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pixelated scraps has moved!

2010-04-01T16:57:00.002+08:00

Yup - we've moved! Click on the link above, or this one below :) http://pixelatedscraps.tumblr.com/ And here is the rest of it

The View From My Balcony

2008-12-13T15:46:00.006+08:00

Taken with a Nikon D200, Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG (24mm | | f/8 | 1/320 sec). Conversion to black & white and tweaking of contrast) Taken with a Nikon D200, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 (16mm | | f/11 | 1/320 sec). Slight tweaking of contrast and colour curves in PS) And here is the rest of it

Something a little different...

2008-12-13T15:45:00.000+08:00

Here is the beginning of my postAnd here is the rest of it

Busted?

2008-05-01T01:41:00.002+08:00

They say a picture speaks a thousand words. Well then, what exactly does this say? Oh, and Happy May Day everyone!

WTF: Hypnosis Before Sex. Yes please.

2008-04-19T17:08:00.005+08:00

Here's something I wish I could do; hypnotize myself before sex so I wouldn't have to feel any of the awkwardness that seems determined to accompany me on my last few sexual encounters (or should I say near-sexual encounters). Dammit, have those 10 readers who actually used to read this blog in its previous incarnation really upped and left the building?

WTF: Yeah. So, um.

2008-04-19T15:41:00.007+08:00

Two months since my last post. Brilliant! (some would say, particularly those wishing for me to finally do something worthwhile with my precious time)For others, you may be lamenting the crappy game links, the overabundance of Youtube videos and reliance on Wikipedia entries for game info. In which case, you probably stopped reading eons ago and I'm just here..by myself, right now.Anyway, to get

VIDEO: The Downfall of HD-DVD

2008-02-17T20:13:00.001+08:00

VIDEO: Flight of the Conchords - If You're Into It

2008-01-30T01:44:00.000+08:00

More awesomenessAnd here is the rest of it

10 Photography Firsts

2008-01-21T00:29:00.000+08:00

Okay, this was pretty cool so I'm just gonna go right ahead and steal it (with accreditation of course). Ranging from the world's oldest surviving photograph to the first photo from space, they're a nice collection (if you swing that way, that is):1826: The World's Oldest Surviving PhotographJoseph Niepce, a French inventor and pioneer in photography, is generally credited with having taken the

TECH: Macbook Air vs. The World

2008-01-21T00:13:00.000+08:00

You know you hate Apple. I know that, my girlfriend knows it, and all my friends bar one (lets name him...Sam) know it too. The only thing is, they make computers so damned sexy it brings out the inner-narcissist in all of us. Well, my big huge, hairy 6ft one anyway.Anyway, for those of you who are salivating at the thought of selling your six month old Macbook in order to buy the new Air, you

VIDEO: Life As A Portal Turret

2008-01-20T12:09:00.000+08:00

One for the Portal fans...

TECH: Scientists Fit Electronic Circuits On To Contact Lens - Terminator Dreams Get Resurrected

2008-01-18T23:08:00.000+08:00

Engineers at the University of Washington have successfully created a flexible, biologically safe and wearable contact lens imprinted with an electronic circuit. Up until now, the only test subjects have been a pair of rabbits who wore them for 20 minutes without dying or entering into a post-apocalyptic burst of insanity, leaving us all to ponder a future life where we can see perfectly at night

VIDEO: Flight of the Conchords: Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenocerus

2008-01-17T14:40:00.000+08:00

Awesome.

TECH: 50 Free Websites To Watch Online Movies / TV

2008-01-07T21:18:00.000+08:00

So you don't have cable, you don't live in the US or UK (where there actually is TV worth watching) and you haven't worked out where all the good stuff is on the Internet. No promises all of the links will work or the quality will be good, but here's what you've been looking for, misers:http://www.beelinetv.com/ http://www.boxsweeper.com/ http://movinflicks.brinkster.net/joomla/index.php http:

TECH: Time Warner Sides With Blu-ray - Toshiba & HD-DVD Weep For The Future

2008-01-06T19:48:00.000+08:00

Blahblahblah we've heard all this before I know. What makes this announcement so different is that now there is only one major studio backing HD-DVD in the High-Definition DVD war. This is the crudest analysis ever, but at least it allows you to see what Toshiba, Microsoft and Universal / Dreamworks are up against:So if you've just recently purchased one of those super-cheap $199 Toshiba HD-DVD

