Sony have released firmware update 3.51 which closes the security hole used to downgrade the PSP hardware. This was down to some enterprising people who found a loophole on the Lumines UMD Game that circumvents the previous firmware upgrade
Great!!
Because what all PSP owners want is an update. Just because Sony can't produce any original content for thier own hardware they are stopping anyone from creating thier own homebrew applications.
Sony, if you want us to be loyal to your brand stop being so bloody ignorant of the people who pay your wages and start giving us something we actually want.
1. Your PSP download store is crap. I want demos released on a regular basis. not once in a blue moon.
How many games are available on the hardware? hundreds!
How many demos are available to help us make informed choices? A handfull!
Conclusion? Rubbish!
PS. How come all the music on the store is from bands we've never heard of (or want to hear)?
Have you seen Itunes? Take a look you might be surprised
2. Where are our proposed PS1 game downloads? What? They're available on the PS3 console to download? Crap! You want me to spend another £400 so i can download games that i bought years ago on a system i still own and you still expect me to give you more money for the privilage? get to ****!!!!
You allow me to download rubbish pictures from the PSP store on my P.C, why can't i buy them from there? Or at least allow a program to convert my old PS1 games to my PSP?
3. Stop releasing Firmware updates. How many people actually use the downgrader software? How many people actually use the downgrader software for piracy? Exactly.
I'm not condoning Piracy in any way but I'm not surprised that piracy is common on the system when from the start of the PSP lifespan, owners were ripped off from the very start with ports of PS2 games with no extra content or features. And as for the games we bought because they were PSP exclusive? That's right you only went and released it on PS2 a few months later.
Thanks a bunch Sony. Your taking the piss now.
Friday, 29 June 2007
Sunday, 20 May 2007
Bungie: A Plea
Dear Bungie,
I am a 26 year old gamer who loves First Person Shooters, owns a variety of systems from the Atari 2600 to a High End Gaming PC. The reason why i write this letter is i see you are releasing a little known game for the Next Gen Console, the Microsoft Xbox 360.
You see i have played many a game over my insignificant years from the gaming delights of E.T on Atari's wooden box to the sheer joy of Rise of the Robots on the humble Commodore Amiga (those graphics , eh?)
I bought Halo after playing the demo featuring the interesting "Silent Cartographer" map which was well designed and interesting enough that anyone who played the demo would be astounded by your amazing talents.
So how come the rest of Halo and the entire Halo 2 is filled with hateful and lazily designed levels. Instead of making clever ways to interact with the environment or AI Bungie just adds more enemies. Or the clever way that the controls are like treacle that any quick response needed to react to any kind of threat is futile. Or the Oscar winning Story? Or that terrible threat to Mankind, The Flood? Obviously a name that strikes fear into our hearts, Why not call them Soul Eaters or Nasty Things fuck, Even The Bunnies would have been more evil sounding.
But it's the game play that matters Right? Wrong
I may as well play that old family favourite "Matching Pairs" as that's all the game is: go into level, see enemy, die, remember where enemy is located , start again.
Now i remember an employee of Bungie being quoted as saying Halo is "20 seconds of fun, repeated again & again" or something like that. When the quote should of been "it's 20 seconds of fun & umpteen hours of boredom, and anger at having to do the same thing over and over again because of rubbish game design!"
So, Halo 3. let's have a look at the features.
1) Amazing Graphics
Rubbish it's the same textures but in high resolution. pfft.
2) 4 player co-op mode has just been announced.
Great, now i don't need to suffer i can make others suffer with me.
3) New Weapons announced: Flamethrower & Claymore Grenades.
Because we've never seen those in a computer game. Must have taken hours to think up.
4) a button to silence voices in online gaming
yes we've got those as well their called mute buttons
I'm not even going to continue but let's just say I'm not impressed at the proposition of fan boys defending a game that Doom did better umpteen years ago.
So Bungie prove me wrong, i know in your heart of hearts that you love me dearly for who i am and not for my money. Make the game i know your capable of, the one that would make us cry salty tears of joy and would destroy the whole gaming industry with your awesomeness that no one will make another game for fear of it not being quite as good as your god like game.
