to take more advantage of RSS feeds offered by the web sites I visit, and update the menu to easily provide…
Dry spell
27/07/2013
I’m never keen on this time of year, the dry spell between E3 and the pre Xmas push, where there are no new title releases 🙁 Thank the digital gods that Far Cry 3 has longevity, and Kerbal Space Program 0.21 update as landed September’s GTA5 release can’t come soon enough!
4.3 Android on the way
25/07/2013
Reports of the OTA arriving are coming in fast and furious The 4.3 OTA for the Nexus 4 seems to be rolling out en masse, as I’m getting reports from everywhere that it’s now available. To check for the OTA yourself, open Settings, scroll down to About phone, and tap the System updates line item. If you’re just not having any luck, the link location has been uncovered. You can…
Need some privacy?
24/07/2013
Here are a couple of really nice tools I was linked to today Whisper Systems free encrypted communication tools Red Phone Like privacy? Secure your calls for free with RedPhone. It’s that simple. RedPhone provides end-to-end encryption for your calls, securing your conversations so that nobody can listen in. RedPhone uses your normal phone number to make and receive calls, so you don’t need yet another identifier. Use the default…
Real Akira Motorbike
23/07/2013
Hands on Official Akira motorcycle – Kotaku From my teenage years of playing Cyberpunk RPG, and watching manga, Akira‘s bike has been the epicentre of cool concept… and today I’m stoked to say it exists 🙂 Probably not the best ride, but for sure the coolest! diablo 2003