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Blog Owner: Matthew Francis

Blog Added: May 02, 2008 01:28:44 AM

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Peoww Stuff

Apart from here, I do a lot of writing for the awesome site that is Peoww. Here are links to some of my stuff.

Full reviews:

Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure
Metal Gear Solid 4
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Too Human
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Disaster: Day of Crisis
Gears of War 2
Left 4 Dead

Second opinions:

No More Heroes
Iron Man
Haze
Battlefield: Bad Company
Siren: Blood Curse
Duke Nukem 3D
Wipeout HD
FIFA 09
Dead Space
Mirror's Edge

Also a little bit on Chibi-Robo for a Gamecube hidden gems feature and a summary of the second worst E3 conference of all time.

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Teaser Trailer

The inevitable sequel to Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, the second best PS3 game (after all there is not much choice) has been announced.

Here's hoping that the frankly awful gunplay from the first game is fixed. The amount of bullets needed to down an enemy seemed to be mostly random and massively annoying.

Back!

I've not updated in over a MONTH and a HALF. WoW partly to blame? Possibly, but expect more regular stuff from now on. Also noticed my favicon disappeared :( but thats all fixed now.

GamerToss Podcast 19/09/08

New episode folks!

"Only ONE WEEK between this podcast and the last - amazing. This week we talk about Rare being a shadow of their former selves, the WONDERFUL World of Warcraft and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Special guest Mr. T."

54:02

Download it here.

iTunes link here

Having recently bought PlayTV for the PS3 I decided that It would be a good time to upgrade my HDD from the current 60GB one. The PS3 is only compatible with 2.5" SATA HDD - 7200RPM is fine but 5400RPM is perfectly adequate and cheaper. You will also need a small Philips-headed screwdriver and some sort of external storage. Installing it is a piece of piss. Click the jump to begin.

Firstly you need to back up all of your data to some sort of external storage. This can be anything from a USB stick, external HDD or even an iPod. I used my 320GB Western Digital USB HDD.

Connect your external storage then, in the XMB go to Settings > System Settings> Backup Utility to back up your data. I had around 23GB on the PS3 HDD to back up and the whole process took around fifty minutes.

Once that is done switch off the PS3, unplug the power socket and TV cable then pop open the HDD slot cover on the left side using a flatheaded screwdriver - or something similar - on the small opening on the right side.

Unscrew the larger blue screw with the Philips screwdriver then fold out the little wire handle and slide the HDD caddy to the right to disconnect it.

Take the caddy out and unscrew the two screws on either side. Remember to keep the screws in a safe place.

Remove the old HDD from the caddy.

Out with the old. Best to keep the old Seagate HDD - just in case.

In with the new. Remove the new HDD from its packaging - should be an anti-static bag. I bought a Toshiba 320GB HDD from Ebuyer for around �52.

Put the new drive in the caddy, screws back in, slide it into the HDD slot, move the caddy to the left using the little wire handle so it plugs back in. Replace the HDD slot cover. Connect your PS3 back up and when you turn it back on you will be asked to format the hard disk. Click on "yes".

Connect your external storage device that contains the backup of your data, then on the XMB go to Settings > System Settings > Backup Utility > Restore.

Select the backup data. There should only be one option and it should be easily identified since the file name is the time and date.

The data will then be restored from your external storage device to your shiny brand spanking new PS3 hard drive. Like the backup process this also took around fifty minutes.

PS3 Hard Drive upgrade. Done.

PlayTV Impressions

I was interested in this since I got rid of my VCR and had no way of recording anything. My TV already has a built-in DVR tuner but I've been tempted to buy a separate one with recording capabilities. Luckily the PlayTV PS3 add-on came along. RRP is �69.99 but I bought it for a tenner (and one pence) less from Amazon.co.uk. Click the jump for my impressions along with some poorly taken photos.

Inside the box you will find the PlayTV unit, along with a USB to mini-USB cable and the disc with the software to install which comes in an ordinary PS3 game case. It is important to note that no RF cable is supplied but you will no doubt have one of these already. Like me, you will probably be surprised at how small it actually is. Ever so slightly smaller than a Dual Shock 3.

Setting up the unit is very simple. The box plugs into the PS3 via the supplied USB cable, and this also double as it's power supply. The RF cable from your antenna plugs into the front of the unit. You then install the software on the disc supplied and, after watching the awful "lifestyle" introduction video then scanning for available channels, you are ready to go. A PlayTV icon is added to the XMB and is launched from there.

Depending on how good the digital TV reception in your area is then you should get all available Freeview channels. Occasionally I lose the signal on some channels including five, Sky Sports News, E4+1 and Dave. This doesn't happen when viewing using PlayTV which is a massive plus. Another advantage it has over the Freeview in my TV is that the response times of the programme guide is much faster with no lag at all and digital teletext is pretty much instantaneous.

Recording programmes is simply a matter of pressing the select button to start and stop the recording. You can also set programmes to record using the TV guide. Live TV can be paused and rewound (is that a word) but this has to be activated in the options. Unfortunately there is no series link feature but you can set it to record at the same time every day/week - hopefully series link will be added with a future firmware update. Also, you don't have to keep the PS3 switched on all the time, it will automatically switch on at the time of the recording and switch back off when it is finished - pretty handy and power saving. I've recorded a few things so far and a half-hour recording weighs in at around 600MB. Recording while playing a PS3 game/watching a Blu-Ray is possible, I haven't tried this yet but it does warn you that the recording quality may be affected.

Navigation using the Sixaxis/Dual Shock 3 couldn't be any easier. The trigger buttons fast-forward and rewind faster the more you hold them in. R1& L1 changes the channel up or down. Square brings up the programme guide and X, O, L3 or the d-pad the programme information. R3 brings up an on screen remote control to activate digital text or to quickly change channel. The official Blu-Ray remote control is also compatible and - rather handily - a sticker is provided for the remote to make all the functions easily accessible.

Remote Play using the PSP is also possible allowing you to stream TV via wireless but as I don't have a PSP I can't comment on that. If you own a PS3 but don't already have a DVR recorder then I would recommend this as a good alternative to a stand-alone device, although if you plan on doing a lot of recording it would probably be best to upgrade to a larger hard drive - I recently installed a 320GB one. More on that later.

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