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  •  So, I came across a superb fanmade MGS movie... or at least part 1 of 3 (they don't have the other parts complete yet).I wrote a pretty lengthy blog about it here.Here's a tiny snippit:I've just had the pleasure of sitting down to a viewing of a fan made movie (or rather a part of one) by a group of Italian film school students. The movie, just released to the ...
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  • hush404 commented on Jayge's topic Insane PSP Deals
    Some nifty gaming there dude :D Im glad psp stuff is coming into it's correct price range. :P I rarely buy PSP titles over $20.
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Aug. 12, 2009
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  • hush404 has an Uncharted2 multiplayer beta code, can't get online, anyone want it?
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March 30, 2009
  • hush404 replied to the topic What happened to the trophies thread? in the PlayStation 3 board.
    Hamz said: "You mean this topic?It was never "pinned" to the PS3 board. Simply getting enough regular bumps to keep it at the top of the list. Usually best to check back a few pages in the forums to find older topics. I've pinned it now for the time being.You can thank me later!" Oh, I just assumed it was pinned... cuz it was there for sooo long. THANKIES!
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  • Al3xand3r said: "Didn't they add Symphony of the Night to the PSN sometime ago? I remember news about it, but I can't see it on my PSP to buy it. Is it not available in Europe? Is it only available for PS3 (wtf in both cases)? Why is the PSN collection so limited?And why isn't there a decent fullscreen option for the PS games on PSP? You can have it ...
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  • prinny_god said: "hush404 said: "Qorious said: "Well Trophies are something that is weighted, so gold is worth more in terms of percentage than a bronze. It does annoy me though since I just want to check how much in percent I got to give me an estimate of what I got. Hopefully Sony will revise it to make it more of how many instead of how much each Trophy is ...
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  • hush404 replied to the topic What happened to the trophies thread? in the PlayStation 3 board.
    I was looking for the Strange Relic in Uncharted. Granted I know a few sites that may have it... but I'm still curious as to where the thread went.
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  • hush404 replied to the topic What game(s) you have Platinumed in the PlayStation 3 board.
    switchit said: "LittleBigPlanet. And i was planning to get platinum in Prince of Persia, but realized that i was about to ruin the experience. I stopped pursuing the platinum trophy since then." That brings up a good point. Do trophies ruin games some times? I love the idea of getting rewards for playing differently or being a completest... but at the same time I find I'm so busy with the ...
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  • hush404 replied to the topic Why do you like Little Big Planet? in the LittleBigPlanet board.
    The community is a huge part of LBP. The premise is as you put it, simple. However, playing through the "story" is a lot of fun, especially with friends, and when you get to using levels made by others is just opens up a whole new can of worms. I've had  so much more fun with user-levels than levels packed with the game. I find I'll just sit there with ...
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  • Never had great luck with streaming. Found the WMP plugin thing worked best :P That said, I haven't tried this one.
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  • The PSN is growing like crazy! It's 1000X better than when it first launched and they just keep adding. As for the XMB, I'm completely happy. It's quick, easy to navigate and has all the options right at hand. If future stuff is added that'd be fine, but as for design, it's fine the way it is.
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  • hush404 replied to the topic Who actually buys movies from psn? in the PlayStation 3 board.
    I might if the service was made available here in Canada. Like the 360 with it's netflix service... it's USA only.
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Added by hush404 on Oct. 1, 2009

 

So, I came across a superb fanmade MGS movie... or at least part 1 of 3 (they don't have the other parts complete yet).

I wrote a pretty lengthy blog about it here.

Here's a tiny snippit:

I've just had the pleasure of sitting down to a viewing of a fan made movie (or rather a part of one) by a group of Italian film school students. The movie, just released to the masses via their website (as of Sept 27, 2009), is based on the characters and myth of the Metal Gear Solid series of video games.

 Screenshot of the film "Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy"
 Screenshot of the film "Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy"
Titled "Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy" the movie has been in production on and off for a few years now and the team plans to release it in three parts for free as a tribute to the source and to fans. Part one of the series is subtitled "The Overnight Nation" which introduces us to the character Snake and the group he is currently aligned with "Philanthropy", who's sole mission (in this instance) is to rescue a man of importance from a disclosed location. From this introduction we assume that CG will play a heavy role in the course of the film... and while that is true, the implementation of said effects are less apparent as the picture roles on.

