Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Winners of the GHIII Contest
After a very close call, we have finally got ourselves two winners of the Guitar Hero III Free Entries Competition. Turns out that a number of people actually almost got all questions 100% correct. Almost. But no one got it all figured out. So, let's forget about all the suspense and go straight to the winners (I bet you didn't even read this paragraph and skipped straight down! Shame on you!). They are:
1. Muhd Zulhilmi Harun, with 95.5% correct answers! (Some were too detailed in my opinion, but good - that's why he gets the 0.5 extra mark)
2. Mohammad Amir Rabbani, with 83.5% correct answers!
We will contact you via email with all the information you need.
Thank you for joining the contest and those who didn't win, don't worry, you still have a chance to enter by paying $15. And finally, I wish Zulhilmi and Amir Rabbani goodluck at the GHIII competition! You guys have our support!
Now let's have some fun and see if any of you guys know the full answers by posting the answers as a comment on this post!
Here are the questions again:
- In which year was the first Guitar Hero released?
- On which console was it first released?
- Who developed the first Guitar Hero?
- Who published Guitar Hero III?
- How many Guitar Hero games are there and what are they?
- In Guitar Hero III, how do you unlock the Saint George Guitar?
- In Guitar Hero III battle mode, what does the 'Broken String' power up do to your opponent?
- How many Bass guitars are available in Guitar Hero III?
- Name all characters found in Guitar Hero III.
- Bonus question: what does BCG stand for?
Brugamers Review: Ghost Squad (Wii)
With great repetitions comes great replay value.
Here’s the basic of Ghost Squad: You enter the game, shoot oddles of terrorists, save some people and kill the boss. Then repeat the process again for more stuff to unlock. It’s a simple premise, albeit very short experience.
Regardless of how I looked at it, I just can’t stop from continuing on long after I memorized the whole game’s script, slightly linear experience for the sake of unlocking new areas, weapons and costumes. Add to the increasing difficulty, I’d say this game is best enjoy multiplayer-style.
With a plethora of unlockable contents and some really quirky gunplay, this game will make you come back for more. It’s just a matter of tolerating the repetitions and of course, utilizing the Wii Zapper (which makes a big difference) to fully appreciate the addictiveness that is Ghost Squad.
1st Xbox360 Meet: Update
I know it took me awhile to post this, but its better late than never right? As you all know this was the first Xbox360 Meet held in Brunei recently and it was met with great reception from the public. These are the pictures taken by me during the events. Just click on the picture and it will take you to my gallery.
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| 1st XBOX360 MEET |
More info at their website, here.
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Vote for your favourite
BruGamers best of 2007 polls are up with the start of a new year! So go ahead and vote for your favourite games! You can also click here to view all best of 2007 polls. Bookmark it since we've got more polls coming up for you to vote such as PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PSP, DS and Overall Game of the Years.
Also, as a reminder, the Guitar Hero III Free Entries Contest is still on until tomorrow, Wednesday, 2nd Jan. So go on and answer the easy GHIII questions and get your chance to enter the competition at ICC for free! Click here for more info.
DMC4 Opening Cinematic
2008 is here and 2007 is long gone. Words can only express so much of what we went through last year. Did I just call 2007 'last year'? Wow! I'm starting to feel the change now. My whole body's tingling. Spider-sense is ... ANYWAY, we've got polls coming up now that 2007 is over, so check back with us to vote for your favourite games of 2007!
Now before you go, check out the opening cinematic of DMC4. Again, Happy New Year!
Monday, December 31, 2007
Guitar Hero 3 Free Entries Contest
It just struck 12am and it's 2008. I'm here, updating this website for you guys instead of going out and celebrating new year. Actually, new year isn't a big deal for me anymore, it's just another day. I'd rather spend the time playing games - which is why I am an author of a gaming news blog, because I care.
