Terahawks Corner

Anyone reading a post or two down will note that I have both a PS3 and Wii - why don't I just go the whole hog and purchase an Xbox360 to complete the triumvirate? While I do keep getting tempted by the elite model (and my best man keeps clamouring me) I do already have access to one. At work. I'm not giving away where I work (here, at least) but there are times where we are 'on call' - where we have to be immediately available but don't to have to be actually doing anything. While this used to mean that we spent the time reading, over the last couple of years, we've managed to snag a plasma screen and hook a digi-box to add TV. Then a gamecube was going spare so it was donated. It's possible we spent a little bit too much time on Mario Kart: Double Dash Then work bought an Xbox360. This was actually to provide entertainment for Joe Public during events involving audience but mostly hasn't been used. We graciously said that we'd provide an ongoing sy

Following on from my mention of trophies in the last post, I've updated the blog to include a gamercard linked to my PS3 profile. Seeing as I haven't even loaded up UT2004 since Christmas, it's a little strange to keep the Xfire profile up. So that's gone and now I broadcast my (lack of) trophies to the world. Credit to the design goes to Deathvein. Though Sony mentioned way back when that trophies would be a part of Home, I had totally forgotted about the idea of trophies until the V2.4 upgrade for PS3 (And by the way, updating the system on PS3 is a little annoying - anyone want to tell me just why it can't be done in the background ... the download at least ... sigh) I don't know how many sites online are built to discuss trophies. When I set out hunting for more information, Google sent me to www.ps3trophies.co.uk . It's a fairly new community but there's a good vibe going so I'm keen to support them. The UK bias helps but it's fully inclusiv

Yes, I know - it's been forever since I lasted posted. That big huge rant on backwards compatibility then nothing for nine months So, what's going on in my world of game? Well, on Christmas Day a shiny white Wii took up residence next to the TV. Initial response was pretty good - we managed to get both mine and my wife's parents up and playing on Wii Sports and Resident Evil Chronicles was enjoyable (hey, you knew we'd have bought that). The niggles have slowly crept up on us. The Virtual Console is good and the fact that you can use old Gamecube controllers on most games has saved me buying yet another controller - but the whole Wii points thing is a little unwieldy - particularly if you are trying to transfer Stars from old Nintendo accounts - It took me from december to early August to get all my Stars transferred (and I only had a few thousand). Nintendo have this rubbish idea that you can only purchase one Wii points card a day online and that they only have a