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This is looking more like a movie than a game, even more so than the first one. If you have a PS3 and haven’t played Drakes Fortune go get it now. It’s the best game on the platform (in my opinion)

It was hard not to be impressed yesterday with some of the things microsoft showed off at their E3 press conference but their demo of their new controllerless controller was pretty mine blowing. The add on to the xbox 360 is essentially a real time motion capture system. For some bizare reason though they’ve decided to call it “project natal”, possibly one of the stupidest names for anything ever.

Cool.

From Macworld UK:

Metal Gear Solid Touch comes as a bit of a surprise to long-time fans of the Metal Gear franchise; it was recently hinted at on the Web site of Kojima Productions, the developer responsible for the best-selling game series, headed by famed game designer Hideo Kojima.

[Read Konami announces Metal Gear, Silent Hill games for iPhone]

Like the” blu-ray is dying” myth, there’s another one that seems to be doing the rounds at the moment, and that is that the PS3 is dying, going no where and doomed to failure. Except, like with the blu-ray myth the numbers just don’t add up. First of all, if you consider that the main competitor for the PS3 is the Xbox 360, and look at the total sales to dat you might be surprised.

Here’s a couple of thing’s I’ve been pondering all day.

Why have Microsoft been hyping the crap out of their xbox 360 sales numbers over the last couple of weeks. It seems like every other day they’re putting out a press release saying how great they are. Could it be that they know that the price drop on an aging system will only work so long and they want to make the most of it while they can?

From Playstation Universe:

Sony Europe has announced that universally acclaimed social platformer LittleBigPlanet has seen a whopping 84,000 user-created levels uploaded since the game’s release earlier this month, with a total of 27 million level play throughs logged.

That’s pretty impressive. I’m a huge fan of this game but I haven’t yet made any levels as I’m still going through the level making tutorials, but It’s well worth a look if you have a PS3
[Read LittleBigPlanet sees 84,000 user levels uploaded :: PlayStation Universe (PSU)]

Here’s some of the stuff I found interesting today.

Appleinsider has an article about Apple improving MobileMe syncing in 10.5.6. There isn’t much detail but I’m sure anyone who uses MobileMe will appreciate the touch.

Engadget HD has one of their typical flame baiting articles asking which is better as a Media Centre: A PS3 or an XBOX360 ? What’s interesting about the article is the comments. Normally the hysteria of xbox fans would put the worst mac fanboy to shame, but the conversation is surprisingly even handed. Personally I haven’t turned my xbox 360 on in months. I think the PS3 is a far superior product. The fact that Microsoft sees fit to charge you for their online service and then push ads for it onto the console’s desktop to me is a bloody disgrace.

Just spent the last several hours playing Little Big Planet. This game has been in development for several years now and when I first saw the early demos it so inspired me that I went out and bought a PS3 just because of that. Now, over a year later it’s finally with us. And? All I have to say is… BEST….GAME…..EVER