[Rating:0] – I can’t think of anything redeemable I wrote a post recently that I should review poor games from time to time, and this weekend is certainly it. Fast and Furious Showdown is perhaps the worst game I’ve played on a 3rd generation console. I do like driving games, and have even been known to enjoy a Fast and Furious film. I would not say that I am a…
Fast cars, zombies, and probably guns
25/05/2013
2 new games to try this week, from 2 different genres: Fast and Furious Showdown Only one rating on Metacritic,Ā 25 points by IGN This could be the worst game ever, looking forward to it š Resident Evil Revelations Circa 80% Metacritc score.This might be the game to get me through the wet weekend I have not played any driving games after my PS3 hard drive was corrupted and formatted, I…
ā Xbox One engineer – Gameplanet New Zealand I don’t know what to think about this. The console will be on the market for 5+ years, so you would think that it would be future proofed? But then I guess it’s about an economy of scale, saving a few hundred bucks off the build cost allows MS to sell new boxes for the same price as current models, give or…
Reddit: Post, clear, and delete
21/05/2013
For a year or so, I’ve been using a very useful and effective GreaseMonkey script, which deletes all of my Reddit posts. Userscripts: Delete All Comments – it also deletes posts. Together with the Reddit Enhancement Suite option of auto scroll, clearing my history is achieved in a single click. All good, but I came across a post on Reddit, by one of the mods, stating that deleted posts could…
How come…
21/05/2013
I always fancy playing a game that someone has borrowed š eh oh, back to finish Tomb raider
Not bad
19/05/2013
I’ve been looking through the games I’ve mentioned here, and there are not that many that I would say don’t play… except maybe for Journey, but others from what I’ve read on Metacritic would hold this opinion as sacrilegious. I’m going to try and find a game I can not enjoy & criticise… remembered I wasn’t that keen on Fifa 13 either, but I think that is football and sports…
RPG’s source books in digital format
18/05/2013
I’ve always been a gamer before consoles and PC’s could fill this gap, and today I’ve been like a child in a sweetshop, as I’ve found this wonderful repository ebookbrowse Here there are links to role play books that I’ve long since stored or given away. In particular MERP, or to you none geeks, Middle Earth Role Play. BTW, from the MERP book cover, this is what I thought the…
Mind the gap
18/05/2013
[Rating:3.5] I’ve picked up Metro – Last Light today on the PS3 I think I started a PC version a year ago??? I’ll have to look it up, remember not been too impressed. Although that could have been due to the lack of joypad š (Here it is Metr0 2033) It has decent ratings on Metacritic (82%), but then again so does every newly released title… off to play! 1st…
Disney Dali
17/05/2013
I’m so stoked Disney made this! [Rating:4.2] – It could have been longer and explored more ideas, other than that perfect http://youtu.be/1dIznsAdTOE
8 and 16 bit RPGs and soundtracks
16/05/2013
At the end of the 80’s, as a teenager RPG’s had just started to be released on consoles… or more importantly for me, on the ones I owned. I’d been reading the Fighting Fantasy books of Stephen Jackson and Ian Livingston from when they were first available, now I had the opportunity to role play without a dice, pencil, and eraser! The titles that are most prominent in my memory:…
Gaming techy news
16/05/2013
Last Saturday the sites twitter feed was suspended, I’m quite gutted about this, as it was my personal update of what was happening in the World regarding the topics I enjoy reading about, i.e. games and techno toys. So as this option has disappeared for now, I’ve been more reliant on the RSS news feeds on the top tab. I’ve played with dumping the content into posts on the site,…
Mobile Ingress Intelligence
15/05/2013
[Rating:5] Ingress Intel Total Conversion This app has been installed on my phone and tablet for the past couple of weeks, and it’s chewing up bandwidth. I have been opening it more often than Gmail! It’s fantastic to see what has changed in the ‘hood overnight, and perfect for planning the most AP effective route for my lunch time migration between portals. This is truly an amazing feat of programming,…
Domain renewal
14/05/2013
I’ve had this domain name for a couple of years. I only use the space to blog and play with web technology, I am not reliant on search traffic, I make nada from it, so I fancy a change. Something that’s more me. Available options I’m considering: www.MasterYoshi.com – who doesn’t love Yoshi? www.FinalBossBattle.com – the end in nigh www.BlankaFanClub.com – Blanka’s my Friday night special www.DuckDuckTurn.com – PunchPunchKick has…
Samsung To Launch 5G By 2020
13/05/2013
Samsung hit speeds of 1Gbps in testing, wow! But what are we going to be moving that will be so large? I had comparable speeds to what I use now 7 years ago, on broadband, but I guess streaming had improved. Holograms by 2020 perhaps?
Twitter account suspended
13/05/2013
We’ve currently been pulled from Twitter, fingers crossed this is only temporary. I’ve filled in a request to lift the ban, let’s hope it’s lifted soon.
Slashdot Cyanogenmod 10.1 After owning my N1 for a few weeks I’d rooted it amd installed Cyanogenmod. I loved what it allowed me to do with my phone, beyond the generic Android OS. By N1 has been boxed up for a couple of months… well actually used as a dev test phone for a work app, and I’m more than happy with 4.2.2 on the N4 and N7. If I…
life is but a Journey
11/05/2013
[rating:2] Bonza! I’ve finally acquired a copy of Journey this evening. Iām enjoying the space, and the non verbal narrative reminds me of the games (ICO, Shadow of the Colossus ) that brought me to the PS3 I’m really absorbed by the look and feel… but it just doesn’t hold my attention. Or maybe not if I take this critical response at face value 1/4To3 Update I’m finding the lack…
CoolROM.com Mobile
11/05/2013
http://m.coolrom.com/ I’ve been hunting for ROMs on my Android, a friend showing a box shot of the retro shoot ’em up classic Super Fantasy Zone motivated me š This site is a fantastic repository of classic titles that deserve to be replayed and not fall into obscurity [rating:4]
Lost with Lara
09/05/2013
[rating:4.5] if you like video games, you will enjoy this. As a long time avid gamer it seems crazy that I’ve never played a Tomb Raider title before. I understand the premise, think I may have even watched a film, not that it was memorable. But in a way I’m quite happy to have left it until now, this Square Enix version of Tomb Raider is as close to a…