Archive for February 22nd, 2008

22 Feb

Freaky Avatars

There are some truly twisted possibilities when designing a rocker in Rock Band. One of the guys I was playing this week looked like a radioactive zombie with huge buggy eyes, bloodstains around the mouth and a variety of tattoos and face paint that made him look truly evil. I don’t know if [...]

22 Feb

Anyone Talking?

I’ve noticed over the last week or so that not many people bother using the voice chat while playing games like Rock Band, but about half the people I played with in Burnout Paradise were using a headset of some sort. Me, I’ve just got the basic one that connects to the controller. I’d [...]

22 Feb

I Want a new TV

DVI is so outdated, it’s really only used for computer to LCD monitor connections these days but even that is going to fade out. A new GeForce 8600GT that I sold this week has DVI/HDMI/Component connections on it and I expect that as time goes on, HDMI will become a standard feature. I’ve [...]

22 Feb

Xbox Quitters

Grrrrrr, these people are getting on my nerves! Every time I fire up Rock Band to play some ranked matches I always end up with 2 or 3 people who quit out early when they realize they are falling behind. Since I was trying to get my 20 wins achievement it gets annoying [...]