October 2008

Mirror’s Edge is probably one of 2008’s most anticipated titles for the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3. The game is being published by the infamous EA but has been developed by Sweden based DICE. They are one of EA’s more reputable development teams who was behind the popular Battlefield series. Over the years, Electronic Arts…

I’ve always been curious as to how my old iBook stands up to Apple’s latest and greatest systems to see if it really is worth it to plop down $1000 for a new system. Register Hardware did some Xbench comparisons of the 2006 MacBook Pro 1.83, 2007 MacBook 1.83ghz, the early 2008 1.6ghz MacBook Air,…

Xbox fanboys like to refer to Sony’s console as the Delaystation. It’s true that stuff for the console frequently suffers delays. However, I’d rather have a game delayed and end up with a quality product rather than have it released on time and end up with a piece of trash, which frequently occurs with PC…

This is going to be a quick review about the much anticipated Motorstorm 2, dubbed Pacific Rift. The first Motorstorm, released in 2007, was one of the Playstation 3’s earliest hits and with good reason. Unlike a lot of early PS3 titles, Motorstorm was a good game that could really show off the system’s power….

It’s been quite a while since Sony has updated the firmware for the PSP and PS3. I’m just going to blatantly copy and paste what was written on the official PS Blog. There is no word on when the update will go live but it will likely either be this Wednesday or the next one…

I think we’ve long suspected this. The Universal Media Disc has not been an astoundingly successful component of the PSP. As mobile storage formats go, optical discs are far from being ideal. While UMDs can store a lot, they were plagued by slow load times and are bulkier compared to Nintendo DS flash cards. At…

Windows users, or at least those who are technically inclined, like to keep their systems locked up like Fort Knox. I know my Windows desktop is. Mac and Linux users don’t really have this issue. Why is that exactly? Macworld has an interesting article on the subject as to why Windows has a much higher…

Game Gear, in the early 1990s it was the pinnacle of portable entertainment. Essentially a portable Sega Master System, the bulky system featured full colour graphics and even had a VHF TV tuner accessory. The Game Gear got a smack down from Nintendo’s Game Boy due to its major flaws. The Game Gear was bulky…

Well, here we are again back at Bioshock. One of the Xbox 360’s top games of the year for 2007. People ranted and raved about that version. The PC one, however, was like a dog’s breakfast, encumbered by the intrusive SecuROM copy protection scheme and numerous bugs that caused the game to frequently crash. For…

There have been rumours for a couple of days now that Nintendo would be releasing a new DS portable. Nintendo finally acknowledged the redesign today, dubbing the new system the DSi. The new system features two major improvements. It includes a 0.3 megapixel camera (640×480 resolution) built into the unit. It also finally adds expandable…