ShadowReality

For the 2nd time, my Xbox 360 has broken…

Having been through the repair process once already last year (I even blogged about it) I know what to expect this time, and didn’t freak out as much at all. I was enjoying some great Call of Duty 4 with some friends when all of a sudden the textures had a wierd matrix effect on them, it looked pretty cool. Then upon rebooting I got an E 74 error which I hear is often referred to as “The black screen of death”, how original.

So it’s queued up for it’s repair already and since theres not many big games out for the Xbox360 at the moment I think I’m quite lucky and should have it back soon enough. I think i might even blog about my Xbox’s second adventure to the magical repair shop.

I have found a site that lets people watch full episodes of South Park. The site includes almost every episode. The only ones they don’t have are the newest or most recent episodes. It also includes episodes from every season in a neat organized order. The best part is, the site is in no danger of shutting down because it is hosted by Comedy Central, so its not illegal. So, if you love south park as much as I do, or its your first time seeing the series, then head on over to:
http://www.southparkstudios.com

or go directly to the episodes by going to:
http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/

Well, I’m finally back to the computer after having some hardware corruption problems. I’ve been away from the computer for 3 whole weeks and it was pretty much gruesome to endure and I know as he’s reading this, Smokey is probably laughing at me. Even though my current computer is fixed, I’m getting a new gaming rig that will be much better to suit my needs. This computer now goes to my parents. I missed this site and pretty much every site. “Might even click on a pop-up ad just for the heck of it”. I’m glad to be back bitches!!!

As discussed on the recent Noobtoob Community Podcast I have picked up a copy of Condemned and have contributed to Jam and Locke’s fantastic videos. Seeing as Jam started in the shopping mall I decided to flesh out the beginning of the story, and after this who knows which part I shall cover next (suggestions welcome). So turn down the lights, turn up the volume and enjoy.

Part 1:

Part 2:

I’ve been wanting a capture device for quite some time to allow me to record some some games, and so I have laid my hands on this, a USB Dazzle DVC170. There are a few USB capture devices on the market, but very few can actually record 60Hz PAL properly, and even the ones that can sometimes need to be tricked into thinking thier NTSC.

So I’ve had a bit of fun recording CoD4 and GH3 from my Xbox360, I can now get a little bit more creative and might even to some video reviews like my friend James.

For the past few weeks now I’ve been co-hosting on the Noobtoob community podcast, myself and Shane (Gameshark) have been inviting guest speakers on and I’ve really been enjoying it. The past few days I’ve been working on getting the feed sorted out and today I finally got around to submitting it to iTunes, hurrah!

You can subscribe by clicking here

Next episode is due out at the weekend, until then here’s the last ep.

Last week I managed to meet a couple of close friends from the Noobtoob.com forums. Whilst HP1703 (John) was vacationing over here and visiting London we had the opportunity to meet up, so myself and Jam Enslaver (James) went down to London and great times were had by all.

I only took a few brief photos (And one video) as John had to catch a train back to his hotel later that evening, but it was well worth the trip to meet them and it makes me jealous of all those going to PAX this year as I know how much fun that is going to be judging by the few hours spent in this cosy London pub.