Tag Archive for 'Xbox Live'

Man Make, Man Can Break

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on 22/5/2006
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Back in those days, the PlayStation 2 was, and still is, a notoriously secure console, while the Xbox, with its PC-based architecture, was easy to crack.

I’ve been following news of this for a couple of months now, so I wasn’t all that surprised when the people of the scene announced that an Xbox 360 crack is now in the wild.

We don’t condone piracy, so let’s just say that unless you’re willing to relinquish use of Xbox Live, which many Xbox 360 games depend on, performing any form of hanky-panky on your console isn’t a good idea.

Still, this is big news. Big enough for Microsoft to respond. And there you have it.

Watch out for something on ways to cut costs while staying clean. I’m sure a couple of you are lost on that issue.

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More And More For Oblivion

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on 5/4/2006
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Alright, so I’m a little late in the fad. I’ve only gotten The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion today, and short of looking at the introduction, haven’t touched the game at all.

Yesterday I was asked whether I knew what Oblivion was about, and short of playing through The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, I didn’t. It’s been ages since Morrowind, and that game wasn’t even great in my opinion.

But there has to be something about all the hype. The vast, sprawling worlds maybe, or the endless customization of the character. Or some elaborate storyline that I have yet to know.

Whether I want to fork out an additional 200 Microsoft Points, which works out to err… $4.40 in Singapore dollars, for horse armour (which should be in the game, and not something we pay for) is another thing altogether.

Here’s something for Oblivion lovers out there - an equipment database. But you should already know of something like this if you’ve been playing it all this while.

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Losing And Finding The Passion

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on 26/7/2004
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I had not touched games for a long time. Since my studies started anyway.

And then today I tried Magic The Gathering Battlegrounds. It doesn’t amaze me the way other games do, but its linear structure just kept me going and going. I’ve played the original Magic The Gathering card game before, so having something that was familiar yet not completely the same was refreshing.

Although I wonder where I’ll be once I finish the quests for this game. I have not and have no intention of subscribing to Xbox Live. Either I stop gaming once more or I move on to another game.

I suppose time will tell…

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It’s A Small World

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on 3/5/2004
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I went to the Xbox Live Launch last Friday not to check out Xbox Live, but to meet with friends. Free cotton candy and beer was a bonus, definitely.

Anyway, kudos to Microsoft for trying to make gaming appeal to the general public. DJs for emcees, entertainment for the “in” crowd and entrance queues to rival that of clubs during peak periods. Not to forget another two queues, one to purchase the Xbox Live kit and another to redeem the free memory card that comes with it. Ah well, this is Singapore anyway, land of the queues. There was also a rather impressive show of pyrotechnics, which made the entire place seem on fire for a bit.

But that’s not what the main focus of this post is. It’s rather strange, yet somewhat common to meet fellow Singaporeans in an online game. What’s even startling is how you can play with a fellow Singaporean for ages and only know that he also hails from Singapore when you examine him and see a Singapore linkshell (Final Fantasy XI term for IRC chatroom) or when the entire party reveals their places of origin. Of course, when us pioneers pretty much arranged for most Singaporeans to congregate on either the Ragnarok or Seraph server, I guess it would be rather common. If either Snag or Squishy from Seraph are reading this, Kurashiire said hi.

But when you play a game with a rather small international community such as Chron X, you tend to not expect to meet Singaporeans much if at all. After all, such games have very limited appeal. But in my 6 years of playing (wow, that’s an awfully long time, isn’t it?), I’ve met um… two Singaporeans. Yeah, two. I wonder if those people will read this very post.

Keep a look out for Singaporeans in any online game you play. Organize communities and maybe even meet up once in a while in real life. Who knows what the outcome of such an outing would be?

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