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***Nerd alert*** ZX Spectrum
by Pb76- 4 replies
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Is coming back
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PS4 Share Play
by Smurf- 9 replies
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It was said that the PS4 has a feature called Share Play for firmware version 2.0 and presumably upwards where one of two players dont have to own a game and can take control of the other persons in game character and also play co op or multiplayer games, and able to view their friends live game play with out PlayStation +. Did any of you guys tried it and what was your experience like?
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PS3 controller , big hands hack.
by kortniechan- 6 replies
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How to make a Bigger PS3 controller. So i have kinda big hands and the PS3 controller always seems to not be very comfortable in the heat of battle. I couldn't get a real good grip on it cause the handles are so small. Well i searched and searched online and there are no aftermarket controllers that offer a bigger grip. So i decided to make my own. Here are the secrets of a wizard. use at your own risk. To to make your controller bigger you need these things. 1. 2X 5 hour energy shot / or small flexible plastic bottle of same or correct size. 2. a 20" bicycle tube 3. scissors and a hacksaw preferably 4. a ps3 controller 5. a towel and some water. …
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kik crew chat
by Ninja- 2 replies
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For anyone who likes to have a group chat we can make 1 one kik, its free to download on your smartphone and it doesn't require to hand out your phone number to anyone. So download it, add: ninja070 and we'll make a groupchat! For me personally its easier to communicate because i do everything by phone And if you like please leave your ideas on this in the comments ^^
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whatsapp group chat
by Ninja- 3 replies
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I was thinking about starting a group chat on whatsapp for the people that might think it will come in handy! Its another good way to communicate with eachother, and no there will be no stalking and creepy calling because we're all mature. If you'd like to participate just send your phone number (ofcourse with the correct country code) in a pm to me and i'll add you! Ps. Jesse likes the idea aswell so don't start thinking i'm a creep
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GIF not 'Giffing' lol
by smokethisgt- 1 reply
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So my GIF avatar isn't working Any idea why?
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ipad mini, some guidance
by Lann- 1 follower
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Looking to get one for my daughter, but I have no experience with apple. There seems to be different generations and price. No need for 3g or 4G, WiFi is enough. Is there anyone who knows a bit more about the different generations?
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New ps4 problems
by ScottyB- 1 follower
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Ok, so I just went out and got a pretty good Boxing Day sale on the ps4 with 5 games. Come home, very eager to play and the stupid thing won't work.. So pissed! So what happens is I connect it all up, and I turn it on and the tv says there is no input. The blue light changes to white so is on. I have changed hdmi ports on the to, changed cables and also changed monitors. The tv is fairly new, only bought it 8months ago but it is probably a year or 2 old.. What has happened 2 times now was that the PlayStation logo would show, and then it would lose connection to the tv. I have looked up everything and nothing has fixed it.. Check if it had a bent hdmi tab and tried t…
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New Headset ......
by markt112- 3 replies
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My headset for the PS3 broke around a week ago... was only a cheap bluetooth one. Want to get something more substantial now. I'm currently playing on the PS3 but will upgrade to the PS4 eventually so I am wanting a headset which is compatible with both. Can someone please recommend one? I have no budget but I don't have a clue as to which headsets are any good?!?! The main one ive been looking at is this one on amazon --- http://www.amazon.co.uk/Turtle-Beach-Stealth-Wireless-Playstation/dp/B00KSQAACO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1419112605&sr=8-1&keywords=turtle+stealth+ps3 Thanks
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Cheap Games
by Smurf- 0 replies
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So Sears still exist, they are having a sale on games across the console platforms so make use of the opportunity to get the games you want cheap, as they are going to discontinue selling games.
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Share Factory
by JustHatched- 8 replies
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Just curious who is using Share Factory on PS4? I used it for first time today and put this together just goofing around with it
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Free games today only on PlayStation Store PS VITA - NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED PS3 - MIRRORS EDGE PS4 - PLANTs VS ZOMBIES GARDEN WARFARE Oh and if you don't have a PS Vita/PS4 as of yet go to the links below sign in, chose console and search for the game put in cart and make sure that you see $0.00 before finally proceed to purchasing. Remember to chose its platform meaning ( ps3, PS vita or ps4) before searching. Https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com
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Headset Question!
by KB_Ireland- 1 reply
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Hey guys, Somehow I've lost my PS4 headset and been using my iPhone one, but it buzz's like mad, any chance that the headsets from the likes of the samsung galaxy series is an good?
