<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[PS3 and PSP blog by unerd]]></title><description><![CDATA[Articles]]></description><link>http://ps3.unerd.co.uk/</link><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright PS3 and PSP blog by unerd]]></copyright><generator>sNews CMS</generator><item><title><![CDATA[1080p VS Regular AV]]></title><description><![CDATA[  
  
  
Oct 21
  
  
Posted by unerd (PS3 blog)
      
I've been pretty engrossed since the release of Pro Evo 2009 (and thanks to the folks at shopto.net I recieved it two days before release, hoorah). In playing as much as possible I've often had to take to the bedroom TV recieving my PS3 picture through regular AV cables.
  
The question I'm mulling over is 'Do games play differently through a different video source?'. It certainly shouldnt be the case, but having found gta IV handling slightly differently through AV than HDMI I do solemly declare that PES 2009 handles completely differently. In fact, I can barely win a game playing in non-hdmi, the game just feels completely different.   
  
Combining the AV picture with a few online games and it causes a stress fueled ride to SEVERAL SEVERAL losses. It's weird, i'm still playing on a 32" HD ready tv but the game feels enclosed, with the players quicker, combine this with some chump playing as brazil with a poor internet connection and you're on the right road to a heart attack!
  
  
With GTA IV i've had to learn two sets of skills, one set the debonair (that could be a completely wrong spelling!) artistic, confident and refined skills of gaming in 1080p, the next a streetfighting hustler bustling to get from level to level, game to game just to get that PS3 hit.
  
  
Try it for yourself, but be warned, 1080p is the future and returning to component input may causes heartache and sadness.
  
  
unerd. out
  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:04:19 +0000</pubDate><link>http://ps3.unerd.co.uk/ps3/1080p-vs-regular-av/</link><guid>http://ps3.unerd.co.uk/ps3/1080p-vs-regular-av/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will I survive for the horror?]]></title><description><![CDATA[  
  
  
Oct 11
  
  
Posted by unerd (PS3 blog)
      
With Resident Evil 5 the best part of 6 months away, I'm itching for a survival horror fix! I have a mission or two left on GTA IV, a handful of days untill Pro Evo 2009, but what I need to get me through is a good dose of horror!
  
  
I've ploughed through Silent Hill Origins on the PSP an re-played Resident Evil 3 on via remote play, but I need something new! I've pre-ordered Silent Hill 5, but with this a month away and with luke warm reactions following it I'm starting to wonder if another plough through the streets of Silent Hill are what I'm after?
  
  
Don't get me wrong, I've always been a huge fan of the series, yet i've passed on 3 and 4 in the series as I just didnt have that 'feel' for them, and I think that feeling might be present for 5. BUT with Resi (I hate that term) along way of what else can I play to help me 'survive'?
  
  
As I write i'm actually watching the 'Alone in the Dark' movie 'on't tele', it's about twenty minutes in and wreaks of rubbishness but I am still watching! Sadly it's giving me no desire to purchase the heavily delayed PS3 game.
  
So, unless anyone has any better ideasi'll be surviving horrorless untill i either accept my Silent Hill preorder or until Resi (REALLY hate that term) appears
  
  
Boo hoo. unerd. out.
  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:23:25 +0000</pubDate><link>http://ps3.unerd.co.uk/ps3/will-i-survive-for-the-horror/</link><guid>http://ps3.unerd.co.uk/ps3/will-i-survive-for-the-horror/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elefunk]]></title><description><![CDATA[  
  
  
Oct 6
  
  
Posted by Woodentop (PS3 Blog)
      
  
  
  
  
What the funk is elefunk? I hear you shouting. Well it is a little gem of a puzzle game that is currently on the PSN network for download. There is a demo that is well worth getting. The demo requires you to build a bridge across a canyon to allow two elephants to walk across to meet eachother, sounds easy but it does get you thinking.  
  
  
  
  The story of the game is very weak and i ended up skipping as many of the cut scenes as i could, but where the game comes into its own is the clever puzzles and nice graphics to allow you to create custom structures.  
    
