Posts by Lottie
618 posts • joined Friday 28th November 2008 12:28 GMT
Kurgan
Seems like fine english to me!
I also agree with your point.
Posted in Flashback: The Quest for Identity
Addictive as all hell
I remember staying up 'til 6AM playing this on the Megadrive. My folks got very angry with me.
What a game. The sequel Fade to Black was good too.
pfft
I like the small form factor and the UI overlay that SE do, but I refuse to buy another SE phone after they basically decided that they would follow an almost Motorolla type line on updating the OS for their customers.
slicker cock-action than a night at the Playboy mansion
Superb!
Robot guitars
I have to say the concept of onboard FX isn't really that new, but I'm glad that Gibson are persevering with the robot tuners.
I wonder, though if you have to tune each string or can set up preset "one click" alternate tunings like the transperformance system?
Some of the other tech makes this a super concept for a session guitar for sure. I quite like the idea of an optical output.
I never thought I'd ever wonder if there are linux drivers for a guitar!
Agreed. This list is well weapon!
ooh
The latest "hoxton douchenozzle" style guide is out!
I can't believe that Apple scored higher than the Wasp T12 though...
In HD
we can see the grain on the wooden performances!
Although it DID get better after season 2
Posted in Renault Wind Gordini roadster
Nike?
It looks like a shoe.
I saw a Wind in the metal the other day and it does look better in real life. And it was black. Not sure about the fancy styling though, it really does remind me of something my nephew would wear for games practice.
Posted in Renault Wind Gordini roadster
Coffee no,
but having somehwere to hold a travel cup or water bottle for my passengers and on occasion myself is a big benefit IMHO. Yes, hot drinks are daft in a car, but I'd prefer my passengers to have somewhere to put their drinks while they're riding with me.
Fascinating read!
Thanks el Reg!
There are ways of lending ebooks legally. I think el Reg did an article on it a while back in fact.
I have decided that eBooks are like MP3s really. Yes, an MP3 is inferior to a CD, but carrying a bunch of CDs around with me is bulky and annoying. With an MP3 player, there is a slight difference in quality (especially with earphones, external noise, etc), but it's much more convenient. I really am coming round to the idea of having lots and lots of books in a device that's not much bigger than a regular hardback.
I don't think it's an either/ or. You can have both. What would be nice though is -like some indie record lables do when you buy a vinyl version of an album- is a download code for an ebook when you buy the dead tree one.
Nice!
So they'll be on the market around the time I'm going to look at getting a new phone eh?
For me, the battery life is the biggest smartphone annoyance. This looks quite nice as well
I never saw the point
of ebook readers. I think it was mainly due to eyestrain with reading on a laptop, but after a little time spent with a friends Kindle, I have to say if there is a chance of a nice budget ebook reader (the Kindle is a bit pricey right now) coming out, I may well join the queue.
Of course, I still maintain that there are areas where only paper will do, like haynes manuals and similar (I shudder to think what would happen to the displays with grease and used oil all over them), but in the eternal battle between books I really want to read Vs space in my house, they could be a very good ally!
Like many others
I'd prefer something to protect my car from other doors.
And trollies. Could they fit this to shupermarket trollies? That would be cool :-)
Posted in Nissan Micra DIG-S
looks
I like the concept, but for me the key to a super mini is its looks. The micra has always been iconic in the way it presented itself. The Mk1 was cool, the Mk2 looked like a bubble and was rather cheeky. Mk3 was less so, but still looked neat. This looks like a cross between a Tata and a reanult.
Mind you, the same can be said for the whole segment I guess. Just look at how inoriginal the new Ka is.
cough... splutter
oops, I appear to have inhaled my camera.
It WILL happen to someone.
interesting...
Off to wikipedia for me :-)
cheers!
Great article!
Posted in Ten... digital voice recorders
indeed!
I was just going to say something very similar. I still have my old olympus microcassette recorder kicking around somewhere.
It always made for good stoned fun to record a lecture at slow speed (shocking quality, but doubled the length of the tape) and play it back at full speed. That's a key feature that isn't mentioned in any of these reviews :-)
Hmm
I might have found my next "toy" purchase. That looks ideal for surfing during advert breaks and whatnot.
config etc
So out of curiosity, is it possible to spec an XPS to similar levels?
Just wondering as once you strip the fancy glowing bits and whatnot off, what's the difference?
Pr0n!!
I fear that telly may scar the minds of folk watching pr0n. All the tit job scars and genital pustules in full hi-res. eeew
Helping the economy you mean!
They may be rust buckets, but they keep the filler/ glass fibre/ spray paint/ spares industry running :-)
Or at least mine does...
Posted in Sony Ericsson launches Xperia Arc S
Lovely
but sadly you'll get promised the world and then shafted on the upgrade path.
Never buying an SE product again.
Wow
A simple and elegant idea. Nice one Sony!
Posted in Osun MushRoom Green Zero USB charger
Nice
I think I may have to invest in one of these.