Please check out the blog and if you like what you see, download the movie from their official website (links provided in the blog)



Added by hush404 on March 19, 2009

Hey guys (and girls) have you seen the Watchmen movie yet? My brother and I went into the movies last night to check it out and nearly 3 hours later I was left wanting to see some movies I saw in the previews more than what I just witnessed. The movie was... decent. It wasn't bad by any means... some scenes really got me excited... but I felt the whole story was short and just over before I felt it started. I don't know. I kind of liked the comedian he made me laugh (makes sense huh?), Worshack was a strong character and Dr. Manhattan (big blue guy) was probably the niftiest character in the movie... tho his total lack of pants was random as hell, lol. It sure isn't on the same caliber as the Dark Knight... but I'm glad I saw it.

Four previews that really stuck out to me before the movie started were for Terminator: Salvation, Star Trek and UP. The Terminator movie looks really flashy, gritty and real and it's got christian bale who I like. Star Trek looks really kewl! I'm not a star trek fan and I'm really looking forward to it. UP is the latest movie from Pixar (my fav computer animation studio)... which seems to be about an old man who gets his house to fly with hundreds of balloons, he accidentally takes off with a boy scout on his doorstep and sets off on a crazy adventure... which sounds a bit more boring that the preview showed... but I'm still stoked to see it!

This blogger post is a small blog detailing some kewl stuff I picked up, my hate for government and other goodies. As I mentioned before I'll will post a snippet here followed by a link to the full experience.

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On my blogger Blog "Best (self) gift ever!!!"

...That said, I went and got a few things to "treat" myself with the money I did get back from the government. Two PS2 games which I missed playing till now: God of War 2 and Persona 4. I finish God of War 2 and completely LOVED it! (Scored it a 10/10 on gamespot) and have about 8 hours in Persona 4 - which is really unique and fun... tho I hate keeping track of the weather As well as the new Lamb of God CD Wrath - which came with a crazy kewl bonus disc with all of the songs split into vocal, guitar, bass and drums all on MP3 files.

However the most special thing I've picked up is something I've wanted for a very long time. A little item that has been (thankfully) falling lower and lower in price (from like $500 initially) to something I can both afford and not feel horribly guilty about buying...

Read the rest and see all of the pics...





Added by hush404 on March 16, 2009

So I finally sat down and did a proper banner like image for use here on gamespot to spice up my profile and I personally love it! Harley is the best! :D What do you think? **Many thanks go to Pepsiman for providing a .PSD with the dimensions, they helped out!

Also, back on topic, here is version 2 of my "Top 15 of 2009" list that details the games I'm most excited to play this year. I'm going to post a small snippet and then you can follow the link to the full post on my blogger page.
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#9 (last time #9) -
(T) - DiRT 2
(S) - Playstation 3
(I) - The original DiRT (Colin McRae's of course) was awe inspiring. Simply the best racer this generation. It was the perfect mix of arcade racing (something like MotorStrom) and simulation/realism (like Gran Turismo) with top notch visuals, vehicles, damage, tracks and on and on and on. DiRT2 looks to improve on that and I couldn't be happier.

Continue to my blogger page for the full post.

Related to: DiRT 2, Harley Quinn


Added by hush404 on March 3, 2009

Short one! The original blogger post is here: Harley in Arkham Asylum!

So! I was clicking around the internet, randomly looking at stuff and eventually I was lead to the Wiki page for the upcoming game Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3/360) as to see when exactly the game came out. Pretty quickly I found out that it's suppose to come in May, which is great! But after reading through some more of the page I found something even better! :D

My fav girl ♥Harley Quinn♥ WILL be in it!!!!!! :D :D :D


♥Soooo happy!♥

It makes me even more excited to play the game!!!

Did you know the actress who plays  Harley, Arleen Sorkin is married to Christopher Lloyd (aka Doc Brown)??

"The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?"

BTW, I'm prepping a new banner (only applies to those reading from gamespot) for my profile, featuring... you guessed it! Harley Quinn ;) But I really really really love my current one (the ♥ music one) what do you think? Should I keep or change it?