Anyway, I've mentioned Brunei Cyber Game holding a Guitar Hero III competition at ICC this weekend and you want to join but don't want to pay the $15 registration fee. Don't fret! We are giving away two free entries for you so you won't have to pay that registration fee and save that precious 15 bucks of yours for your girlfriend's/boyfriend's new year present! What? Your not getting your partner anything? Shame on you!
But anyway, before you get the chance to get the free entry, you need to enter a short contest where you answer some questions about GHIII. Simple questions but only two get to win. We will select the two people who answer the most questions correctly and if there are more than two, we will draw names and pick two winners.
Also, please copy the questions below and email it with your answers to sinadam@gmail.com. Include your full name, IC number and contact information. We will announce and contact the winners on Wednesday, 2nd January.
Note, all rules of BCG still applies such as bringing your own guitar to the event. We will not supply anything to you but a free entry. For more information on the event, please visit the official site here.
Finally, I wish you goodluck and Happy New Year!
- In which year was the first Guitar Hero released?
- On which console was it first released?
- Who developed the first Guitar Hero?
- Who published Guitar Hero III?
- How many Guitar Hero games are there and what are they?
- In Guitar Hero III, how do you unlock the Saint George Guitar?
- In Guitar Hero III battle mode, what does the 'Broken String' power up do to your opponent?
- How many Bass guitars are available in Guitar Hero III?
- Name all characters found in Guitar Hero III.
- Bonus question: what does BCG stand for?
Evolution of Mario
Mario has undergone a lot of surgeries and, unlike us people on plastic, Mario is actually looking better and better the past two decades. Who said growing old makes you look all grey and wrinkly?
Image via Geekstir.com : Click for larger viewIt's interesting to see that Nintendo gave Mario a somewhat 3D look in the 1987 Mario and went back to its one-sided 2D look in 1990. But hey, he's looking rather handsome in Super Mario Galaxy!
A PS3 Christmas
I remember how ecstatic I was back when my dad bought us a Micro Genius to replace our stolen Super NES when we were kids. Imagine the joy a kid would feel today to have been bought a PS3 by his parents. That's just the case in the following video where these kids dad sneakily got them something special for christmas.
This Week's Poll
I'm curious, really. I've assumed, and I shouldn't have, that the gamers who get access to this website are of at least 18 years of age. I forget that most gamers in this country tend to be quite young. So, tell me, how old are you dear readers?
Leave your comments here and click on the poll on the left side of this site to pick your choice.
Sunday, December 30, 2007
GHIII Free Entries Contest
Just a short update as a follow up to the last post on next week's competition. We want to let you guys know that we will be giving out TWO free entries to the GHIII tournament, organised by RanoAdidas and Sunlit, via a small contest soon. Note, this contest is only for free entry to the Guitar Hero III competition, not PES2008 and not winning the GHIII competition itself. Free entry, which means, if you still do not understand that, you do not have to pay the $15 registration fee.
Remember, the competition is for GHIII PS2 - but as far as I know, nothing much differs since all guitar layouts are the same.
So check back with us soon to find out how to win the free entries.
This BruGamers.com contest is sponsored by RanoAdidas.com.
PES2008 and GHIII Competitions
The gaming community in this country is getting more and more recognised. With this afternoon's event on the first ever xbox 360 meet, hopefully more people will be able to understand how mature the gaming industry has become and not just refer to it as a "kid's thing".
Next week, another gaming event will be held at ICC, this time focussing more towards competition than a showcase. Competitions are open to the public which include PES2008 tournament and the ever increasingly popular Guitar Hero III. Registration was held the past three days but if you are still interested in joining, registration is still open on the 2nd and 3rd of January at ICC from 10am to 5pm.
The event is organised by ranoadidas.com and Sunlit, and knowing the experience of Rano, it should be pretty well prepared.
For more information, visit the website.
