Recent Comments:
Microsoft quiets 'Good' Fable 2 announcement {Joystiq}
Nov 19th 2008 12:09PM It boggles my mind when Themes and Icons that promote a product are not free.
Apple adds OTA podcast downloads to iPhone firmware 2.2, continues to burn developers {Engadget}
Nov 6th 2008 4:33PM What's with the BS 10MB limit over Edge/3G. That's pretty much every video podcast I watch.
They force me to pay for Unlimited data, then limit the data I can download.
So looks like I'll still be Jailbreaking my phone and installing VoIPover3G to trick it into thinking it's on WiFi.
So close, yet so far.
Valve emits Steam Cloud syncing service Nov. 6 {Joystiq}
Nov 4th 2008 9:04AM Before I bought my XBox 360 I assumed this was how XBox Live Gold worked with downloaded Arcade games and Saved preferences (and the reason for the $50 a year.)
Sadly I was very very wrong.
iTunes 8 kills AirTunes, iPod touch causing BSOD {Engadget}
Sep 10th 2008 10:08AM I think they put the BSOD problem in on purpose so they can make it the topic of the next Mac vs. PC commercial.
And for the streaming issue:
If you're the type that downloads the latest update for iTunes hours after it's released, why wouldn't you do the same for the airport express firmware that's been out for months?
Hands-on with the Vista Media Center TV Pack {Engadget HD}
Aug 6th 2008 1:56PM I don't understand the OEM only crap. I paid for Vista just like OEM builders did, why is my version less important?
Maybe it will be an Ultimate Extra, oh wait those don't exist.
The FIOS settop boxes already have more features than my MediaCenter software... and that is very very saddening to me.
Research affirms that DVR owners do indeed blaze by commercials {Engadget HD}
Aug 5th 2008 7:03PM I was "blazing" by commercials even before I had a DVR.
It was called changing the channel.
My parents still mute the TV every time a commercial comes on. Do they want to control our ability to change the volume durring ads too? Or change the channel, or even turn the TV off?
Imagine if magazines employed some sort of mechanical lock that stoped you from turning the page until you read the whole advertisement.
CableLabs loosens up on PC CableCARD tuner restrictions {Engadget HD}
Jul 22nd 2008 7:44PM I'm confused. I thought the ONLY reason for the OEM restriction was so they could be sure the DRM wasn't circumvented.
Without DRM, why is there still a need to lock it down to OEM systems?
Apple says turn-by-turn GPS coming to iPhone, copy / paste not a high priority {Engadget}
Jul 15th 2008 4:22PM I would love to see that "internal priority list of features".
I guess A2DP was below Cut & Paste on that list.
Fable 2 won't have heads-up display, pre-rendered cut scenes {Joystiq}
Jul 13th 2008 5:55PM I ended up playing most of Assasin's Creed with no HUD and found it to be a lot more fun (and harder) without it.
The audio cues were enough to alert me of danger off screen. And when health was low Altair would start to "desync" and the screen would get blurry, much more immersive than a health bar
Sessler constructively rants about Xbox Live bigots {Joystiq}
Jun 12th 2008 9:02PM I remember back when the original Halo was being developed (before MS bought up Bungie and ruined it for Mac users), they were getting flack for not including voice chat when games like Tribes were starting to.
One of the Bungie developers made a comment along the lines of "Once you combine anonymity with voice chat you're asking for trouble" and "Nobody wants to know they're being beaten by a 12 year old."
And that was like 10 years ago.
