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PICS OF MY NEW LAPTOP

If you read my last post and wondered what the laptop looked like well here's a few pics I snapped as I opened it. I'll get more detailed pics up on my website at a later date as well as a full in depth review.

NEW LAPTOP AND WINDOWS VISTA

Ok! So we all know HD-DVD is dead and we all know that you can pick up a HD-DVD player super cheap, with the 360 version selling for abour £20-£40. What you might not know, is that Toshiba are also selling those fancy HD-DVD laptops cheap, well stores that sell them are anyway...

I know because I got a superb 17" HD-DVD Rom laptop that would not be worth my time had I not already had some HD-DVD movies and TV shows to watch on it, and with all those firesales of HD discs I've ordered more movies as they are a few £ each so now I have a nice backup HD drive for my discs. (got the laptop March 28)

I got the HD-DVD version of Feast yesterday so that was nice timing to go along with my new laptop

Here's the specs, athough the price was much much lower:P

http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/jsp/productPage.do?service=UK&PRODUCT_ID=145667&toshibaShop=true

So anyway, I'm loving this laptop, it's amazing infact. Amazing screen, amazing playback quality of the HD drive, HDMI out, optical out, this baby has it all, well maybe not it ALL, but for the few hundred squids I got it for it has more than its fair share..

One thing that surpised me though was Vista (I have Premium ed). I've held off getting a new desktop PC because of vista. My desktop PC still works like a dream, but since I do a lot of photo editing and video work I was in need of something with just a little more power, but all the bad Vista reviews put me off. Well I don't know why I was so worried because I LOVE VISTA, sure it's taken me a few days to get used to some things but the pros more than make up for any cons.

I'll be keeping XP on both my desktop PC and my old laptop but if you have a PC with enough power then Vista sure is very nice.

So be sure to lookout for those super cheap HD-DVD laptops...Oh yea baby!!:D

Bioshockingly Good!

Well, I've had this game for 2 days now and i've put about 8 hours in over the weekend; and what an 8 hours they have been...Bioshock has to be one the the best games I've seen/heard on the 360, It's almost always just jaw dropping in its looks and it's the best sounding 360 game I've ever played.

I've put it on the 'hard' setting, as I do for most of the games I buy so I can get the most time out of them, and by doing this, get value for money...In the 8 or so hours I've put into Bioshock, I feel like I've already got my money worth and I've got so much left to do, as I've only just got to use the 2nd bathysphere (Think underwater lift) to take me to the next level.

I've jumped out of my skin a few times thanks to some really well done set pieces and I've had a fight with a big daddy (the deep sea diver guy in the pic).

This game also gives you some really tough choices in the form of saving or helping 'little sisters'. These Little Sisters were once normal little girls, but now they have been altered to harvest ADAM (a form or genetic material)from the dead. You can kill the protectors 'the Big Daddy' (not easy), and then you have 2 choices....Do you harvest the ADAM from the little sister or do you save the little sister by returning her to a normal little girl?

If you harvest the ADAM from her, then she does not survive but you get a lot of ADAM to use in the game...If you save her, then you will get a very happy little girl thanking you so much, but not as much ADAM (80 instead of 200 I think)...For many people this will be a no brainer as they will just go for the easy option to just harvest the ADAM from her as to make the game more easy...

I on the other hand had to save the first little sister simply because...Well how can you kill a child? Even if it's only in a game? (the game tries its best to explain that these littles sisters are not kids though and by killing them you're doing a good thing)....
I have a wee niece about the same age as these little sisters and I just could not bring myself to kill this virtual wee girl...The thank you I got from not killing her made me feel warm inside...Not many games can do that to you and it makes me wonder what other tough choices I will have to make during the course of playing this game....Did I do the right thing? Are these really monsters like the people in the game would have you believe? I'll have to play more to find that one out.

I kind of wish there was a 3rd choice though and that's to leave the little sister as she is...Happy to collect ADAM with her pal the big daddy by her side...The way she talks to big daddy in such a happy way makes you feel a bit sad for trying to kill one of them even if it's for the greater good (whatever that may be)

Anyway...Bioshock, if you have a PC and gfx card (with shader 3.0) or an Xbox 360, then go and check this out...The graphics/sound/story/fear/heart that this game has makes it something special.

8 hours in score = 9.5/10

Who's your Daddy

Tomorrow (Friday the 24th of Aug) the Xbox 360 and PC game 'Bioshock' goes on sale in the UK.

When I watched the E3 video in HD on my 360 last year I was blown away...I had no clue what the game was about but it looked amazing.

Since then, I read very little about it and just kept my fingers crossed for a good review...By this time I had it in my head this was an adventure captain Nemo type game (don't ask me why lol).

When the demo came up on marketplace a few weeks ago I was not blown away with it...Sure it looked amazing most of the time but it just was not what I expected...It was a horror type FPS (first person shooter)...Anyway, I played it and kinda went meh and that was that.

Then the reviews start to come in and I sit up and take notice, because this game has some amazing reviews across the boards...10/10...9.5...9.7...It just goes on and on.

So I go back to the demo with a different frame of mind and try it again...Then again and again and after a few plays I'm hooked...I almost missed out on this because I went into the game with the wrong mind set....tut tut!

Anyway, I now have this game on order and I can't wait to play it...I love a good story and this is the thing that's most appealing for me...I'll post my thoughts when I have it in my grubby wee mits.

Check out what it's about below

http://www.2kgames.com/cultofrapture/home.html

Broken Sword: The Movie

Taken from IGN.com

CastleBright Studios will reportedly bring the Revolution Software videogame Broken Sword to the big-screen as a live-action feature film. CastleBright toppers Jay Douglas and Nav Gupta will produce Broken Sword with the blessing of Revolution's Charles Cecil, the creator of the game. "Broken Sword is the kind of complex story every producer dreams about, rich with mystery and adventure, so for me, this is a real honor," Douglas told ComingSoon.net. The site adds that "initial talks have begun with leading directors and screenwriters from such films as Harry Potter, Casino Royale, X-Men to name a few." ComingSoon says the potential franchise will begin with the first game title, The Shadow of the Templars (released stateside as Circle of Blood).

Here's a little reminder of those classic adventure games CLICK>>>>>

Video: Assassin's Creed 'Jade Raymond Q+A'

The beautiful Jade Raymond once again keeps up to speed with what's happening with this, sure to be amazing game for the Xbox 360/PS3 and PC