The First Xbox360 Meet in Brunei
It’s amazing to see support from the community from time to time. This is especially true during the recent 1st Xbox360 Gamers Meet held at the Mall in West Street Café today.
In another turn of events, as the last of the Guitar Heroes receives their prizes, the organizers showcased another glimpse of the future by unveiling Rock Band for the first time in public. Songs that were played were Weezer’s Buddy Holly and The Knack’s My Sharona. The audiences were ecstatic, even as far as humming to the tune.
This event was the first of its kind outside the usual Winning Eleven Tournaments which has been going around for awhile now. Overall, the event was well received and quite commendable for a first time.
The purpose for such meeting was to create awareness of an Xbox360 community in
Amongst the schedule events for the day included demos of Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare which showcases what the Xbox360 does best, playing together in multiplayer.
With more encouragement from the gaming community, events such as this will only get better and hopefully have enough variety to pull off something on a grander scale. Let this be the start to something great!
For more info about the event here.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Honestly, creative suicide?
December is probably the worst time of the year for every lonely people out there, (yes, me included) but there are times when loneliness sometimes gets to you and you just wanna reach out to the nearest copy of Halo 3 and just find creative ways to kill yourself. Which I think is what this guy did. Enjoy the ensuing mayhem!
Wii: Gotta Love 'em all!
Okay, what I just saw about the whole Chun-Li pic affair really affected me! haha! So do no fret, to those who are really into cosplay, there are actually some of those exceptional few who takes the effort at making their favorite characters come to life more... well, less disturbing. Feast you're eyes on her!
More at their website here.
A New SF Movie?
With Street Fighter IV coming up, I was digging into some news on Street Fighter related info and bumped into one movie that I never knew was coming. Remember the disastrous Street Fighter movie made years ago? If you are old enough as a gamer, you won't forget it.
Anyway, apparently, a new SF movie is coming out but focusses only on one popular female character (you've guessed it) Chun-Li. Titled Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li, the movie filming in March, 2008. Kristen Kreuk of the popular TV series Smallville will play Chun-Li.
And umm... here's something else for you. Happy holidays!
X360 Gathering, GH3 Tourney
I'm pretty much in a holiday mood at the moment. Been busy going here and there, spending time with my wife, family and friends - which is why there is lacking news and posts from me and more from Syazwan. New years is coming and there really isn't much news left. Just thought I'd let you guys know that there is an xbox 360 gathering at The Mall this coming Sunday from 1.00pm - 5.30pm. A mini Guitar Hero 3 tournament will be held in between but limited to 16 participants only. Check it out for fun!
Hopefully, I'll be free to go and see the gathering. That's my family day out but we'll try to report what we can.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
BruGamers Official Logo
So we, the authors of BruGamers, sat and discussed where BruGamers.com is headed and where we want to bring it. We held on to our pens and papers, started scribbling some ideas, talked about potentials and contacts for hours, drinking cups after cups of hot coffee - and we ended up with nothing.
Okay, I'm kidding. We didn't do that. But what we really did was sat down and discussed about a BruGamers logo. For over two years of BruGamers' online life, we had no logo. I've thought about it a number of times but never really did anything. Now, finally, we have the time to actually see the future of BruGamers. I mean, we've already got domain names, three to be exact, BruGamers.com, BruGamers.net and BruGamers.info, so before making anything really official, we thought, it's about time that logo appears and we decided that it would look retro. And so it did. Lo and behold...
Yes, it's the logo you see up there on our new banner. Like our new banner? Here's a bit more info on it.
- Red thing in the middle: A couch or sofa to represent where gamers are.
- Character with black outline: A typical classic game character to represent gaming.
- Select, Start: Represents the Gaming Industry as these two words can be found in all gaming medium.
- The "waves" on both sides: Yes, they are waves. They represent communication. One, games nowadays are live online and rarely you get games that doesn't connect with others. Two, communication between our blog to you guys, sharing news and stories.