Below is the PSN trailer for the game. It is £4.99 and it has given me a few hours of head scratching and i no doubt there will be many more to come.  
  
Woodentop.
  
                  
  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:13:32 +0000</pubDate><link>http://ps3.unerd.co.uk/ps3/elefunk/</link><guid>http://ps3.unerd.co.uk/ps3/elefunk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pro Evo 2009 - Discussed!]]></title><description><![CDATA[  
  
  
Oct 3
  
  
Posted by unerd (PS3 blog)
      
  
PES 2009 demo is here! And whilst this wasnt meant to be a blog, i thought that mine and woodentops chit chat on the demo was of mild interest! Got thoughts? Post 'em!
  
      Woodentop_182 says:      
how many games did you play on PES?
      unerd says:      
about 3 and a half hours worth 
      Woodentop_182 says:      
lol
      Woodentop_182 says:      
you like it then?
      unerd says:      
yup! it is goood! did you play it much?
      Woodentop_182 says:      
played about 5 games
      Woodentop_182 says:      
found Barcelona were awesome
      unerd says:      
yeah messi is unbelievably quick!
      unerd says:      
crosses are awesome on the game, i am the corner king!
      Woodentop_182 says:      
dont like the changes they have made to sliding challenges
      unerd says:      
i got used to them pretty quickly, i like it, you can hook the ball away from running side by side now
      unerd says:      
i dived and got a free kick, henry dived against me in the box and got booked!
      Woodentop_182 says:      
lol cool
      Woodentop_182 says:      
i scored a wonder goal with Rooney 
      Woodentop_182 says:      
did you score many?
      unerd says:      
out side of the box? i started playing on normal tv (in bed) and scored 7 in my first 4, then went down in 1080p and took a few games to score but then scored 1 or 2 a game
      Woodentop_182 says:      
yeah well right on the corner of the box 
      Woodentop_182 says:      
7 goals!
      unerd says:      
the difference between the using hdmi and just av is amazing!
      Woodentop_182 says:      
what level did you play it on?
      unerd says:      
just normal, didnt change it
      Woodentop_182 says:      
yeah the plays do look much better now
      Woodentop_182 says:      
colours are good
      Woodentop_182 says:      
players
      unerd says:      
i found i had so much control over the ball, changing players etc
      unerd says:      
didnt like the lsck of r3 skill though, it just hits the ball 
      Woodentop_182 says:      
yeah they changed the stick you have to use
      Woodentop_182 says:      
if you hold r2 and use the left stick it does skill
      unerd says:      
ah!
      unerd says:      
love crosses on the game, and the chip through ball is good. calling the keeper out is a risk though!
      Woodentop_182 says:      
long passes are good as well
      unerd says:      
so is heading back to your own keeper!
      unerd says:      
also like the way the goal doesnt have a magnet in!
      Woodentop_182 says:      
but i think playing with a rubbish team will be even harder against the speed of the big teams
      unerd says:      
yeah it may, but i hope the rubbish teams wont be slow, just poorer passing etc
      unerd says:      
cant wait for the real thing!
      Woodentop_182 says:      
yeah should be good
      Woodentop_182 says:      
might have a quick go in a min 
      unerd says:      
you at home?!
      Woodentop_182 says:      
ye
      unerd says:      
damn you!
      unerd says:      
get the ball out wide and sticl crosses in!
      Woodentop_182 says:      
yeah will try that 
      Woodentop_182 says:      
think passing is better on this one as well
      unerd says:      
deffinitely, you can leave the ball for other players too!
      unerd says:      
my favourite (not best!) goal yesterday was from a throw in, the guy who recieved the ball turned, hit the ball one way round a player and ran the other then put in a great cross which was hammered home, so satisfying!
      Woodentop_182 says:      
haha that sounded wicked
      unerd says:      
i watched it for ages!
      Woodentop_182 says:      
that online legends thing looks quite cool as well
      unerd says:      
missed a few open goals though, rebounds that i dived for headfirst, they always used to go in
      unerd says:      
yeah that does look good!
      unerd says:      
i quit out the game after each game
      Woodentop_182 says:      
i had loads of shots hit the post
      Woodentop_182 says:      
so did the CPU
      unerd says:      
yeah, the sound for that is great!
      unerd says:      
i scored a beauty header of the underside of the bar that bounced just over the line and in the roof of the net 
      unerd says:      
and no slow down!
      Woodentop_182 says:      
lol cool
      Woodentop_182 says:      
yeah i havent had any slow down
      Woodentop_182 says:      
takes a while to load
      Woodentop_182 says:      
music is growing on me as well
      unerd says:      
the menus have been slated but i like it,
      Woodentop_182 says:      
all in alll its great and i cant wait to get it
      Woodentop_182 says:      
i like the menus
      unerd says:      
i really cant wait, it felt so different at first, but am so glad ive sold pes 08
      Woodentop_182 says:      
yeah you can tell they have changed a lot of things
      Woodentop_182 says:      
but it still plays very much like the PES style
      Woodentop_182 says:      
quick and fun!
      unerd says:      
really want to play multiplayer!
      unerd says:      
the keepers seem good too!
      Woodentop_182 says:      
ive been playing it on 5 star 
      unerd says:      