Thanks for the heads up!
Sigh
yet another format to buy my music collection on.
Fantastic concept though!
Posted in Motorola Atrix Lapdock
Damn, that's awesome!
Sadly, I couldn't justify the price of it + phone over, say, buying a nettop.
But as a proof of concept, it's wicked!
eep
I would love to see something actually more akin to the book. There was a lot to do with spirituality and the mechanics of belief in the book that was absent from the film.
Well actually, apart from "it's in the future, it has replicants and a bounty hunter", there was very, very little in common.
But I fear that this will be another in a long line of prequels that tarnish the overall legacy of the franchise -I'm looking at you Lucas!
Posted in Range Rover Evoque Si4
produce a sharp, purposeful front-end
produce a sharp, purposeful front-end that encourages other drivers to move over as you approach.
Or maybe not because they'll assume you're a dick who thinks like this and not move just to piss you off.
Maybe other drivers wouldn't need to be intimidated out of the way if tools in SUVs realized that indicators and highway code are there for a reason.
Posted in id Software Wolfenstein 3D
Oh hell yes!
My dad still plays Terminator: Future Shock in DOSbox on his PC. I made the mistake of leaving the install media at his and never got it back.
Also, ROTT was such a kick ass game. I loved the super textures and the sounds.
Posted in Sony slashes PlayStation 3 prices
I dunno
If this was the US price INCLUDING sales taxes, it might be a bit poor, but I thought they usually didn't add them on to the RRP on press releases due to each state having different amounts of sales tax (I could be wrong though).
Then once we factor in that it's probably a lot lower to buy in the EU, but the price creeps back up when we add import taxes and other duties.
Seems roughly fair to me.
Posted in Sony slashes PlayStation 3 prices
Interesting
Now they're getting to the level I'm willing to consider. Especially as I was considering getting a BD player as well.
Posted in id Software Wolfenstein 3D
I remember
getting this as a shareware title with just the first bunch of floors. It was amazing back in the day, but I think it's one I'll leave alone for fear of tarnishing the memory.
I also seem to remember having to use the spacebar to open various hidden areas in the walls.
It's wonderful to see the progression from this game to Doom to DN3d to what we have today.
Any chance of reviewing "Midwinter"? It was a pretty awesome game back in the day and did the first person thing (allbeit skiing and shooting) before Wolfenstein.
Squeeee!
I can't remember playing a better multi player game. UT was okay, but the tactics and everything else just made the original CS so much fun!
Hmm, I wonder if I can use this news to justify upgrades to my PC in anticip-------ation?
Well
You know that Transformer thingy? Android laptops are out there too.
Posted in Videogames caused riots says plod
Pacman
So he admits that people want to live videogames and then says he used to play one all about bouncing around a darkened room, listening to bleepy music and eating magic pills?
Posted in Bullfrog Syndicate
Thank you
I was hoping you'd review this game. Possibly one of the best games I've ever played. It was so engrossing.
I wonder how many weeks of my life I lost to this and to Fallout...
meh
I think that when my contract is up I'll step the hell away from SE. Their updates are laughable and every time they announce something, a day or so later they say it was premature and that they need more time and then it vanishes.
Posted in Oi, Android, get gaming sorted out NOW
peggle
What a game!
But yeah, I certainly agree that a lot of android gaming -last time i looked- tended to be based around a lot of variations on simple concepts. To the point where it was akin to asking "do I want a vertical scrolling shooter with a WW2 plane or with a spaceship"
Much as I hate to say it, my dads Nokia with its OVI store had some wicked games on it.
As for the multiple form factors/ resolutions/ RAM and whatnot, I guess if computer game manufacturers managed to deal with it, app writers can. At least the store and its not letting you see stuff you can't run avoids the whole thing of getting the game home and realizing you don't meet the GFX card specs or something.
Posted in Canon crossbreeds mouse with adder
really?
I thought most folk would be able to either adjust how they held the mouse or typically manipulated it with fingertips instead of resting their palms on the top?
Posted in Canon crossbreeds mouse with adder
Good idea
I doubt the calculator bit would come in handy as the one in windows seems more functional, but having it as a numeric pad is brilliant! Lack of a number pad has always been something that annoyed the hell out of me with laptop keyboards.
Posted in Fujitsu installs Windows 7... on a phone
Wonder if it'll dual boot?
I really do like the idea of an office in a phone. It's pretty awesome.
Irrespective of the flavour of O/S etc, this was super sci fi until fairly recently.
Posted in Captain America: Super Soldier
Ouch!
sounds like a dog.
So which one is worst? DNF or Cap America?
Posted in Sony to can MiniDisc Walkman
Still producing the media though!
That's good. I love my MD recording walkman. It was quite advanced for its time with the stereo in accepting TRS jacks OR a digital optical lead and the compression was good enough to bung loads of CDs on there and still have decent quality.
Guess it's off to ebay to look for spare parts just in case...