What Makes 2 Girls & A Cup Funny

2008-01-06T18:58:00.000+08:00

Click on the image above to see the full-sized versionexplosmAnd here is the rest of it

X-Rays Make For Good Wallpapers

2008-01-06T17:08:00.000+08:00

A whole lot of photoshopping but who cares, these are all quite cute. You can find the rest of them hereAnd here is the rest of it

VIDEO: The Banned George Bush Interview

2008-01-02T22:20:00.000+08:00

This is a reportedly banned interview with an Irish journalist where you can see Bush turning first from a bumbling idiot, to a defensive and tetchy idiot, and then back to the bumbling idiot again. Worth watching, simply to see how in the world was it possible for the world's most powerful country to vote this guy into power not once, but twice. And here is the rest of it

TECH: RIAA Says Copying CDs Onto Your PC Is "Illegal"

2008-01-02T22:10:00.000+08:00

A man who kept a collection of about 2,000 music recordings on his PC - all ripped from his collection of CDs, has been confronted with the news (along with the rest of us) that this is apparently illegal. So, you've bought that $25 CD and you have absolutely no legal way of copying it to your PC and then onto your MP3 player. Nope. None at all.The RIAA's lawyer in the case, Ira Schwartz, argued

VIDEO: Top 10 Signs Your Country May Be Going Fascist

2008-01-02T22:08:00.000+08:00

Amusing, if a little taken out of context. Sure to goad conspiracy-theorists everywhere...

WTF: Dean 'Sell-out' Takahashi

2008-01-02T19:52:00.000+08:00

Okay, not sure if you all heard of this. Dean Takahashi (of Mercury News 'fame') wrote a review completely slamming Mass Effect some time ago, even going as far as to call it Mass Defect. Upon seeing how many of his readers were pissed about his review (and no doubt thinking of what happened to Gerstmann) he then retracted his review and gave the most lengthy, filled to the brim with

WTF: Beijing Teen Sets Fire To Classmate, Blames It On Being A "Fire Mage"

2007-12-23T01:47:00.001+08:00

After losing a fight in school, a 17 year old boy in Beijing doused his classmate with petrol and lit him on fire. According to Beijing News the teen claimed that he “had lost himself in World of Warcraft” and “transformed into a Fire Mage.”The teen has since been sentenced to eight years in prison and ordered to pay the victim and his family 760,000 RMB (about $103,140 USD). (Wired)Hell yeah, if

The Weirdest Gaming Records

2007-12-22T15:44:00.000+08:00

From CVG comes the news that the Guiness Book of World Records, purveyors of ever-spiraling and progressively stupider world records, will apparently include a section for gaming for the first time ever. Woo. Someone count up the most days off work record for playing games and I'm in a close second. Till then, there's a few from that list after the jump below.Longest prison sentence for playing a

Wii: Fuck You Nintendo, I Won't Play Your Wii

2007-12-21T20:16:00.000+08:00

If you:a) Remember Matthew Broderick as being the coolest actor of his timeb) Have owned every (or nearly every) single video game console ever madeorc) Are a 'casual' gamer who loves owning a Wii and inviting 'friends' round to play virtual tennisI highly recommend you read this blog post from my new favorite blogger. To quote (and whip up that appetite of yours):(A) casual gamer is a term for

TECH: Turn Your LCD / TV Into A Touch Screen With a Wii-mote

2007-12-16T02:48:00.000+08:00

This is pretty cool. That is, if you like dissecting electronic things and potentially destroying every new toy you buy. More on this project hereAnd here is the rest of it

Call of Duty 5 - WW2??

2007-12-08T17:52:00.000+08:00

'Nooooo...' (at the thought of another WW2 shooter)'NOOOOOOAAAAHRHRCCCCKKKHHHHHHHGGHHH!' (at the thought of crappy-COD3-developer Treyarch taking over the reins from COD4 demi-gods Infinity Ward)(Ed. This actually sounds like a rumor, but we should all still be praying for Treyarch's immediate demise from the dev scene regardless)

Think Those Bad Guy Characters Are Fictional? Think Again.

