Monday reading - Sony PSP Giga Pack - briefly
(hx) 05:57 PM CEST - Oct,24 2005
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Oh, Lord, It's Monday Again :) I spend the whole weekend with working on my new backup
PC and backups. It was pretty boring, but I sleep better knowing my vital
data is kept safe from disaster. I also plan to go buy an Asus WL-500g firewall.
If anyone has good/bad experience with this device, please let me know.
Here's a full list: (Oct.24-30)
PC: 80 Days / Agatha Christie: And Then There
Were None / Battlefield 1942 The Complete Collection / Call of Duty 2
/ Civilization IV / City of Villains / Heroes of the Pacific / Missing:
Game of the Year Edition / RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Wild! / RollerCoaster
Tycoon 3 Gold / Sniper Elite / Vietcong 2 / X3: Reunion
PS2: Brothers In Arms: Earned In Blood /
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth / Ford vs Chevy / Harvest
Moon: A Wonderful Life Special Edition / Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition
/ Nicktoons Unite! / Ratchet: Deadlocked / Resident Evil 4 / Sims 2
/ Shrek SuperSlam / Soul Calibur III / Spartan: Total Warrior / Taito Legends
/ World Championship Poker 2 / Zathura
Xbox: Crash Superpack / Ford vs Chevy /
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat / Land of the Dead / Shrek SuperSlam / Sims
2 / Spartan: Total Warrior / Taito Legends / World Championship Poker 2 /
Zathura
GC: Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix /
LEGO Star Wars / Midway Arcade Treasures Volume 3 / Nicktoons Unite! / Shrek
SuperSlam / Sims 2 / Spartan: Total Warrior
GBA: Atomic Betty / Gunstar Super Heroes /
Nicktoons Unite! / Sky Dancers / Shrek SuperSlam / The Bible Game
PSP: Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City
Stories (UK =
probably
pushed back a week with no reason yet confirmed) / Ghost in the Shell / The
Hustle: Detroit Streets
DS: Metroid Prime Pinball / Real Time
Conflict: Shogun Empires / Shrek SuperSlam / Sims 2
This week on DVD we have: Alias:
Season 4 / Herbie: Fully Loaded / House of Wax / The Wizzard of Oz / WW II 60th
Anniversary Commemorative Box Set
Theater: The Weatherman / SAW2 / The Legend of Zorro / Prime
Here's some stuff:
- Sony confirms PS3 will ship with in-built parental controls - Sony
has reaffirmed its commitment to the protection of minors from the effects of
violent videogames with
the announcement of in-built parental controls for its next generation PS3
console.
- Way down on the Gizmondo - The Gizmondo, an interesting game
device that has some unique features like GPS, a built in camera, and GPRS
data support, launched yesterday in the US. However, you can't take advantage
of nifty
location-based GPS features without plopping down extra cash for the
required mapping software ($169 for regional coverage, $249 for the entire
continental United States). A complete system bundle will go for $399.
- Shooters’ delight: Wolf Claw II keyboard -
The Wolf Claw II FPS keyboard lets you create your very own
ergonomically-correct “circle of death” with a circular layout of 40 dedicated
FPS keys. It also sports a more thumb-friendly vertical space bar so you can
pump a few extra rounds into your buddies in seconds flat.
Talking TV Remote Control Holder -
This clever/annoying
device detects when the remote is missing from its holder and periodically
says "Where's the remote?" and "Please put the remote back!" It even thanks
you once it's replaced.
- Sony PSP Giga Pack Comes to USA and Europe -
The Sony PSP Giga Pack (the
same PR for Europe users) includes the PSP System, a 1GB Memory Stick PRO
Duo, battery pack, AC adaptor, USB Cable, and an all-new PSP Stand. The PSP in
the Giga Pack will already have firmware 2.0 (not the new 2.5) pre-installed.
The Sony PSP Giga Pack will sell for $299 starting in November in the US.
- New AOC 20 inch LCD Monitor - The AOC Envision Series
20 inch EN2028 LCD monitor features 1600x1200 pixels, 12ms response time
and a 700:1 contrast ratio. Retail price for the EN2028 is $549.
- T-Mobile MDA Vario communicator unveiled - To support quad-band
GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz,
the
device will also offer GPRS and EDGE for high speed data transfers, as
well as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi 802.11b for shorter-range connections.
- photos of HTC Star Trek smartphone and HTC Hermes Pocket PC phone -
check it
out!
- Mini USB Fan Humidifier -
It measures only 10x8x17cm, so it is good for personal use in a small
office. Internal fan rotates at high-speed. There is a little container for
water at the back. It is powered by USB port of a pc or a laptop.
