You can now build a powerhouse team of NFL players and face off against your friends and NFL teams. Experience a rich gameplay on Facebook, featuring real player stats, heightened manager controls, NFL games predicted, and more! Time to settle the score in Madden NFL Superstars.
Features like Power rankings allows you to rank your favorite teams to help decide the weekly Madden NFL Power Rankings that are included in the weekly roster update.
Form a squad and play Madden NFL 12 for chances to win awesome prizes – like tickets to the actual Super Bowl!
Lastly, you can smack-talk like a pro. Use the Smack Shack Facebook app to psych out your friends with the help of real NFL players.
Proporta, the mobile device and gadget accessory manufacturer, is pleased to showcase its range of exclusive cases for the Apple iPhone, which is the result of unique collaboration with top designers. Each case has all the protection know-how of Proporta combined with the style and elegance that only the very best of fashion minds can create.
Proporta’s Ted Baker range now comes with two new hard shell designs – a Fly Fishing print and Garden print (pictured), to go alongside the existing Green Spacemen and Orange Bulldog designs. These super-tough hard shell cases protect against scratches and impact damage, have a soft feel finish, and are also available in black. The Ted Baker Pouch – Black with Swallow Print Lining is another superb new addition to the range, with the handcrafted case fitting like a glove and coming with a Ted Baker signature lining for that extra touch of class.
The Quiksilver range of hard cases offers equally robust protection against all forms of damage, and comes in a striking “Echo Beach”, Quiksilver branded design. Clever cut-outs allow for full usability without ever removing the device, and the case also comes in green, blue and black.
Roxy supplies a further range of cutting-edge designs, including blue and pink Roxy prints, a Cynthia Rowley print and a choice of pink, white or black cases. As with all Proporta’s hard shells for the iPhone, they fit like a glove, protect against all forms of damage and add almost no bulk to the device.
Proporta also offers a full range of other accessories for the iPhone, including super-clear Advanced Screen Protectors ($6.95), Antibacterial Screen Protectors that guard against 99.9% of germs ($10.95) and a whole range of otherdesigns including the Maya, Shine Case and Alu Leather range.
Used together, these products offer unbeatable protection for the iPhone, and with style to match. So whatever the need, Proporta has it covered.
In a few weeks, I will be receiving a Ted Baker Hard Shell Case II (in black with a subtle design) and will be doing a short product review. Stay tuned.
Are you one of those people who buys cell phones every other year? Chances are, you have a lot of unused and unwanted cell phones lying around. This is where SellCell.com comes in and help you get rid of those phones for you. SellCell is a cell phone recycling price comparision site that allows people to sell phones to cell phone recycling companies that want to buy them.
The process is straight forward, you search for the model of your phone, the results will be displayed showing companies looking to buy your phone as well as how much they are offering. You then fill out the details and follow the rest of the instructions. Once you have mailed your phone to the cell phone recycle company and they have verified the phone, they will send you the payment in cash or vouchers.
Most of the cell phone recycling companies offer free shipping by sending you a free shipping parcel, but SellCell recommand using tracking and/or have the package insured if your phone is worth more than $30-$50.
This is a pretty great way of getting rid of your unwanted or unused cell phones and help save the environment by recycling them.
This is a giveaway for Mac users, to download the full version of MacX Video Converter Pro, please go to the giveaway page and click “Download for Mac” button, and use the license code: AY-TDTDTWTM-JQRMEF. This license key should be used before the end of the offer, Once the program has been successfully activated, it could be used as long as they like unless they try to upgrade or reinstall the system.
The MacX Video Converter Pro giveaway ends before Sep 19th, so if you are interested, get it while you still can.
I recently got a product from Diamond Multimedia and have the pleasure to test out one of their video capturing devices using a USB stick. They sent me the VC500, one of the two video capture products they have (the other one is VC600). Don’t be mistaken the USB stick is not your everyday USB stick where you can store data in it but rather a device that will connect your gaming console, my PS3 for example, to your PC for video captures. I will update this review as I test and play around with the VC500.
So onto the unboxing! Nice packaging by the way, to me first impression is important, call me shallow but I love products with great packaging. Obviously great looks do not necessary mean great product. Just the first impression.
The only thing you need to install are the video and audio drivers from the CD provided. Pretty straight forward just like any other hardware driver installations (mouse, video card and web cam). The part where it took me a while due to experience is getting it to work. Perhaps it took a bit longer than I expected to get it to show the blue screen that tells you that you have connected the VC500 and your source properly, my PS3 in this case. Here is their quick demo using one of the three softwares that come with the CD called ArcSoft ShowBiz:
The other thing I had to change was from PAL (by default) to NTSC_M since we are in North America and I was all set and ready to capture my first ever video from a gaming console to my PC. Unfortunately I only have HDMI or the RCA (composite) cables and no S component, the highest I got for my video was 420p. You will also notice its choppy as well as the sound and video are out of synch. I have posted a comment on their youtube video page and hopefully I get a reply regarding this. I hope its not because of my ATI HD5670 video card being too out of date.
