With all the rumblings of the PSP 4000 going with download only software, OnLive wants you to ditch your home console for thier “low cost” micro console where there are no physical games and everything is downloadable. Here’s a quote:
The brainchild of Rearden Studios founder Steve Perlman, formerly of Atari, Apple, WebTV and more, and Mike McGarvey, formerly of Eidos, the technology looks to revolutionize the way computer games are brought home. Instead of spending hundreds or thousands of dollars on the latest video game hardware that will make games like Crysis playable at nearly maxed settings, let OnLive’s servers handle the processing. All that’s required is a low cost “micro console” or a low end PC and a broadband internet connection. Using patented video compression in tandem with algorithms that compensate for lag, jitter and packet loss, OnLive delivers video at up to 720p resolution at frame rates up to 60 frames per second. Of course, the quality of the video feed relies on your connection.
While my ComScam connection is fairly fast, it bottlenecks frequently and I don’t think I would want to rely on my wavering connection to play games at only 720p. Bloop. Where’s the pic of the controller? Consider me not sold.
I urinate enough. I don’t need a USB powered bamboo water garden to exacerbate my already too many trips to the bathroom. USB junk is on the rise and it’s looking as if it might never stop. More of a joke gift than anything else, I can’t see anyone buying this for themselves. Only 25 dollars, I can see this being funny at airports and such. Would definitely be cooler if there was whiskey running through it! The day I post on the USB bedpan, life will have truly come full circle.
MicroSoft is contemplating digging a shallow grave for the 360 Elite console as retailers complain about its lackluster sales performance. When the Elite first hit the shelves it had a hard drive capacity 100 Gb’s over the Premium’s 20 Gb’s and was the only console to have an HDMI out. Now every 360 has an HDMI out and the Premium now boasts a 60 Gb hard drive. So besides the attractive black hardware, the included HDMI cable, and 60 Gb’s more storage, there’s no difference between the Premium, and it’s $100 more. 100 dollars more for an extra 60 Gb’s you probably will never use and a HDMI cable? Not worth it. No official word on the Elite’s demise yet, but MicroSoft is also rumbling about an even larger hard drive to surpass the 120 Gb version, that will be available for purchase on Arcade and Premium systems.
Don’t Trekkies have it hard enough? Or soft enough if you catch my double meaning? Regardless though, who greenlights this madness? On sale for $30-$40 next month in department stores across the whatever, you can choose between three brutally e(a)ffective scents that go by the names of: Tiberius, Red Shirt, and Ponn Farr. What do you think the testing process for these fragrances was like? A cold distant warehouse, a shirtless Trekkie strapped to a wet mattress while he’s doused with weird alcohols and oils? When learning something new everyday equates to this, I think I have a problem with my informational intake valve.
I just couldn’t help posting on this. The past few months I have been pleasantly obsessed with the word dangle. I mean who doesn’t wanna let stuff dangle? Anyway, when I saw the Danglet I thought sweet name, lame as all hell product. There is no way I, or anybody else is gonna trust this iAccessory to protect our beloved iStuff. Priced at $14.99 plus S&H, I dare you to buy one and film yourself doing what these kids are doing at the end of this video. I think I can safely say that my iPhone is something I never want to see get its dangle on! Can it really be that secure? Look at the size of the pin! There is no way! Here’s a quote from the company:
“Danglet simply plugs into the dock connector port on the bottom of your iPod or iPhone, securely snapping into place, and provides a sturdy stainless steel loop through which any string or hook mounted wrist or neck strap can be attached. We provide basic wrist and neck straps with your Danglet. But, you can go ahead and use any strap you may already own or choose to buy. Danglet fits them all.”
I have a PS3 but I don’t buy PS3 games. I use it to watch Blu Ray movies from Netflix. Sony’s latest last ditch effort is to utilize the large capacity of the Blu Ray Disc by combining a movie and a game on one disc. Sitting dead last in the console race behind Nintendo’s Wii and Mircrosoft’s Xbox 360, Sony’s having trouble keeping its system “Present Proof” let alone “Future Proof” in which they boasted upon release of the PS3. How will this work? Some random movie with some random game? Will the game and the movie have anything to do with one another, like movie games? Ironman 2 game with Ironman movie? It doesn’t sound that cool to me and I don’t want to mix my media like that. Maybe two games on one disc? Or 3 to 5 movies per disc? I dunno, but they better have some more promising ideas looming soon! Already in progress, we should see some combo titles sometime this year. Bloop.
At $2,250, I never understood why arcade machines cost so much! Made from an old Midway cabinet, a 60 Gb Xbox 360 is refitted inside as well as a new non HD monitor. I scoff at fools that play 360s in standard definition, and don’t know why anyone would want to play games on this. For one, the buttons are configured for fighting games, and there is no analog controls to speak of. At any rate, it’s only available for local pick up in Ohio provided you have a Drew Carey sized bank account. Sorry, I couldn’t think of a “Price is Right” joke to fit in there.
According to a press release, The Sharper Image (yes, the same one that is supposed to be shutting down) just signed a multiyear licensing agreement with a company called Merchsource. Merchsource will build the Sharper Image branded electronic gift items, MP3 players and rip all of us off this holiday season. WTF!
Levi’s, yes the jeans maker, stepped into the digital world today with the introduction of ‘The Original’ cell phone. Looking more late 1990s then, well now, The Original was outdated before it was announced. Ok, maybe its not that bad, as it sports a 2 megapixel camera, weighs just 98g, and includes a 262k color screen. Its wireless connectivity is a little old school though: GPRS Internet access and Bluetooth 1.2. Anyone else notice that it look more calculator than cell phone? $520 for a thing of the past.
Voicetunes fulfills a need that most of us don’t require the ability to vocally tell our iTunes what to do. Also, in case they didn’t know, Apple computers can already be controlled by voice, just access the feature in your System Preferences>Speech.
