Zath! Archive for July, 2008
LG Secret KF750 Review
July 23, 2008
I’m going to let you in on a Secret, an LG Secret to be precise! - “Style that lasts”
The LG Secret designed to look great, including mobile phone features you’ve come to expect these days, but also some innovative new ones that makes this handset really stand out, much like the LG Viewty did around six months ago, this is the LG Secret (KF750), the latest in LG’s Black Label Series of mobile phones.
Continue reading »‘Wall-E’ Review
July 22, 2008
Wall-E (U)
Director: Andrew Stanton
Cast: Ben Burtt, Sigourney Weaver, Jeff Garlin, Kathy Najimy
Running Time: 103 minutes
How do Pixar do it? They just keep raising that bar higher and higher. It’s hard to say this is the best Pixar film to date as that’s like asking which one is your favourite child?
I thought that Wall.E was going to be an amazing film, but never this good.
It’s been 700 years since humans left the inhabitable earth on a giant spaceship called the Axiom, where every human now lives and does nothing…..literally.
For the first 40 minutes or so of the film, there are no dialogue parts, apart from the odd robot sounds, but this really adds to the cuteness and love-ability of Wall.E. He has a pet cockroach that goes everywhere with him during his day of tidying the mess left on earth by humans, and stacks it into skyscraper sized piles.
Continue reading »USB VHS Converter
July 21, 2008
Do you need convert VHS onto your computer or DVD? Well you can now get a USB VHS Converter, so that makes me ask the question - “Do you even remember VHS?” - Personally I remember sneakily taping a certain leg crossing/uncrossing scene and trying late at night to repeatedly rewind and play it without my parents hearing.
If your answer to the question was NO, then this is grown up talk, go do your homework! If your answer was YES, then you’ll know that my parents (and probably the next door neighbour) heard the horrendous stop, start and rewind whir that all video machines made. The switched on couple that my parents are, knew exactly what I was doing - I feel a little sick! Well that’s enough of me sharing, down to business!
Continue reading »E3 Matters (Family Gamer)
July 21, 2008
Zath: “The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) was one of those annual events that as a gamer I always wanted to attend - it was basically the largest conference of the gaming industry with hundreds of stands at the LA conference centre, if you liked games then this was the place to be. However, last year saw the whole event scaled back and moved to several smaller venues as it was starting to cost the industry exhibitors huge amounts of money which it couldn’t justify.
I can understand why it’s had to happen, but in a way it’s a still a shame that E3 as an event on that scale no longer happens, I kind of liked the idea that the gaming industry could command such an event….well perhaps in actual fact it couldn’t!
So with a smaller E3 venue and the number of visitors having been scaled back, has E3 lost some of it’s shine? Are the big companies still using this event to make their big announcements of what we can expect in the coming year? - It would seem there’s still plenty going on though as the Family Gamer, Paul Govan now explains in his syndicated article below…”
Continue reading »New PS3 80GB
July 20, 2008
Sony are set to release a new model of the Playstation 3. Instead of the cheap Playstation 3 40GB model now available, there will now be an 80GB model which will sell at the same price of £299.99.
Apparently the memory card slots and PS2 emulation will not be making a return on this new model, which is a shame. But I would have thought that this model will feature the new Dualshock Sixaxis controller that was released only a few weeks ago.
Continue reading »Download Speed Test
July 20, 2008
Do you need to use a free download speed test? Well if you’re not sure quite what broadband speed you are getting for your money – I mean you may be paying for “up to 8mb speeds” as the ISPs like to sell you in the adverts, but unless you’re sat right next to the exchange, you’re probably getting less than that, in some cases, a lot less which means a much slower speed, so let’s test it out now!
This free download speed test will tell you in a matter of seconds what your download and upload speeds currently are, so you know exactly what you’re paying for!
Continue reading »LG Style Icon - Will It Be You?
July 19, 2008
LG are currently in the process of running roadshow events around the country where they are holding open castings for the chance to be the next LG Style Icon and star in a future campaign for LG!
If you win one of the regional events, you will then be one of ten finalists who will be taken to London and experience what it is like to be a campaign model!
So if you’ve ever wanted to become a model and live the high-life, now is you chance and they are even travelling around the country to be near you in this process!
Continue reading »Resistance: Fall of Man (PS3 Platinum)
July 18, 2008
Normally launch titles are the biggest waste of space and end up being a waste of money. The storylines are weak, the graphics are average and they’re just downright crap.
This is completely the opposite for Resistance: Fall of Man!
Resistance is due to be re-released as one of the forthcoming Platinum titles on the PS3 for the normal Platinum bargain price of £20 in stores or you can buy it for just £14.98 online!
Without warning, the Chimera attacked from the east, and in just two months, Europe fell.
And as the Chimera hunted down the remaining survivors, the last resistance fighters rose up from the ruins of Great Britain…
Never underestimate humanity’s will to survive.”
PS3 Platinum Games Cometh!
July 18, 2008
Sony have announced that the ever popular platinum games series are on there way to PS3. This means that it’s now your chance to own some quality Playstation 3 games at cheap bargain prices!
The titles that are being lined up to be Platinum games are:
- Resistance: Fall of Man - Buy for £14.98
- Motorstorm - Buy for £16.99
- Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune - Buy for £17.98
- Heavenly Sword - Buy for £14.98
- Ratchet and Clank: Tool of Destruction - Buy for £14.98
Gadgetshop Summer Sale - Up to 75% Off
July 17, 2008
I’ve just seen that there’s currently a summer sale going on over at Gadgetshop, who was one of pioneers of gadgets shop around 10 years ago - I remember buying lots of “Hi-Tech Gadgets” back around 2000 - I particularly remember getting a Plasma Ball for my desk and missing out on one of the original large size ITV Digital monkehs!
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