Activision Will Take Down Cover Uploads in Guitar Hero World Tour
The loading screen for the music upload feature in Guitar Hero World Tour should just say “No Stairway.”
Blizzard Awarded $6M Damages From MMOGlider
dw604 writes “The makers of MMOGlider have been found in breach of the World of Warcraft terms of service and are forced to pay Blizzard $6M in damages.” There’s a lot of sticky issues on this one. Mostly I’m amazed that MMOGlider had that kind of cash.
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Pandora Console Ready For Pre-Orders
Croakyvoice writes “Finally, months after the official announcement, 3,000 lucky people can now pre-order Pandora, possibly the world’s fastest handheld console. It boasts a processor capable of up to 900 MHZ, PowerVR 3D graphics, a large 800×480 LCD touchscreen, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB, dual SD card slots, TV out, dual analogue and digital controls, a clamshell DS Lite-style shape, and a 43-button mini keyboard. The console already boasts an amazing amount of ready-for-release software such as Ubuntu and many full-speed emulators for systems such as Snes, Amiga, Megadrive, and many more that are not publicly announced yet. The console is as powerful as the original Xbox and on a par with the Nintendo Wii. Those interested should visit OpenPandora.Org. For the full history of Pandora from inception until the present, check out the Pandora Homebrew Site.”
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PlayStation Eye gets utility boost, hacked to work as webcam
Filed under: Digital Cameras, Gaming, Peripherals
Remember that PlayStation Eye you purchased way back when? You know, that PS peripheral you used for all of 12 minutes before shelving indefinitely? It’s time to break that bad boy back out, as a detailed hack from the NUI Group shows how to convert it into a working webcam within Windows. Make no mistake, this isn’t the simplest hack in the whole wide world, but the long-winded instructions ought to guide you right through. What are you waiting for? Head on down and get to work!
[Via PS3 Fanboy]
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Bethesda Releases New Fallout 3 Headshots
Fallout 3 is a bloody, bloody game. Along with glimpses of the ever-captivating wasteland, it seems that almost every new batch of screenshots brings another sad picture of a zombie getting one right in the eye.
I played the game for another couple hours today, and was amazed at just how often I was decapitating enemies with 10mm handgun bullets. We have a theory going that it has something to do with weakened connective tissue as a result of post-nuclear trauma. That, and it’s pretty hilarious.
In any case, enjoy these new shots, and be sure to check out my fresh interview with Bethesda’s Pete Hines.
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The Fallout 3 PC Interview: Bethesda on DRM, Censorship and Consolification
After playing a few hours of the PC version of Fallout 3 earlier today, I sat down with Bethesda’s Pete Hines to talk about serious PC business.
What kind of DRM will be included on the Fallout 3 disc? Will the PC version suffer from console interface holdovers a la Oblivion? Is the company optimistic about supporting the PC platform in the future? Read on to find out.
Pete Hines: And [copy protection] is a pain in the ass–it is a pain in the ass that we have to do it at all in the first place. But when you spend tens of millions of dollars, we don’t think it’s right to just put something out there and let everybody do whatever they want and pass it around.
And to have to support all of that–which is often the unspoken thing that nobody really wants to point to. You can argue all day whether or not somebody would have bought a copy of a game they pirated, but you can’t…
Morning Discussion
Why, hello there. I do hope your Wednesday is going quite well.
I finished reading my first novel in quite some time yesterday, The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. I’m usually not one for fantasy fare, the long-winded gibberish names and abundance of mythical items bog me down, but he mostly avoided those pitfalls.
Instead, he delivered a surprisingly well-written and well-paced tale, especially considering its length of over 600 pages. And this is just the first of three! The only problem? The second book isn’t out until next April. Boo.
Speaking of disappointment, what bullshit that Fringe won’t be back for two weeks. And, you know, the part where the preview totally resolved the cliffhanger ending.
HD Wii By 2011?
1Up noticed an interesting post up at WhatTheyPlay which put together some public information with more from private sources suggesting that the next version of the Wii console is planned for 2011. Quoting: “Unlike previous console transitions from Nintendo, the new system will be presented as a true successor to the Wii, and is being dubbed by those that have seen the presentation as ‘Wii HD.’ There is no indication if this will be its eventual name, but the nature of the transition has been characterized as similar to ‘the shift from Game Boy to Game Boy Advance,’ where familiar, key elements were left intact while the core hardware was made more powerful. It is expected by all those that we have spoken to on the subject that the new device will retain the Wii name in part.”
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