Yeah, that means Sony will not let you watch all those movies you’ve “borrowed” off the interwebs and stream them to your friends at the same time. It seemed a little too good to be true when it was announced but Wired lets us know that the feature has been axed…at least with this year’s release of Home.
The reason Microsoft can do video streaming is that it avoids legal issues by teaming up with Netflix — which already deals with film rights — in its upcoming dashboard update for the Xbox 360. We’ll have to see if Sony takes a similar approach or avoids it altogether in future updates to their social network.
We always read about strange Second Life stories, but this has to be the most interesting I have come across in a long time. For those of you who don’t know about Second Life, it’s an Internet-based virtual world that was launched back in 2003. Users or “residents” interact with each other with motional avatars, creating an advanced social networking environment. In this particular case, a resident in the virtual world has now become a criminal in the real world.
Kimberly Jernigan, 33, has been arrested for attempting to abduct her virtual ex-boyfriend in real life. She originally met the victim while playing Second Life. According to New Castle County, Del. police, Jernigan hid inside the ex-boyfriend’s home in Claymont, Del. as part of an abduction scheme. Keep in mind, she’s married and her husband also maintains online “relationships” with various Second Life women. She was caught hiding in the home armed with a taser. No mention was made as to how she was caught. The police report that she planned to abduct him and start a new life together.
Midway’s upcoming open-world game set in Las Vegas is your meal ticket to fun after hours on the strip. ‘This is Vegas’has a Grand Theft Auto feel to it, with a pinch of PlayStation 3’s ‘Home’. It’s coming to the X360, PS3, and PC in early 2009. If this game comes with hookers, crack, and counterfeit money I’d pay $89.99 for the “Special Edition”. Let it Riiide…
The title pretty much says it all. Five teenagers were arrested in Chicago for breaking into a video game store and looting merchandise. The strange part is that two of the criminals nearly escaped the scene, but they asked police officers for a ride home and that’s how they were caught.
I’m not sure if these guys were gamers or not, but they ceratainly need to play a little more Grand Theft Auto IV. They could probably learn a thing or two from our good friend Niko Bellic when it comes to the proper way s of evading police. These guys may actually make our list of “world’s dumbest gamer criminals”.
We decided to use the Beta image of Niko above because these guys don’t deserve the real thing.
Remember these? Coleco’s Mini-Arcades were “The Arcade Games You Can Take Home With You!”
Ms. Pac-Man, Frogger, Pac-Man, Galaxian and Donkey Kong were the first Coleco Mini’s that were produced in the 80’s. Not really portable but Coleco marketed them as the “Arcade Game You Can Take Home…” The commercial below shows just how big and clunky these devices were. And running on 4 C’s, you know this should have been on wheels. Nevertheless, growing up in the 80’s where Arcades WERE the main gaming system, Coleco made a good attempt of trying to capture them.
Sony’s PlayStation 3 Home, is allowing the PS3 community to participate in their Beta testing. All you have to do is download the Theme!
If you’re one of the anxious PS3 gamers who wants to get involved with PS3’s Home, now’s your chance to get in. Here are the very simple instructions, go to the PlayStation Store and download the ‘PlayStation Home Theme’. That’s it!!! By downloading that theme you are submitting and application to join the Home Beta testing.
I know this kid is looking to get in there and “Let it Rain!”
The NCAA Football franchise never sells the way Madden does, but it’s still a huge series. I have always been partial to the little brother of Madden considering my love for college football. We expected big things with the 2009 installment, but it seems there’s really not a lot to write home about. Online Dynasty mode was surely welcomed and the ability to share custom roster files was a nice bonus. Other than that, the game really doesn’t offer many improvements over NCAA 08. There are a few minor changes to the game that I’ll try to break down below.
Gameplay
Gameplay hasn’t changed a lot, but the offensive game is definitely more wide-open than ever. This is great if you love offense and a step backward if you are a defensively minded player. An unfortunate addition to the game is the ability of the home team to “ice” kickers. This ability works entirely too well and really dilutes the realism of the game. I suggest turning this option off in any game you play. Another problem I noticed with the game is the fact that the AI simply does not work well at all, particularly on the defensive side of the ball. AI controlled players will run the wrong direction and frequently miss easy tackles. While the game certainly is slightly better than 08 in most areas, I expected more. If you currently have NCAA 08, you may want to simply wait until NCAA 10 hits shelves to upgrade.
A recent post by the gents over at Kotaku throws out a rumor that the zombies who once haunted Dead Rising’s Colorado mall, where Frank West mowed them down and dressed up as Mega Man, might have migrated to Las Vegas for the sequel.
As anyone who has ventured to Sin City will know: that place is crowded! It should feel good to take down zombies with broken slot machine levers, put their faces inside roulette spinners, and slam them through the Wheel of Fortune for an immediate jackpot.
All this has yet to be confirmed, of course, and Las Vegas hasn’t been too privy on allowing their city to be recreated piece by piece, but a faux-Sin City would do, no?
There’s been recent rumblings about what the final set list will be for Rock Band 2 but more interesting, at least for this writer, is what else the game will provide right out of the box.
IGN reports (via Kotaku) that when gamers take home and open up their shiny new Rock Band 2 game this fall, you’ll be able to download the first game’s complete set list…for FREE.
Gamestop might just get a sudden influx of Rock Band discs as Activision EA will be relieving the slight inconvenience of disc-swapping. Rocking out will suffer no delays.
[Edited: As our kind readers have pointed out, EA is the publisher of all things Rock Band and it's developed by Harmonix who created Guitar Hero and its sequel. Our bad.]
Hot Dogs, 4th of July and ice cold lemonades… Summer is the best time of year to enjoy the great weather and live it up with your close friends and family. In America, the Olympics are our olde past time. We now have MLB, NFL, and the NBA as our main sport attractions. I feel the Summer Olympics bring us, the world, closer since we all send our best athletes for 3 weeks and compete as to who is the best from each country.
Above:The five mascots for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games include cartoon renditions of, from left, swallow, a panda, the Olympic flame, a Tibetan antelope and a fish, with each one the color of one of the Olympic rings.
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