2007-12-08T15:57:00.000+08:00

GamesRadar has an amusing look at some of the more criminally-minded celebs to have graced us with their gaming presence...Name: Tim AllenAppeared in: Home Improvement (SNES), The Santa Clause 3 (GBA)Heard in: Toy Story 2 (PC/PSone), Toy Story Racer (PSone)Rap sheet: Tim Allen's stint in prison is rarely discussed, but hardly a secret; before he was synonymous with family-oriented comedies, Allen

Death of Gaming Part 3: Gamespot Editor Gets Fired Over Bad Review

2007-12-01T18:15:00.000+08:00

(Click on the image above for PennyArcade's comic)By now you may or may not have heard of how Jeff Gerstmann, Editorial Director of huge-flashy-corporate-gaming-for-teens website Gamespot, was fired last week. What you may not know is why: apparently publisher Eidos Interactive threatened to pull the plug on a massive advertising campaign after Gerstmann dished out a low 6/10 review score to the

360: Gay Halo 3 Player Gets (Verbally) Shafted Online

2007-11-27T15:10:00.001+08:00

Excruciating to listen to, this pretty much sums up everything negative I think of online gaming, use of headsets and the entire Halo franchise pretty much. All in 2:30 mins...And here is the rest of it

PS3: Sony Lying About PS3 Sales?

2007-11-24T11:20:00.000+08:00

After 1UP reported that PS3 sales were 'phenomenal' for October following a price cut and introduction of the 40Gb PS3 at $399, Sony CEO Howard Stringer said that the new $399 PlayStation 3, combined with the 80GB price cut, helped to sell over 100,000 consoles in America in the week ending November 11."It's the breakthrough we've been anticipating," he said. "We've been holding our breath."The

PS3: Haze Delayed Until 2008, Ubisoft Congratulates

2007-11-22T01:37:00.000+08:00

While Ubisoft are busy high-fiving themselves and fattening their expense accounts with news of a 52% boost in sales over 2007, the rest of us PS3 gamers will have to wait another 3 months or so before we see the light of day for Haze. Billed as the biggest (only?) first-person shooter PS3 exclusive since Resistance, the game has been pushed back from its December, 2007 release till 'sometime

EDGE Scores Mass Effect 7/10 In December Issue

2007-11-22T01:11:00.000+08:00

Coming from the notoriously finicky gaming magazine EDGE, a 7/10 score is actually quite decent. But when we are talking about one of Microsoft's biggest blockbusters for the Xbox 360, things start to look a little shaky. EDGE has only ever given out five 10/10 scores in just over nine years, but in the last three months Halo 3, The Orange Box, and now Super Mario Galaxy have all been made

Blacksite: Area 51 Review (360 / PS3 / PC)

2007-11-19T23:37:00.000+08:00

Been playing the PC version as thats all that got shipped to me - and I have to say, I'm underwhelmed. The storyline sounded cool; Iraq followed by Starship Troopers-meets-War-of-the-Worlds aliens in smalltown Hicksville. The squad tactics also sounded cool too - although a little too simplistic compared to what they were touting. Visuals are nice, but thats it - nice. Physics and character

360 / PS3: Was Assassin's Creed Rushed To Market Too Soon?

2007-11-19T22:22:00.000+08:00

A lot of gamers who got their hands on the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of Ubisoft's latest game, Assassin's Creed, are reporting numerous graphical glitches, invisible walls and framerate slowdowns that exist throughout the game. Having viewed several videos, I am of the opinion; Yes, its a shabby piece of work. Ubisoft, why the rush for a mid-November launch when the run-up to Christmas is just

PC: AMD Launches Phenom Processor

2007-11-19T22:17:00.000+08:00

As much as I love the underdog, in this fight with Intel, AMD really needs to start pulling out some bigger hits than this. Continually delayed, under-performing and most definitely late to the party, comes AMD's newest line of CPU processors. The reviews are in, and they're not pretty...AnandtechPC PerspectiveHardware Canucks

Think That Game Is Running In Full High-Def?

2007-11-16T15:49:00.000+08:00

Think again.Remember all those Microsoft and Sony adverts decreeing the death of standard-definition gaming? How the buzz words 720p and 1080p got hurled around like confetti at a fat, overpaid groom's wedding? How Samsung, LG, and Sharp, amongst others, made us think we needed Full HD LCD TV sets? Here's the truth for all you gaming-graphics-whores: Most games don't even render at 720p, let

PC: Budget Builder's Guide (Anandtech)

2007-11-13T11:33:00.000+08:00

In recognition for all my hard work and hours of Force 10 geekness, comes my first bona-fide article for tech-site-to-the-gurus Anandtech. (Nothing to do with whoring myself bountifully forum-wide, I promise you.)Regardless of reason, if you're into building your own all-in-one entry-level office system for roughly $600, or are wondering how to build your own kick-ass gaming system for $1000 -

