I’ve played GTA 1 and 2 and 3. I own GTA Vice City. I played it, quite a lot. It’s one of those games you kind of get lost in the side-quests quite often, and it was fun. I even own GTA Liberty City Stories on the PSP, but that was only so I could …
Monthly Archive: April 2008
Apr
20
AVGFree popup “spam”
Since starting the new job and getting an HP 6710b laptop with Vista pre-installed, the first thing after having Vista properly configured, was shrinking that partition right down and installing Ubuntu 8.04 Beta. But every so now and again I boot into Vista to do something. And not liking the idea of being forced to …
Apr
19
Wasabi Wii chip ordered
After my previous rant about NTSC games being much cheaper than PAL ones, I hunted around for somebody that can sell me a pre-soldered Wasabi Wii modchip soldered onto a Wii-Clip V5. I decided that the Wasabi chip is the way to go as it has less wires to solder (OK, this wasn’t a big …
Apr
16
Nintendo Wii PAL vs. NTSC ripoffs
Ignoring the fact that local retailers have minimal or no time for the Wii on their shelves (My local Toys’R’Us has space for Wii games on the bottom row of one of their 5 shelves for games), I am utterly disgusted at the pricing of Wii games when taking into account PAL and NTSC imports. …
Apr
15
Nintendo DS replacement casing
I recently had the joy of replacing my son’s grey Nintendo DS casing with a replacement housing (red) I bought from www.dealextreme.com (I actually bought a second Blue one too, just in case). At $7 a pop and free shipping, I didn’t see why not. The experience wasn’t entirely as easy as I thought it …