Yours,
A Gamer
PS. Anything less than Half life 3 will be met with burning effigies of Master Chief at the next E3 :p
I am a 26 year old gamer who loves First Person Shooters, owns a variety of systems from the Atari 2600 to a High End Gaming PC. The reason why i write this letter is i see you are releasing a little known game for the Next Gen Console, the Microsoft Xbox 360.
You see i have played many a game over my insignificant years from the gaming delights of E.T on Atari's wooden box to the sheer joy of Rise of the Robots on the humble Commodore Amiga (those graphics , eh?)
I bought Halo after playing the demo featuring the interesting "Silent Cartographer" map which was well designed and interesting enough that anyone who played the demo would be astounded by your amazing talents.
So how come the rest of Halo and the entire Halo 2 is filled with hateful and lazily designed levels. Instead of making clever ways to interact with the environment or AI Bungie just adds more enemies. Or the clever way that the controls are like treacle that any quick response needed to react to any kind of threat is futile. Or the Oscar winning Story? Or that terrible threat to Mankind, The Flood? Obviously a name that strikes fear into our hearts, Why not call them Soul Eaters or Nasty Things fuck, Even The Bunnies would have been more evil sounding.
But it's the game play that matters Right? Wrong
I may as well play that old family favourite "Matching Pairs" as that's all the game is: go into level, see enemy, die, remember where enemy is located , start again.
Now i remember an employee of Bungie being quoted as saying Halo is "20 seconds of fun, repeated again & again" or something like that. When the quote should of been "it's 20 seconds of fun & umpteen hours of boredom, and anger at having to do the same thing over and over again because of rubbish game design!"
So, Halo 3. let's have a look at the features.
1) Amazing Graphics
Rubbish it's the same textures but in high resolution. pfft.
2) 4 player co-op mode has just been announced.
Great, now i don't need to suffer i can make others suffer with me.
3) New Weapons announced: Flamethrower & Claymore Grenades.
Because we've never seen those in a computer game. Must have taken hours to think up.
4) a button to silence voices in online gaming
yes we've got those as well their called mute buttons
I'm not even going to continue but let's just say I'm not impressed at the proposition of fan boys defending a game that Doom did better umpteen years ago.
So Bungie prove me wrong, i know in your heart of hearts that you love me dearly for who i am and not for my money. Make the game i know your capable of, the one that would make us cry salty tears of joy and would destroy the whole gaming industry with your awesomeness that no one will make another game for fear of it not being quite as good as your god like game.
Yours,
A Gamer
PS. Anything less than Half life 3 will be met with burning effigies of Master Chief at the next E3 :p
PC Zone's 101 best PC Games Ever Part 2
PC Zone has just released the second part of their "Top 101 Best PC Games Ever"
50. CARMAGEDDON II: CARPOCALYPSE NOW
49. STAR WARS: JEDI KNIGHT- DARK FORCES II
48. SYNDICATE
47. BEYOND GOOD & EVIL
46. BLACK & WHITE
45. ALIENS VS PREDATOR 2
44. COMMANDOS 2: MEN OF COURAGE
43. X-COM: UFO DEFENCE
42. COMMAND & CONQUER
41. QUAKE
40. DUKE NUKEM 3D
39. WARCRAFT III: REIGN OF CHAOS
38. MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIM 2007
37. SAM & MAX HIT THE ROAD
36. PSYCHONAUTS
35. IL-2 STURMOVIK: 1946
34. PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 6
33. BATTLEFIELD 1942
32. GTR 2
31. ULTIMA VII: THE BLACK GATE
30. FAR CRY
29. WING COMMANDER IV: THE PRICE OF FREEDOM
28. VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE - BLOODLINES
27. MAFIA
26. COUNTER-STRIKE: SOURCE
25. Diablo II
24. Call Of Duty
23. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows Of Amn
22. Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic
21. Fallout
20. Eve Online
19. Quake III: Arena
18. Operation Flashpoint
17. Company Of Heroes
16. Max Payne 2: The Fall Of Max Payne
15. World of Warcraft
14. Football Manager 2007
13. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
12. Unreal Tournament 2004
11. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
10. The Secret Of Monkey Island
09. Battlefield 2
08. Doom
07. System Shock 2
06. Rome: Total War
05. Half-Life
04. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
03. Civilization IV
02. Half-Life 2
01. Deus Ex
Find out why these games deserve their status and the reasons why here
Again a lot of absolute classics and some controversial posts.
