Posts Tagged ‘playstation’


Replace your TV with your 27″ iMac screen!

By Ollie Norman [OJNO] on August 29th, 2010

xbox-360-on-iMacDo you want to plug Xbox 360 (or any other device with an HDMI output) into your glorious 27” iMac screen? Well good news folks, you can do just that with the new Kanex HDMI to Mini Displayport adapter! It’s sexy (as a box goes), with a brushed aluminum shell to fit in with your awesome looking iMac.

The bad news is the price, which is approximately  £125.99/$108.45 (yes yes, our “friends” over the pond get it cheaper). This sounds a lot (which it is!), but it is an active converter (the Displayport doesn’t accept a HDMI or VGA signal so it has to do a whole load of fancy jiggerypokery), so your normal external monitor cable can’t do the job.

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Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Review

By Rob Golding [AttackMonkey250] on February 12th, 2010

Operation Flashpoint 2

New signing Rob starts off with a review of Operation Flashpoint : Dragon Rising. Please be nice to him, he’s only little!

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Operation flashpoint: Dragon Rising is a somewhat unique game in that although other titles have claimed to push the boundaries of warfare realism, OF actually does. Forget glitzy Hollywood visuals and set pieces, lightning quick weapon changes and the somewhat ridiculous ability to “throw back” grenades, OF drops you head first into what US marines would call “the suck” and expects you to scramble over its steep learning curve like a road runner with a coyote up its arse.

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