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Weekend Confirmed Episode 42
by Garnett Lee, Jan 07, 2011 12:00pm PSTEveryone is excited to get back in the studio for this first show of 2011. Though new releases cooled over the holidays, Garnett, Brian, and Jeff have plenty of stories for Whatcha Been Playin? Catch up time includes classics like Uncharted 2 and more recent titles such as Vanquish and Bad Company 2 "Vietnam". Jeff got in some time with a new game too; he has mixed feelings about Lost in Shadow, though. Your responses to how much a review score determines whether a game is worth playing get the conversation started in the Warning. There's even a little homework for next week too on a couple of subjects we'd like to get your thoughts on. And in the news, we've got a look at the video game stories coming out of CES from Microsoft's press conference to handheld gaming PC concept by Razer, indie games nominated for IGF awards, and more.
Weekend Confirmed Ep. 42 - 01/07/2011
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Weekend Confirmed comes in four segments to make it easy to listen to in segments or all at once. Here's the timing for this week's episode:
Whatcha' Been Playin?: Start: 00:00:00 End: 00:28:56
Whatcha' Been Playin? and Cannata-ford: 00:30:00 End: 01:03:52
The Warning: 01:04:40 End: 01:37:52
Featured Music "Baba Yetu" by Christopher Tin: 01:37:52 End: 01:41:22
The Front Page: Start: 01:41:22 End: 02:08:20
Tailgate Playoffs Wild Card Special: Start: 02:09:21 End: 02:19:07
The Featured Music segment presents the Grammy nominated track "Baba Yetu" by Christopher Tin. This theme song for Civilization IV has become something of a hit in the video game community. After the game came out in 2005, Tin re-recorded the song as the first track of his debut album Calling All Dawns, which came out last year. This new recording is recorded by the Soweto Gospel Choir and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Tin went to London's famous Abbey Road Studios to record the orchestra, and then down to Johannesburg, South Africa to record the choir; and, it was mixed at Eargasm Studios. It has won awards in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition, International Songwriting Competition, USA Songwriting Competition, and now it's gunning for the biggest award of all... the Grammy.
Billboard picked "Baba Yetu" as one of their nominations to watch. It's up for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists and Tin's Calling All Dawns is up for Best Classical Crossover Album.
Original music in the show by Del Rio. Get his latest single, Small Town Hero on iTunes. Check out more, including the Super Mega Worm mix and other mash-ups on his ReverbNation page or Facebook page.
Jeff can also be seen on The Totally Rad Show. They've gone daily so there's a new segment to watch every day of the week!
Our Official Facebook Weekend Confirmed Page is coming along now so add us to your Facebook routine. We'll be keeping you up with the latest on the show there as well.
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If you don't know the details, hackers basically figured out the code Sony uses to sign PS3 software as "official," and with it can now trick the PS3 into thinking homebrew apps or even pirated games are official. Theoretically it could reach a point where you won't need custom firmware or a modded console to run this stuff. Sony might not even be able to fix this with a firmware update since updating the keys would invalidate all current PS3 software. The worst possible case scenario would be Dreamcast levels of piracy.
On the flipside, people are already talking about other kinds of homebrew apps for the PS3. All-in-all, the following might eventually become possible:
MKV support
Ability to install any homebrew (signed or not)
Ability to run backups... install manager of our choice.
Ability to run Linux.
Region free blu ray
Emulators (Dreamcast, PS1, N64, and more)
XBMC
Direct rom launcher on XMB
Allow 3rd party USB controllers/drivers (360 controller support?)
Allow 3rd party bluetooth (Wii controller, sends files from other blutooth devices)
Remap button controls
Better and faster web browser
Custom soundtrack support for all games
Easy to navigate YouTube and Hulu apps
Radio support
Homebrew games (imagine the Move and PSEye homebrew games)
NTFS hardrive support
Unlock saves
PDF, txt, comic reader
New features for in game XMB if there is enough RAM (in game FAQ - open txt file)
The PS3 might really do Everything one day.
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If they do it to you for running Linux or homebrew, yes it's too far.
But if they can tell that you are running unauthorized versions of their licensed software (ie, any PS3 game), then that action is against the EULA that the console and the games fall under. So technically, they may be within their rights to stop you.
Not sure though. I'm not a lawyer.
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