Let me know what you think: Is Deus Ex the best PC game ever?
Or is Monkey Island really better than World of Warcraft?
50. CARMAGEDDON II: CARPOCALYPSE NOW
49. STAR WARS: JEDI KNIGHT- DARK FORCES II
48. SYNDICATE
47. BEYOND GOOD & EVIL
46. BLACK & WHITE
45. ALIENS VS PREDATOR 2
44. COMMANDOS 2: MEN OF COURAGE
43. X-COM: UFO DEFENCE
42. COMMAND & CONQUER
41. QUAKE
40. DUKE NUKEM 3D
39. WARCRAFT III: REIGN OF CHAOS
38. MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIM 2007
37. SAM & MAX HIT THE ROAD
36. PSYCHONAUTS
35. IL-2 STURMOVIK: 1946
34. PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 6
33. BATTLEFIELD 1942
32. GTR 2
31. ULTIMA VII: THE BLACK GATE
30. FAR CRY
29. WING COMMANDER IV: THE PRICE OF FREEDOM
28. VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE - BLOODLINES
27. MAFIA
26. COUNTER-STRIKE: SOURCE
25. Diablo II
24. Call Of Duty
23. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows Of Amn
22. Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic
21. Fallout
20. Eve Online
19. Quake III: Arena
18. Operation Flashpoint
17. Company Of Heroes
16. Max Payne 2: The Fall Of Max Payne
15. World of Warcraft
14. Football Manager 2007
13. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
12. Unreal Tournament 2004
11. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
10. The Secret Of Monkey Island
09. Battlefield 2
08. Doom
07. System Shock 2
06. Rome: Total War
05. Half-Life
04. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
03. Civilization IV
02. Half-Life 2
01. Deus Ex
Find out why these games deserve their status and the reasons why here
Again a lot of absolute classics and some controversial posts.
Let me know what you think: Is Deus Ex the best PC game ever?
Or is Monkey Island really better than World of Warcraft?
Saturday, 19 May 2007
Starcraft 2
Blizzard have announced that their next title will be Starcraft 2 the sequel to the 1998 release.
What is probably most surprising is that it's not going to be an mmorpg like their massively successful World of Warcraft but a RTS along the lines of the first game.
The first screenshots have been released on CVG.com and they are looking impressive but it will be the game play that will make this title, especially in Korea where millions play and watch live broadcasts of matches on T.V.
Now with competition in the RTS genre from the likes of Supreme Commander & Company Of Heroes, Blizzard will no doubt pull out all the stops to make Starcraft 2 stand out from the myriad of other strategy games released on a monthly basis.
What is probably most surprising is that it's not going to be an mmorpg like their massively successful World of Warcraft but a RTS along the lines of the first game.
The first screenshots have been released on CVG.com and they are looking impressive but it will be the game play that will make this title, especially in Korea where millions play and watch live broadcasts of matches on T.V.
Now with competition in the RTS genre from the likes of Supreme Commander & Company Of Heroes, Blizzard will no doubt pull out all the stops to make Starcraft 2 stand out from the myriad of other strategy games released on a monthly basis.
Wednesday, 16 May 2007
Pee-S2
Loving this story on gizmondo:
"Here's a cautionary tale featuring an about-to-be destroyed Sony PlayStation 2. A proud owner of a new PS3 decided to allow partygoers to destroy his outgoing PS2, and the guy who won the honors in a drawing decided to pee all over the obsolete gaming console.
True tale or urban legend?
Don't know But funny all the same
"Here's a cautionary tale featuring an about-to-be destroyed Sony PlayStation 2. A proud owner of a new PS3 decided to allow partygoers to destroy his outgoing PS2, and the guy who won the honors in a drawing decided to pee all over the obsolete gaming console.