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ps4 sound issue
by truelife98- 3 replies
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Wondering if anyone can help i use turtle beach headphones for my ps4 optical goes in back and usb in front everything works fine however i have to unplug headphones if i want to go back to sound through the TV. On the ps3 i could leave everything plugged in and i just turned down the volume on my tv when using headphones. So my question is does anyone know of a setting on ps4 where i can do this again hate unplugging headphones every time Thanks
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PS3 issues
by Lann- 1 follower
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Anyone familiar with this issue: My ps3 (fat) do not send any picture to the tv, just black. Was working fine last night. Tried the reset thing, a second cable, second tv, still no picture. Its old, the laser gave up a few months ago, maybe this is the end. EDIT: Well, out of nowhere it started to work again. (damn glad i have the ps4 ready when it drops)
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Pulse and Pulse Elite PS4 FYI
by JustHatched- 0 replies
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Just to save anyone some frustration, If you use either of the headsets mentioned in the title with your PS3, either will work with the PS4 but it isn't just plug and play like the PS3. Long story short the only way it will work is to download the Companion App from the PS Store to your PS4 and then plug the headset into the PS4 via USB cord and download the app to the headset and it will then work like it is suppose to. If you do online research it's all wrong, most tell you to plug it into the controller like the factory supplied ear bud, you can get game sound that way thru the headset but the mic will not work, you must download to app as mentioned above.
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PLAYBOOK 4 - The PS4 Laptop http://news.yahoo.com/custom-made-ps4-laptop-cost-125600389.html http://youtu.be/f20p5BOm4P0
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Image Blur
by G37- 4 replies
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Some of you might know I recently purchased a new TV. It is a 42" SHARP 1080p LED HD TV. Huge jump up from my 4 year old 36" Toshiba LCD one. Picture quality is more than great for what I need it to do. Colors are rich and blacks are deep. It has a 120 Hz refresh rate which is noticeable in action/speed sequences. Getting used to playing on something like this is kind of like picking up a game after not playing it for a month or coming back to a game after you've been playing another solely for an extended period. To the point though. I don't exactly have the words to describe it but since we all play GTA here perhaps someone can give some insight as to what's goi…
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What is your PS3 internet connection speed 1 2
by Smurf- 1 follower
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What is your PS3 Nat type, download speed and upload speed when you go to Settings > Network Settings > Internet Connection Test on the PS3? Mines is Nat type 2, download speed 28.2, upload speed 4.1
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Macbook/TV Help
by alchemist3321- 0 replies
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I've tried so many help resources and videos with not much help, so I figured maybe I could try here. I'll just copy and paste what I put on the Apple forums: Hello, I am having an issue with an Insignia Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter. The picture is working just fine, however, I am not getting any audio as it continually comes through the Macbook Pro. I have scoured the web and watched endless help videos and read many help sites and forums. The problem is I am not getting my TV on the audio output drop down list to select for audio. I only have Internal Speakers and a bluetooth speaker I set up a while back. Things of note: - The HDMI adapter does…
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New internet option
by JustHatched- 2 followers
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Most know that I live in the sticks, and it is alot of an internet dead zone for anything, the phone company doesn't even provide dial up here. SO we use a Hughesnet satellite for general web use and for the shop, we use verizon cell phones as hotspots to game off of. Neither is a good option, can't game from the satellite and the phone has a data limit that doesn't alllow much past gaming itself without paying a fortune. I found a comapny today that swears they can give us top notch service here. It's called broandbandq and the 2 plans we are looking at, A - 3G service with 6 MBPS download speed and 1 up with unlimited data cap and the speeds do not change with the amo…
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PS4 Impressions
by JustHatched- 20 replies
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This will be a simple topic of my impressions of the PS4 as I get it setup and running and figuring out the menu and what. For reference I will be using the Sniper Elite 3 game as well (was going to get the Destiny bundle but decided against a white PS4 plus Sniper was on sale) Since I am at work now the only thing I can comment on is going to get it, first thought - Good god this thing is heavy compared to the PS3.
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Best website ever.....period
by handcuff_charlie- 3 replies
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Sorry hatched, you have done a swell job here, but this website owns.