PS3: Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Massive Attack Trailer

2007-11-05T10:10:00.000+08:00

I have to say, its looking pretty cool. Coming on November 19th. Enjoy...And here is the rest of it

Writing a Game Review

2007-11-03T20:59:00.000+08:00

Writing anything that resembles a professional game review isn’t something that can be done in 10 minutes and forgotten right after. It takes time and dedication. This is a small guide to help anyone who wants to create a game review. Note that I am in no way a professional game critic, nor did I receive any extra education on the subject. I would just like to share some of my techniques and

Crysis Single-Player Demo Review

2007-11-03T01:25:00.000+08:00

Here's another game review for FiringSquad.com's Games Review contest. This time its on the Crysis pre-release demo.Quite possibly the most anticipated (and hyped) PC game of 2007, Crytek has officially released a taste of what’s to come in the form of a pre-release demo. Does it meet the sheer amount of hype that the game has garnered? No, it obviously doesn’t. Nothing ever meets up to its hype.

World in Conflict (PC) Review

2007-11-03T00:22:00.001+08:00

Here's a copy of a review I did for FiringSquad.com's Games Review contest. By submitting a 500 word or less game review you can win an unannounced AMD/ATI GPU and/or an AMD CPU! Be sure to rate it and give me your opinions.From the opening scenes of the Soviet Union’s invasion of Seattle all the way through World in Conflict’s short campaign will you be full of heart-pounding adrenaline as you

TECH: OS X 10.5 Leopard Coverage

2007-11-01T13:43:00.000+08:00

Engadget has an in-depth review and mounds of coverage of Apple's latest OS X operating system. For anyone who has a Mac and is looking to upgrade, be sure to check it out. The beta version had some nice touches, and the final version no doubt sets OS X further beyond the reach of Windows Vista.Read via EngadgetAnd here is the rest of it

TECH: Eye-Fi Wireless SD Memory Card

2007-11-01T13:36:00.000+08:00

Its been a while since Eye-Fi first mentioned word of their wireless memory card, but here it is at last. Able to transfer pictures, images and just about anything else directly from the memory card to a PC or Mac. At the moment the card is available with just 2Gb, but expect that to increase as the product stays in the market. Interesting...Read via AdoramaEye-Fi, a California-based company,

TECH: Asus Debuts its $299 Eee PC Notebook

2007-10-30T19:14:00.001+08:00

This is a bit late, but better than never. Last week Asus launched their newest endeavor in the sub-notebook (read: tiny laptop) market dubbed the "Eee PC". Laptop Mag have already called this "pound for pound the best value notebook on the planet". And running at the same price as most mobile phones, there could well be a lot of people interested in this. Mind you, it doesn't run Windows or OSX,

TECH: Asus Debuts its $299 Eee PC Notebook

2007-10-30T19:14:00.000+08:00

TECH: How Vinyl May Be The Final Nail In The Coffin For The CD

2007-10-30T10:51:00.001+08:00

One of the Wired blogs has an interesting article on how vinyl is going through a renaissence, and what that might mean for the recording industry (i.e. not much, its just a 6-month hipster trend, right?). Unfortunately, the article doesn't really tell us anything we didn't already know - i.e. vinyls are strictly for the very nerdy, very rich, or those looking for another trend to call their own.

PS3 / PC: New Unreal Tournament 3 Trailer

2007-10-29T11:31:00.000+08:00

Looking good, but boy does it resemble Gears of War...

TECH: Dreamworks / Paramount Caught Out in Transformers Boast?

2007-10-27T23:55:00.000+08:00

Round 1557 started when Dreamworks / Paramount announced post-Transformers HD-DVD release that they had the best-selling Day One and Week One high-def title on either format since their respective launches, selling over 100,000 HD-DVDs on its first day of release, and over 190,000 HD-DVDs in its first week. The Blu-ray camp of course, have come out with Round No. 1558 - more after the jump.Read

PS3: White PS3 Coming on Nov 11th - in Japan Only

2007-10-27T23:51:00.001+08:00

Damn, if that doesn't look a hundred times better than a 360. Here was I thinking that all white consoles (Wii included) looked puny and anemic.Read via PS3Focus.nl

