Sony Video Store Is Great, But Still Not Up To Par

A year and a half after the launch of the PS3, Sony finally delivers the goods on the video store. They offer SD and HD films, rentals and purchases. Has Sony finally given PS3 users the edge with the video store or is it just a bad copy of the Xbox Live Video [...]


iPhone 2.0 Firmware Unlocked and Jailbroken! PWNED!

Looks like the iPhone Dev Team has Jailbroken and Unlocked the 2.0 iPhone firmware!  Check out this message from modmyifone.com they have full guides posted for iPhone 1st Gen & iPhone 3g. Have fun!
Pwnage Tool 2.0 is officially released by the Dev Team.
The tool jailbreaks and unlocks any 1st gen iPhones running the 2.0 firmware [...]


MLG, GotFrag, and Bungie Drop Big News in SD

Two huge announcements were made at the MLG event in San Diego today. MLG and GotFrag announced a partnership during a mid-day press conference. Shiska and Lukems of Bungie made their announcement at the main stage early this evening. Many were whispering that it was probably a map from the first Halo game. Photos and [...]


Warzone #2 - The Metal Gear Solid Show

In this weeks episode we have a special guest, Ian Johnson. He’s an avid ‘True Gamer’ and Metal Gear fan going all the way back to the original MSX game. He’s here to tell us why MGS4 is so important to gamers, the industry and the series.  After talking with Ian, we can’t [...]

 
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Unformatted 1v1

I don’t know if this one’s actually Episode #8. It’s just me and Jon Sitzman going back and forth on a few topics.

Iron Man demo and movie
Marvel movies in general
Comic books made to movies in general
Mario Kart
Grand Theft Auto
Ace Combat 6
HDTV
Future of The Bitbag

 
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Unformatted: Episode 7

I think everyone was on goofballs for this episode. I’m sure you’ll get a laugh. Here are the topics for Episode 7:

E3
Iron Man
Juno Digital Copy
All the Midway news (esp. UT3 on 360, and MK VS DC)
MGSO issues
Kojima dissappointed in MGSO
Wii Strip (Wii strippers pole)
PS3 Turnaround
Aaron Greenburg
Apple Joining Sony for Blu-Ray
GT5 Prologue 5
Rockstar Social [...]

 
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Consoles Playing Follow the Leader

This is sure to bring some flames, but two articles released today provide a glimpse at competitive decisions that are being made by each console and their respective developers (check after the break for my thoughts):

Videogamer.com reports that “New Wii game engine promises PS3 [and 360] visuals” (brackets mine based on content in the article)
LA [...]


Virgin America Brings Technology To The Skies

I’m currently on my first Virgin America flight to San Francisco for the Game Developers Conference. Virgin gave me a free roundtrip ticket and asked for a review so here I am.


PS3 Gets DTS-HD 7.1 Audio Capabilities

Another huge update to the PS3 is upon us. DTS-HD 7.1 audio has now been added and the new PSN Store is revamped. It’s nice to be able to download these updates over the net. I feel bad for the early stand-alone Blu-Ray adopters. Here’s the full release from Sony:


Review: AirDrives

As much as I love iPods, I simply cannot stand earbuds.  The only other option up until now was regular headphones, which are just too big and clunky to wear.  My issue with earbuds is that they always fall out of my ears.  My ears weren’t designed for earbuds.  I’m constantly adjusting them or pushing [...]


IPCGA Bans The HP Blackbird 002 From 2008 International PC Gaming Tournament

Well this is shocking news. Since when is a PC banned for being to powerful? According to IPCGA, the machine outclasses other gaming PC’s and must be banned to be fair. Here’s the full release:


HD Subscription Base To Hit 71 Million By 2012

Yeah, HD is the new thing on everyone’s mind. It’s hit the networks, internet, gaming and plastic media like a storm. Too bad you can’t just purchase an HD only package from your cable provider. They want you to have basic and extended and digital before you can add HD to the [...]


PS3 Getting Update For Blu-Ray 2.0 Spec

The beautiful thing about having a PS3 is that you get all the current BD shit over the wire. It’s too bad they didn’t enforce this with all BD players. And people wonder why HD-DVD was technically better than Blu-Ray. Here’s the full release from Sony:


No Blu-Ray For Xbox 360…Ever!

Word comes directly from Microsoft on the whole Blu-Ray integration issue. As of today, Microsoft’s stance is that they have no plans whatsoever to include Blu-Ray into the Xbox 360. Here’s the quote:
“In case you were wondering, Microsoft is not currently in talks with Sony or the Blu-ray Disc Association regarding integrating Blu-ray [...]


Law & Order Goes Mobile

Law & Order goes mobile courtesy of Limelife and NBC. Check out the awesome action-packed video clip.