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extrinsic | April 19th through May 7th

mayberosi — Sat, 07 May 2011 06:54:00 +0000

These are my links for April 19th through May 7th:

The AIBO returns

rosicrux — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:35:25 +0000

Ever since my robotics class ended a year ago, I thought I would never have my hands on a AIBO again. The professor made sure to express his disappointment while telling us that Sony discontinued the AIBOs and, in fact, the entire Sony robotics program.

This is despite the fact that AIBOs are so good, and relatively cheap compared to other completely programmable walking robots. The AIBO was left to scavengers in the various Robosoccer leagues. And as servos failed and plastic cracks.. so would the poor little dog fade out of existence.

And then today, I see this photo:

I don’t even know what magazine this is, and I couldn’t find a bigger image. The print is illegible except for a few words. I’m sure we’ll hear more about it in the future. I will update this post with a bigger pic, if I find one.

So, all we really know is, it’s going to be a Playstation 3 accessory. That’s very hopeful since it could hardly cost mor ethan the playsation itself, so it will likely be much cheaper than the original AIBO. But that could also be bad, in that it could be a dumbed down version of the original.

Unreal Tournament 3 to come with native Mouse and Keyboard ability

rosicrux — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:49:49 +0000

One of the biggest reasons many PC gamers don’t enjoy FPS game son consoles is due to both the familiarity and the superiority of the mouse and keyboard combo. It’s just far easier to aim and shoot. Sure, you can get used to the controller in FPS games, but as many controller-only gamers will grudgingly agree, you can never be as quick or accurate.

Well, apparently due to overwhelming emails from people on the official Unreal Tournament forums, they decided to include functionality, native in the game, on the PS3.

Mark Rein
Administrator

Folks,

I checked with Steve Polge and he said that YES we are supporting keyboard and mouse in Unreal Tournament 3 on PS3. He is confident we are doing it in a way that will be balanced without feeling “gimped” for either side. We’ll also allow people to choose whether or not they want to allow mixed controller vs. keyboard/mouse games or not.

I think you guys are going to love UT3!

More details to come later.

I’m not sure how the “anti-gimping” will go, as controllers are not gimped, but inferior by nature. But we shall see. This won’t make me buy the console outright, but if more PS3 games follow suit, it will make a strong case.

they’re finally getting it

rosicrux — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:05:05 +0000

Or, maybe just CliffyB is getting it. The Gamespy preview for Unreal Tournament 3 (for the Playstation 3) says that it will have keyboard and mouse functionality, along with the regular PS3 controller.

For those of you hardcore PC purists, mouse and keyboard controls will be available in the PS3 version through the USB ports on the front of the machine.

We’ve long waited for this to happen, us original players of the FPS, on the PC. Here’s hoping that this isn’t a one-time thing, or a one-developer thing. Playing first person shooters with thumb-based console controllers is like running through a battlefield with dislocated arms. The aftermarket options for playing Halo with mouse and keyboard didn’t quite cut it. Heck, they could even make a weird mouse and keypad contraption proprietary to the PS3, and I’d give it a go.

I wasn’t really considering getting a Playstation 3, mainly because of its exorbitant price. But if the shooters released for that console all follow suit, I’ll start saving my pennies.

Free PSP (Sony Playstation Portable)

rosicrux — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 01:28:19 +0000

Since the FreeIpods.com thing progressed rather nicely, I signed up for another site that offers free PSPs (Sony Playstation Portable).

The site is hosted by OfferCentric, who is the other big website giving away free stuff. Gratis, who ran the FreeIpods.com site, was pretty good, but OfferCentric has tons more offers to choose from.