PS3 / 360: EA / MTV's Rock Band - Full Song Listing

2007-10-27T22:48:00.000+08:00

EA & MTV's massive band-game-for-the-wannabes, Rock Band, is set for release worldwide on PS3 and Xbox 360 on November 20th. In case you haven't been keeping up, this virtual band simulation game is coming from Harmonix, the developers of the original Guitar Hero series. For the princely (outrageous?) price of US$169.99, gamers get a plastic guitar, drumsticks, mics and about 58 playable songs (

TECH: Apple To Restrict Would-be iPhone Buyers

2007-10-27T22:25:00.000+08:00

By refusing cash sales and limiting customers to just two handsets each, in a bid to control the rampant black-market exports that have made it possible for users in iPhone-less countries to pick up their own iPhones. Boo. Hiss.Read: LA Times articleAnd here is the rest of it

VIDEO: Where Ken & Guile Are Right Now

2007-10-27T15:36:00.000+08:00

You didn't think they were still fighting did you? Check out the rest of the videos - some of them are pretty funny. Well, bits of them are. At times. Sonic what, now?

TECH: Video Card Being Used to Crack Passwords

2007-10-25T13:03:00.000+08:00

Vladimir thought he would finally put his mother's grumblings about staying up and playing computer games to rest by finding a real use for his $800 Geforce 8800 Ultra video card. Sadly, he's just hacked into your email account, mine and everyone else in your block in the time its taken to read this post. Doh!Elcomsoft, a software company based in Moscow, Russia, has filed a US patent for the

PC: Gears of War (Almost) Here

2007-10-22T23:37:00.000+08:00

And looking better than ever - I was kinda expecting to be disappointed with the year-too-late PC version of last year's 360 hit, but everything thats been shown so far looks like Gears of War for the PC will be another hit for Epic Games. Pro-G UK has a fairly in-depth preview of it here.

TECH: Samsung Shows Off World's Slimmest 40" LCD At 10mm

2007-10-22T20:06:00.001+08:00

In keeping with the propensity for big Korean / Japanese manufacturers to try and out-do each other in the realm of slimmest / largest / longest / widest, Samsung has unveiled the world's slimmest 40" 1080p LCD at just 10mm. No doubt Panasonic, Sony, Sharp or someone else will come out with a 8.88mm panel in a few months. Or weeks. Scratch that, make it days.And here is the rest of it

TECH: Blu-Ray / HD-DVD War Heats Up

2007-10-22T14:47:00.000+08:00

With the release of the $399 40Gb PS3 last week, and rumors of an upcoming Xbox 360 with integrated HD-DVD drive, is it really time for us all to abandon the ol' faithful DVD for the new HD-wunderkids that are appearing now?In short, no. $400 for an HD drive is still simply too expensive for the masses to take up - give us a $99 HD-DVD / Blu-Ray player and then we'll start to see the death of the

PS3: How To Activate Your PSP On A PS3

2007-10-22T14:32:00.000+08:00

Loot Ninja has a guide to setting up your PSP on a PS3 - to play those crappy PS1 games you downloaded, remember?Link

TECH: Wi-Fi Security System Is "Broken"

2007-10-22T14:23:00.000+08:00

The BBC is reporting current security measures designed to protect users while surfing on Wi-Fi internet connections have been comprehensively broken open. But with compatibility issues with the new measures, users are left with no choice but to continue using the existing and "wide-open" protection system. (source)

PS3: Capcom Announces Lost Planet for PS3

2007-10-18T23:27:00.001+08:00

But does anyone give a shit? Come on, its been out for like what, a year already on 360? Who gives a fuck about a PS3 version now?

TECH: World's Smallest Cooling Fan?

2007-10-15T23:16:00.000+08:00

For cooling one's semi-circular canals whilst listening to MP3s?Source - HKEPC

November's Great - For First-Person Shooters...

