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Possible leaked pic of the Nintendo Revolution controller....kind of funky. Is the whole controller touch sensitive? Yet, there are possibly those two rings of lights at the ends - - perhaps it reads your mind through your thumbs, lol....

Maybe not real, but really odd

BTW, can anyone read that language on the bottom of the pic?

Just in case anybody doesn't know, the PSP 1.50 firmware was hacked and you can now run homebrew apps, e.g., emulators. The US launch versions of the PSP caries the 1.50 firmwares, but updates of 1.51 and 1.52 are available for updates. If you've already updated firmwares, the hack won't work (only works for 1.50)

The hack is a brute force type hack though, that involves 2 memory sticks swaping. I haven't tried it yet but there are many ppl online who have successfuly and all the emulators based on v.1.0 firmware do work (after conversions).

Some emulators require a little fiddling with the settings (such as ramping up the PSP cpu speed). Anyone try these methods yet?

I just got back from seeing the late showing. A fun summer movie. Mindless but enjoyable.

For those of you that noticed the couple of homages to Fight Club (one of my fav movies), more power to you =)

Anybody recive there 1 gb sony pro duo? Man I can't find one any where sony seem to be on back order. I tried to order form dell but they kept on delaying my order. does anybody know where I can find one for 130 shiped? On the side note I just bought ridge racer I can see why people like this game alot. The graphics is awsome the game play is too easy. What I mean by easy is that its almost impossible to spin out so you get to do the phatests drifts. The more drifts you do the faster you fill up your nos gauge. The cars are unique. You do 3 lapes per race so it not like 1000 laps. Does anyone know where I can go to find reviews on japanese psp games/ umd.

from Rich

I haven't received mine from dell yet either. But, the 1gb sticks are in stock at many other places now:

Anandtech Deal forums

all within your price range.

I'm gonna stick out my dell deal until 6/15 and if they delay it again, I'll just buy it elsewhere

I just picked up the Phillips DVP-642 at walmart b/c of the comments here. After spending a day with it and tossing every anime, tv episode, movie at it I could find, it works near flawlessly. Sometimes there were slight audio sync issues, who cares when I'm watching anime on my hd tv

Thanks for the reccomendation guys. BTW, the DVP-642 $57.98 at walmart nowadays.

For those who want to know before hand

http://www.24spoilers.tvheaven.com/

I thought this might happen. this is insane

...Muuusst....Resist....the...dark...side....

Just came back home from the 1:10am showing

I liked it..don't want to spoil it so I won't

Its 4am now and I have to get up at 7am to go to work...its gonna be a long day, but thats the price one must pay, haha

Is there a templet for skin for the back of the logitech case?

I'll keep an eye out for one, but I think most people just reverse the current template. It would be hard to adjust a printout to account for the dips in the back of the case. I've seen people who've done the back of the case and mentioned streching the image a tad.

$15-$25. But the thing is, Gamestop is running a promotion right now... trade in one game, get an extra 10%, two get 20%, 3 30%, and 4 or more get 40% extra. The thing is, it applies to everything except consoles... so if you trade in NBA and Ape Escape, trade in two more games or DVDs you have lying around just to get the extra 40%.

Thanks, sounds like a good deal to me, is this promotion lasting awhile or ending soon?

Does anybody own the Pelican "Brick" charger? Is it reliable and how much more battery time does it squeeze out with it? Curious, I'm thinking of buying one.

I have the Pelican "Brick," its pretty reliable. Its supposed to be able to complete 2 full charges on the PSP, but thats only when you're not playing while you charge. One charge is supposed to take 2 hours, but I usually plug mine in and leave the house...so by the time I get back, the brick is completely empty. Its pretty useful for extra power; I used it while I was on the plane to Japan and in the airports. For what it does, its pretty good and compact. I would recommend it.

As for my collection:

console:

PSP

Games:

Wipeout Pure (gotta have the web browser)

Ape Escape

Ridge Racers

NBA Street Showdown

NBA

MLB

DarkStalkers

Bleach (import - you can see my impressions in my past post)

Movies:

Just Spiderman 2 (going to wait for my 1gb stick from Dell)

Accessories:

Logitech Playgear case

Gamestop (Pelican rebraned) carry all case (great travel pack)

Aero hard foam case

Some case I bought while I was in japan (I think I've tried almost all the cases, haha)

Pelican Power Brick

Sony USB cable (from my sony digital camera)

Hori Screen protector

Brando Screen protectors

Pelican Screen Protector (I tried all the protectors, Brando's the best b/c it convers most of the face of the PSP, and Hori would be second)

BTW, mikeszekely, how well do PSP games trade in at EB/Gamestop? I'm thinking of getting rid of NBA and Ape Escape...

