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  • October 3, 2008 @ 3:22 pm

    Note Post #2

    More random spewings from things I found out this week!

    • For anyone in the UK looking for a cheap Nintendo Wii or Xbox 360 console, check out Sainsburys supermarket.  From 3rd October to 12th October, the Wii is to be priced at £149.97, the Xbox 360 Arcade will be £99.97, and Xbox 360 Premium (60gb) will be £139.97!  For the 360 consoles, thats a freakin’ bargain! [Source]
    • iPhone games Space Monkey and Amnesia are free for a limited time.  Grab them now while you can (well, if you have an iPhone that is)!
    • I pre-ordered Fallout 3: Collector’s Edition this week for the Xbox 360.  God damn that lunch box and the items contained within it look good.  I’ve never played any of the Fallout franchise before, but having loved Morrowind and Oblivion, I couldn’t miss out on this since Bethesda are the developers.  Hoping for great things!  Hoping to pre-order Little Big Planet (PS3) very soon as well.
    • My USB ports on my desktop machine (Windows Vista, Asus M2N motherboard with Nforce 570 chipset) are corrupting data I transfer through them (writing to a disk in particular).  The files appear to copy fine, but any larger files then give corruption errors when accessed later from any machine.  Anyone got any saving ideas?
    • I’m really enjoying Wipeout HD on the PS3 right now.  I’ve enjoyed previous Wipeout games, but never got engaged with them to the extent that I am with this one.  Pity I suck at it though.
    • The final achievement on the Xbox 360 port of Galaga is killing me (achieve a perfect bonus round).  Its actually driving me insane.

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