Sunday, February 28, 2010
I heard about this game around 2 years ago, the thing that struck me was that its a game which is mostly QTE events, if you don't know what is QTE,well, let me explain, QTE or Quick time events is a type of gameplay where certain actions (button presses) will appear on screen during a CGI cutscene. you have to do the required actions in a certain time around 1-2 sec and the upcoming events of the cutscene will depend on your actions. A successful action would lead to a positive result (i.g. Beating up bad guys) and failing to the action sometimes lead the cutscene to an negative event (i.g. Bad guys beating up your character). I have been a big fan of QTE since the early days of Shenmue, which i can confident say is the GodFather of QTE because they were the first one to successfully implement it on a game. But there have been no games that the whole game was QTE based, so Heavy Rain was the exception, its rather an interesting concept, the thing about the QTE as a genre, for me, i feel that you should have a strong storyline that has many subplots so that you can avoid letting the story be a linear one, and based on the review, Heavy Rain was able to pull it off.For the rest of the review,check the video below, courtesy of G4TV
The Pros
- Lack of a "fail state" provides unique pressure
- Provokes both emotional and "gamer" responses
- Sets a fine example for future story-heavy games
The Cons
- Problems with plot consistency
- Outside cultural influences seep into setting
- Distracting discrepancy between cut-scene and in-game animation
RATING:
out of 5 StarsEijan says: You should definitely PLAY IT, this might be a new genre for gaming
That's all for now
Peace Out!!
For those who are having problem with the speed of Windows 7, here are some tips, but to be honest, Windows 7 is already fast, but if you want it to become faster, do the things indicated below.
Microsoft’s latest operating system is a bit different than Windows versions of the past, and with these differences come more things to customize and tweak. Here’s a compilation of tutorials put together by the Tech-Recipes authors for customizing the interface and for tweaking the system to make it quicker.
Speeding things up:
Improve Startup Performance by Using Boot-Only Fetching
If you run a lot of programs at startup, it can take a while for your system to boot up. To speed up the process, you can enable Boot-Only fetching so that the prefetcher focuses on the booting process instead of both booting and application launching:
1. Click the Orb (Start Button).
2. Go to the Search programs and files textbox and input regedit.
3. Select regedit.exe from the results.
4. When the UAC prompt appears, click the Yes button.
5. In the left pane of the Registry Editor, go to (and select):
6. In the right pane, double-click EnablePrefetcher.
7. Change the value to 2 and click the OK button.
8. Double-click EnableSuperfetch.
9. Change the value to 2 and click the OK button.
10. Close the Registry Editor.
If you want to change the settings back to their default values, repeat the above steps, but change EnablePrefetcher and EnableSuperfetch to 3.
How to Reset the Thumbnail Cache
If the thumbnail pictures are not displaying correctly, resetting the thumbnail cache will fix this (most of the time). Resetting the cache will clear it and force the automatic creation of the thumbnails as needed:
1. Click the Orb (Start Button).
2. Select All Programs.
3. Select Accessories.
4. Select System Tools.
5. Select Disk Cleanup.
7. Select your Boot drive and click OK.
8. Check the Thumbnails checkbox (make sure nothing else is checked).
9. Click OK.
10. When prompted, click the Delete Files button.
Speed Up Taskbar Thumbnails
The Windows 7 taskbar displays previews of running programs via some very cool thumbnails. To speed up these thumbnails so that they appear instantly, follow these simple steps:
1. Open Notepad.
2. Copy and paste the following into the new text document:
3. Save the document as speedy_thumbnails.reg.
4. Double-click the new file to merge it into the Registry.
5. Continue through the UAC prompt and confirm that you wish to perform the action.
6. Restart you computer (or simply stop and start Explorer.exe from the Task Manager).
Adjust the User Account Control (UAC) Settings
The UAC was a pain in Windows Vista, and changing the settings for UAC was an even bigger pain. Windows 7 allows you to change the User Account Control settings from the Control Panel so you can easily adjust the settings to your liking:
1. Click the Windows Orb (Start button).
2. Select Control Panel.
3. Select All Control Panel Items.
4. Select Windows Solution Center.
5. Go to the left side of the window and select User Account Control settings.
6. Use the slider control to adjust the UAC settings.
Settings include: Always notify me and wait for my response, Always notify me, Only notify me when programs try to make changes to my computer, and Never notify me.
7. Click the OK button.
How Increase the Speed of Internet Explorer 8
By simply re-registering a dll file, you can make Microsoft’s latest web browser even faster. It might sound complicated, but it is a very simple process.
Close IE8. You will need to access an elevated command prompt, to do this:
1. Click the Orb (Start button).
2. Click All Programs.
3. Go into Accessories.
4. Right-click on Command Prompt.
5. Select Run as administrator.
6. When the UAC prompt appears, select Yes.
Once you have your elevated command prompt, follow these steps:
1. At the command prompt, input the following:
2. Press Enter on your keyboard.
3. A confirmation window will appear, click the OK button.
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That's all for now
Peace out!
Microsoft’s latest operating system is a bit different than Windows versions of the past, and with these differences come more things to customize and tweak. Here’s a compilation of tutorials put together by the Tech-Recipes authors for customizing the interface and for tweaking the system to make it quicker.