Anybody play bleach for the psp? I saw it for sale on ebay and I got the game tonyhawk underground for the psp

I have Bleach, I picked it up when I was in Tokyo last month. Its a fun game, a 3-D cell shaded fighter. I've never seen the anime, but I heard its a great depiction of it. The graphics are smooth, fast, and colorful; they look great on the screen. Gameplay is pretty fast - - its not the deepest fighter, but pretty fun and a visual treat for the PSP. The only drawback is the number of characters, very small amount (like 5 or 6). I would recommend it, just don't expect anything earth shattering.

One cool thing is a mini-game that you can unlock. Pretty much a clone of arkanoid on the PSP and you get to play it vertical I think...pretty awesome.

This is the game that I show off to friends

Firefly was excellent because it took a standard cliche (crew on a spaceship) and turns it on its head by making the world the show is set in as a Western.

Think of the show as a Western in space, litterally a "wagon train to the stars".

So this is similar to Cowboy Bebop?

I remember someone posting on here that this show's creator was influenced by anime. Sure sounds like Cowboy Bebop though...which isn't a bad thing.

I just received my dvd boxes today - - total beauties!

Thanks to Mechamaniac for letting us know about this offer

Here's a template that I ran into that works. Its off of this site:

link

After a quick test fit - it fits perfectly. The templates are 200 dpi. Only problem that I can see is that the template seems upside down - the side with the deeper/longer cuts is actually the top side when displayed in the case. Other than that, thanks guys for all the great Macross templates

Logitech_CustomImageTemplate_200dpi.zip

So am I the only one with this Logitech case so far? haha, starting a craze over a case that no one has yet =)

I've been test fitting with this template, but it doesn't come out exactly right. I have to stretch the overall image by 5% and then it prints out at a correct size. I'll need to find another template for future macross artwork, but in the meantime, here is a site that hosts some of the more popular templates that have been done so far:

PSP site

I wonder if I'm printing it out incorrectly - - I'm just using MS paint though, don't have photoshop or anything like that installed at work.

EDIT:

I found a template that works, posted below

I'm not too excited about the next generation of gaming. I'm still enjoying what we have now. Do X-Box gamers feel the need to upgrade?

I think XBOX is fine right now. The graphics are great and the system is hitting its stride in software.

As for 3-D graphics, the only games that I play that need the upgrade are sports games and racing games. Those two genres have been enhanced significantly by 3-D graphics. I remember playing NFL 2K football for the first time on the Dreamcast - - it was so much better than any other sports game on a 2D level.

What I play the most though, are 2D games or games with 2D gameplay. 2D just has the most responsive game play and is probably the most expressive. I was always a fan of 2D art (comics, anime, etc), so new gen games that combine 3D graphics on a 2D playing field are fine with me. Examples: Gradius V (Treasure is just god-like), Viewtiful Joe series, Rtype Delta, etc...

I'm upset that the upgrade cycle is coming so soon as I feel that the 3D games with 2D style graphics and gameplay haven't been fully tapped yet. There's a lot of potential for those types of games.

Oh and for those of you who don't know which case I'm talking about, its this Logitech one.

Note: This isn't my case - - just a pic I found off the web. I would have a Macross one =)

Here's a sample of a template that someone made

For those of you with the Logitech Playgear pocket case, I found a post at GameSpot that has some templates for custom images. People have been customizing this case just by placing Image cut outs behind the rubber layer of the case (which is clear on the outside) and there have been some cool designs. I lack the photoshop wizardry to whip up a Macross playgear image, but maybe some of you can =)

See attached for template

and the forums with some templates in place here: Gamespot Thread

Awesome work Spiff!!!

Dell also pushed my date back as well. My order was supposed to ship on 4/22, but on that day, they pushed it back until 5/17.

I hope Dell can fulfill these orders. I've never had them cancel my order before - - hopefully there are still enough stock for our orders...

Update:

Well, I'm not sure if everyone sent in their orders but I did get a payment notice from Paul and the 20% discount was applied.

Bump to see if everyone else placed orders

Alright - 20%!

Well just for the sake of tallying, I just emailed/submitted my order. Hopefully everyone comes through on this

Awesome!!

Gonna go home and put those in mine. Did anyone ever hack the PSP so that you can set the wallpaper in the 'home' area? It'd be great if we can - - I'm not liking April Pink right now, lol.

Thanks nanashino!