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February 28, 2007 | Links
Just a quickie to note that ReviewMe are currently offering a discount for anyone who wants to test their system before buying a proper set of ads. They are so confident you will be pleased with the success of the reviews you get that they will knock 50% off the price of the review. Only problem is you only have until the end of the month to take part, so you’d better get in there quickly.
If you’re interested then head over to the ReviewMe site and sign up, then enter the code trial into the coupon field when you buy your first review and the money will be knocked off.
Tim over at the Indygamer blog brought this to my attention today. This guy is my new hero. I would love to have a go at this assault course event… not that I would get anywhere at all - but it looks like great fun (well - the first event does anyway!).
Makoto Nagano is a 34 year old fisherman. Recently he succeeded in completing the last phase of the Japanese game show: Ninja Warrior. Of more than 500 contestants only one other man completed it before he did
The second event looks like something out of the Prince of Persia games, and the fourth is just crazy. Just watch it and see for yourself…
February 22, 2007 | General
I got my first laptop computer this weekend and, as with all new computer purchases, it’s time to fill the hard disk with the software I use on a daily basis. I thought I would list the software I use, and why below. Partly because I thought others might be interested to see what I use, and partly because I will then have a list of software I use for the next time I get a pc (no doubt things will have changed by then).
So, in no particular order…
- avg free - a free virus checker. Much less intrusive than Norton, and doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. I’ll have one of those thank you very much
- pspad - a free text editor. There are loads out there but in my opinion Pspad is the best, and it has a built in ftp system so I can edit files …
February 16, 2007 | Links
Chris Kohler has an interesting post over on Wired Games about race in video games.
The topic was started by fellow 9ruller, Jason Ellis from Microscopiq.
I really like the point Chris makes about characters, Jade from Beyond Good and Evil in particular, being designed to be racially ambiguous - and I wish more companies would do the same.
I’ve never really considered the race, or the sex for that matter, of the characters in the games I play. I play games for enjoyment, and really don’t care whether I am black, white, male, or female - provided the game is fun. I feel the character should fit the game, they should look like they belong in the world, and belong in the role they are playing - skin colour shouldn’t matter at all.
Having read this last night, and now this and this, I have decided that I agree entirely and have added the dofollow plugin to both Binary Moon and Binary Joy.
What does this mean for you? For most people it means nothing, but if you have a website, you will now get some link juice from Google when you comment and supply your site url.
Videogames are regularly blamed for many things, the most popular being making children fat and violent. So when something new, such as the Nintendo Wii, comes along everyone is happy. The Wii gets children exercising again, and it doesn’t feature as many violent games as other consoles. However that “everyone” has just gotten a little smaller.
Children who spend too much time playing virtual sports on their new Nintendo Wii are getting a false sense of what it’s like to compete in the world.
Kelly McBride - a US sports reporter, has reportedly said that the Wii, in particular Wii Tennis from the Wii Sports game, is giving children false hope. She thinks that it is making them think that when they pick up a tennis racket they will be able to beat all comers, in the same way they can whup anyone at Wii Tennis.
Personally I reckon she’s just …
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