Recent Comments:
Game Informer snags first pic of Guitar Hero IV drums {Joystiq}
May 14th 2008 11:03AM Activision and EA really need to get their acts together and come up with standard peripherals. It's not like I have a different wheel for Forza 2 and PGR4, ooh look one has pad shifters and one has an actual gearbox... oh yeah and then there's the Burnout wheel that's uber sensitive *rolls eyes*
OCZ's DIY Gaming Notebook {Engadget}
May 14th 2008 11:00AM a:
1) single
2) 8600
3) mobile
card and they're calling this a gamer laptop?! are they kidding?
O2 to announce 3G iPhone in "the coming weeks" {Engadget}
May 14th 2008 10:55AM So how many "rumors" (more like confirmations) are we getting a day now? 2, 3, maybe 5?
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed demo to be unleashed {Xbox 360 Fanboy}
May 13th 2008 5:28PM I think the strongest statement I can make is: meh.
Steve Jobs to speak at WWDC 2008, no way he'll talk about new iPhones {Engadget}
May 13th 2008 10:15AM Mac Tablets please!
Xbox 360 to get a smaller case revision in 2009? {Engadget}
May 13th 2008 10:11AM Seriously, who cares? It's great as is, I'm not exactly hurting for room and I like the form factor, they made a good design decision (well, aesthetically at least, not talking about thermally...)
Creative offers up USB-enabled Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 {Engadget}
May 13th 2008 10:03AM I'd think about it except for the following 2 problems:
1) USB soundcards are ripoffs.
2) Creative cards are (usually) ripoffs.
EAX5 isn't used in games anymore, the last few games that really took advantage of EAX were Battlefield 2/2142. And if you're going to build a computer for gaming and plan to play those games, you would be better off taking the money that you budgeted for a Creative card and applying it to your graphics card budget, it's not like EAX2 is all that bad or makes you do worse.
And besides, the EAX implementation in BF2 is FUBAR, you have to set the card to Gaming mode before the game starts or else the game doesn't recognize the X-FI card, tries to access it and fails, and you get audio problems. Most of the time I leave my card in Entertainment mode, because it pipes Teamspeak through the center channel leaving the stereo for my 360, so it's a pain in the ass to restart the game, change it, and then I have problems with Teamspeak anyways.... total ripoff. Just glad I got my X-Fi Fatal1ty on sale for $100 and didn't fall for the Elite marketing crap.
Oh and wait - that's just on XP! On Vista the drivers were so fucked up that they made it look like my graphics card AND my memory were fucked up as well so I almost filed RMA's on my entire new build before I reinstalled XP.
And that's beside the point that EAX5 is only supported on their internal cards, their USB cards only have their Crystalizer and stuff, which is OK but after a while you get used to it and it doesn't improve your experience long term (like a more powerful graphics card or larger/higher res monitor does).
For the Horde! BlizzCon 2008 invades Anaheim Oct. 10-11 {Joystiq}
May 12th 2008 5:40PM Oh wow, I'm going to USC next year... but I'm one of 3 guys on the planet who doesn't care about WoW or Starcraft or Diablo. Those chicks are teh hawtness though, might be worth $100/ticket just to go in and see those live :P
Rumor: Microsoft's 'Lips' is an Xbox accessory {Joystiq}
May 12th 2008 5:37PM Good god didn't anyone here buy Rainbow Six Vegas 2? Tom Clancy's EndWar game will have voice control, there was a video of the FragDolls using it with the XBL wired mics and it looked OK, so that may be it.
Usually though code-names have nothing to do with what the project is actually about, and EndWar WAS working with an XBL mic, and there's really no reason no need people to buy an additional accessory, etc etc etc...
Tend to think it's more like we're going to see a BluRay peripheral tomorrow, it's about time.
Burnout 'Bogart' update barrels back to Live {Joystiq}
May 12th 2008 5:32PM Bogart = bug updates, out now.
Cagney = new game modes, 1 new car, new car skins, bug updates, minor game mechanic changes, end of June
Davis = night time + bikes, mid or late August
Eastwood = Island(s), Fall.
