Morning Discussion

by Alice O'Connor, Jan 04, 2011 5:00am PST

Oh, hello there. I didn't hear you knock, Internet. Sit, sit. I've been on holiday since Crimble, getting high on life and a mysterious elixir I found in a bucket round the back of Tesco in Tooting. Tingly! Now, it's back down the video games mine to pry gleaming chunks of glee from the gameface for your delight, education and amusement.

Is geek culture mainstream and what does that mean for geeks? A chap by the name of Patton Oswalt has written for Wired that geek culture must be destroyed to save it. I might suggest that what he seeks still exists, unknown to him, and would argue that geek culture must be destroyed to save us all but I'm like that. Still, I found it an interesting read, especially as I had only known Oswalt for 'King of Queens.'

I'm home, you wonderful little darlings.

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http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/01/playstation-3-exploit

Is the ps3 going to become the new original xbox? I remember how awesome xbmc was for the xbox. We can only hope. I have 0 interest in buying online games on the ps3 but if I can hack it and make into into a mc I'm down

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http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/01/playstation-3-exploit Is the ps3 going to become the new origina... : boomstickah
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  I don't play my PS3 much, but I still think it's the sexiest of the consoles. I would love to use it more... : MagicWishMonkey
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    It is an amazing media box. Blu Ray, Netflix, Hulu+, the only thing it is really missing is playing back ... : Serpico74
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      I wish it or the 360 would support Amazon VOD. :/ : ThomW
      
      http://www.playon.tv/content-channels?loc=pl1 : Slowtreme
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      I still use my 360 for Netflix, out of habit. I need to update my PS3 and check out 1080p streaming, it would certainly make a lot more sense than lugging the wireless adapter and HD around from one room to another.
      
      Can the PS3 stream from all the same media center software apps as the 360?
      
      Jan 04, 2011 1:11pm PST
      
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      I still use my 360 for Netflix, out of habit. I need to update my PS3 and check out 1080p streaming, it w... : MagicWishMonkey
      
      I use ps3 media server to both my ps3 upstairs and my xbox downstairs. : legsbrogan
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      360 Netflix is HD but PS3 Netflix is not, correct? : Gorkgork
      
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      Nope. PS3 netflix is the first to get 5.1 surround and 1080p video for some content. : Prozium
      
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      No kidding. I have 5:1 speakers. Is there a link to the content? : Gorkgork
      
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      Nope. Netflix isn't listing 5.1 capable content separately. Check engadget for a review. I think they lis... : Prozium
      
      Considering all my online gaming is on Steam, this is now the perfect reason to cancel my XBL account. : Gorkgork
      
      They switched off disc based a couple months ago. : TShandy
    - For this reason I cannot see the point for getting a replacement like XBMC on it. It already does all tha... : LoioshDwaggie
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    I've always used my PS3 more than my 360 : uglysad
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      The controller kind of sucks IMO (personal preference) : MagicWishMonkey
      
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      That's actually why I use it more. I prefer the PS3 controller because I've been playing on the same basi... : uglysad
      
      I always buy PC game pads that are roughly PS-pad shaped. I don't like the 360 pad. I actually preferred ... : Mr. Goodwrench
  - I use my PS3 all the time as DLNA client not so much for games though. : giant boy detective
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  The media center stuff is going to be insane. The rate these guys are going (cfw is already packed) its g... : pancake humper
  - There is almost no reason for a custom firmware though. The keys are public to sign whatever to just lau... : jaxpunk
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  Might be time to buy a PS3! : YerMothah
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    The moment they have a working XBMC port I'm enroute. : tboomer2
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      As am I :( : spazzium
      
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      what makes XBMC better than the built-in functionality of the PS3? : RikiTiki2
      
      It supports every media and it has a nice interface. It also scrapes all the info for your movies, tv sho... : razlebol
      
      Codec support and customizability. : BouillonCubes
- I still have my original xbox, running xbmc. So damned good. : seven
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  I like how they say that they did this in response to Sony removing the OtherOS option. lol : pyide
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    fail overflow is antipiracy, so i don't see what the lol about it is : harold.johnson
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      That Sony removed it in the first place. It wasn't hurting anything or anyone but they removed a feature ... : pyide
      
      Ah, okay. I made an asumption, my apologies! : harold.johnson
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  PS3 Media server is awesome already, free and just works, what am I missing here? was XMBC that much bett... : oldschoolbob-o
  - no transcoding : pancake humper
  - Yes. It natively played content without the need for transcoding. Also had numerous options to tweak vide... : Prozium
  - ps3 media center is ok, but transcoding always sucks. My ps3 is connected through wifi and has trouble tr... : klearlyunseen
  - PS3 MS is mediocre at best. The requirement of a beefy PC to transcode many of the formats brings it dow... : Halen
  - Transcoding stinks :( : BouillonCubes
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  No. This stuff is mostly for piracy as far as I'm concerned. The 360 has been rooted too (it has been for... : jingletard
  - The big deal here is that since the private key has been exposed, you can mod and re-sign original conten... : rmjackson
  - Connect to Live with any jtagged 360 and it will not be running homebrew again. The XBox 360 private key ... : Endymion_
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  does this mean I can run anything without installing a mod or doing some twilight princess buffer overflo... : Chandler55
  - yes : pancake humper
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  How about just building a HTPC... It will cost you a little more but you will be able to do a lot more on... : razlebol
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  It will be awesome when someone hacks in backwards compatibility. : harvord
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  if you hack it to turn it into a media centre, will you still be able to connect to PSN to update the blu... : dantastic
  - the PS3 already does a lot of media center stuff anyway : RikiTiki2
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  I have no desire to pirate PS3 games...but man would I love it if someone built a good emulator to run ol... : Vincent Grayson
  - The thought of building an HTPC for MAME games has certainly occurred to me. I wonder if a guy could make... : Entity
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    NES: https://code.google.com/p/fceu-ps3/ SNES: https://code.google.com/p/snes9x-ps3/ SDLMAME (possibly ... : roushimsx
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      Oh neat, they actually improved the core in Genesis Plus and made it more compatible/better. Big up to th... : roushimsx
      
      duurrr, i'm retarded. The PS3 port of it is on a page I don't totally feel warm and fuzzy linking. But he... : roushimsx
- when there's a XBMC for it, I'll get one for sure : umegastar

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