First impressions of LOTRO

April 26, 2007

I recently took part in the 2nd Beta of Turbine’s Lord of the Rings Online. This was my first run as a beta tester, and I have to say that at that point it was fairly polished. I’ve since been accepted into the public beta (3) but haven’t logged in yet, and the main reason [...]

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Eminence Orchestra

April 26, 2007

A friend and I went to see the Night in Fantasia: Symphonic Games Edition orchestral performance of video game scores the other night at Sydney Town Hall, having seen the Eminence orchestra at the Sydney Conservatorium last December for their “Passion“ performance. Eminence are a group of Con kids who are obviously avid video [...]

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To PS2 or to PS3 – that is the question

February 17, 2007

Our PS2 died a few months ago which totally sucked and I put off replacing it because it just didn’t feel justified with the PS3 about to come it. But the more I thought about it, the more I realised that my likelihood of forking out $$$ for the PS3 was very slim in the [...]

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LOTR beta baby

February 17, 2007

Wandrew started playing the Lord of the Rings beta yesterday. They’ve still got a link to sign up for it on LOTR Online, I registered so hopefully I’ll be seen as worthy enough. It looks fun. The player mods could do with some improvement, they’re just a little boring looking and too Poser-ish (shudder). Not [...]

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Second Life Investments Overrated

February 12, 2007

The Sydney Morning Herald has a couple of stories on how there are only 3000 active Australian Second Lifers and companies buying up islands there are just wasting their money. Well, duh! I’m actually surprised it is that high.
The Mashup article compares it to Tumbarumba Shire on the border of New South Wales and [...]

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World of Warcraft You Tubearama

February 12, 2007

Stumbled upon a blog referencing those Chinese WoW Coke ads, it brought back so many happy memories, I had to share them with you:

And this unofficial Wow Coke ad:

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The Beautiful People

January 20, 2007

Wandrew is off with the fairies, well, the elves at least. Blood Elves to be precise.
This guild invite was found on the general chat around Silver Moon (Blood Elf territory for those who haven’t rushed out to play the Burning Crusades):
THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE are now accepting other members of the Horde into our guild. Looking [...]

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Screenshots and Copyright

January 10, 2007

The story of Anshe Chung, Ailin Graef’s avatar’s penile assault made the rounds a while ago, now the story of her sending people hosting images/video of the incident cease and desist emails. Groan, what a prat. It’s almost midnights (sic – see I’m tired) so I won’t write a whole heap about it now. Here [...]

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Wii-ing

January 10, 2007

Informit pulls apart and Wii and gives a peek inside:
The Wii is a very tight system. There is little in the way of wasted space, which indicates an excellent design job. I am honestly impressed at how the creators of this device put all these pieces and parts together.
The Australian Consumers Association, Choice, has done [...]

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Nintendo broke my lightshade

December 9, 2006

After mocking the official warnings and user testimonies (in the manner of Penny Arcade), I done gone and broke the shade on my ceiling light.

I cannot emphasise enough the need of Wii owners to read both the Japanese safety manual and, more importantly, its previously lost pages. The Gremlins warning is my favourite.

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