Bad idea. The PS2 was still plugged in, and because urine is an excellent conductor of electricity, the guy was instantly knocked unconscious and nearly electrocuted. He was lucky enough to be treated and released at a local hospital. That's got to hurt. Okay, so now we have this straight: It's not a PEE S2.
Via GizmondoTrue tale or urban legend?
Don't know But funny all the same
PC Zone's 101 best PC Games Ever Part 1
PC Zone has release their "Top 101 Best PC Games Ever" List on cvg.co.uk
This is the list so far from 101 - 51
101. Blood
100. Starsiege: Tribes
99. Need For Speed: Most Wanted
98. The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay
97. N
96. Worms
95. NetHack
94. Hidden & Dangerous 2
93. Hitman: Blood Money
92. Grand Prix Legends91. Splinter Cell
90. Silent Hunter III
89. Sid Meier's Pirates!
88. Supreme Commander
87. Grim Fandango
86. Cave Story
85. Rollercoaster Tycoon 3
84. Descent
83. Soldier of Fortune II
82. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
81. The Movies
80. Clive Barker's Undying
79. F.E.A.R.
78. Team Fortress Classic
77. Frontier: Elite II
76. No One Lives Forever 2
75. Final Fantasy VII
74. The Longest Journey
73. Uplink
72. Total Annihilation
71. Fahrenhiet
70. Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War
69. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
68. Trackmania: United
67. Garry's Mod
66. SimCity 2000
65. SWAT 4
64. X3 Reunion
63. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
62. Dungeon Keeper
61. Planescape: Torment
60. Age of Empires
59. StarCraft
58. TIE Fighter
57. Guild Wars
56. Neverwinter Nights
55. Thief: Deadly Shadows
54. Tomb Raider
53. Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
52. EverQuest
51. The Sims 2
A list of absolute classics I'm sure you'll agree and i have wasted countless hours on many of these games hunched over my mouse and keyboard.
What games in the list have you spent hours on and what games did you enjoy most?
Which games do you think will make the top 10 and do you agree with the list so far or should
Nethack replace Neverwinter Nights place in the top 101 games?
Leave a comment with your thought and views on the list so far.
This is the list so far from 101 - 51
101. Blood
100. Starsiege: Tribes
99. Need For Speed: Most Wanted
98. The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay
97. N
96. Worms
95. NetHack
94. Hidden & Dangerous 2
93. Hitman: Blood Money
92. Grand Prix Legends91. Splinter Cell
90. Silent Hunter III
89. Sid Meier's Pirates!
88. Supreme Commander
87. Grim Fandango
86. Cave Story
85. Rollercoaster Tycoon 3
84. Descent
83. Soldier of Fortune II
82. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
81. The Movies
80. Clive Barker's Undying
79. F.E.A.R.
78. Team Fortress Classic
77. Frontier: Elite II
76. No One Lives Forever 2
75. Final Fantasy VII
74. The Longest Journey
73. Uplink
72. Total Annihilation
71. Fahrenhiet
70. Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War
69. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
68. Trackmania: United
67. Garry's Mod
66. SimCity 2000
65. SWAT 4
64. X3 Reunion
63. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
62. Dungeon Keeper
61. Planescape: Torment
60. Age of Empires
59. StarCraft
58. TIE Fighter
57. Guild Wars
56. Neverwinter Nights
55. Thief: Deadly Shadows
54. Tomb Raider
53. Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
52. EverQuest
51. The Sims 2
A list of absolute classics I'm sure you'll agree and i have wasted countless hours on many of these games hunched over my mouse and keyboard.
What games in the list have you spent hours on and what games did you enjoy most?
Which games do you think will make the top 10 and do you agree with the list so far or should
Nethack replace Neverwinter Nights place in the top 101 games?
Leave a comment with your thought and views on the list so far.
Monday, 14 May 2007
Half Life 2 - Reality Gaming
Should we be worried?
One is a Solar Tower in Seville, Spain.
The other the Citadel in City 17, undisclosed location.
An uncannny Resemblence
The 7 hour war might be upon us sooner than we think. :p
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