      Woodentop_182 says:      
its easy
      Woodentop_182 says:      

      unerd says:      
sounds hard!
      Woodentop_182 says:      
it is hard to score but now i have got used to some of the changes it is getting easier
      Woodentop_182 says:      
through ball doesnt seem to be as good anymore
      unerd says:      
the ball?!
      Woodentop_182 says:      
no the through ball
      Woodentop_182 says:      
might be stupid but i am sure thats how you spell it 
      unerd says:      
whoops miss read it as 'though the' for some reason!
      Woodentop_182 says:      
thought i was going mad
      unerd says:      
i like the through ball, you can place where you want it too, playing into the channels is really effective
      Woodentop_182 says:      
all this talk of PES makes me want to play it
      Woodentop_182 says:      
 but i have so much work to do
      unerd says:      
plus you can use it for 3 yard passes, and the chipped through ball is awesome, my second goal was a chipped through ball down the middle, Luca toni controlled it on the inside of his thigh and lashed it home from 20 yards, i nearly cried
      unerd says:      
you should play, at least you can"1
      unerd says:      
a lot of out of date transfers though, im sure they'll be updated though
      Woodentop_182 says:      
dunno about that
      unerd says:      
think this is an old demo, those transfers happened over 5 weeks ago!
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:03:20 +0000</pubDate><link>http://ps3.unerd.co.uk/ps3/pro-evo-2009-discussed/</link><guid>http://ps3.unerd.co.uk/ps3/pro-evo-2009-discussed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GTA IV - Thats my Shyat!]]></title><description><![CDATA[  
  
  
Oct 1
  
  
Posted by unerd (PS3 blog)
      
  Ok, Ok so September wasn't the best blogging month there's ever been. But today is a new month, October (and that means Pro Evo is just around the corner! YES!)
  
  
So where do I begin? Well, why not crack on with my GTA IV adventures? After a couple of months of Zero GTA IV activity I am back in and nearing the end of the standard missions! I've cut out all side-story crap for now whilst I bowl through the tasks and I'm loving every second!
  
  
But, whilst I know the end is nigh, I'm also a little bit excited. I've always stated how I rarely buy games unless i can take them online, well, strangely I have never taken GTA IV 'to the people'!
  
  
GTA IV has been pretty consuming and i've also been pretty lucky to pick up a few bits of 'promo' memorabilia which will be taking pride of place in 'Shedcade' (seriously, more on shedcade will come here....eventually).
  
Peace up. unerd. out]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:41:12 +0000</pubDate><link>http://ps3.unerd.co.uk/ps3/gta-iv-thats-my-shyat/</link><guid>http://ps3.unerd.co.uk/ps3/gta-iv-thats-my-shyat/</guid></item></channel></rss>