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Iphone 5s or samsung galaxy S5?
by johan- 1 follower
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First off al dont let this being into a apple vs samsung war Oke im in the position of my contract to pick a new phone but im not sure wich one to get , ill tell some pro and cons i think of the phone. Atm i have a iphone 4s Iphone 5s: nice and small can be used with 1 hand Ios is just very easy to use. Display isnt even HD (i believe), my old samsung s3 even had a hd display. not very much of a difference compared to my iphone 4s i believe Samsung S5 Full hd display better camera. larger screen less restrictions compared to ios Its alot bigger then a iphone 4s , i remember using my galaxy s3 with one hand i sometimes hitted th…
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iPhone 6, 6 Plus and iWatch 1 2
by G37- 1 follower
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Phones have been a little interest of mine for a long number of years. After watching Apple's keynote presentation on a number of releases and future plans, it got me thinking. With the release of the next iPhone and much hyped about iWatch (which is a huge gimmick IMO), will you be getting a new phone this Fall? Is this iPhone on your list? Do you intend on getting a new phone sometime down the line? Perhaps you're Android and if so, are there any devices you're looking forward to whether it's a phone or tablet? Or do you just not care? http://www.apple.com/watch/ http://www.apple.com/iphone/
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236Rate the Last Film you Watched 2: Electric Boogaloo
What I Watched This Week #173 (Apr 21-27) South dir. Chantal Akerman/1999/1h11m This documentary sees Chantal Akerman travel to Jasper, Texas in the aftermath of the brutal lynching of a black man, James Byrd Jr., who was dragged behind a truck for several miles, an act so brutally violent that he was decapitated during it. This is not a crime documentary that seeks to explore what happened, but rather a portrait of a town and the people who live there and how they are trying to process what happened shot in Akerman's distinctive style. Like a typical documentary there are talking heads interviews with people close to Byrd Jr., but Akerman's use of long takes and silences allows us to really absorb what they're saying. These static shots are juxtaposed with extended tracking shots where Akerman drives through the community, filming people going about their lives with this tragedy still hanging over them. This is something she did in News From Home in New York, but the context here makes it feel like a funeral procession. The most effective of these shots is the very last one, the view looking out of the back of a truck as it drives down the road where Byrd Jr. was murdered. It just keeps going and going and forces us to imagine the unimaginable torture he went through. Incredibly powerful filmmaking 9/10 Lime's Film of the Week! The Meetings of Anna dir. Chantal Akerman/1978/2h8m Akerman's follow up to her revolutionary Jeanne Dielman, The Meetings of Anna is a deeply personal semi-autobiographical film about a female director, Anna (Aurore Clement), traveling around Europe promoting her latest film. This is a melancholic film about isolation and even when Anna is talking to other people there is a disconnection there that always makes her feel alone. Like Jeanne Dielman this is heavy with repetition and routine, with each different hotel room blending into the next, each conversation being interchangeable with any of the others. This culminates with the ending where Anna returns to a home just as anonymous as any of the other rooms she has inhabited and, lying expressionless in bed, she listens to messages on her answerphone. People are reaching out to her, but she doesn't return the call. Akerman's style really lends itself to this story, with the carefully composed shots feeling almost like a prison trapping her. The feeling also comes through in Clement's performance. Her detachment from other people growing over the course of the film, that is apart from the scene with her mother (Lea Massari) in which she is able to revert to an almost childlike state of vulnerability. 8.5/10 The Black Hole dir. Phillip Sansom, Olly Williams/2008/3m This comedic short film stars Napoleon Ryan as an office worker putting in some overtime when he prints out a black hole (though technically it acts more like a portal than a black hole, as that would immediately destroy the planet). At first he uses it for trivial things like free snacks from the vending machine, but his greed leads him to a darkly comic end. It's very simple with an obvious message, but I thought that the ending moves it up a notch, making it feel like a mini episode of The Twilight Zone. 6/10 The Platform 2 dir. Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia/2024/1h41m This is a prequel to what I thought was a fairly decent dystopian thriller set in a prison where the cells are stacked on top of each other with an open hole in the middle. Every day a platform loaded with food is lowered down cell by cell, with nothing being left for the prisoners at the bottom. This adds nothing to the concept with totally forgettable characters who I didn't care about. There are a few scenes of quite grisly violence but again, it's nothing that the first film didn't do better. I did enjoy the small appearance from Trimagasi (Zorion Eguileor), one of the main characters from the original film, memorable because he actually had some character. 