Speeding things up:
Improve Startup Performance by Using Boot-Only Fetching
If you run a lot of programs at startup, it can take a while for your system to boot up. To speed up the process, you can enable Boot-Only fetching so that the prefetcher focuses on the booting process instead of both booting and application launching:
1. Click the Orb (Start Button).
2. Go to the Search programs and files textbox and input regedit.
3. Select regedit.exe from the results.
4. When the UAC prompt appears, click the Yes button.
5. In the left pane of the Registry Editor, go to (and select):
HLKM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager\
MemoryManagement\PrefetchParameters
6. In the right pane, double-click EnablePrefetcher.
7. Change the value to 2 and click the OK button.
8. Double-click EnableSuperfetch.
9. Change the value to 2 and click the OK button.
10. Close the Registry Editor.
If you want to change the settings back to their default values, repeat the above steps, but change EnablePrefetcher and EnableSuperfetch to 3.
How to Reset the Thumbnail Cache
If the thumbnail pictures are not displaying correctly, resetting the thumbnail cache will fix this (most of the time). Resetting the cache will clear it and force the automatic creation of the thumbnails as needed:
1. Click the Orb (Start Button).
2. Select All Programs.
3. Select Accessories.
4. Select System Tools.
5. Select Disk Cleanup.
7. Select your Boot drive and click OK.
8. Check the Thumbnails checkbox (make sure nothing else is checked).
9. Click OK.
10. When prompted, click the Delete Files button.
Speed Up Taskbar Thumbnails
The Windows 7 taskbar displays previews of running programs via some very cool thumbnails. To speed up these thumbnails so that they appear instantly, follow these simple steps:
1. Open Notepad.
2. Copy and paste the following into the new text document:
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse]
"MouseHoverTime"="0"
3. Save the document as speedy_thumbnails.reg.
4. Double-click the new file to merge it into the Registry.
5. Continue through the UAC prompt and confirm that you wish to perform the action.
6. Restart you computer (or simply stop and start Explorer.exe from the Task Manager).
Adjust the User Account Control (UAC) Settings
The UAC was a pain in Windows Vista, and changing the settings for UAC was an even bigger pain. Windows 7 allows you to change the User Account Control settings from the Control Panel so you can easily adjust the settings to your liking:
1. Click the Windows Orb (Start button).
2. Select Control Panel.
3. Select All Control Panel Items.
4. Select Windows Solution Center.
5. Go to the left side of the window and select User Account Control settings.
6. Use the slider control to adjust the UAC settings.
Settings include: Always notify me and wait for my response, Always notify me, Only notify me when programs try to make changes to my computer, and Never notify me.
7. Click the OK button.
How Increase the Speed of Internet Explorer 8
By simply re-registering a dll file, you can make Microsoft’s latest web browser even faster. It might sound complicated, but it is a very simple process.
Close IE8. You will need to access an elevated command prompt, to do this:
1. Click the Orb (Start button).
2. Click All Programs.
3. Go into Accessories.
4. Right-click on Command Prompt.
5. Select Run as administrator.
6. When the UAC prompt appears, select Yes.
Once you have your elevated command prompt, follow these steps:
1. At the command prompt, input the following:
regsvr32 actxprxy.dll
2. Press Enter on your keyboard.
3. A confirmation window will appear, click the OK button.
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That's all for now
Peace out!
Let me start first by talking about the new template, i haven't finish the menu stuff, my plan is to compile all the videos and place them on the menu so that browsing would be a lot easier, i hope to finish it during the weekend. Also, i changed the color from a very light color to a dark color because i have been receiving feedback that the light color is hurting people's eyes.
Now back to this topic, As you all know that there is a new and irritating Parental control to stop underage people from watching adult material, to know what i'm talking about, see it in action yourself by clicking the link below:
CLICK ME: PARENTAL CONTROL
Irritating right?! haha
That's all for now
Peace Out!!
Now back to this topic, As you all know that there is a new and irritating Parental control to stop underage people from watching adult material, to know what i'm talking about, see it in action yourself by clicking the link below:
CLICK ME: PARENTAL CONTROL
Irritating right?! haha
That's all for now
Peace Out!!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Here are some trailers of my favorite must see movies,
so lets start with a pretty good movie from one of my most favorite actor Woody Harrelson, i'm kinda iffy with the movie, but any movie starring Woody is a damn good movie. The movie is titled "The Defendor", its about a vigilante superhero wanna be
Now here's another trailer, this movie is starring Sam Worthington (Avatar), and so far all the movies starring Sam seems to be good movies, Avatar and Terminator Salvation. I like this movie because its about Greek Methodology (which is my fave topic) and it looks very good.
And now for the finale, saving the best for last, This movie is entitled "Kick-Ass" and its based on a comics which i read and i might say, its really good. This movie is starring new and comer Aaron Johnson, Nicolas Cage and also one of my top up and comer actors Christopher Mintz-Plasse AKA McLovin'
I can't wait for these movies!!!
That's all for now
Peace out!
so lets start with a pretty good movie from one of my most favorite actor Woody Harrelson, i'm kinda iffy with the movie, but any movie starring Woody is a damn good movie. The movie is titled "The Defendor", its about a vigilante superhero wanna be
Now here's another trailer, this movie is starring Sam Worthington (Avatar), and so far all the movies starring Sam seems to be good movies, Avatar and Terminator Salvation. I like this movie because its about Greek Methodology (which is my fave topic) and it looks very good.
And now for the finale, saving the best for last, This movie is entitled "Kick-Ass" and its based on a comics which i read and i might say, its really good. This movie is starring new and comer Aaron Johnson, Nicolas Cage and also one of my top up and comer actors Christopher Mintz-Plasse AKA McLovin'
I can't wait for these movies!!!
That's all for now
Peace out!
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