I have been invited to attend MAGFest 2009 in Alexandria, VA. It’s a music and gaming fest (hence the MAG) and I’ll probably be doing a panel of some sort.
You can also meet George Force and Michael Zucker of the Sonic Boom podcast while we’re there, ask me all sorts of questions, get autographs, try to outdrink me, whatever!
Check out their website using the link below. We’ll be there on January 2-4.
As probably the most prolific single buyer of Xbox 360 consoles on the planet, I would like to pass along news of NOT finding a new 65nm GPU in the latest Xbox 360 I disassembled.
I was in Target and after dodging the usual throngs of people trying to buy dust collectors – I mean Wiis – and I saw they had the new Kung-Fu Panda 60 gig Xbox 360’s. The manufacture date and lot number were both well above what had been reported to be the new chips, so I bought it.
Upon taking it apart, it had the same old GPU as before, though there were other further changes to the board even past 60 gig units I’d bought a month ago. I have no doubt it’s coming, and I plan to be the first to find one. But alas, not yet.
Reported elsewhere to have new chipset: Manufacture date 8-26-08 and up, lot number 0831 and up.
Benheck confirmed NO new chipset: Manufacture date 9-4-08, lot number 0836.
UPDATE: Apparently one of these has been found in the wild (but not by me, just to be clear) with the following specs:
Once I find one myself I will of course rip it completely apart and share the new GPU with the world! Apparently it also has 256 megs of onboard memory as well, probably because of NXE.
A few weeks ago several of us saw the new comedy “Role Models” at an advance screening. Dale Nauertz, who played Sal Salazar in Possumus Woman, wrote a review on his site and it was even linked-to by the film’s director. It is pretty entertaining, like a 1990’s SNL offshoot movie movie but smarter and rated R.
So if you’re considering going to see it, why not check out what Dale had to say?
I uploaded a bunch of them to Flickr, you can check them out here. Note: some have now been pruned out so it will show a broader range of the production and fit within the Flickr 200 photo limit.
You can also now download the two original songs from Possumus Woman using these links:
Possum Monster Syndrome (end credits song)
Death Possum Mix (played over boating scene)
Contest winners of the “Design a Lame Mega Man robot villain” coming soon!
-Ben
We’re back! In today’s election-themed episode, we discuss how a (the?) Barack Obama win could greatly help Hollywood financially (but not in the ways anyone might think) Fallout 3 (um, since it takes place in Washington DC?) and Dead Space, which is awesome.
We also discuss how action movies have changed over the decades based off administrations and the possible reasons, the Republican link to great action movies, plus a retrospective on our making of Possumus Man. Enjoy!
It is time! You can now download and watch my possum-based magnum opus for free to watch in the comfort of wherever you might be.
It’s time for you to waaaatch!
To download, simply click here to visit the Movies page which contains all the different links. The movie is a quick 1 hours 11 minutes long, so it won’t take too much of your time.
If you’d like to host or Bittorrent seed the movie as well please send me your link and I’ll add it to the list. For some movie facts and trivia, click below:
It has come to my attention that a few users have had difficulty with sticking buttons on the Access Controller, or buttons that are hard to press. This will be address in future runs/shipments of the product.
In the meantime I have come up with a workaround that can greatly improve the “pushability” of the buttons and requires only an screwdriver and X-Acto knife. Click below for instructions.
Thanks to everyone who’s bought on thus far, and be sure to spread the word!
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