Mon 21 May 2012

Minecraft Pocket Edition review

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Even if you are not passionate about computer gaming you should have definitely heard of Minecraft pocket edition. But even if you haven’t heard about it yet, take your time to research it a bit so that you can determine if it is ideal for you. Minecraft Pocket Edition has been reviewed on countless websites making it easy for anyone interested in knowing more about the game, to have access to all the important details that you need to know. So, there is no reason why you should not learn one or two aspects of the game.

Basically, Minecraft is an amazing computer game that was created by an independent developer, Markus Alexej Persson, nicknamed The Notch. This game puts players against some mysterious realms where they need to explore further, collect resources, design objects, and develop fortifications so as to continue surviving. If you’re venturing on to the advanced version, make sure plenty of practise time on lower levels has already taken place!

The first version Pocket Edition of Minecraft was released in 2009, becomming an immediate subversive hit that gathered a loyal cult following. A lot of gamers could not bear to not have the game, and went to any lengths to get it.

This popularity can largely be attributed to the game’s simple and charming visuals, and addictively easily reachable game play. However, if you are an IOS player, this version does not provide the same exciting experience as its computer-bound counterpart. Another good thing about mine craft pocket edition is that it has a couple of interesting 3D graphics that make it simple and exciting to play. However, there is a school of thought amongst some gamers who scorn Minecraft as they believe it doesn’t have enough adventure elements and is too simple. Its easy to forget though, sometimes simplicity is golden.

 

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Fri 18 May 2012

Halo 4 to innovate and redefine storytelling and gaming

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The new Halo 4 is set to ‘innovate and redefine the way people think about storytelling and multiplayer experiences’ in its November release later this year. The new Halo 4 multiplayer experience is part of the largest starship in the UNSC infinity and is at the epicentre of every spartans career.  You’ll be able to customise super-soldiers in a multiplayer career with competitive and new game modes on the multiplayer platform.

Customisation of your digital role and appearance will be possible across your gaming choices, progression and franchise. There is still single-player campaigns available too – these too have been updated and many new options including brand-new ‘Spartan-Ops’ experience. The new Xbox live experience delivers unprecedented  cinematics, blends of storytelling and exciting action.

Microsoft have also confirmed that future episodes will also focus on new Spartan teams – Majestic squad – and UNSC infinity crew and leaders. This will be single player or with up to three other gamers in your exploration of Requiem. There wil also be ‘war modes’ available too!

 

 

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Tue 15 May 2012

Diablo 3 almost goes online – #error37

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The long awaited release of Diablo 3 which was due to go online last night, left gamers in angry tear-strewn disappointment as the servers supporting the game went into overload.

Failing at the critical moment of global gaming demand, saucer-eyed gamers worldwide were left staring at “error37″, not the beloved dingy, dungeon adventure many wished to encounter and conquer. #Error37 soon become a Twitter trend, with one Twitterer summing up the game in a bitter sweet manner – “Man, Diablo 3 is super hard. I’ve been playing for 30 minutes and haven’t even defeated the login screen”.

So how did this happen and cause so many tears to be shed last night? Well, in theory, it shouldn’t have happened. In April, the games developer Blizzard stress tested all the servers with open data, they should have fixed any problems then, right? According to reports, they did get a sprinkling of Error 37 messages then too.

Yet maybe the problem lies in the fact that even in single player, offline mode, each player has to log in to Blizzards servers in order to enter the game, in a piracy-combat measure. This just create ones giant gaming funnel, stuffed with impatient gamers all trying frantically to rip each others hair out in a mission to get at Diablo 3 first. Naturally, a giant funnel stuffed with gamers is gonna jam up.

Blizzard apparently did warn gamers that their could be delays in the first three days of Diablo 3′s launch due to high demand, but maybe they underestimated the popularity of the game. Blizzard have since released the following statement however – “Due to high concurrency the login servers are currently at full capacity. This may cause delays in the login process, account pages and web services. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your patience while this is being resolved.”

They expect within about 48 hours to sort this out. Overall, who knows how good Diablo 3 is yet? This whole virtual scuffle does however highlight the cold, hard fact that there are online authenticity issues, which we have not yet fixed.

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Fri 4 May 2012

Max Payne due to hit shelves this month

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The world assumed it had seen the last of Max Payne – the revenge driven ex-cop who shrugged off bullet wounds by taking so many pain pills he could bend time. 2004’s Max Payne 2 saw an ambitious attempt attempt at a ‘Film Noir Love Story’ fall flat, and with developer Remedy Entertainment moving onto Alan Wake, the world thought it’d seen the last of Max. That was, uuntil the he was resurrected by Rockstar and passed to Rockstar Vancouver after their hit Red Dead Revolution.

