Wont Be Posting For A While Hard Drive Failure

Im posting this from my friends house. While playing DNF my computer shut off, and apparently my HDD (hard drive) died. Im going to have to buy a replacement. So all my info everything is gone :/

I wont be making the Duke review but I will post someone else's review, I just feel that all that time I put into the game is now lost.

On  a side note hope everyone had a great 4th of July.

US Supreme Court Overturns Ban On Violent Video Games In California

The supreme court has made it against the law to sell M rated games to minors, this is old news by now. What isn't old news is that the supreme court has passed a bill nullifying that law, minors in the California state can now buy M rated games. The reasons this bill passed is due to our 1st amendment rights, freedom of speech.

Hopefully more state legislators pass this bill so that minors can buy M rated games. Only reason I am for this movement is because I myself used to play M rated games when I was a child, I turned out to be fine. I was more mature for my age, I understood the difference between fantasy and reality. parents should also monitor what their child is doing, so that they themselves could grow to be better parents rather then, labels and rating babysit their children.

Here is the more simple 3D Taiwanese  version of all  this hoopla.

A Glimpse Of The PS Vita Facial Recognition Tech

The technology running behind the PS Vita is very impressive, we have already seen marker-less AR (augmented reality) which the 3DS and PSP need in order to achieve. Not only can the Vita do AR without markers but it can also do facial recognition. How far this tech will go, only time will tell.

From a recent article from Famitsu Sony has said they have developed the technology to use facial recognition on the Vita, for example you can chat with someone and instead of them seeing your face, you can chat with your avatar and your avatar will mimic everything you do. Such as blinking mouth moving head movement ect.

Here is an excerpt from Famitsu: (translation by google translate sorry if its a bit hard to read)

Now recognize that technology is focused SCE. "In recognition technology to create new and surprising experience to the game is still an area of filtration伸Bishi" and Mr. Yoshikatsu Kanemaru. The concrete is illustrated in "facial recognition" and "markerless AR" it. About face recognition, there may have been a long time, and technically that is mature and is now also possible to recognize faces 10 years in increments. That emotion can be identified with considerable accuracy. As a measure to strengthen the face detection, and it has been able to detect stable in the face if they call the 3D glasses. In addition, PlayStation 3, in addition to the PSP, and that they are planning to offer versions of PS Vita. 　PS Vita respect, by enabling real-time recognition of a person entered the rear camera and front camera, so facial recognition and high affinity. Eyes and nose, and it can also be detected in units such as the mouth parts. At the venue, as an example of face recognition in PS Vita, was presented a technical demo to do a video chat with each other avatars. Here is recognized by the camera reflected in the avatar of the player's face PS Vita, Unadzui or those that are detected in real time or shake his head. Incidentally, for the opening and closing the mouth, face recognition is currently取Ri切Renai complete, he said that support the movement of the mouth to detect the sound while a voice out. Demonstration of technical terms here, there is no plan for commercialization. However, "For facial recognition, I want to append some of the entertaining" (Kanemaru) they have said.

Source: Famitsu

This tech demo was just that, a tech demo. But they will not rule out the tech behind it. We may not get this avatar to avatar chat feature, but Sony will implement this tech into their games. Hope to see how much further this tech goes, and that the avatar to avatar stays in the final product or maybe an update. We have seen tech demos become full blown games, hopefully this becomes part of the Vita.

What are your thoughts on facial recognition?

Uncharted 3 Beta Going Up Very Soon

Those of you who have bought inFAMOUS 2 (and got an early beta code) or who are a PS+ member prepare for the epic beta of Uncharted 3, in a few hours the beta will be going up. Don't worry if you don't have either since the beta will become public on July 4th for everyone to enjoy.

If you are very impatient then you can make a Hong Kong PSN account since the beta has been up in that region for some time now.

The beta will feature TDM (team death match) and a Co-Op game type. Hope to see you on the tip of my guns sights.

Uncharted 3 is coming out Nov. 1 2011 only on the PS3.

Meet The Medic

I'm rather new to TF2 and I'm trying to get a hold of how this game is, so far its good. Its lagged a bit but otherwise its been a fun experience so far. Not sure if I will review this game since its just Multiplayer only.

This is the newest TF2 video to come out showcasing the Medic, enjoy.

Team Fortress 2 Is Now Free To Play

Team Fortress 2, the game that came bundled with The Orange box in 2007 is now free to play on steam. After years of its release and so many updates, it is now free on steam for everyone to enjoy.

Give it a shot, its free and you have nothing to lose, thanks valve. Although the file size is rather big, coming in at a whopping 10GB.

PS Sorry I haven't been posting as often as I would like to but I been rather busy for the past few days and will be for the next few days as well. Work and family problems add up. And trying to squeeze in time with my finance. So as soon as I'm done with family it'll free up my time to post blogs and check yours out as well, till then have a good one.

PSM3 Scans Of Battlefield 3: Multiplayer Class System Revealed And Much More

Update: Scans are no longer available, had to be taken down due to copy right infringement. 

Scans of PSM3 have just come in and BF3 looks better then ever. In these scans we learn a bit more of the multiplayer class system, also that DICE's biggest competition isnt MW3 but rather a bigger threat.

BF3 is shaping up to be a great modern shooter, with months still to go for the dev's wonder what else they can announce in the coming months to surprise us.

What are your impression of BF3 thus far.