4/10 Three short films from Georges Méliès: A Terrible Night 1896/1m The Vanishing Lady 1896/1m The One-Man Band 1900/2m These three shorts from Georges Méliès really highlight his earlier career as a stage magician whilst also showcasing his evolving cinematic techniques. A Terrible Night is the simplest of the three where a sleeping man is harassed by a giant spider. There's really nothing of note here other than the fact that this is the first creature-feature. The other two are much more interesting and entertaining. The Vanishing Lady gives a macabre twist to a classic trick where he makes a woman disappear beneath a sheet, but not before she is transformed into a skeleton. The final film is the most playful and experimental and it sees Méliès using what were at the time cutting edge editing tricks to duplicate himself several times over, creating the titular one-man band. These films, while charming, all feel like Méliès honing his techniques in preparation for his magical longer films starting with 1902's A Trip To The Moon. I'll give these a combined score of 6/10 Inside Out dir. Pete Docter/2015/1h35m Going through all of the Pixar films in order I've finally come to the point where I've not seen hardly any of them going forward, having gotten burnt out by all of the sequels. I knew nothing about Inside Out going in and I can't believe it's taken me ten years to watch this, it's fantastic. It tells the story of 11 year old Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) who has just moved to a new city with her parents, leaving behind all of her friends and everything she loves, stirring up her emotions. These emotions are personified and live inside her head, with Joy (Amy Poehler) doing everything she can to keep Riley happy. But lately it seems like Sadness (Phyllis Smith) keeps making things worse. When the two are accidentally expelled from HQ they have to work together to make it back and save Riley's mental health. This is a brilliantly simple concept well executed with a strong message that's not just for the younger viewers. The fact that it can be unhealthy to want to be happy all of the time and that you need a healthy mix of emotions, even negative ones, for good mental health. This is also a really funny film, with the juxtaposition between Joy and Sadness's personalities making them a great double act. There's also good support from Lewis Black, Bill Hader, and Mindy Kaling as Anger, Fear and Disgust. The instantly recognisable voice of Richard Kind also appears, playing Riley's forgotten imaginary friend Bing b*ng who ended up as my favourite character. I wasn't really looking forward to this run of Pixar films, but if they're even half as good as this I'll be satisfied. 9/10- 2
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236Rate the Last Film you Watched 2: Electric Boogaloo
Bladerunner (1982) dir Ridley Scott For me, this is one of the greatest sci-fi films of all time. It's a film that has be re-released at least twice. I have seen the original theatrical release, the 1992 Director's Cut, and the 2007 Final Cut. The 1992 version, I think, set the trend for other director's to release Director's cuts of their films. It's certainly the first one I ever saw. However, despite the name, Ridley Scott did not have complete control over that version. He did over the 2007 one, and it's that one that I am reviewing. I could not remember the differences to the 1992 one without looking them up, but both of the later ones get rid of a voice over (a bit like a 1940s detective film) and different ending that got added to the original after feedback from test audiences (I think). It's based on the Philip K. d*ck novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”. The basics of the plot is the same as the book, but the specific story is very different in places. I would recommend the book to anyone who is a fan of serious sci-fi, but it's the sort of book you need to really concentrate on. It was written in 1968 and set in 2019 when that seemed a long way in the future. The world the story is set in is way more advanced than we are now. Harrison Ford plays Deckard, a retired LA cop, a Bladerunner, who specialises in tracking down and terminating rogue androids, called replicants. These are indistinguishable from real humans to all but the experts. Even people like Dekard can only tell for sure by lengthy interrogation of suspected replicants that is designed to show up lack of emotions that real humans have. Replicants are banned from Earth, only supposed to be used on off-world space colonies. Any that do get found on Earth can be killed on the spot. Deckard is brought back by his boss Bryant (M. Emmet Walsh) and his assistant Gaff (Edward James Olmos) because a group of replicants hijacked a ship that was later found abandoned on Earth. They are believed to be in LA seeking their creator, Mr. Tyrell (Joe Turkel). The replicants, at least those that have not already been eliminated, are lead by Batty (Rutger Hauer) and others are played by Daryl Hannah, Brion Jones and Joanna Cassidy. William Sanderson plays Sebastian, a lonely man with a premature ageing disease who makes his on androids (not realistic or dangerous enough to be classed as replicants) and Sean Young plays Tyrell's PA Rachel. The cast are, overall, good, but Rutger Hauer gives the best performance I ever saw of him as Batty varies from charming, to psychopathic, to child-like fearful naïvety. There is a big plot element to do with Deckard and Rachel that I won't spoil, and various things thrown in that have kept some fans speculating as to the true nature of the various characters. If you know the film you will probably know what I am referring to here. I will say that I don't see in the film all the things that some claim to clearly see, but I see enough to agree with the consensus. Also some of the theories about that do not apply to all versions of the film. The sets and cinematography are stunning. It still looks to me well ahead of its time, as does Ridely Scott's Alien, so to me it shows what great film makers could achieve well before they had access to sort of CGI and AI tech available today. It also has a pretty good modern score from Vangelis. The best scene is the penultimate one, just with Batty and Deckard and includes the famous “tears in the rain” monologue that, apart from a few hundred years of technological development, would not have been out of place in a Shakespeare play. 10 / 10 The theatrical version I would only give an 8 to because, although I have only ever seen it once, I do remember the voice-over annoying me and the altered ending, a little bit added on, pointlessly changes the story.- 2
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