“Its F***ing brilliant,” explained Matias Myllrinne in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz. “I’ve had a chance to play it and we’ve worked with Rockstar a little bit–obviously, they’re doing the heavy lifting. They’re doing the development. But they wanted our input on a couple of occasions and we’ve had loads of our people, our core group, who worked on the first two games, give input and it’s awesome.”

A relief, surely, for anyone who were concerned that the series may of lost its way when the trademark Nightime Noir New York and leather jacket were apparently swapped for a wifebeater and sunny Brazil .

“To be honest, we didn’t change anything design wise,” he said. “Our plans were already pretty tight and we knew that we would give people plenty of what they were asking for. We did, however, hurry up our contract discussions with James McCaffrey (The original voice of Max Payne), as that wasn’t quite finalized at that point, which is why we kept that under wraps.”

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Tue 1 May 2012

Studio jewel: New music production studio opens in St. Peter

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Minnesota is packed with musical talent. With new recording opportunities opening up thanks to Studio Jewel, musical opportunities are now well on their way to being maximised! The new studio in St. Peter is your one-stop-music-solution-stop, filled with the latest in technology, and literally everything that pertains to music production.

The new studio lives and breaths on the philosophy of pushing artists the extra mile, accentuating their potential and pushing them beyond personal limitations. The St. Peter studio is vision oriented, seeking to work with artists who look to the future with the highest level of optimism. The fee is subsidized, allowing different artists to take advantage of studio time to further their careers. At a mere $50 an hour, the studio plays host to artists of all genres, all skill levels.

This rare opportunity allows some artists who would have otherwise been lost in the music oblivion, to take to the studio and do what they do best. The key factor here is that the new St. Peter studio gives life to people’s dreams, allows the down-and-out to get a chance to live the American dream, or, more importantly, to aspire to such.

The ground work was laid out immediately after new years eve, and the vision to establish an employee owned and run studio in Minnesota has now become a reality. The back stage benefactor of this project, although seeking no recognition for this incredibly selfless endeavor, reiterated his desire to see the dream of thousands of aspiring artists coming to life, as well as that of his own. Taking nothing away from the employees and construction crew, this is a truly huge step in Minnesota history. This new studio seeks to be for the community, to work for it, and ultimately benefit the St. Peter locals in every sense of the word.

 

 

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Wed 25 Apr 2012

New Studio to Boost Local Music Industry

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Rwanda is not especially known for its music, lagging behind many of it’s East Africa countries in terms of number of releases and overall musical quality. For many, even the idea of breaking into the professional music scene in Rwanda, is past levels of wishful thinking!

Fortunately, the French institute of Rwanda is making this a thing of the past. Rwandan locals can now aspire towards a musical career, after the establishment of a new, state-of-the-art movie studio that attracted every industry relevant in the country. Everyone from Artistes to music professionals, to fans, showed up to celebrate a new era in Rwandan music.

The new studio is as good as any in the region, as is equipped with the latest in percussion instruments, guitars, keyboards, music mix software, and just about any instrument that comes to mind. The studio has opened its doors to all Rwandan artistes, all in an effort to vamp up the music scene and help them burst into the regional market, and compete with the best in the business.

The IFR is built on a philosophy of sharing experiences, gearing itself towards the improvement of individual talents by this very means. The main purpose, and inspiration behind the erection of this new studio, is to above all, nurture local talent, improve it, and typically encourage local participation in the music scene. They seek to portray music as a career path, with a promising commercial aspect attached to it.

Many Rwandan artistes are excited at the prospect of producing live music, as opposed to the synthetic brands that have been common place in the recent past. One thing is for sure, this new studio will revolutionize the Rwandan music scene, and prove a serious challenge to the East African Community.

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Fri 20 Apr 2012

2012 Writer’s Guild Award Winners

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It is always a great idea to recognise the efforts of an individual or group and this can be possible by rewarding them with a memorable gift. The award season for 2012 came true when the 2012 Writer’s Guild Award winners were announced.

Writers Guild Awards of America, West and East are mainly held to honor or to recognise outstanding achievements in writing for film, television, radio, news, promotional and videogame.  This ceremony has been in the industry for many years as, in the writing since 1949. The 2012 Writers Guild of Awards were held at Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles and at the B.B King Blues Club in New York. Here is a list of the2012 Writers Guild of Awards winners.

Screen winners

Original screenplay award

Went to Midnight in Paris written by Woody Allen from Sony pictures

Adapted screenplay

Was scooped by The Descendants: screenplay written by Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. It a film based on the novel By Kaui Hart Hemming, from Fox Searchlight

Documentary screenplay

Better This World scooped the award, written by Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega-Loteria Films.

Television winners

Drama series

Breaking Bad won the category; written by: Sam Catlin, Vince Gilliganm Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz and Moira Walley-Beckett: AMC Films.

Comedy series

Won by Modern Family and written by Cindy Chupack, Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Elaine Ko, and Carol Leifer Steven Levitan amongst many other writers.