- Black, Red, Yellow colours: Represents Bruneians, taken from the our own Brunei flag.
So what do you think?
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Brugamers Review: Mass Effect
It’s an action RPG in same vein as BioWare’s past effort, but more streamlined than I care to remember from the last game. Exploration, traversing worlds is fun, choosing the things to say in conversations trees opens up the option whether to be a bad ass or a boy scout – this game encourages you to make your own decisions.
The story might not be original, but to an extent it is quite entertaining in a lot ways, it’s along the lines of Battlestar Galactica episodes added with some other sci-fi fodder. It won’t win any awards, but it will make up for some really interesting story and makes you want to go on further just to delve into the mysteries of Mass Effect’s universe.
Some lags in the framerate during heated skirmishes but it won’t hamper the overall experience of the game. My only complaint is the flipping controls while driving Mako (the vehicle you use while traveling to other planet) add to the non-existent explanations on how to control the vehicle, this thing is definitely no Warthog. Fortunately, you only really have use the Mako on a few of the main missions, so it can be tolerated.
30 hours plus of gameplay. A set of interesting characters to interact with, beautiful worlds to traverse as well as equally sweet graphics and with the game setting itself up for a sequel, I think we can expect a lot from this game in the future.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
More on the horizon: Games to look forward to!
With most of the main releases for games are now out and most gamers are now curled up with their Halo 3, Super Mario Galaxy, Castlevania Dracula X, Guitar Heroes, Uncharted, Assassins Creed… and so much more, let us not forget to look forward into the distant future. Well, mostly early next year’s game releases on all systems that’s worth looking into.
So which games are you looking forward to?
PSP
01/08 Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law
02/12 Wipeout Pulse
03/04 God of War: Chains of Olympus
03/25 Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
DS
01/21 Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
02/18 Professor Layton and the Curious Village
02/19 Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
PS3
01/15 Haze
01/22 Burnout Paradise
02/05 Devil May Cry 4
02/05 Turok
03/04 Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer
03/04 Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon
03/04 Army of Two
Xbox 360
02/05 Devil May Cry 4
02/05 Turok
02/12 Lost Odyssey
03/04 Army of Two
Wii
Today's Lesson: Speaking French (wk3)
So far now, I’m already half way into the game. I’ve upgraded myself up to third grader status, I’m still having difficulty trying to add the “to be, to have etc” into a sentence, but as for the rest of the lesson, I think this game has enabled me to learn more vocabulary very effectively. I can now read some simple French words and make sense of where and what I want as an added bonus, I know how to arrange a sentence!
However, as I have said, it’s quite different when it comes to constructing your very own sentence. I guess this is where I need to transfer all my lessons into a piece of paper and just write it down until I get it all in my head! Dang it…!
I can’t stress how much this non-game had given me an insight of the language. This is coming from a guy who only knows how to say bonjour and merci beaucoup! More updates on the way!
Bonne année!
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Brugamers Review: King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters.
King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters, directed by Seth Gordon, is a mockumentary that portrays a sort of Big guy versus the small guy senario, its like the Empire against a small rebellion faction, where the latter is just one normal guy. The movie is epic in proportion depicting some sort of truth in the realm of competitive gaming.
The story follows a normal joe, Steve Weibe as he tries to beat Billy Mitchell's Donkey Kong high score record... a whopping 874,300 points! What follows here is a compelling tale of manipulation and deceit, some bad blood, trials and tribulations and its all wholesome fun.
Now how is this movie relevant to us? Well, if you're the classic gamer who thinks that games (read: Joust, Pac-man, Donkey Kong... anything from the 1980's) are all about the skills, then you would probably like this film with a dose of reality. Normal people may think to see this as a geek fest... but regardless, its a nice movie to watch.
In what most film critics calls as a "mockumentary" I assume people won't be offended how evil Billy Mitchell is... I doubt he isn't. (EGM confirmed it anyway) Anyway! For the Brugamers-movie buffs out there, look out for this flick!
