September 9th, 2005 — News
Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 is now available for download. This is the first Beta release of our next generation Firefox browser, to be released later this year, and it is being made available to our developer and testing community for compatibility testing and to solicit feedback.
Now get back to work. 
*edit* fixed broken link *edit*
September 7th, 2005 — Gaming
While taking a break from job hunting I was checking out Insert Credit ( http://www.insertcredit.com/ ) and I came across news of a new ‘Fist of the North Star’ arcade game. ‘Hokuto No Ken’ is without a doubt one of my favorite series ever! It’s too bad we won’t see this one emulated for quite a while. I might have to go pick up a Atomiswave board for a low sum of $395 over at CoinOpExpress ( http://www.coinopexpress.com/ ). Of course the game cart is probably going to be another $500 or so…
There is already a website up over at Sega for the game ( http://hokuto-no-ken.sega.jp/ ) and it seems the game will be out ‘this winter’. It’s a pity the game probably won’t make it into any arcades near me. I’d really like to play it.
Check out all of the preview screens over at Gpara ( http://www.gpara.com/comingsoon/hokuto/index.htm )
September 7th, 2005 — Site News
Joystiq ( http://www.joystiq.com/ )
With the aim of recreating the game (including all the guns and maps) a team of 36 dedicated fans of the original Goldeneye title are slaving away with tools from Valve’s Source engine.
I hope they follow through and complete this project it would be awesome! Check out the site for more
( http://www.goldeneyesource.com/ ).
September 6th, 2005 — Gaming
Ever since I read a preview for the new ‘Hulk’ game I’ve been waiting to get my hands on it. And since it’s finally out and I’ve got a few moments of game time - let’s see what it’s like.
I guess I can start by saying that I’ve played pretty much nonstop for the pass couple of hours and damn was it fun. Those crazy Canucks up at Radical ( http://www.radical.ca/ ) did a great job with this title. It gave me great amounts of pleasure running around beating up on almost everything in sight. The story so far seems nice and tight (since it’s penned by comic regulars then it better be I suppose) and is nicely paced since you can opt to do side ‘missions’ in between going through the chapters. I say side ‘missions’ since it seems that most of the extras are crazy little tasks like ‘Hit the grunt as far as you can with an iron pole’ or ‘Run from point A to point B following these marker things’. The controls are smooth as hell also - I haven’t noticed any awkward moments which can kill the play experience.
I’ve finished a nice chuck of the game so far… And I can’t wait to finish the rest… I does kind of bug me though that every time you finish a chapter instead of getting a cut scene in most cases you get a small chunk of text with a piece of the story. Anyway, if you haven’t had a chance you better at least rent this game you won’t regret it!
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In other news it looks like the long awaited PSP downgrader may be hitting the interweb soon. Maybe. If it’s even real. Honestly, I don’t care I’ve got my PSP at 1.50 for now and that’s where it is staying. One thing that I have noticed while trying to follow all the PSP ‘news’ is that most of the people in this small community are a bunch of jerks. It’s all name calling and ’screaming’ all the time. Heh. All the more reason to check Maxconsole ( http://www.maxconsole.com ) instead of PSPUpdates…