Here is my result:
Now let’s talk about the software ArcSoft ShowBiz. So far I find it really easy to use, the only setting I had to change was the PAL to NTSC_M under Device setting -> Video decoder. All I needed to do to start recording was by pressing the red “Capture” button just below the screen. You also have the option to perform screen capture during the recording as well as going full screen. Click the same button but in green letters “Stop” to stop the recording. Video formats available are MPEG1/2, AVI and WMV.
Once I had my first video recorded, it was just a click away from uploading to YouTube. ARcSoft ShowBiz has a built-in YouTube integration so you can upload videos within the program. Unfortunately I had problems uploading to YouTube as I kept getting the error about losing internet connection, this is something I need to ask them. I therefore, uploaded manually through YouTube instead.
So far I like what I see. One small complain I have though would be the quick start guide is a bit too “quick”. If it had more info such as how to run those softwares, even just briefly, would be more helpful. It basically just tells you to run the CD and install the drivers. Another complain, a bigger one in my opinion, is that it doesn’t come with y splitters. Y splitters are to split the output to two sources. In order to play on both the PS3 and record at the same time I need to output to two destinations. It would also be great if they could include a pack of 3 Y splitters for the RCA/component cables. I still have to buy them as I am currently connecting my PS3 directly to VC500 and I was actually playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare on my PC monitor.
I don’t want to sound like a cry baby but I am really getting sick of being forced to watch almost every single movie in 3D. Every single one of those movies I watched barely contained any 3D scenes. Although I have to admit the 3D scenary where things were floating in Pandora in Avatar and Kraken scene from Clash of The Titans were impressive. Those barely gave me a few minutes of joy and absolutely not worth paying the premium of a few dollars.
Not to mention that I wear glasses to begin with and I constantly have to adjust my 3D pair because it keeps slipping down. Then again, that’s just a small problem compare to the amount of real 3D experience you get to enjoy in these so called 3D movies.
Then you have these 3D ready TVs, seriously I wonder how many people have actually bought them. I for one, will not buy one unless they become so main stream like HD TVs which means they will be relatively affordable. As a matter of fact, I prefer to wait until they come out with 3D ready TVs that do not require wearing 3D glasses. I’m pretty sure they will since Nintendo 3DS can do it, though not the greatest but its a start.
So what do I think of all this 3D hype? Nothing but money gouging in an attempt to force people to pay extra for something that’s not noticeable. And if they decide to go full 3D only for every movie out there, I can bet that will be a LOT more people willing to “download” the movies instead of watching them in person. In the end, its your lost movie directors not us consumers.
Normally this type of girl isn’t really my cup of tea, too doll-like. But this one caught my attention. Eguchi Aimi, one of the members from a popular J-POP group AKB48 has drawn quite a lot of attention from all over the world not just within Japan. Everyone, including me, my friends and my co workers were surprised when we found out she was actually just another computer generated or “synthetic” person. Aimi (that’s her first name, Asians usually put their last names first) is a combination of six of her fellow members (one facial part from each of them).
Watch this youtube video and you will know what I mean.
I’ve also found a Japanese site that has more at glico that has more infomation about her. And for those who are too lazy navigate through the site and/or do not understand Japanese. She is born in 1995, Feburary 11th, 152cm tall, blood type O and interest is singing (well this one is no brainer). She and her 6 fellow members star in one of glico’s snack commercial as shown in the video above.
Or watch the actual commercial:
The reason why I said I’m not interested in doll-like girls and yet here I am talking about one is the fact that I’m extremely amazed by CG technologies these days and also the Japanese who never cease to amaze me with their crazy things. This is one of them, its so realistic that its almost freaky. I will for sure pay attention to her and her up coming activities, perhaps some day she will turn into a real idol?
For those looking for wallpapers / videos I’ve extracted the links from the glico site (not going to host them on my server just incase of copy right issue):
I’m glad I forgot to buy Duke Nukem Forever on Tuesday after reading the review from IGN which gave it a jaw dropping 5.5/10. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised by the result after watching this multiplayer trailer from GameTrailers. It looked like a really generic shooter and it just didn’t feel like the good old Duke Nukem. The single player story might be entertaining but I can’t justify paying $69.99 + tax just for single player because I value the multiplayer aspect of a game a lot.
I’m just sad that after 10 years of waiting and the hype generated throughout, went to waste. I felt like they rushed it out because they knew the fans had been waiting and the developers didn’t want to wait any longer. Instead of rolling out with something similar to StarCraft 2 status, which also came out 10 years after the first game, Duke Nukem Forever blew it.
Hopefully not forever as the game name suggested. Hopefully there will be another one coming out that’s done properly. One that retains the old humor and game play with next generation game elements. For now I would just bring out the old Duke Nukem 3D in the mean time while we wait yet again for Duke Nukem to return. This one just didn’t do it.