- Yes, God Is a PC Case -
This PC case is almost near completion and has taken countless months to
produce. It comes with 2 seperate hydraulic pumps for cooling the bastard. The
case is lit up in a beautiful blue and green combo that flows through the
tubing with a sex-tastic luminosity.
- Congress Pays You $3 Billion to Keep Watching TV (US) - After
budgets cuts led to the
layoff of engineers and scientists at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a US
Senate committee has approved a
$3 billion dollar subsidy to assist Americans in their difficult
transition to digital television in 2009.
- Quake 4 High-end Graphics Shootout - The tables turn a little once
Quake 4's ultra quality mode is turned on.
The GeForce 7800 GT is able to outperform the RADEON X1800 XL, while the
GeForce 7800 GTX pulls to within 16% of the X1800 XT.
- A Guided Tour of the Microsoft Command Shell - Ars Technica has
published
an
in-depth, 13 page review of the new Microsoft Command Shell (also known as
Monad)
- Google initiates second email phase - Currently,
invites work for students and
mobile phone owners in the US of A, but it is surely only a matter of time
before Google goes international with these services.
- Robo-soccer kicks off for Christmas -
The world's first multi-player robot football game is set to launch
exclusively in the UK in time for the lucrative Christmas market. Dubbed Mr
Soccer, the hi-tech football game features radio-controlled robots. Players
manoeuvre the dribbling droids forward, back, left and right, and shoot to
score more goals than the opponent.
Reviews:
Age of Empires III (5/5) /
Black & White 2 (7.9/10) /
Black & White 2 () /
Blitzkrieg (7.4/10) /
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood (9/10) /
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood (85/100) /
Civilization IV (9.4/10) /
Diplomacy (6.1/10) /
Diplomacy (7.5/10) /
EverQuest II: DoF (4/5) /
EverQuest II: DoF (7.6/10) /
F.E.A.R. (9/10) /
F.E.A.R. (5/5)
/
F.E.A.R. (4/5) /
F.E.A.R
(B+) /
F.E.A.R. (87%) /
FIFA Manager 06 (70/100) /
Football Manager 2006 (9/10) /
Neuro
Hunter (in German ) /
Quake 4
(90%) /
Quake
4 (4/5) /
Quake 4 (7/10) /
RHEM 2 (4/5) /
Serious Sam 2 (7.1/10) /
Tiger
Woods PGA Tour 06 (8/10) /
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Winter Assault (8.6/10) /
Worms 4 (6.2/10) /
WWII Tank Commander (6.5/10) /
X-Men
Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse (9/10)
Previews:
Civilization IV
/
Earth 2160 Demo /
The
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Media:
City Life
shots /
RF Online shots /
Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends shots
Mods/Maps:
Blade Runner (Alpha) (D3) /
DOOM3X
1.0 /
El Alamein MapPack (BF2) /
GTX Unlimited Beta 1 (D3) /
Rising City (BF2) /
Total Battlefield 2 Map Pack 2
Other gaming news:
- UFO: Aftershock available in Europe - UFO: Aftershock was
released yesterday! It's available in many European countries, and can
be
bought as import in the US.
- Prussia's Glory Gold - Shrapnel Games and Boku Strategy
Games just announced that the second title in the Horse and Musket 2
series,
Prussia's Glory, has now reached gold status. Production will now
begin, with copies projected to ship on November 18, 2005.
- ETROM - The Astral Essence release date - PM Studios
informed us that
Etrom: "The Astral Essence", their 3D action-RPG, will be released
in Italy on November 16, 2005.
- The Sims 2 Holiday Party Pack - Planet The Sims has posted
box art
from The Sims 2 Holiday Party Pack, an upcoming mini-expansion
adding holiday goodies.
- THQ to publish Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel without a Pulse (EU)
- THQ and Aspyr today announced an agreement whereby THQ will
distribute
Stubbs the Zombie in "Rebel without a Pulse" in PAL territories.
The game is expected to be released for the PC and Xbox in November,
2005.
- Unofficial German F.E.A.R. Patches -
There
is "an uncut" patch which adds the game's uncut content to the
cut-down Deutsch edition.
- Gran Turismo Delayed to 2006 - Sony Computer Entertainment
officially
delayed the release of Gran Turismo 4 Mobile. The PSP entry in the
series is now listed at the official Japanese PlayStation website with
a release planned for some time in 2006, rather than the 2005 that's
been listed all this time.
Buy goodies: Stargate Atlantis - The Complete First Season
(you save $18)
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