Sony KDF-E50A12U 50″ HDTV Review
November 14, 2007 by Ghumra · 3 Comments
Sony’s KDF-E50A12U is a huge 50-inch screen that claims to take up the same corner space as my current 42-inch plasma (Panasonic).
Sony’s latest 3LCD technology has freed the picture of typical rear-projection constraints such as blurred detail, bleached colours and poor off-axis viewing to produce a surprisingly creditable picture. And the future-proof specification includes an integrated digital TV tuner and high-resolution panel with digital connectivity that’s high-definition compatible.
The design of the KDF-E50A12U is virtually unrecognisable from the imposing constructions that characterised rear-projection screens in the past.
In fact, when facing the television you could be forgiven for presuming it’s a large-screen plasma. Only a glance around the side reveals otherwise, but even then the dimensions are less deep than a typical CRT television — and it’s also incredibly light, considering the size.
Ok, so this is not a plasma TV but who gives a damn? I mean, at only ?1200 directly of shops or much cheaper via ebay and other smaller retailers its a must get for anyone with a low budget. The TV supports upto 1080i meaning that you can get top performance out of your game consoles such as the xbox 360, unless you really want to buy a TV that supports 1080p which costs a lot.
What you think of this TV? I’ve met a few retailers wanting to sell at the ?500 mark ($1000) which is very cheap and certainly within the price range of our beloved Abdalla who now has his student loans and grants to spend as he wishes 
Super Mario Galaxy - 9.7/10!
November 8, 2007 by Ghumra · Leave a Comment
Did I not tell you all that Super Mario is the best game series ever? It still manages to top an average of 9.0 for every game they have ever released in the series, infact the latest to come out has just received a spanking brand new 9.7 out of 10!
Mario may be short, but he’s not short on starring roles in cherished Nintendo videogames. The iconic mascot’s long resume features some of the greatest platformers to ever grace any home console or handheld, including hits like Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine - the latter of which was met by mixed critical reaction. The funny thing is, for its few flaws - a sometimes-troublesome camera and unpredictable framerate, not to mention some of the worst secondary character designs we’ve seen - Sunshine was still a remarkable game.
Galaxy would seem to be the odd duck of Nintendo’s 3D Mario trilogy. Both Sunshine and Mario 64 before it took place on land and water and not within the depths of space. But when you really compare and contrast the three games, you quickly discover that Galaxy and not Sunshine has more in common with the Nintendo 64 classic. It’s not just some gimmicky marketing term designed to boost sales - Galaxy really does feel like the “spiritual sequel’ to Mario 64.
As Mario dodges oncoming fireballs, the landscape deforms before him, particles explode in every direction, a nearby lake reflects and refracts light, smoke billows from ruined houses, and lighting effects illuminate the foreground. All of these visual effects are complemented by some truly outstanding art and choreography.
“You will say wow.”
Looks like we all have to buy a Wii for this one folks, but then again, I am hooked on Halo3 over live so I probably would not have any time for it. What do you rank it? I give it a 9.7/10 as IGN did.
Boy Hired Hit Man to Kill Parents for Playstation (and tv) Punishment!
This is the latest entry to our “Most Bizarre!” category that we try to feature once a week and boy have we got another weird entry for you all.
Imagine having a kid (or two) and getting non stop reports on how bad he/she/they are doing in school, punishment time right? Yeah, you would normally ground them and hope they have learned their lesson within the period of punishment. Well, this would be all fine and dandy ONLY if your kid did not play any of the “Hitman” series game!
Meet suburban American parents, Shannan and Joey Troiano who worried about their son?s behaviour and his bad grades at high school. And like many teenagers, Cory Ryder was grounded for weeks at a time, had a PlayStation confiscated and was banned from watching TV.
Nothing Special Here, So what Am I Getting At??
Less typically, this 16-year-old was plotting to murder his parents by hiring a hitman, while his mother was organising a sting operation involving a police officer posing as a contract killer.
Yes thats right, the kid actually hires (or tries hiring) a hitman to eliminate his “lack of playstation” problem, essentially his mother!
The bizarre thing about the whole situation apart from “son trying to kill mother” is that the boy met with the alleged “hitman” who so happened to be an undercover police officer:
Mrs Troiano remembers the night on June 2 when she discovered that the vague threats her son had made were serious. A woman Cory trusted, the mother of one of his friends, took him to a hotel room where he met an undercover police officer pretending to be a hitman.
After a few hours? waiting, the policeman called: Cory was in custody and would be charged with attempted murder. Mrs Troiano fell to her knees in the bathroom she was cleaning and burst into tears.
?Two bullets is all it takes,? he is alleged to have said.
Police say that Cory offered the undercover officer his stepfather?s new pickup truck as payment for killing his parents. 1 Crazy kid, I can only feel sympathy for the mother and family involved and I hope my kid doesn’t turn out like that!
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Your Too Addicted To Halo…
October 10, 2007 by Ghumra · Leave a Comment
Everyone loves halo 3 no doubt in hell about that but dude, when you start building armor suits, and wear them in public, I can officially say you have lost it and that your an addict…to HALO 3!
You know you’re addicted to Halo when you spend months building a Master Chief armor suit, during your precious hours of “outside” time. Our readers have sent in pictures of two different costumes (Chris Bryan’s above), with each looking amazing.
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SAD: 10yr Old Commits Suicide Because Parents Did Not Let Him Play Video Games.
A 10-year-old school boy committed suicide by jumping from his 19th floor apartment here after his parents banned him from playing computer games.
As a gamer I am shocked beyond belief. To believe such a thing can happen is beyond my scope and honestly when my brother told about this today, I did not believe it until I saw it hit the front page of digg.
Andrei Smirnov, a year three student, jumped to his death yesterday after receiving the wrath of his parents due to bad conduct in school and a poor performance in studies.
The boy’s class teacher had written remarks about his bad conduct in the school diary which he had tried to erase to escape the wrath of his parents, according to Komsomolskaya Pravda tabloid.
