Friday, July 08, 2005

NES Belt Buckles?

















While surfing around Digg.com we came across this horror of fashion don'ts. No matter how much you might have liked Captin N, remember he was a punk.

Thursday, July 07, 2005

PSP Beat Mechine

I knew it was gonna happen sooner or later. The PSP is now doing everything. Soon it will wash dishes, walk the dog, and take out the trash. But 2 cool dudes,Nathan Wray and Noah Vawter of the PSPKick team have released PSP Kick. Now you can make all the BOOM CLAP BOOM CLAP while on the train. And what's ever hotten is that you can save your beat as a wav file on your memory card. OMG these guys are brilliant and I can't wait to test out the software.

You get 12 drum sounds and a large grid where you are able to compose your own beats. You can change patterns to make as many beats as you want and save them. Then you can output your beats to 44khz 16 bit stereo sound .wav files.

Nathan Wray notes that future versions will allow you to use your own custom sounds, which would make the possibilities for created beats and songs limitless. Expect additional skins and sound packs in weekly updates. Additionally, their website, www.PSPKick.com will go live soon which will have a helpfile and contact info.

PSP KICK DOWNLOAD HERE V 1.0

Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Man arrested for chipping XBOX

A 22-year-old man has become the first person in the UK to be convicted for modifying a video games console. The Cambridge graduate was sentenced at Caerphilly Magistrates' Court to 140 hours of community service.

The man had been selling modified Xbox consoles which he fitted with a big hard drive containing 80 games. "This case sets a major precedent which marks a milestone in the fight against piracy," said games industry spokesman Michael Rawlinson.

The conviction is the first of its kind in the UK, where the modification of video games consoles has been an illegal practice since October 2003, when the UK enacted the EU Copyright Directive.

It sends a clear message to anyone tempted to become involved in chipping consoles that this is a criminal offence and will be dealt with accordingly
Michael Rawlinson, Elspa Under that directive, it is illegal to circumvent copy protection systems.

Consoles such as the Xbox and PlayStation 2 can be modified by chips that are soldered to a console's main circuit board to bypass copyright controls.

The chips allow people to play games purchased legitimately in other countries, as well as running backup copies or bootleg discs.

In this case, the man was tracked down by an investigator working for the UK games industry trade body, the Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association, (Elspa). The man, who has not yet been named, was selling modified Xbox consoles, fitted with a 200GB hard drive and 80 pre-installed games, via his website for £380.

Elspa informed Caerphilly County Borough Council Trading Standards and Gwent Constabulary, as well as helping to collect forensic evidence used by the prosecution.

The man was sentenced to 140 hours community service and ordered to pay £750 in costs. The court also seized his equipment - three PCs, two printers, three Xbox consoles and 38 hard drives.

"It sends a clear message to anyone tempted to become involved in chipping consoles that this is a criminal offence and will be dealt with accordingly," said Mr Rawlinson, deputy director general of Elspa.

"The modification of consoles is an activity that Elspa's anti-piracy team is prioritising. It is encouraging to see the UK courts do the same."

In July last year, Sony won a legal battle to ban the selling of mod chips in the UK.

Monday, July 04, 2005

PSP AVI Reader!!!!!!!!!

Click here for PSP AVI Reader

Now when it gets sound call us!