The Musings of Dale Dietrich
GTA IV Diary: Entry #1, Entry #2, Entry #3, Entry #4 I’ve finished day 4 of my Grand Theft Auto IV adventure. I spent most of my game play achievement hunting so I’m only 25.06% of the way done – and still not off the first two islands. I suspect I’m very close. Achievements Day …
GTA IV Diary: Entry #1, Entry #2, Entry #3, Entry #4 It’s day 3 of my Grand Theft Auto IV adventure. Given the sheer size of this game and the fact that I may not be finished for a week or two,Chad Sapieha’s daily GTA IV Diary inspired me to write diary posts as I …
I recently listened to the March 31, 2008 EGM Live Podcast (download) where Garnett Lee interviewed Aaron Greenberg, Microsoft’s Director of Product Management for the Xbox 360 and Xbox Live. Among other topics, Aaron had the unenviable job of defending the concept of Microsoft Points (time index 17:40). [Update: June 1, 2009: Today Microsoft announced …
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(4/5) – shooter Reviews: Metacritic 86%| Game Rankings 87% Reference: Trophies – none| Walkthrus: WikiCheats | GameFAQ | IGN Developer: Insomniac Games Engine: Insomniac Engine Note: The pros and cons portion of this post was written in April 2008. I am posting this entry on November 4, 2008 – the day I purchased Resistance …
Grrr….. Why does Sony make simple things so complicated? I’ll start with the answer to the titular question. After firing up the PS3 with your new Dual Shock 3 (DS3) controller: start Resistance Fall of Man (RFoM) choose “Multiplayer” choose “online game” – the following notice will appear: “An update to Resistance: Fall of Man …
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(2.5/5) The new PS3 Playstation store is a much needed improvement over the older store. The Old Playstation Store: The old store (pictured to the left) booted slowly, was unresponsive, had tiny print and was almost unusable. It relied on a ‘mouse’ like interface with a pointer that needed to be moved around the screen …
(4.5/5) – shooter Reviews: Metacritic 94%| Game Rankings 94% Reference: Developer: Infinity Ward Engine: Infinity Ward proprietary [Note: This mini-review predates the founding of the Daleisphere. It was culled from an email I wrote to friends about the game in early December 2007.] Wow, did Infinity Ward EVER out-do themselves here. This is the …
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(5/5) – action – adventure Reviews: Metacritic 88%| Game Rankings 89.69% Reference: Developer: Naughty Dog Engine: Naughty Dog proprietary [Note: This mini-review predates the founding of the Daleisphere. It was culled from an email I wrote to friends about the game in early December 2007.] Just finished the PS3 exclusive ‘Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune’. Prior …