Friday, December 21, 2007
Brugamers Review: Brave Story.
Review: in less than 100 words!
With the lack of great RPGs for the PSP out there this game breathes a refresher, and its just as good. Everything about this game screams typical RPG fare, but when you're on the go, this game will hold your candle. Battles are fast and addictive and with no load times during the fights. The story is nothing to write home about in the beginning, but as you traverse further on, you'll begin to love the beautiful world of Vision and the characters in it. The graphics are up to PS2-like quality, its smooth and almost no hint of slowdown. Despite the ugly cover, any RPG fan should at least have a go with this game, 25+ hours of good gameplay can't be all that bad right?
p/s I doubt that was 100 words.
Monday, December 17, 2007
Demo Review: Welcome To Paradise
Welcome to Paradise, a place like no other. Downloaded the Burnout Paradise demo yet? I did but never got to install it until lastnight. And boy, was I in for a treat.
I forgot how fun the Burnout series have been and how much addicted I was to them. I would replay and replay the games and tracks over and over again for months. The only problem I had then was with the load times. Now imagine this, an open city, free roaming and a huge ass world for your burnout pleasure. You feel me? Yeah!
Although you are limited to a section of Paradise City in the demo, it's still fun looking for ramps, off track areas, hidden passages, etc. You get tons of traffic and best part, the demo includes online play. And this is where the fun part of Burnout Paradise really starts.
Multiplayer in Burnout is always fun. Ramming into your opponents, wrecking their cars and sending them into oblivion is pure joy. Back during the PSP years, wireless multiplayer was introduced and to smack your other people's cars just to see the looks on their faces is one of the things that make you go on. In Burnout Paradise, you get to record that look via a usb camera. But let's rewind back a bit to online play.
While driving around Burnout Paradise in single player mode, it's easy to get online. You don't have to exit your gameplay or go through different kinds of menus again just to get to the online lobby. All you have to do is press right on the d-pad and an online option will pop up. Then all you have to do is select the online option you prefer and next thing you know, you see cars from others playing online! That's how easy it is to get online. You do the same thing as well if you would like to invite your friends into your Paradise City. Via the right d-pad button, you can invite your friends to join your game and play with them. Getting online is as fast as playing Burnout itself! And if you have a USB camera connected, when an opponent hits and wrecks your car, the game will automatically capture a "Mugshot" photo of you at the moment of the crash and sends it over to your opponent! Imagine looking at their crushed face - ooohh~
Now less talk and go get that demo. If you are on PSN, invite me and I'll show you around Paradise City, the Burnout way *evil laughter*
*Narrator's Voice* Get Burnout Paradise, January 2008.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Creating A New PSN Account
Creating a new PSN account might be simple to you but I realise that a lot of people, mostly those new to the online environment in consoles, are struggling in trying to create their own online identity, be it on Live or PSN. Here, I'll cover the basics on creating your own PSN account, in case you aren't able to google it quickly. So here's the step-by-step guide.
1. Create your own user account
First and foremost, you'll need to create your own User account on your PS3 by going to "Create New User" because your PSN ID will be attacted to that user once you've created it. So make sure it's not your brother's user account or someone else's.
2. Sign Up for PLAYSTATION@Network
Depending on your version of your PS3 (version 2.00 onwards have their own PSN icon on the XMB), go to the end and click on "Sign Up for PLAYSTATION@Network.
3. PSN Registration
Select a region of your choice. You can select any region you like so long as you can give a valid address. Pick US if you would like to get a lot of contents weekly and just google for a valid US address.
When it comes to Master or Sub account, select Master.
You'll also need a valid e-mail address.
Online ID means the username that you will be using when you are playing games. So this will be the name other people will see when you play online or when you are on their friends list.
Once you get to the address section, just go and google for a valid address depending on which region you picked. It doesn't have to be someone's home address. Just get an address and you'll be done.