2007-10-14T23:34:00.000+08:00

After the customary summer lull, comes autumn in full force:Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC / 360 / PS3 - November 5th)Crysis (PC) - November 15thHaze (PS3) - November 19thUnreal Tournament 3 (PC - November 2007 / PS3 - Early 2008 / 360 - Late 2008)Timeshift (PC / 360 - October 30th. PS3 - December 2007)

WTF: EA Buys Bioware and Pandemic Studios

2007-10-14T23:07:00.000+08:00

Great, just great. I know only time will tell if EA can fuck this one up just like they've managed to absorb (and fuck up) every other talented independent game studio they've bought over the years, but I can't help but hear Queen's 'Another One Bites The Dust' playing on repeat inside my head.(Thanks to Destructoid for the image)Follow the jump for the full report...Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:

TECH: iPhone v1.1.1 Unlocked by iPhoneSimFree Team

2007-10-14T14:57:00.001+08:00

Well that didn't take very long now, did it?Apparently the pay-as-you-hack iPhoneSimFree team have managed to unlock Apple's latest attempts to lock the iPhone from the prying fingers of non-AT&T-wishing users everywhere. After Apple's latest firmware upgrade "bricked" owners of unlocked iPhones (who in reply, have tried to sue Apple), hackers from the fee-charging iPhoneSimFree team have

WTF: Nintendo Wii vs. Vii Rush

2007-10-14T10:40:00.000+08:00

I know this is quite old, but I could only find photos of this before - now at least we've got some info regarding this Chinese-brand Wii rip-off. More after the jump.And just remember this is all translated from the Chinese Engadget via Google Translate: Let us close this feeling under VII products: power rods vii, of the 2.4 g shock wireless controller. 360°感应玩家动作。 360 ° induction player moves.

PS3: Improve Your PS3 Framerates

2007-10-14T10:34:00.000+08:00

Found this little tidbit for all you PS3 owners:Setting the BD/DVD upscaler set off, HDMI 24fps off, HDMI audio set on bitstream, PS2 upscaler/smoother set off.Disable system display notify/ mediaserver off / all other automatic setting set to off / internet disable if not multiplaying and other setting etc will all help improve framerates...SourceAnd here is the rest of it

TECH: McDonalds Offers Up McWifi UK-Wide

2007-10-09T22:21:00.000+08:00

In a disgustingly underhanded move sure to please chubbsters and shareholders across Her Majesty's Great Island, McDonalds has announced plans to introduce free Wi-Fi access in its 1,200 outlets across the UK.McDonald’s Restaurants chief executive Steve Easterbrook said: “The launch of free Wi-Fi in our restaurants in the UK is an exciting move that we believe will further enhance our customers’

VIDEO: So Called - You Are Never Alone

2007-10-09T11:43:00.000+08:00

Weird. Check it.Nothing here? Tough shit.

WTF: The Weirdest Japanese Products

2007-10-07T12:38:00.001+08:00

I don't think I even need to write captions for these as they speak for themselves. More here if you're still interested.And here is the rest of it

VIDEO: Prankee Yankee (Prank Wars 6)

2007-10-07T12:08:00.000+08:00

The latest from the Prank Wars series, from the guys over at College Humor:How bad was that? But you know you want to watch the rest of them, so here they are.And here is the rest of it

Xbox 360: Halo 3 Asian Version English Language Fuck-up?

2007-10-05T12:26:00.000+08:00

Having tried my studious best to avoid the marketing behemoth that has become Halo 3 meant I totally missed out on this one nearly a week ago; apparently the Halo 3 version as released in Asia (Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan etc) came missing one crucial element: an English language audio track, meaning if you were one of the several hundred thousand foreigners living anywhere in Asia and wanting to

TECH: Amazon Opens Its DRM-Free Online Music Store

2007-09-26T20:21:00.000+08:00

Amazon has fired the first major shot across Apple's bow with the launch of the copy-protection-free (DRM - digital rights management) Amazon MP3 service. Individual songs are supposedly cheaper than those from iTunes at 89-99 cents, and up to $9.99 an album. All tracks are encoded at 256k and can be played back unlimited times on any hardware; be it MP3 players, iPods, mobile phones, etc.All we

TECH: Demonoid Shut Down By CRIA

2007-09-26T20:13:00.001+08:00

As one of the most popular private-yet-totally-illegal Bittorrent sites out there, Demonoid.com was always going to come under government scrutiny sooner or later. Now it seems as if the CRIA (Canadian Recording Industry Association) has had enough of the site's nefarious activities, and have finally ordered it to be shut down. (So thats why half of my torrents have suddenly gone into the red...)

VIDEO: Smile

2007-09-26T19:39:00.000+08:00

One of the creepiest short CG films you're likely to ever see. Made by two college students in Israel, enjoy...And here is the rest of it

Wii: Rockstar's Table Tennis

2007-09-18T23:29:00.000+08:00

Just goes to show cool, funky music doesn't always make a trailer good...