**May have a similar one up for giantbomb too, after I figure out how not to tile the thing....


Added by hush404 on Feb. 25, 2009

After some requests I'm going to start putting my blogger posts on giantbomb as well, instead of just a link. If you want to see the original (blogger) blogto to: Sony prepping PSP2? to read. Thanks.

Sony recently hit a milestone with their first hand held gaming system, the PSP, when they announced the sale of 50 million PSPs worldwide since it's launch in 2005. That's a big deal, as no competitor (against Nintendo's series of hand helds) has ever reached such numbers in the market. With word from Sony that they're going to push full force into making 2009 an amazing year for Playstation (including PSP), announcements of numerous franchises making their way to the machine and anticipation from fans - it's no wonder rumors start to fly.

One rumor that never seems to slow down is the suggestion that Sony is currently working on the successor to the PSP, naturally dubbed PSP2. As usual, Sony just waves the hand and raises the "Those are just rumors" or "No comment" flags, going about their business. But as of late it seems more and more likely that the Playstation family is about to welcome a new baby into it's Home (pun intended).

I give you PSP2:


or... at least one fan's home made image of what a PSP2 might look like. Incredibly stylish, without a doubt. We'll go into detail about various rumors that makes this image a very believable picture of what we may see from Sony, possibly in the very near future.

Sony being secretive and vague:

First, straight from Sony Japan, a request for testers for "A new game machine" was placed on their website. QJ.Net is quoted on the matter:

"Well, translations of the job description vary, but the common thread here is that the people they hire will be tasked to evaluate and assess the new hardware which is to be part of the PlayStation brand"

- which leaves things open for suggestion as to what exactly they are testing... but with PSP2 rumors getting major fuel for their flames lately we can send a nod in that direction. Also noted on the page is

"Part of the job description also notes that those who get hired will "test game machines not yet released or new functionality of PS3 peripherals before they are released."

Which again can lead right into Sony's strategy of pairing their systems up for branching functionality. While the PSP initially didn't have a lot of different ways to interface with the PS3, functionality has been on the rise with the ability to stream media to and from the machines, transfer downloads, PS1 games, control PS3 games with the PSP and vice versa, unlocking extras in games when linking the two, and the list continues. With PSP2 Sony could open up a whole new can of worms in that the system could more or less function like your PS3 away from home. Boasting the ability to connect to all the services and media your PS3 can access - like Home, PSN, Video Download services and so on.


Where the sliding screen idea comes from:

Next, in a nod to the fan made sliding screen image, we've got this article from VG247 who cite a "highly-trusted source" detailing a new sliding screen feature for Sony's third update to the PSP's design. Labeled for the PSP 4000 update (see series updates) as an aesthetic overhaul... I was very skeptical. Why put so much effort into making the current PSP's image change? Which leads this blogger to believe that if said information is actually valid, it would make more sense if it was for a PSP2 model, rather than an update for the current system. The article also goes on to mention that the model would be released this year, 2009.

Insiders info, speculation on built in hard drive etc:

The most recent rumor/news bit coming from Shiny Entertainment's (founder) David Perry who opens with:

"I hear Sony FINALLY has the PSP 2. And thank goodness, they've removed the stupid battery-sucking UMD disc drive. I'm excited!"

on his twitter page earlier this week. The UMD, for those not in the know is the disc format the PSP uses for it's games and something Sony tried promoting for movies too... fairly unsuccessfully. Now as the UMD is used mainly just for games, Sony has been making strides to move those games to download (as a number of titles are on PSN already) as a cheaper alternative and much more efficient distribution method; especially for a portable machine. Later, speaking with Kotaku, Perry explained his update:

"I spoke to a developer who is working on it right now," he said. "I know this developer is already working on it, so that means they have a prototype. That would sound like a fall release to me."

excited he continues:

"I've been pounding on Sony for a long time to make the Playstation Portable relevant and not to let Apple stroll away with the portable game market," he said. "Look at what Apple is doing now. Why are so many investors investing in Apple game development? Trying to pitch a PSP game to investors right now is brutal."

