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Taking aim at the PS3 ad promoting the motion sensitivity of the SIXAXIS controller, this very impressive spoof not only makes fun, but actually ends up being a better advertisement. It's about time we started seeing fan-made videos using two random Asian businessmen to promote the PS3 like in the Wii ads ... oh wait, Sony already tried that.
A followup regarding the xbox live bannings that occured a few weeks ago...
Commodore4eva has noticed a recent change in games with regards to the c/r timings. It appears to have started in games a few weeks before halo 3, that will give a slightly altered Security Sector file when ripped using a kreon drive. We have tried to replicate the error with a samsung drive in 0800 mode with no success.
This slightly altered data would be very easy to detect, and would enable microsoft to use as critera for bannings. We believe this is the result of the recent bannings.
We are still not sure if this was a intentional move by Microsoft's part, or a coincedental bug within kreon. As a side note, kreon will not give this altered data every time, but appears to happen randomly. Here is a list of a few games that appear to have the possibility of giving altered SS data when ripped with kreon:
Halo 3
Mass Effect
Call Of Duty 4
Spiderman friend or foe
Thrillville
Project Gotham Racing 4
NHL 08
Half Life 2 The Orange Box
Oblivion GOTY Edition
This is just a small list of findings so far. There will be a full list maintained as time goes on (likely found in the forum thread below).
Kreon, Redline99 and commodore4eva are all involved with this progress, so there will be a solution in the near future, whether its a kreon firmware, XBC, or firmware update to resolve the issue.
If you have recently been banned, and would like to confirm whether one of your backups has a bad kreon SS, please use xdvdmulleter or any other program to extract the SS, and run Kreon Checker (http://dwl.xbox-scene.com/iriez/KreonChecker.rar ) (compliments of #Stealth360 on efnet) on the SS, it will tell you whether it is a good or bad kreon rip. We are trying to verify that everyone who was banned had a bad kreon SS. As we find out more, the xdvdmulleter database will be updated to fix any bad Security Sectors on specific games.
Apparently the WGA (Writers Guild of America) is allowing its members to write for games developers during the strike. This means that while our movies may suck, our games will become more story-driven, allowing players to become more involved in the characters and plot.
NBC's 30 Rock makes fun of the network, television in general and, in at least a few instances, product integration. Product integration is the new way to get advertising money that's becoming more and more popular. The Office blatantly refers to real corporations like Staples all the time and football has John Madden's scribbles sponsored by someone now. Well, on a recent episode of Rock, Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin blatantly praised Verizon Wireless in a brief exchange before Fey turned to the camera and said directly, "Can we have our money now?"
Funny and lucrative apparently, as Yahoo! reports today that this was a real case of product integration, with Verizon paying for the "commercial" which at the same time was making fun of the very thing they were doing which ... wow, this gets confusing.
"At its highest quality settings, Crysis is able to push modern hardware so hard that almost nothing short of an overclocked dual-graphics system can run the game at its maximum settings without turning into a slideshow.
Crysis has a pair of built-in benchmarks ? here we will show you how we run the GPU benchmark to test graphics cards, and give you the disappointing outlook of how well modern cards run the game."
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It's HIS beach, after all! Plus, a closeup of the sand. Mountain Travel Sobek made it clear that no souvenirs could be had from the islands, according to Galapagos Islands law. Gail from RomanoTravelOnline.com made all our travel agent arrangements. (1:08)
Real People having Real Fun! You can view this video & other travel videos in full screen near-DVD quality, slideshows & more, all with NO ADS, at jpmeyer.com. Mountain Travel Sobek (MTSobek.com) pioneered small group adventure travel in 1969. More than 100 adventure travel destinations, worldwide. Visit RomanoTravelOnline.com to arrange this adventure, or any of your other full service travel agent needs.
From Software has announced in the latest Famitsu magazine that Tenchu 4, which is already available on the Wii in Japan, will be also released on the PSP. The game is coming out on February 2009, in Japan.
