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,…
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,…
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…
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?
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…
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…
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]
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…
08/05/2013
[rating:3] I played the last Far Cry iteration on the 360, or rather I started it, and was bored easily. I’m only an hour or so into the third version on the PS3, and am enjoying it… come back soon to see if that lasts
06/05/2013
Bugger, I must not have turned off my PS3 correctly last night! I booted it up this evening to try Far Cry 3, Rogero wouldn’t load, apparently corrupted files. No more MultiMan!… time to upgrade to MM 4.14 me thinks, bugger I’ve lost all of my saves though. [rating:0]
04/05/2013
[rating:2] As a break from GTA, I’ve installed Terraria on the PS3. I’m working my way through the tutorial, I can see this taking up a big chunk of my gaming time. Off to see if I can play it on Android š Edit: Apparently you can!
04/05/2013
[rating:4] As a big fan of Rockstar I am getting excited with the new screen shots of GTA V, and thought I’d visit Liberty City again to reminisce. I picked up a US xbox 360, before the PAL machines were affordable, so I journeyed through NiKo’s story on a NTSC version of the game. That box red ringed a long time ago, and I didn’t want to buy another copy…
02/05/2013
I finally have a PC that I can play MMOs on. Eve wasn’t for me, I’ve loved each Final Fantasy game I’ve played more than the last… let’s just hope the price is right. gameplanet.co.nz Final-Fantasy XIV to launch in summer
I was having a trip down memory lane, listening to some old songs that occupied the airwaves, when I was back at school. After a bit of S’Express and Technotronic, I came across this timeless classic by the JAMS aka KLF Then that reminded me of the book they wrote: The Manual: (how to Have a Number One the Easy Way) This unparalleled expose of the pop-music scene is the…
30/04/2013
Bash Scripting useful Unix commands Destructions of where to save a shell file to call it from a command line did I mention I was a n00b at shell scripts š Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide 50 Linux Commands And here’s my first simple script ‘alter’, saved in my /bin directory. #!/bin/bash FILENAME=”$1″ sudo cp ${FILENAME} ${FILENAME}.old gksudo gedit ${FILENAME} From the CLI type: alter filename a copy is then taken of…
27/04/2013
After finally completing Bioshock Infinite (wow the plot explanation of the ending!), I’ve been spoiled for choice, here’s an update of new games (for me) I’ve been playing, all on the PS3. Injustice: Gods Among Us [rating:3] Nice Mortal komat based engine, with DC heros and villans. Love the balance between simple and advanced… easy to exeute the moves, a challenge to string a combo together. Best story in a…
21/04/2013
The fight is ok, Ali played Forman big time, would have loved to have heard what Ali was whispering in his ear š There’s an amazing interview with Ali after the Foreman fight, worth watching.
21/04/2013
Reading on the Bethesda Blog that the Skyrim team were moving on to their next projects, but there was one last gift to the community, Skyrim patch 1.9 [rating:4] Heaps of bug fixes, but it was the new features that motivated me to load up my last save point: Legendary difficulty setting Legendary Skills ā Skills of 100 can be made Legendary. This will reset the skill to 15, return…