Forget about the Billing Information for now. You can do that later.
4. Done
Congrats! You've created your first PSN ID. Now just go over to the end of the XMB and add friends! You can add me. My PSN ID is sinadam. There you go, one friend for you. =)
Today's Lesson: Speaking French.
Bonjour, comment allez-vous?
I wanted to see the effectiveness of this DS game, and ever since Monday this week, I finally graduated to a "2nd Grader". So far, as I get my pronouns corrected by the hot French tutor and memorizing how to construct a sentence, I think I am learning something. The mini-games included in this game helps in a lot ways, though childish, but it makes you feel the accomplishments you made throughout the lessons.
Let you guys know how I fare in this whole ordeal as I update next week~ at this moment,je suis heureux~!
au revoir!
Mass Effect: Something went wrong here.
Not every game is perfect, because if it was, we would still be playing it till now. Instead, what we look for in a game is the experience of virtual life.
One said event was when my character was on assignment pinpointing a signal which lead him through the financial district and... lo and behold... a man stuck on a ceiling!
Now I figured, the other guy talking to the ceiling must've broke into a quarrel and took out the old spinach and sock it to him. I can't say much about the other guy, but the assailant was taken into custody soon afterwards.
Got a better story to this picture? post it up at the comments~!
Saturday, December 15, 2007
FFXIII Extended Trailers
Who doesn't love themselves a Final Fantasy XIII trailer? Woohoo!! These two trailers were taken from a DVD released in Japan. They're the extended versions of FFXIII and FFXIII Versus trailers, apparently the ones shown at TGS a few months ago, which never made it out of Japan. So, we should all say thank you to the guy who ripped it off that DVD and posted it on the Internet!
Thursday, December 13, 2007
BBQ Party Dec 07
The photos took some time to be uploaded. I was busy with watching DVDs and finishing this game I meant to finish last week. But anyway, finally, the BBQ party of December 2007 photos are finally up.
How was the party? This was actually the first BBQ that was left to just JuLeZz and me both to get together because my family (besides my one brother) were away overseas. The past ones, especially the ones before I met JuLeZz, were heavily helped by my parents and aunts. So there were a lot of changes this time around.
Besides the preparation, it also started to rain to begin with, so we ended up setting everything inside the house as opposed to the previous ones where we always had them outside. So a lot of last minute planning had to be involved last minute. But thank God this time we thought of preparing the food early, as in having the BBQ food ready before the guests arrived. Well, most of them were - so people ate earlier this time. Which was a good thing for me since I don't have to be outside a lot and actually get to sit and mingle with everyone and just relax. One thing I always ended up with is a tiring body at the end of the party.
Then there were the crowds. A lot of the people I invited couldn't make it due to the rain and a lot of the usual crowd weren't there either. But there were a lot of new faces which was kinda fun too. I could only imagine what it would be like to have all the 70+ people who knew about the BBQ be there (note, we prepared food for 70 - so we ended up with leftovers, lots of leftovers).
Entertainment wise, we set up a lot of PS3s playing Guitar Hero III and Pro Evolution Soccer as well as a corner for Wii. We prepared the usual poker set and card decks. Missing is the xbox but in its place, we turned the living room into a karaoke room - which I kinda missed most of the time since I was outside and around the Guitar Hero area.
All in all, it wasn't such a bad party. Especially since it was prepared by only the both of us. It was fun as always but I knew it could've been better if it wasn't for the initial rain (it only rained for a moment then it didn't rain all night!). Plus, having the party inside didn't really feel like there were a lot of people - like it didn't feel like a huge party as the previous ones - plus most people left early when we used to stay there till late. Then again, some people did stay behind until 5am. JuLeZz and me? We stayed up till around 2.30 playing Guitar Hero, the most popular area of the night. And while JuLeZz and I were ready for bed, we could still hear those we left with my brother outside playing Guitar Hero. Y'know, not a lot of people know this but my BBQs used to be a gaming gathering and once it was called by a really long name, the Xbox Lan BBQ Party or BBQ Halo LAN Party.
