Sunday, June 27, 2010

Red Dead Redemption Ending

From the upset of bombing out of the world cup, to even more upset.......

The ending of Red Dead Redemption.

Need I say any more.....

I won't give the ending away as I don't want to spoil anything for anyone, but for the first time ever, I was deeply upset by the ending. I didn't see it coming at all!

I have to congratulate Rockstar on a job well done on this one.

Although it does have it's flaws both online and offline, the originality and the captivating story has kept me entertained and I'm not far from getting my 100% complete (A ritual I have with all Rockstar games).

I still have some things left to do so I can play on but I'll never forget this one for such an Epic ending (despite the fact I've read on the Internet that a lot of people thought it was unoriginal).

In the meantime if anyone wishes to catch me online, my PSN name is: ownjoouk

England Bomb Out of the World Cup

So..... England have finally been knocked out of the World Cup. To be honest, I didn't expect them to get that far after such disappointing performances.

Sunday was no different.

A poor performance from England ensured football certainly wouldn't be coming home. Infact, the only thing coming home are a group of adulterers and a dodgy goal keeper.

I think it's about time our nation stopped with the expectation. Like with most sports it appears we have aren't as good as our fans assume we should be.

Maybe if we stop expecting so much, we might actually achieve something!

Here's to the Euro's and to the next World Cup.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Froyo source code drops

Looks like Google have dropped the Android 2.2 (aka Froyo) source code into AOSP and our man cyanogen has already announced it for our precious devices.

In his Twitter comments he stated it will be for Nexus One and Droid first and then we have to assume Magic and G1 will be second after all the hard work cyanogen and co have put into it already.

He has also mentioned that CM6 will be appearing on the Desire too (hopefully with the 720P hack!!).

Here's to a long wait for us all while cyan and all the other devs put a lot of hard work into making out devices push to the limits!

In the interim visit cyanogenmod or if you've never seen it before visit Google's site.

Motorola punts mega huge Droid phone

Motorola has released its latest Android offering, the Droid Xy, and it's one chunky, funky monkey. Which is a good thing.



By chunky, we mean not only its size — big — but also all the tasty bits it contains: a snappy 1GHz TI OMAP3630 processor, hefty 1540 mAh battery, versatile 8-megapixel auto-focus camera with dual-LED flash, welcome HDMI port, convenient 8GB of built-in memory coupled with an SD card slot that take up to 32GB more, and enormous 4.3-inch display. More on "enormous" in a moment.

By funky, we mean that its camera set-up gives the Droid X a lumpy-forehead look. While the main body of the handset is more than acceptably thin, the bulky camera and flash unit require a heftier amount of space.

But if the quality of a smartphone's camera is important to you, you may forgive this lumpy shooter's bulgy housing. The camera captures not only 8-megapixel stills with touch-to-focus capability and "shutter" speeds of up to 1/1000th of a second, but also 720p HD video with noise cancellation and special effects such as slo-mo.

Mystery surrounds 'horse-boy' on Google Street View


Mystery surrounds a man wearing a horse's head who has been captured on Google's Street View in Aberdeen.

The man - who has become known as 'horse-boy' - can be seen in the Hardgate area of the city.

The sighting has become a popular attraction on Google's service, which offers a photographic map of streets.

The man is wearing dark trousers, a purple shirt - and a brown and white horse's head.

Dozens of BBC news website users have e-mailed from across Europe to say they know who horse boy is.

Others have sent in images of the mystery horse-head wearer and some have claimed to be him.

Stefan Kleen from Germany said he and a friend met horse-boy at a German festival last weekend.

He added: "He only spoke English so we didn't really talk a lot to him."

Monday, June 14, 2010

Priceless!!

This is for those who doubted that the USA don't have a clue about football (or soccer if you're that way inclined). This says it  all. In fact I'll say no more.


Actually I will say one last thing. You played England not Britain....... DoH!

Sunday, June 13, 2010

ITV HD Viewers miss England Goal!

So, I'm gonna guess I'm not the only one who has beef regarding this. I've been waiting months for the world cup and recently just got Sky HD (admittedly mainly to watch the world cup in HD - although I've wanted it for a while), only to find my viewing of Gerrard's goal ruined by a Honda advert (I think it was a Honda ad).

I mean come on, in this day and age surely this shouldn't be happening!!

Not only that, but this world cup has been shocking for replays. As the match continues in the background, it's as it they're going for the world record of showing the most gurning footballers in one tournament!

I just hope that ITV pull their finger out with this, and don't allow this to happen again. This combined with their ITV Live service being grounded was a fairly disappointing day for ITV, and England.

I'm not sure if this clanger by ITV was worse than Rob Green's clanger.....

I don't think so.