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Byteside FPS perspective

Friday, February 19, 2010

Australia's premiere Technology and Gaming show, Byteside have a healthy discussion in regards to the FPS genre and its impact on gaming culture and the perception of FPS gamers as a whole. The console shift in regards to this genre from my perspective, has had the negative impact of actually dumbing down FPS games in [...]

PS3 has been hacked

Sunday, January 24, 2010

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I have been following this blog for a while and it appears the PS3 has finally succumbed to the modding community, specifically a user named G Hotz best known for some iphone hackmagic. I have read/write access to the entire system memory, and HV level access to the processor. In other words, I have hacked the [...]

Dragon Age Origins PS3, PC and 360

Monday, October 12, 2009

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Bioware are certainly on a massive roll, continuing to create some of the finest single player Western RPG's ever created. With a incredibly impressive library including Mass Effect, Star Wars KTOR, Neverwinter Knights, Balders Gate and Jade Empire, you know what sort of quality to expect from every Bioware release. Dragon Age looks to be [...]

Cheapest Australian online Store for CD’s DVD’s and Games.

Friday, October 2, 2009

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I have always been on the lookout for a decent yet cheap Australian based online store for Music and Movies and at long last I have found my new favourite. CDWOW.com.au offers CDs, DVDs, Games and even cosmetics at significantly discounted prices. You can find a great range of products sourced from the major media [...]

Cheapest online PS3 Slim Australia $424.95.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

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Available right now via retail outlets all over Australia, the PS3 Slim is a hot piece of hardware. At long last Sony have got the pricing almost perfect on their current generation console. From the vast majority of stores, the 120gig version looks as if it will retail for around AU$500 - $470 but [...]

PS3 Media Server

Monday, March 16, 2009

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Until recently, using the PS3 as a HTPC device was a tedious and almost pointless affair. Installing Linux was a possibility though restricting direct access to the PS3’s RSX GPU pretty much reduced the benefit of using a PS3 in this way. Using software like TVersity was the closest you could get in turning the Playstation [...]

2008 Top 10 best selling console games in Australia

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

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With the introduction of the Nintendo Wii, the console gaming market has drastically changed and these Aussie sales figures now reflect the broader gaming market. Big Beach Sports being number 10 is surprising considering it is what gamers like to call "shovelware" and Wii Play is just an extra wiimote package. 1. [...]