Also, we were supposed to have a surprise birthday party too but the birthday girl couldn't make it. So happy belated birthday to Khairunnisa Halim! Too bad you couldn't make it. It would've added to the fun night.
Anyway, I'd like to say thanks to a number of people. My pretty wife especially for the food - we stayed up really late the night before just trying out stuff. Her two siblings and the maid for assisting her. Zeeko for coming early to help out with some of the preparations (lifting this and that). Azz and Ihsan for helping with most of the barbequing. Zool and Ripin for helping out with some of the BBQ as well. Also, thank you Ripin for taking some photos. My mom and brother for the sponsor (I feel like I just won an award). Those guys who brought food to the party, Far for the dessert, Zool for the hell of a lot of sausages, James who left Azz with money for sausages since he couldn't make it and Azz for the bottles of coke. I hope I didn't miss anyone. I didn't really took charge of the food people brought in. So if I didn't mention you, I apologise. And finally, I would like to say a huge thanks to our guests for coming, even when it rained so heavily. Hope you had fun!
Until the next BBQ guys!
Photos can be found at the following:
Karaoke
WiiTastic
Guitar Hero III Stars
The Rest
PS: Crap! I didn't get to take a group photo with anyone at all!!
Posted on Shutter Speech, BruGamers, Sin Adam, Mr Syaf's Multiply and TheExclusives.net.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Internet Radio and DVR for PSP
I love my PSP. And I still do. Owning a PS3 makes me even love the PSP more. Why? Because of Remote Play. Accessing the PS3 via the PSP when I'm at a cafe is pure awesomeness. Accessing my PSN via PSP is just pure greatness, especially reading messages left by you friends. And with the latest PS3 and PSP firmware updates, you can switch on your PS3 remotely via your PSP! Now that's just pure orgasmic. But to each their own.
Now, speaking of firmware updates, the PSP will get a new update soon in the form of version 3.80. With it, PSP owners (and I think it's really strictly in Japan) can record digital videos straight to their memory stick with their 1seg peripheral (its this device that can catch digital signals and view it on the PSP). Digital Video Recording is cool and I wonder if we can take advantage of it?
The update also includes an Internet Radio (as the screenshot shows) and hopefully this will be a great feature that a lot of us might love, though I don't really listen to the radio. But hey, you guys might!
Warhawk's New Dropship
TIME picks HALO 3
Usually, I don't really care much about gaming top 10s from places outside the gaming journalism but, I guess, TIME Magazine can be somewhat okay. Somewhat.
In any case, I'm sure a lot of you would be happy to know that TIME Magazine dubbed Halo 3 as their No 1 video games of 2007, calling Halo 3 as the "perfect hardcore first-person combat simulator". I think that's a matter of perspective, I like COD4 better. But I can't argue that Halo 3 doesn't belong there. It's a great game.
Here's the rest of the list:
1. Halo 3
2. The Orange Box
3. Rock Band
4. Super Mario Galaxy
5. BioShock
6. Call of Duty 4
7. Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
8. Mass Effect
9. Ace Combat 6
10. God of War 2
Seems like even the PS2 shares the top 10. Seriously, how can TIME Magazine call it Video Game of 2007 when 2007 has yet to end? This is why I rely more on the gaming industry's own journalists to come out with the best top 10s because they wait until next year to try out all games. TIME needs to know that putting games into Top 10s of the year takes time. So I'm going back to my dose of 1up, GameSpy and IGN.
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Oddity: Transforming Shoes.
Transformers transcends mostly everything we love about the 80's (GI JOE, Captain Power and Thundercats asides) but nothing screams love when you see your beloved transformers starting to take interest in sports gears... Hells, you have to love it!
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
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