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Plan to censor online video games
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT

Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog

2009-06-25 19:44:01
The Australian Federal Government has turned the eye of its proposed ISP web filter towards a current classification loophole, online video games and their import sites.


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Max Payne 3 first screen shots
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Products

2009-06-25 18:43:50
The first bunch of screen shots for RockStar Game’s reworking of the squinty eyed, original bullet time man himself Max Payne, have emerged from the developers bunker.


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Review: LEGO Battles - throwing bricks at each other
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT

Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog

2009-06-23 23:26:29
That is actually not a bad idea for a game, some child-hood recreation of war between siblings.  But no, LEGO Battles is not about throwing bricks around, and instead gives the Nintendo DS a colourful RTS to experience.  Along the way through, the point of bringing LEGO worlds to life is lost.


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Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars raids PSP
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Products

2009-06-23 19:47:44
After corrupting the Nintendo DS, RockStar Games turn their attention to bringing GTA: Chinatown Wars to the Sony PlayStation Portable.


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Review: Logitech wireless Guitar Hero controller
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT

Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog

2009-06-22 21:53:14
So!  It’s pretend playing!  Doesn’t mean we can’t inject a bit more realism into the Guitar Hero experience.  Along come Logitech with a deluxe level wireless controller for your rock-god gaming.


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Review: Virtua Tennis 2009 - A simulation of grind?
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT

Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog

2009-06-22 07:15:12
I guess there is only so much you can do with a virtual version of lawn tennis, but did SEGA really need to include so much grind in this edition of Virtua Tennis 2009?


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Ballmer drops new Xbox 360 in 2010 hints
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Products

2009-06-19 00:45:36
The rumours are strengthening around a revision of the Xbox 360 based around Project Natal.  Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO himself has added weight to theories of a new Xbox 360 sometime in 2010.


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Compression Depression
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology feature

Category: Virtualisation

2009-06-17 19:00:02
Network traffic compression is becoming increasingly an issue for corporations looking to squeeze as much bang-for-buck from their IT departments as possible.  With WAN acceleration as an offshoot, this real life example shows ways in which bandwidth can be better utilised to deliver high rates of data at good speeds.  Effective WAN capacity can be multiplied with a relatively cheap solution, such as the Juniper WX range of devices, but there are pitfalls.


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Wrap your Lips around Vanilla Ice
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Products

2009-06-14 19:51:18
It is not what you think.  Microsoft has released some info on download content for the karaoke game Lips, and it includes Ice Ice Baby.


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Forza Motorsport 3 introduces Le Mans
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Products

2009-06-14 19:24:00
The Gran Turismo of the Xbox 360, Forza, is set to bring the famed Le Mans circuit to racing fans when Forza 3 Motorsport 3 hits the console later this year.


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VidZone review - The online music video jukebox
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Services

2009-06-12 00:16:20
If your PlayStation 3 indeed inhabits the central hub location of your electronic entertainment, then VidZone is a great free app to get the party started.


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SEGA classics ‘wise fwom the gwave’ on XBLA
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Products

2009-06-11 08:58:33
Altered Beast is one of six classic SEGA Mega-Drive (Genesis) games released on Xbox Live Arcade.


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PlayStation 3 VidZone launches tonight
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Products

2009-06-11 00:46:15
Sony is ready to launch its music video jukebox download service, VidZone for the PlayStation 3.


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The Sims 3 sells 1.4 million in week one
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Products

2009-06-09 20:13:48
Electronic Arts has announced it has achieved the best PC launch of the company’s existence with The Sims 3 selling 1.4 million units in a week.


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Red Faction: Guerrilla Review – Life on Mars
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT

Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog

2009-06-09 06:14:38
Ah Mars, once mankind reaches the level of technology needed to terra-form, colonize and start life on the red planet, surely all wars, prejudice and oppression will have been removed from the race.  Not according to Volition as they reignite the rebellion with Red Faction: Guerrilla


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Logitech Harmony adapter for PS3
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Products

2009-06-08 21:46:55
Too embarrassed to get out your PlayStation SIXAXIS controller when friends come around to watch a Blu-ray movie?  Logitech announce the Harmony remote Adaptor for PlayStation 3.


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E3 Sony - God of War III could only have been done on PS3
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT

Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog

2009-06-04 22:40:19
iTWire spoke to Michael Ephraim, Chief Executive, Sony Computer Entertainment Australia and New Zealand in reaction to the Sony E3 announcements.  He talked about the new PlayStation Portable support, how surprised he – like many - was about Final Fantasy XIV and how God of War III can only be done on the PlayStation 3.


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Gran Turismo 5 E3 official trailer
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Products

2009-06-04 21:56:59
This is not a Prologue, this is the real deal.  Developer Polyphony Digital’s fifth iteration of the definitive PlayStation exclusive driving simulator is not far away.  Click on through for the official E3 Gran Turismo 5 trailer.


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The Sims 3 Released
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Products

2009-06-03 20:42:40
It is time again to forgo your real life for a simulated life; Electronic Arts has unleashed The Sims 3 on a fully suspecting public.


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Microsoft's Project Natal: the invisible game controller
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT

Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog

2009-06-03 00:51:14
Microsoft showed off their version of the motion control of the Xbox 360, the Project Natal, and they have gone over the top on the technology.


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