PSP Games: God of War, Chains of Olympus

New title for this treat should be "Kratos, the Unforgiven".

It would suck to be you man, used by the gods of Olympus for their own ends and then left to your own devices. Of course, that is the stub ending for Gow2 coming soon.

Cratos vs Kratos. Strength, Force, a Power. And also broken ... "crate toss" :-)

This is probably the most immersing and graphically stunning game that I've played on the PSP so far. Its one of those games that justify the thought and price that this "is" a Portable Playstation after all!

I think its also one of those games that make inventive use of the joystick. Also, without reading the manual it took a tip from Chachi that furiously pounding on the left-right paddles would actually get me past those pesky wall crawlers. Thanks Chach!

So far I've finished the game on default setting and am up completing the extra challenges ... sometime when I get bored and go back to finishing the last 3 tests of dexterity and timing.

Halo 3: Legendary Edition

OMG, I won?!

My first words on accidentally purchasing this unit. The listed price was actually some $10 off my budget.

After some 6-months since Mig started bugging me about this helmet I decided why not.

On arrival, I remembered WTF-Not ... aside from the helmet not being operational.

What?

I don't have an Xbox 360. Lol !!!

PSP Games: Medal of Honor, Heroes

One of those typical World War II games. Finished it, but that is all I can really say about it.

Sad.

Ok, ok. A few words then.

Unsatisfying.

"Bitin..."

And its a good thing it just came free when I got my older PSP unit.

So you're in the war as some super solider, lets say lucky, and get shifted around to fix problems. Along the way you're supposed to discover or find intelligence to be used to win the war ... but that is all really used to get your medals. Intelligence has nothing to do with the story, just points? Tsk.

Game play felt a bit like Pac Man + Into the Eagle's Nest. The movie clips were the graphic saving grace ... sorta.

PSP Games: Medal of Honor, Heroes

One of those typical World War II games. Finished it, but that is all I can really say about it.

Sad.

Ok, ok. A few words then.

Unsatisfying.

"Bitin..."

And its a good thing it just came free when I got my older PSP unit.

So you're in the war as some super solider, lets say lucky, and get shifted around to fix problems. Along the way you're supposed to discover or find intelligence to be used to win the war ... but that is all really used to get your medals. Intelligence has nothing to do with the story, just points? Tsk.

Game play felt a bit like Pac Man + Into the Eagle's Nest. The movie clips were the graphic saving grace ... sorta.

Fee EYE-FI Fo FuN ...

You know what, its always funny how you have to look far to get something thats available next to you. That's the feeling back home unless you lived right next to an Export Processing Zone (EPZ) wherein brands like Slazzenger, Tretorn, Levis, Victoria Secret, Banana Republic, and so on are actually manufactured locally and then exported for re-branding.

The same can be said for the Eye-Fi which apparently comes from a company based in Milpitas, about 10-miles away.

This wi-fi SD card, something that I seem to remember was available long time ago for the iPaq's has a maximum 2GB of storage space. Thats certainly not enough for avid photographers but for travelers and vacationers it just may provide a solution for geo-tagging your shots. Of course the card won't work right out on a Canon 40D without a CompactFlash adapter, and for this I'm taking a shot at the Jobo SD-CF (hopefully the 2nd generation that supports SDHC is what I get sent).

This time I've tried B&H for my camera accessory needs. Alas, PayPal requires that the shipper and shipping address match which won't work for me since I'll be under alot of sun in a few days. Best option here was to have it delivered to a friend who'll pass it on to me as I arrive at the hotel (hopefully).

That beanstalk story is probably German, and there the lame allusion is to Wintec's DE distribution reach.

We'll come back to this later but I thought to put this update up first.