360 / PS3: Tony Hawk's Proving Ground TGS07 Trailer

2007-09-18T23:23:00.000+08:00

Lookin' good... Watch in HD

Wii: Subliminal Homophobic Message In Super Mario Galaxy Boxart?

2007-09-17T23:26:00.001+08:00

You be the judge: Read only the letters that have a star underneath them.Which appear to spell: U R MR GAY. No shit, although surely it isn't the first time any self-respecting Wii owner has secretly thought that while batting invisible tennis balls or doing virtual air-trouser-snake-jiggles in front of a room full of girls in Warioware (but at least I wasn't the

Wii: Nintendo Making US$49 Profit Per Wii Sold

2007-09-17T23:16:00.000+08:00

While Sony faces another 18 month wait before turning a profit on the PS3, and profits for Microsoft have been put back another year by the US$1 billion+ repair bill for the error-prone 360, Miyamoto and co. over at Nintendo are laughing all the way to the bank after only 9 months on the market. More after the jump...Click here to read more

WTF: Web-user Dies After 3-day Online Binge

2007-09-17T22:55:00.000+08:00

A Chinese man in Guangdong province in Southern China has died after a 3-day binge at a cybercafe in Zhongshan. No word on exactly what he was doing online for those 3 days, or whether the Chinese government will denounce this as yet another evil of the Western world or just execute the cybercafe owner instead.(source)And here is the rest of it

Xbox 360: Halo 3 Ending Leaked?

2007-09-17T22:45:00.000+08:00

I was going to title this something innocuous like "Halo 3 Secret Boobies Unlock Code Unveiled" or something equally innocent to entice my three 360-owning-friends to click the Play button. But then I thought of the consequences of ruining the biggest game of the year for them...oh, the consequences...(i.e. how I'd never be allowed to borrow that little white toaster off them again)Destructoid

PC: Turn A $499 Video Card Into A $1899 Professional 3D Video Card

2007-09-17T22:25:00.000+08:00

A chinese website has uploaded files that claim to be able to soft-mod a $499 AMD Radeon HD 1Gb 2900XT gaming card into a $1899 professional-grade AMD FireGL V8600. Whether or not it works is anyone's guess but there's a tidbit for all you wannabe 3D-designers-on-a-shoestring out there...EDIT: Word on the web is that the mod is available for the much cheaper $130 AMD Radeon 2600XT as well. Hit

360 / PS3: Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 Release Date Oct 26th

2007-09-14T22:03:00.000+08:00

Thank god. Now I can delete that FIFA 08 demo.

TECH: Winamp Lets You Take Over Anyone's Boombox

2007-09-14T15:53:00.000+08:00

Remember those house parties you went to that only played lame-ass James Blunt songs? How you'd be having a great time only for someone to get on the stereo with a fat stack of Billboard Top 40 Hits compilations? Fret no more, you big music-nazi, the latest version of Winamp will reportedly let you play your MP3 collection from your home PC to any internet-connected PC, PS3, Wii or even mobile

MUSIC: Spoon "Don't You Evah"

2007-09-13T23:35:00.000+08:00

Dancing robot from Spoon's "Don't You Evah". Not the funniest or coolest music video but it...works...(and I haven't posted in over a week now).And here is the rest of it

WTF: PS2 Still Outselling Xbox 360 / PS3

2007-09-03T21:04:00.000+08:00

Sony's PS2 has reportedly hit 115 million units sold worldwide, officially making it the best-selling console in gaming history. The last-gen console has outsold Sony's flagship PS3 every month since the latter was released in December, 2006. By comparison, the Xbox 360 has only outsold the PS2 twice in 21 months. Ouch. (source)And here is the rest of it

PC: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 Review

2007-09-02T00:12:00.000+08:00

GRAW is back and with yet another Mexican rebel slaughter, but are you prepared to hold your fire from slaughtering your own teammates for insubordination or has developer GRIN learned from their first iteration?The first GRAW was chock full of terrible AI and glitches that would make even the most calm and silent person run out the door and scream profanities in 7 different languages. GRAW 2,

PC: Spore Gameplay Trailer

2007-08-24T00:07:00.000+08:00

As a little refresher from all the FPS-ing of late, here's the newest trailer from Maxis' most ambitious undertaking to date - the universe sim Spore. This huge game has players starting off with single-cell organisms and playing out any path of evolution through tribal culture, global domination and onto galactic exploration. Think Black & White, only on a galactic scale. Release TBA.

