the-iBlog » 360 http://www.the-iblog.com Home of Oliver Haslam Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:13:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Mass Effect downloadable content ! http://www.the-iblog.com/2008/03/10/mass-effect-downloadable-content/ http://www.the-iblog.com/2008/03/10/mass-effect-downloadable-content/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:39:00 +0000 Oliver Haslam http://ojhaslam.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/mass-effect-downloadable-content/ We were promised DLC for the 360 hit Mass Effect, and today we’ve been given some. ‘Bringing Down the Sky’ is the said to add around 90 minutes of action to the already 20 hour-plus Action-RPG. Unfortunately I no-longer own the game, so I’m relying on your all to let me know if it’s [...]]]> http://www.the-iblog.com/2008/03/10/mass-effect-downloadable-content/feed/ 0 Lara Croft – The first lady of gaming http://www.the-iblog.com/2008/03/03/lara-croft-the-first-lady-of-gaming/ http://www.the-iblog.com/2008/03/03/lara-croft-the-first-lady-of-gaming/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:32:00 +0000 Oliver Haslam http://ojhaslam.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/lara-croft-the-first-lady-of-gaming/ I remember the day I first played a Tomb Raider game. It was the first one, on the PSX, and I got it from Toys R Us in Sheffield.

I also remember the boobs.

Aaaaaanyways, IGN have done a ‘History of Tomb Raider‘ going from the original concept through to the newer (unsuccessful) [...]]]> http://www.the-iblog.com/2008/03/03/lara-croft-the-first-lady-of-gaming/feed/ 0 Gold plated HDMI cable – £2.99 http://www.the-iblog.com/2008/03/02/gold-plated-hdmi-cable-299/ http://www.the-iblog.com/2008/03/02/gold-plated-hdmi-cable-299/#comments Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:26:00 +0000 Oliver Haslam http://ojhaslam.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/gold-plated-hdmi-cable-299/ Ebuyer are doing a gold plated HDMI cable, perfect for your 360/PS3/BRD player etc. And it’s gold plated, so must be good !

Ebuyer page

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IGN Review

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According to engadget, sources are saying that MS have a blu-ray drive running in-house. With Toshiba pulling out of HD-DVD, this is another significant blow for the format. I’m still a little sceptical. MS are trying to push the idea of downloadable HD content. Why would they produce another disc player that plays [...]]]> http://www.the-iblog.com/2008/02/18/x360-to-get-brd-drive/feed/ 0