Recent Comments:
DirecTV DVR software update hits the stage again, now with slightly less fail {Engadget HD}
Oct 23rd 2008 6:25PM That's funny, I completely missed the first lockup, but I sure didn't miss this one. Actually it didn't initially present itself as a lockup -- it just stopped recording. (Everything showed up as "Partial" in History and didn't show up at all on the recorded list.) I had to watch Heroes on *hulu*, for G-d's sake. Hulu! So humiliating.
Play with Mercenaries 2 devs, 'catch' an Achievement {Joystiq}
Sep 5th 2008 1:08AM Rock Band has a viral achievement too (Riding on Coattails).
Rumor: Guitar Hero World Tour full set list {Joystiq}
Jul 24th 2008 12:40PM I think the setlist looks fine, I just don't think (especially after playing Guitar Hero III) that Neversoft is capable of coming up with intelligent note charts and getting timings right and so forth. Yeah, I'm a Harmonix fanboy, and that's because I love music and I love games, and Harmonix is the company that has the experience, the know-how, and the will to combine the two. I always found it insulting, especially as someone with years and years of musical training, that Activision figured it could take the Guitar Hero name, get a bunch of good songs, and throw a developer with no musical experience at it, and bam, we have a music game. If this were the setlist for a skateboarding game, sure, I'd be all over it.
Witness the on-stage Rock Revolution press conference failure {Joystiq}
Jul 21st 2008 3:55PM I'm betting the problem was that in a theater setting like that, the lag was way off from what she was used to. Not that this is an excuse, they should have planned better. But I doubt that it was an issue of her generally sucking at the game.
Witness the on-stage Rock Revolution press conference failure {Joystiq}
Jul 21st 2008 3:55PM I'm betting the problem was that in a theater setting like that, the lag was way off from what she was used to. Not that this is an excuse, they should have planned better. But I doubt that it was an issue of her generally sucking at the game.
Guitar Hero / Rock Band guitar compatibility matrix v2 {Joystiq}
Jul 9th 2008 3:08PM I asked a Harmonix employee on the Rock Band forums why Rock Band Strats don't work on at least Guitar Hero II (since that does seem to go against all their crowing about controller standards). I got a strange answer:
http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?p=802107#post802107
Basically, "I really can't say anything, but I swear it's not our fault."
PS3 firmware 2.30 adds DTS-HD Master, High Resolution Audio {Joystiq}
Apr 11th 2008 1:02PM Just to reiterate and keep beating this dead horse, the key here is the "bitstream" vs. "PCM" setting. 5.1 "bitstream" IS possible over optical cable and is probably what you've been doing with other surround-sound-outputting devices. 5.1 "PCM" is NOT possible over optical; 2.0 is the upper limit for PCM over optical.
Rock Band touring Europe in May, 360 getting it first {Joystiq}
Apr 8th 2008 10:58AM The Guitar Hero controller completely works. It doesn't have the solo fret buttons or the effects switch, but you don't NEED those to play. Although, once you've gotten used to having the solo fret buttons available, it's hard to go back.
Poll: Did you (or will you) buy a new HDTV for the Super Bowl? {Engadget HD}
Jan 31st 2008 1:29AM How about "I couldn't care less about football, but am planning on stalking Craigslist in the days after the game to take some football fan's HDTV off their hands after they realize they couldn't really afford it"? :)
Poll: Who is your cable provider? {Engadget HD}
Dec 5th 2007 6:53PM Grande Communications in Austin, TX. Much better service (cable and especially internet) than the leading provider here, Time Warner.