New Series

Won by Homeland and was written by Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon and other Showtime writers.

Best Episodic Comedy

Scooped by Caught in Act [Modern Family] by Steven levitan and Jeffrey Richman, best TV animation went to Homer the father written by Joel H. Cohen.

Radio winners

  • Best documentary went to 2010 Year In Review by Gail Lee
  • News-breaking; went to Portrait of A Terrorist: Who Is Osama Bin Laden? By Gail Lee

Promotional writing and graphic animation

Videogame writing winner

 

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Tue 17 Apr 2012

YuuZoo Recruits Bon Jovi in Facebook Challenge

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Social networks instigated a match in Australia recently. The targeted social network YuuZoo is assisting bands by giving them the chance to perform with Jon Bon Jovi, giving amateur bands a chance to rock into the music fiesta taking place on the 19-20th May. The multitude of responses has pushed hundreds of bands to register to perform with the rock star. The top 5 bands will be selected, dependent on their live performances, which will be recorded and published on YuuZoo.

Like Facebook where they have a symbol of thumbs up for likes, YuuZoo has two red thumbs. Boasting over 2million users from 164 countries, so far the the online battle of the leading bands  has over 900 supporters.

Fortunately for top three bands that do not make to the jersey, each will have their own fan page which will be on YuuZoo. This will be their global promoter which will assist with managing the artists.

However YuuZoo are not head-over-heels to replace Facebook as rumor has it. Aiming to continue developing the complimentary social network, they wish to promote products, bands, artists and festivals which are all relevant to music. Unlike many other social network where people have no say especially celebrities, YuuZoo has different perspective. It has a complete control over advertising and assist greatly in selling tickets as well as albums.

As a result to protect and maintain their brand they have combined their followers across their social network. They have had to moderate their channels by announcing their identifiable leaders’ which includes Jon Bon Jovi. However fans have to wait and see which band wins to rock beside Jon Bon Jovi.

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Thu 5 Apr 2012

Wim Wenders: ‘Pina’ In 3D

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The art and entertainment sector has been improving on daily basis, with new things, advancements and technology hitting the market. The film industry has experienced a lot of advancements and great productions are being released every day. One filmmaker who’s been in the news recently is German-born Wim Wenders. He is the filmmaker behind the new dazzling 3D dance film The Pina.  This dance film is about to open in Seattle and expected to receive great viewing all over the world.

Wim Wenders once attended a dance performance in Venice, after he was swayed by his girlfriend to do so as initially he was reluctant to attend the fascinating evening. Indeed, it was a great evenings work by the late great Pina Bausch, an iconic contemporary dance and performance art choreographer. Wenders afterwards declared it was an evening that changed his life.

 

The Pina is a dance film and a tribute to Wenders friend Bausch, who tragically died aged 68 due to cancer. This occurred part way through making the film, leading Wenders to cancel the whole project. The film makes use of 3D technology which Wenders believes is necessary for a great production.

 

Luckily – for the memory of Pina Bausch and for the film – Wenders unexpectedly saw the dancers of Tanztheater Wuppertal rehearsing, and decided that the film must be finished and they would do this alone, and not culminate the project. Although this was a big challenge for Wenders to complete this without Bausch as everything they had planned vanished with Bauschs death, he managed to pull it together and complete the project.

The final film consists of four dances - Vollmond, Kontakhof, Café Muller and Le Sacre du Printemps.

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Tue 3 Apr 2012

Comverse Enabling a World of Connected Possibilities at Mobile World Congress

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Comverse is a leading US mobile internet service provider. For the time it has been in operation, it has managed to deliver quality services to its clients across different parts of the globe. Chiefly, the company identifies mobile or business growth opportunities and innovative demos, including policy management options and new billing for its clientele. The company also offers other beneficial services that enable its clients to run their business profitably and smoothly. With advanced mobile technologies, it extends its business models so as to ensure enhanced connectivity in different fields.

Comverse enabling a world of connected possibilities clearly demonstrates to its clients how mobile communication options can be utilized efficiently. It focuses on how a connectivity option can be used by a business person to allow for dependency say in different fields such as commerce, education, entertainment, music, transport, medicine, music and security among other fields. Every detail is discussed in length. This is custom made to ensure clients make the most of all development opportunities for enhanced communication. The company helps you to see and make the most of each opportunity that comes your way be it via social media application, monetization of machines, CRM or cloud based services.

Most importantly, the type of solutions that the company employs especially with advanced technologies is custom made to; highlight key factors that allow for enhanced connectivity. They are also comprehensive solutions and highly innovative. Therefore, it allows clients to experience the best sides of Comverse solutions. Experts will always help you to choose an ideal application for different products and in the end; you will achieve a cutting edge position against relevant competitors. All solutions provided by the company are also specifically engineered to offer practical results in your business. For instance, it provides an enriching connection between social media and CSPs.

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