Thus, if this info is to be believed - we could very soon see the system. Perry continues in the article, most of it just pure speculation mind you. He claims that Sony will initially ship games on memory sticks as a companion to the download service and eventually phase them out in favor of download only on the device. Which makes me think... not everyone will necessarily have a connection capable to handling such bandwidth intensive downloads... (which might be a smaller population... but still potential buyers).

He also goes on to say that retailers might be resistant to see such a device because they don't make a great deal on the markup of the system and make their money off of the games and resale of games... which is again another legit concern. However I believe that a simple kiosk set up within retail chains such as Gamestop or EBGames could have a system in place where you purchase a download code and input it into a kiosk (located in store) allowing you to download the game to your medium (hard drive perhaps?) right there.

Senior Editor at Gamesutra; Brandon Sheffield had less harsh words for the UMD format but agrees with Perry:

"Regardless, a PSP with a flash drive just makes sense, what with the ability to download PSone games to it, and all of that. The pitfalls are piracy, which may increase (and is already rampant), and retail anger. I think it's coming though."

He goes into further detail about how retail stores (such as GameStop) would be a little under-impressed to learn that they won't be making any money on used game sales - as download only titles... wouldn't have a physical medium to be on if Sony does decide to go digital only.


Sony leads us with more vagueness:

Which leads us into another item that popped up on the internet in the form chit-chatty contemplation, from Sony themselves. Mulling over the idea of a Hard Drive for the PSP as PSN titles make their way to the system, it shows that Sony is at least in the know that a 4gb memory card isn't going to cut it in the world of digital downloads. With their PS3 machines now shipping with 80gb and 160gb built in, many people going out and buying 250gb and 500gb drives themselves for the machine - it seems you can never have enough space. David Reeves, Head of Sony Europe, more recently confirmed that Sony is indeed looking to hard drives, quite possibly built in, as a form of storage for the hand held.

Graphics core group claims to be working with Sony:

Taken from an article on EETimes.com:

Imagination Technologies Group (licensor of graphics processor cores) announced Monday (Nov. 24/2008) that it has signed a license agreement with a new partner, a major international consumer electronics company, for a forthcoming member of Imagination's POWERVR SGX graphics processor family.

There were no names and no values ascribed to the licensing but the hint that it is materially insignificant. As a publicly held company Imagination is under pressure to disclose events of material significance via one or more of the many regulatory news services.

According to sources today's announcement by Imagination is for an upgrade to the Sony PSP2 and the SGX core is expected to be the SGX55x.

This information can be taken as a lesser point of interest, but still something worth thinking about. The company, currently is working with Apple as Apple licensed the same kind of technology in the iphone for it's graphical needs.

Conclusion, more speculation:



So as you can see there is no short pile of rumors stacking up to flame the boards across the internet these days... and these were just some to of the more concrete and believable ones I could find! Each article I picked from will be listed below for source references, so go ahead and check them out to get the full articles.

Some gamers and industry "experts" claim that touch screen functionality may make it into the next outing of the PSP. Some people scream their brains out to keep such functionality out of their system, preferring to keep the traditional style of game controlling in place... but I believe that touch screen can be something incredibly beneficial to the system and not just for games. I believe that it would make joining games, browsing the internet, pictures, ebooks and so on much easier and we can't forget that when done right; touch screen gaming is a lot of fun and a fresh way to be entertained.

I also believe that a pack in hard-drive or other similar device with multitudes of gigabytes will be a standard of the new system as Sony moves more and more to digital downloads. Being able to download movies on your PS3 through Sony's ever growing movie download service and packing them up on your PSP2 on the go sounds extremely enticing. Also, having your PS3 act as a hub for any and all other media - including games, you could jump on any wi-fi spot and download any game you forgot to slap onto your portable's drive. The technology is already in place, controlling your PS3 and transferring files with a PSP is already a feature we enjoy with the current PSP - but it can be expanded much further.

Of course I can't forget the single most important update a PSP2 would need: a second analogue nub! The exclusion of the nub's twin on the original system really threw people for a loop and caused some pretty hefty control issues with various genres of games. If nothing else, Sony needs to add that second nub.

In closing, what other features would you like in a successor to the PSP?

Sources: Available at my blogger post.


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