Members of Malaysia's Indian community have protested on the streets of Kuala Lumpur, the capital.
They are demanding equal rights in a country they believe discriminates against them.
They are also said to place blame on the colonial policies of Britain, and were intending to deliver a petition to the British High Commission in Malaysia.
Al Jazeera's Hamish MacDonald was there.
Two longtime friends attempt to get their lives in order by starting a business in Los Angeles in this low-budget drama. Sean Young stars, never a good sign. [Not rated]
Following up on yesterday's news of Rock Bandhardware concerns, developer Harmonix has issued a software patch meant to mend issues that players have been having with downstrumming. Unfortunately, the software fix doesn't seem to be taking for everyone -- some users are reporting fully functional axes, while others are still plagued by the strum problem. Worse yet, other gamers are reporting that the patch has caused their strums to double up -- thus making the game considerably more crappy. On the silver-lining flip side, EA is actively honoring warranties for the Rock Band gear, though they say guitar replacement will take nearly two weeks -- which will put you dangerously close to not being able to jam through X-mas.
With more than 2.8 million copies sold in its first 24 hours, Blizzard Entertainment's second World of Warcraft expansion is now the fastest-selling PC game ever.
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Sega of America reveals some new screenshots of its upcoming sports title for the 360, PS3, Wii and DS.
Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade has spoiled us. After a downloadable game trial ends we expect to be able to press a button, unlock the full version, and keep on blastin'. Sony has got it all wrong.
If the Blast Factor teaser manages to tempt your wallet, you'll have some work to do before the $7.99 launch title is yours. Don't be fooled by the "Buy Blast Factor" option in the demo's menu; that simply launches a message directing you back to the PlayStation Store, where, once there, you'll have to sit and wait for the game (93 MB) to download and install again. Oy!
No, not you, Tyra Banks! You are looking positively svelte on this cycle of ANTM, even adroitly covering up your "vagina arms" most of the time. (Your stank attitude is another story—that moment on last night's episode when you corrected Twiggy's pronunciation of "Bianca" was salty. She has a British accent, okay?) Anyway, Intern Mary has compiled the body mass indexes of every contestant on every cycle since the dawn of America's Next Top Model. A BMI of below 18.5 is considered underweight, fyi.
Crash through a busy Hong Kong market, plus more Motorstorm goodies.
A demo of John Woo's Stranglehold has gone live in the PS Store in this week's relatively low-key PSN update.
The Coen Brothers are now able to share screen credit for directing together.
danimrich writes "According to a report by AppleInsider and a Microsoft support document the software for the Zune player is not compatible with Windows Vista."
New still and Sly speaks about the character.
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Development tools now exist for Google's mobile platform, with phones due out later in 2008.
Despite Apple's reluctance to enter the netbook market, at least one person has taken it upon himself to fashion a "MacBook Nano" based on the MSI U100 netbook. This Flickr photo set made the rounds on Monday as an interesting example of wha...
Upon setting up the Wii, our first goal was to establish Internet access and download a ton of VC games check out the WIiConnect 24 service. Problem is, Nintendo hasn't turned on their servers yet, so while our Wii can find an access point, it can't connect to Nintendo and download the update already available for it. So, the next best thing is checking out some of the functionality of the console and this is where the video, embedded into the post after the break, comes in. Watch as Kyle Orland and myself check out how to post messages onto the Wii.
A Halloween prank on a co-worker doesn't exactly go as planned...
Smith was the most expensive and most-hyped new CBS series of the season. With an all-star movie cast including Ray Liotta, Virginia Madsen and Amy Smart, the show about big-time high-stakes robbers was bound to make history. And it did-- as the first cancellation of the season.
