Monday Reading - Happy Labor Day! - briefly
(hx) 05:59 PM CEST - Sep,05 2005
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Today is Labor Day in the US! Labor Day for most people means the end of
summer and the vacation season as well. Perhaps it's because after that time
kids have to go too school and there are no more paid work holidays until the
Fall. On the possitive side, it will finally start to cool off. I'm tired of the
heat - I could form a lake with the amount of sweat :)
What games
are coming out this week? (Sept.5 -10)
Here's a list:
PC: Half-Life 2: Game of the Year Edition / Hoyle
Casino 2006 / Marine Park Empire / Nancy Drew 75th Anniversary 5 Pack / NHL 06 /
RHEM 2
PS2: Gretzky 2006 / NHL 06 / One Piece: Grand Battle
/ Radiata Stories / Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Lockdown
Xbox: NHL 06 / Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Lockdown
GC: NHL 06 / One Piece: Grand Battle
GBA: Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus / Danny Phantom
Ultimate / One Piece / Power Rangers Space / Radiata Stories / Rayman 10th
anniversary / Rebelstar: Tactical Command
PSP: Gretzky NHL 2006
Here's some stuff:
- Should You Buy a Hard Drive With Your 360? - Gamesfirst.com has
an editorial up
discussing the possible reasons for having a hard drive in your Xbox 360.
- Win a limited edition Fiat Xbox Stilo with Xbox live - Xbox is
challenging gamers to pit their driving skills against each other in the Xbox
UK "Forza Challenge" tournament to
win a limited edition
Fiat Xbox Stilo worth L11, 995. One of four lucky finalists will fight to
the finish at the "Forza Challenge" finals on 24th September in Virgin
Megastores' flagship Oxford Street store.
- Joystiq Guide to hacking the GameGuardian lockout device - The
device likely includes a manual reset operation for parents who lose the the
PIN. This reset operation likely involves removing power and batteries from
the device and inserting a paper clip into some tiny hole somewhere.
Figure out how to reset the GameGuardian.
- ATI R520 GPUs to come in 3Q - ATI has informed its clients in
Taiwan that
it will gradually begin volume shipments of its R-series GPUs, including
the R520, RV530, RV515 and RV505 by the end of the third quarter
- WGF is now DirectX 10 - Microsoft finally saw sense and
decided to
drop Windows Graphic Foundation (WGF) and replace it with the better and
logical DirectX 10 name for its nexgen API.
- 22 free and high quality PSP wallpaper images - One such site is
PlasmaDesign.co.uk, run by Rob Rantoul, a UK PSP owner. He recently
released a catalogue of his most popular desktop images for free download at
the PSP’s native resolution. The image designs range from holiday photos of
the pool tweaked in Photoshop to surreal 3D landscapes made in Bryce and
Lightwave. (thanks
Joystick.com)
- Casio Waterproof Portable DVD Players DV-900CW and DV-700CW -
The new Casio DV-900CW features a 9 inch TFT screen, whereas the DV-700CW
has a 7 inch screen. The resolution is 480x234px. The waterproof DVD players
are also TV sets. The battery holds for 3 hours.
- Magic Talker LM-407 -
The Magic Talker
LM-407 Global Talk (photos)
supports translation between English, Japanese, Spanish, French, Germany,
Russian, Chinese, Korean. The small device can also speak translated phrases.
- Plush Dog Webcam by Genius -
The camera lens is hidden in the black nose of the plush dog. The
specification of the plush toy webcam are 0.3MP, 1.3MP still image capture
(interpolated) and USB1.1. Besides Windows, Linux is supported with a driver.
- The Sims 2 Nightlife September Horoscopes -
The
Nightlife September Horoscopes have been posted on the official site. Find
out what's in store for your future and social life (or just read it for hints
on what to do in The Sims 2 Nightlife) :P
Reviews:
Aurora Watching (4.5/10) /
Bet on Soldier Demo /
Boiling Point: Road to Hell (2.5/5) /
Dungeon Siege II /
Jetfighter 2015 Demo /
Madden
NFL 06 (4/5)
Previews:
Jaws
Unleashed /
Myst V:
End of Ages /
Starship Troopers /
The Suffering: Ties That Bind
Media:
Asterix & Obelix XXL 2: Mission Las Vegum movie /
Gothic 3 Magazine Scans (German) /
GTA Trilogy Tribute /
SkyTown'04 Flyby video (UT2k4 mod)
Mods/Tools:
Assault on Mashturr City Menu Mod 1.0 (BF2) /
Blue Moon Rising
Add-Ons:
BMR-Woodland &
Rag-Doll Patch (UT2k4) /
Band of Brothers Soundtrack Mod 1.0 (BF2) /
Chemical Weapons Facility (1.0) (D3) /
Furious and Mental (BF2) /
Merciless Texture Packs for Road to Rome
Buy goodies: Lost - The Complete First Season (2004) DVD
/ NHL 06
/
The Sims 2: Nightlife Expansion Pack
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