PC: Half Life 2: Episode 2 Demonstration

2007-08-24T00:02:00.000+08:00

Demonstration video of Valve's upcoming sequel to Half Life 2's Episode 1. Episode 2 is set for release on October 9th 2007.

360 / PS3: Wet

2007-08-23T17:28:00.001+08:00

You may be forgiven for thinking I'd expanded into porn, but you'd be sadly mistaken. Wet is Sierra Online's answer to Lara Croft, and it is set to hit in 2008 sometime. More after the jump.The game's script was penned by one of the lead writers from the seminal television action drama 24, though the stylized look borrows just as heavily from cool-cat Tarantino tale Kill Bill. Rather than running

360 / PS3: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (again)

2007-08-23T17:05:00.001+08:00

Some new screens, along with that amazing E3 trailer in full HD - after the jump. (and fingers crossed for that April 2008 release date...)

PS3: Heavenly Sword GDC 2007 HD Trailer

2007-08-23T17:01:00.000+08:00

Okay, enough with the Heavenly Sword trailers, these guys just need to polish this game off and release the damned thing - before it stops looking next-gen and turns into a fuzzy, pixelated mess. Much like me on a Sunday. With Nariko. Mmmm.

PC / 360 / PS3: Medal of Honor: Airborne Demo Out Now

2007-08-23T16:47:00.000+08:00

At least for those with a 360 or a PC. PC demo should be out (soon) here, and the 360 demo should be out anytime on XBL...And here is the rest of it

PS3: Bioshock Coming to PS3?

2007-08-23T16:02:00.001+08:00

After source code for the PS3 was discovered in the demo of Bioshock, just days after its release for the PC and Xbox 360, rumors are already swirling of its imminent release for the PS3. GamePro has more...When asked if BioShock would be coming to PS3, our contact informed us that we'd be wrong to think the game wouldn't be released on Sony's console at a later date.UPDATE: We can't name the

PS3: (Another) Killzone 2 Trailer

2007-08-21T09:02:00.000+08:00

VIDEO: Japanese Love

2007-08-20T11:00:00.001+08:00

Stranglehold: Things You May Have Missed In The Demo

2007-08-20T00:39:00.000+08:00

MyArcadePlanet has a list of things you might all wanna go back for in the excellent Stranglehold demo out now on Xbox Live for the 360. If you haven't played it, go get it. Then wait about 5 mins after initially playing it before telling me you "don't like it". Awesome.And here is the rest of it

PC / Xbox 360: Mass Effect Delayed - December 7th

2007-08-20T00:33:00.001+08:00

Seems like Mass Effect has again been pushed back from its oft-delayed release date to December 7th. Already 8 months late, what are the bets we won't be seeing this before 2008?Mass Effect has been delayed for a total of over 8 months now, but the latest delay seems like a strategic move, opposed to the previous delays which required more time for the games development.Mass Effect has not had a

Xbox 360: Bioshock - Game of the Year?

2007-08-20T00:16:00.000+08:00

With a score of 10/10 from 7 different gaming sites, and near-perfect scores from 3 other sites, Bioshock looks to be the game to beat this year. Other contenders might be Halo 3 as voted for by the under-16s, Heavenly Sword for PS3 fans desperate for a success story, Metroid Prime 3 or Super Mario Galaxy by Wii fans, and Crysis being put up by the die-hard PC-only gamers. Just check out the

VIDEO: Sesame Street: Casino

2007-08-19T05:39:00.000+08:00

With Joe Pesci and Robert De NiroAnd here is the rest of it

Top 10 Worst (Best?) Game Character Names Ever

2007-08-15T15:26:00.000+08:00

IGN has posted a list of the Top 10 Worst Game Character Names. Personally, I think some of them sound awesome - TX-11 Bloody Brad anyone?10) Seaman Seen in: Seaman (Dreamcast)Seaman was cursed with not only a terrible personality, but also a terrible name. Apart from its vaguely pornographic implications, Seaman's name rivals the

PC: Gears Of War Hands-on Video

2007-08-15T11:40:00.001+08:00

For all the hardware compatibility issues consoles have managed to resolve, the uniformity of system requirements, and the massive boost they've given to gaming worldwide, there's only one thing better than a next-gen console playing a kick-ass game, and that is - a next-gen PC playing a kick-ass game. (People talk about 720p and 1080p like its a new thing, but PC gamers have been playing at