But now CBS is burning off the four unaired episodes online. And they're making an event out of this shape of things to come. The shows will be free for four weeks on CBS' Innertube broadband site. The three episodes that already aired will also be there, so viewers can see all seven-- with a minimal commercials. And because production shut down before they could bring the serialized drama to a conclusion, Smith's unemployed writers put together a synopsis on CBS.com, showing how producers planned to resolve the series. Warner Bros. is also selling episode downloads on various online stores. With all this activity, Smith's audience might even grow large enough to qualify as a cult.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has revealed that the Blu-ray release of 'Spider-man 3' sold 130,000 copies the first six days at retail, 15,000 more copies than the Transformers HD DVD was reported to have sold its first week on store shelves. Having shipped 400,000 copies to retailers, this represents a 30% sell-off for the title.
David Bishop, President of Sony commented, "We are well-placed for the holidays. We got in before the key shopping season, and now you'll have more people getting into the market, as new players are launching from Sony, Sharp, Panasonic [among others]. It's our hope that they walk out with a player and Spider-Man 3."
The 130,000 sold does not include copies given away as part of a Sony promotion to provide the title to those who purchase a 40GB PS3. Sony expects demand to increase throughout the holiday season, with 'Spider-man 3' to remain a top seller.
Twelve features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 80th Academy Awards?.
Huxley is an MMOFPS utilizing the Unreal Engine 3 that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world. Human beings have mutated and are divided into two opposing races, Sapiens and Alternative, who are forced to battle against one another to gain control of the world and its resources.
The second stage of testing for the massively multiplayer online first-person shooting (MMOFPS) game will take place from Dec. 13-17, 2007, in Korea. Registration for new local testers will begin in November, though gamers who took part in the first CBT will be able to participate as well.
CaptainCrunchyApple writes "According to cnet.co.uk the oft-rumoured Apple Tablet PC is actually very real, and on its way soon. CNET claims to have spoken to an anonymous tipster at Asus who claims to be working with Apple to produce the tablet. 'We're guessing it'll be based on Intel Core architecture, a tweaked version of Leopard, and have all the multi-touch, CoverFlow goodness we've seen in the iPhone and iPod touch. All this begs the question: Can Apple turn the Tablet PC into a success when previous attempts have failed? The short answer is 'yes'. Any company that can make a mobile phone with no buttons, no picture messaging, slow Web access and no video capture into the most desirable phone on the planet can easily make tablets popular.'"
Meet Captain Price, the man who will lead you to victory or the grave.
If you're a girl, and you're 12, the most important movie of the year is coming to DVD on December 19th of this year. Disney's going to make a mint off this one, the first release of Jenna Dewan and Channing Tatum's dance movie Step Up on DVD. Maybe it didn't tear up the box office in theaters, but that's only because the pre-teen market is all in DVD
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We get the latest on the anticipated virtual-life simulator. Plus new screens.
The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend and the Weekend Warrior has a full write-up and analysis of the weekend. This weekend, director Ridley Scott's R-rated crime drama American Gangster (Universal) proved that putting two bonafide box office stars into a movie with a strong premise can get a lot of people into theatres, and Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe helped American Gangster win the weekend over DreamWorks' animated Bee Movie from the mind of Jerry Seinfeld, which had to settle for second place despite opening in 900 more theatres.
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READ THE FULL FRIDAY THE 13TH SET VISIT HERE!
Amanda Righetti is a gorgeous actress who's just getting her feet wet in the industry. She started with a few smaller movies then made the jump to TV, where she had
recurring roles on "The OC", "North Shore" and "Reunion." She's gradually making the jump to bigger films with roles in PIPELINE, RETURN TO HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, the upcoming ROLE MODELS, and...
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On 2 and 3 November in Paris, is the championship of Double Dutch.
What is it? It's skipping rope with two strings. This discipline is above all a question of rhythm.
