* Posts by Matthew Pinches

5 publicly visible posts • joined 25 Aug 2007

Google takes China-buffed halo to Oz

Matthew Pinches

aussie pollies closet commies?

"This appears to be based on the principle that the same standards of censorship should be applied evenly across different media, including films, books and DVDs - although the legal model in other countries such as the UK has tended towards setting up different censorship regimes for each medium."

how does this work, there is no R18+ for games in australia, so that cant be an excuse.

I think blocking kiddie porn is a good move, but should it come at the cost of freedom of information, freedom of speech and freedom of expression

UK to build robot stealth raygun jet/copter

Matthew Pinches
Happy

behind the times

didn't doctor claw have one of there on inspector gadget in the 80's

Xbox 360 Elite games console

Matthew Pinches

why

yes the ps3 has native 1080p, but with the 1080p standard having a maximum of 30fps thats not that great for gaming, where as most 360 games running 720p at 60 fps looks a whole lot smoother.

Also who is actually playing their ps3 on a 1080p plasma! burn in of the ps3 menu would look great on thatshiny screen in the middle of your lounge.

The games on the PS3 do look better, but they suck, gran touriso HD looks better than forza 2, but it's a friggin' demo so who cares. If the games suck, then the gaming console sux,

MS warns gamers: steer clear of Xbox racing wheel

Matthew Pinches

who knows

I went to request my retrofit kit this morning and after ringing microsoft about the issue, as MS australia does not have the form yet, I was advised by the xbox consultant that I should call the xbox help desk as that is what his information told him to advise! ummmm, who did i call, ?

Anyway after much explaining I was told that microsoft will send me the retrofit kit as soon as xbox australia knows what the retrofit kit is.

Teen sticks Xbox 360 power supply in bowl of water

Matthew Pinches

RE: Tips Online

' "tried to fix it on his own based on tips he found online"

I don't know about anyone else but I want to know where he found advice on dunking power supplies. '

maybe from here http://www.weakendproductions.co.uk/movs/jebsjobs.html might have thought this was a real life situation