Recent Comments:
Taking the Plunge: Updating to iPhone 2.0 Software Early {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Jul 10th 2008 2:44PM Does this erase your text messages or are those retained as usual?
GDC08: Plenty of changes coming with Call of Duty 4 feature patch {Joystiq}
Feb 20th 2008 7:39PM Yes, anybody using the PSEye as a mic is almost forced to annoy everybody else by default. A push to talk option would cut down the annoyance significantly.... as it stands there is very little I can do to avoid having my mic register random sounds. But in other games where I push to talk the PSEye is wonderful.
Voce indeed dead, execs let go by phone disconnections {Engadget}
Feb 6th 2008 6:45PM Yes, because muttonchops and plugs in your ears is obviously the way to achieve greatness.
Apple prepping updated MacBook Pros? {Engadget}
Jan 31st 2008 3:36PM Who needs a beautiful, intelligent girl! I can go to Tijuana and get taken care of for $5! Or if I build myself a girl from parts on NewEgg it's even cheaper!
PC game sales only 14 % of industry in 2007 {Joystiq}
Jan 28th 2008 6:32PM There is simply no technical difference between a "PC" and and a PS3 or Xbox 360. Any game that's on one can be on the other.
You can "upgrade" a PC, but given a console lifecycle you basically get one major upgrade (probably a video card) before you would buy a new console anyway.
PCs have more unrestricted content, but games like UT3 on the PS3 are slowly breaking down those arbitrary barriers with Mod and K&B support. Everybody but Microsoft already supports free online play on the consoles.
Consoles have less up front cost, even if PC gaming costs the "same" in the long run.
Less than 1% of the consumer market is willing to build a computer. Less than 10% is willing to open it up and upgrade anything. Without building yourself or upgrading yourself, PC gaming is WAY more expensive.
People don't really like hooking up full blown PCs in their living room, for various reasons (mostly the PC also needs to be at a desk since it is used for other tasks).
For all these reasons, PC gaming is on the decline. It will always be there for the indie developer and hardcore "give me the best possible graphics" types, but they are just a small niche.
If blizzard does a console release of Starcraft 2, for example, it would severely undermine the relevance of the PC.
First benchmarks: MacBook Air is the slowest Apple machine on the block {Engadget}
Jan 24th 2008 6:55PM This slew of numbers is great and all... nothing like a ton of numbers to get nerds in a tizzy. But how about some REAL WORLD testing? How long does it take to encode an MP3? Load a web page? Launch an app? Do a filter? etc.
Other tests on... other sites have shown that all this supposed "anemic" and "underpowered" is resulting in average performance of 90-95% of that of a Macbook or Macbook Pro (depending on task).
Remote Disc: no movie playback, no HD support, and everything else you need to know {Engadget}
Jan 24th 2008 3:58PM 1) Why the hell would you want to do ripping/importing through remote disk? Why not just do that on the host machine and then transfer the resulting file? Oh noes, I can't do something that is completely useless to do in the first place!
2) If you are watching actual, non-ripped DVDs on your laptop then you forfeit all nerd cred to begin with.
Tim Schafer muses on the wonders of Uncharted's 'half-tuck' {PS3 Fanboy}
Jan 23rd 2008 4:44PM The partial tuck has been a fashion staple for a while now. Both the hip hop guys and the big belt buckle rock guys do it in various forms. Just shows Drake is stylish.
Hello, my name is Chris and I ordered a new MacBook Air {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Jan 20th 2008 1:42PM Faster processor, more RAM, faster wireless, light up keyboard, gesture trackpad...
Hello, my name is Chris and I ordered a new MacBook Air {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Jan 20th 2008 1:40PM Kizorblade:
Go run in a circle with a diameter of 10 ft. Then go run in a circle with a diameter of 100 ft at the exact same speed. Which one takes you longer? Exactly.