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"Battles rage here on IGN stars...After the conclusion of a hard-fought Hero Showdown between Link and Cloud, Hyrule's defender emerged victorious. Where do you go from an epic battle such as this? Well, staying in the world of games, we decided to get our hands considerably dirtier and visit a pair of gritty fellows who kill with precision and move in the shadows - namely Solid Snake and Sam Fisher, the heroes of Metal Gear Solid and Splinter Cell, respectively. It's time to see these two step out of the shadows and square off, so let's see what happens. You determine the winner...
So who will emerge from the shadows and triumph? Will it be Tom Clancy's poster boy with the tri-glow visor or the silent but deadly Silent Snake? This time, console loyalty is out the window. Will it be yet another popularity contest or will voters take each fighter's strengths into account..."
Yesterday, real estate agent to the stars, former Ramones manager and ex-wife of Belle and Sebastian muse Seymour Stein was found lying in a pool of blood in her multimillion dollar apartment. The medical examiner has since ruled that she died from "blows to the head and neck." She lived, as the Times writes in a "building, at the corner of 78th Street, [that[ has the security of doormen, elevator operators, and surveillance cameras mounted on the sidewalk canopy and in the lobby." However: "a reporter found an unlocked service door on the side street."
NBC's 30 Rock makes fun of the network, television in general and, in at least a few instances, product integration. Product integration is the new way to get advertising money that's becoming more and more popular. The Office blatantly refers to real corporations like Staples all the time and football has John Madden's scribbles sponsored by someone now. Well, on a recent episode of Rock, Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin blatantly praised Verizon Wireless in a brief exchange before Fey turned to the camera and said directly, "Can we have our money now?"
It's HIS beach, after all! Plus, a closeup of the sand. Mountain Travel Sobek made it clear that no souvenirs could be had from the islands, according to Galapagos Islands law. Gail from RomanoTravelOnline.com made all our travel agent arrangements. (1:08)
Real People having Real Fun! You can view this video & other travel videos in full screen near-DVD quality, slideshows & more, all with NO ADS, at jpmeyer.com. Mountain Travel Sobek (MTSobek.com) pioneered small group adventure travel in 1969. More than 100 adventure travel destinations, worldwide. Visit RomanoTravelOnline.com to arrange this adventure, or any of your other full service travel agent needs.
Your Guide to Somali Culture
No, not you, Tyra Banks! You are looking positively svelte on this cycle of ANTM, even adroitly covering up your "vagina arms" most of the time. (Your stank attitude is another story—that moment on last night's episode when you corrected Twiggy's pronunciation of "Bianca" was salty. She has a British accent, okay?) Anyway, Intern Mary has compiled the body mass indexes of every contestant on every cycle since the dawn of America's Next Top Model. A BMI of below 18.5 is considered underweight, fyi. 
When I turn my ipod touch on, the apple logo has a slash through it. It is the 8gb model plz comment
Smith was the most expensive and most-hyped new CBS series of the season. With an all-star movie cast including Ray Liotta, Virginia Madsen and Amy Smart, the show about big-time high-stakes robbers was bound to make history. And it did-- as the first cancellation of the season.
READ THE FULL FRIDAY THE 13TH SET VISIT HERE!
Amanda Righetti is a gorgeous actress who's just getting her feet wet in the industry. She started with a few smaller movies then made the jump to TV, where she had
recurring roles on "The OC", "North Shore" and "Reunion." She's gradually making the jump to bigger films with roles in PIPELINE, RETURN TO HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, the upcoming ROLE MODELS, and...
Read More...
Yesterday, real estate agent to the stars, former Ramones manager and ex-wife of Belle and Sebastian muse Seymour Stein was found lying in a pool of blood in her multimillion dollar apartment. The medical examiner has since ruled that she died from "blows to the head and neck." She lived, as the Times writes in a "building, at the corner of 78th Street, [that[ has the security of doormen, elevator operators, and surveillance cameras mounted on the sidewalk canopy and in the lobby." However: "a reporter found an unlocked service door on the side street."
