The Elements of Gadgets and Gaming
During my surfings, I stumbled upon a rumor about PS3 firmware 2.0. It was first reported on October 12th so I’m a bit off the ball, but hey, I’m not a professional journalist, so don’t expect things to be instant. Anyway, looks like 2.0 is going to address some of my complaints with the PS3,…
Second week with the PS3 with an update on gaming and HD playback. Unfortunately, I was unable to find any Bluray videos for rent at my local video store. I was told “not to hold my breath” for BD and HD-DVD content to come in. With the format war between the two standards, it makes…
Ok, so Leopard arrived today as expected. Opened it up, popped in the DVD, and installed the new OS. The upgrade is pretty strait forward. No need to reformat. It does take quite a while though. At least a couple of hours on my laptop. Mine is a 12” 1.33ghz iBook G4 that was bought…
Part two, and two more games to cover. This time, Empire at War and Jedi Outcast Empire at War (2006, PC/Mac)Empire at War is a Star Wars real time strategy game. It’s certainly not the first. There were others such as Rebellion, but they were not nearly as good. EaW, as it is known, is…
Looking at the first week with the PS3. Ran into some snags. Most notably, I received this week’s flyer from the well known electronics store where I bought the system. They had reduced the price $100 due to the high Canadian dollar. Fortunately, I was able to get $114 cash back on the system without…
The Halo 3 juggernaut managed to knock the Wii off top spot. For the first time since it’s release, the Wii dropped to second place in sales. According to market research firm NPD, Microsoft sold 527,000 Xbox 360s in September. Wii came close with 501,000 units. Once again, Playstation 3 was third, selling only 119,400…
I love the Star Wars movies. I also love Star Wars games. So for today, I thought I’d round off my top five Star Wars games, in no particular order. Ranking great Star Wars games are like ranking your kids, you just can’t pick a favourite. For today, we’ll look at KOTOR and TIE Fighter….
Apple is finally releasing it’s much anticipated OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system. It’s due out on October 26th. You can pre-order your copy right now for delivery on that date. I have. Apple is promising 300 new features. That’s a lot to list. Major ones include the Time Machine system restore and backup program,…
Updated Review: September 2008 A review today. This time it’s the Playstation 3. The underdog of the seventh gen. I had been saving for a while to get a seventh generation console. I originally went out yesterday to pick up the Xbox 360, which was only $399 for the 20gb model and came with a…
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced the release of the much rumored 40gb PS3 model. However, this one has a catch. Unlike the original “low cost” 20gb model, the new 40gb model will have some features cut. Out is the Emotion Engine emulator which means PS2 games cannot be played on the new model. It…